In honour of Shure’s 100th anniversary, the world-renowned audio manufacturer and technical partner of the Montreux Jazz Festival has teamed up with the traditional and world’s largest music store Thomann, to host a European Online Band Contest.
Both brands were looking for talented artists via the Thomann blog who had what it takes to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival. At the heart of the application was a particularly convincing song from an oeuvre as well as a recording in which the live qualities of the bands could be recognised. In a subsequent voting on the Thomann blog, the community selected the three best artists from the top 10 applicants. A jury then selected the act from the three best artists who was allowed to play at the Montreux Festival. But that’s not all – the top three also received high-quality Shure equipment, which they could choose according to their own requirements.