Beatmaking Contest – Thomann Bedroom Producers

Welcome to the best Beatmaking contest of the year – get ready to showcase your creative skills and musical finesse as you craft a beat by using the sounds of Treppendorf! All you have to do is create a beat utilising a special Thomann Sample Pack, which contains dozens of unique sounds.

🎧 #ThoBeatmakingContest 🎛️

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🎛️ How does the Contest work? 🎹

Source Material

The sample pool consists of field recordings from the surroundings of the Thomann shop in Treppendorf, a wide range of quality instruments and of course pure, unexplainable sample magic.

🗂️ DOWNLOAD THE SAMPLE PACK 🗂️

Creativity and Originality

Your goal is to craft a captivating beat that transforms these samples into a mesmerizing musical composition. Think outside the box, experiment with different genres, and blend these unusual samples with your signature style to create something truly exceptional.

Technical Requirements

• Duration: Your beat should be between 30 and 60 seconds long and must contain at least 3 Thomann samples.
• Software/Hardware: You are free to use any beatmaking software or hardware of your choice.
• Sample Manipulation: Feel free to slice, dice, stretch, warp, pitch-shift, reverse, and creatively manipulate the provided samples. You can apply effects, layer sounds, or incorporate additional elements to enhance the final composition.

Submission Process

• Deadline: Submissions must be made by June 11th, 23:59:59 CET
• Format: Upload your final beat in a high-quality audio format (e.g., WAV or MP3) to Dropbox/Google Drive and attach a link to the form you will find below
• Description: Include a brief description of your creative process, highlighting the unique techniques used to transform the given samples.

That’s it! After the contest has ended, our jury will do a pre-selection with all the beats. Once we’ll have the top 20 narrowed down, we will choose the top 3 winners in a dedicated livestream on Wednesday, June 14th 2023 at 3:00 PM CET. The judging criteria will include but are not limited to originality, musicality, production quality and overall impact. Good luck! 🍀

Read the full Terms & Conditions here 📄

Find some inspiration!

🏆 Prizes 🏆

The top three winners of the contest will receive:

🥇 1st Place
1.854€ value

• 1x Universal Audio Sphere DLX Modeling Microphone
• 1x Native Instruments Maschine MK3 Black

🥈 2nd Place
1.298€ value

• 1x Universal Audio Sphere LX Modeling Microphone
• 1x iZotope Ozone 10 Advanced (Digital License)

🥉 3rd Place
997€ value

• 1x Arturia DrumBrute Impact
• 1x Steinberg HALion (Digital License)
• 1x Arturia FX Collection 3 (Digital License)

💪 I want to participate! 💪

🤳 Winners announcement 📹

Tune in to the live stream by clicking below and don’t miss the winners announcement! 👇

Livestream link available soon! 📺

Simon's passion for music generated a long time ago, and led him to become a guitarist and self-produce his music with the band Onyria.

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