New York, NY, November 3, 2005: Alex Lawhon and Sweater Weather have won the opportunity to perform at the ASCAP and MySpace.com Present… Pop/Rock Showcase in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Friday, November 4, 2005. The showcase is designed to recognize and encourage local songwriters and bands and help focus attention on these deserving artists in their hometowns. The winners will join the line-up featuring Jett Rink, Honored Guests, and Cities at Local 506 (506 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC). Doors open at 8:00 pm. Admission is $6. Open to ages 18 and over.
Through a contest promoted exclusively on MySpace.com, bands from the Chapel Hill, NC area were invited to join MySpace.com and submit their music for consideration by becoming a friend of a specially created ASCAP Chapel Hill MySpace page; a total of 735 friends have joined to date. Due to the overwhelming response and huge diversity of contestants, two winners were selected to perform at the showcase.
The final showcase line-up is:
9:00 PM Alex Lawhon
10:00 PM Cities
11:00 PM Honored Guests
12:00 AM Jett Rink
1:00 AM Sweater Weather
For more details, visit ASCAP's main MySpace.com page www.myspace.com/ascap or the ASCAP Chapel Hill page www.myspace.com/ascapchapelhill.
"ASCAP Presents…" is a showcase series featuring the best bands from local music scenes around the country. The showcases are designed to support emerging performers and songwriters by bringing their talents to the attention of both the music industry and music fans alike. Previous ASCAP Presents… showcases in the North Carolina region have featured Big Sky, The Bleeding Hearts, Emma Gibbs Band, Fashion Design, Jupiter Coyote, Parklife, and Roman Candle, among others.
As the world's fastest-growing social networking portal, MySpace.com has also become a key music destination, with more than 350,000 bands and artists having used the site to launch new albums and enable users to sample and share songs.
