Boards Remix Contest

jimi_t

Seems like a the bedroom producer aspect of remixing is very in vogue (or in rainbows :rolleyes:) at the moment. We've got Radiohead releasing their stems, while not quite free, for beer money and plenty of big(ish) names like Manu Chao, Foals et al hosting remix contests for decent prizes and kudos. How about we agree on a tune off this

http://reeemix.com/

and have a bash - even five or six entries would make it worthwhile. Less ****ing on about music and more making it I say

TelePaul

Sounds pretty cool!

cornbb

I heartily endorse this event or product :pac:

jtsuited

i would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

henessjon

i heard they wanted 99c for each track :-)


if you want 32 tracks ???? guess what

uh

sorry I think my rumour was for the radiohead remix comp

studiorat

Tis the way forward alright.

Someone offered me the multi-tracks from 'In-Utero' (is that right?) the other day. I think they are legit, possibly from Albini's website? (correct me if I'm wrong). My favourite was the 8 track master of Marvin Gaye's What's going on. Two drum kits, one track each...

I'll not be entering the competition though, time's tight. Besides I don't want my ass kicked by some kid in his bedroom with a Cuebase crack and a set of Behringer monitors

af_thefragile

You can remix Nine Inch Nails tracks for free at http://remix.nin.com

TelePaul

studiorat wrote: »

Besides I don't want my ass kicked by some kid in his bedroom with a Cuebase crack and a set of Behringer monitors

Coward!!!!

judas101

af_thefragile wrote: »

You can remix Nine Inch Nails tracks for free at http://remix.nin.com

never knew this existed! downloading a few of them as we speak. thanks for that!


if a few others could get together and decide on one of these i'd be well up for it. it'd be less hassel and a fair starting point. also, you can take a lot of these songs in lots of directions/styles so it'd be interesting what people come out with.


i'm hereby throwing down the gauntlet to all novices, armchair engineers and mixing maestros who frequent this board.

jimi_t

Right so - definitely enough enthusiasm to warrant a contest.

I've picked three fairly diverse tracks - Reggae/Dub, Alt Rock and House/Techno - so vote away. Polls close @ 12noon on Saturday 5th April and that will be our decided track. Stems are linked below


Manu Chao
http://www.politikills.com/les-remix.php

Foals
http://www.lastfm.de/group/Foals

Deep Mariano & Guille
http://www.feralcode-records.com/watd_remix_contest.php


One submitted mp3 per person. Only real rule is to refrain from using overly recognisable hooks/vocals from other (copyrighted) tracks - use your own discretion here, more to stop it from turning into a 'mash-up' contest as opposed to a proper remix contest.

When you're finished your track, master it down to a 192kb/s mp3 (or a similarly bitrated VBR mp3) and I'll put up a page and host the lot on my webspace. Final Submission date is 12noon on the 23rd April. I'll give 5 days for voting; the bragging rights are then allocated on the 28th April.

As an aside, someone might be so good as to knock up a little "listen/vote for my track here" sig banner, try and drag more attention to the music prod forum.

judas101

could we add a NIN track to the list please?

perhaps "beginning of the end" ?

jimi_t

judas101 wrote: »

could we add a NIN track to the list please?

perhaps "beginning of the end" ?

Requires logging in to get the stems as far as I can see - if you post me a direct link to the stems of the track then I'll add a link.

judas101

its free to register and takes about ten seconds.

ive already started working on Begining on the end this evening

jimi_t

judas101 wrote: »

its free to register and takes about ten seconds.

ive already started working on Begining on the end this evening

I picked three songs that didn't require any registration for simplicities sake - maybe another time.

red dave

this sounds great!!

hopefully it works out better than the last time *we put up tunes remixed from frobishers song!!



*i use the term "we" very lightly as i think maybe only 2 or 3 people posted up what they done



although there seems to be a lot more interaction in this forum lately than ever before so might see more productivity which would be really cool.

cornbb

Haven't had a chance to listen to the tracks yet so I haven't voted but i'd love to do this. I'll be getting a new Macbook Pro and a copy of Logic within the next week so this'll be a chance to flex it's muscles for the first time :pac:

judas101

jimi_t wrote: »

I picked three songs that didn't require any registration for simplicities sake - maybe another time.

thats me out so

henessjon

would ye not prefer to do something original and let everyone play/learn?

why not do a chinese whisper

someone starts a track send it to the next guy who adds a track until everyone has had a peice of the action.

even studio rat would play as he wont tarnish his reputation

jimi_t

henessjon wrote: »

would ye not prefer to do something original and let everyone play/learn?

why not do a chinese whisper

someone starts a track send it to the next guy who adds a track until everyone has had a peice of the action.

even studio rat would play as he wont tarnish his reputation

Feel free to organise one of those yourself.

jimi_t

Right, the mob has apparently spoken. In a landslide 2 to 1 victory :rolleyes: the chosen remix tune is.....

Deep Mariano & Guille Quero - WATD
http://www.feralcode-records.com/WATD_remixpack.zip

To listen to the original go here - http://www.resonantvibes.com/product_info.php?type=track&id=42310

It's a 6 minute long prog house track - massive scope for all sorts of interpretation here.

