Field Recording Contest

Applications are open right now - fill in the form on this page until August 30. From all applications we will select 8 participants and contact each of them personally. On September 10 at 10:00 participants arrive at the Soundium store in Vilnius, T. Ševčenkos g. 18, where they get the exact brief and the theme - it stays secret until then. Then: 3 hours (11:00-14:00) collecting sound recordings in the city (your own sample pack), a lunch break (14:00-15:00), and 3 hours (15:00-18:00) back at Soundium turning those recordings into an abstract composition on the given theme. The winners will be selected on September 14 - we will contact them personally too.

No. The composition has to be abstract and built on the theme given on the spot - style, tempo and genre are up to you. Want rhythm? Go ahead. Making ambient? Go ahead. What matters is an original take on the task.

Because that is the challenge. The only instrument you will have is what you collect in the city during those 3 hours. You can turn those sounds into percussion, stretch, cut, distort and process them however you like - there is only one ban: nothing bought or made before the task.

No, participation is free.

10:00-11:00 meet-up, briefing and theme reveal at the Soundium store. 11:00-14:00 collecting sound material in the city. 14:00-15:00 lunch break. 15:00-18:00 composing at the Soundium store.

The contest is open to creators aged 18-99 :)

Entries are judged by the Soundium jury. The winners will be selected on September 14 and announced together with a short review of their tracks. We will also contact the winners personally.

No, the task is individual. More people could collect more sounds in the same time - that would not be fair.

Back at the Soundium store with your sounds, participants work in a shared space. Keep order, keep the noise down and do not disturb each other.

Everyone uses their own gear: a recording device (recorder) for collecting sounds and their own laptop for composing. A special recorder is not required - you can record everything with your smartphone! By agreeing to take part, participants confirm they will have their own equipment - recording, computer and software. Soundium will not provide recording, computer or software equipment to participants - just a chair, a table (and a glass of water). The only restriction: no pre-owned sounds, samples or instruments.

1st place - a 300 Eur Soundium x Zoom gift voucher. 2nd place - 200 Eur. 3rd place - 100 Eur. All vouchers are for Zoom gear at Soundium.

To step outside, look around, listen closely and realise that everything is music.