Twenty-five carefully selected musicians meet at 10:00 A.M. at the evening's performance venue. They are a cross-section of the music community with different social and cultural backgrounds, with divergent levels of musicianship and experience. The musicians are organized into five bands through a lottery-based chance selection. The bands depart to different practice spaces and are given 12 hours to create three to five songs (with a one cover-song limit). Each band is asked to create a unified sound while still maintaining the individual styles of the members. At 10:00 P.M., the bands return to the venue and perform their songs in front of a waiting audience.

Greg Altuna - Mescalero/420 Blues Band

Paul Baker - Sub Oslo/oveo

Andy Bothwell - Astronautilus

Matthew Burgess - Eat Avery's Bones

Megan Carroll - Nouns Group

Jon Clardy - Fishboy

Chad DeAtley - Dovehunter

John Dufilho - The Apples in Stereo/The Deathray Davies

Shane English - TUODW/Ghosthustler

Don Feagin - The Theatre Fire

Guitar George - High School Caesar

Sarah Jaffe - Sarah Jaffe

Ian Johnson - Hogpig

Jermy Johnson - Mission Giant

Julie McKendrick - C!TR

Ace McNeely - GJ&HPGL

Mike Melendi - Skin Trade/jetscreamer

Ian Messerli - Valve/100 Proof Hero

Laura Palmer - Laura Palmer

Kim Pendleton - The BAcksliders

Tim Ruble - The Happy Bullets

Mike Seman - Shiny Around the Edges

Rob Schumacher - Little Big Horn/Ghoultown

Bobby Sue - Boys Named Sue/Trainwreck

Tony Wann - Record Hop

Sarah Alexander/RL05 - The Black Lodge

Matt Barnhart/RL06 - Tre Orsi/Blacksmiths

Daron Beck/RL02 - The Great Tyrant/Pointy Shoe Factory

Colin Carter/RL04 - Hogpig

Regina Chellew/RL07 - Day of the Double Agent

Joe Cripps/RL04 - Brave Combo

Ashley Cromeens /RL06 - Record Hop

Audrey Easley/RL07 - The Polyphonic Spree

Eric Eisenmann/RL02 - Lo-fi Chorus/The Dooms UK

Roy Ivy/RL08 - The Tah Dahs

Keith Killoren/RL03 - The Drams/Budapest One

Sam McCall/RL01 - Brutal Juice

Eric Michener/RL06 – Fishboy

George Neal/RL02 - Little Grizzly

Rob Peters/RL01 - Raised by Tigers

George Quartz/RL07- Faux Fox

Peter Salisbury/RL04 - The Baptist Generals/stumptone

Brian Schmitz/RL03 - The Golden Boys/Shiva the Destroyer

Jennifer Seman/RL08 - Shiny Around the Edges

Paul Slavens/RL01- Ten Hands

Clay Stinnett/RL05 - Ghostcar

Chad Stockslager/RL08 - The Drams

Cory Ward/RL05 - Record Hop

Mike Wiebe/RL03 - The Riverboat Gamblers