Submit To Perform at the 2021 Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival
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Submit To Perform
2020 Rules and Regulations:
- A NON-REFUNDABLE $25 is required to submit your application. The festival panel will review your application. We have limited performance spots available.
- If you are chosen to perform, you will receive a congratulations email in the first week of July. If you are not chosen to perform, you WILL NOT receive a congratulations email.
- If you performed last year, that does not automatically give you a seat to perform at this year’s festival. Each application is carefully reviewed by the the festival panel.
- Each song submitted must have both instrumentation and/or lyrics. NO INSTRUMENTAL ONLY SONGS.
- Each song submitted must be an entrant’s original work. All entries shall not infringe on any copyright or any other rights of any third party.
- Songs may have multiple co-writers, but only the submitting writer should be designated on the application as the Entrant.
- Song is not to be longer than 4 minutes in length.
- There are no performances for Lyrics Only.
- The only instruments allowed during performances are Keyboards and Guitars.
- If you are chosen to perform and someone is accompanying you with playing guitar or piano, YOU must let us know.
Submit To Perform
2020 Rules and Regulations:
- A NON-REFUNDABLE $25 is required to submit your application. The festival panel will review your application. We have limited performance spots available.
- If you are chosen to perform, you will receive a congratulations email in the first week of July. If you are not chosen to perform, you WILL NOT receive a congratulations email.
- If you performed last year, that does not automatically give you a seat to perform at this year’s festival. Each application is carefully reviewed by the the festival panel.
- Each song submitted must have both instrumentation and/or lyrics. NO INSTRUMENTAL ONLY SONGS.
- Each song submitted must be an entrant’s original work. All entries shall not infringe on any copyright or any other rights of any third party.
- Songs may have multiple co-writers, but only the submitting writer should be designated on the application as the Entrant.
- Song is not to be longer than 4 minutes in length.
- There are no performances for Lyrics Only.
- The only instruments allowed during performances are Keyboards and Guitars.
- If you are chosen to perform and someone is accompanying you with playing guitar or piano, YOU must let us know.