Local band gets record deal (online)

Northern Michigan band Deja Norm'al won a recording contract with New York City label 10-34 Records in a competition conducted solely online," the Cadillac [Mich.] News reports. Deja Norm'al was trying to figure how to afford making a CD when a talent scout suggested they enter the "Hey! 10-34 Records, Sign My Band" contest in MySpace. They created a page and posted some of their music, along with some 500 other "hopeful rock groups posting their original songs." The bands "were rated half by a panel of five judges and half by fans voting on MySpace," according to the Cadillac News. "The band winning five times in a row would walk away with a recording contract and a national tour." Deja Norm'al is now shooting its first music video in preparation for their summer tour. 10-34 Records is "known for using grass-roots tactics 'to bring the best young artists to the forefront of music'."