LP releasing song stems for a contest

[guitarplaya18]

LP is releasing the stems for their new single for people to edit/remix/add on to. Figure some of you may be interested. The winner gets there song on the cd or gets to play it live with them or something.

LINKIN PARK ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 14th RELEASE
FOR NEW ALBUM A THOUSAND SUNS

LEAD SINGLE "THE CATALYST" TO IMPACT RADIO AUGUST 2nd

BAND PARTNERS WITH MYSPACE MUSIC TO FEATURE
FAN PERFORMANCE ON NEW ALBUM

Los Angeles, CA (July 8, 2010) - Through their official website (www.linkinpark.com), LINKIN PARK has announced a September 14th release date for their new album A THOUSAND SUNS (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros.). The album is co-produced by Rick Rubin (U2, Johnny Cash) and Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda, who last joined forces to produce Linkin Park's 2007 release, Minutes To Midnight.

The band also announced that the first single from the new album will be"The Catalyst," which debuts on radio worldwide onAugust 2 and willalso be featured on the band's MySpace Music profile (http://www.myspace.com/linkinpark). Prior to the song's release, the band and MySpace are teaming up for "Linkin Park, Featuring You," a unique promotion that gives fans a first-of-its-kind opportunity to collaborate with Linkin Park to produce their own song based on some of the tracks from the forthcoming single.

A winner will be chosen by Linkin Park and their submission will either be included on the band's new album or the winner will be invited to perform with the band on a song on the upcoming record.

Beginning tomorrow, July 9th, fans can go to myspace.com/linkinpark to download audio stems from "The Catalyst." Fans will be encouraged to adjust the stems and also record and produce their own additional tracks. Fans can use their own music production software to create their song and then upload it to the band via their MySpace page. Once each new version is submitted, the track will be shared in an embeddable player, which anyone can access to rate and comment, as well as click through to record their own tracks. The contest is live as of tomorrow.

The "Linkin Park, Featuring You" promotion is the start of a multi-phase global partnership between the band and MySpace Music. Throughout the next four months, Linkin Park fans worldwide will have access to live shows, exclusive content and special chances to interact with the band like never before through the MySpace Music platform.

"Our albums are the foundation of who we are as a band, and reserving a spot for a fan to play on one of our songs felt like a way to show our dedication to them," says Shinoda. "There are a lot of unknowns about what might get submitted for this contest, but that's what makes it fun. Our fans continually energize us with their creativity and dedication, so I think they're going to come up with something great."

The band (Shinoda, vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, DJ Joe Hahn and bassist Dave "Phoenix" Farrell) also recently announced that they'll be touring Europe this fall, beginning Wednesday, October 20th at the O2 World, Berlin and wrapping Wednesday, November 11th at the 02 Arena, London. Ticket info can be found at www.linkinpark.com.

A celebration of sound and vision, each of these live performances is designed to be a transformative multi-media experience, complete with a unique blending of music and art and featuring never-before-seen visual technology. In addition, this tour's setlist, which will be packed with a plethora of the band's biggest hits, will be the first to showcase material from A THOUSAND SUNS.

 

[Jeds7800]

Pretty cool idea. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Forceps]

How do mix only 5 processed tracks?!

Just downloaded the stems, it's just 5 tracks and they're already processed..... bummer...

 

[Aaron Smith]

I skimmed the contest rules, and it sounds like they want it to be more of a remix than just mere processing of the existing tracks (you are encouraged to add your own tracks, so long as they fit a list of criteria). I'm downloading the tracks now, and depending on whether or not the song is musically inspiring in any way for me, I might put something together for fun!

 

[GarethSE]

i may just remove the vocal part and go all Slice The Cake bonus track on this

 

[LeSedna]

i may just remove the vocal part and go all Slice The Cake bonus track on this

Ahaha sounds like a really fun idea

 

[drew_drummer]

Might take these on the plane with me, throw 'em into Reason and do some drum and bass fuckery.

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

Im having a field day with these tracks....but wtf is that technoey drum beat going on, im going out of my way to make sure that isnt included in my mix. Also what was that thing that you were supposed to drop in iTunes? I did and when i clicked play, nothing happens. What am I missing here?

 

[HeadCrusher]

Can anyone supply the tracks for the guys outside the US?

 

[Aaron Smith]

I've got something pretty cool put together, once it's totally done and uploaded, I'll post a link for you guys! It's just over 3:00 long, which seems pretty reasonable to me...especially since there are pretty much only two different vocal parts...it would get very boring going much longer than that, and I wanted to keep as much popular appeal as possible, so I figured that more than a few seconds without vocals would probably be a no-no. I also ended up not using the keyboard track at all, or the piano, but I did use all the rest. So far as I can tell, it's okay to not use all of the tracks (i.e., the "Branded Assets"). The rules say that you need to use the Branded Assets, but it does not expressly state anywhere that they must ALL be used. If it disqualifies me, then boo hoo- I had fun putting it together and did what was most musically stimulating for me!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I can't seem to come up with shit for this.

 

[JayB]

Interesting maybe I will give this a shot later

 

[iHate]

i may just remove the vocal part and go all Slice The Cake bonus track on this

Personal Assets must NOT include use of lyrics or singing; vocal enhancements, if any, must be strictly limited to sound effects (i.e., beat box);

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/pages/linkinparkofficialrules#ixzz0ta4AI5uq

how dumb!

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

I've got something pretty cool put together, once it's totally done and uploaded, I'll post a link for you guys! It's just over 3:00 long, which seems pretty reasonable to me...especially since there are pretty much only two different vocal parts...it would get very boring going much longer than that, and I wanted to keep as much popular appeal as possible, so I figured that more than a few seconds without vocals would probably be a no-no. I also ended up not using the keyboard track at all, or the piano, but I did use all the rest. So far as I can tell, it's okay to not use all of the tracks (i.e., the "Branded Assets"). The rules say that you need to use the Branded Assets, but it does not expressly state anywhere that they must ALL be used. If it disqualifies me, then boo hoo- I had fun putting it together and did what was most musically stimulating for me!

Im actually going kind of the opposite. Not using that drum machine beat but i am using the strings, keys and actual drums.

 

[Aaron Smith]

Alright, here's my submission:

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/22872

I don't think the fan votes have any bearing whatsoever on who wins the contest, the rules say there's a panel of judges. Anyway, lots of fun doing this!

 

[pipaguapique]

dude...i really like what you did to the song man. it's a relaxed version of it. i know they'll like it. I haven had the chance to mess with it, but i've already downloaded the stems.

 

[OrdinanceGuitar]

It's awesome to see some guys on the metal forum doing this as well. And yes, votes don't really matter. But if you have more votes you're more likely to be heard by the judges. I want to get at least top 50. Getting votes is hard though! Here's my submission!

 

[Aaron Smith]

And yes, votes don't really matter. But if you have more votes you're more likely to be heard by the judges.

Now you're just making things up

From the top section of the official rules:

Contest Judging: Submissions will be judged on an on-going basis throughout the Submission Period through July 26, 2010. Eligible Contest submissions will be judged according to the criteria in Section 6 of the Official Rules.

 

[Dalinkwent48@aim.com]

Bumping this so I dont have to make a new thread and get bitched at

Heres my submission, Most likely getting disqualified but fuck it, it was still fun to put together.

http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/23630

 

[iHate]

Well fuck, i thought the entry deadline was the 26th... but I guess I missed it by 10 hours. Damn, thought I had a good one... Kinda pissed off cause I skipped studying to finish, all for nothing!!!! You guys can still listen to it...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3331450/linkin park.mp3

The chopper automation is all fuxd