FISHMAN presents...
THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER COFFEEHOUSE TOUR
You know the dream? The one where you pack up your guitar and hit the road? You leave your dog behind and go traveling from town to town playing your music for strangers. Guess what? Fishman and American Songwriter want to make your dream come true with The Coffeehouse Tour.
Submit 2 of your best songs, a photo, and a link to your facebook page. If you don't have a facebook page, make one. If you don't have a photo, take one. if you don't have any songs, then... go write some real quick. Because we want to listen.
A panel of industry professionals (listed below) will select the top 25 artists. From those artists, one will be declared the WINNER to recieve:
-- A $2000 Travel Budget - eat, drive, sleep on this.
-- 10 Gigs @ Coffeehouses (and a few rock clubs)* across the northeastern United States:
- New World Coffee House - Raleigh, NC - 10/5/12
- Globehopper Coffeehouse & Lounge - Richmond, VA - 10/6/12
- Para Coffee - Charlottesville, VA - 10/7/12
- Jammin' Java - Vienna, VA - 10/8/12
- Milkboy Coffee - Ardmore, PA - 10/10/12
- The Path Cafe - New York, NY -10/11/12
- The Red Room @ Cafe 939 - Boston, MA (Berklee Campus) - 10/12/12
- The Space - Hamden, CT - 10/13/12
- Beehive Coffeehouse - Pittsburgh, PA - 10/15/12
- Kafe Kerouac - Columbus, OH - 10/16/12
*Cities and venues subject to change.
-- The Fishman SA220 Performance System- plug in and play this bad boy at each gig.
-- A Print Ad Campaign featuring You and The Fishman SA220 - it will appear in magazines.
The 25 finalists will notified by September 10, 2012. The winner will be notified September 14, 2012. The tour is scheduled to begin October 5, 2012 and conclude October 16, 2012.
This is a chance to expand your audience, expose your music, and go on an awesome adventure. So send us your songs. We're excited to hear what you've got. We want to put you on the road.
JUDGES:
JOHN RITCHIE (CREATIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN SONGSPACE)
CAINE O'REAR (EDITOR, AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE)
JOHN OATES (SINGER-SONGWRITER, HALL & OATES)
GLEN PHILLIPS (SINGER-SONGWRITER, PLOVER/TOAD THE WET SPROCKET)
PAUL ROPER (PRESIDENT, DUALTONE RECORDS)
WELLS ADAMS (ON-AIR PERSONALITY, NASHVILLE'S INDEPENDENT RADIO LIGHTNING 100)
CHRIS DEMARIA (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND ARTIST RELATIONS, FISHMAN)
MIKE KING (COURSE AUTHOR/INSTRUCTOR, BERKLEEMUSIC.COM)
JEREMY THARP (AGENT, FORWARD MOTION ENTERTAINMENT)
STU WALKER (AGENT, APA)
JAMIE LYNN YOUNGER (MARKETING DIRECTOR, AMERICAN SONGWRITER MAGAZINE)
