New Music Awards Discovering & Developing Great Independent Artists Signed & Unsigned.

Grand Live Final & Awards Presentation Ceremony at Cargo on Sun 16th Oct. Tickets available now
Exposure Music Awards! Nominees Announced...

They represent some of the very Best New Talent in Britain & Beyond, as discovered by the first European Music Awards committed to help develop the Winners

We shall have to wait until Sunday 16th October at
Cargo in Shoreditch to see who gets the Free Studio Time / Mixing / Mastering / Global Digital Releases / Touring / Expert PR Support, available in all the respective Categories*

Not to mention the Support and Booze promos offered by our likeminded Sponsors & Partners, committed to real Music Talent Development, so without further ado the Nominees are …

Nominees for Exposure Music Awards! the Judges Short Lists in 2011 in random order …

Urban   Rock  Punk  Pop   Metal
Jass Meagher   EarthPrayer   The 4th Suit   Peter Appleyard   One Dead Ninja
Queens English   V0iD   Crossing Giants   Kev Bayliss   Hellbound
Chaos   The Sick Leaves   Barely Modern   Space Fight   Jackson Caged
Remo Skilla   This is Freedom   Sunset On Suburbia   With Love From Humans!   Nonpology
CODE RED   The Karma Heart   Voodoorays   Tiger Lilly   Purgatory Shift
DRETONIO   Stiff Kittens   Drive Through Therapy   Cats & Criminals   Find a Fiend
The Scribes   Screama Ballerina   Nuk Chorris   Martha's Man   Monsters In The Attic
       
Indie   Folk   Easy/Lounge
/Acoustic
  Dance
/Electronica
  Blues/Jazz
/Soul
Footswitch   The Stress Echoes   Juliana Meyer   Tha London Undaground   Nina Baker
Hot Vamp Club   Gary Nock   Maddie Jones   Safetynett   Emily Leonard
ITAMAR   Oui Bee   Gekko   Kat Vipers   Alexandra Legouix Sunflowers
Mind Museum   Brendan Rogers   RhondasSongs   Dhisk Jointed   Roscoe Levee
Buckle Street   The Roving Crows   The Cult With no Name   Glass Diamond   Horseman Shakes And The Draymen
The Goodness   Dogman   ODi   Retraplayer   Xander and The Peace Pirates
Arbitors   We Steal Flyers   Theo Altieri   Lauren Loretto   Simon Jaymes
       
Alt   International   Female   Male   Best Overall Artist
Drag Your Heels   Annie Minogue Band   Oui Bee   Kev Bayliss   TBA
Jetglo   BROOMFILLER   Maddie Jones   Gary Nock   TBA
The Rubicon   Early Rise   Lauren Loretto   Dogman   TBA
The Colorado   Fallen Riviera   Tiger Lilly   Brendan Rogers   TBA
Attenion Thieves   Indidginus Rhondas Songs Theo Altieri
Melodramas   Jahmark & the Soulshakers Mali Korsten Martha's Man
Lost Souls Club   Jointpop ODi Simon Jaymes
  Lonny Ray
  Mali Korsten
  Mystic Roots Band
  Since Yesterday
  The Spins
  Trademark
  Uzzhuaïa
       
Best Live (East)   Best Live (West)   Best Live (Rest)
The Burning Crows   Alonestar   Cats & Criminals    
Tha London Undaground   The Dirty Tricks   Xander and The Peace Pirates    
Peter Appleyard   Disclosure   One Dead Ninja    
Josh Bunce   Purgatory Shift   Arbitors    
        


*Category Prizes Vary from Category to Category, and the prize fund is added to all the time, please eMail prize@exposuremusicawards.org for the latest.

The Sponsors Involved:



Doodson Entertainment, specialist Insurance Broker are committed to helping the dedicated EMA® team find and Support the Best UK & International Talent by giving them Real World Career Development Opportunities via ever more exciting partnerships with their Music Industry Judges and Contacts.



2010 saw us joined by our Beer Sponsors Moritz who backed our M4 Tour 2010, everyone needs a Decent Beers Sponsor, and we’re working on something special for 2011



This Specialist Diving centre based in Egypt have used numerous Exposure artists material in their promo Video’s and will select from our winners a special soundtrack for their New Promo Video.


ADDITIONAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Doodson Entertainment will kindly be providing a year's worth of Free Equipment Insurance, to Winners of both the Best Live Act Fan Vote and Best Live Act Judges Vote, on the day; eMail Live@ExposureMusicAwards.Org for more details on this latest addition to the Winners' Prize Fund.

