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Artist of the Month

To enter this contest, sign up and then upload 3 songs you want to represent your band.

Description

The Stereofame Artist of the Month Contest is the hottest tool for independent musical talent to get exposure. Get real, written reviews of your material and enter for a chance to win $1,000 cash every month!

In addition, all 10 finalists for each monthly contest will have one or more songs featured in the Stereofame Album of the Month that will be distributed to all Backstage Pass members and sold at the Stereofame Music Store.

Artist Entry Period: July 1 - July 31
Listener Voting Period: August 1 - August 21
Winner Announced: September 1

Artist Grand Prize: $1,000.00 cash and inclusion in the Album of the Month! Winning artist from also qualifies for the Stereofame Artist of the Year contest with a prize package of $5,000.00.

Artist Finalists Prize: Inclusion of one or more songs in the Album of the Month that will be promoted and distributed at the Stereofame Music Store.

Listener Prize: 10,000 Points! With each vote, listeners earn a chance to earn 10,000 points. The more votes you submit, the more chances you have to win!

$1000 CASH AWARDED EVERY MONTH

In addition to $1,000 cash, Stereofame offers the unique opportunity to get objective, written music reviews by serious fans of music. Watch our screencast that shows how the music review system works.

All artists that enter Round 1 of the contest are judged by Stereofame members that are presented with a music review form to complete. Following the model that expert reviewers use everyday in the industry, members will be required to listen to an entire track before submitting a critique and will grade the song on a predetermined set of attributes. Each review will display a score once it has been submitted based on the marks given for each attribute. The top 10 scoring artists will be forwarded to our expert Judges Panel where the winner will be selected.

Contest finalists will be reviewed by an impressive group of judges from a variety of backgrounds in the music industry. Judges will critique the finalists using the same review process used in Round 1 and the artist with the highest score wins.

The Stereofame Artist of the Month contest submissions are judged on the basis of:

Music
Creativity
Originality
Melody
Lyrics (where applicable)
Musicianship
Arrangement
Production
Marketability
Lead Vocal (where applicable)

In addition to the cash prize, winners will benefit from promotional campaigns that will give international exposure and attention to the winning artist.

The winning artist from each month will also qualify for the Stereofame Artist of the Year contest with a prize package of $5,000 and exposure to a larger judges panel.

How to enter:

Beginning July 1, Artists will be able to enter up to 3 songs to the contest. Go to the Upload section of your profile page and click the "edit" link next to the songs you would like to submit to this contest. Artists are encouraged to enter 3 songs to maximize the total number of points attainable. All musical genres are welcome to enter!

Contest Judges

  • Jerry Barnes

    Jerry has produced, performed and written for artists such as Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Carly Simon, Ashanti, Stevie Wonder, Patti Labelle, Raul Midon, Queen Latifah, Diana Ross, Chic, Vanessa Williams and more. He has also worked with Donald Fagen, Katreese Barnes, Sherrod Barnes, Phylis Hyman, Tony Terry, Maya, Bebe Winans, Bette Midler, Arif Mardin, Nas, AZ and is always open to new collaborations with talented artists.

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  • Jared Scharff

    An accomplished L.A. session guitar player and bandleader, Jared Scharff signed on with the Saturday Night Live band in 2007 and also won the Billboard World Song Contest that same year. A two-year RCA recording artist and writer/producer for writing team Golan/Scharff, Jared has been featured in Premier Guitar, Guitar Player Magazine and Total Guitar.

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  • Dennis Martin

    As co-founder of the NY dance label, HipBone Records, Dennis was a key player in the house and acid-jazz scene working with bands like Groove Collective and Slide 5. He has scored video games for Sony Playstation, won a Japanese Emmy award for "Rasen", the hit TV sequel to "The Ring", produced young R&B stars like Melody, remixed Utada Hikaru and worked with legends like Masayuki Suzuki, and Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi. Back home Dennis worked for VH1 on the hit show "The World Series of Pop Culture" and is co-founder of the new label Paved Earth Music, a NY based indie that is working with some amazing new talents.

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  • Ross Petersen

    Ross began his career in the world class recording studio Avatar Studios, formerly known as the Power Station, in New York City. He now owns and operates Fermata Music Productions and has worked with artists Gavin Degraw, Natasha Bettingfield, Bruce Springsteen and more. He has also worked closely with John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Seether, Five for Fighting, Say Anything, Brand New and many more. Label work includes RCA, Atlantic, Windup, Columbia, J Records, EMI and Interscope.

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