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GEM Hotels, Not the Holograms, Are Searching for Rockstars

Where: New York, NY, United States

Got a band and dreams of fame and grandeur? Are you looking forward to the day you can walk into a hotel lobby and hear the sweet sound of your own voice and the twang of your buddy's guitar echoing softly off the walls? Hanson gets played in Aloft lobbies (well, one Aloft lobby anyway) — isn't it time that local NYC band you've been playing in for a couple years got its moment in the sun? Yes. It is. It's time.

Get this: the GEM Hotels in NYC want to check out your band's demo (or your solo demo!). Since GEM's brand philosophy is all about reflecting the individuality of the neighborhoods surrounding each property, the hotels want local music playing in the lobbies.

To make it all happen, they've launched their "Rooms for Tunes" program, a sort of open casting call for NYC bands and solo artists who live or regularly perform in either Chelsea, Midtown and SoHo to drop off their CDs at the closest GEM property. Staffers will judge the jams through March 31, 2009, and if they like what they hear, your music will be featured on a rotating playlist in the hotel lobby and you'll score a free room night.

Drop off your CD at GEM Chelsea, GEM SoHo or GEM Midtown — and sit back and wait for the fan mail come pouring in. Or maybe wait for the hotel to call you and tell you whether you got a free room or not.