Conspire and Compose (for Good)
Through time, they worked in silence, fighting evil corporations and cartels of greed. They took weapons of oppression and war and turned them into tools for change, all for the benefit of mankind. To fool the corporations they left their communication in art and music. Now, they're mysteriously gone and we don't know what happened to them. Help us find the reason why and who did it. The key is hidden in music.
Upload your original songs to the Conspiracy For Good and unlock the potential. You may create a new song using the audio samples provided, or you may upload a composition you have already recorded. If your submission embodies the true spirit of the Conspiracy for Good, you may be selected as one of five musicians to win $1000 to aid you in your musical adventures.
We are the Conspiracy For Good. We're doing small things with big impact. We are many and we want you in! Release your creativity by interpreting our easter egg packed musical themes. Join other artists such as Dave Stewart, Ringo Starr, Tia, and Joss Stone in the fight for good.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How many submissions may I submit?
A: You may submit five entries to this contest, so make sure to make it count!
Q: How many audio files do I have to use?
A: You can use as few or as many files as you'd like - just make sure that you submit an original composition that embodies the spirit of the Conspiracy for Good.
Q: Can I SPAM the discussion board?!?!
A: No! It's meant for discussion. Posting about your entry is cool, but please be respectful of everyone who wants to talk about the contest and don't post the same thing repeatedly.
Q: Can I use samples in my submission?
A: No! Your submission must be made of the tracks provided and/or material for which you own the copyright.
Q: How do I download the source files?
A: You must first enter the contest before you can download the files.
Q: What can I add to the source files?
A: You can add anything you want! You can re-record the audio, add your own melodies, only use the source files - the sky is the limit.
Q: I'm new to mixing/producing and need some help!
A: If you need help and are using our online session console, check out our help section and online tutorials.
Q: Can I promote my mix?
A: Yes! Submissions are licensed to you under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. This means you are free to promote your mix for non-commercial purposes. For more information on this license, go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Q: I don't see my question here!
A: Please post a description of the problem on the discussion board and we’ll help you as best we can!
Voting Ends:
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Curious 125bpm.aif
Curious 125bpm.aif
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Dark Music Box 88bpm.aif
Dark Music Box 88bpm.aif
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Foul Play 121bpm.aif
Foul Play 121bpm.aif
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Hope 106bpm.aif
Hope 106bpm.aif
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Insidious Calling 120bpm.aif
Insidious Calling 120bpm.aif
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Lullaby 80bpm.aif
Lullaby 80bpm.aif
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Spirou 138bpm.aif
Spirou 138bpm.aif
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Vigilante 137bpm.aif
Vigilante 137bpm.aif
Prizes
5 Winners: (Selected by the judges from all of the submissions)
Five winners will each receive $1000 cash to help advance their musical careers!
Voterator
We Randomize, You Vote!
You must listen to 10 seconds of the song before skipping.
Leaderboard
Submissions
Comments
Rules
THE “CONSPIRACY FOR GOOD – COMPOSE FOR GOOD CONTEST” OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE ENTRANT’S CHANCE OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
ELIGIBILITY: The Conspiracy For Good – Compose For Good Contest (“Contest”) is operated and hosted by Indaba Media, LLC (“Operator”) on the Indaba Music Website, www.indabamusic.com (“Website”). The Contest is open to individuals who are 13 years of age or older at the time of entry and who are not presently signed to any record label or publisher under any exclusive agreements and/or other contractual arrangements which prohibit or might prohibit them from participating in any element of this Contest. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Operator, or any of their affiliates, distributors, or web design, advertising and promotion agencies of any of the foregoing companies involved in the administration, development, and execution of this Contest (collectively, “Contest Parties”), and the immediate family members (i.e. spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, and spouse or "step" of each) of each and those living in the same households of any of the foregoing companies (i.e. persons, whether related or not, who have lived in the same residence for at least three (3) months during the twelve-month period preceding the start date of the Contest) are not eligible to participate in this Contest.
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW OR OTHERWISE.
