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Outlook Festival 2012 Producer Competition

Music Contest Info:

Outlook, Europe’s biggest bass music and soundsystem culture festival held in Croatia are looking for music producers to upload an original production that you could imagine being played at the festival. To enter upload your track making sure that you name the track ‘YOUR NAME – Outlook Festival 2012 Competition Entry’, tag it with ‘Outlook Competition 2012′ then use the Outlook Festival Producers competition artwork as your cover art which can be downloaded from here.

Prize:

1st place receives an all-expenses paid trip to the 2012 Outlook Festival in Croatia which includes: a return flight to the festival (or up to £250 contribution towards travel, whichever is lesser), airport transfers and ten dub-plates of their winning tune plus a G-SPEED Q, courtesy of G- Technology by Hitachi, and an Impulse 61 complete with gig bag from Novation. Two runners up will also win two tickets to this year’s Outlook Festival each and, courtesy of G- Technology by Hitachi, a G-DRIVE Slim.

Rules:

Applicants must be 18 years or older. The prize is up to £250 towards travel and so this could leave people who are a long distance away from Croatia with money left to pay to attend. The festival is a bass music festival so they are looking for tracks that would be played at the festival. Producer’s must gain over 500 plays to be considered to progress from Round 1 and later on producer’s must then gain over 100 favourites to be considered for the short list.

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The 2012 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Session I

Music Contest Info:

To enter The John Lennon Songwriting Contest you need to submit a 5 minute or less song along with a lyric sheet (if your song has lyrics). The categories are: Rock, Country, Jazz, Pop, World, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, Gospel/Inspirational, Latin, Electronic, Folk, and Children's. Instrumental compositions are encouraged. You song doesn't need to have been professionally recorded as entries are being judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics.

Prize:

The song of the year (split over the two sessions) will win a $20,000 check, an Avid prize pack, a Mackie mixer and a pair of Mackie Studio Monitors plus a $1,000 scholarship to Digital Media Academy. The 12 Lennon award winners receive $1000 in Mackie and Ampeg Products. The 24 grand prize winners receive a 6,500 in Project Studio Equipment from Avid, Roland and Boss, Audio-Technica, Gibson Guitars and Epiphone, and Propellerhead. Neutrik special edition John Lennon Educational Tour Bus connectors and cable and a one year subscription to Guitar Player, Bass Player, Keyboard, or EQ Magazine.

Rules:

There is an entry fee of $30.00 per song. Songs may not exceed five minutes in length. Open to amateur and professional songwriters.

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DMC Online DJ Championship 2012 Round 1

Music Contest Info:

There are 3 rounds to this contest each lasting a month with a final schedule for August which is voted on by public and DMC World Champion DJs. This is Round 1. Submit a turntablist 2 minute DJ set showing off your turntable skills as a video entry. Entries should be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo or MUZU.

Prize:

In this round, 3 publicly voted and 7 DJs chosen by DMC World Champions will go through to the final. The final grand prize is $3000 cash and an all expenses trip to the September DMC WORLD FINALS in London with the option to compete live for the ultimate DJ title or just simply join the world's National DJ champions as a VIP spectator. Two runners-up (as selected by DMC) will also receive prizes from the sponsors.

Rules:

There are no limitations on the equipment the DJs wish to use in their performances. Each DJ should introduce themselves by showing their face on camera to confirm their identity in their performances.

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Sonoma Wire Works Riffrumble 18 Song Contest

Music Contest Info:

Submit original songs which have the theme and your interpretion of "Love" using RiffWorks Standard v2.6.7, RiffWorks T4 v2.6.7, or FourTrack to record your entry. Riffwork T4 can be downloaded for free from here. Complete entries need to be sent to Riffworld using the Riffcast ability of the software making sure you include the tag name riffrumble18.

Prize:

The 1st prize winner as chosen by Lorenz Rychner (Editor of Recording Magazine) receives a Taylor GS Mini Guitar, Taylor ES-Go Pick Up, 1 year subscription to Recording Magazine 1 Year Subscription, "Recording the Electric Guitar" by Jon Bare, Recording Coffee Mug, GuitarJack iOS Interface, CableJive dockXtender Dock Extender Cable and your choice of $1000 worth of Sonoma software. There are also prizes for 2nd place as chosen by contestants and 3rd place as chosen by the public.

