For more than a hundred musicians, Rothenburg is synonymous with dreams becoming reality. All the bands that participate in the Emergenza International Final already know that a great performance doesn’t only open the door to the United States (see MUNSHY and the Van Warped Tour), but offers so much more… First of all, performing in a contest like at the Taubertal Open Air Festival, isn’t just “another gig”; it gives bands the chance to play live in front of thousands of people. But more importantly, it is a means of presenting themselves to representatives of the music industry who are always present at these occasions. And who doesn’t dream of playing in front of a passionate audience of 20,000+? More significantly, which emerging band doesn’t have the dream of signing a contract with a Major Recording Label? At this occasion we remind you that in March of 2003, SINCERE, second place at the International Final 2002, published Dark Side Escort Service their first album with Sony Germany…all thanks to the Emergenza International Final. But that’s not all. There is more to be given out to participating bands by two juries: - The Board and - The Technical Jury The Technical Jury The Technical Jury is composed by all persons who knows very well the music scene, work in different fields of the music scenario and are able to appreciate the capacity of each musicians, their role in the band, their arrangement, their presence on stage, etc. There are many prizes to be given to the best musicians chosen by the Technical Jury: - A customised Music Man Axis sport guitar to the best guitar player - A customised Music Man Sterling bass to the best bass player - An Ampeg BA115 combo Amp to the other best bass player - A complete Mapex Top Deep Forest professional drumset to the best drummer - A complete Sabian Cymbal set to the 2nd and the 3rd best drummers - A professional wireless Sennheiser microphone System to the best singer - A professional complete Sennheiser wireless system for guitars and basses to the best performing band (best live show) - A Crate guitar amp including midi remote foot control to the band doing the best live arrangements (Crate Award) - A Crate guitar amp including midi remote foot control to the 1st mentioned guitar player - An OLP (Music Man) guitar to the 2nd and the 3rd mentioned guitar players Each member of the Technical jury will do the classifications of the best 4 musicians for each single instrument played, and the 2 other classifications of the best 4 bands who can win the Crate Award (best live arrangements) and the best live show. Each member of the Technical jury will assign the points as follows: - 10 points to the 1st musician or band - 7 points to the 2nd musician or band - 5 points to the 3rd musician or band - 2 points to the 4th musician or band The members of the Technical Jury are: David Morell Torrijo (Spain), Aaron Dey (USA), Jurgen Klier (Germany), Patrick Schuleit (USA), Dave LaRue (USA), Dj Ashba (USA), Carola Grey (Germany), Marco Caciagli (Italy), Uwe Ruppel (Germany), Wolfgang Lücke (Germany) and Julien Delpy (France). The President of the Technical jury is Mr. Jurgen Klier. The Secretary of the Technical jury is Mr. Julien Delpy. You may find all the detailed results on the Website, when the Award Ceremony will take place. The Board The Board is composed by all persons who work in different fields of the music industry, from the journalism to major, labels, management, etc. and they are able to appreciate all different styles of music, the music marketing, etc. The Board will decide exclusively the classification of the bands. The winning band will win a full sponsored promotional Tour in USA and other prizes: - A customised Music Man Sterling Bass - A customised Music Man Axis sport guitar - A complete Sabian Cymbal set Each member of the The Board will do the classifications of the best 10<