Tassili Bond // Blog

Hello everyone. As some of you know Mr. Ken Pendergrass is doing a wonderful thing here at Inadaba. He has entered his students into the Yo-Yo Ma contest.  I think it’s a great idea to get our young people involved in music and expose them to the spirit of competition. So I think we should support Ken and his student’s. It took courage for these youngsters to step on this high-profile international stage and compete! So please toss them a few votes. They may not ultimately “win” but a good showing may keep their passion for music alive for the rest of their lives. They are the future!  Let’s help them out with some votes. Here are their links!

Leo H. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4292

Tyler P. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4292

Elliot  M. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4279

Christopher L. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4278

Max D. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4275

Natalia A. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4266

Julia T. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4264

Felicidad S. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4262

Cassie T. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4261

Ethan K. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4258

Kentaro Q. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4253

Kari L. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4252

Mallory R. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4250

Joe B. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4249

Vincent L. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4248

Shuab J. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4247

Casey W. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4246

Anna M. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4245

Leah B. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4244

Spencer B. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4242

Bridgette W. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4241

Djanajee C. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4294

Alex I. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4263

Nathan I. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4260

Hello everyone. I created a new group for Logic and MPC users. Please feel free to join and share your knowledge with us. Thank you very much. Here's the link. http://www.indabamusic.com/groups/66861

Hello. I am a finalist in The Roots Remix Contest. Round 2 is underway and voting will continue until December 19^th. While The Roots will ultimately decide who the winner is voting is still open to the general public so they can make their voices heard as to which mix they like the best. I would love to make a strong showing in the popular vote in this very prestigious and high profile competition. So I am asking you to support me with your vote. Who knows, maybe if the public demand is strong enough it may influence The Roots decision. You can vote for me at the following link. I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much! Here’s the link. http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/4200

Hello everyone. I have taken part in two Indaba contests. The Mariah Carey comp and The Roots comp. The common denominator in both is that there seems to be a lot of dissatisfaction with the voting system. On the surface I have no problem with it other than the fact that some people (like my older relatives) find the process a bit convoluted. But I see no problem with asking friends and family to vote for you. They love you. They'll do it. No problem there. But I do see one flaw in the system. You see I investigate people who do extraordinarily 
well and I have found some very interesting things. It turns out that one fellow from the Mariah comp had a staggering 128,000 Imeem friends. No wonder he finished in the Top 25. Hell, he should have his ass kicked for not finishing in the Top 5! And lo and behold, one of my Top 25 Roots comp brothers has an amazing facebook friend list of over 123,000! The thing is that you can pay companies that will build your friend list for you. You know, send out requests and all for a fee. So if a person is getting their votes primarily from their mammoth friend list then it could be said that they paid their way to the top if they indeed used such methods to build their Myspace, Imeem or whatever. Now I would say that is a bit unfair. But since it's not against the law what can you do? Don't get me wrong. What I am saying in no way excuses all of the whining and belly aching that I heard in both comps. Seems the are a lot of prima donna's that think they're too good or talented to lower themselves to picking up the phone and asking their cousin to vote for them. Forget them. They don't deserve to win. But there are some truly hard working people who want to win the right way but have to compete with folks who have 100,00 plus "friends" on a website. What to do?

I don't claim to have the perfect answer but I do have what I think may be an interesting solution. You've heard of the NCAA basketball tournament right. The teams are "seeded" before the tournament. In essence it's designed to give the teams that the writers think are the best the easiest road to the Final Four. Why not do a similar thing at Indaba? Before open voting begins the Inadaba community would vote on their favs. The top vote getter would start at the No.1 spot and vice versa. That should end the complaining. If you have a dope track, start off at No.1 and STILL can't hold on to a Top 25 spot then no better for you. On the other hand if the consensus is that your track sucks ass and you start off at #678 and fight your way to the top then bravo! I don't give a damn if you have a million myspace friends you get props from me! So that's my idea what's yours? Any solution is better that all this bitchin' and moanin' that's been going on.

Hello everyone. I have entered the Ludacris contest at wemix.com. I can win this with your support. Voting is based on song plays. But since all the songs are on auto-play voting for me is just a matter of going to my page. Visit as much as you like! I really would appreciate it. Thank you so much. Here's the link. http://www.wemix.com/clip.aspx?key=CE0455A81FEF17CC