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There are so many contests out there for musicians. We try to help you navigate all of them and list the ones that could pay off nice rewards if you win. |
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USA Songwriting Competition
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| They hold an International Songwriting Competition. The winners are selected by a Blue Ribbon committee of music industry judges including record label publishers, producers, A&R from Universal Music, Warner, EMI, Sony/BMG Music, and other distinguished professionals. |
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Muse’s Muse
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| The Muse's Muse is devoted to discussion and information having to do with the craft of songwriting. This page provides information on songwriting contests. Apart from this site provides songwriting association listings, music reviews, copyright and publishing info, articles, interviews and songwriting courses. |
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Broadjam
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| Broadjam lists various musician contests that are going on from different companies with submission start and end date. |
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Our Stage
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| Upload your best tune, and if our fan base likes it, they vote accordingly. Best song each month wins $5000 plus the winners play at events like SXSW, Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot, CMJ Music Marathon and get exposure through partners like Noise Pop, PLUG, and Paste. |
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Great American Song
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| Great American Song Contest is open to songwriters everywhere and features $10,000 in Prizes. GASC Judges include some of the music industry's top professionals — publishers, producers and Grammy-nominated songwriters — and every songwriter who enters receives written evaluations of their work from the contest judges. |
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Artist Signal
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| Artist Signal launched in March 2012 pays $25,000 every 90 days to the artist that gets the most votes. It's free for artists to sign up. |
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World Sings
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| Worldsings.com is a new social networking site that allows artists and friends to connect. You upload one video for free and each one after that is $10. There is $1,000,000 in prize money, while also gaining great exposure. Deadlines for submissions is November 30, 2009. |
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International Songwriting Competition
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Song of the Year
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| Song of the Year is an international contest encouraging the art and discipline of songwriting. They find great songwriters while helping them network with professionals in the music industry. Songwriter's submissions are judged by a panel of music professionals. Song of the year also sends 50 songs each month to record labels, music publishers, and other music resources. |
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We Are Listening
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| We Are Listening offers various contests in categories such as singer/songwriter, lyric, breaking the band, world of music, and music video awards. Depending on the category there are various types of awards. |
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