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Post by sunky on Dec 22, 2011 15:13:56 GMT 7
We are proud to be helping out with this ...   Four years ago, Act IV and ThePumpkins.net collaborated on the successful Zeitgest Cover Song Contest, where fans were asked to submit covers of their favorite Zeitgeist era tracks to win some cool Smashing Pumpkins-related prizes. Now, with the recent re-issues of the first two classic Smashing Pumpkins albums, Gish and Siamese Dream, Act IV and ThePumpkins.net are collaborating to once again bring the fans another special contest. The SP: THE EARLY YEARS COVER SONG CONTEST will be along similar lines to the Zeitgeist cover song contest. But this time around, fans are asked to submit covers of their favorite Pumpkins originals spanning the early part of The Smashing Pumpkins’ career (1988-1994), from the earliest pre-Gish demos to Pisces Iscariot and Vieuphoria. In addition to winning some great Pumpkins-related merch, the winners of the contest will earn a spot on an extended version of Ghost Children/Machines of God, a digital EP being given away as a free incentive with the Ghost Children 2/Friends and Enemies charity compilation. Two spots are up for grabs, with the ‘Best Cover Song’ being awarded by selection committee, and the ‘Fan Favorite Cover’ being selected by you, the fans! More information here. Spread the word and please, let's get some Australian acts on there this time!  |
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Post by Eye on Jan 1, 2012 15:48:34 GMT 7
Thanks for spreading the word, Simon! Yes, it would be great to see some Aussie acts contributing to the contest! I don't think we ever had an Australian SP fan contribute something to one of our projects. Anyone planning to submit?
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Post by sunky on Jan 4, 2012 11:59:39 GMT 7
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Post by Eye on Jan 20, 2012 17:18:00 GMT 7
It's awesome that we finally got a submission from Australia! Keep 'em coming guys and girls! The deadline for submissions is February 21.
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Post by Eye on Feb 1, 2012 10:13:07 GMT 7
Hey everyone. I hope you are all doing great. Since I was last there, some more submissions have been posted. So be sure to check them out! And think you can do better, than submit today! On another note, one of our sponsors for the SP Early Years Cover Song Contest, Nameless Entity Media is currently trying to raise funds for a new broadcast license. They were previously known as Tranquilizer Records/Tranquilizer Radio, but due to a change in management, they need to get all new licenses. Please help them out whether it's $1 or $20 or $100. Nameless Entity Media supports independent music acts, giving them a voice on the radio, from internet radio play, live events, interviews and much more. Please help them make Chicago their new home! You can contribute here: For more info about Nameless Entity Media, please go here: namelessentitymedia.com/For more info and to submit for the SP Early Years Cover Song Contest, please go here: thepumpkins.net/contests/78-sp-the-early-years-cover-song-contestPlease also check out the Act IV site here: www.act4.net/David |
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Post by Eye on Feb 21, 2012 9:31:27 GMT 7
Please spread the word, people have just over a day to submit a cover for the SP Early Years Cover Song contest! We have 23 entires so far. The latest entries include: Plume, Spaceboy, Quiet, and Luna (yes a third rendition of the song). You can submit your entry and check out the current field of entries here: thepumpkins.net/contests/78-sp-the-early-years-cover-song-contestIt would be great to see even more entries from Australia . Entries must be uploaded by the end of the night on February 21st. I realize that it is later in Australia but at the earliest the deadline would be 11:59 PM EST time on that day. |
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Post by Eye on Feb 23, 2012 10:45:14 GMT 7
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Post by Eye on Feb 27, 2012 11:53:05 GMT 7
You can now vote. Please listen to all the entries before voting. You only get one vote, so make it count!: thepumpkins.net/contests/78-sp-the-early-years-cover-song-contestI didn't realize this, but it seems there is at least one more entry from Australia. plasmate74 who covered "Obscured" seems to also be from Australia according to his member profile. So that's cool. We have entries from all over the world in general, Australia, US, Italy, Hungary, and I imagine some other countries. It's always great to see SP fans coming together from around the world . |
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Post by sunky on Mar 1, 2012 15:49:41 GMT 7
I'm finding it hard to select which one ... I take this very seriously! |
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Post by Eye on Mar 3, 2012 10:39:50 GMT 7
I'm finding it hard to select which one ... I take this very seriously! Oh I know, it's a mere matter of degrees with my top 5 and even then there, there are some great covers that could have made it into my top 5 but I had to choose just 5...and then decide in what order they would fall. |
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Post by Eye on Mar 17, 2012 5:11:45 GMT 7
Just under an hour left to vote everyone! Remember, that the results are not final until everything has been verified. Things are not yet finalized, so please wait until we make an announcement to make things official. We are planning make some sort of announcement tomorrow. thepumpkins.net/contests/78-sp-the-early-years-cover-song-contest |
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Post by Eye on Mar 18, 2012 8:54:49 GMT 7
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Post by Eye on Apr 3, 2012 14:37:39 GMT 7
Congratulations to all the winners. I know you people have seen most of the information before but Billy has made his choice : SP: THE EARLY YEARS CONTEST ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND WHAT'S NEXT: After two months of promotions, SP fans coming together to breathe life into covers of their favorite SP tunes from the Pre-Gish era to Siamese Dream and Pisces Iscariot (1988-1994), and a month or so of voting, the SP: The Early Years Contest has drawn to close. The fans, the selection committee, and Billy Corgan have spoken. 30 covers were submitted for the contest but unfortunately there can only be 3 winners.
