Florida GRAMMY Showcase — Orlando
April 9, 2008

Tabu, Orlando, Fla.

On April 9, the Florida Chapter held its first Florida GRAMMY Showcase — Orlando at Tabu in downtown Orlando. The event featured six talented, unsigned acts carefully chosen by top music industry professionals from entries submitted by Florida- and Puerto Rico-based artists. The finalists performed live in front of a music industry audience and competed for valuable artist development packages worth more than $25,000.


The six selected artists were Johnny Bulford, Kayla Dumon, Experimental Pilot, Social Ghost, Soul Phenomenon and Stalling Dawn.


After great performances from each artist, Social Ghost was named the showcase winner and Johnny Bulford was selected as runner-up. "We're looking forward to the exposure that winning the showcase can provide for the band's future," said Social Ghost drummer Matthew Brown. "We're honored to have been chosen to begin with, but to win was beyond expectations.
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Playing host for the evening was classic rock station WHTQ-FM's Buckley, and DJ John Debo kept the event moving with his expert spinning.


Each of the finalists shared artist development prizes worth more than $25,000 including a range of goods and services from Auralex, Melinda Bell of Wright Entertainment Group, CAD Professional Microphone, Dean Markley Strings, Epiphone, Guitar Center, IK Multimedia, producer/engineer Tom Morris, Morrisound Recording, Nick Nanton Esq., Seymour Duncan, and Skull Candy.


The event was sponsored by FilMiami, Full Sail, GTC Media, Rag Magazine, SAE Institute, SESAC, SunTrust, Artist Relations, Auralex, Axis Magazine, Gallien-Krueger, Gibson, Korg, KS Audio, Paradise Production Services and Vox.