Photo: Mark BeechA new contest with a top prize equivalent to some $63,000 aims to help the next generation of music makers who are desperate for an audience, a contract and a career. Salute Music Makers, fronted by Feargal Sharkey, the former singer with the Undertones, says that it will be a unique Internet platform with a television talent-show tie-in and the highest payout of any performing arts contest. The U.K.-only Salute is confident of success even though it is up against other international enterprises which also are aimed at unsigned acts. That brings us to Salute Music Makers. “In very simple terms, if you would like to enter this competition simply because you would like to be famous, please do not bother.

Source: Forbes March 22, 2017 21:45 UTC