4A / ENTERTAINMENT / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM FRIDAY Doors Open at 8PM PAT GREEN tickets still available KANSAN & ECHO EVENTS (E^2) PRESENTS: FEB 5 JING JANG TWIN$ BEAR CLUB BOYS: MORRI$, TOM RICHMAN AND NICK ARCADE Doors Open at 8PM the canada Conceptis SudoKu Bv Dave Green 1 5 6 3 2 4 1 8 2 8 5 3 4 9 5 7 6 6 1 2 6 7 7 8 5 4 3 6 7 3 7 3 1 5 2 1/26 Difficulty Level ★★★ 5 4 1 6 3 8 9 2 7 8 3 7 2 9 5 1 4 6 6 9 2 7 1 4 5 3 8 1 2 6 3 8 9 7 5 4 3 8 4 5 7 2 6 9 1 7 5 9 1 4 6 2 8 3 9 7 5 8 6 3 4 1 2 2 6 3 4 5 1 8 7 9 4 1 8 9 2 7 3 6 5 MONKEYZILLA Answer to previous puzzle MUSIC The Louisiana Street Band won the General Mills Foodservice U Rock! Battle for the Best Contest. The band earned recording time in Firehouse Recording Studios. 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Battle for the Best Contest in Los Angeles this month. The grand prize was recording time set up through Disk Marketing Inc. in the well-known Firehouse Recording Studios, where artists like Aretha Franklin and the Dave Matthews Band have recorded. KELSEY RICHARDSON krichardson@kansan.com Band members include lead guitarist/vocals Evan Epperson, a senior from Wichita; rhythm guitarist/vocals JohnMarc Skoch, a senior from Hastings, Neb.; keyboardist/vocals Austin Quick, a senior from Shawnee; bass guitarist/vocals Brad Feagan, a sophomore from Oswego; drummer Nate Deel, a senior at Baker University; and saxophonist Scott Marks, a senior at Baker University. T he Louisiana Street Band competed against and outshined two other bands with its cajun-blues sound: The Jerry Oleo Trio from Cal State San originality, overall entertainment value and their live performance of original musical work. A panel of music industry experts served as judges for the competition. any of them worth mentioning? Winning the competition is a breakthrough for The Louisiana Street Band because it means fans can buy its music for a reasonable price, the band can send demos to record companies and it opens up opportunity to play at local establishments that it would not have been able to otherwise, Epperson said. General Mills still has control of the band's recordings. The band has already recorded at Firehouse Recording Studios, where its recordings are currently being mastered. Marcos in California, and The Acree Brothers from Longwood University in Virginia. "The whole thing seems like a dream," Epperson said. "Some of us were in disbelief, and it really hasn't quite set in for us." The bands were judged on stage presence, interaction with and reaction from the crowd. Once the recordings are mastered, 5 Alarm Music, the "Some of us were in disbelief, and it really hasn't quite set in for us." EVAN EPPERSON lead guitarist nation's largest independent music library, will own the EP (extended play) rights. The Louisiana Street Band will then receive a royalty check for its music. "Royalties are a big way to make money," Epperson said. Bryan Hopkins, lead singer of the band Paperback Hero and a judge for the U Rock! Battle for the Best Contest, encouraged the band to jump in a van and tour. 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