Create the Indaba Podcast Theme!
Yes, folks! We've just launched a new podcast and we need some theme music! After the great success of the Leo Laporte Remix Contest, it's clear that there's no better group to turn to for theme music than the Indaba community.
We've provided some tracks to get you started (thanks to our good friends Jukebox the Ghost). Your challenge is to create the most interesting opening and closing music possible. Given the nature of our podcast, we're looking for something simple and low-key.
With all the interesting people we've met through Indaba (record label folk, producers, musicians, engineers, music tech companies, etc.), we've had some intense discussions. We'd love to share them with you, so we're inviting all our friends and neighbors to join us for a weekly podcast discussion of all things music.
Submissions are Due by
December 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST
Voting Starts December 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM EST
How do I participate?
Source Files
Prize
No winners, no prizes, just a continual opportunity to re-imagine the tracks and keep the podcast theme varied. The contest will remain open and we will choose different mixes at different times as the opening and closing themes.
| Johan K. Idaba Podcast Theme... | November 6, 2009 | |
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| Jon Conners Indaba Podcast Them... | October 26, 2009 | |
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| Jordan Mills Indaba Theme Song.mp3 | October 9, 2009 | |
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| Vaccaro Jukebox The Ghost -... | August 15, 2009 | |
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| adrian diaz podcast theme indab... | August 5, 2009 | |
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| rory lay Indaba Podcast Intr... | August 5, 2009 | |
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| Jake Hansen Good Day (Stone Bir... | July 20, 2009 | ||
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| Jake Synthetic Podcast Intro+Outro... | July 10, 2009 | |
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| Lon DeGraw DJ Lon E Pod-Mix | June 29, 2009 | |
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| Mathew Shearer Stimulating Remix | June 14, 2009 | |
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| silvio pupo good day remixes | June 12, 2009 | |
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| Danny Templeton Entry Thomas Curtis | June 5, 2009 | |
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| Drew A. syntrus RMX Indaba ... | May 31, 2009 | |
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| Samson F. SF simple mix | May 31, 2009 | |
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| Rohan Chauhan Gud dayz are better... | May 30, 2009 | ||
Samson,
The podcast is still running, although we've moved to video instead of audio podcasts and thus don't update iTunes. Check out the latest video podcast with Amanda Palmer... http://www.indabamusic.com/indablog/5305-interv...
Matthew Shearer's mix was used for the intro music and Thomas Kantin for the closing music. Great work guys!
Did Indaba cancel the podcast? That would take a lot of the impetus out of the contest, here.
I looked on iTunes and the last podcast there was sometime in 2008.
Its Probably best to keep it between 15 and 50 seconds, but yes as long as it doesn't overload the system or is so short the waveform looks like a block, any length is accepted.
Heh! I must be the only person on the site working on this session! Indaba - I was wondering - does the song have to be just 30 seconds? Or can it be any length? If it is, is it edited down to 30 seconds? I was just really interested to know.
-Skyler ;-)
Austin White, your mix is incredible. Indaba as an NES game! <3
Jean-Philippe D... what an amazing job turning that into a concise theme AND converting it into salsa goodness. You should talk to NPR about making jingles for them!
cheers
o
Joey Dats... I'm diggin your tempo, that piano is sounding great. The beat and Hives-style guitar is a nice touch, good luck.
In general, things are sounding great people - keep em commin!!
Cheers,
o
The Fine Print
INDABA MUSIC PODCAST THEME CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.
Your participation in the contest described below (the “Contest”) confirms your agreement to be bound by these official rules (these “Official Rules”) and, by the Terms of Use of the Indaba Music Web Site (http://www.indabamusic.com/corporate/tos). If a contestant is a group, these Official Rules apply to each member of the group.
ABOUT THE CONTEST: This Indaba Music Studio Access collaboration contest is presented on behalf of Indaba Media, LLC. The following tracks are provided for contestants' use in the contest: "Piano (opening)", “Drums A (opening)”, “Drums B (opening)”, “Guitar A (opening)”, “Guitar B (opening)”, “Piano A (closing)”, Piano B (closing)”, “Drums (closing)”, “Percussion (closing)”, “Guitar A (closing)”, and “Guitar B (closing)”. Contestants will modify the above tracks and/or mix them with original audio files they create. Contestants submit a final mix of one or more of the above tracks and new files they add to them through their contest session as a submission. All Submissions (as defined below) must have elements of the above tracks and must be recognizable musical derivations of the song which the tracks comprise.
The contest is an ongoing venture. Submissions will be accepted until a deadline is announced by Indaba Music.
SPONSORS: Indaba Media, LLC. (“Indaba”), 268 Bowery, NY, NY 10012 (collectively, “Sponsor”).
There may be additional sponsors at any time; those additional sponsors will be disclosed and are, with Indaba, referred to herein collectively as “Sponsors”.
ELIGIBILITY: Any registered member of the Indaba Music Web Site at the time of submission. In addition, a contestant (or, if a group, each group member) must be a natural person, at least 13 years of age. Contestants must also be registered members of the Indaba Music Web Site in compliance with its Terms of Use Agreement. Employees, officers, and directors (and their immediate family members and persons living in their same household) of Sponsors, their affiliated companies, and their advertising and promotion agencies, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. Void where prohibited by law. A Contestant, whether an individual or a group, is often referred to herein as “You” or the “participant” or the “Contestant”.
HOW TO ENTER: No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest. The only way to enter the contest is by creating a contest session from the Contest entry page found at the url: http://www.indabamusic.com/contests/show/podcast (the “Contest Page”) and then subsequently uploading a Submission to the Contest via the Submit functionality. You must submit all of the required information and materials. Sponsor reserves the right to determine in their sole discretion which entries have satisfied the entry requirements. Sponsor will not notify contestants whether or not their entry has been rejected or accepted.
SUBMISSIONS: “Submission(s)” includes, to the extent applicable, any information and material (including, but not limited to, original audio files) submitted by you in connection with the Contest. By submitting Submission(s), you represent and warrant to Sponsor that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in “LICENSES AND RIGHTS” below, (i) the Submission is wholly original and does not infringe upon or otherwise violate any license, copyright or other right of any third party, (ii) you have all licenses and rights necessary to submit the Submission in the Contest in accordance with these Official Rules, and (iii) except for audio files furnished by the Sponsor for use in the Contest, no party other than you or your group has any right, title or interest in and to the Submission or any part of the Submission. If you are submitting a Submission on behalf of a group, you represent and warrant to the Sponsor that you have the authority to act on behalf of the group.
Submission(s) must not contain material which is (or promoting activities which are) harmful, threatening, abusive, disparaging, harassing, vulgar, obscene, hateful, pornographic, sexually explicit, or libelous or which has other inappropriate content, or is otherwise objectionable as determined by Sponsor in their sole discretion. By entering the Contest and providing a Submission, you grant to Sponsor and their affiliates, assigns, agents and licensees the unconditional and perpetual right to use on the Indaba Music Site and in any promotional or advertising of or relative to the Contest in any form and any medium your name, address, music created and all Submission(s), all without further notice or consent from or payment to you (or your group).
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This is a website to upload your mixes online. Can anyone help me find a website which will help me mix it or any software? Otherwise, how do you mix yours?