“Fifteen aspiring indie bands are in a race to have their songs released on the Verizon cellphone network in the U.S.
The bands, with punk, rock, hip hop and country roots, are competing through MySpace.com, a website with 37 million users around the world.
They are unknowns like Franco Anthony of the Bronx, The Parlour Boys of Kentucky or hip hop Latinos Berto Ramone from Chicago, who rap to The Look of Love.
More than 4,000 bands entered the Calling All Bands contest by communications firm Verizon.
Each of them hoped to win the chance to see their song released as a download on the Vcast music service. The winning song will also be released as a ringtone and ringback tone.
The 15 bands that were selected have their songs on display at MySpace.com and are competing for votes from the user community. Five finalists will be chosen March 24 and a winner March 29.”
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