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Get Famous
Enter the Contemporary A Cappella Recordings Awards
Let's put the very best barbershop harmony in front of discerning listeners of a capella music.
Updated: 10/10/2005 11:36:18 AM
Learn more about nominating an album, or becoming a judge, at http://www.casa.org/cara/home.php Highlights from the site:
Join the illustrious ranks of quartets such as Michigan Jake, Hi Fidelity, The Gas House Gang and others, as a potential winner of a Contemporary A cappella Recording Awards.
A service of CASA, the CARAS recognize the best recorded a cappella and aim to support this burgeoning culture of instrumentless enthusiasts. Boasting that it is "the only truly global a cappella recording awards," every year since 1992 the CARAs have considered hundreds of albums in celebration of the best a cappella recorded around the planet.
The 2006 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards are open for submissions!
Your album is eligible for the 2006 CARAs if:
It was released to the public in the 2005 calendar year. The CARAs cannot accept CD-Rs or any other unfinished form of your album, but will be glad to accept it the following year, once it has been released.
At least one track on the album is entirely a cappella. In order to be considered in any best album category, more than half of the tracks must be a cappella, but even a single a cappella track will be considered in a best song category.
It is received at the CASA office no later than January 1. Discs released in 2005 must be received by January 1st, 2006. Unfortunately, a postmark of January 1 is not acceptable. Note that the earlier you send your album the more time the evaluators will have to listen. Although every album is given the same length of time for consideration, and all are re-listened to by nominators between January 1 and 10, it does make it easier for nominators if they can spread the initial listening over weeks or months rather than days.
If an album contains music of multiple styles, each song will be considered in the category for which it is most appropriate. The nominating panel listens to every song on every album no matter what (so long as its a cappella). You can find out more about what happens once the albums leave your hands by going to the nominations area of this website.
For the most part, four (4) albums and four (4) songs are nominated in each category. Nominations are usually announced February 1 and winners are usually announced April 1.
To submit an album:
Mail two (2) production copies of the album, including liner notes and in any final retail packaging. Again, CD-Rs or pre-production runs will not be accepted. Mail albums to the following address:
CARA Submissions
c/o CASA
325 Sharon Park Drive
Suite 110
Menlo Park, CA 94025-6805
U.S.A.
Go through the automated on-line submission process. This process will register your album in any categories for which it is eligible, let you enter track information, and allow you to upload your album's tracks as high-quality MP3s for use during the nominations process. This step is optional, but highly recommended. Not only does this dramatically cut down the time required by our volunteers to enter and maintain this information, but it also assures that your album is considered in the appropriate categories, track names are entered correctly, and so on. (If for some reason you are unable to submit your album electronically, your submission will not be penalized.)
Professional (separate album & song awards)
- Contemporary (Pop/Rock)
- Jazz
- Classical
- Doo-wop
- Barbershop
- Religious
- Folk/World
- Holiday
- Humorous
Scholastic
- High School
- Male Collegiate (Song, Album, Soloist and Arrangement)
- Female Collegiate (Song, Album, Soloist and Arrangement)
- Mixed Collegiate (Song, Album, Soloist and Arrangement)
Learn more about nominating an album, or becoming a judge, at http://www.casa.org/cara/home.php
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