The Producers Involved:

Nick Brine {Oasis / The Darkness / Bruce Springsteen / Seasick Steve / Teenage Fanclub / Queen / Stereophonics / KT Tunstall / Arctic Monkeys / Stone Roses / Seputura / EMA® Winner Maker}

Steve Brown (Manic Street Preachers, The Cult, The Alarm, The Pogues, Alison Moyet, Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Stiff Kittens, EMA® Winner V0iD)

John Ravenhall [Sting / Elton John / Kylie Minogue / Mel B / The Exploited / pre production consultancy: EMA® Winner Stiff Kittens]

The Studios Involved:

Alt/Indie AStar Studios
Blues/Soul FFG Studios
Folk/Acoustic Warm Fuzz
Pop/Current Animal Farm
Urban/R&B Arcadium Studios
Rock/Punk TBC SOON


  • Winners of Best Live Act will go on Tour with Promotional & Sponsor support early in 2012
  • Winners of Judged Music Categories get Free Studio Time, see details below
  • Winners of Best Live Act Fan Vote gain PR Consultancy Sessions

Our Studio Partners shall choose category winners within their Genres, at their discretion Providing Free Recording & Mixing time
Winner of Best Overall Artist/(Song) shall also receive a full Post Production Master at Hafod Mastering Suite in Deepest South Wales
One of the runners up in Best Overall Artist will also get a song of their choice mastered at Lowland Mastering House in Old London Town
Raven Black Music shall offer the Best Category Winners an International Distribution Deal, and/or Assist them to self Release, etc
Winners of Best Live Act Fan Vote, may receive additional Promotional assistance and prizes dependent on Ultimate Prize Fund



So far EMA® Winners Have:

Gained Airplay On EMA® Partner Radio Stations
Hooked Global Distro Deals, Including Universal Music
Been Chosen To Play Summer Music Festivals And The O2
Won Free Studio Time From Our Partners FFG and Leeders Farm
Seen Their Music Used On MTV And VH1 Globally, and got paid …
Played Free Entry London Showcases in front of music loving Crowds...
And been selected for EMA®’s UK Tours … The M4 Tour / The M5 Live, etc
Had music chosen for The ‘Chaos & Glory’, EMA® Music Industry Promo Compilation
Consequently, seen their music presented at Music Industry Conferences like SXSW + MIDEM + LASYNCH
<
Fan Discover Great Music Artist Progress Your Band... Industry Valuable A&R Resource
Site designed with and maintained by Tang Creative Media © Raven Black Music 2008 / 2009 / 2010
From only £15 a month!

To help support artists we have also created a website and blog package with hosting and support for all artists (entrants or not) which will allow you to showcase videos and music, keep your fans up to date with blog articles, gig dates and photos that they can share with their friends on social networks such as FaceBook and Twitter.
Most of the registered Artists who take part in our London Showcases get Free Promo Videos for YouTube etc ...
All About EMA®
EMA® Winner Gains Radio Airplay and Universal Distribution Deal...
See News Story


SO FAR WE

Engaged Industry Judges for our song Categories from EMI / SONY / VIRGIN,with Partner Radio DJs and Independent Music Producers, including:
One Multi Nominated Grammy Winner.

Hosted Five UK Awards Shows, with Expansion into Europe in 2011 see www.exposuremusicawards.be.

Live Showcased Hundreds of Bands at our Award Ceremony Shows our Tours and Special London Showcases for Registrants.

SIGNED Six ARTISTS to Distribution and Development deals with ... 
Raven Black Music.

Given free studio time to the Winners of Best Overall Song (single release soon).

Produced and Scheduled releases for new Singles / EPs / Albums for many of the artists we work with. These will be distributed Globally on all main Digital Music Platforms and we'll be making as much noise as we can for all our Winners / Nominees / Escapees via 'Chaos & Glory' the Music Industry Compilation which arises from each awards;

Already gained SIGNIFICANT RADIO AIRPLAY for Exposure Music Artists both Regionally and Nationally.
Here's some of the great things the Artists involved have said about EMA®
To read comments in full or make one of your own click here: Feedback

It's great to be part of the EMA and the community of bands/musicians that is being built around it.
Black Bikini Alpha Winner Best Indie

“We very much enjoyed (EMA) the other night, was a bloody well run show!
Fen Tigers Nominated Best Indie

A very smooth operation I must say, hats off to you all. Great people, great bands, great night.
SAL Winner Best Live

Just wanted to say thanks for putting on such an awesome night. We had a great time. The sound guys did a great job. All in all, a top night.
Souljacker Nominated Best Blues/Jazz and Best Live Act

Had a great time at the awards got to meet lots of fellow musicians and to be in a room where music matters
Melodee Rockmore Nominated Best Live

A huge thanks to everyone involved for making the night so special. Love respect and protective headgear!
Stiff Kittens Winner Best Rock

What an honour it was to be a part of such a great night of talent; it was a great feeling to meet so many enthusiastic musicians, singers and songwriters all under one roof!
The Bellies and Star FM DJ our On Stage Compare

As a Berlin based music/video producer and performer, I can say that it was great pleasure to come back to UK, I think EMA has a lot of potential that the organizers know how to develop.
Alberto Trevisan of
Airwolf One Nominated for Best Dance & Best International