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Dave Winer Remix Contest Winners

Posted Jun 22, 2004

After serious deliberation with a secret cabal of expert judges, we've reached a consensus. And now, the winners of the Dave Winer Remix Contest!

Grand Prize: Ralph Brandi, "Smoking Weblogs". Catchy beat, good musicianship, great samples. The "D-W-I-N-E-R" chorus is brilliant, and I can't get it out of my head. Plus, cowbell!

2nd Place: Scott Mulligan's "Goofin' On Dave Winer". Musically, the best of the bunch. The instrumental breakdown might be a bit too long, though.

3rd Place: Matt Canale's "This Is Not A Morning Coffee Note". ~~The only one to use Dave's voice as percussion.~~ I was wrong; Exsend's "Hi, It's Dave Here" used exclusively Winer samples for all percussion. Therefore, a tie!

So, that's it. Thanks for playing! I'll contact the winners about your prizes, the increasingly-worthless currency of the web.

8 Comments (Add Yours)

Jun 22, 2004
6:52 PM

Andy King wrote:

Gotta agree on the "Smoking Weblogs" chorus. "D-W-I-N-E-R, D-W-I-N-E-R..." Those were all great.

Jun 22, 2004
8:53 PM

Susan Kitchens wrote:

People just love to jump up and down. Even Jesus does.

Jun 23, 2004
12:57 PM

Exsend wrote:

Comment from crushed contestant: 3rd placed Matt Canales contribution gets special mention for using His Masters Voice as percussion. My contibution used waveforms that were 100% Winer. No additives used (except filters and samplers and compressors and and and...)

Jun 23, 2004
1:13 PM

Andy Baio wrote:

My mistake! The percussion samples were so subtle, I didn't notice. Excellent work!

Jun 24, 2004
2:39 PM

Natali wrote:

Andy, not to be rude, the mp3 thing is great and everything, but can you post some more pictures of Eliot? He's soooooooooo cute.

Jun 24, 2004
4:21 PM

Andy Baio wrote:

Thanks, Natali. I'll try to get a few more up this weekend.

Jun 25, 2004
5:33 PM

Natali wrote:

Woohoo!OK, now I sound like a freak. I'll shut up now.

Jun 26, 2004
9:28 PM

Mark wrote:

Great stuff. I notice Dave hasn't put up any further audio posts since this contest. One thing I would like to have heard more of in the remixes: "Rogers Cadenhead." Such a sonorous name, good rhythm. It would have been a nice little chorus somewhere.

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