Propellerheads has announced a Percussa AudioCubes giveaway for Reason users. To enter the contest, you need to be a Reason 4 owner. Here’s how to enter: Record a video where you tell (in not so many words) us why you upgraded to Reason version 4 and how you feel about it. Send the video to… Read More Propellerheads AudioCubes Giveaway
Nokia has announced a “What does your city sound like?” competition, featuring DJ Shadow: Now is your chance to collaborate with the inimitable DJ Shadow in his unique experiment for Nokia Trends Lab. This cutting edge music experiment offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to co-create a track with DJ Shadow using modern mobile… Read More DJ Shadow Ambient Sound Competition
Jason at KeyToSound sent us word of a contest that they are running that is probably the first ever synth sound scavanger hunt. KeyToSound’s NexSyn has a cool feature, NetNotes, that lets you share, browse, preview and download synth sound presets via the Internet. Here’s a screen capture of the NexSyn preset browser that shows… Read More Keytosound Announces NetNotes Synth Sound Scavanger Hunt
Kansas City Kansas Community College, Lewis University and the Conservatory of Music and Dance-University of Missouri at Kansas City have announced a call for scores for the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, to be held October 11-13, 2007 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Each concert will feature an 8.1 speaker diffusion system. Any composer regardless… Read More Midwest Universities Want You To Score
Bjork is calling on fans to make the video for her new song Innocence. A post on Bjork’s official website is calling upon the help of any budding video makers: Björk has suggested the idea, that the video to Innocence of Volta is to be made by anyone who wants to. She has asked the… Read More Direct Bjork’s Next Video!
Musikmesse: RiffWorks Standard by Sonoma Wire Works is now available from resellers worldwide. RiffWorks users, even demo users, can participate in Sonoma Wire Works’ RiffRumble VII song contest. There is no purchase necessary and no contest entry fee. Three guitar players can win over $700 in prizes from IK Multimedia, Sonic Reality, Disc Makers, CD… Read More Riffrumble VII Contest Announced
Trogotronic has announced a competition to showcase musicians that use the company’s subterranean fx and crude audio and CV controllers. Thumbprint Press will release1000 Audio CD pressing of 15 artists using their Trogotronic gear. 15 artists will be selected from the submissions received on or before the deadline of February 27th 2007. Their music using… Read More Trogotronic Announces CD Contest
The Freesound Project, a site for sharing samples that can be freely shared and used in music, has announced a remix contest. Here’s the info: Remix The People Competition Download: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/packsViewSingle.php?id=1563 Make a song, a soundscape, a collage! Upload to ccmixter and tag accordingly ( http://ccmixter.org/freesound ) Only cutting/pasting, some basic processing (eq, compressor, etc…)… Read More Freesound Announces Remix Project
Trogotronic has announced plans to release (through Thumbprint Press) a qty. 1000 Audio CD pressing of 15 artists using Trogotronic gear. “We will select 15 artists from the submissions received in San Pedro on or before the deadline of February 27th to appear on the compilation,” according to Trogotronic’s WT Nelson, “and send them each… Read More Trogotronic Announces Contest
Notion Music, makers of Notion music composition and performance software, have expanded the Notion Realize Music Challenge with three entry categories and more prizes to be awarded. The Grand Prize remains a recording session with the world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Dubbed the Notion Realize Music Challenge, the competition runs… Read More Notion Composition Contest
