Contests, Featured, Hip-Hop | The Stud Nation Tour [Giveaway]
Posted by LoffyG on September 27, 2012
Who’s ready for The Stud Nation Tour? In case you didn’t know it just cracked off in NYC with a sold out crowd at the Highline Ballroom! Tomorrow he’ll be performing with Big Sean & Huey Mack in Connecticut and with Shwayze on Saturday. Haven’t got tickets yet? No worries, because we’ve teamed up with Mike Stud to give one lucky person a pair of tickets to one of the upcoming dates near you! All you have to do is enter the contest using the app below. To check out the tour schedule and purchase tickets use the link below.
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Albums, Contests, Featured, Trance | Andain – You Once Told Me Signed Album Giveaway
Posted by Middy on September 24, 2012
11 years in the making, after breaking up for a time and countless delays, Andain’s first artist album “You Once Told Me” has finally been released. Andain, comprised of Josh Gabriel from Gabriel & Dresden fame and Mavie Marcos have put out singles and demos here and there over the past decade, but finally after really focusing on getting the album done, Andain “You Once Told Me”, the full product has finally come to fruition. In the past 2 years with the release of “Promises” and “Turn Up The Sound” and its remixes, indications pointed towards the possibility of a finished album, but like Chicago Cubs fans or people waiting for “Detox”, they knew not get their hopes up too high.
However, all of that painful waiting is over and we have “You Once Told Me”. The album combines uplifting trance tracks with more chilled out acoustic tracks, with a few more upbeat tracks sprinkled in. This is not your 136bpm trance that pounds you into submission, nor is it your current brand of trance being headed by Anjunabeats that fuses progressive house and trance. This is its own sound, with substantial variation from track to track exemplified in songs like “Promises” that slows down the tempo with a varying bass line and growling undertones, “You Once Told Me” & “Ave Maria”, which pick up the pace and provides more upbeat elements of the album and “Taken Away” with its easygoing melody of guitar, flute and bells that lends to the more soothing side of the album. Deviating from the Gabriel & Dresden sound, Andain shows the musical complexity and creativity vested in Josh Gabriel as he continues to blaze his own unique musical trail as a member of both Andain & Gabriel & Dresden
We are proud to be teaming up with Andain to do a giveaway of 4 signed copies of the album. To enter there are 2 simple steps:
1. Like both FreshNewTracks & Andain on Facebook.
2. Comment on this post saying why you want to win it (leave your real info or else you can’t win).
The winner will be announced next Sunday night at 8pm EST.
Contests | KURT x Mike Stud in NY [Ticket Giveaway]
Posted by Grubeats on September 18, 2012
How would you like to win tickets to see newly featured artist, KURT, performing alongside Mike Stud at the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, NY on October 7th? Entry is simple, download the newest track from Kurt, “No Shame” then follow the rules below and we will give two lucky winners a pair of tickets. I apologize if you’re under 16, you will not be able to participate in this contest. If you missed my entry post on KURT, ping back and listen to him flow over some legendary beats. #NoShame
Contests | Ticket Giveaway – Big Sean in Danbury CT
Posted by BIGLIFE on September 10, 2012
Platinum Entertainment Group and The Oxford Group in conjunction with This Is Where It’s At Entertainment presents: BIG SEAN Live with Huey Mack, Mike Stud, Jitta on the Track and S*T*Y*.
Where: THE O’NEILL CENTER (at WCSU)
University Blvd., Danbury, CT
When: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Purchase tickets Here
We are GIVING AWAY two pairs of tickets (4 total). Here’s how to enter the contest:
1. Like our Facebook page – HERE
2. Share the Facebook post about this event and tag the friend you want to bring to the concert
4. Two winners will be chosen at random next week
Find the event on Facebook – HERE
Contests | Introducing Invenio Music
Posted by BIGLIFE on September 5, 2012
Two of my close friends have started a new music venture called Invenio Music. It’s a discovery platform that also allows artists to gain exposure and win prizes. Read below for more details.
Most recently, Invenio Music named Los Angeles-based artist Shanica Knowles its inaugural original song competition winner alongside indie-rock band Echo and Drake from Connecticut. Their songs, Mean It With Me and Sundrenched Elsewhere, respectively, beat out the rest of the competition to win the grand prize of cash, feature stories, and free Invenio Music t-shirts (see pictures after the jump).
Invenio Music is a community-driven online music platform combining elements of YouTube and American Idol. They host competitions and use their large community of music enthusiasts to help determine which artists and songs will be the next big hits. They award winners of their competitions with a number of different prizes ranging from cash to video interviews to studio and label exposure.
You can read Shanica Knowles’ feature story and listen to her winning song Mean It With Me here
You can read Echo and Drake’s feature story and listen to their winning song Sundrenched Elsewhere here
DJ COMPETITION
Invenio Music is hosting a nationwide DJ Competition that kicked off on Monday, August 27th. The winning artist will be invited to DJ at Invenio Music’s launch party in New York City in October. DJ’s – sign up and submit your track today!
Contests, Hip-Hop | No Holding Back Contest Winner
Posted by Grubeats on August 21, 2012
First off I’d like to salute all of the #NoHoldingBack Music Video contest sponsors; Dicks Cottons, Ground Breaker Customs, Freshletes, Tide 38 Clothing, NV Concepts, our producers; One Love, DJ Semi, Pat White, & Bill Jones; and of course director and full time baller, Ben Foley at Swaggernaut Productions.
We’ve filtered through all of our submissions and appreciate each and every artist that participated, but you all know only ten will make the cut for the mixtape and only ONE will win the grand prize. We will be releasing the official mixtape next week via FreshNewMixtapes.net, but for now, here are the top 10 finishers…
Contests | Swaggernaut Productions x FNT: No Holding Back [Contest]
Posted by Grubeats on August 14, 2012
Just a friendly reminder that you have 3 days remaining to submit your entry to our featured “No Holding Back” rap contest. If you think you can rap, send in your track over one of the available beats (below) and we’ll let you know whether you should keep pursuing, or start doing your homework. Trick statement, you should always do your homework. Read the rules in their entirety below and also see all of the uber fresh swag you will win in addition to a professionally shot music video by Swaggernaut Productions!