The Lolla Remix Throwdown, Lollapalooza’s official remix contest, is finally here! For those of you who don’t know, I was hired to direct this year’s contest and have been working non-stop over the past month to get everything up and running. For real, you have no idea how much work goes into a contest until you actually do one.
If you don’t know anything about the contest, the Lolla Remix Throwdown is a highly anticipated annual competition with an average of over 500 entrants and 300,000+ votes each year.
Between June 3rd and June 25th, artists can enter the contest by submitting an original composition or remix. The contest is hosted by Lollapalooza media partner Do312.com, and the URL for entry is http://www.do312.com/remix. Fifty semi-finalists will move on and have the opportunity to remix one of four songs provided by 2010 Lollapalooza artists, including Tiga. Four finalists will then be selected to compete live the week before Lollapalooza at Green Dolphin Street in Chicago for a coveted prize package, which includes a slot at Lollapalooza on Perry’s stage.
What do you win? An opening slot at Lollapalooza on Perry’s stage, two Pioneer CDJ900s, a set of Shure SE535 sound isolating earphones, $250 gift certificate for SatelliteRecords.com, their remix featured for free download on SatelliteRecords.com homepage for one week, $1,000 cash, a Lollapalooza artist pass and artist guest pass and hotel for Lollapalooza weekend. The three remaining finalists will receive Pioneer HDJ2000 headphones, a $150 gift certificate to SatelliteRecords.com, two three-day passes to Lollapalooza and $750 cash.
ENTER THE LOLLA REMIX THROWDOWN!
And if you have friends who are producers, tell them to enter!
Here’s a couple tracks from last year’s winner, Punky Fresh:
Passion Pit: The Reeling (Punky Fresh Remix)
I Fight Dragons: Money (Punky Fresh Remix)
Since waiting in line, buying drinks and paying to get past the door simply sucks, those in the club will have access to perks like free swag, drink tickets, access to members-only contests, mixes, free tracks and first stab at guest lists. Now that's music to anyone's ears.
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Thanks Dani for letting me know about this!!!…..I actually uploaded one of my new remixes thanks again!