If you're participating please throw up a post saying as such - just so the rest of us don't feel so lonely

cornbb

I'll jump in on this one, presuming I get my copy of Logic soon... sorry, I completely forgot to vote though!

jtsuited

come on people, vote for no. 3. techno remixes are a world of possibilities.

jimi_t

Polling finished at noon, jtsuited - techno has prevailed again

jimi_t wrote: »

Right, the mob has apparently spoken. In a landslide 2 to 1 victory :rolleyes: the chosen remix tune is.....

Deep Mariano & Guille Quero - WATD
http://www.feralcode-records.com/WATD_remixpack.zip

To listen to the original go here - http://www.resonantvibes.com/product_info.php?type=track&id=42310

It's a 6 minute long prog house track - massive scope for all sorts of interpretation here.

If you're participating please throw up a post saying as such - just so the rest of us don't feel so lonely

jtsuited

i'll be doing this. puttin it in my stack of remixes to do. That pile is building a little higher every day, even if some of them are paid jobs.

red dave

Has anyone started theirs yet?

Seeing as how only 5 voted with myself included in that; have the other 4 started on theirs?

Or are there others who didn't vote and are still going to try it?

I had voted for "Foals - Electric Bloom" as I would have liked working with the vocals and few nice melodies so was bit dissapointed with the chosen track but am still attempting a version of it none the less...

cornbb

I started messing with it a couple of days ago. Hmm, what to do, what to do...

mordeith

I only came across this thread now but will defo try to have a mix done for the closing date

cornbb

I've closed the poll as we've already decided on a tune and don't want to confuse people, hope thats cool.

mordeith

Where are we uploading our remixes to?

cornbb

Feck, I forgot about this, better get my skates on...

red dave

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cornbb

red dave wrote: »

here's my lazy ass mix


http://rs129.rapidshare.com/files/10...td_remix_2.mp3

Linky no worky!

How am I supposed to cog your mix if I can't hear it - Jeeze!

red dave

cornbb wrote: »

Linky no worky!

How am I supposed to cog your mix if I can't hear it - Jeeze!

DOH!

It must have expired since I put it up. Will upload it again when i get home this evening, sorry about that.

cornbb

I reckon the ... dots in the link are the problem, the forum software screws it up sometimes. If you try posting the original link again it should work.

jimi_t

Right, there's been a bit of confusion regarding the deadline and submissions.

Send submissions to me by the revised closing date - April 30th - I'm not changing this again, regardless of how many pleading PMs I get.

eMail is specialheadsup@hotmail.com

I'll put it up on my hosting once they're all in.

jimi_t

Thats wednesday dudes - doesn't matter if you haven't even started yet, get something in! I've completely revised my mix since I started to the point where its unrecognisable, plus its only for the ****s and giggles at the end of the day so get cracking

mordeith

Has this died a death, or am I the only one who submitted a mix?

red dave

I emailed my one off too

red dave

Admin: Can you remove the post I have with the rapidshare link in it please?

I'm trying to edit the post but can't so if you wouldn't mind.

No point correcting the link as the mix has been sent to jimi_t

thanks

jimi_t

Please excuse my absence - a wave of family related stuff (hospitals, weddings, deaths etc...) came crashing down last week, coinciding all too nicely with the bank holiday weekend and my impending exams tomorrow.

In any case, a bit of a moot point considering I received two entries in total - seems a lot of members here are all bark and no bite.

So I'll leave it up to you guys -

(a) Put up the two entries (plus my own) on my hosting for posteirity
(b) Put them up and allow voting
(c) Give another amnesty to allow for more entries
(d) Forget about the whole thing and stick to ableton-forums in future

jtsuited

i got back logged with work so couldn't do it. i have some time-free tomorrow so will probably get something done.

frobisher

Not my kind of thing with what little time I have in the studio these days but I'm very interested to hear what others have done.

mordeith

Go with either a or b
(a) Put up the two entries (plus my own) on my hosting for posteirity
(b) Put them up and allow voting

If we keep pushing back the closing date it makes those who bothered to get something in a tad annoyed. Me included :mad:. (No fault on your part Jimi_t)

jimi_t

mordeith wrote: »

Go with either a or b
(a) Put up the two entries (plus my own) on my hosting for posteirity
(b) Put them up and allow voting

If we keep pushing back the closing date it makes those who bothered to get something in a tad annoyed. Me included :mad:. (No fault on your part Jimi_t)

Right so, probably for the best - we'll take it as a learning experience for the next remix competition :rolleyes:

I'm going to put the page and stuff up on Saturday for maximum exposure - if I happened to receive an entry or two before then I'll throw them up with the remaining entries. At the end of the day its all in the name of fun, and an entry cobbled together in a day or two won't detract unfairly from the more diligent boardsies.

My email again is specialheadsup@hotmail(dot])com

mordeith

As this thing seems to have slipped under the rader I will post a link to my mix over the weekend.

mordeith

As promised

Remix

red dave

Here's mine

mordeith

red dave wrote: »

Here's mine

Love the mix, really like the production on the bass and the percussion

red dave

mordeith wrote: »

Love the mix, really like the production on the bass and the percussion

Nice one mordeith.

You got a nice crisp sound to yours, mine gets a bit clustered.

mordeith

I think your being hard on yourself there man. Sounds sharp and clean to me.