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Always a great event. Here’s the press release, via Music Video Asheville:
The 11th Annual Music Video Asheville presented by Prestige Subaru Announces Official Selections.
Music Video Asheville enters its 11th year with more live musical performances, appearances by Asheville’s artists and industry leaders and a curated selection of 90 minutes of music video created by Asheville area musicians and filmmakers and played on the big screen at Diana Wortham Theatre.
This event has become near and dear to the hearts of Asheville’s music community as an opportunity to enjoy the hottest and newest talent, to network with the area’s music and film pros and to “strut your stuff” on the red carpet for a top notch crew of photographers.
The 28 selections were narrowed down from 86 submissions to just 27 by a panel of 13 industry professionals. The competition was incredibly stiff making the decisions painful and difficult for the team. They are listed below:
• Carly Taich — “Give Me A Likeness”
• David Earl — “Deeper Thirst”
• Don Clayton — “Pray Me Over”
• eleventyseven — “Inside Out”
• Foul Mouth Jerk & Gus Cutty — “ScoffLaw”
• Free The Optimus — “The Toast”
• Hustle Souls — “Make Believe”
• Ian Ridenhour — “You Help Me Fall Asleep”
• King Garbage — “Lost in the Sauce, Devil”
• KQ + AMBY — “Like it”
• Leeda “Lyric” Jones — “Focus On Us”
• Midnight Snack — “Magic”
• MOOK!theBTSG — “Unbreakable Soul”
• Natural Born Leaders — “Return of Jafar”
• Ryan RnB Barber — “AVL Funk”
• Secret Agent 23 Skidoo featuring Asheville Symphony — “Mozartistic”
• Sister Ivy — “Sepia Sun”
• Sk, the Novelist — “limit pusher”
• Spaceman Jones and The Motherships — “Make A Slaughter”
• Stephanie Morgan and the Mercurists — “Send Nobody Up”
• Stereo Reform — “Kids Like Us”
• Taylor Martin — “Little Pictures”
• TEYG — “My Life”
• The Honeycutters — “Birthday Song”
• Virtuous — “Love In The Heir”
• Xero God — “All Promo”
• Yellowfeather — “Lucille”
About the event
Beginning at 5 p.m., beer, wine and champagne is paired with live music and networking in the lobby of Asheville’s Diana Wortham Theatre. The doors to the theater open at 7pm and the show begins at 7:30.
The star-studded event will include live performances by Ian Ridenhour and Brie Capone and a ninety minute showing of music videos.The evening concludes with an awards program and an audience vote to select the “People’s Choice” award who will win a $500 cash prize provided by Charlotte Street Computers.
A panel of 5 judges will choose the “Judge’s Choice” award and the winning band will go on to win a full day of studio time provided by Echo Mountain Recording Studios.
Additional category awards will go to:
Best Cinematography
Best Visual Design
Best Editing
Best Soundtrack (Song)
Music Video Asheville: Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
5-7pm Networking Party
6-6:45pm AMP Professionals Panel (more details to follow)
7:30-9:30pm Screening
9:30-10pm awards
Tickets Available Now
$20 adv/ $25 dos
VIP Tickets: $40 online only; include two beverages (beer, wine, champagne or soda), and preferred seating.
