2017 Ottawa Sound Music Awards

We're starting a new thing!

You guys can vote on who you think is the best band of the year! The poll will work in two tiers, for one month there will be a nomination poll, you ad the artists you want to see on the list, BUT! They must have played at least one show or released at minimum one song during the year of 2017. It will be broken down by genre and you can add your faves in the comments!

Check here https://www.facebook.com/pg/OTTSoundBlog and vote vote vote!

After that month is up, we will post the list of the top 5 artists with the most nomination votes in each genre and for another month, you will be able to vote for those 5 artists!

On March 19th voting will close and the winners will be announced on March 31st!


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