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:
Ever wanted to collaborate with the King of R&B? Now’s your chance!!! To commemorate the release of R. Kelly’s new album “DOUBLE UP”, we have partnered with Jive Records to bring you this super cool contest. All you need is a microphone to sing a duet with R. KELLY on his hit single “I’m a Flirt.” Prizes include signed copies of his new album, and having your collaboration featured on R. Kelly’s MySpace! Check out the contest page for more details.
We’re looking forward to all our talented Jamglue singers and budding MC’s showing off and getting some exposure!
Here’s a sample of the backing track that the duet will be recorded over (Kells sings the chorus for the first 30 seconds, the rest is up to you!):
Jamglue and Ninja Tune present our newest featured artist: Coldcut! You can find their fantastic tracks in the Coldcut Remix Showcase.
As part of their 20th Anniversary Celebration, Coldcut plans to release tracks off their “Sound Mirrors” album in remixable, multi-track format. For their first release, they have chosen the song “True Skool” (which I love!). Listen to it, remix it, use the tracks, listen to others’ remixes - its all up to you!
This morning, NPR’s Morning Edition did a segment on online music collaboration! They included a snippet from Peace and Hate by the Submarines, who were part of Jamglue’s very first Remix Contest back in December!
We were very excited that Morning Edition was able to tell America about Jamglue, and we are huge fans of the show.
However, we would like to clarify a few points:
Peace and Hate was recorded by The Submarines, who are professional musicians represented by the Nettwerk Music Group. Before they got involved with Jamglue, The Submarines were already an up-and-coming band who had released their album “Declare a New State!”, and were playing shows together. Peace and Hate was not created from tracks uploaded by Blake and John separately, but in fact, Nettwerk released the tracks to Jamglue under Creative Commons licenses so that fans could see how the song was assembled and create their own renditions.
This is particularly cool, because The Submarines have a background of two people who came together as musical collaborators, and now they are continuing their collaborative conversation with our entire user base by opening up their song, showing us how they made it, and inviting users to continue the creative process.
Congratulations to the Submarines for making waves, and being part of a new movement to allow fans to do more than just listen! And of course, thanks again to Eliot Van Buskirk from Wired News for setting us up with Morning Edition.
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!
Check out the mention we got on NPR’s Fair Game show yesterday! Thanks to Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired News for singing our praises on the show, and to host Faith Salie for playing our Valentine’s Day Song on the air!
Listen to the show
(Jamglue segment starts at 5:38 and goes to about 8:15, but the whole show is quite an interesting listen)
As promised, you can now send any mix on Jamglue to your loved (or hated) ones as a Valentine’s Day card! You can either make your own personalized variation of the (Anti-)Valentine’s Choir from the V-day pages (lover/hater), or you can simply send any mix by visiting its mix page and hitting the “Valentine” link near the top.
You can add personal text to the card and send it to anyone as an e-mail, or to a Jamglue user as a private Jamglue message. Here’s an example:
Lastly, I want to wrap up this post with an awesome rap by one of our star users:
MC Lars - White Kids Aren’t Hyphy (WCI Remix) pt.2 by 
smx 
White Kids Aren’t Hyphy remix by 
DjSuraj 
White Kids Can Do It All By Themselves by 
TehAzn 
White Kids Aren’t Hyphy Vs. E-40 and The Pack by 
hershey43224 
White Kids Aren’t Hyphy (80s Video Game Mix) by 
MC Lars vs 50 Cent - White Kids In Da Club by 
Tomaz 
White Kids Aren’t Hyphy (Rock Remix) by 
afireinside13t 
keimiles 
