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Posted on December 30, 2014December 30, 2014 By: genestout

Elvis Invitationals competition celebrates 20 years of ‘Burning Love’

By GENE STOUT The Seattle (Elvis) Invitationals contest returns Jan. 23 to the club where it all began 20 years ago — The Crocodile. The…

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Posted on November 16, 2011 By: genestout

Seattle’s Ramona the Band will ‘pop up live’ at SXSW

By GENE STOUT We’ve got a winner in the “Pop Up Live” competition you read about last week: Seattle’s Ramona the Band, featuring singer Dion…

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Posted on November 11, 2011 By: genestout

Seattle’s Ramona the Band is ‘caught up’ in a national music competition

Seattle’s Ramona the Band has a shot at becoming Ramona the Winner at the 2012 SXSW music, film and interactive conference in Austin, Texas. The…

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Posted on October 11, 2011 By: genestout

Be true to your school; enter NAMM’s third annual SchoolJam competition

By GENE STOUT Here’s a back-to-school gift for high school bands in a competitive mood. The third annual SchoolJam USA program – sponsored by the…

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Posted on March 6, 2011 By: genestout

Quirky Tomten wins tenth annual Sound Off! competition at EMP/SFM

Playing the final set of the night as a “wild card” band, Seattle baroque pop group Tomten won the tenth annual Sound Off! competition for…

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Posted on September 10, 2010 By: genestout

Wanna be a rock star? It’s time to sign up for EMP’s 2011 Sound Off! contest

The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum is accepting applications for its 2011 Sound Off! competition, now in its 10th year. The competition for…

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Posted on March 3, 2010 By: genestout

Four Northwest bands compete at Sound Off! finals Saturday at EMP/SFM

One of four young Northwest bands — Candysound (Bellingham and Burlington), Great Waves (Sammamish), Hooves and Beak (Seattle) and SEACATS (Kelso) — will become the…

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Posted on January 13, 2010January 13, 2010 By: genestout

Battle of the Tech Bands: Boston vs. Seattle (in Boston)

If you’re planning to be in Boston in early February, mark you calendar for Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands 3: Seattle vs. Boston. For…

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Posted on December 17, 2009 By: genestout

Local bands can Sound Off! this winter at EMP/SFM

Sound Off! 2010, the Northwest’s biggest underage battle of the bands, begins Feb. 13 at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. The Sound…

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