Audio-Technica Searches For Singers With The GAK Factor
Leeds, UK, 01-11-2011: With the UK again caught up in fierce debate regarding the vocal abilities of X Factor participants like Frankie Cocozza, Audio-Technica has teamed up with MI retailer GAK to launch The GAK Factor.
From 1 November, budding singers are invited to upload their audition videos to YouTube and post a link to GAK’s Facebook Wall (www.facebook.com/gakmusic). The entry that most impresses the Audio-Technica and GAK judges will win a fantastic first prize of a pair of Audio-Technica ribbon microphones – the AT4080 and AT4081 have a combined retail value of more than £1500. Second and third place runners up will receive Audio-Technica AT4033 and AT2020 mics respectively, with each entrant receiving an Audio-Technica rucksack.
Audio-Technica senior UK marketing manager Harvey Roberts said, “We’re very pleased to have teamed up with GAK for The GAK Factor. It’s obviously designed to be a fun competition for participants, but we look forward to perhaps discovering some hidden UK talent too. I’d encourage anyone thinking of entering to do so sooner rather than later – and to keep an eye out for our announcement of the winner at midday on 1 December.”
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About Audio-Technica
Celebrating over 45 years of audio excellence worldwide, Audio-Technica is a leading innovator in transducer technology, renowned for the design and manufacture of microphones, wireless microphones, headphones, mixers, and electronics for the audio industry. Users of Audio-Technica microphones and headphones include Katherine Jenkins, Metallica, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, The Pigeon Detectives, Ben Mynott and Eddie Halliwell.
Company Contacts:
UK: Harvey Roberts
Germany: Jaana Weide
France and rest of Europe: Evangéline Pirot
Audio-Technica Ltd
Unit 5, Millennium Way
Leeds LS11 5AL
Tel: +44 (0) 113 277 1441
Press Contact:
Alison Clarke
Red Pepper Communications Ltd
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alison@redpeppercommunications.com
