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The other night we were brainstorming and we realized that we know so many incredible producers who are down with the music, and we would love to hear one of you remix a new CE joint. Whether you use a beat machine or a mouse and keyboard, any and all producers are welcome to test your skills on this CE Remix Challenge. Here’s the scoop:
DETAILS:
Choose from one of the following songs to remix from Freezing World and get your version of the track featured in a new CE video. You have the choice between “I Get Down feat DJ Mafioso”, or “Hour of Change” (which might be a true challenge as it contains singing that you would have to match up).
The links to the acapellas and the beat references are below (or you can click on either song title above). They are hosted on SendSpace. Included below are some lofi streaming versions of the songs, in case you haven’t heard them.
“I Get Down feat DJ Mafioso” (download remix pack here)
“Hour of Change” (download remix pack here)
There might be some space at the beginning or the end of these files, but if played simultaneously you would be able to see the structure in a wav editor of some sort. These files are not mastered, and the BPMs are included, however, may not be 100% accurate depending on the machine/equipment you are using. They are simply there as a reference for you to get started quickly.
SUBMISSION:
We’ve created a dropbox at http://drop.io/ceremix. You can either manually add the files there, or you can email them to ceremix@drop.io and they will automatically be placed in the dropbox.
1. Render your finished work as an mp3 before sending to the drop.
(You can put some mastering effects on it to beef it up, but we might ask you for an unmastered version if we decide to use your remix. Make sure to label the MP3 with the song title and “Your Name Here” Remix)
2. To claim your prize, send an email to collectiveefforts@gmail.com with CE REMIX CONTEST in the subject.
(Include your name, the remix/es you did, as well as a physical address to mail you the prize.)
We really appreciate your participation in this, and just to give incentive, everyone who actually puts a finished remix in THE DROP will get a special gift from the crew (only one gift for each producer, but you are welcome to post a couple of different versions to the dropbox, and are in no way limited to the number of remixes you want to submit). See above about claiming your gift.
FINAL SELECTION – MAY 1ST, 2010:
The top TWO picks (for each song) will be chosen every Friday until the deadline (May 1st), and the rest of the drop will be cleared to make room for new entries. If your remix gets removed from the drop before that time, please read the comments, follow the instructions above and try again. We want to give everyone a chance, but we are also looking for something professional. Thanks in advance for being a good sport about honest criticism.
Note: We will be posting comments on the songs directly (and here), so if you want to rework your mix based upon feedback given, you can always resubmit. The cut off is midnight, Friday, April 30, when the drop will be officially closed and the final selection will be made.
Good luck to all!
Peace,
Ben Hameen & The CE Crew
@Buck One – Great job on the Hour of Change remix! To be honest, I liked it better than the I Get Down mix… Thanks again for such dope entries! Hold it down.
Thx a lot, I told ya It was a real pleasure….
Peace
Jerome
So we sat and listened to all the remixes again and here are the results of the voting…
The remix with the most votes was a tie:
Mike-A (“I Get Down”)
& Ealzee (“Hour of Change”)
This means one of these remixes will be featured in the next CE video. We will announce which one in the next week or so and the final winner will be notified via email about the details. Congrats to these two producers! I had many personal favorites, and was very impressed with the quality of submissions. There were so many great producers involved, thank you again…
Here was the tie for the second most votes:
DVient (“I Get Down”)
& Kid Cap (“I Get Down”)
And third place went to:
One Mic (“I Get Down”)
Don’t forget we are going to be collecting our favorites to share on the website. The votes were all so close, and honorable mention goes to all producers who participated. Don’t be surprised if we hit you up about getting an instrumental version of the remix you did.
Also, if any of you have some open beats and want to collab with CE, send the mp3s to collectiveefforts@gmail.com and let’s make a song together…
Shouts to Alien041, Forest Glenn, DJ LP2, Voo da Teach, Buck Oner, Jim-B, BQ, Olf da Beatmaker, DJ Laxa, Dr. Evo, 44th Productions, Suddenbeats, DJ Assyia, Technobears, TS…
Keep on making those slammin tracks! It was great making the connection with you, let’s keep in touch! You are all now officially part of the CE extended family! Shit is international…and universal! Peace and respect!
Stay tuned to find out which winner will be in the video, and to see which remixes make the cut for the “BEST OF”…
- Ben Hameen
Congrats to Ealzee & Mike-A! yall had dope remixes. Thanks to CE for holding the contest. It was definitley a pleasure participating.
DVient
Congratulations Mike A and Ealzee!
Congrats to the winning remixes
Right on! Mega-props to the winners of this cuz you guys came with some shit that “re-mixed” the original in great ways.
Mike-a: I was hoping you’d win for the “I gets Down” joint because, that beat sounded real good on all of the crew’s vocals. Then to realize in the end that you’re from the Copenhagen squad, really pushed things into a better connection realm. You gon’ make Typhoon proud o’ya bro, keep rippin it!
Ealzee: I’m not surprised that you won for “Hour Of Change” because, you too changed the whole vibe of the song and made it more lively than the original. That dub-feel was a great touch to things and it works for the whole song. I had nothing to say about changes being made in my comments and for me, that made it solid. Glad you made the cut homie!
Shout out to all of yall who entered the contest, it was interesting to come across some new blood in the CE Crew. Let’s keep up with each other becuz this won’t be the last time you see the guys do something like this. You can follow me on Twitter: @H2O-atlanta (that’s the letter “O” and not the number “0″).
Mind One – we still love ya like no other but, the Kid Captain slack-off got one up on ya! LOL!!!
oops, typo…
it’s an underscore…
Twutter = @H2O_atlanta
Congrats to Mike-A and Ealzee, keep rocking fam! Peace to the whole CE Crew and Family!
COngrats guys! Sorry Ben, I got so tied up with business on my end, so i was limited toward the end of the month with time to redo it. I would have loved to be more focused on it. It would be an honor to have you guys over one of my creations sometime in the future. We are friends on myspace so I’ll keep in touch. Thanks to all the other producers out there for keeping me on my game too. I like when someone makes hot shit, cause it keeps me on my toes. You guys can all add me if you got a myspace, just click on my name. I wanna colab with some of yall.
Peace CE, thanks for this contest!
Congrats to all producers!
Many thanks for all the kind words everyone.
To be honest, I didn’t think I had much of a chance. I heard like, 4 or 5 others I thought were way better than mine.
@ CE Crew: Thanks for doing this. Respect.
- Peace
@Kid Cap, honestly, U did the best joint of all this contest, U deserved to win.
anyway congrats to the winners, great job!!
Jim B.
congrats to thw winners¡¡¡
and thanks to CE crew 4 this contest, we keep in touch.
shot out to jim and buck
Thanks to every one , congratulation for the winners
I hope CE will put another contest ^^
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Wow, everyone brought it, but I am the only one that thought One Mic’s remix of “I get down” Was insane? That was so sick. I mean everyone killed it, but that one.. yeah.
word when is the next one? lol
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