Remixs and music stuff

JohnnySix

To avoid necroposting in an old thread I remember from a while back, and in a vain attempt to drag myself from the Minecraft crackhouse, I thought I'd go about looking around for remix contests.

I discovered the stuff Radiohead had put out a couple of years back around the time of the release of In Rainbows.

They'd offered up free downloads of the original stems of a few of their songs, including Reckoner.

So I was wondering, I know there are a few musical types on here, where do you guys go looking for all your stuff?

Things like A cappella bits of songs, or the whole stems (bass/guitar/drums setc) like Radiohead offered up?

Other than the Radiohead stuff, I've not been able to find anything that famous, and there are some very dubious looking youtube videos of Microsoft Songsmith used with stuff like Metallica/Ozzy etc and turned into Bavarian Umpah music.

Racer445

http://www.remixcomps.com/

Zipfinator

Trent Reznor has released multitracks from a few of his projects. I think the entirety of Year Zero has multitracks available and a few songs from The Social Network Soundtrack have had their multitracks released. I've heard that there are multitracks from a few songs off of The Fragile too. I don't have any links right now but if you're interested I can dig them up.

Purplepaint

Zipfinator wrote: »

Trent Reznor has released multitracks from a few of his projects. I think the entirety of Year Zero has multitracks available and a few songs from The Social Network Soundtrack have had their multitracks released. I've heard that there are multitracks from a few songs off of The Fragile too. I don't have any links right now but if you're interested I can dig them up.

Too add to that, I know the entire "Ghosts" album and the entire "The Slip" album have been released aswell

JohnnySix

@ Racer445 - I did a couple from there - the Geiger 167 and the KT Tunstall one. Are you in any?

Zipfinator / PurplePaint - nice, will definitely check those out.

The KT Tunstall one I'm working on right now is pretty challenging, it says it was recorded to a click track, but the last half is half a beat out of time from the first part.

Oh and the vocals were recorded at the same time as the guitar, so a ton of bleeding.

My entry to the Geiger 167 thing is here (#9) http://bit.ly/9Ag7Pq

JohnnySix

So I totally missed the deadline and didn't notice till it came to submitting. :poly124:

http://www.indabamusic.com/featured_programs/show/kt-tunstall-remix-contest#!/asset/show/1329746


The original is really quiet for some reason- might wanna turn down volume for second one. :P

Original :

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiYx9glnt6M[/ame]

Remix :

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P0-AJqRAOI[/ame]

JohnnySix

So I made the deadline this time!

Am currently 5th place out of 175 or something - if you get the time for a fellow polycounter, your votes are MOST appreciated.

Just requires an email, and you can choose not to receive promotional stuff!

Ace of Base - All for you remix - JohnnySix

Purplepaint

Congratulations man! i'll take a listen right now

JohnnySix

Thanks! Am hoping to stay in top 3, recruited some votes on facebook, but 12 days to go and a lot can change haha.

If anyone can help push it a little, it'd be much appreciated.

TortillaChips

Sounds good, I haven't heard the original though =P Got my vote.

Steve Schulze

I can't seem to get the track to play. The Waveform appears but nothing actually happens. Do you have it uploaded elsewhere?

JohnnySix

It's a bit temperamental with the old player, try refreshing, it should eventually play. I get it do that one in about twenty plays.

Back up to 3rd again for the moment, just 10 days left to stay in top 3 and hopefully get an honourable mention.

Thanks TortillaChips for the vote, it means a lot to me :thumbup:

TortillaChips

No prob, I listened to the 1st place one with the sax and it definately doesn't deserve to be there :shifty:

And yeah faulty as hell, it takes a couple of tries before the waveform actually appears, then there's the challenge of getting that to play.

Stinger88

voted. Sounds good. Good luck

JohnnySix

Thanks guys! Trying desperately to hold onto 5th place. More people are getting votes in now so it's getting heated.

Yeah, the Sax guy is in top 5 for both, either he has 50 email accounts or people really like Sax.

Justin Meisse

It's our modern culture... it glorifies sax and violins *sigh*

JohnnySix

ROFL. :poly136:

There are some random ones popping into 2nd and 3rd now, think a few people have their own domains and catch-alls, so they can plug themselves with as many votes as they like.

BTW, if a mod reads this, could someone please change the title to "Needs your vote in remix comp to stay in top 5"

JohnnySix

ZOMG - 2nd place!


Thanks to all that have voted so far! You guys rule!

JohnnySix

HOLY MOLEY!


1st Place! 1st Place! 1st Place!

Steve Schulze

Sounding ok. I probably would have ripped out the vocals entirely or smashed them into something that wasn't quite so awful, but the stuff that you've worked in there is sounding pretty solid.

Good luck staying in first place.

JohnnySix

It lasted until today - the epic metal mix overtook me. If anyone has 5 minutes spare to drop a vote, it'd be very much appreciated! :thumbup:

Back down to 2nd place now.

JohnnySix

New mix up for a new track by Family of the Year.

