Digital music distribution platform Too Misplaced is internet hosting a sequence of ‘Collab For The Crown’ contests. T-Ache is internet hosting the primary contest, which kicked off November twenty ninth.
Damien Ritter, Director of Communications at New York-based Too Misplaced, stated the competition would require artists to do what they already do: ‘make music, work with others, and promote their music.’
To compete, unbiased artists should create an authentic track in collaboration with not less than one different artist and submit an entry on ‘Collab For the Crown.’ Too Misplaced has allotted a $33,000 prize pool for the primary in a sequence of three contests, which implies that the distributor will in the end give away $100,000 in money prizes.
Saying the team-up with T-Ache for the primary contest, Ritter stated, “I at all times inform artists that you have to be collaborating in these contests not solely to probably win cash, but it surely’s a great alternative to choose up some new followers that come to vote on entries.”
“It’s ridiculously laborious to pursue music. It’s that a lot more durable to pursue it by yourself,” Ritter acknowledged, highlighting that unbiased artists ‘don’t collaborate sufficient.’
Ritter additional defined that collaboration might be a particularly efficient approach to get your craft on the market. “You can be constructing relationships with different artists, cross-promoting, sharing followers. That’s half the trouble for a similar outcomes.”
“Contests like ‘Collab for the Crown‘ generate quite a lot of pleasure. Many artists decide up new followers alongside the best way, and in the end, that’s the purpose,” Ritter relayed.
So how can indie musicians take part in ‘Collab For the Crown?’
Artists should comply with these three steps:
- Collaborate with not less than one different artist to compose an authentic track.
- Distribute the observe through Too Misplaced.
- Submit an entry on the ‘Collab for the Crown’ web site, and promote your track to achieve votes.
What are the principles for ‘Collab for the Crown?’
- Collaboration with one other artist is obligatory, and might be within the type of vocals, hooks, verses, composition, and so on.
- Artists should distribute the track through Too Misplaced earlier than submitting the entry on the ‘Collab for the Crown’ web site.
- Create a video put up on social media utilizing an Instagram hyperlink to the collaborative track.
- Every entry will want not less than 100 votes to be eligible for Too Misplaced’s number of 25 finalists.
- There are not any restrictions on who can vote. Followers can vote as soon as each 24 hours.
Contest eligibility particulars:
- All unbiased artists are eligible to compete.
- Artists can solely submit one entry.
- A second entry won’t qualify for the competition even when it encompasses a collaboration with one other artist.
- All solo entries shall be disqualified.
- The competition is open to artists worldwide.
- Artists should distribute their tracks through Too Misplaced earlier than the competition closes on January twenty second, 2024.
How will the winners be chosen?
- Artists would require not less than 100 fan votes on ‘Collab For the Crown’ to qualify as a finalist.
- Too Misplaced will choose as much as 25 finalists earlier than T-Ache evaluations these submissions to pick out the three closing winners.
- Too Misplaced and T-Ache will announce ‘Collab for the Crown’ winners through Instagram stay stream on February fifth.
Contest Prizes:
- Grand first Prize: $20,000
- Second Prize: $8,000
- Third Prize: $5,000
All three winners additionally achieve a chance to work with Too Misplaced label companies on their subsequent launch.
Contest dates to recollect:
- November twenty ninth, 2023: Contest begin date.
- January twenty second, 2024: Contest entries shut.
- January twenty ninth: Too Misplaced broadcasts 25 contest finalists.
- February fifth: T-Ache broadcasts three closing winners.