Call for Submissions – Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival 2014 / European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP)
Musicians and their labels/managements/agents are invited to apply for a live performance at the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival 2014, which will take place from the 15th – 18th of January 2014 in Groningen (NL).
What is Eurosonic Noorderslag?
Eurosonic Noorderslag is Europe’s largest showcase festival and the most important platform for the European live music industry.
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014 focuses on Austria
Austria has been selected by the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival as a focus country for 2014. This means that more local acts than usual will be given the chance to perform live at the festival. The festival conference will also have a focus on Austria, in addition to a planned Austrian reception at the festival – excellent opportunities for labels, managers, agencies and media to network with the many international delegates.
What is ETEP?
A project to promote young talents from different genres.
ETEP (European Talent Exchange Program) is based on the international cooperation of music export offices, festivals and radio stations of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union). These select the most promising local newcomers (bands can also apply directly) to perform at the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival. Approximately 300 bands gather each year in front of an audience of 33,000 visitors, more than 80 festival organizers, 28 radio stations, 400 journalists and more than 3,100 professionals (labels, bookers, publishers, etc.) of the European music industry.
With the participation of the Austrian Music Export (a common initiative of the Austrian Music Information Center mica – music austria and the Austrian Music Fund) as project co-organizers of ETEP, the Austrian presence at this important conference and showcase platform of the European live music industry is guaranteed until 2016. In the years 2012-2016 at least 4 local bands will perform each year at the festival that sets the city of Groningen in the Netherlands into the spotlight of the European music scene for four days in January.
How can I apply?
All acts who want to perform at the festival must apply directly to Eurosonic Noorderslag before the 1st of September:
http://festival.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/artist-submission
The Austrian ETEP partners, Austrian Music Export, Radio FM4, the FM4 Frequency Festival, Nova Rock festival and Waves Vienna Festival, will choose the Austrian acts by the end of August, which will they send to the Eurosonic program committee as a collective Austrian submission. Thus, this is a guarantee for Eurosonic that these acts will be supported by all local partners.
To be part of the selection for this Austrian submission, we will require:
Digital submission per e-mail to:
hergovich@musicaustria.at
Subject: “European Talent Exchange Program 2014”
Documents:
- Information material on the artists (including link to website)
- Link to audio material (eg. Soundcloud, Dropbox etc.) and live recordings (eg. YouTube, Vimeo)
- Press clips (if available)
- Contact details
NOTE: Please do not attach files to the email – too many simultaneous submissions will overload the server!
Information on label, distribution, booking agency, management, and other partners
Or per mail to:
Austrian Music Export
c/o mica – music austria
“European Talent Exchange Program 2014”
Stiftgasse 29
1070 Vienna
Documents:
- Information on the artists (including link to website)
- Sound material (CD or LP)
- Information on label, distribution, booking agency, management, and other partners
- Press clips (if available)
- Contact details (including email address)
Deadline for submissions: Monday, June 3rd, 2013.
Selection of Artists
The final decision on who will perform at the festival is made by the Eurosonic Committee.
All who submit directly to us will be informed by e-mail whether they have been included in the selection of the Austrian ETEP partners.
When does it makes sense to apply to ETEP?
There are many promising acts that apply for Eurosonic before they are really able to take advantage of this big opportunity. From our perspective, it is advisable to think carefully about when to apply – after all, this project will still be around for the next few years. We recommend that you consider the following things:
The music should fit: Eurosonic Noorderslag is a festival for the genres of alternative, pop, rock, metal, electronic and hip hop.
The professional environment should fit: artists without the support of a label, management or a booking agency have a hard time to get something sustainable out of the performance and bring the right people to the concert.
The band should be ready for export: bands that have (almost) never played internationally and do not already have some existing international partners in the areas of distribution, promotion agency, booking, etc., should not perform at Eurosonic.
The international competition there is enormous – bands play simultaneously in up to 30 different locations, including acts that are already internationally hyped as the next big stars.
For further questions please contact:
Franz Hergovich / Austrian Music Export
tel +43 (01) 52104.51, fax +43 (01) 52104.59,
Email: hergovich@musicaustria.at
For more information about the project:
www.etep.nl | www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl
