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This international competition for musicians and music producers is online for the eighth 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, provide you with a stage for your music and offer the chance to win attractive cash and non-cash prizes with a total value of over €25,000.
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 30 years ago as a recording studio, HOFA divided into the following areas of music production and audio engineering:
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Win over €25,000 in cash and prizes!
There will be a main prize of €500 donated by HOFA in each of the six 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, 2023
Closing date
AUG 3, 2023
Start of jury voting
AUG 7, 2023
End of public voting
AUG 24, 2023
The winners are announced
AUG 31, 2023
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 3.
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
- Electronic Music
- Hip-Hop / Soul / R’n’B
- Rock & Heavy
- Traditional & Folk
- World & Miscellaneous
Songs
New comments
Angus van K at 21.09.2023 14:24 about 『codeE.F.F』 by Angus van K:
Thanks, man! Really happy the jury and the listeners liked the song!
Rusty at 21.09.2023 13:39 about 『codeE.F.F』 by Angus van K:
Congrats for your winning! I knew this track will make it :3
A Der at 15.09.2023 11:05 about Pull & Push by A Der:
Danke Euch allen für die Kommentare. Sie sind sehr motivierend und wir freuen uns sehr!
Seriously Damaged at 11.09.2023 21:01 about SeventyThree by MaxHagen:
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und wohlverdient: Eine wunderbare Jazz-Nummer, hätte ich hier ehrlich gesagt nicht erwartet - frisch, leicht, dynamisch, inspiriert und voller Spielfreude :-)
Paul Morphy at 11.09.2023 15:34 about Now you say by Paul Morphy:
Danke für deinen Kommentar!!!! 🙏
Nikolai Muehl at 06.09.2023 13:37 about Nocturne by Nikolai Muehl:
Euch herzlichen Dank! Es tut mir sehr leid, konnte die letzten Wochen nicht antworten! Das baut auf, Danke euch!
Nikolai Muehl at 06.09.2023 13:35 about Nocturne by Nikolai Muehl:
So sorry, konnte die letzten Wochen nicht antworten! Herzlichen Dank für dein Vote und den gut tuenden Kommentar! Danke
Vanuria at 05.09.2023 08:22 about Forgotten Habitat by Vanuria:
Vielen Dank für deinen Kommentar. Leider konntest du ja keine Stimme mehr abgeben :-)
OpenHouse at 31.08.2023 19:27 about OpenHouse - Poetry Window by OpenHouse:
Hallo Arthur, es ist halt wie immer: gewinnen tun immer die Anderen. Qualität ist wohl nicht das Kriterium der Jury :-(
Lilli A. at 31.08.2023 19:21 about 1955 by Lilli A. :
Ich danke dir von ganzem Herzen -nur durch dich ..... :-)