Wisbech artist David Welfare makes TopTrakz Challenge shortlist

Wisbech artist David Welfare makes TopTrakz Challenge

shortlist – local fan votes now being invited

 

(Hong Kong & London, October 2010) David Welfare, the

Wisbech-based acoustic-folk artist, has been shortlisted for the i-Mego TopTrakz Challenge – the new European

competition designed to showcase the best talent amongst European unsigned

bands.  David Welfare is one of only

thirty five entries chosen by the competition judges to go forward to the final

round of the competition.  The

competition, created by global headphones brand i-Mego and unique in its

Europe-wide format, has attracted hundreds of entries across many genres,

including rap, house, punk, electro, R&B, bluegrass, balladeers, reggae,

rock and heavy metal. 

 

David Welfare has been writing and recording with various

projects since the mid nineties, before he started recording as a solo artist

in 2003. After having taken a 4-year break, David is back now performing songs

that have been characterized as to “leave you with shivers running down the

spine”. His entry in the competition, Go', can be checked out on his website www.myspace.com/davidwelfare

Residents of the Wisbech area, where David Welfare lives, are

being asked to support the band by voting for them on www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity

through the Vote4Bands tab.  While the

judges decisions are primarily focused on artistic merit, the volume of votes a

band receives will be influential when differentiating between two contenders

judged to be equally strong.

 

The thirty five

shortlisted entries feature top quality unsigned artists from seven European

and Scandinavian countries - France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the

Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK. All the entries are published at www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity,

and supporters of each shortlisted entry are being encouraged to go and vote

for the band they would like to win. Full voting instructions may be found at http://www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity via the Vote 4 Bands tab.

 

The TopTrakz judges will

pick a winner and ten runners-up by 29th October 2010, with the winner being announced on 2nd

November 2010. The winning

entrant will get a professional studio day while 10 further entries will

receive runners-up prizes.

 

Miranda Hudson, Marketing Director for i-Mego, comments, “We are delighted that the first in our

TopTrakz Challenge series has had such a positive response from around Europe.  This shows

that there are plenty of bands around who could really do with the boost that

comes with being a shortlisted entry, a runner-up, or indeed the eventual

winner.  There is a thriving scene of

excellent musicians whose work is not backed by major commercial marketing

campaigns, and they deserve our support. 

We’re really looking forward to highlighting the 35-strong shortlist

throughout October, and opening the facility for fans to cast their votes in

support of their local and/or favourite band.”

 

 

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i-Mego

i-Mego is the global audio accessory brand that broke onto

the market in 2009 and now has a distribution network across Europe,

Scandinavia and North America.  Bridging the gap between cool and quality,

i-Mego headphones not only produce high-fidelity sound, but are also stylish

gear for street, club or studio.

 

i-Mego products may be found at http://www.i-mego.com

 

 

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