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You asked for a competition, here it is! At Acapellas4U we wanted to give our members a chance to participate in a competition that appeals to a variety of genres and allows members to be artistic & imaginative, thus the megamix competition was born. We are also happy to announce that the comp will be judged by the Cut Up Boys!

What is a Megamix?

Wikipedia.org wrote:A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. To unify the songs together smoothly, there is often a single backing beat common throughout the megamix, though it is kept basic so as to simplify mixing and to not compete with the music.

The Prizes
We have teamed up with The Midi-Store to offer a great selection of prizes with a total value of $1000.

* 1 lucky winner will receive a $500 gift voucher for the Midi-Store plus 100 bonus download credits.

* 2 runner-ups will each win a $250 Midi-Store voucher as well as 50 bonus download credits.


Things to consider in your Megamix
Creativity - We encourage you to use a variety of acapellas and tracks in your megamix. While listening and hear a range of samples being used originally.
Flow - Make sure all the elements in your megamix gel together. A solid megamix should contain an assortment of vocals and tunes but also a stay in key and have a consistent back beat to keep it all tied together.
Technique - How you place everything together is important. Use a variety of techniques to showcase your talent as an artist.
Entertainment value - Most importantly your megamix should be fun!

The Rules

1. Whilst you are required to sample a variety of vocals and tracks, your megamix MUST be entirely your own work.
2. The megamix must have a maximum time length of 6 minutes. The maximum time is to prevent your mix from becoming uninteresting and to aid the judging process. Remember however than an excessively short megamix may not be all that appealing.
3. The megamixes genre, tempo and style are entirely your choice. There is no limit on the number of tracks you can sample so let your imagination run wild. You can have an introduction to your megamix if you wish, however this will be included in your 6 minute limit.
4. The competition is open to Acapellas4U members only. Only one entry per member is allowed. Staff members of Acapellas4U are excluded from entering the competition.
5. You have four weeks to work on your megamix. Entries must be submitted before Saturday July 11, 2009.
6. All megamixes must be posted in this topic. Megamixes should be attached using a trustworthy hosting site in mp3 format and encoded at 192kbps. Our preferences for hosting are Zshare, Mediafire, and 4shared. Also ensure your file is named to include your Acapellas4U username so we can identify and contact you if you are a winner. It is your duty to ensure that your mix is downloadable from your chosen host site on the end date.
7. Once the competition is closed the Cut Up Boys will listen to all entries and come up with what they think are the best 3 megamixes. As mentioned previously, prizes will be awarded to the 1x first place winner and, 2x runner-ups. All results are final.
8. The winning mixes will be judged two weeks after the competition closing date (Sunday July 12th to Sunday 26th July). On the 27th, the winner will be notified by email and also announced on Acapellas4U.
9. The gift voucher redemption codes for Midi-Store will be emailed to the winners after the competition has finished and once we receive the email addresses. Bonus credits will be added to your Acapellas4U account. No alternative prizes will be offered. Vouchers can only be used at Midi-Store and cannot be exchanged for anything else.

If you want to listen to some megamixes checkout Youtube

Good luck everyone!

Ok, so i jumped the gun a little last week and created a mash up mix longer than 6mins. Seems a waste so im posting here anyway for ppl to download or just listen to.

http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/43564106/file.html

some feedback would be great, cheers!

Hey cmleish, Are you sure you don't want to use a cut down version or base your entry off it? It's an excellent mix and I hope that you put in an official entry.

I've made a few mash-ups not sure which one I should submit...
Any feedback greatly appreciated!
http://www.myspace.com/animalfairinc

Hey cmLeish, I agree with DJ Levant, that mix is awesome!! I had a great time listening to it I would definitely enter something based on it. It seemed to satisfy all of the requirements with style. Great Job man!!

APX

APX wrote:Hey cmLeish, I agree with DJ Levant, that mix is awesome!! I had a great time listening to it I would definitely enter something based on it. It seemed to satisfy all of the requirements with style. Great Job man!!

