Mike Marlin's AMP Music Productions Launch £11,000 Video Competition
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
Independent record label AMP Music Productions have announced a brand new £11,000 competition for film-makers across the country – to produce the best film incorporating one of four choice songs taken from alternative rocker Mike Marlin’s second studio album ‘Man on the Ground’, which hits shelves on February 13th.
Entries to the competition can take the format of a music video, but this is not a requirement and contestants can use the songs in any way they see necessary. Films can made specifically for the competition, or the song (or instrumental) can be used to provide a new soundtrack for an existing film they have previously made. There is no limit to the number of films you may submit to the competition.
The overall winner will be chosen and given the opportunity to make the official music video for Mike Marlin's next single, with a budget of up to £5000. Closing date for entries is January 2nd 2012. Entries must be submitted as YouTube/Vimeo links to the official Mike Marlin Facebook page.
The songs (‘Heartbeat’, ‘Steve McQueen’, ‘Girl From Chelsea Bridge’ and ‘Left Behind’) are available to competition entrants to download in both full and instrumental versions through the Mike Marlin website. Details on how to enter the competition and access the songs can be found here.
Marlin was selected in HMV's ‘Next Big Thing’ earlier this year in February, following the release of his first album ‘Nearly Man’. Since then he has toured the UK supporting acts including The Stranglers and Big Country.
Since then, Marlin has gained a reputation for unusual and thought-provoking videos, as his YouTube Channel shows. Indeed, so impressed were the BBC with the video to his single ‘Play That Game’ that their subsequent trailer to the series ‘Luther’ could almost be a tribute to it, sparking a furore of pride among Marlin's committed fan base.
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