Kinky and SoundCloud are inviting musicians and producers from around the world to collaborate with the band to complete a Kinky song in a studio in Los Angeles and have the song featured on Kinky's page on SoundCloud.com.
There are 2 rounds.
In round 1, participants are invited to submit their original music* of any genre for the chance to be selected as a finalist to then participate in
round 2.
The selected finalists will be provided with Kinky stems to create a song to submit to round 2.
*original music can be pre-existing or created especially for this opportunity
From the total number of qualified submissions*, the 50 highest voted submissions together with 10 submissions chosen by Kinky will be named finalists.
All 60 finalists will have the opportunity to enter round 2. Once voting closes for round 2, Kinky will review all 60 finalists' work and will choose the overall winner.
The highest voted submission from round 2 will receive the 2nd prize and the next 5 highest voted submissions will receive the 3rd prize.
The winner will spend a day in a Los Angeles studio with Kinky to finalize the song they submitted. The finalized song will then be produced by Kinky and featured on Kinky's page on SoundCloud.com. Travel and 2 nights’ accommodation in Los Angeles for one person will be provided. The date will be determined by Kinky.
The 2nd-prize winner will have the opportunity to join Kinky on Tinychat.com for a video conference at a date and time determined by Kinky and will receive a SoundCloud Pro Plus account for one year, valued at 500 €.
The 3rd-prize winners will have the opportunity to join Kinky on Tinychat.com for a video conference at a date and time determined by Kinky and will receive a SoundCloud Lite account for one year, valued at
29 €.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
Click “Get Started”.
DATES TO REMEMBER
ROUND 1 DATES:
Submission deadline: July 18, 2011 Voting starts: July 19, 2011 Voting ends: July 25, 2011 Finalist announcement: August 2, 2011
ROUND 2 DATES: Submission deadline: August 22, 2011 Voting starts: August 23, 2011 Voting ends: August 29, 2011 Overall winner (plus runners up) announcement: September 13, 2011
GUIDELINES
• Music to be submitted can be of any genre • Music to be submitted must be original but can be pre-existing or created especially for this opportunity • Music to be submitted cannot be more than 4 minutes • Music must be submitted in mp3 format (up to 10MB)
About Kinky
About SoundCloud
Kinky is an alternative electronica band formed in 1998, consisting of five members from Mexico. Kinky cite their musical influences as Latin music, rock, dance and techno. Kinky is renown for stellar live shows, which have included arenas with such acts as LCD Soundsystem and The Flaming Lips. They have recently remixed tracks for legendary new wave icon’s Devo.” To learn more about Kinky, go to www.kinkymusic.com or soundcloud.com/kinky-5.
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows musicians to collaborate, promote and distribute their music. Established in 2007, SoundCloud had the intention of allowing musicians to share recordings with each other, but later transformed into a full publishing tool which also allowed musicians to distribute their music tracks. To learn more about SoundCloud, go to www.soundcloud.com.
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