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- The competition is open to
all amateur and professional songwriters around the world.
Employees of the Unisong International Song Contest, their
families, subsidiaries and affiliates are not eligible to
enter.
- Each entry shall be wholly
original and shall not infringe any copyrights or any other
rights of any third parties. Each entrant shall, by entering,
indemnify and hold Unisong harmless from and against any
claims inconsistent with the foregoing. All entry fees are
non-refundable. CDs, cassettes, MP3 files, and lyric sheets
will not be returned.
- Entrant retains full ownership
rights to all submitted song(s). Unisong does not seek any
ownership rights to any song(s) submitted.
- Unisong is not responsible
for late, lost, damaged, misdirected, postage due, stolen
or misappropriated physical entries.
- The preliminary screenings
of all categories will be done by Taxi. The final winners
will be selected by Blue Ribbon Panels consisting of top
professional writers, producers, artists, publishers, record
executives, and other music industry professionals who may
be substituted due to availability or at the discretion
of the contest organizers The winners of the L.U.N.C.H.
category will be judged separately by representatives of
L.U.N.C.H. and a panel of expert judges, but the winning
song will still be eligible for the main “Unisong”
Grand Prize as well as being eligible for the “Winner
of the Month” selections. All song entries are judged
first and foremost on originality of melody, lyrics, and
composition before Production, arrangement, and performance.
The exception is in the selection of the additional “Best
Performance Prize” where the best performance is the
main criteria, and is specifically selected from all entrants
who have selected the performance option with their entry
in any category.
- Regular contest Winners will
be determined by June 30th, 2007 and posted on our website
at www.unisong.com. There will be no transfer and substitution
of prizes except as necessary due to availability in which
case a prize of equal or greater value will be awarded.
The fair division and distribution of prizes among co-writers
is the responsibility of the winners. All prizes will be
awarded to the first name as it appears on the entry form.
Any international or local taxes or other deductions due
from the prizes awarded will be the responsibility of the
winners.
- The “Winner of the
Month” is an additional “contest-within-a-contest”
feature where one winner will automatically be selected
from all entries in a given month and awarded an extra $250
prize, a one year membership in Songbridge www.thesongbridge.com,
a free “killer drum track” by world class session
drummer Chet McCracken www.chetmccracken.com,
and a one month individual spotlight of the writer and their
song on the Unisong website.
There will be a “Winner of the Month” selected
in this edition of Unisong for the months of November, December,
January and February. This feature is judged in-house
and separately from the main contest, and wining this prize
has NO bearing on the regular contest judging afterwards.
You don’t have to do anything extra to be considered
for this mini competition, just enter your songs from November
through February.
- If you are requesting critiques,
they will be available for viewing and/or downloading for
printing within 60 days maximum after the announcement of
the winners. Critiques will be prepared by a team of experts,
drawn form the same ranks of songwriters, artists, publishers,
record company personnel, and other qualified music professionals
as the judging, based on availability.
- Void where prohibited. All
federal, International, state and local laws and regulations
apply. The entrant shall (or shall cause the copyright owner
of the entry if different from the entrant to) permit Unisong
to perform the entry in and as part of any Unisong award
ceremony, to record the entry either as it is originally
recorded or as a newly recorded version, for non-sale promotional
purposes and to use the resulting recording for such promotional
purposes as Unisong shall deem fit.
- Each entrant acknowledges
that in the event he or she is the winner of a prize in
this competition, Unisong will have the right to publicize
and print his or her name and likeness on our website, and
in other promotional media as needed, and the fact that
he or she won a prize in the competition and all related
matters without additional compensation.
- Entrant agrees that if selected
as a first place winner in the 18 regular categories, Unisong
has the right to include their winning song on a Disc Makers/Unisong
Compilation Winners CD to be used for promotional purposes
only. There will also be a SEPARATE Compilation Winners
CD for the 19th L.U.N.C.H./Unisong category comprised of
the Top 10 winning songs as specifically selected from the
entries in that category only.
- All mailed in entry packages
must be postmarked ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH, 2006 for
Earlybird entries, and ON OR BEFORE APRIL 8TH, 2007 for
regular entries. Unisong reserves the right to extend these
dates if necessary.
- Unisong will make its best effort to contact all winners due prizes using the contact information supplied by the entrant. It's then the entrant's responsibility to claim their prizes no later than 6 months after all contest winners have been announced, no later than. December 31st 2007.
- To
request a winner’s list, send a self-addressed stamped
envelope to UNISONG INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST (Specify
winners list), 6520 PLATT AVE. #729 WEST HILLS, CA 91307-3218
USA. Requests for winners list will be accepted until August
15th, 2007.
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If you have any general questions, comments, or concerns......
Please email us at: Info@Unisong.com
If you have any problems
or questions about entering online or using our web site.....Please
email us at: Help@Unisong.com
If you need an entry form
mailed to you........
Please email us at: Entries@Unisong.com
If you need to report any
errors on our site........
Please email us at: Webmaster@Unisong.com.
- If you wish to contact us
on any of the above via telephone, call our main voice mail
and recorded info line in the USA at (213) 673-4067
- Entrant agrees to be bound
by all Unisong Entry Procedures and Rules and Regulations
established here.
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