We made it all the way to the final round! In the end though, we had enough fan votes just not enough industry votes. If you haven't found out yet, losing is no fun!

One factor in our lack of industry magnetism is our non-conforming musicianship. As a result, Juniper can be difficult to categorize. "There is no room in any named category, no matter how loosely interpreted, to squeeze in the individuality that is Juniper: A breath of fresh air to the stagnant climate of modern music." (evolvingartist.com) Hey, we like to break some rules! We don't want to distance ourselves from listeners, but we don't want to sacrifice too much of ourselves in our music either. "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep...without a shepherd. Without innovation, art is a corpse." (Winston Churchill) What a damn struggle! Ah, but it's so much fun!

So while this contest is over, the contest with perception wages on! Check us out at www.happygreentrees.net or view our EPK at www.sonicbids.com/juniper for more of our music samples! Tell us your struggles...anybody out there lose like we do? Drop us a line!