▶︎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:
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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
Yur0b at 11.09.2026 06:36 about In My Life by Blaffy:
great music
Terry at 10.09.2026 18:50 about Tetra macchina by Markalos:
You’re welcome, Markalos. Your late Answer is a good reason to listen to your song again ;-) All the best and greets frome cologne!
Markalos at 10.09.2026 18:21 about Tetra macchina by Markalos:
Thank you very much
Markalos at 10.09.2026 18:21 about Tetra macchina by Markalos:
Thank you very much Terry!!
peteg at 10.09.2026 14:47 about Basscontroll - Trancentral (Original Mix) by Basscontroll:
The sounds of running, drums, trumpets, it's the wind of change coming to a theatre near you. The wind gradually settles, the beat remains. Now the earth is becoming unstable....
peteg at 10.09.2026 14:40 about Sweet love by Sk-height :
The first cry of every rap song, here also, but with a quite different resonance. African reggae perhaps. A love song, yes, with appropriate reverb, this is probably best...
peteg at 10.09.2026 14:36 about Roshon by tonstudio-musicland@t-online.de:
Gypsie, Spanish, East European flavours, a composite that defies further categorisations. The music and the vocal create a sad-sweet song. It's amazing how often musical...
Tectyle at 08.09.2026 15:33 about Tectyle - Heart within by Tectyle:
Interesting comment :-) Thank you :-)
Tectyle at 08.09.2026 15:31 about Tectyle - Heart within by Tectyle:
Vielen Dank! :-)
peteg at 08.09.2026 14:37 about Tectyle - Heart within by Tectyle:
The beats beat, guitars or whatever add to this. The vocalist steps through lyrics scattered here and there on the floor, marking a way forward. The track runs at medium pace,...