“Shook All Up” by You™ vs. Elvis was one of my favourite entries in the WFMU Sixty Second Song Remix Contest. If you haven’t heard of this before, do check it out.. there are some amazing minute versions of lots of well known tunes and other experiments like Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album squeezed into one minute. The Elvis mix by You™ is a quirky cut-up of his hit “All Shook Up”. So I decided to put video to it as I was using some Elvis moments in another project. I found a few versions online and it was amazing to see the change in the way Elvis sang it over time. Especially in the later Vegas years where he seems to just want to get it over with as quick as he can. Perhaps he should have remixed it! Anyway.. here goes it..
That is the question. If you have the answer you could be in with the chance to win some pretty cool prizes. Total Recut is hosting a Video Remix challenge with this as it’s theme. You can submit a video between 30 seconds and 3 minutes to give your take on what you think Remix Culture is all about. There are many ways you could go about this so why not fire up you imagination and get creative. I have a few ideas swimming around in that fishbowl on top of my shoulders! Hopefully I can pull something out the the bag for this. Anyways, here’s some more info…
TotalRecut.com is hosting a Video Remix Challenge over the next two months and we want you to create a short video using the theme: ‘What is Remix Culture?’ You can you use any footage you can find, including Public Domain and Creative Commons work, but the finished video cannot be longer than 3 minutes or shorter than 30 seconds long. The prizes include a Laptop computer loaded with video editing and conversion software, a digital camcorder, a digital media player, as well as Special Edition Total Recut T-Shirts, Books, DVDs and CDs. We have an amazing lineup of judges for the contest including Lawrence Lessig, Henry Jenkins, Kembrew McLeod, Pat Aufderheide, JD Lasica and Mark Hosler. You can find out more information at: http://www.totalrecut.com/contest1.php. Entries will be accepted from the 1st of May until the 2nd June 2008 when public voting will begin. The best 10 videos at the end of the 2 week voting period will be put forward into the final, where they will be voted on by the judging panel. The winners will be announced around the 1st of July. So get busy making those videos!
Your Video Remix…
– must not exceed 3 minutes in length, including credit sequence
– must not be less than 30 seconds in duration
– must reflect the theme: ‘What is Remix Culture?’
– must remix previously published video footage
– may include your own original footage, typography and effects
– must include a credits sequence at the end attributing all sampled material
– should be licenced with a Creative Commons license
Submission Period Begins : 1st May 2008
Deadline for Submission : 2nd June 2008
Public Voting Begins : 2nd June 2008
Public Voting Ends :16th June 2008
Finalists Announced : 16th June 2008
Judging Panel Begins : 16th June 2008
Judging Ends : 30th June 2008
The new NIN album is out now. Well that was dropped without much fanfare, but it had been expected to soon follow Trent’s outing with Saul Williams. It is a four part album and available at different ‘fair enough’ price plans and you can get part one for free. It was released yesterday and gave the servers a bit of a battering so the site is temporarily down while they work a fix. However, in a first for sure, you are directed over to The Pirate Bay to download a torrent of the free songs!
