BALLARAT three-piece blues rockers, Cold Feet recently won Bannockburn\u2019s Battle of the Bands, taking home $1500.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s guitarist and vocalist, Kyle Shawcross, organist and backup vocalist, KP Macak, and drummer Kayne Smith performed a 20-minute set during the competition at the Bannockburn Cultural Centre.<\/p>\n
The Mount Clear College students are in Years 11 and 12, and have been playing music together for a year. Smith said the build up to the battle had been big knowing the potential prize money.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most that we\u2019ve ever been paid for a gig was about $10, so $1500 was a huge jump from that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were really, really nervous beforehand. We were all freaking out at the gig, but once we got up there, we all switched on and understood what we had to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to all our friends and family, it\u2019s probably one of the best sets we\u2019ve ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n
The competition was so tough, Cold Feet were shocked to hear they\u2019d won.<\/p>\n
\u201cI jumped out of my seat and started hugging them,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n
The group has recently decided to promote themselves more, setting up social media accounts and spreading the word.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur next thing is to get as many gigs and as much exposure as we can, so we can get our name out there and people want us for gigs,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also decided that we\u2019re going to get our money together and buy a keyboard for one of the band members.\u201d<\/p>\n