3 Macas and a Reject Live!

Unknown Caller: What would you say if I told you one of the greatest bands in the world - 3 Macas and a Reject - are coming to Place d'Orléans this Wednesday?

Phoenix: We'll I'd say you should go see them!

The unknown caller in the snippet above is Hot 89.9 Radio DJ Ryan Lindsay, who informed Phoenix last night of our band's selection in the Place d'Orléans Rock Band Challenge happening at 12h30 this Wednesday, March 18th, in front of the West 49 store in Place d'Orléans.

So we invite all our fans to come and show your support this coming Wednesday at Place d'Orléans as we show people how Rock Band is played!

Contest specifics (taken from here):

Preliminary Rounds

A minimum of eight (8) ‘bands’ will compete per preliminary round (Monday, March 16th – Thursday, March 19th, 2009).

In the first round, bands will be paired up and will have to complete the same song (chosen randomly) as their competing team, starting on an easy level. The team that garners the highest score will move on to the next round. For each round, the difficulty and song will change, with the winning teams moving forward. The final two teams competing each preliminary day will be required to complete a song on the ‘Expert’ level, with the highest scoring band advancing to the Finals.

Finals

The winning band each day will automatically move to the Final Competition on Friday, March 20th between 1pm - 3pm.


There will be a total of three rounds of competition for the Final Competition. The first round all eight (8) bands will be paired up. During each round, paired up teams will be required to play the same song. The song difficulty, like in the preliminary events, will increase throughout the Final competition during each round.

The winner of each pairing in the first round will move onto the semi-final round – four (4) teams in total. During the semi-finals the four (4) bands will be randomly paired up again, with the winning team from each pairing moving onto the final round.

The two teams that make it to the final round will have to play the same song (chosen at random), on the same difficultly. The team who receives the highest score will win the grand prize. The runner-up team will therefore win the 2nd place prize.

The two teams that lost in the semi-final round will also compete against each other. The team who garners the highest score/most points will take home the 3rd place prize.

Prize Details

The winning team of four (4) will win the grand prize: $1,000 worth of Place d’Orleans Gift Certificates (that can be split evenly amongst the band members).

The 2nd place team (or runner-up) will win $400 in Place d’Orleans Gift Certificates and the 3rd place team will win $200 in Place d’Orleans Gift Certificates.