Sennheiser has always been at the fore front in giving an impetus to the independent music scene in India. Taking this ahead, the 70-year old German audio brand, Sennheiser, has recently announced the second edition of the famous Sennheiser Top 50 – a battle of Indian bands to compete and make their way to the coveted list of Top 50 best bands in India.
SENNHEISER KICK STARTS ITS SECOND EDITION OF SENNHEISER TOP50- BIGGER, WILDER AND LOUDER!
Sennheiser has always been at the fore front in giving an impetus to the independent music scene in India. Taking this ahead, the 70-year old German audio brand, Sennheiser, has recently announced the second edition of the famous Sennheiser Top 50 – a battle of Indian bands to compete and make their way to the coveted list of Top 50 best bands in India.
Sennheiser Top 50 provides a perfect avenue for Indian bands to showcase their talent and create a place for themselves in the competitive and growing music industry. The registration period for Sennheiser Top 50 is 20th June 2016 to 10th July 2016.
Sennheiser is raising the stakes this year with an irresistible jury, prizes that will make a musician’ s heart skip a beat and taking the finale on ground! The jury this year constitutes of the stalwarts of the music industry – Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Raghu Dixit, Papon and Ashish Manchanda. The winning band will take home a Trophy, evolution wireless 500 G3 vocal microphones and HD 280 Pro for the band, 2 Year endorsement deal with Sennheiser which will give them access to Sennheiser gear, opportunity to perform at an acclaimed music festival and be the face of Sennheiser for the next two years across catalogs & brandings. The second edition will create stir with an on ground finale where the Top 5 bands will battle it out to be number 1.
The first edition of Sennheiser Top 50 saw tremendous response and engagement. Over 300 bands across all genres- pop, rock, fusion, classic, metal, jazz and blues participated in the contest. It gave bands a golden opportunity to rock the world with their talent. The Top 3 bands-‘ The Local Train‘, Shadow and Light‘ and‘ Purple Fusion‘ won the prestigious Sennheiser evolution wireless D1 microphone sets.
Mr. Vipin Pungalia, Director, Sennheiser Professional Segment, commented on Sennheiser-Top50 saying, " The overwhelming response from the first edition has encouraged us to bring back Sennhseiser Top 50 and make some more dreams come true! There is great talent in the country and we want to offer them the right platform to showcase it. We are excited to bring the best jury on board to recognize our Top 50 and believe that we will be witnessing some potential and great talent through this journey.“
Registerations begin on 20th June and will be on till 10th July post which the top 100 shortlist will be announced basis the entries submitted. This decision will be made by the jury. The next phase will involve jury decision( 70 %) and public voting( 30 %) which will reveal the ranks 6 to 50. This will be followed by the on ground finale where top 5 bands will fight it out in front of the jury to reveal the top 5 ranks.
So a shout out to all the bands to participate in Sennheiser Top 50- the battle of the bands
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