SHAHdjs production contest

[kir mokum]

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Part 1: The Podcast

Attention Producers,

If you haven't heard of us yet, the SHAHdjs are predominantly a drum and bass crew from Vancouver BC, and we are completely inspired to promote and expand all forms of electronica, especially the newer emerging genre's collectively referred to as Bass Culture.

Many independent artists / labels have the talent to be recognized world wide as leaders in the field.

We hope to help this process by creating a place for people to access the newest and latest music that may be hard to find.
We hope to:
• Build a database of artists, their music, their contact/websites and other necessary information as a central place for fans and promoters to find what's new and worth their attention.
• Obtain tracks of your choosing in confidence with the intent of promoting you, and the entire scene to as wide a market as possible.

Your tracks have the potential to be profiled:
• on our streaming podcast with all relevant info made available.
• on a dedicated section of our website with all relevant info made available.
• at our live shows from the SHAHdjs crew.

All tracks given can come with additional requests or restrictions (not to be played on podcast, or posted on website etc.) All requests will be binded by contract for your assurance.
All music given to the SHAHdjs will remain strictly in the hands of SHAHdjs. No music will be reproduced / replicated, shared or made available for download.

If requested, we will remove any given track from our library immediately.

Ultimately, our goal with this is to increase Vancouver and Canada's reputation as being on the edge of new music, and to help our best producers get the recognition that they deserve. The podcast will not be limited to can-con, but it will be the focus.


If you know of other independent producers please pass this message along to them.

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Part 2: Production Contest

The purpose of this contest is to launch our podcast which is meant to profile and promote independent talent alongside recognized talent world-wide.

Prizes provided by PSP Audioware: http://www.pspaudioware.com/

1st place = $600 credit to online store
2nd place = $400 credit to online store
3rd place = $200 credit to online store

Rules:

- Entries cannot have MAJOR support from any well established label.
- The contest is not genre specific but is centered around Bass Heavy music [genres include drum and bass, dubstep & glitch hop but are not limited to]
- We are looking for your top 3 tracks only, please do not submit your entire catalogue.
- Tracks will be judged on overall production values (personal preferences aside).

- Winning tracks will excel in any or all of the following:
• overall production quality - how does it sound overall, levels, mastering etc.
• impact - is the track memorable, emotionally moving, or simply an auditory delight
• complexity - more than just repeating loops, has the track been brought to life
• originality - merit for pushing boundaries and expanding on existing sounds

- You do not need to create a track exclusively for this contest, rather send us your top 3 to date.

All entries will be screened by a team of accomplished local DJ's and Producers.

Final Guest Judges
- DJ Rap (Propa / Impropa Talent) http://www.djrap.com
- Psidream (Night Fall Recordings) http://www.psidream.com/
- Max Ulis (lighta!) http://www.myspace.com/maxtronic

An upload section will be on our website shortly. For now, please use a service such as yousend it or email existing links to [email protected] or AIM to SHAHdjs.

Tracks can be sent in now and may be featured on our podcast as early as May. Final contest deadline is currently end of July.

Any questions or feedback is more than welcome,

Thank you,
Willis and Jon
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www.shahdjs.com
smooth | hard | aggressively | happy

[inside]

cool. I'm on it.

[-evil-duerr-]

woah, did dj rap move to vancouver?

[kir mokum]

no. she's still in LA.

[Stickybuds~]

Dope guys, I'll send over some of my tunes!

Nice one!

[jprime]

Sounds cool, I have a few tunes that needed the bass treatment, I'm down to support.
I am a bit curious at the "newer emerging genre's collectively referred to as Bass Culture." I haven't heard that before.
I do live in the sticks though...

Been awhile since I stopped by here anyhoo - hey dudes. Whats up.

[dj_soo]

Bass Culture/Bass music is sort of the umbrella term for stuff that generally includes dnb, dubstep, glitch hop, bassline house, future dancehall, bassline breaks - among others - generally just refers to bass-driven music...

[jprime]

^^A gentleman and a scholar.

Cheers man. You checking out Stantons/Deekline tonight?

[dj_soo]

nah - out of town. And if I were going anywhere tonight, it would be Z-Trip first and The Rub second...

[jprime]

Ztrip / Matt the Alien in Whistler O_O

wowzers.

[SHAHdjs]

Attention Producers: Contest deadline approaches.

So far we have had nearly 100 entries, some of them are simply stellar!

The entry deadline for the contest is June 30th, so you still have a few weeks to polish off a nice tune and send it in.

email links to [email protected]

Remember, all genres will be accepted, no rules or restrictions on methods.

Prizes from PSP Audioware: $600, $400, $200.
http://www.pspaudioware.com/

The final 10 tunes will be judged by:
http://www.djrap.com"]DJ Rap[/url]
http://www.Psidream.com"]Psidream[/url]
http://www.MAXULIS.com"]Max Ulis[/url]

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Podcast

We aim to profile all of the producers who have sent us tunes on our SHAHcast.

Episode one is now available on iTunes, subscribe at the link below:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...t?id=318104274

If you don't have iTunes, you can get the simple mp3 directly from this link:
http://www.shahdjs.com/podcast/SHAHcast_ep_01.mp3

Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned more more new music.
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http://www.shahdjs.com