Zero 7 are offering a unique opportunity to amateur remixers and DJ's alike: a chance to remix some of their most popular tracks using the full stems. Through 10 August 2010, you can use these stems to remix and upload your remixes of "Destiny", "Home", "Futures" and "Swing". Remixes will be voted on and the band will select a winner from the top picks to receive an Ableton Live Software Suite (valued at approx. $280 USD/£400). If you don't have any remix software to use, Zero 7 is recommending you try Aviary for free.
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As I'm going to be away from the "store" this week, I've decided to launch a couple of contests for all you regular Loudersoft readers. You'll have a week to make your submissions & I'll pick a winner by Friday for both of these contests. So, get your thinking caps on -- here goes contest #1, and boy are we excited!
Brian Wilson -- you know, The Beach Boys? SMiLE? musical genius Brian Wilson? -- has a brand, spanking new album out entitled That Lucky Old Sun. There's no lack of brilliant pop songwriting genius to this ...
Aimee Mann's new album is being hailed by some as "a masterpiece" and I'm hard-pressed to disagree. Have you ever wanted a chance to sing with someone as awesome as Aimee Mann on stage? There's still time to make a video of you singing her new single "Freeway" and submitting it to the Aimee Mann Freeway Contest on YouTube. Visit http://aimeemann.com/freewaycontest/ for further details.
To prove how easy it is, I made this in just a few minutes. It speaks for itself, so I won't try. What is there to be scared of? Give it ...
Can you sing? Do you love Aimee Mann? Have you ever wanted to share a stage with her? Well, this contest sounds like it's right up your alley. Full information on how to enter after the jump.
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(ed. note: When putting this piece together, we had some technical difficulties with the music player. They're fixed -- full album stream after the jump.)
Solid pop music is a commodity these days and, too often, the things I hear are simply "pretty good" or "okay". However, in the mailbag today was an email from Brooklyn band called Anthem In. I don't know how else to say it: I haven't stopped listening to it from the second I put it on, so I'm very pleased to tell you about the band and about the record itself.
The self-released debut ...
Moby's playing a free exclusive live set in LA this week for 200 lucky fans as part of a Yahoo! Nissan Live Set.
Fans can enter to be part of the studio audience at --
http://nissanlivesets.com/pickme.
He'll be playing a full band set of songs from his new album Last Night, old faves, and a couple of surprises. It'll be a first-time chance to catch these new songs performed live in a really cool, intimate setting at Fox Studios. More info and a/v from the new album below.
Yahoo! Music and Mute Records want you to join us when Moby takes ...
This is straight from Waste unedited -- remixers grab your Abletons and get ready.
To celebrate this week's single release (we still have those in England) Radiohead have broken up the song 'Nude' into pieces for you to remix.
For those of you who enjoy this sort of thing, you can buy the separate components or 'stems' (bass, voice, guitar, strings/FX and drums) and remix your own version of the song. You can do this by adding your own beats and instrumentation or just remixing the original parts. More information here: http://www.radioheadremix.com/information/
You can buy the stems here: http://www.radioheadremix.com/buy/
You can upload your finished ...
The cool kids over at Pornophony have started what is being called the (wait for it...) Indie 'Beat' Off. In short, you have 7 days to take their indie rock track and create a remix out of what they give you. Pinch it, poke it, twist it, curl it, fade it, braid it, extend it or suspend it -- the level of glamour is completely up to you.
Every Monday, a new track will be posted for mixing. After you remix it, submit it to Pornophony, at which point it will be judged by none other than ...
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