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Yuuzoo is a social media platform that allows bands to interact with fans, post content and build a community of followers. It is important that your band creates a unique identity so your fans are able to connect with you. Visit www.yuubreak.com to customize your band page and create an environment for your fans to interact. Utilize Facebook and Twitter to drive fans to your page. |
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New Jersey's oldest alt-weekly music and entertainment magazine. This is our Eighth year for the Break Contest, and The Aquarian has been with us since day one. | |
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John Naclerio is the owner and chief engineer at Nada Recording Studio based out of New Windsor, New York and features a full compliment of the latest recording gear and equipment. Some of the bands that recorded there recently include Bayside, Armor for Sleep, and Brand New. We are pleased to have John back for their third year. | |
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Rock Steady Drums & Company is a drum company specializing in making full custom drum kits, custom snare drums, drum accessories, and drum repairs. Our love for drums and music goes far and wide along with our ambition to design and create the highest quality drum products around. We offer artist endorsements and fully support the artists that purchase our products and their musical talent in general! This will be RSDC's 2nd year as a Break Contest sponsor! |
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Mark R. Sullivan has been with the Bamboozle for all 10 years and the Break Contest all eight years. As the festival's official photographer, he's photographed some of the biggest stars of today and tomorrow! We are pleased to be producing a special limited edition of Mark's photos featured on a custom playing card deck. | |
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Emerging Music Group LLC is one of the most comprehensive music industry service providers for emerging artists and record labels. EMG offers a broad range of professional industry services from major label music production to artist development, branding and marketing. Our services are based on providing the highest quality results at fixed rates, not by the hour studio or consultation sessions. This way our focus is strictly on helping you compete with the chart topping artists of today. We welcome EMG as a new sponsor for 2012. | |
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Kill Brand apparel seeks to provide a unified creative response to a new generation who infuse their lives with passion and excitement. Today, the youth grow up in an age where their creativity holds no limits - from graffiti artists, garage bands, skaters, surfers -- the possibilities are endless. Kill Brand pushes the limits of expression, unifying the realms of art, music, and beyond. Kill Brand infuses love and enthusiasm to create a clothing line that reflects the style in us all. 2012 marks the first year for Kill Brand and the Break. | |
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Choonimals are our own brand and creation of animals/ creatures/ abominations from an otherwise normal animal kingdom. Each Choonimal has fangs, eyes more crooked than Don Vito, and sometimes a spiked, sparkler-looking tail. They all look rabid and ravenous, but somehow still cute enough to share a pillow with. Chris and Matt were the crew behind the very popular The Bamboozle Documentary and this is the first year they are sponsoring the Break. | |
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Live Nation is the world's largest live events company and is based in Beverly Hills CA. Live Nation promotes or produces over 22,000 events, including music concerts, with total attendance exceeding 50 million—more than the NBA, NFL, and NHL combined. As of September 30, 2005, Live Nation owned or operated 117 venues, consisting of 75 US and 42 international venues. These venues include 39 amphitheatres, 58 theatres, 14 clubs, 4 arenas and 2 festival sites. In addition, through equity, booking or similar arrangements Live Nation has the right to book events at 33 additional venues. | |
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Artist Toolbox has been supplying discounted merch to bands since 1989. A co-founding sponsor of the Break Contest in the first two years, we are pleased to have them back this year. | |
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Ryan Soroka - Owner/ booking agent at Soroka Booking. Artists represented: Fairweather, Divided by Friday, Action Item, Into It Over It, Alex Degoot, My Ticket Home, The Story So Far Nicholas Hernandez - Owner Onyx Eye Entertainment and Canvas Clash music venue, talent buyer at Stanhope House, Mainstage. George Cikurescu - Bassist for Valencia, (Columbia Records) toured internationally in Europe, Japan, Canada, and The U.S. w/ bands such as All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Bayside, etc Paul Salee - Owner of Music University in Freehold NJ. Band manager for The Break 2011 graduates " The New Royalty" Jordan DuMond - Bassist of Mazmyth, the grand prize winner of The Break 2011. Mark Shami - Action Item Keyboardist 2009, 2011 Bamboozle performers supported All Star Weekend, We the Kings, Hot Chelle Ray, The Downtown Fiction, The Summer Set, new single Learn to Fly producd by Nick Jonas Dennis Ackley - Tour manager/ Guitar Tech for Terrible Things (Universal Rec), The Color Fred (Equal Vision Rec) Weerd Science (Equal Vision Rec) David Smith - Owner of Artist Toolbox, founding sponsor of the Break Contest eight years ago, and co-owner of Gig Records who released over 70 CDs in a 10 year period. John D'Esposito - The owner of Linc Star Records and The Break Contest, Founder of The Bamboozle Festival will be a judge in the regional finals. |
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