Right about now, faithful readers of the Jamglue blog might be asking: where you all been at? Its been almost a year and no news - are the founders asleep at the wheel?
Quite the opposite actually - for Jamglue, the silence has been golden. The year 2009 has given us a warm welcome by delivering some of our proudest milestones to date:
Last week, we surpassed 1,000,000 registered users! Our community is thriving and growing with strength and energy. Jamglue’s rappers, producers and mashup artists are making waves not only on Jamglue, but have been signed to record labels, performed on national tours, and have made hit radio singles in cities around the world.
Also not long ago, we celebrated our 2,000,000th mix created on Jamglue! The creativity is astounding, and many of these mixes have been remixed within the community hundreds or thousands of times, setting a new standard for fan interaction and engagement.
And not to leave out all the great Jamglue users who may not be just mixing, but are there checking out the hottest mixes and tracks on Jamglue - in the past month, over 980,000 people have visited Jamglue, and spent an average of 13 minutes on the site. That’s the equivalent of over 212,000 hours, or 8,800 days spent on Jamglue in the past 30 days. Now that’s a lot of love right there!
And now, to take a break from patting ourselves on the back, I’d like to provide an update to the ongoing question: “who you reppin’?”
Top 10 Cities represented on Jamglue this month:
1) New York City (Brooklyn + Manhattan + Bronx)
2) London, United Kingdom
3) Miami, FL
4) Chicago, IL
5) Houston, TX
6) Atlanta, GA
7) Richmond, VA
8 ) Louisville, KY
9) Raleigh, NC
10) Washington, DC
And lastly, here are the winning remixes from our last several contests in 2008:
This post has been a long time coming - this past fall, we sponsored not one, but six amazing contests here on Jamglue! Here are some of the contest winners below - props to all the great MC’s, DJ’s and fans who entered and voted in these contests. Be sure to check them out below, and hit them up on Jamglue with your suggestions and praise.
Grand Prize winners were chosen by the artists themselves - thanks to Chuck D, Gary G-Wiz, JR WRiter, Tigarah, and Hi-Tek for participating in this pioneering creative dialogue with their fans!
Public Enemy “Amerikan Gangster” Grand Prize Winner
The winners will be personally chosen by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and longtime producer Gary G-Wiz. The contest runs through October 21st.
The Amerikan Gangster Remix Contest is Public Enemy’s way of bringing their fans directly into their music and the creative process that goes into making it. “The days of the few making music for the multitude are over,” says Gary G-Wiz, former member of the groundbreaking production team the Bomb Squad. “There is a lot of talent out there, and we try to get involved with anything that is showcasing the skills of up and coming music makers.”
As always, chop up the tracks, contribute your own vocals and beats, or add music and sound effects from the Jamglue library. Prizes include a limited edition portable media and DVD player from MediaStreet:
an autographed copy of How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul:
“We’ve done remix contests on past albums, but when I saw Jamglue’s tools and interface, I knew there were great possibilities there,” Gary G-Wiz adds.
As most of you might have noticed by now, we are running a pair of contests with Seattle’s own Blue Scholars, brought to you by Rawkus and MASSLINE! As a huge Scholars fan, I am ridiculously excited to have this opportunity to help promote them here on Jamglue, and get them more of the national attention they deserve!
The song is “Fire for the People” off their recently released album Bayani:
All this amazing music comes from just two super-talented guys: Geologic, the emcee, and Sabzi, the deejay and producer. So to give a nod to this classic hip-hop format, we’ve got an MC Contest, where you add your guest verse to Geologic’s chorus, and a DJ Contest, where you show DJ Sabzi your mixing skills! Geo and Sabzi will be choosing the final winners.
In fact…
At the halfway point of the contest a few weeks ago, they picked their current favorites, just to keep things interesting! Here they are:
And wait - it gets better - we even turned them into ringtones, so that everyone can be ringing fresh this fall! Be sure to check out and download the ringtones, and stay tuned for more as the contest goes on!
The contest closes to entries on September 7th and the voting period will run until September 23rd.
Enter the contests and show your support for some amazing hip-hop, and for Jamglue’s home, the Pacific Northwest!
As promised, we launched a fresh new contest from Jive Records — and none other than everyone’s favorite: T-PAIN with his hit single Bartender!! (and you probably just got it out of your head, right?):
We are so excited about this contest, and have had an overwhelming response from fans so far, with over 450 entries started in just 2 weeks!
For this contest, though it is a standard remix contest, we are encouraging fans to record and include their own vocals in their remixes. After all the excitement of the R. Kelly “Double Up” contest, who can resist contributing a verse of their own?
So get out your microphones, put down your own beat, or chop up the existing tracks - but don’t miss this opportunity to mix your own version of Bartender! T-Pain is picking the winner himself, and in true T-Pain style, the winning remix will be turned into a ringtone by Jive Records, with CD’s and other great prizes for runners up.
