▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
The international online competition for musicians & producers.
▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST
The international online competition for musicians & producers.
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The winners have been chosen!
See winners11th HOFA Song Contest
The HOFA Song Contest is an international online competition for musicians and music producers. Convince the HOFA jury of your skills and collect votes in the public voting. There is no fee to participate!
NEW: You now have the option to enter with a music video.
Present your song worldwide
The 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 €6,000 will go to the winners of the five main categories and the music video award. 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
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The patent remedy for optimum room acoustics – learn more ›
HOFA-Plugins
Intelligent audio plugins for PC & Mac – learn more ›
HOFA-Media
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HOFA-Studios
Recording, mixing & mastering studios – learn more ›
Win over €32,000 in cash and prizes!
There will be a main prize of €1,000 donated by HOFA in each of the five categories. We are also awarding €1,000 in prize money for the best music video. In addition to the main prizes, 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, 2026
Closing date
AUG 8, 2026
Start of jury voting
AUG 10, 2026
End of public voting
AUG 20, 2026
The winners are announced
AUG 24, 2026
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 8.
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
Songs
New comments
Dragoner Sounds at 21.10.2026 16:51 about Neglected Nobody by Dragoner Sounds:
Maybe you are interested in more of our music. Look at Youtube, search for Dragoner Sounds, the album/playlist Bluebird`s Empire are shows our actual songswriting. I think it´s...
Dragoner Sounds at 21.10.2026 16:48 about Neglected Nobody by Dragoner Sounds:
Thank You very much for your words Pete. I really don't think much about it, when I am writing, just let the feeling flow. I try to avoid stereotype of genres in sound and...
peteg at 21.10.2026 15:05 about Neglected Nobody by Dragoner Sounds:
Minor tone and new age sound track and vocals. The vocals repeated a carefully limited set of words. The idea here, I think, is to get resonances and layering by exactly these...
peteg at 21.10.2026 15:02 about Haunting Past by it.is.oaky:
Guitars are not mentioned but it sounds as if classical guitar might feature also (as per the photo). This is of course being supplemented by a host of classical instrument...
peteg at 21.10.2026 14:56 about Jelly by GIOLI:
Quick light beat, voice as instrument, telephone, other interesting sounds being used to good effect to create a light-on-its-feet instrumental that pleases the heart...
peteg at 21.10.2026 03:29 about Shaman by Tato-SU:
It sounds even better the second time round.
Tato-SU at 20.10.2026 20:44 about Shaman by Tato-SU:
Thank you Peteg, I do appreciate your kind words! Ste (Tato-SU)
peteg at 20.10.2026 14:34 about Picture of my life by Erika:
I realise that I've commented previously. That aside, and for no extra fee, here is a supplementary set of comments. A piano plays, the vocalist sings about moments of life as...
peteg at 20.10.2026 14:27 about You&Me by Paul S:
Der Track wird von einem Klang getragen, der an eine Trompete erinnert – vermutlich handelt es sich jedoch um einen Synthesizer. Der Gesang fügt sich stimmig in dieses...
peteg at 20.10.2026 14:23 about Shaman by Tato-SU:
The cover notes promise the world. The track starts with a nice beat/bass backing (funk) and with a clear vocalist who sings with a rhythmic swing. So far this feels like laid...