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		<title>How to Win a Recording Contract with T-Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week my buddies (drummer/producer) Steve Mitchell, (singer) Jason Riley, and myself found a pretty interesting songwriting contest on OurStage.com. This site is really a great resource for musicians, and is actually reliable, which can be pretty uncommon as far as musician oriented sites go. The contest was to win a recording contract with T [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This week my buddies (drummer/producer) <a title="Steve Mitchell's Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=720779479&amp;ref=ts" target="_blank">Steve Mitchell</a>, (singer) Jason Riley, and myself found a pretty interesting <a title="Ourstage T Pain contest" href="http://www.ourstage.com/go/tpain" target="_blank">songwriting contest</a> on OurStage.com.   This site is really a great resource for musicians, and is actually reliable, which can be pretty uncommon as far as musician oriented sites go.</p>
<p>The contest was to win a recording contract with T Pain by recording yourself singing/rapping/doing whatever over one of his tracks that he produced.  Out of the Top 20 highest ranked songs ( Go vote for ours a million times please) T Pain picks the best one.</p>
<p>I am pretty confident that we will win this <strong><em>if</em></strong> we can get enough votes to be in the top 20.  I know there prob will be some people sitting around in their underwear voting in favor of themselves 24/7 so we will have to see.</p>
<p>Why am I so confident about it?   Well, nobody else is recording other instruments on top of the track.  Only vocals.  Ours is more of a full production with guitars, a tweaked beat for more aggressiveness in the chorus, some background ambiance, and some great vocals as well.</p>
<h3>Free Tip for Songwriters and Performers</h3>
<p>If you are looking to enter and win any kind of songwriting or instrument playing contests, here is a quick and easy tip to implement that will save you a lot of time and bring opportunities right to your inbox.</p>
<p>Go to <a title="Google Alerts" href="http://www.google.com/alerts" target="_blank">Google Alerts</a>,  and add &#8220;songwriting contest&#8221; &amp; &#8220;songwriting competition&#8221; and any other keyword terms that you might be looking for.</p>
<p>ie-&#8221;guitar contest&#8221;  &#8220;drum contest&#8221;  &#8220;guitar competition&#8221;  etc.</p>
<p>Then all you need to do is check your inbox, write some killer songs, and enter these babies.</p>
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