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Theme: |
Music of the Last Ten Years Celebrating thinkLA’s 10th Anniversary |
Key Dates: |
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Monday 6/6 |
Call For Bands opens |
Friday 7/15 |
Submission deadline |
Monday 7/25 |
Finalists announced |
Thursday 9/22 |
AdJam at Club Novo (formerly Club Nokia, L.A. Live) |
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We are excited to announce that AdJam 2016 is returning to Club Nokia – now rebranded as Club Novo – and our theme is MUSIC OF THE LAST 10 YEARS. As always, the winning band will receive the coveted AdJam axe and bragging rights for a year… and we’ll make a donation to Ad Relief on your behalf.
Since its establishment over 30 years ago, Ad Relief of Greater Los Angeles has distributed more than $2 million to hundreds of individuals in the Greater Los Angeles advertising and promotions community. When your colleagues have no other means of support, Ad Relief provides funds to get them back on track.
How To Enter
Read ALL the rules carefully!
- Complete and sign this application
- Submit a proposed set list: maximum of 6 songs (new for 2016)
- Submit a four-minute video. Follow the below requirements or you will be disqualified!
Video Requirements
- No backing tracks allowed
- No more than four minutes
- Demonstrate the band’s talent, energy and showmanship by including footage of playing live
- Video must be downloadable
- Include a band logo
Check out the 2015 finalist videos for some inspiration!
Please note: Submitting an application DOES NOT automatically enter your band into the competition. Eight bands will be selected to enter the competition, along with 72andSunny’s HR & The Violations, 2015’s winning band.
Video Judging
The submission videos will be judged by an expert panel of music industry professionals and thinkLA board and committee members. Be creative and have fun!
Judging Criteria:
- Overall performance
- Stage presence
- Musicality
- Energy/Intensity
- Video Creativity
Judging details for the live show will be provided to the nine finalists.
IF YOU ARE SELECTED…
- Set lists will be confirmed on a first-come, first served basis. If you have provided a song that was already chosen, or one that was not written during the last 10 years, you’ll be asked for an alternate. No two bands will be allowed to play the same song.
- All bands must use the backline equipment supplied by thinkLA (five-piece drum kit and throne, amps, and microphones). No additional equipment is allowed.
- No DJ’s are allowed.
- Bands will be given exactly 5 minutes to set up, and 12 minutes to perform
- No fewer than 4 and no more than 10 band members/entertainers are allowed onstage
- A mandatory sound check will be scheduled with each band
- All band members will be required to sign a filming waiver
RULES AND REQUIREMENTS
- Only agencies (traditional, creative, interactive/digital, experiential and/or media) are eligible.
- Only one entry per agency is allowed.
- More than 75% of band members must be employees from the same agency.
- All band members must be over 21 years of age.
- Band must be available to perform at the event on Thursday, September 22nd at Club Novo, LA Live. ("the Competition").
- Songs must be commercially available
Please note that all materials submitted will be retained by thinkLA and become the property of thinkLA. In addition, any expenses you incur during the application process are your sole responsibility. thinkLA will not reimburse you for these expenses.
Bands selected for AdJam will be required to pay a $400 fee. This fee includes one guest ticket per registered band member, backline, and raw footage of your performance. Additional tickets will be available for purchase at the discounted band rate of $35.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
I hereby give the following representations, warranties, acknowledgments, consents and releases:
- By signing below, I acknowledge and agree that
- (i) all of the information provided in this application is true and accurate;
- (ii) any false or misleading information submitted herein is grounds for immediate elimination from consideration as a participant in the Competition;
- (iii) even if my band meets the eligibility requirements of the Competition, thinkLA has no obligation to select my band as a participant in the Competition;
- (iv) even if my band is selected as a participant of the Competition, thinkLA has no obligation to produce the Competition;
- (v) all decisions by thinkLA regarding the Competition are final and not subject to challenge or appeal;
- (vi) thinkLA has no obligation to return any materials submitted as part of this application, regardless of whether or not my band is chosen as a participant in the Competition; and
- (vii) thinkLA can use any such materials in any manner and in any media throughout the universe in perpetuity.
- By submitting this application, I hereby consent to the right to use my name, voice, spoken word, musical performance, photograph picture, rendering, silhouette or other reproduction by photography, film, tape or otherwise (hereby referred to as my "Likeness") in connection with the Competition, in any manner, in any and all media, now known, or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in perpetuity. thinkLA shall own exclusively all rights of every nature whatsoever in connection with use of my Likeness in and to any written, spoken, videotaped or other materials I have provided or may provide in connection with my application, the Competition, or otherwise (collectively the "Materials"), including without limitation all copyrights therein and renewals and extensions thereof, and the exclusive right to reproduce, exhibit, distribute, and otherwise exploit my Likeness in the Materials, in whole or in part, in perpetuity throughout the world in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, including without limitation in, and in connection with, the marketing, publicity and promotion of thinkLA and the Competition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, thinkLA may exploit such rights by broadcasting the Materials or any part thereof, and may use any and all rights granted to thinkLA herein for any and all commercial, merchandising, promotional and advertising purposes. In this respect, I agree that you may edit, alter, reproduce or otherwise change the Materials or any part thereof. I grant the rights hereunder whether or not I am selected to participate in the Competition.
- Any expenses my band incurs during the application process, including postage, shipping and/or materials preparation are my sole responsibility. thinkLA will not reimburse me for these expenses.
- I hereby release thinkLA, and its officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all claims, demands, actions or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, which I or any of my successors or assigns may now, or at any time, have or claim to have any reason of, arising out of, relating to or in any way connected with the Competition or the filming, taping, recording, broadcasting, distribution, exhibition, advertising, dissemination or other exploitation of my Likeness.
- I further understand there will be no monetary compensation paid to me, either directly or indirectly, of said filming and any promotional materials which may be derived from the same.
- This release shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, or respective successors, licensees, assigns, heirs and personal representatives. thinkLA shall not be obligated to utilize any of the rights granted hereunder or utilize my name within the Materials, it being understood that thinkLA will have complete artistic and creative freedom and discretion. All determinations made by thinkLA in this regard shall be final. This release constitutes our entire understanding with respect to the subject matter hereof, and cannot be amended except by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto.