100% Music Songwriting Contest

100% Music Songwriting Contest is a music and songwriting competition open to any songwriter from any region of the world. Over $40,000 worth of prizes and cash will be given away to the top three winners in each of the 15 categories. 3 Grand Prize winners will be awarded $3,000 cash, radio airplay, logo design, mixing and mastering sessions, music software, and more!

The competition will be judged by a panel of independent music industry professionals (list below) including record label presidents, professional artists, journalists, publishers and producers. They will be reviewing each song and critiquing melody, music composition, performance (in best performance categories), and Lyrics (in best lyrics category).

Judges Include:

Ray Joseph, producer, president of Rhondda Records ltd

Joseph Vargo, professionnal artist, composer, vocalist, musician and producer

John Kindred, music reviewer at Hardrock Haven

Annette Warner, music reviewer at Coffee House tour

Chris Gonda, founder of PureGrainAudio.com

Brad Trew, founder of Cyclone Records

100% Music Songwriting Competition is now accepting submissions from Sonicbids artists. There are 15 categories for the contest and artists can submit an unlimited number of songs (list below). The judges will select a first, second, and third place winner from each category. All winners will receive radio airplay, mixing and mastering sessions, music software, and more! 3 Grand Prize winners will be selected from the first place winners from each category.

Competition Categories Include:

Acoustic/Country/Bluegrass

Adult Contemporary/Pop

Blues/Jazz

Celtic/Classical/New Age/Ambient

Electronic/Dance/Dj

Folk/Singer songwriter

Funk/Latin/Reggae/World

Hip Hop/Rap/Urban/R&B

Instrumental

Metal/Punk

Rock

Best lyrics

Best male singer

Best female singer

Best music performance

Please Note: All artists must own the copyrights for submitted music in order to be reviewed. All submitted songs must be 100% original. “Professional” recordings are not a submission requirement, and all songs will receive the same consideration.

Every submitting artists receives the following for submitting:

Introduction to computer-based ear training e-book from Earmaster - Created especially for this contest.

15 free music loops from 100% Music Studio - Created especially for the contest.

35% to 40% discount on products from Les Productions Zvon (Prepared Rhodes, Sidekick Electronic Percussions, Constellation soundfonts, Julie Resynth and Julie M42)

10% discount on the product of your choice from Blue Cat Audio's product range.