BDO comp - The voting has ended

[RALPHE]

::EDIT:: Voting has now ended... read on.



Hi Everyone,

Just a quick note to say that public voting has now started in the Amplifier Live and Local Competition.

Each day for the duration of the competition Amplifier is going to be giving one voter a ticket to the Big Day Out 06. The more times each person enters the greater their chance of winning. Also at the end of the competition 1 lucky voter will win the grand prize of 4 VIP tickets to the Big Day Out 06.


The current top 7 bands are shown on the chart on the Live and Local page. This chart will update every hour so check back regularly to see how things are going.

To vote for Sevenfixangel go here:
www.amplifier.co.nz/liveandlocal/vote.sm?artist=18805

[Celeste Coutinho]

Excellent I will be sure to log on today to vote.
All the best and good luck
Celeste

[RALPHE]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your participation in the Live and Local competition bought to you by Amplifier.co.nz and Jack Daniel's Old No. 7. We’re now down to the couple of weeks that will probably decide who gets to open the 2006 Big Day Out and also gets the day’s recording at York St. Christmas and New Years are going to play merry hell with the voting as people leave the office and don’t go near a computer. The bands that can keep their fan base motivated over this time will be the ones that come out looking good at the end of the competition. Anyway there is a list of current standings below so you can see where you currently are.

Our band is currently 35=
which ain't bad for a band who haven't started gigging Help us at least make the top 20 for some credentials

Also this is a very important note. The competition rules state that each person can vote only once per day. This means that people who are putting through votes for all of their friends and colleagues in the hope that they’ll respond to the confirmation e-mail are cheating. Also setting up several e-mail accounts to vote from won’t work either. They have software in place that monitors voting patterns and the locations that votes are coming from and to date they have contacted 5 bands who have been trying to manipulate the vote (luckily us not being one of them lol).

Last week we had a practise yet again at Area 51 Studios infront of an astounoshing 3 person crowd lol...
was a great way to test out our current set of 25mins it turned out to be...

the response from our 3 person judges? Apparently wickked with the highlights being "Roleplay" and the new song "Power of Control", and the band's current fave "Goodbye Call". Maybe another test audience after the xmas/new year holiday? Till then keep em votes comin and have a safe xmas!


The Chart in Full (as at 11:45 20-Dec-05)


1 OdESSA
2 Tahuna Breaks
3 Battle Circus
4 Quarter2
5 FALSE START
6 AGENT
7 The Rabble
8 FUSER
9 Inverse Order
10 Magnum Opus
11 Ruptus Jack
12 aether
13 Epitome
14 The TwiTch
15 Slowdance
16 Sonic
17 4ManBob
18 President Gas
19 TomorrowComesInSilence
20 Daybreak
21 Payola
22 Fideleo
23 dDUB
24 NEAVUS
25 Rearview Murder
26 Bored Gordon
27 Scurvy Dogs
28 RIMU
29 Ritalin
30 5Star Fallout
31 Teenwolf
32 Tempo 38
33 ROADHOG NZ
34 The Madison Press
=35 Sevenfixangel
=35 Tinpot Guru
37 The Hot Grits
38 brutally frank
=39 Hogwild
=39 Misadelphia
41 jackpoint
42 Vendetta
43 The Halloweens
44 Miscreant
=45 All Left Out
=45 The Tuesdays
47 Duchess
=48 Subtract
=48 tegan
50 Nephew
51 Cyphanetik
=52 Black Chrome
=52 Hestia Solstice
=54 PROLEPSIS
=54 Tainted
=54 pro drag
57 House Of Dolls
58 Task One
=59 Rose Petals and Confetti
=59 The Bu B's
61 Likwid Officials
=62 Dawn Session
=62 Edward Gains
64 Edward Gains & Cabbage Bomber
65 shansun
=66 Celadore
=66 Gahu
=66 It's Always Last Tuesday Somewhere
=66 The Demi sleepers
=70 Ammp
=70 Farmer Pimp
=72 OOS
=72 Pearl
=72 Recliner
75 Edwin Derricutt
=76 Black Pudding
=76 Children of the Mist
=76 The Clerics
79 Bing Turkby
=80 Melz
=80 das ben
=82 Exiles
=82 Jon Bowen
=82 SERVO
=82 The New Freedom
=82 Valley Goats
87 The Slipstream
=88 Many Hands
=88 The Hipshooters
=88 [mana]
=91 Amygdala
=91 PKS
=93 Big Blue Blanket
=93 Philip Hartshorn
=93 mindshove
94 Angel Hammer

