Every fall, musicians, bands, and industry folk gather in New York City for CMJ, five days of non-stop musical mayhem (AKA heaven on earth).  On October 21st, Indaba will be co-presenting an exciting artist showcase with our friends from Whitesmith Entertainment at one of our favorite venues in NYC, The Living Room. Tickets are free, and first come, first serve. If you're in town, stop on in, say hello and check out some great music!

Wednesday, October 21st

The Living Room
154 Ludlow St, New York NY
(212) 533-7235
21+, one drink minimum, & NO CMJ badge necessary 

7pm - Emilyn Brodsky (with Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls)

8pm - Sydney Wayser

8:30pm - Pinky Swear (featuring Rachel Trachtenburg of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)

9pm - Sara Benincasa (comedy)

9:15pm - Elon James White (comedy)

9:30pm - A special surprise guest! (comedy)

10pm - Family of the Year

11pm - Jason Trachtenburg (of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players)

11:45pm - Alina Simone

Multimedia: Media Vox 

Hosted by Sara Benincasa and Emilyn Brodsky 

Hope to see you there!

- The Indaba Music Team

From Kanye West to David Byrne, M.I.A., and Tom Waits, N.A.S.A.'s Spirit Of Apollo remix program is an amazing opportunity to work with some of music'c most talented artists. With such incredible and diverse material for Indaba members to work with, we thought now would be a great time to teach you some simple ways to use twitter to promote your favorite remixes. And to encourage you to participate, we've put together an exciting contest that will help bring much deserved attention to your top picks, and maybe fatten your pockets at the same time.

Anyone who tweets using the tag #IndabaNasaRmx, AND includes a link to either the contest page (http://bit.ly/3IrpuU) or a contest entry, will be eligible to win $500 and a one year Platinum membership to IndabaMusic.com (a $250 value).

But, that's not all.

For every day that #IndabaNasaRmx is a top trending topic on twitter, we’ll increase the prize by $500… All the way until the pot is worth $2500!

Guidelines:
1. To be eligible to win, your tweet must contain “#IndabaNasaRmx”
2. Your tweet must also contain a link to either the N.A.S.A. remix program page or an entry from the program

Prizing & Winner Selection
When the submission period for the N.A.S.A. Remix Program ends on October 27th at 5pm EST, so will this twitter promotion, and we will select one very lucky winner at random from everyone who included #IndabaNasaRmx in a tweet. The winner will receive up to $2500 and a one year Platinum membership to IndabaMusic.com (a $250 value).

Here are some specific ways to get involved:

First, head on over to twitter and setup an account. Once you've signed up, you can start tweeting:

Let people know you entered - Just entered the N.A.S.A. remix contest on @IndabaMusic. Can't wait to remix David Byrne! http://bit.ly/3IrpuU #IndabaNasaRmx

Let people know you're working on a remix - Mashing up Kanye West & Tom Waits in the N.A.S.A. Remix contest: http://bit.ly/3IrpuU #IndabaNasaRmx

Share your finished remix - Just uploaded my remix of M.I.A., Santigold and RZA to @indabamusic: "http://bit.ly/XXXX" #IndabaNasaRmx

And, of course, this promotion isn't limited to just contest entrants:

Fans can get in on the action and promote a favorite remix - Loving Matt Palmer's N.A.S.A. remix! "http://bit.ly/XXXX" #IndabaNasaRmx

Re-tweet something that we post from our twitter account - RT @IndabaMusic: Epic remix contest w NASA, Kanye West, David Byrne, MIA! Win $1K & official release! http://bit.ly/3IrpuU #IndabaNasaRmx

Simply add RT @IndabaMusic in front of something we tweet, and you will have successfully re-tweeted.

Follow @IndabaMusic

Making The Most Of Your 140 Characters:

Since you're limited to 140 characters per tweet, you'll want to use a url shortener to make the most of your 140 characters. We recommend using bit.ly. Simply go to http://bit.ly, paste in the URL you want to link to, then copy and paste the shortened bit.ly URL into your twitter post. This will give you more room to write about your remix!

Our favorite part about using bit.ly is that if you a “+” to the end or the url (i.e. http://bit.ly/3IrpuU+) you can actually see if your link has been clicked on and shared across the internet!

If you have any questions, just email us (info@indabamusic.com) and well be glad to help you out!

Happy remixing!

- The Indaba Music Team