QTBIPOC Open Mic Contest: SoundSplore Edition

QTBIPOC OPEN MIC CONTEST: SOUNDSPLORE EDITION
Date: May 22nd
Time: 6pm-10pm
Location: KISO BAR DTLA

Join a community of local musicians and perform your best original song to win! The QTBIPOC Open Mic Contest exists to hightlight and feature up-and-coming queer and minoritized musicians!

Come out to network, socialize, perform and connect with other local musicians in Downtown Los Angeles' favorite new gay bar KISO DTLA. Compete to win three prizes valued at more than $750 each!

Learn about and get invite-only access to SoundSplore and how they serve and provide new opportunities for up-and-coming independent musicians.

If you’re interested in pre submitting for the Open Mic Contest to let us know a little bit more about you and your music please submit using our pre-submission for linked below; you can also get started with SoundSplore and begin setting up a profile and to learning more about the app please email submit@soundsplore.com and tell them Secret Spot DTLA sent you!


Get Started With SoundSplore:
submit@soundsplore.com

Open Mic Pre-Submission Link:

https://www.studiamusique.com/services-3/submissions

Contest Host & MC :
To Be Announced

Judges:
Cameron Ljungkull, Gabi Kochlani, Henry Awad, and others

What Do I Win?

#`1 Best Overall Performance:
-SoundSplore Artist Feature
-Feature on Wish USA (2.7M Subscribers)
-4 Hr Studio Session at GRL SND
-Live In Studio Video at Secret Spot DTLA
-Photoshoot at Secret Spot DTLA

#2 Best New Rapper:
-SoundSplore Artist Feature
-4 Hr Studio Session at GRL SND
-Live In Studio Video at Secret Spot DTLA
-Photoshoot at Secret Spot DTLA

#3 Best QTBIPOC Performer
-SoundSplore Artist Feature
-4 Hr Studio Session at GRL SND
-Live In Studio Video at Secret Spot DTLA
-Photoshoot at Secret Spot DTLA

Event Partners & Sponsors:

Huge thank you to our incredible Event Partners and Sponsors who make this event possible. The QTBIPOC Open Mic Contest strives to partner with local and national organizations committed to supporting and highlighting musicians.
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Learn about our partners/sponsors, whose support, continues to make this event and contest possible for musicians and songwriters across the United States.

About SoundSplore:
SoundSplore is a new app and now available in the app store in iTunes or Google PlayFree to download & join, it’s non-exclusive and dedicated independent artists, combining streaming, social features, and a built-in marketplace with no ads, no subscriptions, and direct fan-to-artist payments. SoundSplore will also help you earn tips from fans and to design/sell merch. Artists pay nothing upfront.

About Secret Spot DTLA:
Secret Spot DTLA founded by (producer and director) Cameron Ljungkull provides an innovative community-driven co-working studio and community space uniquely tailored to songwriters, producers, photographers, visual artists, filmmakers, remote workers, and creative professionals. Our centrally located side-by-side loft units located right in the heart in Downtown Los Angeles provide events, workshops, lessons, creative software and hardware resources for all creatives grow, thrive and create together.

About WISH USA:
Wish USA is an innovative moving music platform based in Los Angeles, California. Like its Philippines counterpart, the Wish 107.5 FM radio station, it strives to be a gateway wherein various musical talents can perform and showcase their music with the world. With the Wish USA Bus, people can now see their favorite artists perform live in an environment open to all.

Wish launched with the Wish USA Bus, the platform is a much-loved musical experience that advocates in supporting talented musicians from different genres. From Wish 107.5 to Wish USA, Wish has transformed itself from being a music station on wheels to a sought-after musical platform.

About GRL SND:

GRL SND is a creative space based in Los Feliz, CA. We aim to support and empower all women and the LGBTQIA community to speak their truth without fear and encourage young women and LGBTQIA artists to pursue the creation of music, poetry, and spoken word and find connections with their audiences. We provide a safe environment for women and LGBTQIA artists to share their ideas and uplift each other to achieve their highest potential of creativity.

Visit GRL SND Studio's Website

https://www.grlsnd.com/