About the competition
Welcome to the musical opportunity of a lifetime! The producers of Hot Property the movie felt the thrill of finding new talent for the soundtrack matched their aspirations on screen by discovering the best new acting talent. So here's your chance to shine, no matter where in the world you are from or how professional or not you may be, it's all about good music and talented musicians.
Forget the X Factor, watch Pop Idol fade away... this is the chance you have been waiting for! Upload your songs, let the public discover your talent, the voting kicks in and you could become part of movie making history, launching your music career in a flash
No queues, no auditions, no judges...just upload your talent!
Here's what's in it for you
- Load up your tracks before the deadline of 28th February 2009
- Publicise your tracks and win votes
- We pay you a royalty from the downloads - Yep, you'll be earning from your music right away*
- Tracks voted into the top10 of each category get the chance to feature in the movie soundtrack
- We'll professionally record the chosen tracks
- You get to perform live at the premiere in front of your new fans and entertainment industry execs!
So what are we looking for?
Hot Property is a romantic comedy, but with a darker urban twist. As a result there is a wide variety of music we'd like to feature in the film and on the soundtrack album. We want you to send in your tracks under the following categories:
- Romance in the Noughties
- Latin Passion
- Funky Urban
- Thrill of the Chase
Don't worry if your music doesn't fit exactly into these categories, they're just to give you a start - we like surprises! Whether you're acoustic, synth, jazz, breakbeat, hiphop or any other genre, if you think your band is up to scratch then SEND IT IN!
Don't worry if your don't have professional recordings, as long as it will play clearly - if your chosen for the soundtrack, we'll be getting you to do the studio recording anyway!
What you have to do:
Complete the online form and attach your tracks by 28th February 2009
That's it - a simple opportunity to break into something big.
Just make sure you have all the rights to submit you music and aren't signed or committed to anyone else - you'd be disqualified and we don't want that!
Here's what we're gonna do:
- The music department at Halyard Productions will listen to every track submitted to us
- If you make the grade for quality and fit with our themes, your tracks will be added to the competitors listing
- We will upload your track onto this website
- Everyone can then listen to a 120 second clip of your track using the site's media player
- If that person wants to vote for your track to be in the running for the movie soundtrack, they simply have to buy the download
- Each download will be entered in real time onto the website's chart of the top 10 songs in each category
- As the income builds up from downloads, every band will receive a royalty payment, just like you were signed to a label and out there selling your music
- We then invite you to come in and professionally record your track and sign up to the production
And there's more
So, not only have you just recorded a professional version of your song and are gonna be involved in the movie albums, and possibly edited into the film but you're gonna be performing live around the world!
YES! Live around the world.
As part of the promotional buzz for the movie, Hot Property will not only have a London premiere, but several across the UK and possibly internationally too*. At each premiere after party the bands from the soundtrack will perform live sets of their track and some other numbers you have prepared.
Hope this all sounds good to you - GOOD LUCK and we hope to receive your tunes pretty soon!
* subject to terms and conditions.
