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COLLEGE BATTLE OF THE BANDS
All rules and prizing are subject to be updated and may change throughout the year. Please check back here periodically.
Step 1: Sign-up an account at collegebattleofthebands.com
Step 2: Create a profile and upload your best track
Step 3: Get as many people to play, rate, and like you as possible
Step 4: Selection: In each local battle area of the country, artists compete on-stage for prizing and advancement. Judge selections, along with the most poular music artist online at the CBOB website receives entry to the Battle*
Step 5: Local Battle winners advance to a Regional Battle to compete against winners from other local battle areas, for greater prizing and advancement to the National Grand Finale
Step 6: Regional Battle winners advance to the National Grand Finale to compete against the best in the country to become the College Music-Artist of the Year
In addition to awesome exposure, winning artists also take home incredible prizes.
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Runner-Ups also receive a free semester of textbook rentals from Chegg.com, a Chipotle party for 10 and an AKG wireless vocal system.
All Artists are encouraged to continue getting site plays and ratings throughout the year, as they count towards general site rankings, and additional wild card prizing opportunities. Regional Battles and National Finale may have a wild card selection added by the judges. Not every battle will include a wild card selection. Wild cards are chosen at the judges' discretion in order to balance competition format when spots are available, and to offer additional prizing opportunities to competing artists.
Additionally, check out the Elfenworks Social Justice Category for a cash prizing opportunity, and a great cause at www.collegebattleofthebands.com/elfenworks.
All rules and prizing are subject to be updated and may change throughout the year. Please check back here periodically.
*Selection: The cut-off date for contest entry and online votes is one weeks (7 days) prior to the Local Battle, unless specially-noted for that individual area. So for example, if your Local Battle is on a Saturday, the deadline to submit is one Saturday prior, as the clock hits midnight at the end of that night. For the online metrics, current site 'plays' are weighted heavier, and 'ratings' are used as a secondary metric. All plays and ratings are counted at the submission deadline, unless artists are notified of a voting extension in their region. All votes are subject to qualification and review, to ensure legitimate voting. For the judge selections, music industry professionals along with the show producers choose two or more artists to compete in each Local Battle, for a total of three (or four) artists competing at each Local Battle. Selected finalists will be announced at least 3 days prior to the Local Battle.
In order to be eligible for the prize, contestants must be either (I) affiliated with SESAC as a songwriter or (ii) eligible for affiliation with SESAC as a songwriter (i.e. not affiliated with ASCAP or BMI) (the "Eligibility Requirement"). In the event any single entry consists of two (2) performers, then at least fifty percent (50%) of the songwriters in such performance group must meet the Eligibility Requirement. In the event any single entry is comprised of three (3) or more performers, then at least fifty one percent (51%) of the songwriters in such performance group must meet the Eligibility Requirement.