3. PERFORMANCE & TECHNICAL RULES

3.1 Repertoire and Royalty-Free Rights: Contestants must select exactly one (1) song to cover from the official Green Cry Music YouTube Repertoire. High-quality audio files for practice are provided for download via the official cloud repository. WSC grants all participants a permanent, royalty-free license to perform, record, and distribute their cover versions of these songs.

3.2 Unplugged Requirement: The recorded performance must be strictly live and acoustic.

3.3 Audio Integrity (No Effects): We want to hear the raw, natural quality of your voice. The use of auto-tune, pitch correction, digital reverb, layering, or any post-production audio processing is strictly prohibited. Detecting any vocal manipulation will result in immediate disqualification.

3.4 Instrumentation: The performance must be accompanied solely by an acoustic guitar or an acoustic piano. The contestant may accompany themselves or perform with one (1) accompanying musician. Pre-recorded backing tracks (karaoke tracks) are not permitted.

3.5 Copyright & Social Sharing: Contestants are explicitly granted the right to share their recorded WSC cover versions on their personal social media profiles at any time to build their personal brand, provided they credit the original source channel.