About The Broadjam 6-Pack
Over $100,000 in prizes are on the line.
There's nothing better than a fresh 6-Pack right in front of you, is there?
The 2009 6-Pack Contest is upon us, and the challenges — not to mention the prizes
— will be better than ever. The 6-Pack Contest consists of six individual songwriting challenges, which run
from June until December. Prizes are awarded at each challenge step, but each challenge is also designed to be
a little more difficult than the previous. By the sixth challenge, the icy-cold six-pack will have become as hot
as freshly steeped tea. Make no mistake: this is Broadjam's most challenging and rewarding contest. Are you up to it?
Participants earn one point for each song entered, but the winners will pull their high score from the
opinions of their peers. All contestants rate each other's work, and the peer-popular songs earn points
for each high review. Custom prize packages are awarded to three winners in each challenge, and in the
end, 20 overall competition winners will walk away with new gear. Best of all, the participant who earns
the most points throughout all six challenges wins the grand prize package.
Keep your eyes on the leaderboard because it's going to be an exciting year, and don't forget to share your
comments in the 6-Pack blog.
How The Contest Works
All entrants receive a point for each song submitted to any 6-Pack challenge. Artists earn
additional points for every song that places in the Top 20 of each challenge. A song's rank is
determined by the average rating it receives from peer reviews. It is possible for an artist to have
more than one song in the Top 20.
During the review process for each challenge, songs may change places frequently, thus altering
the number of points awarded as new reviews are submitted. Therefore, points shown for a
challenge that is still in the review stage are not final. Only when the review period ends will the
artist receive the points for that challenge. The leaderboard will update every hour, but the results
of reviews are delayed by one week. That means that the hourly changes to the leaderboard are
based on reviews that happened one week earlier, and the review period for each challenge ends
one week after reviews close.
Although reviewers will be required to rate all songs as good, better or best, they will also have
the option to mark a song inappropriate for that challenge. This means that the reviewer believes
the song is not appropriate for the challenge requirements (i.e. a love ballad in a heavy metal
challenge). Songs marked inappropriate will be reviewed by the Broadjam staff and removed
when inappropriateness is confirmed. The Top 20 songs for each challenge will receive between 50 and 1,000 points -
first place receives 1,000 and subsequent point values, decreasing in increments of 50, are awarded to the
19 runners up.
Broadjam will name the winners for each challenge, according to point totals. At the end of the
final challenge, the 20 participants who have accumulated the most points throughout the
competition will receive prize packages.