▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers. We celebrate 10 years of HOFA Song Contest – that's why there's now:
• €10,000 in prize money
• even more non-cash prizes
• even more reach for your song
• €10,000 in prize money
• even more non-cash prizes
• even more reach for your song
▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers. We celebrate 10 years of HOFA Song Contest – that's why there's now:
• €10,000 in prize money
• even more non-cash prizes
• even more reach for your song
• €10,000 in prize money
• even more non-cash prizes
• even more reach for your song
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How to proceed
Join the HOFA Song Contest!
This international competition for musicians and music producers is online for the tenth time. Convince the HOFA jury of your skills and collect votes in the public voting. There is no fee to participate!
Present your song worldwide
The HOFA Song Contest is open to artists from every genre. We will make your talent heard and provide you with a stage for your music. The prize money of €10,000 will go to the winners of the five main categories and is awarded by the jury. You also get the chance to win attractive non-cash prizes from our sponsors.
Listen, vote and leave a comment
This is a public contest, so your song will be heard by fans and music lovers from all over the world. Each and everyone is invited to cast their votes and leave comments.
About HOFA
Founded more than 35 years ago as a recording studio, HOFA divided into the following areas of music production and audio engineering:
HOFA-College
Online academy for audio engineering & music production – learn more ›
HOFA-Akustik
The patent remedy for optimum room acoustics – learn more ›
HOFA-Plugins
Intelligent audio plugins for PC & Mac – learn more ›
HOFA-Media
The best choice for your CD & vinyl duplication – learn more ›
HOFA-Studios
Recording, mixing & mastering studios – learn more ›
Win over €30,000 in cash and prizes!
There will be a main prize of €2,000 donated by HOFA in each of the five categories. In addition, a lot of attractive special prizes will be awarded – we are very happy about the support from our sponsors!
Contest timeline
The contest starts
JUN 1, 2025
Closing date
AUG 5, 2025
Start of jury voting
AUG 6, 2025
End of public voting
AUG 26, 2025
The winners are announced
SEP 1, 2025
Terms and conditions
Any solo artist, band, project etc. can participate with one of their original songs. Remixes and cover versions are excluded. Every participant can upload their song until August 5.
The musical genre of your song is not relevant, because there are several main categories in each of which winners will be determined. These are the available categories:
- Pop
- Rock & Heavy
- Electronic Music
- Hip-Hop / Soul / R’n’B
- Traditional & Miscellaneous
New songs
New comments
Kalina at 17.07.2025 14:33 about flüstern by Annaa:
So so schön, Anna. Deine Stimme ist so sanft und das Lied klingt sehr träumerisch. Vote 🫶🏼
Arthur Francis at 17.07.2025 14:26 about FAR FROM MY HOMELAND by Arthur Francis:
Danke für dein Feedback und Vote. Dir auch viel Glück….Lg.Arthur
Arthur Francis at 17.07.2025 14:19 about Süden , Westen , Norden by Die Twinz :
Das geht schön ab….sehr cool. Klasse Sounds….und Vocals, sowie auch der Text. Mix-Top. VOTE. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein…
emhead at 17.07.2025 14:16 about Reality (Steel&Nylon) by WhiteVBlackD:
Was für ein grandioses Intro/Outro! Und dazwischen Musik, die eigene Wege geht. In dem Song steckt Liebe zum Detail, Fantasie und Virtuosität. Eine der ganz ganz wenigen Perlen...
AlexHonnef at 17.07.2025 14:15 about Die Fax-Jäger by AlexHonnef:
Lieben Dank!! 🙏
Arthur Francis at 17.07.2025 14:13 about Obscenity by Kalina:
Wow…. was für eine Stimme. Sehr sehr gut gesungen. Toller aber auch trauriger Song. Sehr gut musikalisch umgesetzt . Klasse. VOTE. Vielleicht hörst bei mir auch mal rein….
angelwarriorace at 17.07.2025 14:12 about Die Fax-Jäger by AlexHonnef:
Cooler Song Alex weiter so und viel Glück!
angelwarriorace at 17.07.2025 14:10 about Blue moon river by angelwarriorace:
Hey Alex, wie bereits im oberen Kommentar beschrieben ist dieser Stil nur sekundär für mich, da ich im Thrash Metal zu Hause bin.Mit der Lautstärke hast du Recht war...
Doc.AtmosfearCrush at 17.07.2025 14:10 about Monologue72 by DieautonomagierendenAgenten:
Ja, ist ja ein Zufall. Ich war in den 1990ern sehr oft in MA unterwegs: JUZ (Jugend-Zentrum damals in den Quadraten, da war ich bei der Grufti-Disco "Night of Breed" mit am...
emhead at 17.07.2025 14:07 about Ben feat. emhead - Legends For Life by emhead:
Hey thank you very much.