Valcour Records

Lafayette, LA (June 26) — Valcour Records and the Lafayette location of the Tipitina’s Music Office Co-op (at 510 Johnston Street) are joining forces to present a songwriting and production contest during the month of July. Valcour, operating on their belief that the Lafayette area is chock full of talent, approached Tipitina’s about the contest a couple of months ago as an opportunity for the two organizations to nurture and incentivize a healthy local music culture.

Tipitina’s Co-op, a tech access center providing business development and job skills training for local musicians, filmmakers and other digital media professionals, will serve as host to the contest, in which artists are allowed only 3 hours to record a song as an entry. The artist submitting the winning track will be awarded $200, a feature on the Valcour Records website, and a spot on the upcoming Valcour Records Lafayette music scene compilation due out later this year.

Contest Rules

• All entries must be recorded at the Tipitina’s Music Office Co-op (at 510 Johnston Street) in Lafayette during the month of July
• Participating artists and bands must consider their home base to be within the 22 parishes of Acadiana (and must provide a mailing address in Acadiana)
• All entries must consist of original material
• Only one entry per Artist or band (if two different bands share one member, that is fine, but different bands cannot contain two or more of the same members)
• All entries must be recorded and mixed from start to finish during a single three hour recording session (it is fine to use songs previously written and worked on, but all recording must take place during the three hour session)
• Song entries must be between two and four minutes in duration
• Entries will be judged by the partners at Valcour Records, LLC; criteria will include, but are not limited to: songwriting, instrumentation, vocals, creativity, performance quality, production quality, and likability
• Checks will be made out to a single recipient indicated at the time of entry, and any distribution among participants thereafter will be solely the responsibility of the artist
• Participants under 18 years of age must provide the name of a parent or legal guardian to accept financial winnings on their behalf
• All genres of music are welcome and variety is encouraged
• Contest rules are subject to change without notification

To schedule an appointment to create your entry, please contact Rachel Nederveld at the
Lafayette Tipitina’s Music Office Co-op:

(337) 234-5137
510 Johnston St
Lafayette, LA 70501