TO ENTER: Select audio files (“Audio Samples”) from Indaba are available for Contest entrants to download. The Audio Assets can be modified and/or mixed with original audio files the Entrant creates for the purpose of creating a new song. Entrant can create new audio files and their new song using any software the Entrant chooses, including the Mantis Console, an online mixing, editing, and recording tool provided by the Operator. Entrants must submit an original composition, which may or may not include one or more Audio Samples, (“Submission”) that embodies the mission and goals of Conspiracy for Good (“CFG”) by uploading the Submission to www.IndabaMusic.com/featured_programs/show/cfg between 16th July 2010 and 31st August 2010 (“Contest Period”). For more information regarding CFG’s mission and goals see: http://www.conspiracyforgood.com. The computer of the Operator is the official timekeeping device for this Contest. In order to download the Audio Files and to upload a Submission, Entrants must register for a membership account on the Website. Follow the online instructions at http://www.indabamusic.com/account/signup to register.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest. By entering a Submission in the Contest, Entrants hereby warrant and represent that the Submission conforms to the Contest Submission Requirements set forth herein. Entrants agree and acknowledge that no compensation will be paid to them for any reason whatsoever including, but not limited to, entering this Contest or creating a Submission. All Submissions must be in the following file formats: MP3, AIFF, or WAV; and Submissions must meet the following requirements (“Submission Requirements”), and failure to abide by the Submission Requirements is grounds for disqualification in Operator’s sole discretion:
Submissions must not contain material which is (or promoting activities which are) harmful, threatening, abusive, disparaging, harassing, vulgar, obscene, hateful, pornographic, or libelous or which has other inappropriate content, or is otherwise objectionable as determined by Operator in its sole discretion;
Submissions shall not defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about any persons, products or companies;
Submissions shall not contain materials which are not created entirely by Entrant or which are owned by others (including music "samples");
Submissions shall not be in violation of any law.
BY ENTERING A SUBMISSION, ENTRANTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SUBMISSIONS MAY BE POSTED ON OPERATOR’S WEBSITE, IN OPERATOR’S DISCRETION. Operator reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen Submissions prior to posting them to the Website. Entrants acknowledge that Operator has no obligation to use or post any Submission. By submitting a Submission, Entrants warrant and represent that: (a) the Submission is Entrant’s original work, (b) the Submission has not been previously published, (c) the Submission has not previously received awards, (d) the Submission does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (e) Entrant has obtained permission from any person whose name or voice is used in the Submission and (f) exploitation, use, display or performance of the Submission via any form of media, will not infringe the rights of any third parties. Entrants shall indemnify and hold harmless, Operator and Contest Parties from any claims contrary to or in violation of these warranties and representations.
GRANT OF RIGHTS:
The Entrant shall own the copyright to their Submission. By entering this Contest, each Entrant agrees: (i) that Contest Parties have the right to use the Entrant’s Submission and Entrant’s name and likeness in any and all media in connection with promotion, publicity, marketing and advertising for and by Contest Parties, and in connection with this Contest or other promotions by Contest Parties as Contest Parties see fit without any further notification or compensation to or of the Entrant (ii) that Contest Parties shall have no obligation (express or implied) to use any Submission in any manner and Entrants shall not be entitled to any damages or other relief by reason of Contest Parties use or non-use of a Submission; (iii) to be bound by these official rules; (iv) that Entrants may be contacted by Contest Parties by email regarding this Contest; and (v) to indemnify and hold Contest Parties harmless from any and all claims, demands, causes of action and judgments (including attorney’s fees, court costs and expert’s fees) arising out of or relating to any breach by Entrant of the terms and conditions of these rules, including any representations and warranties made herein. By entering this Contest, each Entrant agrees to sign and deliver to Contest Parties such documents as Contest Parties may reasonably require to effectuate the rights and obligations granted in these rules.
SELECTION OF WINNERS:
The Contest Parties, in their sole discretion, will select five (5) winners (the “Winners”) from all the Submission entries. The Winners will each receive a one off payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000) . The Winners will be selected between 31st August, 2010 and 14th September, 2010. The Winners will be announced and posted on the Website on or around August 31, 2010. The Winners will be notified by telephone and /or email and will be selected from all the Submission entries, regardless of any rank as determined by voting. Entrants acknowledge that the Contest Parties shall have no obligations, financial or otherwise, to the Winners, except for those explicitly set forth in these Official Rules. Entrants give the Operator the right to transmit the Winners’ personal identifying information to the Contest Parties for the purposes of facilitating the Winner’s prize.
Other prizes may be determined at the discretion of the Contest Parties.
Entrants agree that the Operator has the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of Operator are final and binding.
