Manufacture Your Music Competition
2025, Sponsored by Georgia AIM
With continued collaboration with Georgia AIM, the theme of this competition centered around the manufacturing process with parallels to the music production process. Students will manufacture their song, keeping in mind each step starting from audience to dissemination of their music.
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The competition runs from September 29 through October 06, 2025.
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Results
Top Winner
1st Place Winner
Blake H.
Grade 11
Teacher: L. Flemister
Hiram HS
Hiram, GA
“This song is a representation of my personal expression and creativity in the form of music. I had a ton of fun creating this song, as it combined 2 things that I enjoy – coding and making music. I found it to be a fun challenge, getting to incorporate the two into a result that I am quite satisfied with. My song tells a story of empowerment, confidence, and self-affirmation, and I hope to use my music to inspire others to find their own creative outlet, whether it be music, or another form of art. I hope you enjoy my song!”
Honorable Mentions
Jordell G. and Criseth S.
Grade 11
Teacher: L. Flemister
Hiram HS
Hiram, GA
Ishmael M.
Grade 11
Teacher: L. Flemister
Hiram HS
Hiram, GA
Jakhari C.
Grade 11
Teacher: L. Flemister
Hiram HS
Hiram, GA
Requirements
Music
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Song length must be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes
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Song must have at least five (5) unique sounds
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Song must include sounds from more than one artist
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Song must be a remix, distinct from the original songs.
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Recommendations:
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Including more than one artist on EarSketch
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Changing tempo, pitch, and/or order of beats
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Adding effects and loop beats
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Making your own beat
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Recommended: To avoid potentially overlapping sounds, each sound be arranged on its own track.
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​Code
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Final code must run without errors in the console and play in the digital audio workstation (DAW)
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Code must include fitMedia to insert sound clips
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Code must include comments to describe code and document the message and manufacturing process in the song
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Recommended: Code should include at least one level of complexity: loops, conditional statements, makeBeat(), custom functions
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Story
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Submission must include a short reflection explaining the message of your song
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Recommended: Students should choose a theme or genre to their song (Theme Examples: friendship, family, their interests, etc.; Genre Examples: country, hip hop, etc.)
Resources
Getting Started
We're excited to bring back the Manufacture Your Music competition. Here are some resources to help you get started. If you are new to EarSketch we recommend checking out our Getting Started in EarSketch YouTube playlist or attending our Teacher PD on September 25. We've also created a handout for your and/or your students' reference.
Getting Started in EarSketch
Getting Started in EarSketch
Creating an Account and Your First Script
Text to Block Coding Example
Sample Tutorial
Discover EarSketch with William
Feel free to share these videos with your students or our
Lesson
Looking for a lesson to teach with the competition? Check out our Manufacture Your Music module! We've included a teacher guide, slides, student worksheet, and template code to help make the jump to get started as easy as possible! We recommend spending 2-3 days with your class on this lesson as working on their songs in EarSketch may take some time for students. The template/sample code exists to help beginner students understand the format for a solid submission. Students may import the script so they can edit the code and create their song.
Ready to submit?
Students can either submit their songs by using our submission link. The video demonstrates how you can find your script-URL for the submission.
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Please note students under the age of 13 should have their parents/guardians submit on their behalf.
Submit externally using a link
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Find your song in the Script Library
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Click on the three blue lines next to your Script Name to expand the menu
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Click Share
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Click the blue clipboard next to the Share URL. This copies your script-URL.
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Go to the submission button below
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Complete the form
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Paste in your copied EarSketch script-URL
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Finish the form and click submit