Enter the Unsigned Only Music Competition by April 29th

Unsigned Only gives away over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including $10,000 cash to the overall Grand Prize winner (as well as other prizes) and $1,000 to the First Place winner in each category. Prizes will also be awarded to Second Place winners in each category. Unsigned Only also offers the Grand Prize winner the unprecedented opportunity to be mentored by and directly network with the top echelon of record company professionals and get guidance, advice, feedback, and networking opportunities.

2015 JUDGES Aimee Mann Dustin Lynch The Killers Kool & The Gang David Crowder Alt-J Sinead O’Connor Darryl McDaniels Run D.M.C. Rosanne Cash Aaron Shust Kem Jason Gray Colt Ford Frank Foster Ray Wylie Hubbard Robert Smith The Cure Kelly Price Lucero Kyle Anderson Senior Writer Entertainment Weekly Chris Richards Pop Music Critic The Washington Post Anthony DeCurtis Contributing Editor Rolling Stone Josh Jackson Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief Paste Magazine Shirley Halperin Music Editor Billboard and Hollywood Reporter Lucy Jones Deputy Editor NME Hardeep Phull Music Critic New York Post Michael Hann Music Editor The Guardian MENTORS Pete Ganbarg (Executive VP/Head of A&R, Atlantic Records); Mike Elizondo (Sr. VP of A&R, Warner Bros. Records); Kim Stephens (President, Forward Entertainment and A&R/Capitol Music Group); Lenny Santiago (VP of A&R, Roc Nation); Dino Paredes (Sr. VP of A&R/GM, American Recordings); and more to be announced…

CATEGORIES

AAA (Adult Album Alternative); AC (Adult Contemporary); Americana; Christian; Country; Folk/Singer-Songwriter; R&B/Hip-Hop; Rock; Pop/Top 40; Screen Shot; Teen; and Vocal Performance.

Original and cover songs are accepted in all categories except Screen Shot which requires original songs suitable for placement in film/tv/advertising/gaming.

Unsigned Only is sponsored by: Sony Creative Software, Gretsch Drums, ADK Microphones, Guitar Center,D’Addario, Disc Makers, Ultimate Ears, Lurssen Mastering, Eventric, Bombplates, and The Music Business Registry.

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NEW: SCREEN SHOT CATEGORY Are you interested in getting your music in film, TV, video games, or advertising? If so, enter Unsigned Only’s Screen Shot category and have your music heard by some of the top music execs who are looking to place music in various projects. Additionally, the First Place winner will have the opportunity to directly network with and get advice from a minimum of five of the Screen Shot judges, including:   Jessica Cole (Lyric House); Michelle Bayer (Shelly Bay Music); Michelle Silverman (Modern Planet); Ani Johnson (Monomyth Media); Evan Stei (Experience Music Group); Velma Barkwell (East End Music Productions); Jen Taunton (Level Two Music); James Kempner (JMK Connections); Randy Powell (Kicksta Music Group); Carlos Muhammad (Egyptian Man Entertainment Group); Richard Kirstein (Resilient Music LLP)