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The event aims to facilitate discovery of vocal synth songs and producers and to promote vocal synth creative culture, especially to the international audience.\n        <\/p>\n        <p>\n            Our first Vocagathering was successfully held in April 2025, with 135 original vocal synth songs submissions and over 1000 unique visitors during the event, coming from 69 countries! Read more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.vocagathering.com\/vocagathering-wrap-up\/\">here<\/a>!  \n        <\/p>\n        <h2 class=\"no-bot-mar\">How does it work?<\/h2>\n        <p class=\"no-top-mar\">\n            Vocal synth producers will upload their song on a specific date to YouTube and submit the upload on our website (<a href='\/2026\/apply'>see additional requirements here<\/a>). Afterwards, the song will automatically be ranked and may appear on our rankings page. 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Prepare your entry<\/h2>\n                    <span>Before March 14th 12:00AM UTC<\/span>\n                    <hr>\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>To all producers, musicians, artists, video editors, etc. start working on your entry!<\/li>\n                        <li>(optional) Schedule your video to publish on YouTube during the event period!<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"flex-row\">\n            <div>\n                <h2 class=\"no-bot-mar\">2. Applications open and voting begins!<\/h2>\n                    <span>March 14th 12:00AM UTC<\/span>\n                    <hr>\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>Vocagathering begins! Submit your song and check out entries through the discovery radio! <\/li>\n                        <li>Listen and vote for songs through the Discovery Radio to boost them!<\/li>\n                        <li>View all submitted songs in the all songs page!<\/li>\n                        <li>(optional) Share your song on social media using #Vocagathering2026!<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"flex-row\">\n            <div class=\"flex-col\">\n                <h2 class=\"no-bot-mar\">3. Rankings are revealed<\/h2>\n                    <span>March 14th 12:00AM UTC and minimum 30 entries<\/span>\n                    <hr>\n                    <ul>\n                        <li>After time is given for songs to be submitted and discovered, the rankings are revealed!<\/li>\n                        <li>Listen and vote for songs through the Discovery Radio to boost them!<\/li>\n                        <li>View all submitted songs in the all songs page!<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\n        <section class=\"flex-row\">\n            <div class=\"flex-col\">\n                <h2 class=\"no-bot-mar\">4. 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