▶︎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
Mikusuno Aiko at 19.07.2025 06:12 about The Things I Love by Mikusuno Aiko:
Thanks for the Vote :)
Arthur Francis at 19.07.2025 05:29 about Carol's Song by OLD man J:
wow…. Great Song and vocals. Beautiful guitar. Very good mix. I really like it. You have my vote. Maybe you'll listen to my music too.
O.G.Forest at 19.07.2025 03:47 about Reboot by Dark Shadow Ju:
great sound got my vote!
O.G.Forest at 19.07.2025 03:45 about Robotic by O.G.Forest:
thank you!
O.G.Forest at 19.07.2025 03:45 about Robotic by O.G.Forest:
thank you!
Michael Bush at 19.07.2025 02:57 about FAR FROM MY HOMELAND by Arthur Francis:
Es ist eine klang gewordene Sehnsucht. Ein Song, der nachhallt – im Herzen wie im Kopf. Vote!
Michael Bush at 19.07.2025 02:22 about Mrs VIP by Michael Bush:
Hey, danke für deinen tollen Kommentar zu meinem Song, das hat mich total gefreut! Eine Frage hätte ich noch: Was meintest du genau mit ‚abgesehen vom Klavier‘? Würde mich...
emhead at 19.07.2025 02:14 about Ben feat. emhead - Legends For Life by emhead:
Danke für deinen netten Kommentar und den Mut, mal was "anderes" zu hören. :) Viele Grüße Micha
emhead at 19.07.2025 02:11 about Ben feat. emhead - Legends For Life by emhead:
Vielen herzlichen Dank und viele Grüße. Micha
Fade to fate at 19.07.2025 00:33 about I don't care by offroad_sta:
Coole Nummer. Die Gitarren haben mir richtig gut gefallen, nur die Kickdrum war mir für den Geamtsound etwas zu klickie ;) Auf jeden Fall ein Vote.