Semi-Finals for the Bay Rising Music Competition Tonight and Tommorrow!
Bay Rising is finally here. Eleven Bay Area bands will play their hearts out tonight and tomorrow. Only five bands will advance to the finals at the Great American Music Hall on August 27th. One band will rise to the top and claim over $10,000 in prizes.
Bay Rising, the premier bay area battle of the bands contest, seeks to discover and promote great, unsigned musical talent that exists in the Bay Area. Bay Rising consists of two components—the music competition occurring tonight at the Uptown in Oakland and on August 27th, and the Bay Rising Music Expo (details below), both produced by Yonas Media. Bay Area bands French Cassettes, The Dandelion War, The Red Verse, Weather Pending, and Scarlet Jones perform tonight for a panel of judges and music fans. Last night, The Gun and Doll Show, Solis, Adrian Bourgeois, The Frail, Joel Streeter, and Dynamic played at the Café Du Nord in San Francisco.
One winner will walk away from the Great American with five days of studio recording time from Yonas Media; CD mastering and duplication from Charles Stella; two months of artist development from Fuze Management; and featured in West Coast Performer Magazine, The Owl Mag, and Fusicology.com. All bands competing in Bay Rising will receive invaluable advice on advancing their careers as well as other prizes from Universal Audio, FizzKicks.com, Zazzle, InGrooves, SonicBids, and more.
Last year’s event was an unqualified success as nearly 500 local music lovers turned out in force to cheer for their favorite bands. This year’s event promises to be even better. The Bay Rising Music Expo, a free networking/community building event for Bay Area musicians, will occur before the show on August 27th at ArtHouse, located in the Mission District of San Francisco. From 5:30p-7:30p, a panel of music-industry experts will discuss how independent artists can promote themselves in today’s do-it-yourself era. Participants will have the opportunity to win a guitar from Guitar Center (valued at $700) and Universal Audio UAD1 Card(valued at $500). Other companies participating at the expo include BMI, InGrooves, Performer Magazine, SonicBids, The Owl Mag, Bands Of The Bay.com, Zazzle Music, CopyCats Media, Community Musician, Charles Stella Mastering, Cutting Edge, Listen to.me, Pyramid Media, GC Pro, and FizzKicks.
Yonas Media is a cooperative launching pad for musicians with an original approach to music. With studios in Oakland and New York, Yonas Media provides production, promotion, management, and a wide range of recording services. The company offers its clients personalized attention through all facets of the recording process. In an era when large corporations rule the media and dominate the airwaves, Yonas Media uses a hands-on approach to present artful entertainment and promote its catalog. Visit the Yonas Media website at www.yonasmedia.com.

More Information:

Semi-Final #2
Tuesday, August 5th
The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94612
Door – 8pm
Show – 9pm
$10 Door
Line Up - The Gun and Doll Show, Solis, Adrian Bourgeois, The Frail, Joel Streeter, and Dynamic

Final
Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St
San Francisco, CA 94109
Doors – 7:00pm
Show – 8:00pm
$10 Advance
$15 Door
Line Up – TBD

Bay Rising Music Expo
Art House
1360 Mission St., Suite 200
5:30-7:30pm
Free


Grand Prize:

  • Five-day recording package at Yonas Media's West-Coast Recording Studio valued at $3000
  • 1 day of Mixing/Mastering by award winning engineer Charles Stella valued at $1000
  • Manufacturing of 1,000 CDs from Copy Cats Media valued at $1500
  • 2 months of artist development from Fuze Management valued at $2000-Includes consulting, online marketing, publicity
  • Pyramind is proud to offer the winners of the Bay Rising 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands FREE entry into one of our highly touted Pro Tools classes. The winning band can send up to 2 members to a Pro Tools 101 class (often held on weekends for convenience) or send one member to BOTH Pro Tools 101 and 110 - a $1300 value. Exchanges may be available but are subject to approval by the Pyramind Admissions staff.
  • UAD 1 Card (Full Bundle) from Universal Audio valued at $999
  • Featured in West Coast Performer Magazine
  • Featured on The Owl Mag
  • Featured in Fusicology.com
  • 100 free FizzKIcks.com download cards valued at $100
  • Free custom merchandise package from Zazzle valued at $250
  • Digital distribution from INgrooves
  • One (1) Free one year Supersonic Sonicbids membership valued at $30

2nd through 3rd Place

  • UAD 1 Card from Universal Audio valued at $500
  • $150 Discount Off Regular Price 1000+ CD Jewel Case Package or, 100 Free 11x17 Color Posters with Other Regular Price CD Packages from Copy Cats Media
  • 100 free FizzKIcks.com download valued at $50 each.
  • Free one year standard Sonicbids memberships valued at $30 each.

4th Place through 5th place:

  • $150 Discount Off Regular Price 1000+ CD Jewel Case Package or, 100 Free 11x17 Color Posters with Other Regular Price CD Packages from Copy Cats Media
  • 100 Free FizzKicks.com download valued at $50 each
  • Free one year standard Sonicbids memberships valued at $30 each.

6th Place through 15th place:

  • Free one year standard Sonicbids memberships valued at $30 each.

In addition to the concerts and competition, Yonas Media invited music-related businesses and organizations in the Bay Area to participate in a pre-concert networking/community-building event on August 27th at ArtHouse, 1360 Mission Street, Suite 200, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. All artists are invited. The pupose of this session is to show how independent artists can promote themselves in the "do-it-yourslelf" era. Never before have artists had so many options for creating high-quality music and making it available to so many people so quickly. This is a free event with prize giveaways and a panel of experts available for advice and information.

For more information please visit: www.yonasmedia.com. If your company or organization would like to participate, please contact bayrising@yonasmedia.com.