Music’s rising teen stars to compete in Everett

Published 7:26 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010

Teens will rock and rule at the Everett Civic Auditorium on April 18 when between five and eight teen bands will perform in the “Futurestars of Music Competition.”

Acts include Seattle rock band Trace, who take inspiration from bands such as Rush, Kings of Leon and Muse.

Longtime friends Peter Tilton and Sam Rice founded Trace in the summer of 2008, signed on drummer David Sorensen and now perform across Washington state.

Other performers include rock bands The Jacob Thing; Amerigo; rhythm and blues singer Jairemie; and The Social Girls, four young women who play teen pop music.

The goal of “Futurestars,” however, is not just to entertain. These musicians are playing with the hope that they might one day be stars on a new reality television show.

“Futurestars of Music Competition” is a high school music competition developed by producer Chris Clay and Everett neurosurgeon Sanford Wright Jr. in association with the Dorothy Jane foundation.

The talent show is for high school students, 14 to 19 years old, who have developed their own original music, whether it’s rock, hip-hop, electronic, folk, punk, classical, pop or rhythm and blues.

These young performers will be videotaped at the concert and this demo will be pitched in Los Angeles as a potential pilot for a reality television show, which might be called something like “Top Music Producers,” Clay said.

“It will be patterned after ‘Top Chef,’ with these different producers and musicians facing all different challenges,” Clay said in a phone interview from New York.

“Futurestars of Music Competition” will begin at 7 p.m. April 18 at the Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave., Everett.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for youth at the door with student ID.

Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.