Announcing the KIAC Best of 2009 Open Songs Competition

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IAC announces the KIAC Best of 2009 Songs Competition, a combination judged/voted open competition in 15 genres, plus a Songwriting “genre” for demo quality, with the Category winners moving on to an Overall competition, and featuring fabulous first, second, and third prizes in the Category competitions as well as the Overall.

Each Category contest will accept entries of songs deemed by the entrant to be appropriately placed. Songs may be entered in multiple Categories, and must be entered by persons possessing the relevant rights or specific permission. Songs must be available for judges and the general public to listen to during the entire competition period, on an artist page at IACmusic.com, with such pages to be either a page for the individual artist of the song, or for the management or label.

A Category contest will be held in the following Categories: Alternative, Alternative Pop Rock, Blues & Jazz, Classic and Retro Rock, Classical and Easy Listening, Country, Electronic/Industral/Ambient, Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana, Hard Rock & Metal, Hip Hop/Rap/Dance, Pop, Punk/Emo/Ska, R&B/Soul, Rock, Songwriting, World. Cover songs may not be entered.

Genre contest procedure

Before a song can be entered, it must be on an IAC artist page. If not already there, the song must be uploaded to the artist's existing page. If the artist or management does not yet have a page at IAC, a page must be created at http://iacmusic.com/quicksignup.aspx . To enter a song in a genre contest, login to the account holding the page where the song is listed and click on the link “Enter Songs in KIAC Best of 2009 Songs Competition” which will appear during the length of of the entry period, July 4 – August 22. The Enter Songs page that comes up will list all of the songs on the artist page, and will allow songs to be entered in any genre contest.

Entered songs can be seen and, after voting opens, voted upon, on associated Category Stations, with will be listed on the Stations homepage as well as on the Category Stations Page. These are special Stations with added capabilities allowing voting and daily progress monitoring by the public.

There will be three elimination rounds. The first lasts one week and the final two last 2 weeks each.  This is when artists and listeners can vote.  The public may vote for up to 10 songs per Category once per day, per account.  At the close of each elimination round, songs in each Category will be ranked according to a formula combining the number of popular votes received (50%) and the corresponding tally of the panel of judges (50%) with the bottom half eliminated in the round. .

In each category contest, following the three elimination rounds there will be a final round of public voting, wherein voters may vote for up to three songs in each genre, per day per.  Judges will also rank the finalists.  At the close of the competition, the final order will be ranked with 50% weight to the total number of public votes and 50% weight to the judges' section.   Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place in each category contest as follows:

First Prize, a free weeklong stay in a premium condo in one of fifteen prime resort locations for two to four people (winners responsible for transportation and living expenses during stay). There are no strings attached, no presentations to attend. Also: free entry into the KIAC Best of 2009 Overall Song Competition.

Second Prize, an iPod Shuffle.

Third Prize, a free 4-day, 3 night stay in a premium condo in one of fifteen prime resort locations for two to four people (winners responsible for transportation and living expenses during stay). There are no strings attached, no presentations to attend.

The Overall contest entries will consist of the Category contest winners, and will be voted on in the same manner except with just two elimination rounds and a final round. Prizes for the Overall contest  are as follows:

Grand Prize - In addition to the category prize the Grand Prize winner will receive a $1000 worth of recording or musical gear System, an additional week added to their vacation suite, an iPod Shuffle and an IAC Prime Perpetual membership.

Runner Up Grand Prize - In addition to the category prize, the runner up will receive an iPod Shuffle and an IAC Prime Perpetual membership.Overall prizes)

Also, songs making it to the last round of any genre competition or the Overall will be featured on the IACmusic.com website over several months, and will be invited to appear on Genre or Overall compilation CDs. All prizewinners will also be invited to be on compilation CDs, KIAC stations, and will have their songs displayed on IACmusic.com pages with appropriate insignia and credits, i.e. “Winner, KIAC Best of 2009 Open Songs Competition, Rock”.

We look forward to having a lot of fun with these contests, and we do expect it will bring a lot of attention and play to the entered artists, not just to the ultimate winners. But the title is something to be proud of and one which artists can aspire. We hope you will join in the KIAC Best of 2009 Open Songs Competition. IACmusic.com and KIAC, putting Independent Artists on the map!