Battle of the Bands

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Does your band want to prove that they have what it takes to go bigger? Then your band will want to compete in the PJMA Battle of the Bands. The PJMA Battle of the Bands is a year long three level eliminations. The battle start with a preliminary round of 2 seasonal battle of the bands at local venues in St. Mary's County and Calvert County. The 2 first place and 2nd place winners from the preliminary rounds are invited to compete in the seasonal finals held also in southern Maryland The four first place winners from each of the seasonal finals are invited to the grand finals held at the start of following year. The winners of the seasonal finals all receive prizes of recording time with local studios. The grand finals winners receive a engraved award with the PJMA logo and inscription of the event and winning place. The guidelines used for the participation and how bands are scored is provided under the heading: Battle of the Bands Guidelines

Below is the summary of 2005-2010 progress and plans.

A special congratulation to the 2009 Battle of the Bands Grand Finals Winners: 1st. Maelstrom

, 2nd. B lunt Forced Trauma 3rd. Pistol Creek Gang

From here you can go to (click on the link to go there):

2010 Battle of the Bands Standings

	Place	Battle of the Bands	Place	Battle of the Seasonal Bands Finals	Place	Battle of the Band Grand Finals
		Winter Part 1		Winter Finals		Grand Finals
	1
	2
	4
		Winter Part 2
	1
	2
	3
		Winter Part 3
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Winter Part 4
	1
	2
	3
	4
	5
		Spring Part 1		Spring Finals
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Spring Part 2
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Summer Part 1		Summer Finals
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Summer Part 2
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Fall Part 1 27 Mar		Fall Finals
	1
	2
	3
	4
		Fall Part 2
	1
	2
	3
	4

Battle of the Bands Schedule

Date	Event/Location	Flyer	Bands
18 June	Spring Battle of the Bands Finals Southern Community Center 20 Appeal Lane Lusby, MD 20657 Phone Number: (410) 586-1101		1.Final Stand 2. Assault Rifle Swamp Posse 3. Pistol Creek Gang 4.Lawless 5.Maelstrom
25 June	Summer Battle of the Bands Part `1 Good Samaritan Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall 20850 Langley Rd, Lexington Park, MD 20653 phone (301) 863-474		1.Streamline 2. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 3. Final Stand 4. Blunt Forced Trauma
13 Aug	Summer Battle of the Bands Part 2 New Location to be announced		1. Open to Calvert County 2. Open to Southern MD Band 3. Soletta 4. Open to Southern MD Band 5. Open to Calvert County
24 Sept	Summer Battle of the Bands Finals New Location to be announced		1. 2nd Place 25 June 2. 2nd Place 13 Aug 3. 1st Place 25 June 4. 1st Place 25 June 5. 1st Place 13 Aug
******	Fall Dates to be published in June	*******	Fall Dates to be published in June

Battle of the Band Guidelines

1. Bands are to book only one slot in a season unless there is openings less than 30 days before the event..

2. Bands are to book with music themes compatible with their style of music.

3. The bands score is half determined by the audience and half by the judges. The first 25 points is based on the advance ticket sale by the band. Sale of 30 tickets get the full 25 points, otherwise the points are ratioed to the tickets sold. The next 25 points is based on the audience vote. If a band were to get all the audience vote they would get 25 points. If there were an equal split of votes to all the bands then each band would get 6.25 points. Other amounts will be calculated appropriately. The judges score the bands for talent, music appeal and stage presence. Talent is how well the music in played. Music appeal is how original and creative is the music. Stage presence evaluate how interesting the band act and entertains the audience from the stage. The judges use a score ranging from low of 1 to high of 10. The average of the judges score will be determined for each area for each band. These averages will be proportioned to 1/3 of 50 point (i.e. 6.2 average score, then 6.2/10*1/3*50=16.666 points)

4. For the Battle of the Bands preliminary rounds PJMA will each competting band recruit a judge from the concert's audience. For the Battle of the Bands Finals PJMA will recruit judges from local recording studios. For the Battle of the Bands Grand Finals will recruit judges from recording studios, record labels and professionals in the music industry

5. In the event that a first place band is unable to playing the next level of competition, then one of other available competing bands from the prior level will be invited to replace them in the competition.

6. PJMA may make exceptions to the above guidelines when necessary to allow the event to be successful, this include but not limited to replacement bands for band cancellation or band no show, alternative judging when there are no judges, and accommodating event cancellation or rescheduling.

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