The search for the next big thing to come off Long Island continues on Saturday March 21 as the Gold Coast Acoustic Cafe presents the second semifinal of the Third Annual “Big Break” Showcase Series at The Gold Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck. Doors open at 730 p.m.. Price is $5 for students and $10 for adults.
Scheduled to perform are: Tayla St. Rose, Sir Cadian Rythm, Zolfolk, Jaclyn Manfredi, Justin Davi, See, Samantha Daniels and featured guests The Brady Brothers.
In December there was an open call for submissions for all musicians age 15 to 25 that did not currently have a recording or publishing contract to submit for the showcase events. The first semifinal had winners Annika and Danielle Lutz, who will join two winners from this show on Saturday April 18 for the finals.
There is a new twist this year as there will also be mentors assigned to the finalists once they have been chosen after the second semi final. The mentors will work with the artists to help them hone their craft before performing at the finals. Mentors are Long Island-based hit makers Ryan Star (Top 10 Single “Stay a While”, TV on Rockstar Supernova), John Hampson (Nine Days top 5 hit “Story of A Girl”), Ido Zmishlany (current hit for Shawn Mendes “Life of the Party”) and Steve Thompson (producer for John Lennon, Guns N Roses, Madonna, 2014 Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee).
Prizes and judges include the chance to open for national acts at major venues like The Space at Westbury/Bruce Michael (judge), recording time at The Loft Sound Studio with Donnie Klang (judge) and Matthew LaPorte (judge), feature at Reverbnation.com/Lou Plaia (judge), Online TV streaming opportunities on IndiMusic TV w/ Chris Pati (judge), musical equipment from All Music Inc and Guy Brogna (Judge), mentoring at Five Towns College with Linda Ingrisano (Judge), plus a photo shoot by Image Photographers and Neil Tandy, a video shoot with Kevin Wood Media, a publicity and promotion campaign with Rick Eberle Public Relations and more.
For more information, please visit https://www.goldcoastarts.org
Gold Coast Arts Center is located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, (516) 829-2570
