HOFA Song Contest goes live Published 1/6/21 €20,000 worth of prizes to be won
HOFA, the multi-faceted international brand whose name has been associated with plug-ins, acoustic treatment products, audio education, CD and vinyl replication, mastering services and more, have today opened up their sixth annual song competition.
The HOFA Song Contest 2021 is open to all artists, across all genres of music, and will see the winners bag a whopping €20,000 worth of prizes, donated by HOFA s partners including
To qualify, a song must be completely original, but you can submit it as part of a band, as a solo artists, or as a producer, with winners being chosen from each of the six categories: Pop, Electronic Music, Hip-Hop/Soul/R&B, Rock & Heavy, Traditional & Folk, and World & Other Genres. Once your track has been submitted, it ll be open to public scrutiny, with other entrants eligible to listen to and comment on your music, as you ll be able to assess theirs.
iZotope and Native Instruments recently announced a merger under a new umbrella company and to celebrate they’re offering you the chance to download two of their plugins for free. NI are offering up Hybrid Keys, a Kontakt instrument full of keyboards, synths, pads, mallets and more. It also features a flexible GUI that can morph between sample layers creating unique synth tones.
iZotope is offering an entry-level version of its mastering software Ozone. Elements features a mastering EQ, limiter, metering, stereo imager and a Master Assistant that can help you get to a starting point to master your music.
FMC 2021, the unique international music competition and awards and one of the largest competitions of its kind in Europe expanding into Asia, has opened online registration in this year’s competiti
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Presenter: Eddie Bazil - Biog
Eddie Bazil launched his music industry career at the age of 17 as a synth programmer for a range of Electro / New Wave bands including Art Of Noise, Spandau Ballet, Pet Shop Boys, Bobin, Paul Dee, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Jets Orchestra. By his 20s he was working as a sound designer for Akai, Roland, Emu/Ensoniq, eventually signing on exclusively with the latter. Later, due to a growing demand for software instruments and libraries, Eddie started to develop libraries for various software manufacturers, including Native Instruments, Kiesel, Sound Effects Library, Arturia and Propellerh