Rules & Guidelines
Below you'll find a list of the rules and guidelines for the official APP cover competition. Please remember, although there is a prize for the first place winner, this competition is meant as a way to bring APP fans from all over the world to enjoy in each other's interpretations of the music that we all know and love. In other words, it's just for fun and we hope that it will remain in that spirit.
Prize:In addition to all 10 expanded edition APP albums (remastered by Alan Parsons and with bonus tracks), the winner will receive a limited edition promotional CD containing highlights of 11 APP tracks (16 minutes long). This rare promo CD is one of a very small number which were signed by Eric, Alan and 3 of the regular APP session musicians - Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott and Laurie Cottle.
This grand prize is for the winning entry - announcement of the winner will take place on September 9th and the prize will then be posted to them directly.
Important Note: Please note that this competition has the full support of Sony and Universal. If you receive a copyright notice upon uploading your video, please ignore and do not worry. This is due to YouTube's automated system and there is nothing we can do to change it at the moment.
Who can enter?
This is a global competition and therefore everyone who is able to upload a video on YouTube (or Dailymotion.com - although YouTube is prefered) is allowed to enter.
Important Dates:
May 27th - The competition is open for submissions.
August 31st - The competition is closed for entry.
September 9th - The winner of the competition will be announced.
What types of entries are allowed?
- We are limiting this competition to strictly music of The Alan Parsons Project. This means, no solo Alan Parsons music, and no solo Eric Woolfson music.
- The music can be instrumental (even a song in instrumental form), or can contain vocals, or both.
- It can even be just a piece of a song/instrumental, or a medley.
- The song isn't required to be recorded in a single take and can contain overdubs.
- Feel free to perform the cover solo or with a band/friends. Please note although we allow the participation of multiple people in one video, we can only provide one bundle/prize for the winning submission.
Visual performance
- Please do not use cover art that you do not own the rights to as your visual (including APP cover art)
- Your submission must contain visual aspects whether it be a recording of you performing the song, or even a simple slide show. It cannot be a single graphic.
Number of Submissions:
- All contestants are limited to being involved in only one video entry.
Copyright:
- The audio track(s) cannot include APP recordings, APP bonus tracks or parts of them
- If you use audio material recorded by others, or any visual material realized by others, make sure you have their permission
Do I have to create a new video for this competition?
- No, although new videos are preferred!
How to submit your video:
We'll be using the video response tool through YouTube to collect submissions. It's very easy to submit your video:- If you don't have a YouTube account, you can create one here
- Upload your video to your channel (unless you're using a pre-existing video on your channel). For more information on how to upload your YouTube video visit here.
- Go to the official announcement video here.
- Type something in the comment box (if you're watching the video within a channel, click "View comments" to make the comment box appear). Use the option "Create a video response" which appears at the right and follow the instructions.
- Only videos satisfying the above rules will be judged.
- If you have any issues uploading the video or about posting the video response, you can simply send the link to your submission to us directly at info@the-alan-parsons-project.com
Judging:
The judging will be performed by a panel of eight. The competition will be closed for additional entries on August 31st. The announcement of the winning entry will take place on September 9th and will be posted on YouTube and Facebook. The winner will be contacted through YouTube.
Special Thanks:
We are very grateful for all the help Giorgio Rizzarelli has provided in setting up this competition. Please view his YouTube channel here.