The ADM Band Competition 2024 has begun
The ADM Band Competition is looking for new stars of the Estonian music scene: send us your music and win the release of a vinyl record!
Today, the annual ADM band competition has begun. All musicians in Estonia with new, interesting, and unique creations are invited to join the competition. The focus of the competition is to support new Estonian artists by helping the winner to share their music in global digital streaming environments and releasing a vinyl record. In order to participate, please send us your demo by October 3rd at the latest.
The goal of the competition, which will be held for the 16th time already, is to support beginner artists and enable them to introduce their music on a wider scale, publishing it in global digital streaming environments Spotify and Apple Music, and on a vinyl record. All Estonian musicians who wish to find new opportunities to introduce their positive music to a wider audience are invited to join the competition.
According to ADM CEO and the founder of the competition Riho Pihelpuu, the competition offers a great chance to promote Estonian music and support beginner artists: “A lot of very good and exciting music is being produced in Estonia, which may not reach the wider public. Our goal is to contribute to the development of Estonian music, and this is why the ADM Band Competition was created over 15 years ago. As of today, hundreds of different artists have participated, among them today’s stars like Sander Mölder, Erki Pärnoja, OOPUS, and Maris Pihlap. If you wish your music to be more widely recognized, be sure to send us your demos!”
Mariin Kallikorm, the ADM Band Competition 2023 winner, said it was a great kickstart for her solo career: „Participating in the ADM band competition helped me start my solo project from a very good position. In today’s oversaturated world of digital releases, releasing your first EP in physical form as an indie artist is a big deal.“
Now Mariin is already working on her second EP that we can’t wait to listen this coming fall: “This record was the first physical sound carrier of my solo project, previously I have released music in other formations. My second EP, which I have been working on since the beginning of the year, will be released at the beginning of fall 2024.”
All beginner musicians in Estonia who wish to introduce their music to a wider public and release it not only digitally but on a vinyl record are invited to join the ADM Band Competition 2024. To participate, please send us the introduction of yourself or your band together with at least four tracks, so that the jury can get the best possible idea of the artist, their sound language, and their potential as a musician.
The winner will be announced in the beginning of November. From there, we will start work on publishing the vinyl record and introducing the music in digital streaming environments. In addition to this, the winner can participate in social media training by the best specialists in Estonia to learn how to best promote their music on digital channels.
The conditions for participation, the deadlines, and the contact information of the ADM Band Competition can be found here.
Read also what the previous winners of the ADM Band Competitions think about it and how the competition has helped to boost their music careers.