The Untz Challenge VI: Turn Your Dreams into a Reality

TheUntz.com once again gives electronic music producers the chance to perform at major U.S. music festivals this summer





This year, The Untz Challenge fielded the most talented submissions in the contest's history. After picking through hundreds of amazing submissions, the staff of TheUntz.com painstakingly narrowed down the pool to the top 50 finalists.

To those who didn't make the cut this year, please keep trying. Any past winner will tell you this contest is about perseverance.

For those who are finalists, your job is just beginning. You made the list based on the merits of your track, alone, but anyone in this industry will tell you, that's not always enough. You need to engage your fan base, and spread the word about your track. PLEASE READ THE RULES THOROUGHLY so you don't accidentally disqualify yourself, but do your best to campaign cleanly and give your track the maximum exposure it can get.

The submission period is NOW OPEN in The Untz Challenge VI! Please follow all the directions for submission completely and clearly, otherwise we'll have no choice but to disqualify you. Please also make sure to read the rules and regulations of the contest itself at the bottom of this page.

Submission instructions:

1. Go to link: https://soundcloud.com/groups/ the-untz-challenge (Open in a new tab so you can make sure you're doing this right.)



2. Click "Upload to Group" button



Upload to SoundCloud Settings:



1. Title [Insert Artist Name - Track Name]



2. Tags - The Untz Challenge



3. Description - The Untz Challenge

We can't impress upon you enough the importance of following EACH OF THESE STEPS precisely.

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For all you hustling producers, making beats in your bedroom and playing house parties for your friends—this one’s for you. TheUntz.com is bringing back The Untz Challenge, but this time the stakes are higher than ever and are guaranteed to change your electronic music career forever.

Our prize package includes the opportunity to perform at the biggest and best summer music festivals taking place across the United States--and this year, we've picked the cream of the crop. The two winners of The Untz Challenge VI will be playing at NINE major music festivals across five months.



Our two winning acts will hit Summer Camp Music Festival (May 22-24 - Chillicothe, IL), Infrasound Music Festival (May 28-31 - Black River Falls, WI), Wakarusa (June 4-7 - Ozark, AR), SONIC BLOOM (June 18-21 - TBA, CO), Electric Forest Festival (June 25-28 - Rothbury, MI), Farm Fest (July 23-26 - Location TBA), The Werk Out (August 6-8 - Thornville, OH), Backwoods Music Festival (September 4-6 - Agra, OK), and Dancefestopia (Kansas City, MO - September 11-13).

Beginning March 16th continuing until March 27th, The Untz will accept submissions for the competition via SoundCloud. During the month of April, fans will vote on their favorite tracks via TheUntz.com.

A total of 2 slots will be given away to the winners of this contest. The grand prize, which includes a performance slot at each of the participating festivals, will be won through the fan voting process. The second place winner is chosen by the staff of TheUntz.com, and will have the opportunity to perform at the same dates along the run.



Important Dates for The Untz Challenge VI

March 16 – Track submission begins

March 27 – Track submission ends 11:59pm PST

April 2 – Voting begins

April 17 – Voting ends 11:59pm PST

April 20 – First and second place winners announced

Now then, here are the rules and regulations of the competition:

ORIGINAL tracks can be submitted beginning March 16 th , and we will continue to accept submissions until March 27 th at 11:59 pm PST . ( DO NOT SUBMIT TRACKS BEFORE 3/16/15 )

Submitted tracks must be UNRELEASED prior to the contest start date, which covers singles, EPs, LPs, and compilations on major and independent labels, free/paid releases via Bandcamp, and free downloads/streams on SoundCloud.

Tracks must REMAIN UNRELEASED (except on SoundCloud) until the contest is over ( April 20 ).

Artists retain the rights of ownership of their work.

Please submit only ONE track per DJ/producer. If you submit more than one, only your first entry will be considered—and it will annoy us to no end, which is not a good thing.

This is strictly a contest for PRODUCERS . No live bands, please. There are other contests for that. This is not one of them.

DO NOT submit MIXES , REMIXES , or STOLEN WORK . (Yes, we understand DJs create mixes, but we want ORIGINAL, SINGLE tracks for this particular competition.)

Each track may contain samples of length NO LONGER THAN 30 CONTINUOUS SECONDS . If the sample is produced/sourced by the artist, then its length is of no consequence; however, any work sampled by the artist from another person's work must fall within the 30 second guideline. All submitted tracks MUST NOT infringe US copyright law. Any track removed by SoundCloud for potential copyright infringment will also be disqualified from this contest.

The Untz staff will compile a list of the best submissions.

Only votes originating from verified email providers (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Live, AOL, university emails, etc.) will be counted. Blatant use of unverified emails/spam accounts will result in disqualification.

Voting by the public will take place from April 2-17 NO bot voting NO voting incentives (i.e. "each voter gets a free iPad") NO voting raffles (i.e. "we'll take one lucky voter to each festival with us")

