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2010 College Battle of the Bands Names Apple Trees & Tangerines National Winner
Student band takes top honors at National Finale at the Wynn in Las Vegas

Santa Monica, CA (June 23, 2010) — The search to find the best student bands and music artists from over 100 colleges and universities nationwide concluded with a final battle at the world-famous Tryst Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, June 11. Battling for the national title were: South Region winners Apple Trees & Tangerines (Lee University), North Region winners Beyond This Point (Five Towns College), West Region winners The Oregon Donor (Skagit Valley College), and the Wild Card winner Jake Snider (Columbia University). In a highly-competitive battle, Apple Trees & Tangerines came away as the national champion.

Apple Trees & Tangerines Win the 2010 College Battle of the Bands

As winners of the competition, Apple Trees & Tangerines takes home an Apple iMac, iPod touches, a year of textbooks from Chegg.com, Epiphone prize guitars, Final Cut Studio, and more. As a Regional Finale winner, the group also earned $3,000 cash prizing from Chegg.com and SESAC, Logic Studio, and more in the previous round. "College Battle of the Bands was a wonderful opportunity that helped us grow as a band. The prizing helped take our recordings to the next level and the experience opened many doors. We are very grateful to have been involved with such a fun event." commented Jax Anderson of Apple Trees & Tangerines.

The National Finale was presented by AT&T with exclusive stage sponsor Chegg.com, and supporting partners GRAMMY U®, Gibson Guitar, SESAC, and the Elfenworks Foundation. The event also featured the sounds of Host Flula Borg, DJ Rhythm, and the battle was judged by an industry-studded panel including: John Baker — Management The Killers, PJ Bloom — Music Supervisor, Rob Accatino — GRAMMY U, Ashley Miller — SESAC, James Sleeman — Chegg.com, Patrick Genovese — Gibson Guitar, and the event producers.

Rob Accatino of GRAMMY U adds, "I have judged College Battle of the Bands for the past two years and am always blown away by the level of talent. This competition is the premier event for any college student or band looking to get exposure on a national level."

Additionally, during the event, the Elfenworks Foundation awarded $5,000 in cash grants to the top artists that submitted songs relating to a theme of social justice during the 2009-10 school year. First place honors went to Beat Advocate (USC), second place honors went to A Silent Canvas (Lee College), and third place was awarded to The Taxi Project (Cabrillo College).

For more information about College Battle of the Bands and the National Finale, and to listen to submitted music from participating artists, visit www.collegebattleofthebands.com

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Jennifer Keppel, GRAMMY U
jenniferk@grammy.com
310.581.8769

Angela Pontarolo, Chegg.com
angela@chegg.com
408.855.4471

About College Battle of the Bands

College Battle of the Bands was launched to help top emerging artists gain exposure and recognition. Any student band or music artist currently enrolled in an undergraduate program can submit music for free at www.collegebattleofthebands.com for a chance to be selected for a regional battle. College College Battle of the Bands is presented by AT&T, with supporting partners Chegg.com, GRAMMY U®, Gibson Guitar, SESAC, and the Elfenworks Foundation, and awards more than $100,000 in total prizing each year. The series began during the 2008-09 school year and featured notable artists including: The Local Natives, Mike Posner, Allison Weiss, Keep Me Conscious, Daylight Broadcast, and more.

About GRAMMY U

Created by the music community's leading membership organization, The Recording Academy®, GRAMMY University Network (GRAMMY U) aims to prepare students for careers in the recording industry through networking, educational programs, and performance and career opportunities. This network, designed to enhance students' current academic curriculum with access to recording industry professionals to give an "out of classroom" perspective on the recording industry, is a unique and fast-growing community of college students who are pursuing a career in the music industry. For information, please visit www.grammy365.com/grammyu.

About Chegg.com

Founded in 2007, Chegg helps solve a pain point for the 18.4 million college students across the U.S. — the high cost of textbooks. The company has grown into a respected and trusted brand used by college students on campuses nationwide. Students who rent all their textbooks from Chegg can save, on average, $500 or more a year. The company has already saved students more than $200 million dollars. Chegg gives students access to 4.2 million textbook titles from our online catalog, lightning fast shipping and free returns. In addition, every time a student rents from Chegg, the company plants a tree on the student's behalf.

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All rules and prizing are subject to be updated and may change throughout the year. Please check back here periodically.

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Process and Judging

Step 1: Sign-up an account at collegebattleofthebands.com

Step 2: Create a profile and upload your best track

Step 3: Get as many people to play, rate, and like you as possible

Step 4: Selection: In each local battle area of the country, artists compete on-stage for prizing and advancement. Judge selections, along with the most poular music artist online at the CBOB website receives entry to the Battle*

Step 5: Local Battle winners advance to a Regional Battle to compete against winners from other local battle areas, for greater prizing and advancement to the National Grand Finale

Step 6: Regional Battle winners advance to the National Grand Finale to compete against the best in the country to become the College Music-Artist of the Year



PRIZES


In addition to awesome exposure, winning artists also take home incredible prizes.

Local Battles:

WINNER


Regional:

WINNER


National Finale:

WINNER


Runner-Ups also receive a free semester of textbook rentals from Chegg.com, a Chipotle party for 10 and an AKG wireless vocal system.

More Info:

All Artists are encouraged to continue getting site plays and ratings throughout the year, as they count towards general site rankings, and additional wild card prizing opportunities. Regional Battles and National Finale may have a wild card selection added by the judges. Not every battle will include a wild card selection. Wild cards are chosen at the judges' discretion in order to balance competition format when spots are available, and to offer additional prizing opportunities to competing artists.

Additionally, check out the Elfenworks Social Justice Category for a cash prizing opportunity, and a great cause at www.collegebattleofthebands.com/elfenworks.

All rules and prizing are subject to be updated and may change throughout the year. Please check back here periodically.


*Selection: The cut-off date for contest entry and online votes is one weeks (7 days) prior to the Local Battle, unless specially-noted for that individual area. So for example, if your Local Battle is on a Saturday, the deadline to submit is one Saturday prior, as the clock hits midnight at the end of that night. For the online metrics, current site 'plays' are weighted heavier, and 'ratings' are used as a secondary metric. All plays and ratings are counted at the submission deadline, unless artists are notified of a voting extension in their region. All votes are subject to qualification and review, to ensure legitimate voting. For the judge selections, music industry professionals along with the show producers choose two or more artists to compete in each Local Battle, for a total of three (or four) artists competing at each Local Battle. Selected finalists will be announced at least 3 days prior to the Local Battle.

**SESAC Cash Prizing

In order to be eligible for the prize, contestants must be either (I) affiliated with SESAC as a songwriter or (ii) eligible for affiliation with SESAC as a songwriter (i.e. not affiliated with ASCAP or BMI) (the "Eligibility Requirement"). In the event any single entry consists of two (2) performers, then at least fifty percent (50%) of the songwriters in such performance group must meet the Eligibility Requirement. In the event any single entry is comprised of three (3) or more performers, then at least fifty one percent (51%) of the songwriters in such performance group must meet the Eligibility Requirement.