Calling
all music artists (singers, songwriters, musicians, bands) and
performance artists (comedians, dancers, and more)! We
need your help to find the missing!
Use The
Power Of Your Talent - make
a music video that features your music/performance AND profiles the
details of a missing person. Showcase your music, win awesome
prizes and do something good - together we can raise awareness and
take this message viral globally to help bring the missing home!
GINA for
Missing Persons FOUNDation and
the volunteers known as GINA
ARTISTS are
committed to using their performances, social networking and media
exposure to raise awareness about the missing. Since the start
of GINA, collectively we have helped find more than 500 missing
persons profiled by GINA Artists.
The GINA
Music Video Contest is held in honor of the 10th anniversary of
GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation, established after the
disappearance of singer/songwriterGina
Boswho
vanished after a performance in Lincoln, NE on October 17,
2000. Every music video submission features the details and
story of a missing person. Together we can bring hope to those
families who are looking for their loved ones. Help us bring
them home!
How Do You Enter?You must be a GINA Artist to enter your submission. You
can sign up as a GINA Artist by following the guidelines below.
You can choose any song you want for your entry - be creative, tell
us a story, have fun - it's your video! It doesn't need to be
about missing persons but must profile the missing person from your
area, which we will assign to you. Videos can even be funny and
light hearted. Please note that
videos with offensive language or content will NOT be accepted.
All submissions will be reviewed before being posted as part of
the GINA Music Video Contest.
Your video
will be featured here on 411GINA.org, and by sponsors and other media
promotions. YOU help spread the message by posting the
video on YouTube and promoting it through social networking and your
fan base. The goal is to share the message and have the images
and details of the missing reach as many people as possible!
The
GINA Music Video Contest runs
through
Midnight, October 1,
2011 Winners
will be announced on
November 11, 2011 (11-11-11)
STEPS
TO ENTER: 1) You
Must Be A GINA Artist To Enter. If
you are not yet a GINA Artist, please email the following
information to GinaVideo2011@gmail.com:
Name
of Artist/Band/Group: Website
of above: Contact
email: Contact
Phone: Complete
address including city and state you live in: Any
other important info:
Be sure
to put Become
GINA Artist
in the subject line of your email.
2) The
Making Of Your Video: Once
you have become a GINA Artist, we will assign you a missing person
in your area, and their flyer, picture, and information will be
available to you here on the GINA web site. Please print
out and read the flyer of the missing person assigned to you and zoom
in on their face on the flyer or insert their photo into your video
through the editing process. If you can include that missing person's
flyer and/or photo in at any other time during the video, please do
so. Also, please add text that says, "If you have any
information on (insert missing person's name), missing from (insert
city), please go to www.411Gina.org to submit your tip or call your
local police".
The
video can be as simple or as elaborate as you want it to be. It's up
to you. See video example here
3)
Submitting Your Video: Please
title your video www.411GINA.org
and then the name of your song (example:
www.411GINA.org / October
17th).
Once
you are finished with your video and you have uploaded it to your
YouTube channel, email
us the link to your video. Be
sure to put GINA Video Contest in the subject line of your email.
Please
include your contact information/name of song and any other
information important to you in the email, so that we can contact you
immediately if we need to.
4) Missing
Person In Your Video: If
your missing person is found before the contest is over, we will
have to take your video down and we will need you to reinsert a new
missing person.
You will be compensated for the time you are off line based on a
percentage of average views. So, you will not lose out on a chance to win.
5) Video
Views and Prizes: The top 10 will win prizes based on MOST
VIEWEDvideo
on YouTube by Midnight,
August 20th, 2011. The top 20 will be
judged by industry professionals for the best song and best video. Prizes
will be listed on this area of the site as they are confirmed.
Please stay tuned in the next few weeks.
Top 30 Most
Viewed Videos
will have the opportunity to be chosen by NBC-TV's Jimmy
Lloyd's Songwriter Showcase producers to appear on The
Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase filmed in New York City, NY. (Winner
is responsible for traveling expenses) This
show is growing in popularity and is currently seen in four major
markets: New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington,
D.C. See show below:
Top Winner
receives an Ovation
guitar CC24-4(NOTE:
actual guitar has a natural finish)
Top Winner
receives an Interview Tactics coaching session with Gayl
Murphy
Top Winner receivesMusicians
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Street Music at New Wave Entertainment, where he was also the
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Pretty", "The Boy"). Ross recorded the #1 Hit
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Day" is released on Geffen and a song by Vanessa Carlton off of
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In 1973, Harriet,
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Lady," which became a hit for Helen Reddy and was later
nominated for a Grammy.
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Smokey Robinson,
Roberta Flack, Helen Reddy, Lee Greenwood, Johnny Mathis, Syreeta,
Carl Anderson, Gloria Loring, Vikki Carr, Manfred Mann, Mireille
Mathieu, Letta Mbulu, Nancy Wilson, and many others have recorded
Harriet's songs. She also wrote "Dreaming," which was
recorded by Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid), a favorite among Little
Mermaid fans. With Misha Segal, Harriet co-wrote "First Time on
a Ferris Wheel" for the Motown film, Berry Gordy's The Last
Dragon, as well as all the songs for The New Adventures of Pippi
Longstocking and the animated Secret Garden. Her songs have been
featured in numerous films and TV shows.
Harriet taught
songwriting for two years at USC in the undergraduate program and has
lectured and been published in songwriting magazines nationwide. She
has been teaching privately for over 20 years.
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