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Following the success of Beatport’s 2020 Producer Challenge, Loopcloud and Beatport have teamed up once again to announce the biggest music production challenge of 2021, in collaboration with Beatsource, LabelRadar and Plugin Boutique. 

Before entering the competition, producers can download a Participant Pack to create an original track. Every entrant can take advantage of the free plugins, sounds, music courses and DJ services worth over $200. When your track is ready, upload it to LabelRadar before July 15th (23:59 PT) to be in with a chance of winning.

The Prizes

30 finalists across all 6 genres will be selected by our team of music experts on August 6th. Each finalist will receive $2,500 worth of equipment or services from Beatport, Beatsource, Loopcloud, Plugin Boutique, Producertech, Cloudbounce, iZotope, Softube and Ujam. 

5 finalists from each genre will be considered for a full release and promotional campaign via prestigious labels Shogun Audio, Rekids, Def Jam Recordings, Nervous, DJcity Records, or Spinnin’ Records. All finalists will then go head-to-head in a public vote to be in with a chance of winning the grand prize – a dream studio setup worth $30,000. 

The total list of prizes includes: 

For each of the 30 finalists
One year of free access to Beatport LINK PRO+ or Beatsource LINK PRO+
One year of free access to Loopcloud Pro
One year of free access to all courses from Producertech
One year of free access to Cloudbounce Infinity

One year of free access to Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited
One SoundSpot Nebula plugin
One WA Production Babylon plugin
One Plugin Boutique RADIO plugin
One Plugin Boutique StereoSavage plugin
One Loopmasters Bass Master plugin
One iZotope Mix and Master Bundle
One Softube Model 72 plugin
One Ujam Symphonic Elements STRIIIINGS plugin

For the Grand winner
One year of free access to Beatport LINK PRO+
One year of free access to Beatsource LINK PRO+
All courses from Producertech for life
One Cloudbounce Mastering subscription for life!
Two years of free access to Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited
One year of free Reason+ subscription
One pair of Adam A7X speakers
One Akai MPC One
One AKG K-371
One AKG C414 XLS
One Denon Prime GO
One Focusrite Scarlett 8i6
One Glorious Workbench desk
One iZotope Music Production Suite 4
One Modal Cobalt 8X
One Modal Argon 8M
One Novation Launchpad X
One Softube Volume 5
One Spitfire Studio Orchestra
One Subpac X1 and One Subpac C1 controller
One Ujam Full bundle
One Vicoustic Vicstudio Box
One custom panel from Vicoustic
One Plugin Boutique Carbon Electra plugin
One Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 plugin
One Plugin Boutique VirtualCZ plugin
One Plugin Boutique BigKick plugin
One Loopmasters Plugins KHORDS plugin
One SoundSpot Fat 2 plugin
One SoundSpot Cyclone plugin
One SoundSpot Oracle plugin
One SoundSpot Evade plugin
One SoundSpot Paradox plugin
One WA Production Deluxe Vocal Bundle
One Iceberg Audio The Sub plugin
One Cableguys Curve 2 plugin
One DJ Swivel Spread plugin
One Glitchmachines Palindrome plugin
One KV331 Audio Synthmaster One plugin

Anybody that would like to enter the 2021 Producer Challenge must submit an original track in their chosen genre by July 15th, 2021, at 23:59 Pacific Time. Full details on the Global Producer Challenge is available here

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24 Apr 2024 | Press release

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24 Apr 2024 | Press release

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24 Apr 2024 | Press release

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24 Apr 2024 | Press release

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24 Apr 2024 | Press release

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23 Apr 2024 | Press release

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23 Apr 2024 | Press release

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23 Apr 2024 | Press release

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23 Apr 2024 | Press release

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23 Apr 2024 | Press release

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22 Apr 2024 | Press release

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22 Apr 2024 | Press release

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22 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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19 Apr 2024 | Press release

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24 Apr 2024

  • BPI CEO calls on music industry and government to unite around 5 key priorities to support human artistry and sustainably promote British music (see News)

23 Apr 2024

  • Hipgnosis Song Management fires back at Songs Fund board (see Business)

22 Apr 2024

  • Blackstone bid for Hipgnosis receives backing from board (see Business)

  • Taylor Swift’s new album breaks Spotify records (see News)

  • Independence - what’s up with that BPI press release about 2023 music consumption? (see Comment)

19 Apr 2024

  • Creator Remuneration Working Group meet for the first time (see News)

  • Concord's takeover of Hipgnosis (see Analysis)

18 Apr 2024

  • Concord set to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund (see Business)

17 Apr 2024

  • Is the music industry gaslighting artists? (see Comment)

16 Apr 2024

  • BPI’s new Yearbook highlights an independent sector growing for a sixth consecutive year (see Reports)

  • Can’t cross the moat? Walk around it. (see Comment)

15 Apr 2024

  • The conversation around Fandom needs to change (see Opinion)

  • Viagogo: Carrying on ticketing, despite the controversy (see News)

12 Apr 2024

  • Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok (see Digital)

  • Spotify plans new remixing tools for the TikTok generation (see Digital)

  • Is Spotify plotting a largescale push into short-form video? (see Digital)

11 Apr 2024

  • AIM CEO Silvia Montello resigns for personal reasons (see News)

  • The techification of entertainment (and why it needs to reverse) (see Comment)

  • AI music startup Udio launches backed by artists and Instagram’s co-founder (see Digital)