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Renowned drummer Steve Gadd turned 80 this past April and Hudson Music is marking this incredible milestone with an exciting contest packed with unique prizes that celebrate this legendary musician! This is your chance to win incredible prizes from Yamaha, Zildjian, Vic Firth, Zoom, Remo and Hudson Music!
We are also celebrating the 4th anniversary of the release of Gaddiments, the top selling new drum book release of the past decade!!
Running from July 12th to September 19th, 2025, the contest is open to everyone. Simply enter your name, email address, and location to join the general drawing.
Want to go the extra mile? Submit a video performing a page from Gaddiments or a transcription from the Gadd: A Life In Time book for a chance to win extraordinary grand prizes, including an Online Chat with Steve, a signed Yamaha snare drum from Steve’s own stash, Zildjian cymbals (both new and signed/used from Steve’s stash), custom Vic Firth Sticks, Zoom H6 Recorder, Remo drum heads, Autographed Books, and more!
Winners for the general contest will be randomly selected from eligible entries, while grand prize winners that submit a video will be handpicked by Hudson Music and Steve himself. [Click here for full rules and details].Winners will be announced the first week of October, 2025.
Celebrate the life and legacy of a drumming legend—don’t miss your chance to be part of this once-in-a-lifetime event!
See below for full rules and details.
General Prizes: This contest is open to participants from around the globe, subject to official contest rules eligibility. [Click here for full rules and details].
Grand Prizes: To be eligible for Grand Prize entry, contestants must submit a video featuring their interpretation of any musical example from either Gaddiments or Gadd: A Life in Time.
1. Enter Online
Contestants can enter the Giveaway Online at https://hudsonmusic.com/. Deadlines: Online entries must be submitted online via the above-mentioned official webpage. Online entries are considered to have been made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of sweepstakes registration. To be eligible for the contest, online entries must be received on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT, September 19 2025. Any entries received after this date and time will be ineligible. Entries must provide all requested information in order to be considered. One entry per person. Incomplete entries, multiple submissions, automated entries, and computer-aided or computer-generated script entries are void and ineligible. The Sponsor will not share email addresses with any other entities.
2. Eligibility
The promotion is open to all except in countries or territories where US-based businesses may be prohibited to conduct business or ship to. Employees, directors, officers, agents, contractors, and their immediate families and household members, of Hudson Music LLC or any other named sponsor, or their affiliates and subsidiaries, are not eligible to participate or win any prizes. No one under the age of eighteen (18) years as of the sweepstakes start date is eligible to participate. This promotion is not open to residents of Rhode Island or other states or territories in which registration, bonding or other regulatory activities are required.
All entries will be considered for General Prize selection. In order to be considered for Grand Prize selection, contestants must also submit a video performance featuring any musical example as featured in Gaddiments or Gadd: A Life in Time.
3. Selection of Winners and Notification
General prize winners will be selected on or about 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2025, by random drawing from among all eligible entries received.
Grand prize winners will be selected on or about 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2025, by a panel of judges as chosen by Hudson Music, LLC.
The odds of winning a prize depends on the number of eligible entries received. The winner will be notified by e-mail. The prize will be forfeited and an alternate Winner may be selected if a Winner cannot be notified, fails to respond to the prize notification within seven (7) days, is ineligible, or fails to timely return the completed and executed declaration and releases as required within seven (7) days.
4. NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES
Your purchase of a product or service from the Sponsor or from the prize manufacturer will not increase your chances of winning a prize.
5. Prizes
Prize components are not exchangeable, transferable or redeemable for cash. In the event of unavailability of stated prize(s) or component(s), the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute item(s) of comparable value. Colors shown for example only. Other models, colors or finishes my be substituted at the sponsor’s option. ALL PRIZES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY GUARANTY OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE). Winners agree to indemnify, and hold harmless Hudson Music LLC and any other contest sponsor, contributor or agent from and against any liability that arises out of this contest to the fullest extent permitted by law.
6. Redemption Requirements
Winner grants permission to have his or her name, city, Country, photograph and/or likeness used in any manner the Sponsor may deem appropriate for advertising, trade and/or promotional purposes without additional compensation, including without limitation, posting the Winner’s name and/or image on the HudsonMusic.com and affiliated contest partners websites or other, related social media and marketing channels, unless prohibited by law. Winner must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release in a form acceptable to Sponsor as a condition of and prior to receiving the prize, unless prohibited by law. The Winner is responsible for all tax liabilities and must provide his or her social security number or taxpayer identification number for tax reporting purposes. Failure or refusal to comply with any of the requirements of these Terms and Conditions may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate Winner.
7. No Liability
The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete entries, network connection problems, system errors, computer errors or failures, data corruption or other malfunctions, whether caused by equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion, or by error, human or otherwise, which may limit or otherwise impact an entrant’s ability to participate in the promotion. The Sponsor is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any sweepstakes related materials.
8. Interpretation of Rules
The Sponsor is the sole interpreter of the Rules. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Rules and that the decisions of the Sponsor are final. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. In its sole discretion, the Sponsor may cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend all or part of this promotion should any virus, bug, non-authorized intervention or other cause beyond the Sponsor’s control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the promotion. In such cases, and at its option and in its sole discretion, the Sponsor may select Winners by random drawing from those entries received by electronic transmission prior to the corruption or other event. The Sponsor may disqualify any individual the Sponsor reasonably believes in its discretion to have tampered with the entry process or with the operation of the promotion, or who is found to be acting in violation of these Official Rules.
9. Applicable Law
Sweepstakes are subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law.
11. Sponsor
Hudson Music
PO Box 467
Lavalette NJ 08735
