The Daily Dose-Songwriting-Beatmaking Contest: Produce for upcoming artist and win $100 http://ping.fm/GHMbJ

Songwriting Contest Big Buck, Write the Cream Theme and Win! http://ping.fm/25BoS

Contest: Matisyahu has provided stems to Remix song "One Day" the NBC Winter Olympics Anthem: http://ping.fm/58xUO

2010 UK Songwriting Contest http://ping.fm/vrivh

Sometimes winning a song contest can lead to a significant breakthrough for a pop artist: http://ping.fm/DVtEM

Deadline for Merlefest song contest tomorrow, writers have their original songs heard and judged by Nashville music-industry professionals.

4th annual Gathering in the Gap Music Festival is seeking entries for its new songwriting contest http://ping.fm/cThAw

15th ANNUAL USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION http://ping.fm/kPVc0

10 Most Popular Song Contests http://ping.fm/NwP3f

American Songwriter May/June 2010 Amateur Lyric Contest http://ping.fm/RHjgn

Sent to you by Scott via Google Reader: Alchemy, an amazing sample
manipulator via Berkleemusic Blogs by Loudon Stearns on 2/3/10

Hello all, this is usually where I post cool stuff about Ableton Live,
but I have really been getting into the Alchemy sample manipulator by
Camel Audio. It is just an amazing program with a huge range of sonic
possibilities. Once you master all the parameters and possibilities in
Live’s Sampler, it will be time to think about moving on to something
that offers even more control.

For a traditional sampler, creating true-to-life sampled instruments,
Native Instruments Kontakt is the way to go. While Kontakt has some
awesome sound design tools, Alchemy kills it in that regard, and I find
the Alchemy interface easier to deal with. The the constant scrolling
required in Kontakt gets tiresome fast. Anyway, here is a great video
on Alchemy if you are thinking of making a purchase:

http://ping.fm/kmddr

Oh, and because I can’t help put a bit of Live stuff in here as well,
check out this cool vid, 20 Ableton tricks in 8 minutes:

http://ping.fm/XVshj

Both of the links are at synthtopia.com, a great blog for the latest in
music tech goodness!


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Sweet, everything is set up!