{"id":1800,"date":"2016-10-04T13:20:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2016-10-05T13:27:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T12:27:18","slug":"battle-of-the-folk-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/battle-of-the-folk-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Folk Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7619\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2016\/08\/image-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\">Hands Up for Trad are inviting new bands to send in a demo to take part in &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands\/\"><b>Battle of The Folk Bands<\/b><\/a> competition to be held at Edinburgh\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tracscotland.org\/festivals\/tradfest\">TradFest<\/a> on Sunday May 7th 2017.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven\u2019t tried out yet this could be for you! Your band can have as many as 5 members and as little as 2. it can be a song band or instrumental or a mixture of the two. You don\u2019t need to have performed any gigs yet. <b>All you have to do is upload 3 demo mp3s and a brief resume using the form below<\/b>. These will be listened to by a selected panel of musicians who are looking for musicality and originality and the 5 best entries will get through to perform at battle of the folk bands at Tradfest on May 7th 2017. 1 winner will be chosen on the night.<\/p>\n<p>The prizes are: performances at Celtic Connections, TradFest 2018, Skye Festival and a days recording at Caribou recordings (Scottish Borders).<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for submissions is Friday 4th November 2016. Bands will be informed on the week of 12th December if they have made it through to Battle of The Folk Bands.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands\/\">Click here to enter.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle of the Folk Bands is for new bands or bands not making their living from music<\/li>\n<li>Bands can have between 2 and 5 members inclusive<\/li>\n<li>Bands must play music based on the Scottish tradition<\/li>\n<li>50% of the band members must be Scottish or live in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Deadline is Friday 4th November 2016<\/li>\n<li>Any questions please contact Hands Up for Trad at <a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:info@handsupfortrad.scot\">info@handsupfortrad.scot<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hands Up for Trad&#8217;s decision is final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands Up for Trad are inviting new bands to send in a demo to take part in &nbsp;Battle of The Folk Bands competition to be held at Edinburgh\u2019s TradFest on Sunday May 7th 2017. 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