▶︎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
SoundMystery at 16.06.2025 08:21 about One WAY TO WALK by SoundMystery:
Nix mit KI , alles selber gemacht !
TomGreve at 16.06.2025 08:14 about Keine Macht by The Lexx:
Kommt so richtig dreckig daher, errinnert mich so an rauch geschwängerte Kneipe, Live Musik und lecker Bier , finde es gut, VOTE für dich gruß Tom
TomGreve at 16.06.2025 08:09 about Saphir by Tommestarr_IG:
Moin, Rap ist jetzt nicht so mein Genre, hab mir dein Track aber gerne angehört, für meinen Geschmack hätte er gerne so 1 min noch länger sein können (ist Subjaktiv) ein VOTE...
TomGreve at 16.06.2025 08:02 about One WAY TO WALK by SoundMystery:
Interesant was mit KI so alles möglich ist, finde das Arrangement gut, ein Text auf dem Song wär nicht schlecht ist aber Subjektiv, VOTE für dich gruß Tom
Tobias Haase at 16.06.2025 07:50 about FAR FROM MY HOMELAND by Arthur Francis:
;-) Discopop, wie´s gehört :-)
Mat E. March at 16.06.2025 07:31 about The Hermit's Tale by Mat E. March:
Hallo Tom, vielen Dank für deinen tollen Kommentar! Mat E.March ist mein Solo - Projekt! Hier spiele ich alles bis auf die Drums selbst! Viele Grüße
Cytasis at 16.06.2025 07:12 about So laboured by tex.berlin:
nice guitar play :) könnte mir noch gut ne joe cocker stimme vorstellen. vote
TomGreve at 16.06.2025 06:30 about Zirkus Paradox by phoenixbarde:
das haut ja richtig gut rein, von anfang bis zum schluß, gerne gehört, VOTE gruß Tom
Moe_Espinosa at 16.06.2025 05:38 about Bad Press by kenopsia:
Starkes Stück!
AlexHonnef at 16.06.2025 05:36 about Flow - Live In Spheres by flowguitarman:
Lieber Flow. Das mit Hans zimmer trifft es schon ganz gut. Habe ein bisschen Time is collapsing vor Augen. Cool gemacht. Lasse dir gerne ein vote da.