Bands Sound-A-like Contest

NOTE: This contest is based upon a minimum of 100 entries for each quarterly contest. We at Mile High Music Productions work on the honor system: for each additional 100 entries in any given quarter, your cash prize will go up an additional $100 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places as well!!

So if there were 600 entries in one quarter, the first prize winner will receive $1,500 plus all the other benefits! Second place would get $1,000 and their extra benefits, and third place would receive $700 plus extras. You can't beat a deal like that for only a $30.00 risk, can you? The sky's the limit!

In fact, if you think about it, this is a type of profit-sharing between us: the more entries, the more both of us make. Just imagine what 1,000 entries would bring in for all three-place winners!! Not an impossibility on the world-wide net!

When we decide winners for each contest, we will notify those winners about how many entries there were for that contest. If there are less than 100 entries in one quarter--highly unlikely--then we will notify you as such, and promptly return your payment. In that case, we'll continue on with our usual contests the next quarterly period, if your choose to re-submit.

No payments to us will be cashed until after the deadline for submissions and until after we determine the number of entries reaches a minimum of 100. Fair enough? Just don't forget to give us your name and address when you submit your cassette and payment!

In turn, we don't allow refunds on your payments while we are holding them. We will return your payment if the number of entries is less than 100 for that quarter.

We have a number of judges who will listen to and analyze your songs. These people are very experienced and highly capable of song analysis and criticism. In other words, no one single person will judge your songs: it will be a combined effort. Several reviews will take place, a kind of weeding out process. The winners will be based upon the majority opinion of our reviewers. There will be a minimum of six judges for these contests (perhaps more): three from our company, and at least one outside sources. This is to assure a fair and unbiased hearing.

Do we have a deal? Good! And GOOD LUCK with your submission!

Our submissions will be broken down into category types, and all three winning prizes will be determined by categories (winners in each category). If your category is very different, we will make a decision on where to enter your songs based upon how similar they are in style to our existing categories.

If you submit songs that are extremely unusual or don't fit the normal commercial mode, there probably won't be enough submissions in your area to have a contest for. That's why we will determine a category for you, so you can still have a chance at winning one of the three prizes in each category.
GOOD LUCK! Remember: we will notify you if you are a contest winner. If you don't hear from us, please try again during another quarterly contest.

Keep in mind: a non-winner doesn't necessarily mean a poor quality submission; rather, we may have had an unusually large submission load for that period.

Please follow these suggestions for our Quarterly Bands Sound-A-Like Contest:

1. Submit only 1 song (slow or fast) for each competition.
(Or 2 for $50.00).
2. Submit your songs on CD or tape cassette.
3. If you submit by tape cassette, keep your song on the first or A side.
4. Make sure you have a label on your CD or cassette with your name,
address, and(optional) phone number. Do the same for your lyric sheet.
5. At the beginning of your CD or cassette, mention the following: your name; your address; your phone (optional); your-email address; name of your song; and the style of music.
6. Name the song title at the beginning of each recorded song.
7. Leave about 5-10 seconds space between each song.
8. VERY IMPORTANT! For our contests, we only accept money orders or cashier's checks. be sure to include your name, address, and song title somewhere on the top or bottom!

Our contests are based upon time periods: Summer Contest , Fall Contest , Winter Contest , and Spring Contest . If you submitted songs in all four time periods, you have four chances to win each year!

The deadlines for submissions are as follows: Summer Contest (August 31st); Fall Contest (November 30th); Winter Contest (February 28); and Spring Contest (May 31st).

Decisions and notifications of the winners of each contest will be made sometime at the end of the following months: Summer Contest (September); Fall Contest (December); Winter Contest ((March); and Spring Contest (June).

In each of our CONTEST ENTRY FORMS, there is a place to indicate which time period you are submitting for.

Please submit a $30.00 entry fee for 1 song (or $50.00 for 2 songs) concerning our Quarterly Bands Sound-A-Like Contest. Payments can be made by money order or cashier's check . This fee covers a one quarter contest; any additional quarters you choose to enter requires the same fee again.

Enter this information in our CONTEST ENTRY FORM . Don't forget to send your entry form with your CD or cassette and payment! Link to the entry form at the bottom of this page.

Thank you and good luck! I hope we can bring you good news about your submission. Don't forget that it takes 1-3 months for winners to be chosen and announced (depending upon when you submitted your CD or cassette). If you don't hear from us after that time period, perhaps you'll submit again for another contest period. Due to the number of submissions, we cannot write to everyone who submits to tell them the results. If you're a winner, you'll hear from us! If you're not (this time around), we thank you now and keep on writing!

GUARANTEED!! If you request, we will ask the winners for their permission to give you their e-mail or postal address so you can contact them. All quarterly contest winners will be posted on our site.