Each year, hundreds of artists and guests from all around the world attend the Indie Music Channel Awards!
Saturday August 30
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1) You (or your band) must be a current member of the Indie Music Channel.
2) All songs and/or videos being submitted for award consideration must be loaded
into each artist's (or band's) Indie Music Channel music and/or video player.
3) All songs being submitted must be placed at the top of the Artist's IMC music player so that the judges can find each of your songs easily. Only mp3s can be uploaded to your music player.
After uploading your songs, be sure to check and make sure that they play in your page's music player.
If you are unable to see your music player on your page, make sure that "Flash" is enabled on your computer.
4) To assist the judges in evaluating your music, please be sure to position your music player
in the center of your IMC page. To reposition your music player, simply place your cursor over the edge of the music player, "click, hold and drag" it to the center of your page.
Qualifications:
- Any song and/or video (whether it has been "released" at the time of submission, or if it is still "unreleased",
and regardless as to when it was created or recorded) CAN be submitted for awards consideration,
as long as the song and/or video did not reach "Nominated" status
for one of the previous Indie Music Channel Awards ceremonies held in April.
- Nominated songs from a previous year CAN be submitted in this year's awards in a music video category as long as the music video was not a nominated music video from a previous year. Music videos featuring songs that were nominated in a previous year cannot be entered in a "song only" category in a future year.
- All songs that were entered in the 2025 Radio Music Awards ARE eligible to be entered into the
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards, even if they were nominated for and/or won a Radio Music Award.
- Songs that were part of a Nominated Album during a previous Indie Music Channel Awards ARE eligible for individual submission for the 2025 IMC Awards, as long as the song(s) being submitted did not reach "Nominated" status for an individual award during a previous IMC Awards. (Best Song, Best Recording, etc.).
- Songs that were previously submitted, nominated and/or won in an individual category (i.e. Best Song, Best Recording, etc.) in a previous IMC Awards CAN be submitted in the 2024 IMC Awards
as part of a Best Album submission ONLY.
- Entire albums that reached "Nominated" status during a previous IMC Awards
are not eligible to be submitted for the "Best Album" category for the 2025 IMC Awards, however songs from those nominated albums ARE eligible to be submitted, as long as the song(s) were not nominated for an individual award during a previous IMC Awards.
- Only original music, or music of which the artist has a legal right to submit for award consideration, is eligible for submission. No cover songs, unless they are in the
Public Domain, or unless the artist has signed licensing/legal rights to that song.
Nominations to be announced
Monday July 28, 2025
Schedule of Events
For some helpful tips on how to best make your submissions,
During the awards, there will be "LIVE" performances by
some of the outstanding artists of the Indie Music Channel!
Winners to be announced
Sunday August 31
at the
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards
& Indie Music Hall of Fame Inductions ceremony
in Hollywood!
To submit to perform during the
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards
"Click Here"!
To make your submissions for the 2025 Indie Music Channel Awards
"Click" on any of the genres below:
(Submissions may be made in more than one category,
and for "crossover" songs, submissions can be made in more than one genre)
9am
IMC Artist Summit
8pm
VIP Party/Nominee Reception
7pm
IMC Awards Welcome Party/Artist Check-In
Performances on stage by IMC artists
Tickets
AMERICANA
ALTERNATIVE
BLUES
CHILDRENS
CHRISTIAN CONTEMPORARY
CLASSICAL
CLASSIC COUNTRY
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY
DANCE/EDM
EASY LISTENING
FOLK
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (produced for under $5,000)
Travel Info
Come hit the Red Carpet and celebrate with this year's Nominees at one of Hollywood's best hotspots!
SUBMIT YOUR SONGS AND MUSIC VIDEOS BELOW
Submit Your Music
SUBMIT YOUR SONGS AND MUSIC VIDEOS HERE:
Monday - Los Angeles
Return Home
Join us at Christopher Ewing's Hang On to the Dream Theatre!
It's the newest premier destination for live events in Hollywood!
features some of the BEST independent singers and bands from around the world!
We proudly recognize their outstanding talents by presenting the
IMC Nominees Reception
7pm
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards & Indie Music Hall of Fame Inductions
| Artist of the Year | Song of the Year |
| Band of the Year | Producer of the Year |
| Recording of the Year | Video of the Year |
| Demo of the Year | Albums of the Year |
Best New Artist of the Year
List of Nominees
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards
are being given in the following genres of music:
Join us Labor Day Weekend, August 29 - August 31, 2025
in Hollywood for one of the BEST awards events ever!
Categories
2025 Indie Music Channel Awards
are being given in the following categories in each genre:
| Best Male Artist | Best Demo |
| Best Female Artist | Best Live Performance |
| Best Band or Duo | Best Music Video |
| Best Song | Best Producer |
| Best Recording | Best Teen Artist |
IMC Artist Summit
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (produced for over $5,000)
Weekend Schedule of Events
SUBMISSIONS
GOSPEL
INSTRUMENTAL
JAZZ
NEW AGE
POP
R&B
RAP/HIP HOP
ROCK
SOUNDTRACK
TEEN
WORLD MUSIC
Friday August 29
Judging:
There is no need for artists to encourage their fans to vote for their submission.
Whether you have a million fans, or just one, the judging process for the
Indie Music Channel Awards is done by a panel of music industry professionals (i.e., A & R reps, radio DJs, radio station Program Directors, Music Directors, Music Producers, etc.)
from around the world in the genres of their expertise. Thus, all submissions are given equal consideration regardless of fan input.
Awards:
The Top 5 from each category will advance on to "Nominee" status,
from which the winner will be decided. There is no additional submission fee for "Nominees"
to advance on to the final round of judging.
Winners will receive a complimentary, fully engraved trophy, which will be available for them to receive during the ceremony. If a winner is not present to receive their trophy in person, their trophy can be mailed to them following the awards, however the winner will be responsible for all postage & shipping charges. The IMC is not responsible for lost, damaged or stolen awards during shipping.
All submission fees are non-changeable and non-refundable.
7pm
VIP Party/Nominees Reception
Best Album Best Teen Album
(From left: Suzanne Grzanna, Grant Maloy Smith, Kathryn Cloward, Nic Nassuet, Big Mess
Thomas Claxton, TerryLee Whetstone, Preston Smith, Katie Garibaldi, Next Door To The Moon,
Chandler Juliet, Dennis Blair, Sam Hankins, Brooke Michelle, Ameera York)
Now thru Monday July 21
$35 per category
Just some of the previous Indie Music Channel Award winners:
Special Awards
Special awards are also being presented in the following categories:
Sunday August 31
To be held at the