{"id":12490,"date":"2014-06-27T11:53:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12490"},"modified":"2014-06-27T11:54:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T18:54:38","slug":"the-ultimate-songwriting-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/the-ultimate-songwriting-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ULTIMATE SONGWRITING COMPETITION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THE ULTIMATE SONGWRITING COMPETITION.<\/h1>\n

This is a competition celebrating the joy of creativity, the power of music and the craft of songwriting. Dust off your favorite song or write a new one, share it with the world and have a shot at winning big. There are about 10,000 reasons to enter. Go!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Grand Prize: Est. value $12,048<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2022 A one-time $10,000 cash payment<\/p>\n

\u2022 A copy of the world\u2019s number one drum production tool\u00a0for songwriters, EZdrummer 2 \u2013 plus the entire suite of\u00a0currently available EZX expansions.<\/p>\n

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First runner-up: Est. value $4,048<\/h3>\n

\u2022 A one-time $2,000 cash payment<\/p>\n

\u2022 A copy of the world\u2019s number one drum production tool\u00a0for songwriters, EZdrummer 2 \u2013 plus the entire suite of\u00a0currently available EZX expansions.<\/p>\n

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Second runner-up: Est. value $2,048<\/h3>\n

\u2022 A copy of the world\u2019s number one drum production tool\u00a0for songwriters, EZdrummer 2 \u2013 plus the entire suite of\u00a0currently available EZX expansions.<\/p>\n

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THIS IS HOW IT WORKS<\/h3>\n

Submission round: June 26 \u2013 July 24<\/p>\n

Take your best original composition or write a\u00a0new one. Upload video and\/or audio of your\u00a0song to your YouTube account and submit your\u00a0link through the app at www.facebook.com\/\u00a0toontrack before the submission round ends.<\/p>\n

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Voting round: July 25 \u2013 August 24<\/h3>\n

Share and promote your song as much as you\u00a0can throughout the voting round. The 15 entries\u00a0with the most votes will go through to the final\u00a0stage.<\/p>\n

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Judging round: August 25\u2013 Sept 8<\/h3>\n

The judges will individually cast their top five\u00a0lists based on the 15 most voted entries at the\u00a0end of the voting round. From this selection,\u00a0Toontrack will determine the top three.<\/p>\n

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QUICK OVERVIEW & REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

LOCATION:<\/strong> www.facebook.com\/toontrack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DURATION:<\/strong> June \u2013 September 2014.<\/p>\n

GENRES ACCEPTED:<\/strong> any.<\/p>\n

COMPOSITION REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong> only original songs\u00a0accepted, no covers.<\/p>\n

PRODUCT OR PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong> none.<\/p>\n

AGE:<\/strong> 13 and up.<\/p>\n

ENTRY LIMIT:<\/strong> one song per entering party\/songwriter.<\/p>\n

CAN A SONG ALREADY PUBLISHED BE SUBMITTED:<\/strong> yes,\u00a0as long as the entering party is the writer or co-writer.<\/p>\n

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:<\/strong> by email (personal) and\u00a0Toontrack\u2019s websites (publicly).<\/p>\n

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THE JUDGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monty Powell<\/p>\n

Devin Townsend<\/p>\n

Pelle Lidell<\/p>\n

EZDRUMMER 2: $10,000<\/p>\n

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THE ULTIMATE SONGWRITING COMPETITION. This is a competition celebrating the joy of creativity, the power of music and the craft of songwriting. Dust off your favorite song or write a new one, share it with the world and have a shot at winning big. There are about 10,000 reasons to enter. Go! \u00a0Grand Prize: Est. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1058],"tags":[5449,119,7457,7458,7456,1849],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12496,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12490\/revisions\/12496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}