GENERAL TERMS: Entrants and winners are solely responsible for the payment of any taxes on any respective prizes. No cash equivalent or substitution of any prize is offered, except at the sole discretion of the Operator. Prizes are non-transferable, and non-refundable. Any winners will be notified by phone and/or e-mail and each winner may be required to complete, sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release as a condition of being declared a Winner. If a prize, or any portion thereof, cannot be awarded for any reason, such prize will be forfeited. By participating in the Contest, Entrants release Operator and Contest Parties from any and all claims, damages or liabilities arising from or relating to such Entrant’s participation in the Contest, and agree to resolve any dispute individually, without resort to any class action. By accepting a prize in the Contest, the Winners agree that the Operator and Contest Parties shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting from participation in the Contest, acceptance or use of any prize, or any travel related thereto. The Winners grant permission to Operator and those acting under its authority to use his/her name, photograph, voice and/or likeness, for advertising and/or publicity purposes, as well as the Submission in any and all media now known or hereinafter invented without territorial or time limitations and without compensation. If for any reason the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, Operator reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or terminate the Contest. This Contest is governed by the laws of the state of New York, U.S.A. By entering, Entrants consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state and local courts located in New York, New York, U.S.A. for the resolution of any disputes.
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WINNERS LIST: For the names of the prize winners see http://www.IndabaMusic.com/featured_programs/show/cfg after 31st September 2010.
OPERATOR: Indaba Media, LLC












September 05, 2010
Ben Evolence Said
Conspiracy for Good if you're out there how is the judging going? Give us a little insight on how it all works. Does each judge listen separately or is the judging done as a group with everyone in the same venue? Will you be able to make the deadline? DS, JH, TK, and MO we know but who is this Mantis Evar fellow?
September 05, 2010
Vuk Lazar replied to Ben Evolence
before you do that Hal, could u compose another show tune to finalize the whole spectacle? now that the mystery is all solved and such
September 05, 2010
Marcus B. replied to Ben Evolence
Not bad, Vuk. Let's go for...52 key changes this time...
September 06, 2010
Dell Rogers replied to Ben Evolence
Is it April fools day?
September 06, 2010
Dell Rogers replied to Ben Evolence
Paul is dead
September 06, 2010
Peter John Bailey replied to Ben Evolence
FOR DELL
I think I must have missed something here, I have only been here since LIBKIN PARK, but DICARLO mentions Truthseeker and next minute he pops up. Has there been some thing going on earlier on, yesterday, on another competition ? So to hear he only materialised yesterday has confused me. Well could Truthseeker and Joes Jackson actually be the same person sent to confuse, (DIVIDE AND CONQUER) us. Is Ben Mantis behind these dastardly deeds ?
September 05, 2010
Oliver Rios Said
did you know they euthanize whales with dynamite?
September 05, 2010
Ben Evolence replied to Oliver Rios
You have too much time on your hands bro. Shouldn't you be studying music theory instead of whale euthanization?
September 05, 2010
Marcus B. replied to Oliver Rios
I have a feeling that you wouldn't require dynamite for euthanization.....
ZING!
September 05, 2010
Draper Said
Please do let me know what you think! I love the original contests!
close your eyes and hit play
http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/27314
September 05, 2010
Joe Jackson Said
Truthseeker: Touche. So be it. As for being in the know. It is apparent to this underhanding, borderline-average commenter that the conspiracy for good is not at all what it claims to be, if in fact, you are a part of it. You have no grace, sir / ma'am. Grace comes from above. Graciousness. Good is just a happenstance and fortuitous thing that humans are capable of stumbling on once in a while when we're not being selfish. Of course, all of us are going to be inclined to do what it takes to rise in the ranks. We all play the game, so to speak. You do to. We are all sinful, fallen, creatures. Everyone of us. Let him or her without sin, cast the first stone. Grace, is good. Grace is afforded to us from the highest of authorities and allows us the opportunity to overlook the simpleton mistakes and herd-mentality, doofusisms (yes I just invented that word) that follow. Such as they have in the event of people commenting and voting as per your keen description via this contest forum. That said, fine. Now that I've gotten over realizing that all these years I've been writing love on my arms because I really did think my music was sub-par, borderline average. I hated myself because I had a strong passion, and a dream and a hope. I love music and I love making music. But now, thank you. I realize how not good this conspiracy for good is, if in fact you are in the know as a part of this conspiracy for good. It is just pompous, arrogant people with money and "enlightenment", presenting a message of silliness, and ultra, post-modernism. And the fact that someone claiming the name of good would go to the extent of condemning and threatening to "name and shame" someone seems highly, counter-intuitive to REAL good. God is good. God doesn't single us out when we sin and make a mockery of us and condemn us for trying to play the game and fit into this big mess of a sinful world. He shows us grace. Grace is good. Acquire some grace, Truthseeker. Love, is truth. Love is good. If in fact, you are in the know as a part of this conspiracy and such, then consider my submissions withdrawn and null and void. After all, You KNOW who I am, right?... AND, now I know how much of a disappointment I am to myself, anyway. I mean, my music is only "borderline average", as you say. i can now go and choose whether to slit my wrists or burn my musical instruments thanks to your generous insight. Do not claim the name of good ever again. Unless you know what you are talking about. And as per your statement concerning the story of this whole contest and such... Forgive all of us for not being as profoundly intelligent as yourself and insightful enough to see and follow the prescribed path. Most of us just thought this was an honest chance to put our music out there and see if anyone like it and maybe win a prize for it. That would have been nice. God bless you, Truthseeker. Much love.
