Music Contest sponsored by nTOPAZ

Hello Everyone,

Today I would love to announce a Music Contest for musicians and vocalists, sponsored by @nTOPAZ.

Each participant of the contest is of great interest to us, since we are always in search of new talent. This is a unique opportunity for you to express yourselves and get extra attention for your music, find new fans and discover other musicians and vocalists.

What kind of music ?

We do not limit you in your imagination and musical genre. You can create your own music in any style.

You can choose Electronic music or Vocal-instrumental music. Both can be an original creation or a remixed/cover version.

How to join the contest

• Step 1: prepare your music for the contest.
• Step 2: make audio-visualization for your music.
• Step 3: upload your musical work to YouTube.
• Step 4: share your YouTube link to your post uploaded through nTOPAZ contest page at https://www.ntopaz.com/contest/48.

Submission period

2 weeks from 3 am UTC on 08 April 2019 to 3 am UTC on 22 April 2019.

Music judging criterias

• The idea that you came up with.
• The implementation of your idea.
• The technique and skill shown in your performance.
• The visualization of audio.

The music submitted will be curated and selected by nTOPAZ curators.

Prizes

The contest is sponsored by @nTOPAZ and they will award Topaz tokens to the winners.

• First Place: 1 winner - 3,000 Topaz Tokens.
• Second Place: 2 winners - 2,000 Topaz Tokens each.
• Third Place: 3 winners - 1,000 Topaz Tokens each.

Contest Voting Standards

You will also receive upvotes from nTopaz.

• The voting Criteria: 30% of the total nTOPAZ voting power expendable for the day will support contest entries with upvotes, this is limited to the top 10 according to Daily respect scores.
  (However, abuse, plagiarism, and low quality entries will be excluded.)

Rules

1. New submissions on Steem blockchain (no repost).
2. Each artist may submit up to 3 entries.
3. Make it clear in your submission if your work is original or remixed/cover work. If you rely on reference or inspiration to produce your work, please cite your source.
4. Copyright: you are responsible for any claims and arising issue from copyright violations.
   Audio visualization should also be based on free use and have a CC0 license or it should be the video that you shot yourself.

Please be respectful and follow the rules of the contest and the posting guidelines when you are submitting your artworks. Spamming will not be tolerated and you are risking being blacklisted by the always active Coordination Team.

Some examples

Here are some examples of Electronic music and Vocal-instrumental music in original creations or remixed/cover versions.

1. Original vocal-instrumental creation by @theturtleproject
   

2. Cover vocal-instrumental version by @juxtamusic
   

3. Original electronic creation by @sadheaven
   

4. Remixed electronic version by @sadheaven
   

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Thank you for reading about this contest. I hope you take the opportunity to share your music with everyone here on the Steem blockchain and nTOPAZ community. I am looking forward to hearing and seeing your beautiful music.

Contest Host: @sadheaven
Contest Sponsor: @ntopaz