Black Hole Recordings launches crowd sourcing campaign for the North American chapter of the “Richard Durand Vs. The World” album.
Richard Durand and Black Hole Recordings give music fans a chance to have their very own track included on the North American instalment of the earth-encompassing artist album, “Richard Durand Vs. The World”. With a total of five E.P.s, each one representing one continent or region of the globe, the “Richard Durand Vs. North America” E.P. will feature three tracks: one that is 100% composed by Richard Durand; the second a collaboration between Richard Durand and a noteworthy North American artist; the third consisting of the winning submission as voted on by fans and the public.
The crowd sourced competition is open to everyone and launches on March 26th, 2012. The submissions deadline for North America is April 23rd, 2012. The “Richard Durand Vs. North America” E.P. will be officially released and available for retail on May 21st, 2012. Contestants must use stems provided by Richard Durand and there is no limit to the possibilities of one’s imagination. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for budding singers, songwriters and/or producers!
Stems for the Richard Durand Vs. North America E.P. competition can be downloaded at Richard Durand’s website www.richarddurand.com. Simply download the app and the base track. Contestants can go anywhere they wish from there and are encouraged to apply melodies, effects, bass lines, percussion, vocals, etc etc. There are literally no creative constraints. Composers of the winning track will receive a writing share plus artist’s royalties.
Richard Durand and Black Hole Recordings give music fans a chance to have their very own track included on the North American instalment of the earth-encompassing artist album, “Richard Durand Vs. The World”. With a total of five E.P.s, each one representing one continent or region of the globe, the “Richard Durand Vs. North America” E.P. will feature three tracks: one that is 100% composed by Richard Durand; the second a collaboration between Richard Durand and a noteworthy North American artist; the third consisting of the winning submission as voted on by fans and the public.
The crowd sourced competition is open to everyone and launches on March 26th, 2012. The submissions deadline for North America is April 23rd, 2012. The “Richard Durand Vs. North America” E.P. will be officially released and available for retail on May 21st, 2012. Contestants must use stems provided by Richard Durand and there is no limit to the possibilities of one’s imagination. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for budding singers, songwriters and/or producers!
Stems for the Richard Durand Vs. North America E.P. competition can be downloaded at Richard Durand’s website www.richarddurand.com. Simply download the app and the base track. Contestants can go anywhere they wish from there and are encouraged to apply melodies, effects, bass lines, percussion, vocals, etc etc. There are literally no creative constraints. Composers of the winning track will receive a writing share plus artist’s royalties.
Durand will choose one lucky winner -which can be an individual producer, a singer, or a production team consisting of more than one person, for example- and the winning track will be included on the official Richard Durand Vs. North America E.P. released May 21st.
Full schedule for the "Richard Durand Vs. The World" contestants:
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After all five continents/regions and their respective E.P.s have been completed and the individual E.P.s released, Black Hole Recordings will release one comprehensive album comprising tracks from all five E.P.s onto one massive artist album, “Richard Durand Vs The World”, in the fall of 2012. All winning tracks previously included on each of the five E.P.s will also be included on the final “Vs. The World” album. In 2012, you’ll believe an album can fly!
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