RethinkPopMusic Announces “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is” Competition

RethinkPopMusic (RPM) is hosting a two-night competition asking artists to “Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Is.” The competition will put artists in front of industry experts who will choose the winners based on talent. The winner from each night will be given a performance slot at the RethinkPopMusic Stage during Midpoint Music Festival (MPMF) on September 25th in Cincinnati, Ohio. Additionally, the winner from each night will have their single included on a future RethinkPopMusic compilation album and will be in consideration to become a RethinkPopMusic Affiliated Artist.

Night-One
July 30th | 8:00pm | Crash Mansion (NYC)

Night-Two
Aug 7th | 8:00pm | Cameo (Williamsburg)

The judges will vary for each night and include:
Bob Berman: founder of RethinkPopMusic
Ben Foxx: acclaimed producer and audio engineer (The Vanguard, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie)
Aaron Barr: musician/actor (lead singer of The Vanguard and star of Mow Crew)
Gregory Hewes: RethinkPopMusic Regional Director of A&R
TBA MTV Producer
TBA Celebrity Music Blogger

IMPORTANT: All submitting artists must be available to perform at either showcase date in New York City and must be able to travel independently to Cincinnati, Ohio on September 25th for the Midpoint Music Festival. Additionally, prior to the artists’ performance, the single for the RethinkPopMusic Compilation CD must be submitted as an uncompressed stereo track. RethinkPopMusic guarantees to select 2 artists from Sonicbids, but is considering selecting up to 10 artists through Sonicbids.

About Us: RethinkPopMusic may best be described as an artist collaborative record label WITHOUT an album sales business model. Founded in NYC by a group of young music industry experts disenchanted with the climate of gluttonous executives, misleading “Indie” labels and 360 deals, RPM intends to return creative control to the artists and reestablish integrity within the industry. RPM provides “Affiliated Artists” with all the marketing, publicity, booking, recording and legal tools necessary to “make a living making music”. RPM affiliated artists are under no contractual obligation to sell or distribute their music and retain all the rights and creative control of their art. Subsequently, the RPM business model utilizes experiential and integrated marketing initiatives that partner consumer products and artists via showcases, tours, music supervision and innovative projects. For more information please visit www.RethinkPopMusic.com

All submissions must go through Sonicbids,

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Submission deadline: July 21st