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Win $1,000 and get your music heard by KSHMR via our song contest

Win $1,000 and get your music heard by KSHMR via our song contest

KSHMR wants to hear your music.

We’re teaming up with globally-acclaimed producer, artist, and sample creator KSHMR and his platform / label Dharma Studio for a new kind of contest: a song battle built entirely around Sounds of KSHMR Vol. 5. Make a complete track with sounds from the pack, and then submit it for the chance to win $1,000, coveted subscription and plugin suites, and the opportunity to have your music heard and picked by KSHMR himself.

The contest

  1. Choose and download at least five samples from Sounds of KSHMR Vol. 5, available on Splice or via Dharma Studio. Your track must incorporate at least five samples from this collection.
  2. Create your track. Your track must be between one minute to three minutes in length. If your track is outside of this length, it will be disqualified.
  3. Upload your track to SoundCloud and then submit your completed track link via the BeatBattle page (access code: kshmr). Submissions and voting will both take place at this link. Submissions will be open beginning Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET, and end on Sunday, January 10th, 2027 at 10 a.m. ET.
  4. Vote for three other submissions. If you don’t vote for three other submissions, you will automatically be disqualified. Voting will be open from Sunday, January 10th, 2027 at 10:01 p.m. ET until Friday, January 15th, 2027 at 10 p.m. ET. Only entrants will be allowed to vote, and the voting process is fully anonymous and randomized for every entrant. Because of this, do not share your submission anywhere until the voting period has ended. You cannot vote for your own track.
  5. One winner will be chosen by KSHMR on February 1st, 2027. The winner will be contacted by email.

What you can use for your song

  • Sounds: Your track must only use samples from Sounds of KSHMR Vol. 5, but entrants may record their own vocals and live instruments, or synthesize sounds from stock synths.
  • Plugins: Entrants may also use any stock instrument or effect from their DAW, as well as one third-party plugin on a single channel.

Submission details

  • A complete song: KSHMR is listening for a finished track with a structure that goes somewhere, not a loop or a sketch. Once again, your track must be between one minute to three minutes in length. Vocals are welcome, but not required.
  • Original and unreleased material: Your track has to be made for this contest. It can’t be already released or entered in another contest before.
  • One entry per person: Collaborations aren’t allowed for this contest.
  • Accepted file format: SoundCloud’s accepted formats can be found here.

Prizing

One final winner will receive the grand prizing. Second place and third place winners will also be selected.

Grand prize:

  • $1,000 USD
  • Five-year Splice Creator subscription
  • Five-year Dharma Studio PRO membership
  • Suite of KSHMR plugins: KSHMR Reverb, KSHMR Essentials, KSHMR Chain, Bloom KSHMR, Mixed in Key Live
  • Suite of Spitfire Audio production effects and plugins for mixing, sound design, and more
  • A pair of OneOdio Studio Max 2 headphones

Second place:

  • $500
  • One-year Splice Creator subscription
  • One-year Dharma Studio PRO annual membership

Third place:

  • Six-month Splice Creator subscription
  • Six-month Dharma Studio PRO membership

Note that if you’re selected as a winner, you’ll need to share your full project file within seven days of being contacted. We’ll use it to confirm your track follows the contest rules. Please include your DAW and version, and consolidate or bounce any audio so the project opens cleanly. If you don’t send the project, or it doesn’t meet the rules, another winner will have to be selected.

You keep ownership of your track. By entering, you agree that Splice and Dharma can potentially share your track for promotion of this contest, including on Splice’s and Dharma’s social and YouTube channels.

And there you have it—if you have any questions, you can ask them via the Splice Discord. We wish you the best of luck!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Must be 18+. Begins 11/10/26 at 10:00 AM PT. Ends 1/15/27 at 10:00 AM PT. Subject to Official Rules available here. Sponsor: Dharma Studio LLC

Dive into Sounds of KSHMR Vol. 5, a collection representing KSHMR’s most ambitious chapter yet:

Explore the sounds

November 13, 2026

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