The Untz Challenge IV: Turn Your Dreams into a Reality

TheUntz.com once again gives electronic music producers the chance to perform at major U.S. music festivals this summer

For all you hustling producers, making beats in your bedroom and playing house parties for your friends—this one’s for you. TheUntz.com is bringing back The Untz Challenge, but this time the stakes are higher than ever and are guaranteed to change your electronic music career forever.

Our prize package includes the opportunity to perform at the biggest and best summer music festivals taking place across the United States--and this year, we went absolutely bananas. The two winners of The Untz Challenge IV will be playing  at NINE major music festivals across four months spanning the length of the country from coast to coast. Our two winning acts will hit Summer Camp Music Festival (May 24-26 - Chillicothe, IL), Wakarusa (May 30-June 2 - Ozark, AR), Infrasound (May 31-June 2 - Black River Falls, WI), IMPULSE (June 6-9 - Atlanta, GA), Sonic Bloom (June 13-16 – Georgetown, CO), Electric Forest (June 27-30 - Rothbury, MI), Lightning in a Bottle (July 11-15 - Temecula, CA), The Big Up (Aug 8-10 - Claverack, NY), and recently announced newcomer ARISE (Aug 14-18 - Loveland, CO)! Yes, we are well aware that this is the opportunity of a lifetime. This kind of break could make your career as a DJ/producer/electronic act. Do we have your attention, yet?

Beginning March 18^th and continuing until March 29th, The Untz will accept submissions for the competition via SoundCloud. During the month of April, fans will vote on their favorite tracks via TheUntz.com.

A total of 2 slots will be given away to the winners of this contest. The grand prize, which includes a performance slot at each of the participating festivals, will be won through the fan voting process. The second place winner is chosen by the staff of TheUntz.com, and will have the opportunity to perform at the same dates along the run.

Important Dates for The Untz Challenge IV
March 18 – Track submission begins
March 29 – Track submission ends 11:59pm PST
April 4 – Voting begins
April 26 – Voting ends 11:59pm PST
April 29 – First and second place winners announced
 

Now then, here are the rules and regulations of the competition:

• ORIGINAL tracks must be submitted to The Untz Challenge SoundCloud DropBox (www.soundcloud.com/theuntzchallenge/dropbox)  beginning March 18^th, and we will continue to accept submissions until March 29^th at 11:59 pm PST. (DO NOT SUBMIT TRACKS BEFORE 3/18/13)
• Submitted tracks must be UNRELEASED prior to the contest start date, which covers singles, EPs, LPs, and compilations on major and independent labels, free/paid releases via Bandcamp, and free downloads/streams on SoundCloud.
• Tracks must REMAIN UNRELEASED (excluding Soundcloud) until the contest is over (April 26).
• Artists retain the rights of ownership of their work.
• Tag your submission with "The Untz Challenge IV" and write "The Untz Challenge IV" in the description of the track AND in the personal note so we know you didn't submit a track accidentally (3 total places).
• Keep your track LIVE on SoundCloud for the duration of the contest. DO NOT remove the track from your SoundCloud account or it will be removed from our submitted list.
• Please submit only ONE track per DJ/producer/group. If you submit more than one, only your first entry will be considered—and it will annoy us to no end, which is not a good thing.
• DO NOT submit MIXES, REMIXES, or STOLEN WORK. (Yes, we understand DJs create mixes, but we want ORIGINAL, SINGLE tracks for this particular competition.)
• Each track my contain samples of length NO LONGER THAN 30 CONTINUOUS SECONDS. If the sample is produced/sourced by the artist, then its length is of no consequence; however, any work sampled by the artist from another person's work must fall within the 30 second guideline. All submitted tracks MUST NOT infringe US copyright law. Any track removed by SoundCloud for potential copyright infringment will also be disqualified from this contest.
• The Untz staff will compile a list of the best submissions.
• Only votes originating from verified email providers (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Live, AOL, university emails, etc.) will be counted. Blatant use of unverified emails/spam accounts will result in disqualification.
• Voting by the public will take place from April 4-26
  • NO bot voting
  • NO voting incentives (i.e. "each voter gets a free iPad")
  • NO voting raffles (i.e. "we'll take one lucky voter to each festival with us")