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WFIT's 3rd Annual Garage Band Contest - We Have Winner!

We have a winner! After soul searching deliberation by our panel of judges the winner of the 2019 Garage Band Contest is….….Dunies

The Dunies capture the spirit of a young band performing 2/12 minute classic surf rock sounds. They are releasing a new EP soon.

This up and coming band from Cocoa Beach area will perform at our Sonic Waves Festival April 13.

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Mark April 13th on your calendar for our 3rd Annual Sonic Waves Festival (5-10 pm), where the winning band will perform as our opening act at the Intracoastal Brewing Company in the Eau Gallie Arts District.

WFIT 89.5 FM is again looking for the next great garage band on the Space Coast.  If you have a band or perform solo, enter our 3rd Annual Garage Band Contest. The winner will get the opportunity to perform a Live In Studio Session to be broadcast on Sound Waves, perform at our Spring Sonic Waves Music Festival, and have a recording session at WFIT.

To enter, you'll need a video of your band or solo in a garage, performing one original song you wrote. So start recording, and get your entry in. The entry deadline is March 22nd, with the winner to be announced on March 29th.
 
Last year's Garage Band Contest winner was The Spring. Listen to their Live In Studio Session. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX0xX5bRKbI

This year's winner could be you!

 • Upload an embeddable, publicly viewable Video to YouTube between January 18th and
 March 22nd, 2019.

 • Email your completed entry form (form link below) with the following materials attached and CLEARLY LABELED WITH YOUR BAND’S NAME to wfit@fit.edu (Use your band’s name as the email subject):

 • One JPEG of a high-resolution publicity photograph of the entire band together in one shot. No live shots, please. (Label file: Your Band Name – Press Photo.jpg)

 • One Word Doc file with:

(a) Your Band’s biography (150 words or less)
(b) Song lyrics and the name of the songwriter or songwriters
(c) URL link to your YouTube Video (make sure video is set as publicly viewable)
(Label file: Your Band Name – Bio-Song-Video link.doc)

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