EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Semi-Finalist, Seymore, Has Called It Quits

We knew we would eventually witness the first breakup of a band in our EdgeMusic alumni sooner or later. We almost saw it happen twice, when Sound the Alarm and First Class Fever went on hiatus. The first break-up just happened with one of this year's Artist of the Year Semi-Finalists, Seymoure. Last Friday, Wes posted a blog about the status of the band.

"I'm sure many people have guessed by the lack of activity on the myspace but for those who didn't put two and two together, we've decided to call it quits on old Seymoure. It's been a great two years, but due to school and different goals in life we've decided to hang up our hats. Stay tuned for more details on our final show. And thank you to anyone who has ever bought a CD/Shirt, come to a show, or even just left us a comment. I don't know if you realize it but you left an impact on these four boys from East Texas."

We are sorry to hear about this tragic news, but we wish everyone in the band the best of luck with their futures.

Our New Semi-Finalist

Well, the poll has been closed Sunday night. The votes have been tallied, but the announcement was pretty much overdue. So, let's go ahead and reveal what happened in our April preliminaries for our EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Faceoff.

This was the second time that a preliminary round has been run for April 2009. Hinder won the first one, but they were disqualified after we forgot that their reign began on March 29th. Therefore, that contest was redone. This time, we had a better outcome. 10 votes were cast in this round, which was better than the first time we did it. Winning by only half of the vote...

JUNIOR DOCTOR IS NOW A SEMI-FINALIST IN OUR EDGEMUSIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR FACEOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Junior Doctor for advancing to the next round, and thanks to everyone who voted. Junior Doctor completes the lineup of our first semi-final round. In that round, the band will go up against Locksley, Seymoure, and Kelly Clarkson. The semi-finals will be held at the end of the year. The next preliminary round will take place this Sunday, and we will find a representative for our May 2009 winners.

Final Results:

JUNIOR DOCTOR - 50%

The Airborne Toxic Event - 30%

The Chuck Shafer Picture Show - 20%

EdgeMusic Artist Of The Year Preliminary Round #4

So right now, we are running a special contest called the EdgeMusic Artist of the Year Faceoff. This contest decides who was the best EdgeMusic winner of the entire year. Our first annual Faceoff took place in 2008. We had 12 preliminary rounds, 3 semi-final rounds, and one final round. Above All Else was declared the champion this past January.

The official contest for 2009 began back in April. We ran four preliminary rounds in the middle of April, choosing four semi-finalists. We usually begin our preliminaries right at the end of each month while the winners were still fresh off of their reign. The January preliminaries were the first to be held, followed by the February preliminaries, then the March preliminaries, and then the April preliminaries being the latest.

However, the winner of the April preliminaries was Hinder, whose reign actually began on March 29th and ended on April 5th. We usually sort the preliminaries by the beginning of each winner's reign, so Hinder was disqualified. But Kelly Clarkson (March 8 - 15, 2009) was allowed to remain a semi-finalist when Hinder's votes were compared to the results of the March preliminaries. Kelly will participate in the semi-finals at the end of the year along with Locksley (January 4 - 11, 2009) and Seymoure (February 8 - 15, 2009). But the April preliminaries only received 2 votes, with Hinder winning unanimously. The 3 winners from April lost to a winner whose reign began in March.

So today, the April preliminaries will be redone. This round will last the whole day, and it will include all the winners from April except the winners from the Bamboozle contest, as that week had 7 winners, but they will have a big surprise ahead of them. For now, here are our candidates:

*The Airborne Toxic Event (April 5 - 12, 2009)

*The Chuck Shafer Picture Show (April 12 - 17, 2009)

*Junior Doctor (April 17 - 26, 2009)

The poll closes at 11 PM EST tonight. To vote, go to our MySpace profile, or you can vote on here:

POLL CLOSED. RESULTS COMING UP SOON.