JINGLE CONTEST

WINNING IS JUST THE BEGINNING! $5,000 in Cash Prizes!

NW musicians, songwriters and those with a creative musical bent of any music style are invited to create a new jingle for the Coeur d’Alene Casino.

Jingle submissions must include and end with the familiar lyrics “Winning is just the beginning at the Coeur d’Alene Casino!” production level game up,” Stocks says. “It’s been a learning process from the beginning. The audio quality consistency, we really want to elevate that. Visuals have always been our strongest suit. We really want to sink our teeth more into the roots of the community as well. We want to get more people involved or at least be networked with people who share a vision of just trying to elevate the music community.”

The biggest change for Season 3 is the addition of hosts for the series. Local rappers ExZac Change and Iyzlow Matisse — artists featured on the series’ very first episode — serve as the guides to help viewers get a handle on the artists performing. It’s more of a casual music nerd hang vibe than polished hosting, but it fits Live From Somewhere’s DIY vibes.

“They’re an access point to people, we believe, who aren’t necessarily into every band or artists that we feature musically. If it’s a metal band and somebody’s not into that, they at least know that [ExZac] and [Matisse] are there to kind of help ease them into it and engage with these artists,” says Stocks.

Going forward, the Live From Somewhere team wants to keep expanding. They’d love to travel a bit farther and shoot in places like national parks. There’s plenty of artists they’ve yet to work with but would love to have on — the guys mention everyone from locals (Allen Stone) to former locals (Carmen Jane) to West Side acts (Macklemore) as dream series artists.

But the goal of keeping the local scene thriving remains the core of Live From Somewhere.

“Ultimately, anyone who’s hungry enough to pursue it as hard as we’re willing to pursue it, we want to work with them,” says Stocks. “So the numbers that they have aren’t necessarily what we’re chasing or whatever, but we can mutually lift each other through the art platform.”

“If we can just catch the eyes and ears of more people somehow, and then just remind them that to maintain [a music scene] it requires some input,” he continues. “It can be hard, I get it, to make it out to things and show support for local bands you’ve never heard of or a style of music you don’t like, but just for the spirit of the local community we just need to keep people engaged.” n

To enter, submit your 30 to 120 seconds MPG3 or MPG4 file by MARCH 16TH, 2023 at cdacasino.com/jingle Winner(s) will be announced at the Coeur d’Alene Casino on MARCH 31ST, 2023 AT 5 PM See cdacasino.com/jingle for compete entry instructions and contest rules.