Gimme a vote if you like it!

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/45365

almighty_gir

the originals:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Vt3E1SBgI[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxEcrKOvM-I[/ame]


and this, is probably the best remix in the world, ever. EVER.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMhIUuDSuqY[/ame]

if you can create something even half as good. then i'll enjoy listening to it, and you'd deserve a medal.
enjoy.

JohnnySix

Wow man, daft punk are pretty incredible. The hard part is getting hold of decent individual tracks. Few big bands have released stuff, with the exception of NIN / Radiohead.

I gotta get me a new soundcard soon, the one I bought with the new pc had such high latency I sold it again, but now I have no way of recording anything live at all lol.

Current remix slipped down to 6th - need, moar, votes..

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/45365

JohnnySix

4th ! w00t!

If you've got fingers, email and 5 mins spare, votes would be appreciated!

Japhir

Voted for the last mix posted. I liked it better than the Ace of Base one, but probably mainly because the original kinda sucked there IMO. :P.
good job!

JohnnySix

Thanks Jahir! Much appreciated!


They've had a couple of new ones just posted which sound pretty good :

Escape the Fate :

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/escape-the-fate-remix-contest

Marianas Trench :

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/marianas-trench-remix-contest

JohnnySix

Booohhh - From 4th to 7th! Blarrgh. :poly127:

Purplepaint

I actually have both those cds , i know there is a remix of issues featured on the cd that is quite good

JohnnySix

They totally screwed up the issues competition by offering up really strangely slowed down (and consequently detuned ) stems.

Some people couldn't figure out how to re-tune them, so there are a bunch of mixes that would be totally win, except all the vocals and original elements included are a semi-tone flat in pitch lol.

Voting on Trench :

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/48433


Voting on Issues :

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/49491

JohnnySix

So yeah , they're doing a Tron remix comp, you get to play with Daft Punk no less!

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/tron :poly142:

JohnnySix

Taking a break from Tron - working one for this guy

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InjEPAO4ihc[/ame]

JohnnySix

Boo. was up @ 20th place, went away a day, slipped to 45th.. Yahboo

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/bt-the-emergency-remix-contest/submissions/53845

JohnnySix

Tron remix live - 326th place lol.

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/tron/submissions/55445

Oniram

Ive been listening to Liam Keegan's mixes for the past couple months or so. He has these end of month podcasts that are about an hour each, so its good to just set those (3 of them i think) to play while i work.

http://liamkeegan.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2011-04-23T13_38_19-07_00

JohnnySix

Dunno if you guys have heard any of these - am trying to get in the top 30 for each - voting lasts another 3-5 days.


53rd Place - Needs votes!

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/swimming-with-dolphins-remix-opportunity/submissions/58606


38th Place - Needs votes!

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/dirty-vegas-remix-contest/submissions/58353


24th Place - A vote would be nice to break top 20.

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/jason-reeves-sticks-and-stones-remix-opportunity/submissions/58073

JohnnySix

This one has had some hilarious entries, most notably by a guy named Hal G who created a masterpiece of comic noises.

A lot of the offered vocal stems for the remixes recently have had no 'dry' vocals, with the effects and harmonies (including in this one, a vocoder sounding not unlike Donald Duck ) all bounced down to one track.

I managed to make it somewhat clean in my version - see what you think.

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/nenna-yvonne-go-around-remix-opportunity/submissions/61863

JohnnySix

Alicia Keyes - my soundcard died tonight, so this may be the last music I do for a while until I can fix it. :poly127:

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/alicia-keys-butterflyz/submissions/68453

JohnnySix

My soundcard died again , time for a new card and a tattoo saying "Never, EVER buy creative again"


My Jane's Addiciton mix - if you have time to check it out in the next four days and give it a vote- it could just make the top 10.

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/janes-addiction-remix-opportunity/submissions/72629

Dylan Brady

d'you have a soundcloud brewh?
will be listening/voting as soon as Im on my home soundsystem tomrw

JohnnySix

People keep talking about soundcloud - I'm losing track of accounts - is it worth signing up? Is it just hosting for original mp3's?

Dylan Brady

and an awesome way to find unsigned artists. and an awesome way to get yourself noticed by other unsigned artists, and a great place to find unreleased tracks by big artsts, and....
need I go on?

JohnnySix

Okay, I'm signing up! :thumbup:


BTW - an hour voting time left, if anyone feels it's worthy ( or even for a sympathy vote ) I'm in 19th bordering on relegation.

A vote ( and the verify link clicked to confirm ) will ensure the mix stays in the top 20 for listening by the one and only Jane's Addiction.

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/janes-addiction-remix-opportunity/submissions/72629

JohnnySix

Slipped from 5th place to 9th - half the time I think a lot of the high ranking stuff is just people spamming up their votes using a catch-all email. :-/

If anyone has the time to give it a poke back into the top ten it'd be appreciated!

http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/guster-remix-contest/submissions/84012

Proceeds if it wins will be put towards a new soundcard so I can record live instruments again.