A rant about the latest x-press 2 remix " competition", done by not me...

http://www.themonobrow.com/ar.php?id=313

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Originally posted by diggerz A rant about the latest x-press 2 remix " competition", done by not me... http://www.themonobrow.com/ar.php?id=313

oooook.

well, i agree with the article that it is kinda b.s. but, this is one of the best musical marketing ploys i have heard of. it resulted in over 100 different remixes with royalties being paid to xpress 2 (as i understand). on top of this, they get publicity. i can't blame them at all

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Originally posted by Dirk W. well, i agree with the article that it is kinda b.s. but, this is one of the best musical marketing ploys i have heard of. it resulted in over 100 different remixes with royalties being paid to xpress 2 (as i understand). on top of this, they get publicity. i can't blame them at all

Ummmmm....everyone needs to go out to Dave's myspace site before you say something ugly about this competition.

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Originally posted by jonas Ummmmm....everyone needs to go out to Dave's myspace site before you say something ugly about this competition. I actually like his remix a little bit. I also hate Dave.

I heard they received some flack on it. I just remixed it because I liked the vocal...I didn't care to join the competition.

I hate shamelessly promoting anything I do and the BEAT Tour was the last exception.

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Last edited by davemolina on Oct-04-2006 at 00:28

The funny part is on djforums.com I know I've seen at least one or two people with Xpress 2 - Kill 100 (insert random remix) listed as their favorite track.

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Originally posted by Zild The funny part is on djforums.com I know I've seen at least one or two people with Xpress 2 - Kill 100 (insert random remix) listed as their favorite track.

...and none were the Dave Molina mix!!!!

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Originally posted by djjonas ...and none were the Dave Molina mix!!!!

That may soon change.

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Originally posted by Zeonfiend That may soon change.

WORDage!

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Originally posted by architect1803 WORDage!

I know. Like I said in my first post, I actually like it. Heard it?

Thanks for sharing, the post was intended to make you think about the competition.

Dave's mix is very well done, congrats jotetz.

I think the author is trying to point out that each remixer deserves more recognition, more economic benefit than those arranged on the competition. In my opinion, the author is trying to blame x-press-2 for trying to use other people's creativy to their own benefit.

I think x-press-2 is giving opportunities that other producers and bands should consider; It's a good way to open doors for other bedroom musicians aswell...

I don't agree with half of the article, just thought it would be fun to hear your thoughts...

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"I think the scientific and the artistic spirit have something in common. The scientist wants not only to learn the facts, but to understand how they cohere, fit together and make a whole. He even uses criteria such as beauty and symmetry to help decide which theory he wants.

The scientist cannot capture the whole cosmos in thought. In his mind he makes a kind of microcosm, which we see as an analogue of the cosmos. In this way we try to get a feeling for the whole. The artist, I suppose, gets a feeling for the whole some other way.”

David Bohm in “Art, Dialogue and the Implicate Order”, published in On Creativity RC (Routledge Classics)