Artist Aloud & Hard Rock Café Come Together for A Nationwide Digital Talent Hunt

Bangalore 21st November 2016: Artist Aloud – The App, India’s only independent content app for fans, artists, producers and labels and Hard Rock Cafe - the iconic, rock-themed chain of restaurants today announced a nationwide digital talent hunt to offer budding talent across India a platform to voice their Talent Out Aloud with #IMALOUD@HRC. #IMALOUD@HRC will be an ongoing property with the hunt starting this November 2016.

Artist Aloud – The App is a freely accessible platform across iOS, Android and Windows for independent artists to showcase their talent. The #IMALOUD@HRC property will provide an accessible platform for independent artists to showcase their talent and allow them to create visibility for themselves as an artist with the complete freedom of expression. Interested talent can go on to the Artist Aloud – The App and upload videos of their performances (original content or covers) with Artist Aloud and Hard Rock Café playing the role of a curator handpicking the best of the best to perform on the legendary stage of Hard Rock Café. Supporting this special initiative are leading names of the music fraternity like Subir Malik, Palash Sen, Luke Kenny, Manasi Scott and Shilpa Rao. These experts will also help curating the talent and choosing the winners.

The talented bands or artists will get a chance to perform at a Hard Rock Café venue in their respective city.

Jay Singh, Co-Founder & Executive Director, JSM Corporation Pvt. Ltd. said, “Hard Rock Café is very excited about partnering with Artist Aloud to discover a new wave of talented musicians. We hope that this platform will benefit the musical community for years to come.”

The #IMALOUD@HRC contest with the help of Artist Aloud – The App fulfils the dream of many independent artists who have dreamed of performing on the Hard Rock Café stage where many legendary bands have played. Hard Rock Café with world's largest collection of rock n' roll memorabilia, of music equipment, stage costumes, etc. has practically seen every music legend Indian or international perform at their iconic venues across the globe.

On Artist Aloud – The App, artists can share their content with the world without losing the copyrights of their own content. The most significant feature about this app is ‘interactivity’. It enables active engagement between the artists, producers and the consumers of their content.

Subir Malik – “I want to congratulate Artist Aloud for this crazy initiative. They’ve always have been supportive of all acts with no discrimination. Parikrama was probably one of the first artists to sign up with Artist Aloud, it’s a great platform and a lovely app. Collaborating with Hard Rock Café to find India’s next big thing sounds very exciting. Hoping for many participations!”

Palash Sen – “This is gonna be a great opportunity for a lot of bands out there to experience the thrill of being on stage, performing at Hard Rock Café! Artist Aloud is always encouraging new talent and giving them spotlight they deserve. With their new funky app, it’s just a step ahead for bands to get discovered!”

Manasi Scott – “I have been associated with Artist Aloud for quite some time now and I can definitely say it's been the cornerstone in the independent music space, more so with their new App. I am so stoked about #IMALOUD@HRC. It's time we see some fresh and exciting acts perform on stage!”

Luke Kenny – “It is great that Artist Aloud have taken this initiative, as they always do, to bring forth and celebrate new talent that the country has to offer. And with a spanking new and snazzy, easy to use app this has become a smooth ride onto a rocking stage that will be set for a super show.”

Shilpa Rao – “Artist Aloud is always pushing boundaries in what they do other than giving a platform to independent artists. #IMALOUD@HRC is a great initiative to give up and coming artists an exposure in the live music space.”