RouteNote Blog » competition http://routenote.com/blog The World of Music Licensing and Distribution Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:52:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Song Writing Competition http://routenote.com/blog/song-writing-competition/ http://routenote.com/blog/song-writing-competition/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:28:11 +0000 Luke McGee http://routenote.com/blog/?p=5160 Browsing the SoundCloud blog I just noticed this group of songwriters trying to get a competition going; all you have to do is write a 1 minute song – the most dramatic song wins.

I think this is an excellent idea for a competition and a good test of your songwriting skills. Please take a look at this group and submit your entry. All you need is a SoundCloud account and some way of recording your music, oh and some talent and a bit of taste.

If you want an idea of what you’ll be up against, listen to the group’s set below.

1-minute wonders

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/song-writing-competition/feed/ 3 Slash and Win http://routenote.com/blog/slash-and-win/ http://routenote.com/blog/slash-and-win/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:13:39 +0000 Dashiel http://routenote.com/blog/?p=2771 We mentioned that Slash is involved with a competition over at Guitar Centre, in which you can win his participation in a 3 track EP. He’s also recorded a series of interviews for them, talking about song-writing, creating a distinctive style for your act, and some more technical, instrument related matters (they are a guitar shop, after all). Again, his may not be your preferred style (perhaps you can’t carry off a top hat), but success is difficult to ignore.


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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/slash-and-win/feed/ 0 Get Slash To Play On Your Next Record http://routenote.com/blog/get-slash-to-play-on-your-next-record/ http://routenote.com/blog/get-slash-to-play-on-your-next-record/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:57:51 +0000 Dashiel http://routenote.com/blog/?p=2765 slash competitionIn a competition that opened on the 1st, Guitar Center is offering the chance to have Guns n’ Roses Slash write, record and perform on a 3 track EP with you. The prize is more than that:

·      A 3-song E.P. produced by legendary producer Mike Clink (Guns N’ Roses, Megadeth, Mötley Crüe)
·     Slash will write, record and perform on your single
·     A management development deal with “The Collective” (the team behind Linkin Park, Slash & Avenged Sevenfold)
·     Feature of your single on iTunes
·     World-wide digital distribution of your music through Tunecore
·     $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree
·     $10,000 in new gear and endorsement deals from Ernie Ball Music Man
·     The opening slot on Slash’s Monster Energy Bash
·     An editorial feature on your band in Guitar World magazine

Whether or not you think Slash will fit into your J-Pop band, or be able to enhance the sound of your folk band, the experience and connections of a man who’s been at the top of the music industry for the last 25 years is going to be invaluable, and the publicity generated from the win, let alone the efforts of the management team will push you into a new league. Submit your music through the competition website here. Just read that contract.

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/get-slash-to-play-on-your-next-record/feed/ 2 Win A Year’s Free Distribution With RouteNote http://routenote.com/blog/win-a-years-free-distribution-with-routenote/ http://routenote.com/blog/win-a-years-free-distribution-with-routenote/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:20:51 +0000 Dashiel http://routenote.com/blog/?p=2202 RouteNoteIn order to encourage people to get their music online with us, and introduce new potential customers to our service, we thought we’d run a little competition. If you’re a solo musician or you’re in a band that has new music that needs to get out there and selling, all you need to do is add a comment to this blog post with the name of the band or artist and a link to the track that you think is their (or your) best. We’ll keep entries open until the 14th of December, and then we’ll judge all the tracks that have been entered. The top 3 according to our judges will be given completely free distribution to all of our partners stores during 2010 on any new releases they upload to RouteNote. No fees, no subscriptions, no back end cut, no strings – just access to our service completely free until 2011. The top 5 will get a feature and review on our blog, and we’re promoting this competition in collaboration with www.music-news.com, so you can expect to get their attention too. This competition is open only to artists and bands and music not already signed up to RouteNote.

Thanks, and good luck!

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/win-a-years-free-distribution-with-routenote/feed/ 12 Win A Moog Little Phatty http://routenote.com/blog/win-a-moog-little-phatty/ http://routenote.com/blog/win-a-moog-little-phatty/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:46:06 +0000 Dashiel http://routenote.com/blog/?p=1751 little phattyIf you happen to be lucky enough (!) to live in Birmingham or it’s environs, then you should get to the Music Live show at the NEC, 6th-8th November (this weekend) where Source Distribution will be giving away a cool MOOG synthesiser. This is a keyboard as versatile in the studio as it is on stage, and worth more than £1k: “Moog Music is proud to introduce the Little Phatty Stage II; the newest member of the Little Phatty family. Like the Stage and Tribute Edition before it, the Little Phatty Stage II puts the performer in control of a 100% analog signal path, two ultra stable Voltage Controlled Oscillators, a Voltage Controlled Filter and other versatile features like an external audio input, CV and KB gate inputs and a full MIDI controller.” Then you can make lots of lovely tunes on it to upload to our music distribution service!


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