Kevin Reeves Official Site » Glenn Rosenstein http://kevinreeves.net The home for all things Kevin Reeves Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A Remix Competition for charity. http://kevinreeves.net/a-remix-competition-for-charity http://kevinreeves.net/a-remix-competition-for-charity#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:22:42 +0000 Kevin http://kevinreeves.net/?p=37 A little over a month ago, I received an excited phone call from my friend and collaborative partner Julie Sparks. She had written a song called “Out of the Blue” and had this awesome vision to record it and sell it on iTunes, with proceeds going to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. This organization serves more than 10 counties in the Chicago Land area. The next day, she was on a plane to Nashville, and we set to work recording a rough demo.
Throughout the next month, we lined up some players, a studio, and Grammy winning producer Glenn Rosenstein. On Friday March 13th, we laid down the real tracks. By Sunday night, we had mixes and were ready to move into the next phase. But during the weekend, our vision began to increase. We wanted to maximize our leverage and be able to sell more than just 2 edits of the same song. What if we included a bunch of remixes and called it a maxi single? I located 4 remixer/artists that I knew could do top quality work. They agreed to get on board. But we needed more. Here’s where you come in. We’ve decided that we want 3 more remixes, for a total of about 10 tracks on the maxi single. We’re opening this thing up to the general public to give 3 folks a chance to be on a national release that is currently garnering interest from companies and organizations such as Northern Illinois Food Bank Harley Davidson, Jewel-Osco grocery stores, and Farm Aid, just to name a few. We are currently accepting submissions until midnight Sunday Apr 12 2009. The top 3 remixes will be featured on the Maxi single available on CD, iTunes, and possibly other digital distribution sites. Your name and link to your site will be featured in the digital booklet and any other materials relating to the single. All other remixes will be featured on the project’s official website. If you want to lend a hand for charity, while promoting your artistry, we invite you to download the remix files here.

In these trying economic times, Julie wanted to write a song that might be an anthem for those in need, and a battle cry for those willing to help. We hope that you would be willing to help, and we look forward to hearing your remixes.

Sincerely,

Julie Sparks and Kevin Reeves

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