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▶︎HOFA SONG CONTEST

The contest has started!
Join the international online competition for musicians & producers now and win over €32,000 in cash and prizes.

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How to proceed

1. Upload your best song
2. Share your song with the whole world
3. Win cash & great prizes

Join the 11th HOFA Song Contest!

The international online competition for musicians and music producers kicks off on June 1. 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 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 €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
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 €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!

6x €1,000 Main Prize
5x Audience Award: Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO X
HOFA AUDIO DIPLOMA online course in sound engineering
Native Instruments Komplete 26 Ultimate
SPL Phonitor One d
Arturia V Collection 11 Pro
Celemony Melodyne 5 Studio
Genelec 8010AP pair of monitors
Shure SM7dB studio microphone
Korg Kaoss Pad V
Ableton Live 12 Suite
Soundtoys 5 Bundle
Steinberg Cubase Pro 15
2x FL Studio All Plugins Edition
Steinberg Absolute 7
iZotope RX 12 Standard
Shure MV7i microphone
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3
2x Sennheiser HD 480 PRO
2x Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
Yamaha HS5 MP Black pair of monitors
Yamaha URX22 audio interface black
ADAM Audio T7V monitor pair
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Studio Pack
Lewitt LCT 440 PURE microphone
Avid Pro Tools Studio annual licence
2x Sonarworks SoundID Reference for Speakers & Headphones
Lewitt CONNECT 2 audio interface
Arturia Pigments
Native Instruments Absynth 6
SSL 1 Audio Interface
ADAM Audio H200 headphones
100x €50 HOFA Voucher (College, Plugins, Akustik)
View prizes
Contest timeline
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The contest starts

JUN 1, 2026

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Closing date

AUG 8, 2026

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Start of jury voting

AUG 10, 2026

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End of public voting

AUG 20, 2026

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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
See contest rules and FAQ ›

New songs

 
Alle Meine Monster
Die Giftmischer
Alternative 0 0
 
Keep Your Hands
Uand1
House 2 1
 
Everything to me
Martin Music
Singer-Songwriter 6 0
 
Echo Of Time
wittsax2
Lounge 2 1
 
The Son of Major Tom
Peter Paul Marin
Indie 17 2

New comments

Carmen Hamelmann at 07.06.2026 18:59 about Hey Honigmund by Carmen Hamelmann:

Bin Kölnerin ;-)

DieautonomagierendenAgenten at 07.06.2026 18:54 about Farewell My Friend by Alan Hays:

Huhu Alan, und huuuuuuuuuuuuu! Gänsehaut und vote!!! Möge die Musik mit Dir sein, immer!!! Grüssle von DAKA

Sven Jürgensen at 07.06.2026 18:49 about Drive by Sven Jürgensen :

Vielen Dank, das freut mich sehr....ja runter kommen ist auch mein Hauptmotiv beim Mucken ♡

DieautonomagierendenAgenten at 07.06.2026 18:49 about Die Jagd by Mario Faltin:

Huhu, jajajaja....bei 0:45 klingt's a bisserl nach "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" von den Schweden....Macht nix, trotzdem (oder deshalb!!) gelungen. Und 2 votes sind zu wenig. Deshalb...

TomGreve at 07.06.2026 18:39 about Eve by Crownie :

Moin Crownie, toller Song, schön arrangiert...macht Laune zu hören...Vote Gruß Tom

DieautonomagierendenAgenten at 07.06.2026 18:34 about Zombies in Space by n.a.g.c.p.:

Huhu, warning! Warning! This is a good track! Vote! Ich stimme Alex zu, daß das auch gut zu Filmmusik passen täte.....aber was sind schon Klassifizierungen. Möge die Musik mit...

Shennise at 07.06.2026 18:33 about Sand of Time by Shennise:

danke

TomGreve at 07.06.2026 18:32 about Die Zeit by Oehmchens Mucke Theater:

Moin OMT.... schön euch wieder zu hören... geiles Brett.Lyrics richtig stark...Vote 👍 Gruß Tom

LarsW at 07.06.2026 18:30 about Climty by Bonsoir:

Experimental and trippy, nice one!

TSTstudios at 07.06.2026 18:29 about Natalie by TSTstudios:

Thanks a lot :)