The IMW Cover/Undercover Contest

Hey, everyone! In case you missed the earlier notice, Indie Music Works is holding a cover song contest!

“What?! Covers on IMW? I thought that wasn’t allowed?” Well, this is no simple cover song contest. It has a unique twist. We’ve already heard some excitement about this idea from our members. Here’s a follow-up, with the details. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING...

There are three simple steps to enter the contest;

1) Pick a song written, recorded, and posted at Indie Music Works by one of our members, that you would like to cover.
2) Contact that member, and ask their permission to cover the song for the contest. If they approve, e-mail a copy of the approval to undercover@indiemusicworks.com. We must receive a copy of the original artist’s approval, or your entry will not be accepted. It is entirely up to the original artist whether or not to allow a cover to be created.
3) Put your creativity to work!

Procedure and rules (yes, we need rules):

Record your own version of the song, and send an mp3 of the finished product to undercover@indiemusicworks.com. DO NOT post it on your artist page. Only you and the artist you are covering will know what song you are working on (that's the Undercover part).

The original artist may assist with technical details like chords and lyrics if requested, but he or she cannot contribute in any way to the arranging, performance, recording, or mixing. You are welcome to enlist collaborators if you wish, but let them know that the prize goes to the winning entrant only.

All entries must be submitted by Friday, March 30th. We will then post them on the “IMW Cover/Undercover” artist page, and they will all be presented on Floridamusic’s radio show that night.

IMW members, Artists and Listeners alike, will then have one week to select their favorite cover (1 vote per member), and the member whose song gets the most votes will win an awesome pair of studio headphones. In the event of a tie, we will hold a playoff vote among the winning entries.

We reserve the right to cancel the contest, if we receive fewer than three entries. Remember, all entries must be submitted to one of the admins by Friday, March 30th.

Have fun, and good luck!

The IMW Collaboration Feature

Hey Artists! If you haven't checked out the sites collaboration feature make sure that you do.

This feature will allow you to post collaborations for either private or public participation with other IMW artists.

You can also click on the "Collaborations" tab that is located on the home page and search for collaborations or for artists with a particular skill set that you need on a piece of music you might be putting together.

Go to your control panel then click on "Collaborations" and then click on "My Skills" and select your skills so that your name will be listed on any searches for skills.

IMW supports global collaborations and we hope this new feature will make it easier for the talented artists of the site to get together and create some great music!

Double Shot Sunday! 

Every Sunday on the Indie Music Works streaming radio station we will be doing double shots from 12:00 AM Sunday EST until Monday at midnight. Catch double portions of your favorite artists. Requests are still available all day long as well. Hanging out around the house? Tune into IMW radio!

Take A Minute To Say Hi!

It's always nice to have folks greet you when you are new, remember? So the next time you have a minute why not spend that saying hello to your site neighbor!

Many new artists and listeners have signed up over the past few months, take a minute out of your busy schedules and stop by their pages and say hello!

Can't ever be to busy to say hello can we?

Thanks to you!