JBL launches songwriting competition

Harman’s JBL Professional has launched JBL Eon One Take UK, a major new uk songwriting competition.

Open to all residents in the UK over the age of 18 and unsigned to any record labels, the top prize is a JBL Eon One Portable PA system and a day of recording and mixing with Grammy Award winner and producer Steve Levine at Strongroom Studios in London. There will also be AKG microphones and headphones for runners up.

Entrants simply need to visit eononetake.uk, register and upload an original song performed by themselves that is no longer than three minutes in duration, consisting of a vocal and single instrument track. The song will then be uploaded onto the contest wall and the entrant will have their recording hosted on their own competition page, from there it can be shared across social platforms to obtain as many votes as possible.

The top 40 voted entries will win an AKG P5i microphone and move through to the live phase of the competition. Qualifiers visit their chosen local retailer to record their song live in one take in the Eon One recording pod. Each performance will be filmed and uploaded to the competition site, where the song will be judged by an elite panel including producer Steve Levine and Russell Deeks, editor of Songwriting Magazine.

The judges will select 10 runners up, who will receive a pair of AKG K702 headphones, and a Grand Prize winner who will receive the ultimate prize of a JBL Eon One Portable PA system and a day recording and mixing with former BPI Producer of The Year, Steve Levine, at the influential Strongroom Studios in London.  The world’s leading artists have been recorded at Strongroom, including Radiohead, Bjork, ALT-J and London Grammar to name but a few.

The competition closes on 19th June 2017. For more information visit, eononetake.uk.