The Score Magazine August 2017 Issue | Page 39

Vote for your favorite bands and help them win Sennheiser Top 50 Season 3! More than 500 bands registered representing different genres Sennheiser announces top 100 bands finalists for Sennheiser Top 50 Sennheiser, in its pursuit of providing a platform to the upcoming talent in the country, today announced the top 100 finalist shortlisted for its coveted Sennheiser Top 50 Season 3- a battle of Indian bands to compete and make their way to the coveted list of Top 50 best bands in India. The third season received an exceptional response with over 500 bands registering from different genres. Voting for your favourite bands is now open, so get voting and help them provide a chance to showcase their talent and be judged by some of the leading artists in the industry- Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Raghu Dixit and Papon. Sennheiser saw maximum number of registrations from the East zone followed by West, North and South. The third edition of Sennheiser top 50 saw an increase of over 50% in terms of the previous editions. Seeing the immense amount of talent growing in the country, it was a tough task for Sennheiser’s internal and external jury members to choose the top 100 out of the 500 entries received. The next phase involves voting within zones to choose top 3 bands from each zone, who will then battle out at regional finales to get into top 4 as well as revealing ranks from 5 to 50 basis 70% jury decision and 30% public voting. Mr. Vipin Pungalia, Director, Sennheiser Professional Segment India, commented on Sennheiser-Top50 saying, "We are beyond thrilled to have received this overwhelming response from all the zones. All the entries have been beyond compelling and selecting the top 100 amongst the 500 entries received has been a beyond tough task. There is great talent in the country and we want to offer them the right platform to showcase it. With the right jury and mentors we are sure that we will witness some great talent through this journey. “ Mr. Vipin Pungalia Raghu Dixit The winners of each zone will be announced by zonal finale held in 4 zones, North-Delhi, South- Bangalore, East- Guwahati and West- Pune. This will then be followed by a grand finale in Mumbai where the top 4 bands will battle out infront of the jury to become number 1. Sennheiser is further raising the stakes this year with the most credible jury in the music fraternity, 2-year endorsement by Sennheiser which will give them access to Sennheiser gear by being the face of Sennheiser for the next year and prizes worth 20 lacs that will leave you drooling! Voting for your favorite bands is now open across India on www.sennheiser-top50.com The Shakar Ehsaan Loy Score Magazine highonscore.com 37