We would like to congratulate the following winners!: "Obscured" by Adrian Bunn (Best Cover Song as chosen by Selection Committee), "Quiet" by Prophets for Zombies (Fan Favorite Cover as chosen by the fans), and "Jennifer Ever" by Michael Taylor Alexander (Best New Interpretation as chosen by none other than BILLY CORGAN). The winners of the first two categories winners will receive copies of the Gish and Siamese Dream deluxe re-issues, copies of Ghost Children 1 and 2, as well as a copy of and spot on Version 2.0 of the Ghost Children/Machines of God digital EP. The winner of the 'Best New Interpretation' category will receive a copy of the yetto be released Pisces Iscariot deluxe re-issue, copy of Ghost Children 2, as well as a copy and spot on the Ghost Children/Machines of God EP. Soon, you will be able to pick up your own copy of Version 2.0 of the Ghost Children/Machines of God digital EP to get these great covers and more as a free incentive for purchasing a copy of Ghost Children 2. All profits from the sale of Ghost Children 2 go to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois. And in case you're wondering about the other 27 covers that did not win. We will be reaching out the artists, to let them have their say on what they want done with their covers. One possibility is giving them out for free with people being given the option to donate to Make-A-Wish if they so choose. Regardless, everyone will be considered for possible future releases (eg. Ghost Children 3). Act IV (Steven and David) would like to give a special thanks to our main collaborator, Jay ( Webmaster for ThePumpkins.net) and the rest of the selection committee/sponsors for all your help: Aaron( Blamo.org/Siva), Monte ( Crestfallen.com), Simon and Bree ( Ozphoria), Arthur ( SPfreaks), Milan ( Starla.org), Simon LeSieur ( SP.com O-Boards Admin), Neil Main (Ghost Children creator), Ashley Fahey (former SP UK fan group webmaster), and Jyn Radakovits ( Nameless Entity Media). The organizers would also like to extend a very special thanks to Billy Corgan for helping us with this very special contest as a guest judge! We would also like to thank everyone who voted and everyone who submitted. We hope that you will submit and vote again for the next contest! To listen to all the covers for that were submitted for the SP Early Years Cover Song Contest, you can go here |
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Post by Eye on Apr 5, 2012 1:18:53 GMT 7
Version 2.0 of the Ghost Children/Machines of God digital EP is now available! It includes the cover of "Set the Ray To Jerry" by The iOs from GC2, the 3 winning tracks from the SP Early Years Contest and more. You get the EP as a FREE bonus for purchasing the Ghost Children 2/Friends and Enemies tribute/charity compilation, which is on sale for a reduced price of $7. You get 20 tracks for the price of 13! All profits from the sale of GC2 go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. www.act4.net/gc-machines.htmlwww.act4.net/ghostchildren2.htm |
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Post by Eye on Apr 16, 2012 14:13:44 GMT 7
The other day I went on Jyn from Nameless Entity Media show, Chicago Underground. I talked to her and her co-host Bratley about the contest, where you can find originals for the contest winners, the digital EP, Make-A-Wish, and more. One of the things I talked about was my appreciation of the fact that we got at least 3 Australian entries this year, which I thought I was cool, since we never got any submissions from Australia before. You can listen to the show here: soundcloud.com/jynradakovits/cuwithdavidI wanted to also add, that as I mention in the show, I welcome anyone who has ever been involved in any Act IV-related projects, whether you played at the Act IV shows or submitted for the one of the contests or somewhere in between, we would like for you to get a chance to get your originals played. Even if you didn't even submit to any of our projects, we encourage you to submit your originals to Nameless Entity Media. They are always looking for new music, so if you or anyone has music that you would like to share with the world, send them a long some song links. Then it could be played on either their show or one of the others on Nameless Entity Media. |
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