7 Reasons To Enter A Song Contest

December 31st, 2009 by Lior Shamir

We polled 617 musicians who have entered a song contest (not necessarily ours) at some point and asked them the following question:

“What was your primary reason for entering a song contest?”

Here are the results:

1. The song contest offered a label deal as the prize (25%)

2. The song contest offered a publishing deal as the prize (19%)

3. The song contest offered television placement as the prize (15%)

4. I wanted the song contest judges to hear my songs (12%)

5. The song contest offered a cash prize (11%)

6. The song contest offered a live showcase as the prize (10%)

7. The song contest offered music gear as the prize (8%)

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