Rules:

You can use any third party applications, however you must use RiffWorks T4 (free), RiffWorks Standard or the FourTrack iPhone app to record the entry. You have to be prepared to submit a .rws file as proof that Riffworks was used to record. Entrants must be over 13 years of age.

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Hit Like A Girl: Drumming Contest

Music Contest Info:

Female drummers can enter a video and short bio into this contest to enter. The video can be in any drumming style, solo performance or with a band, but only the first 3 minutes of the video will be judged. Videos need to be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo and then submitted to the contest.

Prize:

The grand prize winner gets a Crush Sublime Tour Maple 5-piece kit with M4 hardware, 6 TRX ICON cymbals, 12 pairs of Vater drum sticks and stick bag, $500 in Evans drumheads, SKB cases and Alfred instructional media. 2nd place gets 4 TRX NRG cymbals, 12 pairs of Vater sticks, Evans snare drumheads, SKB cymbal bag, Sponsor merchandise. 3rd prize gets 3 TRX ICON cymbals, 6 Pair of Vater sticks, Evans snare drumhead, SKB cymbal bag, sponsor merchandise.

Rules:

Open to female drummers only. Drummers of any age may enter. Winners from territories outside North America may be responsible for any additional shipping costs. No drummer signed to a major label or in a major band is eligible.

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Hello Music Songwriter Competition

Music Contest Info:

Indaba Music and Hello Music have teamed up to run a songwriters contest where you can win $2,000 worth of recording gear. Hello Music helps musicians get great deals on instruments and recording equipment. Enter your original songs by creating an account on Indaba Music and uploading them into the contest.

Prize:

The grand prize winner will receive a music gear package containing: a Heil PR35 Microphone, a pair of House of Marley Trenchtown Rock Destiny Headphones, a Tascam DP03 Recorder, a pair of KRK White Monitors and an Auralex Mudgard.

Rules:

Open to individuals over the age of 13 years. Each entrant shall own the copyright to their submission. To enter you need to be registered member on Indaba Music. A free member gets to enter 3 locked opportunities per year for free unless they purchase a Pro membership on Indaba allowing them to enter unlimited opportunities.

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Counting Crows Cover Song Contest

Music Contest Info:

Indaba Music and Counting Crows want to hear your best cover version of a Counting Crow song. There are prizes from Squier and Guitar Center for the three winners as well as each making it onto a EP which will be released to fans for free. Here's a Counting Crows YouTube video...

Prize:

There will be three grand prize winners chosen by The Counting Crows who each have their cover included on the covers EP which will be distributed to fans for free. Receive a $600 gift card to guitar Center and receive a signed Squier guitar. The popular vote winner also gets a Squier guitar.

Rules:

Open to individuals over the age of 13 years. Void in the province of Quebec. The winning entries license to Collective Records, LLC, the copyrights in the sound recording. To enter you need to be registered member on Indaba Music. A free member gets to enter 3 locked opportunities per year for free unless they purchase a Pro membership on Indaba allowing them to enter unlimited opportunities.

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Guitar Center: Your Next Record with T-Pain & Young Fyre

Music Contest Info:

To enter this opportunity you need to register on Whooznxt and then submit a video that is no longer than 7 minutes in length. Your video should be of a performance of an original track which has been written by the entrant. This track must fall within the Rap, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul or R&B genres. You'll also need to grow your fan base throughout the duration of the contest as the judging panel will be paying extra attention.

Prize:

The winner gets a 3 song EP produced by Young Fyre (Producer of T-Pain's rEVOLVEr album who has worked with Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Mario, Busta Rhymes, Ace Hood and Travie McCoy). T-PAIN will write and produce your single. Plus the winner gets a complete Pro Tools HD Native Recording studio, AKAI MPC 5000 music production center, gear and products from Shure, iZotope and Rockstar Energy Drink and free Tunecore distribution.

Rules:

Open only to individual musicians and musical groups who are legal residents of the contiguous 48 states of the U.S. and the District of Columbia (excluding HI, AK and Puerto Rico) who are the age of majority in their jurisdiction. Song is an original work of entrant and within the Rap, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, or R&B genres.

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