Fire on Dub Contest

angst · #1 (**permalink**) Jun 04, 05

The first contest to honor the lost culture of the handcut analog "dublate" and revive awareness of the special and historical cutting process.

Brought to you by Freeburning Records and Digitalbombing.com

http://www.digitalbombing.com/fireondub/

Fire On Dub contest guidelines:
1- Produce the hottest 5 minute tune to be cut and judged on dubplate (meaning your final entry will need to be custom made to sound the best possible on the dubplate format through a needle and turntable, not digital or cd formats)
2- Submit your AIFF file to be judged by July 4 2005
3- Top 4 songs to be cut onto dubplate, then recorded from dubplate and uploaded to battle for your final vote on digitalbombing.com. Ten runner-up finalists to be broadcast on digitalbombing.com website.
4- Final 2 winning songs to be professionally mastered by lead sound engineer ODG at Turnstyle Mastering and manufacture a limited vinyl press of 300 copies. The dubplate and vinyl pressing process to be featured in a pictorial on Digitalbombing.com.
5- Producer of winning songs will receive:
25 vinyl press copies each
$100 US each
your winning song to be added to forthcoming compilation cd
Remaining vinyl copies will be put up for sale at the legendary Freeburning Record Shop.
6- Limited entry of 4 songs per producer
7- All entrants are required to post this banner (see banner) on their website or message board to create awareness of the dubplate culture and this contest.
8- Contest open to all countries
9- Entrant will be responsible as the original creator of the song and submitted with complete credits and contact information.

automatic · #2 (**permalink**) Jun 04, 05

sounds pretty sketch to me, you give them a song to sell and they give you 25 copies and $100 US? and they talk about using it on one of their own compilation cds with no mention of royalties? If they end up owning the rights to your tune then this contest is BUNK!

angst · #3 (**permalink**) Jun 04, 05

It's giving producers the opportunity to get their music pressed and heard. I see nothing wrong with that. Not many up in coming producers have the connections and wherewithal to get their tune pressed and distributed with no financial risk of their own. If you're a producer looking to make real coin off of selling your music, then this probably isn't the best route. However if you're looking to get your msic and name out there, then this provides a means to do so.

~ease~

automatic · #4 (**permalink**) Jun 05, 05

Quote:

Originally Posted by angst

It's giving producers the opportunity to get their music pressed and heard. I see nothing wrong with that. Not many up in coming producers have the connections and wherewithal to get their tune pressed and distributed with no financial risk of their own. If you're a producer looking to make real coin off of selling your music, then this probably isn't the best route. However if you're looking to get your msic and name out there, then this provides a means to do so.

~ease~

neither do i, unless they end up owning the rights to your tune.....in which case i think it's a shitty deal...