Johnny Cash Remix Contest
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About the Contest
Here’s another one for the remixing history books: ACIDplanet.com® presents Johnny Cash’s “Cry Cry Cry” for remixing.
The backstory: Compadre Records acquired some original early Johnny Cash recordings from Sun Records (who, by the way, use SCS applications). They’ve made a select number of tracks available to top international remix artists to “reproduce” and bring a new, modern sound to.
Note: the source files for this contest are not the clean, separated multi-tracks y’all are accustomed to. These are old-school, full-band-standing-around-one-microphone recordings. Working with these files will truly require skillz.
To hear what other remix artists have done with Johnny Cash tracks, visit Johnny Cash Remixed at www.johnnycashremixed.com. And to learn more about the Johnny Cash Remixed project, check out http://compadrerecords.com/videos/cash.html.
SPECIAL NOTE: the deadline for submissions is October 5th. The winning remix needs to be selected and a hi-fidelity version provided to Compadre Records by the first week of October to insure digital release of the track.
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About the Artist
It’s Johnny Cash. What more do you need to know?Here’s the lowdown on Johnny Cash Remixed:
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Vinyl release to independent record stores, September 23, 2008
Website: www.johnnycashremixed.com
Executive Producers: Snoop Dogg, John Carter Cash (son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash and Exec Producer of Oscar-winning film “Walk the Line”), and Mathew Knowles for Music World Productions, Inc.
Co-Executive Producers: Brad Turcotte for Music World Music and Gregg DeMammos. Gregg's career started as part of Moby's management team. He was single-handedly responsible for creating music licensing as a strategic element in marketing a record and secured most of the essential licenses that catapulted Play to sales of nearly 10 million records worldwide. He has overseen remixes of Elvis, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Steppenwolf, Billie Holiday, The Bee Gees and others.
OVERVIEW
Music World licensed 20 classic Johnny Cash tracks from legendary Sun Records (first label home of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison, among others). Johnny Cash is an icon of American music. His work has touched every contemporary genre, from Rock to Pop, from Emo to Hip Hop. The exciting possibility presented by the Sun catalog is "what would have been?" These tracks were recorded with Cash's band, the Tennessee Two, and were pure and stark, with only the essentials; guitar, light percussion and Johnny's unmistakable voice and presence. The challenge is to maintain this fantastic charm and personality while filling out the sound and creating bold re-interpretations. The remix producer's reverence and gratitude are essential to the process. The goal is to bring the sensibility and technology of 2008 to recordings universally accepted as timeless with the blessing and support of the custodians of Johnny Cash's legacy.
Remix Producers:
QDT - Snoop Dogg, Teddy Riley, DJ Quik ("I Walk the Line" featuring Snoop Dogg) is the new production team led by Snoop Dogg. This production team was responsible for Snoop's current album Ego Trippin', as well production credits by Riley include Michael Jackson, Tupac, Kylie Minogue, and discovering the production team The Neptunes. DJ Quik recently completed remixes by Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jay-Z, and Yung Joc, among others.
Kennedy ("Sugartime") is a native of Silverlake, NYC, and is a cornerstone of the new UK music movement called DirtyPop. In 2007, Kennedy signed a lucrative contract with Cordless Recordings, a Warner Music Group company, and Atlantic Records in the UK. His music has appeared in American Pie, Blue Crush, and several Virgin Mobile campaigns.
Philip Steir ("Get Rhythm") hails from San Francisco and is now settled in Los Angeles. Philip has remixed and produced artists ranging from Steppenwolf (the definitive remix of "Magic Carpet Ride"), Korn, The Cars and Devo to No Doubt, Grace Jones, Kylie Minogue and Smashmouth to name just a few. He also remixed the theme for the movie 300, oversaw recent remix projects for the Bee Gees and the Warner Music 70's catalogue and has composed music for network TV and major national commercials.
Sonny J ("Country Boy") is London-based has recently remixed the Jackson 5's "Can't Stop Moving."
Pete Rock ("Folsom Prison Blues") is representing Hip-Hop, he has produced tracks for artists from Nas to Rakim and also includes Slick Rick, Run DMC and Busta Rhymes, among others.
Apparat ("Lonesome Whistle") is a Berlin-based electronic musician who has remixed Telefon Tel Aviv, Orb, and Swayzak.
Count de Money ("Big River") originally from France and currently based in London, and routinely collaborates with Moby. They has remixed Justin Timberlake, Billie Holiday, The Bee Gees, Fantasia, and The Scissor Sisters.
Alabama 3 ("Leave That Junk Alone") is London-based and best known for creating the theme song of HBO's award-winning series, The Sopranos. Alabama 3 is a touring band with several US dates in 2008.
The Heavy ("Doin' My Time") is London-based and recently released a record worldwide to critical acclaim. They have recently been called "a band to watch" by Blender, New York Times, and Fader, among others.
Troublemaker ("Straight A's in Love") is based in Los Angeles and recently won the Scion/URB annual mixtape contest and produced mix CDs for Complex Magazine, Reebok's RBK label, and Scion. Most notably, he remixed Linkin Park's "Runaway" for the multi-platinum Reanimation album on Warner Bros.
Machine Drum ("Belshazzar") is based in NYC and is a hip-hop influenced, electronic musician and one of the artists that helped launch Merck Records. He has done remixes for artists Illkae, Cinelux, and Tiki Obmar.
Wolf ("Rock Island Line") has multiple producer credits, most recently Avril Lavigne, Leona Lewis, Annie Lennox, and Celine Dion, among others.
Midnight Juggernauts ("Port of Lonely") is based in Australia and just wrapped up their first U.S. tour supporting Summer ‘07 "It" band Justice. After tours of Europe and China, the group — guitarist-singer Andy Streetcrimes, singer-keyboardist Vin Vendetta and drummer Daniel Stricker — started accruing some major word of mouth thanks to MySpace.
EXCLUSIVES
J. Scott G ("My Treasure") has remixed tracks from Madonna, Seal, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, and films such as Tomb Raider and Bad Boys II.
Mexican Institute of Sound/MIS ("Trail to Mexico") is based in Mexico City and in the past year, MIS has received widespread acclaim from outlets like Spin, NY Times, and KCRW, and has been featured in "Ugly Betty", Dos Equis' national advertising, and the upcoming EA Games release ‘FIFA 2008.'
DJ Enjay ("Katy Too") is a staple of the underground Washington DC scene. Raised the son of veteran Washington Post music writer Richard Harrington, Nate grew up immersed in music and developed his own passion for it while young.
Mocean Worker ("Hey Porter") remixed Elvis' "Burnin' Love" which wound up as the soundtrack of Honda's Superbowl TV commercial. He also remixed Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, and Herb Alpert.
Count de Money ("Wide Open Road") provides an upbeat version with added harmonies on the chorus
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Webpage: http://www.johnnycashremixed.com/
