Copeland Remix Contest

Winner

 

Grand Prize

Merchandise from Copeland and The Militia Group.
A chance to have your winning remix sold on Sony Connect.
Merchandise from Sony valued at more than $2500, including:
A VAIO Pocket™ Digital Music Player, with 50 free downloads at Sony Connect.
ACID Pro 5 software.
Sound Forge 8 software.
A specially-selected assortment of 25 Loop and Samples loop libraries from the Sony Sound Series.

About the Contest

"I like the way a song can grow and mature," Copeland vocalist Aaron Marsh says. "It's like a living thing. The longer you wait to record it, the better it is."

ACIDPlanet.com is offering "No One Really Wins" from Copeland's latest release, "In Motion" on The Militia Group. Aged to perfection, the song awaits your unique perspective.

About the Artist

Copeland is:

Aaron Marsh - vocals, guitars, piano
James Likeness - bass, backing vocals
Bryan Laurenson - guitars, piano
Jon Bucklew - drums

Angelic, breathy vocals, melodic, lush instrumentation all backed by an unwavering rock drive has been Copeland's recipe for success since 2003, and their debut release Beneath Medicine Tree.

Their latest, In Motion, offers a different dynamic to Copeland's always evolving sound. "I said that with Beneath Medicine Tree, I wanted to make a record that moves people," Aaron said. "With In Motion, I wanted to make a record that makes people move."

Spearheaded by longtime producer/collaborator/ Matt Goldman, the In Motion sessions were a pair of productive months, thanks in large part to Goldman's direction. "After two months of working on your songs everyday, you begin to lose objectivity," Aaron says. "He's very helpful and patient with us." Pulling seminal albums from their record collections and working as a fully collaborative unit, Copeland came to these songs on their own terms. Careful evaluation of the sounds that had inspired them and unconventional recording techniques were pushed to the forefront; tearing down and reconfiguring new drummer Jon Bucklew's kit for each song became commonplace.

In the end Copeland delivered In Motion for mixing, the final piece of a more time-intensive and laborious process. But taking the easy road with In Motion was never an option. As Aaron explains: "We wanted every song to sound different and get some more non-traditional sounds."

But it's more a testament to the band's discerning ear for the most miniscule of sounds in the studio. "Brian and I are total freaks about guitar tones," Aaron says. "That could make or break a record for us."

Before committing their material to tape, many of the songs of In Motion were first road tested to ensure that it didn't just meet the band's expectations— but their fans'—on wildly successful tours with Switchfoot and underground rock veterans Sparta. Their tenacious schedule behind Beneath Medicine Tree kept the band on the road for nearly two years straight, but by the time that Copeland arrived in the studio the songs that would become In Motion had perfectly aged—perhaps even far beyond their years.