March Music Madness: Meet the Sweet Sixteen

We are down to just 16 bands in Nippertown’s “March ‘Music’ Madness” tournament and we are excited by who is left in the Sweet Sixteen.

Are you ready for this…

The Bands/Artists

Bands/Artists	Links
Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys
Side-B
Girl Blue
Zan and the Winter Folk
The Parlor
Candy Ambulance
Let’s Be Leonard
Pink Nois
Glass Pony
The VaVa Voodoos
Pony in the Pancake
Dark Honey
Bad Mothers
Bendt
Ryan Leddick
Talia Denis

There is literally something for everyone.

Winners of this week’s round are guaranteed at least $50 and are one step closer to the studio recording package and $250 that goes to the top place.

Voting has been mounting and extremely close. Last week three matchups were decided by less than 20 votes.

Remember to support the artists, visit their Bandcamp, website, or social media links and listen to their music prior to voting.

To vote… click here!

Check out these great prizes and sponsors.

Bands have the opportunity to win various prizes made available by sponsors, including up to $250 cash and more. Prizes also include the following opportunities:

Top Winner: Three-day session at White Lake Music and Bridge Road Entertainment, including, recording, editing, and mixing package — all studio instruments, equipment, engineer, pre-session consultation provided.

Runner-up: Four-hour recording session at Troy Saving Bank Music Hall.

Top two finalists: Live stream event hosted by High Peaks Event Production, in which bands will receive a high definition recording of the session and a copy of the multi-track recording.

Top four finalists: Streaming event hosted by the Palace Theatre in Albany after the conclusion of the tournament.

Other sponsors include Denis Entertainment Group, Laboom Entertainment, Putnam Place, The Dona Frank Team Select Sotherby’s Int’l Realty, Nanola, The Hollow Bar + Kitchen, Guthrie/Bell Productions, Caffé Lena, The Cock ‘n Bull, and WEXT Radio. Prices will be $250 for the Winner, $150 for the Runner-up, $100 for 3rd and 4th place Semi-finalists, and $50 for 5th through 8th place.