[JohnSteen]

good luck mate! i voted again

John | www.johnsteenbergen.com

[RALPHE]

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for being part of the Live and Local competition bought to you by Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 and Amplifier.co.nz. Voting finished on Thursday night and the final results are shown below. Congratulations to OdESSA who’ll be opening the Big Day Out as well as spending a day at York Street Recording Studios. Also further congratulations to the runners-up, Battle Circus and Tahuna Breaks, who will be receiving Amplifier.co.nz advertising packages as well as some Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 prize packs.

Overall voting was admirably clean. In a few instances votes were removed that were not entered in compliance with the rules of the competition. Bands were spoken to first before this happened and in most cases it appeared to be the result of over zealous fans. The controls and software that they had in place to alert them to any dodgy voting worked very well and the competition was as clean as it possibly could have been. Amplifier will continue to refine the system in preparation for the next Live and Local.

As predicted, and this is something to keep in mind for next year, the biggest factor in the result was the Christmas/New Year’s break. Several bands dropped out of the running over this time and the gaps between bands became more marked.


Again thanks for being part of Live and Local and hopefully we will have your continued support for next year, especially once the band gets some gigs going. Our band did however get a special "featured band" mention in the rock section of Amplifier, seperate to the competition, which is very encouraging!

The debut is nearing, with new band members who seem to have picked up where we left off immediately.

With the sad news of our departing drummer, it was a gamble to find a replacement. Sometimes when members leave it takes ages to find a replacement, at times not being successful, and things dry up. Lucky enough this wasn't the case. Updates as things unfold.

Once again thank you and a special congrats to Luke who won a BDO ticket for voting!

Ka kite ano



Final Ranking


1 OdESSA
2 Battle Circus
3 Tahuna Breaks
4 FALSE START
5 Magnum Opus
6 AGENT
7 The Rabble
8 Quarter2
9 The TwiTch
10 President Gas
11 FUSER
12 Inverse Order
13 Epitome
14 aether
=15 Ruptus Jack
=15 Slowdance
17 Sonic
18 Daybreak
19 5Star Fallout
20 4ManBob
21 ROADHOG NZ
22 dDUB
23 TomorrowComesInSilence
24 Bored Gordon
25 Hogwild
26 Ritalin
27 Payola
28 The Hot Grits
29 Teenwolf
30 Fideleo
31 Rearview Murder
32 RIMU
33 House Of Dolls
34 Scurvy Dogs
35 The Halloweens
36 NEAVUS
37 Sevenfixangel
38 The Madison Press
39 brutally frank
40 Misadelphia
41 jackpoint
42 Tempo 38
43 TEGAN
44 Tinpot Guru
45 Vendetta
46 All Left Out
=47 Tainted
=47 The Demi Whores
49 Subtract
50 Duchess
51 Hestia Solstice
52 Miscreant
53 The Tuesdays
54 Cyphanetik
55 The Bu B's
56 Task One
57 Bing Turkby
58 Black Chrome
59 Edwin Derricutt
60 Nephew
61 Edward Gains & Cabbage Bomber
62 Celadore
63 pro drag
64 Edward Gains
65 PROLEPSIS
=66 Dawn Session
=66 Farmer Pimp
=66 Rose Petals and Confetti
69 Likwid Officials
70 Ammp
71 shansun
72 Black Pudding
=73 Exiles
=73 Pearl
=75 Gahu
=75 It's Always Last Tuesday Somewhere
=75 OOS
=75 Recliner
79 das ben
80 Melz
=81 Children of the Mist
=81 The Clerics
83 The Slipstream
84 Valley Goats
=85 SERVO
=85 The New Freedom
87 Many Hands
=88 Jon Bowen
=88 [mana]
=90 Amygdala
=90 Philip Hartshorn
=90 The Hipshooters
93 Big Blue Blanket
94 mindshove.
95 PKS
96 Angel Hammer

[RALPHE]

Just got an email from Amplifier...

SEVENFIXANGEL received a total of 136 votes - not bad