Indaba Music has announced a new remix contest, challenging you to remix Mariah Carey’s latest single “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time” for a chance at $5,000.
Prizes:

Winner:

$5,000 cash
Your remix featured on MariahCarey.com, IslandRecords.com, and Mariah’s MySpace page
Mariah’s “top friend” on MySpace for a month.

Runner-up: Digidesign MBox 2.
Top 10 Finalists: A copy [...]

Joining keytar goddesses Juliette Commagare and Imogen Heap is Lauren Rocket, of punk girl group Rocket.  
Rocket describes itself as “a volatile combination that leaves one wondering what the results would be if the Shangri-Las crashed the stage during an early Motley Crue gig.”

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red, yellow, blue makes white, originally uploaded by Bombardier.
Anna Oxygen at Bumbershoot 2005.
Love the strange hat…..

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Keytar, originally uploaded by Potatojunkie.
I found a bunch of interesting keytar shots that I hadn’t done anything with - so today is officially Bizarre Keytar Day.
This is the lovely Nekoi of Psydoll - [...]

Imogen Heap, above, is a Grammy-nominated English singer-songwriter from Essex, best known for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself.
She’s also known to show off some keytar & vocoder chops:

Keytars have been the subject of ridicule for years because of their association with 80’s hair bands.
Fortunately, today’s keytarists aren’t like the keytarists of the 80’s. If there’s any doubt in your mind about that, you’re probably not familiar with Juliette Commagere, above, the keytarist & vocalist of Hello Stranger.
Hello Stranger is an indie alt-rock [...]

 

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Yeow! What’s not to like about DJ Diamond?
She’s an international DJ, she’s Hawaiian and she’s been featured in Playboy, Maxim, and FHM. She’s even got a degree in sports medicine, in case you get whiplash turning your neck when she catches your eye.
She’s DJ’d from South Africa to China to Russia to South America, delivering [...]

 

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