It’s been a busy month here at Jamglue since I last posted, and there’s so much to tell!
Our first order of business: contest winners!
Our R. Kelly “Double Up” contest finally came to an end, with over 360 duets created! Here are the talented MC’s and singers who racked up some great prizes in a few different categories:
Grand Prize (determined by popular vote) went to star Jamglue user Samuel Victor! Not only was his rap fantastic, but he’s injected a lot of postiive creative energy into the Jamglue community! Check out his contest entry here:
The entry was also posted on R. Kelly’s MySpace, where you might still be able to check it out.
Professional’s Pick (hand-picked by Jive Records) goes to THEGHOST, an incredibly talented young MC/producer. His duet is featured on the Jamglue Homepage, or you can listen here:
And last but not least, an honorable mention goes out to our super-talented DJ smx (aka DJ Stray), who made a super hot remix, but was not eligible since it wasn’t technically a duet:
We’re really excited about the high participation in this contest! Thanks again to Jive Records for making it happen, and to all our fantastic users for making it so much fun.
(more news about new features and new contests to come in follow-up posts, stay tuned!)
The Grand Prize Winner was chosen by MC Lars himself. Here’s a direct quote from Lars on how he chose from among so many fantastic entries:
my criteria was: sounds most different from the original, keeps the tempo during the verses, and has a distinctive chorus…. this one got an A+ on all!!
And here are our two honorable mentions - they made fantastic remixes, but since they didn’t use the Jamglue mixer for their remix, their entries had to be disqualified. We just wanted to recognize their talent though, so here they are:
Congratulations to all the winners! Prizes will be sent out soon, and the winning remix will be featured on MC Lars’ Myspace and mclars.com.
Thanks to everyone who entered and voted for making this such a fun and successful remix contest, and thanks again to Nettwerk for sponsoring! We’ve got a few more in the works for this summer, so stay tuned…
Our MC Lars “White Kids Aren’t Hyphy” Remix Contest is coming to an end! The contest is currently closed to entries, and friday is the last day to vote. Our users have worked really hard on their awesome contest entries, and have come up with some fantastic remixes.
The Grand Prize winner will be chosen by MC Lars himself, but the runners up will be determined by popular vote! To vote, all you have to do is is mark the song as a favorite. Just click the star next to the entry on the contest page. Vote for as many mixes as you want! Make sure you get all your votes in by 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on June 15th.
And if you’d like to listen the original one more time, here it is:
Once again, Jamglue has partnered with Nettwerk Music Group to bring you an exclusive contest: The MC Lars Remix Contest, featuring his new song “White Kids Aren’t Hyphy!” MC Lars describes his music as “Post-punk Laptop Rap” - he’s a super cool guy with lots of talent and contagious energy. We saw him play last night at El Corazon and he put on an amazing show. We’re really excited about this remix contest - winner gets chosen by MC Lars himself, and the winning mix gets featured on his MySpace page for a week! Make sure you submit your entry by May 14th, and vote for your favorites by May 21st. There are lots of cool prizes to be won, and the sooner you enter, the more time you have to gather votes. So get moving. We’re really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
Valentine’s Day is a very polarizing holiday. You either love it or you hate it. So as a great social experiment, Jamglue has decided to hold the ultimate duel: who feels more strongly about Valentine’s Day — the lovers, or the haters?
We have put together two internet choirs, each singing their own rendition of “Oh my darling, Clementine,� with the lyrics updated to express their true feelings. All you have to do is choose a choir (or both!), and use the recorder to sing the verses. You’ll be automatically added into the choir!
Keep checking the Jamglue homepage for the running tally of which side is winning. Once the choirs build some momentum, we will add a feature to let you send versions of these recordings as Valentine’s Cards, so after you contribute, be sure to check back next week for sending options.
In an attempt to prove to you guys that even the talentless can do this, here are the contributions by the Jamglue team:
By the way, for those of you wondering about the odd choice of song, it’s because its slim pickings when you’re looking for ultra-familiar tunes in the Public Domain. Hopefully Gautam’s awesome relyricing spices it up enough to get your backend shaking…or at least your fingers tapping.
Who is that remix by Dolla feat Desia by 
aisenod 
Bear Fight vs. Tyga - Coconut Juice Remix by 
BearFight 
Driving Down the Block - Contest Mix [copy] by 
JayBea 
Angel Uptempo Club (Official) Contest by 
mestizo_beats 
NiqNaq: Best of Jamglue Round 1 beat pack [copy] by 
niqnaq 
topnotchlovesyou 
Best Of Jamglue Round 2 - Contest mix by Dj Pter by 
Pter_ 
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