All About Ghana Underground Music Awards

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Ghana Music Awards

Ghana Music AwardsGhana Underground Music Awards 2014/2015

Well, I will normally start off with some fake and poetry? stuff but for this one i can’t actually say we had time enough to start of with that. The Ghana Underground Music (GUM) Awards is the topic of discussion here. Actually it can’t be a discussion since nobody is here to argue out with me or tell me if i’m right or wrong.

Anyway, The GUM Awards is an event organized by Latent Hub To reward Upcoming/Underground artiste in the industry. To be honest i wanted to use only underground but some artiste have been in the game for so long they getting bigger than those who began before them. Okay, lets continue.?

Latent hub Believes upcoming artiste also contribute to the music industry therefore they should not be left out in terms of rewarding those keeping the music industry alive. These were the words of the CEO during an interview.

The winners in this years GUM Awards will be awarded with Plaques and also help will be given to them in the form of record deals along side recognition which every artiste hopes to achieve. The event is not centered only on the artiste? but also the producers/engineers, DJs and Bloggers who help the upcoming artistes get their internet recognition. The CEO of Latent Hub said in a radio interview that GUM awards is here to say and during which he stated clearly the procedures involved in nomination process. The process though does not involve any Payment or picking up of forms but by the following of some basic rules for the 25 categories since it is a civilized event.

The nomination process works this way:

Artiste who want to participate in the event must send their songs to the GUM Awards official email ([email protected]), a panel made up of some well Known industry people will listen to each one of the songs sent in, and nominate artiste/groups in the categories they fit.

The date for? artiste to begin submission of their songs starts from the?1st of October ,2014 to the 25th of december 2014. The main event is scheduled to take place in March 2015.

The requirements for Song submissions include:

??? An original song ( No covers needed).
??? Send a maximum of two songs.
??? Add your contact info to the email address.( Contact info should include Twitter handle and Phone number)
??? Make sure Artiste name and track titles are correctly and clearly spelled.(Instead of a song entitled Track 1 or Unknown Track)
??? State the Genre of your music.
??? Don’t submit songs for artistes. It should be submitted by Artiste managers or artiste themselves.
??? With Video submission, send links of the videos(Youtube links preferably) and contact details to the email.

Check out the Categories before sending your songs. The 25 Categories include:

??? Artiste of the year
??? Best male hip hop artiste
??? Best female hip hop artiste
??? Best male vocalist
??? Best female vocalist
??? Best collaboration
??? Best group
??? Best gospel artiste
??? Best Christian hip hop/rap artiste
??? Best high life artiste
??? Best hip life artiste
??? Best reggae/dancehall artiste
??? Best R&B/Pop artiste
??? Best spoken words
??? Best Rapper
??? Best song for the youth
??? Lyricist of the year
??? Songwriter of the year
??? Mixtape/album of the year
??? Engineer/producer of the year
??? Underground Honors
??? Best Video
??? Best Video Director
??? Best DJ
??? Best Website for the underground artiste

Please not that there won’t be any kind of payment and organizers advice you to ignore anyone who ask you to pay to get nominated.

You can also connect with organizers on Twitter @GUMAwards or call +233543122932 for more details on the event.

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