Following the release of his single Love Me on iTunes, Kristofer Dahl of GuitarMasterClass has announced the Love Me competition, a chance to collaborate and win prizes.
GuitarMasterClass now features an exclusively follow up guitar lesson that teaches all the parts of the song at http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/love-me-lesson/
Kris has launched an open contest at YouTube, inviting you to be part of the upcoming “Love Me collab video” by playing a solo to the backing track of the Love Me song.
Love Me Competition
- Competition backing track download link
- Deadline: September 15
- Rules: Send audio & video (or still image of you playing) to email address: comp@gmc.my (preferably using rapidshare.com or other file sharing service in case of larger files)
- Include a solo track of your playing & and be a part of the upcoming Love Me collab video.
- Competition Prizes: 3 winners get to choose between skype session with Kris or 6 month GMC membership. Winners will be announced on Kris’ Youtube channel.
GuitarMasterClass is kindly offering rekkerd.org readers a chance to win 3 month GMC membership. Winners will be picked at random for those who comment on this post before Friday 19 August, 11.59pm CET.
More information: GuitarMasterClass / Love Me (YouTube)
TC-Helicon has announced the ‘Gone Loopy’ competition, which runs from 30 June to 30 September.
Requirements to participate: a TC-Helicon product with looping capability (VoiceLive Touch, VoiceLive 2 or VoiceJam app for iPhone), a personal YouTube account and an open, creative mind.
The grand prize of the ‘Gone Loopy’ competition is a US$1000 in cash plus a 45-minute lesson via Skype with the vocal looping master, Beardyman. Additionally, there are 5 runners up prizes – a ‘mystery’ TC-Helicon product – and the 5 perticipants who upload the most video entries will also be awarded with a TC-Helicon MP-75 Modern Performance Microphone.
To enter the competition, participants just have to complete 3 simple steps. First, they must record a video of themselves creating layers of vocal loops, using a TC-Helicon looping device. Second, upload the video to a personal YouTube video channel, making sure that ‘TC-Helicon Looping’ is included in the title of the video, and third, complete the online entry form on TC-Helicon’s website. To increase the chances of winning all participants are free to loop these 3 steps as many times as they want to – a new video must be submitted each time, of course.
All winners of the competition will be selected exclusively by the amazing voice loop and human beatbox master: Darren Foreman aka ‘Beardyman’. In a way, he could be seen as the personification of TC-Helicon’s overall goal: to support all singers’ natural right to express themselves in any way they feel like. Beardyman currently uses an impressive setup of looping devices and effects when creating his layers of vocals, including several pieces of gear from the TC-Helicon family of products.
More information: TC-Helicon / Gone Loopy competition
Boss has announced the BOSS Loop Station World Championship 2, the second annual search to find the world’s top looping artist.
Guitarists, bassists, beatboxers, vocalists, violinists, drummers, keyboard players, and looping musicians of all sorts are invited to start by submitting a video performance using any BOSS RC-series looping product. The result could be a trip to the U.S. finals in Hollywood, California, where the top looper will earn $3,000 in BOSS gear and a spot in the international championship at Musikmesse 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Open Competition — June 1, 2011 — August 31, 2011
- Upload a live performance video using any BOSS RC-series Loop Station product to Youtube.com (video must be five minutes or less).
- Visit www.BossUS.com/LoopStation and fill out the entry form.
- Entries will be judged and selected by BOSS, who will evaluate the creativity, musicianship, stage presence, and technical skill of the looping performances.
U.S. Finals — October 22, 2011
- The top six entries from the Open Competition will be flown in to compete at the BOSS U.S. Loop Station Finals 2 at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA.
- Performances will be judged by a panel of music industry insiders.
- Prizes include:
- 1st Prize — $3,000 in BOSS gear; trip to the international championship
- 2nd Prize — $2,000 in BOSS gear
- 3rd Prize — $1,000 in BOSS gear
International Championship — Musikmesse Frankfurt, March 2012
- The winner of the U.S. Finals will represent the United States in the BOSS Loop Station World Championship 2 in Frankfurt, Germany, challenging the winners of other Loop Station competitions held around the globe.
- Performances will be judged by a panel of music industry insiders.
- Prizes include:
- 1st Prize — $3,000 in BOSS gear
- 2nd Prize — $2,000 in BOSS gear
- 3rd Prize — $1,000 in BOSS gear
More information: Boss
Point Blank Online has announced that some new free Ableton Live Video Tutorials are now available from its website.
This first playlist consists of 5 videos from the 4 week Mixing Dance Music course.
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST – Mixing Dance Music in Ableton Live (5 videos)
This next video is taken from the 8 week Ableton Production Course. Due to popular demand we have scheduled an extra May 30th start date for this course. Anyone who enrols before the end of May will be entered into a draw to win a free remix of their own track from a choice of one of our team of Pro Producers.
TUTORIAL VIDEO – Ableton Tutorial – Arpeggiator Percussion Trick
More information: Point Blank Online
Audio-Technica has announced the final six shortlist of its alternative Christmas track competition.
It launched the competition in October and has received a huge wave of diverse entries from all across the UK and some from further afield.
The aim of the new music competition was to seek out fun and vibrant alternatives to the age-old tradition of Christmas carols and songs. The nationwide competition was launched through the company’s Facebook and Twitter channels, with entrants required to submit video entries via YouTube.
The online competition was not restricted to any particular type of music so bands, DJs or music producers from any genre had the opportunity to show off their skills.
The competition’s judge, Steve Levine, acclaimed producer and chairman of the Music Producers Guild, joined the team to carefully sift through the entries and create a shortlist of six finalists. The judging panel want the public to make the final decision on the best entry by voting for the track they believe should win the top prize of £500 worth of Audio-Technica equipment.
You can vote for your favourite video by visiting this online poll. The winning entry will be announced on Thursday 23rd December.
More information: Audio-Technica / Alternative Christmas Tune Competition
Audio-Technica, one of the world’s finest manufacturers of audio equipment, has launched an online search for the most entertaining alternative Christmas track.
The popular music manufacturer is looking for fun and vibrant YouTube video entries from the underground music scene that put a positive new spin on the age old tradition of Christmas carols.
The nationwide competition, which is being judged by Grammy & Brit award-winning record producer and chairman of the Music Producers Guild Steve Levine, is being formally launched via Audio-Technica’s social media channels of Facebook and Twitter.
The online competition is not restricted to any particular type of music so bands, DJs or music producers from any genre have the opportunity of scooping either the top prize of £500 or five runners-up prizes of £100 worth of Audio-Technica equipment. As an extra incentive the first 100 entries will all receive a free pair of Audio-Technica ATH-CK51 headphones worth £30 each.
Harvey Roberts, senior marketing manager at Audio-Technica commented: “We are really excited about this competition as we think it might help bring some added impetus to music during the Christmas period. Every year we hear the same few songs, so it would be nice to see something new and creative. The truth is we have an awful lot of musical talent in this country and we just felt that a competition like this would help give them some extra inspiration.”
Roberts continues: “The competition is an open book for musicians, they can do a quirky cover version of a Christmas carol or song or they can write a whole new piece of music themselves – we don’t mind it’s the creativity that matters. We want people to express themselves and have some fun making music. Who knows someone might even pen a brand new Christmas hit.”
The competition runs from 25th October 2010 until midnight, 12th December 2010. The winning entries will be announced on Thursday 23rd December 2010.
More information: Audio-Technica / Alternative Christmas Tune Competition