APX

thanx for the feedback and i'm glad you enjoyed it. think I'll just use the first 6mins of the mix for my entry

here's my entry:

Another 9 Mashed To Dust (9 Songs in 1)

Queen - Another One Bites The Dust (Instrumental)
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (acapella)
Modest Mouse - Float On (acapella)
Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene... (acapella)
Maroon 5 - This Love (acapella)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California (acapella)
Inxs - Need U Tonight
George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone (acapella)
The Ting Tings - Shut Up & Let Me Go

http://www.mediafire.com/?hiz3nuljzzm

http://djmikealegre.blogspot.com/2009/05/another-nine-mashed-to-dust-9-songs-in.html

Well I'm having some fun with this! I do mashups and megamixes like this all the time, just never with a 6 minute limit before.. Time to strain the 'ol creative juices! Currently got bits of 14 tracks squeezed into roughly 4:35!

Hey pretty interesting, will get on to it as well... I did one mix set pretty cool a while a go, the radio version i was able to cut it in to 19 minutes and was planning to cut it in to 6 mins for this but... hmmmm I shouldn't be that lazy so defo I will get the time to make a new one, not for the money but because I just love to do it!!!

Anyway guys check the set while I do a new one, a feedback from you guys to tell me if I'm in the right track will be appreciate it

LINK:

Code: Select all

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eh1ijzdxzl4

www.myspace.com/djtavoworldtour
www.thedjlist.com/djs/tavo
www.facebook/djtavo

O.K...thought I'd send this in.Did it last year....I dont have the wav anymore I dont think...(it may be on my drive somewhere.The mp3 is at 320,I can transcode to 192 no probs....but the quality will suffer.Let me know if this will be a problem and i will transcode...cheers

Showbiz and AG - Party Groove
Thunderball - Stereo Tonic (Boca 45 Remix)
Splitloop Feat Bukue One - KFC (Future Funk Squad Remix)
Saxon Scoundrels - Stars On 33
The Gary Toms Empire - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Bootasaurus - Big Boots
LL Cool J - Feel The Beat (acapella)
Ancient Astronauts - 36 Hours (Audio Infunktion Lo Fi Remix)
Basement Freaks & Quasamodo - Move Sucker (Original Mix)
Badboe - Sound Of Invasion (B Borne Funked Up Remix)
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (acapella)
Ma Els Trom and Nap - Mash The Peas
Doug E Fresh - The Show
Maelstrom & Napz - Spell It
Wahoo - Make Em Shake it (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Doug E Fresh - The Show
Dj Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat (acapella)
Drumattic Twins - 333
Calagad13 - Hardbreakerz
Calagad13 - Zaidin Streets
Badboe - Loose Your Funky Self (Ed Royal And DJ Enne Remix)
Jay-Roc - Put Em In Front
Def Cut - Def Medley

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qt0s70

Here's my Mashup. It was played on Rabradio 3FM Dutch radio on june the 5th.

C&C Music Factory vs John Revox ft The Trammps - Disco inferno.

http://members.home.nl/mixdj/

Greetzzzz Roaxx J

ok, here we go! Hosted on a site that I always use, dead-simple to find the link, plus you can just listen from your browser!

This one is pretty much DnB vs. Hiphop/Rap

https://www.rave.ca/en/music_info/4908/
5:57

The Governator + Intro
(Twiztid, Anybody Killa, Tech N9ne, Rock Money, Snoop Dogg)
Ed Rush + Optical - Pacman (Upbeats Remix)
Tech N9ne - 'Bout Ta Bubble
Missy Eliot feat. Eve - 4 My People
Will Smith - Switch
Ed Rush + Optical - Chubrub
Snoop Dogg ft. Pharell - Drop it Like It's Hot
Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum remix)
2Pac feat. Notorious BIG - Runnin' (Dyin' to Live)
Pendulum - Vault VIP
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt.2
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - The Next Episode
Future Prophecies - Dreadlock
Public Enemy - Caught (Can We Get A Witness?)
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Fatman Scoop - Fuck It Up Right Now

Word.

Well upon hearing of this competition I rushed onto Acid in excitement!

