Submissions Open for Third Annual YOUR BIG BREAK at Gold Coast Arts Center; Deadline 1/10

On three special nights: Saturday January 31st, Saturday March 21st, and Saturday April 18th 2015 join Love Revolution Org and the Gold Coast Arts Center as they once again search for the next big thing to come off Long Island - with a little help from some of their friends in the music industry - as the Gold Coast Acoustic Cafe presents the Third Annual "Big Break" Showcase Series at The Gold Coast Arts Center, located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck NY. Doors open at 730pm and the first act will perform starting at 8pm each night. Price is $5 for students and $10 for adults.

Starting December 15, 2014, there is an open call for submissions for all musicians age 15 to 25 that do not currently have a recording or publishing contract to submit for the showcase events; interested artists must perform with a band or solo with an acoustic guitar or sing to a backing music track. Visit the website now at www.goldcoastarts.org or send one MP3 song, one photo and a short bio to GNACBIGBREAK@GMAIL.COM to submit for FREE. Deadline is January 10, 2015 at 11:59PM.

There is a new twist this year as there will also be mentors assigned to the finalists once they have been chosen after the second semi final. The mentors will work with the artists to help them hone their craft before performing at the finals. Mentors are Long Island based hit makers Ryan Star (Top 10 Single "Stay a While", TV on Rockstar Supernova), John Hampson (Nine Days top 5 hit "Story of A Girl"), Ido Zmishlany (current hit for Shawn Mendes "Life of the Party") and Steve Thompson (producer for John Lennon, Guns N Roses, Madonna, 2014 LIMHOF inductee).

Prizes and judges include: the chance to open for national acts at major venues like The Space at Westbury/Bruce Michael (judge), recording time at The Loft Sound Studio w/Donnie Klang (judge) and Matthew LaPorte (judge), feature at Reverbnation.com/Lou Plaia (judge), Online TV streaming opportunities on IndiMusic TV w/ Chris Pati (judge), musical equipment from All Music Inc and Guy Brogna (Judge), mentoring at Five Towns College with Linda Ingrisano (Judge), plus a photo shoot by Image Photographers and Neil Tandy, a video shoot with Kevin Wood Media, a publicity and promotion campaign with Rick Eberle Public Relations, radio appearances on WCWP and WUSB, and more TBA. All the things you need to get started on your musical journey. Come down to the show and network with some of the best and brightest people in the music business.

About the Gold Coast Arts Center: The Gold Coast Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, exhibition, performance and outreach. For over 20 years we have brought the arts and arts in education experiences to tens of thousands of people throughout our region through our 1) School for the Arts, which offers year-round classes in all visual and performing arts to students of all ages and abilities, (2) Free public art gallery, (3) Concert and lecture series, (4) Outreach programs, which each year bring artist residencies, after-school programs, school assemblies, teacher training workshops and parent-child workshops to students, senior citizens, teachers and others in underserved communities throughout our region, (5) Year round film screening and discussion series and (6) Gold Coast International Film Festival, now in its 4th year. The Arts Center is an affiliate of the John F Kennedy Center for the for the Performing Arts: Partners in Education Program and National Gallery of Art, both located in Washington DC. Gold Coast Arts Center is located at 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021. Call (516) 829-2570 for more information.

Pictured: Last year's winner Katie Zimmer. Photo by Neil Tandy Image Photographers Inc.