September 05, 2010
Vuk Lazar replied to Joe Jackson
nobody needs to take any comment personally if they don't want to. especially if the source has zero credibility. it's the internet, ppl can claim anything they want. truthspeaker created an anonymous account to write a very general rant. if you believe in your work, stand by it. Bad art is simply good art that hasn't found it's rightful audience yet.
September 05, 2010
Peter John Bailey replied to Joe Jackson
Yep, no such thing as bad art, just bad attitude...
September 05, 2010
Dell Rogers replied to Joe Jackson
Just for a laugh I clicked on truthspeakers name to find he has been a member since yesterday (big surprise) and the rest of his home page is mysteriously blank. I mean white as a brand new bed sheet. Oh by the way, "Joe Jackson" just joined today.
September 05, 2010
Marcus B. replied to Joe Jackson
I almost want to disagree with the "no such thing as bad art" quote but it's hard to do it without having a bad attitude. I get huffed when I see a little black dot on a white canvas go for $1.2 million dollars...
September 05, 2010
Vuk Lazar replied to Joe Jackson
lol, it's not my cup of tea, but clearly someone sees the brilliance of it
September 05, 2010
Vuk Lazar Said
truthspeaker needs a hug... c'mon errrbody
September 05, 2010
Marcus B. replied to Vuk Lazar
E-hug > truthspeaker
September 05, 2010
Dell Rogers replied to Vuk Lazar
O.K. Bless you truthspeaker.
September 05, 2010
Dell Rogers Said
Thank the real God that 99% of the interaction on this amazing web site is positive. Keep up the good work folks.
September 05, 2010
David Leonard Richardson Said
Hey Guys, Everything going great I hope. I am back to do more digging and I learned my lesson to not overlook some of these entries in thinking I had covered most of the bases, because I found some good ones last digging session. And thanks to you all that voted on my song or just gave a listen and comment. Have a good one.
September 05, 2010
DICARLO PRODUCTIONS replied to David Leonard Richardson
It´s ALL good.
GOD has left the building! :)
By the way, thanks for your comments on my songs. :)
I´ve gotta catch up, but will start after tomorrow. Labor Day!
September 05, 2010
David Leonard Richardson replied to David Leonard Richardson
Ah! Okay. I thought I heard a thurderous, lightning filled voice say "THANK YOU VERY MUCH! GONNA GO GET A FRIED 'NANNER SANDWICH AND GO SIT ON THE TOILET. BETTER OPEN A GREAT BIG WINDOW!" I thought I was just going bonkers but now I see that every thing was on plumb after all.
September 05, 2010
DD Blender Said
Bless God: finally someone who knows the truth!
And more: he wants to share it with us!!!!
To teach us!
To open our eyes - 'cause we are blind!
To show us the way - cause he's in the know!
Halelujah!!!
And so intelligent and well mannered.
A pity he's a bit shy, though.
But comon people: is it a crime to be shy?
And is his modesty not to be praised?
And let's be fair: does one really have to have 'credentials' to have an opinion??
If God himself came down to earth and speak pompous nonsense - would it be geniality then, because he has great credentials?
So, let us embrace this shy but well mannered and eloquent stranger with love, respect and understanding, and let us open up and be receptive to the truth.
'Cause this stranger knows it.
He's in the know.
He's a knower.
Hallelujah.
BTW: When DD Blender starts preaching about The Truth - symptoms: blinding halo, stigmata - we send him to the Betty Boop Doll House..
He's doing well, thank yall.
And we decided to stand by our man all the same.
Power to DD Blender,
The DDB Promotion Team
ps: @Truthspeaker: Can you please tell us: do you think DD Blender will ever win a contest? Oh, and global warming - is it natural or man made?
September 05, 2010
DICARLO PRODUCTIONS replied to DD Blender
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
September 05, 2010
DICARLO PRODUCTIONS replied to DD Blender
Yes DD, God is ALL Knowing.
Just ask George Carlin!
Oh sorry, he´s dead. :(
But watch his last HBO show. :)
September 05, 2010
david minnick replied to DD Blender
It truly is great to see you again my Blender friend!
Welcome back from wherever you wend.
September 05, 2010
Marcus B. replied to DD Blender
This is quite funny, DD. Quite.