A Sexual Mash Construction

Seems these days most 'pop' music is actually nothing but p*rn in a musical sense. So for you today I have a celebratory megamix which samples 35 songs to create one giant musical orgy!

It even has its own page with both 320kbps and 192kbps downloads, as well as sample listing and artwork --> A Sexual Mash Construction Page

Here's the sample list:

50 Cent - Candy Shop
50 Cent - Disco Inferno
50 Cent - Jus A Lil Bit
Akon - Belly Dancer
Akon - Right Now
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Beyonce - Naughty Girl
Britney - Gimme More
Chris Brown - Forever
Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
D12 - My Band
David Bowie - Cactus
Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy
Family Guy (Tv Show) - Brian and Stewie - Intercourse
Flo Rida - Low
Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off
Genesis - I Can't Dance
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better...
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Khia - My Neck My Back
Lil Jon and East Side Boyz - Get Low
Ludacris - Girls Gone Wild
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Mousse T - Horny
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth
Ray J ft. Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
Sagat - Fuck Dat
Shaun Paul - Temperature
Snoop Dogg ft. Pharell - Drop It Like IT's Hot
Snoop - Sexual Eruption (clean)
Taio Cruz - Naked
The Temptations - Get Ready
Usher - Love In This Club

Cheers for this contest! I've always loved megamixes more than most standard mashups/mixes so am sure to enjoy these entries!

Kai

solcofn wrote:Word.

Please do NOT post one word replies or start new topics that have no constructive sense to them whatsoever.

Whoa...I was saying "word" as in ..."nice contest" as I was thinking about entering.

My apologies.

Guys, guys, guys...

For those of you attempting to submit mashups please be aware that this is a megamix competition... While some may "crossover" please do not be offended if some entries are not accepted.

Thanks

Hey!

this is my first post on this forum. I'm new to this but i'm excited to get into it.

cmleish: i loved your mix. really tight electro sounding mix and liked your use of filters and delays on certain parts of the vocal to keep it really interesting.

Kai- in your intro, i suggest fixing the note for "take" in the line take my time. it sounds sharp. besides that you mixed alot of songs very cleverly into a small area which worked very well for your mix.

Great job so far everyone!

I'm pleased to see the interest for this competition. Please note that this forum is not the place to post your FINAL entries. As mentioned in the rules a topic to post your official entries will be put up in the competition forum in a few days. Only the entries in that post will be judged.

I'm excited to listen to what you all come up with.

this should be interesting, i may enter but probably not.

Allow me to introduce myself:

Gforce 39/m/TMB!


I dont usually enter mix comps on other sites, but anyhoo..

..If you dont buy a ticket, you cant win the lottery:

rip it to bits, I hope you like:

01: The mexican
02: Mr Hermano - Uno Mas Tiempo
03: Manic Street Preachers - You Stole the Sun From My Heart
04: Big Daddy Kane - Its A Big Daddy Thing
05: Renegade Soundwave Ozone Breakdown
06; Shitmatt - Dubplate Murder Sound
07: Marilyn Manson - Tourniquet
08: Jay Z - 99 Problems
09: Ganja Crew - Super Sharp Shooter
10: Madness - One Step Beyond
11: Abba _ Mamma Mia
12: Jeff Mills - The Bells
13; Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquois
14: League Unlimited Orchestra - Love Action
15: Public Enemy - Night Of The Living Bassheads
16: Todd Terry - Just Wanna Dance
17: Grandmaster Flash - Scorpio
18: Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
19: Joey Beltram - Ball Park
20: Phuture - We Are Future
21: Green Velvet - Flash
22: Nightwrighters - Let The Music Use You
23: SL2 - DJ's Take Control
24: Boris Dlugosch - Hold Your Head Up High
25: Dennis Leary - Lifes Gonna Suck

4:37..

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0q5d4i

Oh, and shouts to BBJ and TMB mahoosive!

I may up one or two more in the next week or two!!

Are we limited to the amount of entries?

almann wrote:Are we limited to the amount of entries?

Yes, only one entry per member.

so we submit our entry on here?

