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Prize package announced for SouthSounds Showcase

Posted by Stephen Centanni | Feb 24, 2016 | The Rundown | 0 |

WHAT: CALL FOR ARTISTS continues, SOUTHSOUNDS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, APRIL 8-10, 2016
WHEN: Deadline is March 8.
HOW: Visit www.southsoundsfest.com/mobilebayshowcase

Over 300 up-and-coming acts from across the Southeast applied to play SouthSounds Music Festival this year, which will take place in downtown Mobile April 8-10. Around 40 acts were chosen and will be announced very soon, with organizers promising this is the best slate yet.

Lagniappe has also teamed with the festival this year to present a very special industry showcase.

Of the 40 acts booked, five deemed the hottest and most promising will be invited to play in front of a panel of industry experts in the Lagniappe New Southern Music Showcase on the Cathedral Square stage on Sunday, April 10. In addition to these five acts, the winner of the Mobile Bay Music Showcase will also perform in front of the panel. That competition will also be on the Cathedral Square stage on Saturday morning and judges will select the “best of the best” of all of our local acts who apply.

In addition to getting this valuable industry exposure, the bands will also be competing to win an awesome prize package, which we are now pleased to announce. It includes three days of studio time, including accommodations, at Studio H20 with legendary producer, founding Wet Willie and Alabama Hall of Fame member Rick Hirsch, a $500 gift certificate to Andy’s Music, a week long writing/R&R retreat at a gulf-front beach house in Gulf Shores, a $150 gas card to fill the ol’ van up and a feature in the April 14 issue of Lagniappe. Not too shabby.

These acts will each play a 25-minute set on Sunday in front of the panel, which includes Nashville’s J.D. Connell, SESAC vice president and counsel, new media licensing, who was named one of Billboard magazine’s “Digital Power Players” in the Oct. 24, 2015, issue. Connell is one of 25 music industry executives named as a leading digital strategist. Also on the panel will be Atlanta’s Matt Wilson, partner/owner/artist management of GT Music Group, the management company for Moon Taxi, T. Hardy Morris, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Dead Confederate, Sans Abri, Great Peacock, Cicada Rhythm and Packway Handle Band, among others. Joining them will be the aforementioned Rick Hirsch. And we hear there will be a couple more “big players” added to the panel in the coming weeks.

These executives will offer guidance to these emerging acts and choose one as the winner of the New Southern Music Showcase.

Local bands interested in participating in the Mobile Bay Showcase need to make a submission through the SouthSounds website, southsoundsfest.com/mobilebayshowcase. Deadline is March 8. Bands should be prepared to play both the Saturday and Sunday time slots, if selected.

The festival will release the line-up in the coming days and tickets go on sale March 1. Visit southsoundsfest.com for more information.

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Stephen Centanni

Stephen Centanni

With the exception of two years spent at Auburn University, Steve Centanni has spent his life in Mobile County while focusing on his two passions: music and the written word. As soon as he was issued his driver’s license, Centanni began to explore the local music scene in the early ‘90s. He filled his weekend with visits classic local venues such as the Four Strong Winds Coffee House, Vincent Van Go-Go’s and Culture Shock, all of which welcomed those who had yet to reach 18. After high school, Centanni traded Mobile for Auburn to complete his B.A. in English with an emphasis on general writing. While at Auburn, he had the honor of studying under the Pulitzer-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who served as the nation’s Poet Laureate in 2012 and 2014. After receiving his diploma, Centanni quickly moved back to Mobile and completed the University of South Alabama’s graduate program with a M.Ed. Eventually, he was tapped by the nationally distributed Volume Entertainment Magazine to serve as the magazine’s managing editor/senior writer. His time with Volume allowed him to exercise his love for both music and writing. As Volume began to fade, Lagniappe recruited Centanni as their Music Writer and later their Music Editor, where he has remained for a little over a decade. As far as his involvement in the local music scene, Centanni organized Cess Fest at the Langan Park, which was a mini-festival focused on original local music in a time when original local music was veritably taboo in Downtown Mobile. For a short time, he brought original music to Downtown Mobile as the in-house promoter for the now deceased venue Cell Block. He managed local underground powerhouse Fry Cook, until the members parted ways. Centanni has lent his bass to bands such as Keychain Pistol and The F’n A-Holes, and he toured nationally as a member of Abstract Artimus & the Torture Children. Currently, he provides vocals for the garage blues rock outfit Johnny No. Ultimately, Centanni’s experience in the local music scene as both a participant and an observer has allowed him to witness the ever-changing persona of Mobile’s enigmatic music scene, which continues to leave him with more questions than answers.

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