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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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Soniccouture Crowd-Choir Project

Music Contest Info:

Soniccouture are building a unique sampler instrument using choir/vocal sounds from all around the world and they need a minimum of 2000 vocal notes to build it. This is where you can come in because if you record a sample of you singing "Aahhh" and submit it to them then you can stand a chance of winning the Mbira and also everyone that enters receives a copy of the instrument for free. There is a guide pitch on the page to help you hit the right note and form to upload your vocal sample.

Prize:

One participant chosen at random will receive the custom-made, 5 octave cherry-wood mbira plus everybody that sends Soniccouture a recorded note will receive the CrowdChoir instrument free, in Kontakt /EXS & Ableton Live format.

Rules:

The Mbira will be shipped free of charge to the winner. Files must be either WAV, AIFF or MP3 format. Individual Files must be under 10MB.

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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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