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The Tiny Desk Contest
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SHOWCASE YOUR TALENT WITH NPR MUSIC – ENTER THE TINY DESK CONTEST BY MARCH 14
2017 NPR Tiny Desk Contest winners Tank and the Bangas. Credit npr.org.
Do you have what it takes to perform at the Tiny Desk? NPR Music wants to hear from you! The Tiny Desk Contest is back for its eighth year and welcomes music from all genres and entrants from previous years with new material.
Since the launch of the Tiny Desk concert series in 2008, more than 900 performances have been recorded at the Tiny Desk — series creator Bob Boilen’s festive workspace at NPR headquarters. The series has provided a unique stage for artists across the genre spectrum and at every phase of their careers, including performances by Taylor Swift, Toro y Moi, the characters of Sesame Street and more.
To enter The Tiny Desk Contest, unsigned musicians must play one original song at a desk, upload a video of the performance to YouTube and submit a completed entry form at NPR.org/tinydeskcontest by Monday, March 14 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Artists must be at least 18 years old and live in the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico to enter.
“The amount of creativity around this contest is extraordinary,” said Boilen. “Thousands of entries from all over the country, and it’s not only a thrill to watch these entries, but it’s fun to make one too. So do it!”
In addition to playing their very own Tiny Desk concert, the 2022 Contest winner will appear on NPR’s All Things Considered and headline the five-stop Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour. And before this year’s winner is announced, NPR Music will host more episodes of Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf, a live streamed video series where contest judges share some of their favorite entries on NPR Music’s You Tube channel.
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