Can anyone please help me here cos I need to know how exactly to operate this site. Yeah call me stupid, but I'm serious. I mean whenever I post something..is there something that can indicate to me that someone replied to my post or something or do I HAVE to go into allll my posts everytime to see whether someone replied? Thats probably my biggest biggy here.

In the end I guess I can do with an instruction manual for the site. Can anyone point me in the right direction after explaining my first question please?
 

here's the FAQ: http://about.bandamp.com/faqs.html

could do with an update though - since the site itself has been updated... Like.. the stars at the side of the "subject" text field can be used to rate songs or threads, which you should normally do. There are links to "how to" pages above the reply input form on every song page, to get you started reviewing/rating songs.

If someone replies to a thread started by you you will be notified via email.

If someone quotes a post made by you you will be notified via email too, however if this post has no subject there will be no link to the post available in that mail.

All in all this site navigates pretty much like a forum, for that is what it is: a forum.
Not just any forum though..

it's BandAMP!!!

Okay... how the heck did you get the blue text? 

Thank you for the reply and link PuppetXeno.

Okay I've been reading most of that. I just can't seem to find out what the prizes are for the battle, like 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize. I'd like to find out what you can win and then how it gets to you once you've won it.

And audio review... does that mean you have to actually "rate" 3 songs, or simply go listen to 3 songs and comment/help on them before you can upload one of your own?