Block M Records Announces Competition for UM Students

August 2006

Budding musicians take note!  Block M Records, the University of Michigan’s new recording label, has announced  New Music on the Block, a competition of new music composed, performed, recorded and produced by University of Michigan (U-M) students. The contest officially kicks off on Tuesday, September 5, 2006. 

The goal of New Music on the Block is to celebrate student creativity in the arts by promoting new musical works composed, performed, recorded and produced by U-M students. Students whose work is successfully reviewed will be awarded a recording contract in the renovated Audio Studio of the U-M Duderstadt Center with the possibility of distribution in the iTunes Music Store.

Submissions will be judged by an expert panel including producers, composers, media personalities and U-M faculty.

Submissions can be from bands ranging in size from 1 member to 100.  All musicians must be currently enrolled students at the University of Michigan.  All music must be original and written by currently enrolled students. 

Submissions are due by 5:00 PM, September 15, 2006.  Detailed instructions for submitted materials and judging criteria are located at the Block M Records website at www.blockmrecords.org

Block M Records is a University of Michigan organization that promotes the vitality, diversity, and artistic excellence of the University of Michigan through recording, production, and dissemination of musical compositions and performances by our faculty, staff and students.

Block M Records is managed by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance with the generous support and guidance of the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Provost, the Division of Research Development and Administration, the James and Anne Duderstadt Center, the Office of Tech Transfer, and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University Library. Block M Records is a subsidiary of the Internet Publication Project– a campus-wide collaborative research program that explores the convergence of multiple technologies to support web-based publication of media-rich scholarly and creative research.