{"id":4375,"date":"2014-05-22T06:34:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T06:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/05\/22\/sony-music-record-deal-up-for-grabs-in-new-global-talent-search\/"},"modified":"2014-05-22T06:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T06:34:34","slug":"sony-music-record-deal-up-for-grabs-in-new-global-talent-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/05\/22\/sony-music-record-deal-up-for-grabs-in-new-global-talent-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Music record deal up for grabs in new global talent search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1079\" src=\"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sony_music.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>Sony Music has teamed with the Sony Xperia mobile brand to launch a  worldwide talent search with a UK recording contract up for grabs.The global creative contest is powered by online creative  collaboration platform Talenthouse with music artists and bands around  the world having until July 8, 2014 at 10am (Pacific Daylight Time) to  submit their best original track in return for a chance of winning a  record deal with Sony Music UK.   <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>The winning artist will benefit from global promotion on Sony  Xperia\u2019s Android app Xperia Lounge and across Sony Xperia\u2019s social  media.<\/p>\n<p>Talenthouse\u2019s global creative platform will ensure that thousands of  conversations take place across social networks so everyone who enters  their track will potentially have their music exposed to a global  audience.<\/p>\n<p>The overall winner will receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An exclusive recording agreement with Sony Music UK, two tracks recorded and mastered\u00a0in a studio with a professional producer<\/li>\n<li>Promotion and PR for the winning artist<\/li>\n<li>All-expenses paid trip to London for six nights including travel and accommodation<\/li>\n<li>Sessions in studio filmed and created as performance music videos<\/li>\n<li>One interview captured on film<\/li>\n<li>The videos will be featured on Xperia Lounge which will also offer one of the two tracks as a free download to its users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best track, as voted for by the Talenthouse community, will  receive $2,000. Full details of the prize and how to submit an original  track can be found here: <a href=\"http:\/\/po.st\/GetARecordDeal\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/po.st\/GetARecordDeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head of consumer engagement at Sony Mobile, said: \u201cThere are  thousands of music artists and bands out there hungry to have their  music heard. If you\u2019ve ever dreamt of securing a record deal, having  your music heard by a big audience, and being part of a family of music  artists which include many of the world\u2019s best talent, now\u2019s your  chance. This collaboration is powered by Talenthouse, the world\u2019s  creative network, which means we are able to discover a high calibre of  creatives \u2013 in this case music talent \u2013 around the world. It gives us a  unique opportunity to find a great new music act and give them a record  deal with our sister company Sony Music UK as well as offering users of  Sony Xperia\u2019s Android app Xperia Lounge exclusive new content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maya Bogle, co-founder of Talenthouse said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be  powering this contest. The innovation of Sony Xperia, the calibre of  Sony Music and our global network of creatives is an unmatched  combination and will ensure that we are able to discover the best new  talent and give everyone who enters a priceless opportunity to showcase  their work around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sony Music\u2019s vice president, strategy said: \u201cFinding new talent is  the life blood of our business and collaborating with partners to do  this in new and interesting ways allows us to engage with new audiences\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judging panel comes from a range of music industry backgrounds including A&amp;R, digital, radio and TV.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who downloads the free Xperia Lounge Android app on Google Play <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Xperia-Lounge-App\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/Xperia-Lounge-App<\/a> will be able to watch interviews with the judges, get valuable advice and find inside information about the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Music artists and bands have until\u00a0July\u00a08 2014 at 10am to submit their original tracks to <a href=\"http:\/\/po.st\/GetARecordDeal\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/po.st\/GetARecordDeal<\/a>.  Voting starts on\u00a0July\u00a08 at 10am until July\u00a015\u00a0at 10am and the winners  (most voted for and overall winner picked by the judging panel) will be  announced on 12 August 2014. All times stated are in Pacific Daylight  Time.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Music Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Music has teamed with the Sony Xperia mobile brand to launch a worldwide talent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}