Can't wait!

well, here's my entry, not sure if it won't be considered a megamix cause frankly I don't know the difference, so could you let me know as soon as possible so I could try and get something ready to submit?

Songs used:

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Armand Van Helden - Touch Your Toes
Flo Rida - In the Ayer
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Rhianna - Umbrella
Britney Spears - Gimme More
Justice - Phantom Pt. II
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Van McCoy- The Hustle
MSTRKRFT - Bodywork
Got Your Money - ODB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=51UWQ907

http://rapidshare.com/files/244659405/H ... y.mp3.html

Norwegian Recycling - Recychedelic

BPM: 120

Download:
http://norwegianrecycling.multiply.com/music/item/78

Samples:
1. 1200 Micrograms - 1001 Arabian Nights
2. 3 Doors Down - Kryponite
3. Cher - Believe
4. Madonna - Hung Up
5. Madonna - Music
6. Michael Jackson - Jam
7. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again
8. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
9. Kent - Dom Andra
10. The Blues Brothers - Rawhide
11. Sisqo - Thong Song
12. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
13. Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb/Encore
14. Robert Miles - One & One
15. Craig David - Fill Me In
16. Fergie - Glamorous
17. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious

Are your ears ready for a orgasum???????????

Mixx Theory Mega Mixx of E Dubb, Dj Class, Black Eyed Peas, Flow Rida, Kid Cudi By DJ Tojo Biggs.

megamix1.mp3 - 9.21MB

www.myspace.com/mixxtheory for more megamixxes and remixes

check out the video to the megamixx on youtube

mrlargefoot's Ninja Skillz Megamix

now with 150% added "in your face"ness

I made it as a video mix firstly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YwlLS8VNU

But to make things simpler i also uploaded the audio: http://www.zshare.net/audio/6140980951fb4fff/


in no particular order:

DJ LBR - Megadeath
Skream - The Shinenin
PEst - Pat Song (solid groove remix)
Charlie parker with Machito & his orchestra - Mango Manque
TC - Wheres my money (caspa remix)
Blockhead - Insomniac Olympics
Bonobo - Flutter
Coldcut - Everything is under control
Hexstatic - Ninja Tune
Hexstatic - Salvador
Hestatic - Stylophone
Lemon Jelly - In the bath
Mr Scruff - Honeydew
Mr Scruff - Spandex Man
Notorious B.I.G - Nasty Boy remix
Star wars force theme (on a trumpet)
Wagon Christ - Shadows


Please let me know what you think!

Kai wrote:Well upon hearing of this competition I rushed onto Acid in excitement!

A Sexual Mash Construction

Seems these days most 'pop' music is actually nothing but p*rn in a musical sense. So for you today I have a celebratory megamix which samples 35 songs to create one giant musical orgy!

It even has its own page with both 320kbps and 192kbps downloads, as well as sample listing and artwork --> A Sexual Mash Construction Page

Here's the sample list:

50 Cent - Candy Shop
50 Cent - Disco Inferno
50 Cent - Jus A Lil Bit
Akon - Belly Dancer
Akon - Right Now
Amber - Sexual (Li Da Di)
Beyonce - Naughty Girl
Britney - Gimme More
Chris Brown - Forever
Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss
D12 - My Band
David Bowie - Cactus
Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy
Family Guy (Tv Show) - Brian and Stewie - Intercourse
Flo Rida - Low
Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off
Genesis - I Can't Dance
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better...
Justin Timberlake - My Love
Khia - My Neck My Back
Lil Jon and East Side Boyz - Get Low
Ludacris - Girls Gone Wild
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Mousse T - Horny
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth
Ray J ft. Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
Sagat - funk Dat
Shaun Paul - Temperature
Snoop Dogg ft. Pharell - Drop It Like IT's Hot
Snoop - Sexual Eruption (clean)
Taio Cruz - Naked
The Temptations - Get Ready
Usher - Love In This Club

Cheers for this contest! I've always loved megamixes more than most standard mashups/mixes so am sure to enjoy these entries!

Kai

I liked it good job !!!!