DATES: February 9-13, 2009

There are a number of bands who have spent close to $10,000 USD traveling from Europe to showcase in Nashville, TN. We have decided to save everyone money and take our showcases to Europe. This will also allow many of the bands and solo artist to showcase that could not afford to make the trip to Nashville, enabling us to broaden our search for the best possible talent. 

As of now we will have a location in the U.K. and we are looking at one location in Italy. We are pre-booking the spots and they are going faster than we had expected. So if you would like to reserve a spot then register as soon as you are able to. 

After you register online you will receive a confirmation email from Band With a Mission sent to the email address you provided as your “contact email address” in the registration form. When you receive this email it will have a list of dates for you to choose from. You will need to respond with which date you would like to play as soon as possible. The European dates are a little tricky because we will only be there for 5 days so the spots are extremely limited. The confirmation email will also have instruction as to what you need to bring, times you should arrive, the venue address, etc. You will arrive at the venue the day of your showcase, load in your gear and play your best, most marketable 3 songs. Since we will only be there for a couple of days and wont be able to hold a second round of showcases we might ask you to keep playing, in this case be prepared to have 5 songs ready and available. (always play your best songs first) When you are finished you will receive a pack with 2 of the 3 assessments, the 3rd is emailed to your “contact email address.” This pack will also include all of the sponsors information on how you can get involved with them. At that time you are free to stay at the venue and listen to the other bands or you can leave. We will be making our calls on who we will be working with within the next couple of weeks.

DATES: January 12-16, 2009

We have had a large number of bands travel from Canada so we have decided to hold showcase dates in Canada. This will help you financially with travel expenses, and eliminate the pain of going through US Customs

After you register online you will receive a confirmation email from Band With a Mission sent to the email address you provided as your “contact email address” in the registration form. When you receive this email it will have a list of dates for you to choose from. You will need to respond with which date you would like to play as soon as possible. The Canadian dates are a little tricky because we will only be there for 5 days so the spots are extremely limited. The confirmation email will also have instruction as to what you need to bring, times you should arrive, the venue address, etc. You will arrive at the venue the day of your showcase, load in your gear and play your best, most marketable 3 songs. Since we will only be there for a couple of days and wont be able to hold a second round of showcases we might ask you to keep playing, in this case be prepared to have 5 songs ready and available. (always play your best songs first) When you are finished you will receive a pack with 2 of the 3 assessments, the 3rd is emailed to your “contact email address.” This pack will also include all of the sponsors information on how you can get involved with them. At that time you are free to stay at the venue and listen to the other bands or you can leave. We will be making our calls on who we will be working with within the next couple of weeks.

We had an amazing final event at Rocketown in Nashville. Thanks to all the attendees which consisted of:

Josh Bailey ~ Fervent Records/Word Records

Kellyn Bailey ~ Fervent Records/Word Records

Connor Farley ~ Word Records

Chad Segura ~ Word Publishing

Leigh Holt ~ Word Records

Brad Allen ~ Midas Records

Caleb Butler ~ William Morris Agency

Brandi Cyrus ~ Guitarist for Hannah Montana

Scott Davis ~ Producer

Matt Ewald ~ EMI/CMG Publishing

Andy Goerlich ~ William Morris Agency

Van Hohe ~ Van Alan Management

Ben Holeton ~ The Covenant Artist Agency

Jaime Janiszweski~ Van Alan Management

Jen King ~ Provident Label Group

Colby McWhirter ~ Van Alan Management

Joe Piver ~ Jeff Roberts & Associates

Chris Hauser ~ Hauser Promotions

Andrew Patton ~ Patton House Entertainment

The final 5 bands were:Luminate (Tyler, TX), Chariot Sky (Spokane WA), Reilly (Philadelphia PA), Time of Favor (Springfield MO), and Shachah (San Diego, CA)And the winner is Luminate!!