Independent artists · Listener-powered brackets

Bands battle. Fans decide.

SceneSonic is a battle-of-the-bands tournament for independent music. Artists submit an original track to a genre-specific local bracket. Fans listen and cast one free, equal vote each day. Winners advance to regional and national championships.

3Stages to the title
1Free vote / day
1:1Equal-weight voting
Find your battle

Choose a scene and sound

Competition
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Try another scene

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No battle is live for this combination.

Try all markets, switch genres, or step up to the regional bracket.

Listen first ✦Vote daily ✦Win local ✦Advance regional ✦Reach the national stage ✦Listen first ✦
Local → Regional → National

The road to the main stage

Weekly local champions earn a regional seed. Regional winners advance to a genre-specific national championship and compete for the season prize pool.

Upcoming local bracket

The next local start

Starts Next available Tuesday · Applications lock Sunday at 8 PM local time.

8of 8 openings remain
Brackets can launch with four verified bands; eight is the standard field.
01Every week

Local

Genre brackets for bands in the same metro area.

Accepting submissions
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02Every month

Regional

Local champions meet across neighboring markets.

Begins after local winners
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03Season final

National

Regional winners compete by genre for the title.

Prize pool championship
Inaugural local qualifierWinner advances to the regional bracket
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The first bracket is forming.

Verified artists will appear here after the field is seeded. No placeholder competitors or results are shown.

The champion archive

Hall of fame

Every title stays on the record. Explore the artists, tracks, home scenes, and bracket runs that made SceneSonic history.

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History starts with the first champion.

Winning artists, tracks, records, and verified prize totals will be added here as competitions conclude.

For independent artists everywhere

Put your scene on the map.

Submit one original track with a public streaming link. We'll verify your home market, place you in the right local genre bracket, and chart your path forward.

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Claim your scene

Enter your home market, genre, and public streaming link.

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Win locally

Compete in a fair weekly bracket against nearby artists.

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Advance together

Local champions move through regional and national rounds.

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Play for the pool

Memberships, sponsors, and events fund published champion prizes.