THE BOARD Ralf Kotowski - Germany Consulting for TVT Europe + Valicon Music Susanna Ott- Germay Managing Director Oh My Sweet Entertainment / Partner label of Sony Bmg Jonathan Clarke - USA DJ at Q104.3 - Host/Executive Producer for „Out of the Box“ Massimo Scialò - Italy General Resource Director + C.E.O. of Emergenza Festival (President) Andrea Petricca - Germany Worldwide Artistic Director for Emergenza Festival + Managing Director Track 1 Records, NY Brian Waymire - USA Artist Manager + Agent for DreamScapers International, LLC Wiz of Oz - Italy Freelance guitar player + Emergenza Magazine reviewer The Board decides: The winning band and other position from 2 to 20 The winning band wins: a fully sponsored promotional tour in USA (c/o Ernie Ball), a custom Music Man guitar and a custom Music Man bass guitar The second qualified band wins: a Sennheiser Evolution wireless microphone and three instrument wireless systems THE BEST SONG BOARD Natascha Augustin - Germany Marketing for Warner/Chappell Publishing (President) Alfonso Ortiz - Spain Marketing and Communication Manager for Magnetron, Sennheiser Distributionc. Too Tall - Canada DJ at CHOM FMd. Christine Copeland - USA Promotion Director for 89X''s sister station, 93.9FM the Best Song Board decides the best original song: the band wins: a recording and mixing of the song and three pedal effects for guitar and bass from Snarling Dogs THE BEST PERFORMANCE BOARD Michael Warner - USA Booking assistant to the Director of Theatre Bookings at Clear Channel Entertainment in Boston Julia Frank - Germany Head of Modern Rock at Wizard Promotions Brian Ball - USA Marketing and Artist Relations Manager for Ernie Ball - Music Man (President) Herbert van Sloun - The Netherlands 013 Coordinator Production The Best Performance Board decides the best live performance. The band wins: a promotional live showcase and a Crate combo GLX 65 amplifier DRUMS & BASS TECHNICAL JURY JÜRGEN KLIER - Germany Creative Art Director for Marketing & Events of Musik Meyer Products President of the Technical juries Julien Delpy - France France General Manager Artistic Cooperative Director for Emergenza Festival - Secretary of technical jury Ingo Baron- Germany Journalist for Drums & Percussion Beth Bearden - USA Sales and International Distributors for Ernie Ball - Music Man. Chris Bucher - Switzerland Responsible of drums and percussion for Heer Music Ltd Philipp Salb - Germany Music Man - Ernie Ball and OLP Product Manager for Germany and Austria in Musik Meyer distribution and marketing company Chris Bucher - Switzerland Responsible of drums and percussion for Heer Music Ltd Ray Todd- UK Sales Manager for Strings and Things distribution company David Avery - USA President of Powderfinger Promotions The Drums & Bass Technical Jury decides: - Best Bass Player: winning a custom Music Man bass guitar - mentioned bass player: winning a custom Sub Bass - mentioned bass player: winning a custom Sub Bass - best rhythm section: winning an Ampeg combo PBC2210 amplifier - best drummer: winning a Mapex Orion drumset - mentioned drummer: winning a Sabian set of cymbal - mentioned drummer: winning a Sabian set of cymbal GUITAR & VOX TECHNICAL JURY - Juergen Klier (The President) - Julien Delpy (The Secretary) Carlos Escribano - Spain Order planning and sales organization in Magnetron Spain Artist Relationship + Sponsoring for Magnetron, Sennheiser Distribution Derek Brooks - USA Artist Relations Manager for Ernie Ball - Music Man Stephen Goodrich - USA Sales Manager/Artist Relations International - Ovation, Takamine and Hamer Guitars (Kaman Music Corporation) Thorsten Doerr - Germany Ovation guitars + V