February Fanaticism – Results!
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The FINAL ROUND of the IHR New Theme Song Contest Competition is finished.
The Results
First Place
Jason Suko from Shelton WA, USA
with his entry “Fallin’ In”:
Jason wins the first-place prize package:
- One PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL 18×18 USB 2.0 interface ($499)
- One Audio-Technica AT4050/LE : LIMITED EDITION Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone ($995)
- A copy of PreSonus Studio One 2 Professional ($399)
- A seat at Home Studio Corner‘s (Joe Gilder) Production Club ($497)
- A set of KRK KNS-8400 headphones ($199)
- Production Advice’s “How to Master with Multiband Compression” ($67.00)
- A choice of a license to Audiofile Engineering‘s Quiztones frequency ear training app for Mac ($19.99) or Quiztones for iOS ($4.99)
- Fallin’ In is going to be the new intro and outro theme on Inside Home Recording (priceless)
- **Added bonus** – A drum track from My Online Drummer for one song of yours plus 10 cable wraps from MOD
Second Place
Jac Mandel from Columbia SC, USA
with his entry “Fixation”:
Jac wins the second-place prize package:
- One PreSonus AudioBox 44VSL 4×4 USB 2.0 interface ($299)
- A copy of PreSonus Studio One 2 Producer ($249)
- The entire REthink Mixing Series from The Recording Revolution ($165)
- Production Advice’s “How to Master with Multiband Compression” ($67.00)
- A choice of a license to Audiofile Engineering‘s Quiztones frequency ear training app for Mac ($19.99) or Quiztones for iOS ($4.99)
- Bragging rights and your song used as bumper / feature theme music on Inside Home Recording (again, priceless)
- **Added bonus** – A drum track from Craig Sowby from My Online Drummer for one song of yours plus 10 cable wraps from MOD
Third Place
Jordan Reynolds from Denver CO, USA
with his entry “Your Turn”:
Jordan wins the third-place prize package:
- One Presonus AudioBox 22VSL 2×2 USB 2.0 interface with bundled Studio One 2 Artist ($179)
- The “JumpStart” Complete Bundle from The Recording Revolution ($125)
- Production Advice’s “How to Master with Multiband Compression” ($67.00)
- A choice of a license to Audiofile Engineering‘s Quiztones frequency ear training app for Mac ($19.99) or Quiztones for iOS ($4.99)
- Bragging rights and your song used as bumper / feature theme music on Inside Home Recording (again, priceless)
- **Added bonus** – A drum track from Craig Sowby from My Online Drummer for one song of yours plus 10 cable wraps from MOD.
Other Awesome Prize-winners:
Dan Lueders:
- A drum track from Craig Sowby from My Online Drummer for one song of yours plus 10 cable wraps from MOD.
- Production Advice’s “How to Master with Multiband Compression” ($67.00)
Andras Harczi, Simone Bresciani, Michael Boemmer, Bob Lazo:
- Craig Sowby is giving away 10 “My Online Drummer” cable wraps to all quarter finalists.
Amber Wiorek:
- Random draw winner of Audiofile Engineering‘s Fidelia – for Mac
Fran Lukacs:
- Random draw winner of Audiofile Engineering‘s FiRe 2 – for Mac
The Final Bracket:
The Process
During the week of Februay 18th-23rd, the panel of judges conducted five rounds of theme-song listening. Each pair of songs were put in the critical-listening ring and judged against each other. The song with the most votes moved on to the next round.
The Panel
The judges come from diverse backgrounds in the music and recording industry. All have been guest hosts on IHR and most host their own podcast too.
- Dave Chick (that’s me)
- David Criddle – Episode 89
- Gary Cable – Episode 90
- Ryan Canestro – Episode 91
- Jon Tidey – Episode 91
- Dezz Asante – Episode 92
- Brian Stephens – Episode 93
- Graham Cochrane – Episode 94
- Joe Gilder – Episode 94
- Craig Sowby – Episode 95
- David Andrew Weibe – Episode 97
- Slau – Episode 98
- Big Al Wagner – Episode 99 (in post-production)
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hello there, outstanding wordpress blog, and a really good understand! at least one for my bookmarks.
Thanks to everyone who voted for me! If I win I will make the song sound outstanding for the guys at Inside Home Recording! Good luck to everyone else!
thanks guys! appreciate the votes and love!
Many, many thanks to all who have voted. This contest is really great fun. Nice to see the rich diversity of homerecorders in different genres and the big community over the whole world.
You´ve done a great job, Dave !
Guys, thanks so much for being a part of this little shin-dig.
I won’t lie and say it didn’t take up much time, but it was definitely worth it – a total blast. I loved the creativity and diversity that’s come in.
Cheers and good luck!
D
Good Luck everyone… and Dave, thanks for this contest! :)
Dave:
I don’t know how you did it without pulling ALL your hair out!
Great contest and amazing diversity. Glad to be involved.
Ha… if I had to pull ALL my hair out, then it’d have to come from somewhere other than my head. That might be a bit painful not to mention odd and a bit irritating.
perhaps a bit too much information there…
Phew!
There were a couple of real horse-races in this past second round. Picking one to move on in each pair is definitely a tough decision for me.
I can tell by the results coming back, that it’s also a tough decision for the panel!
I know that I’ll be paying back a LOT of favours in the coming months! ;)
Ouch, KO’d in the second round! But to a worthy opponent, well done Jason Suko. I actually had you as a firm favorite before the tables were drawn, just my luck to bump into you so early in the competition! Thanks everyone it’s been really fun taking part in this and good luck to all those in the third round!
To Dave, one and all – “YOU THERE?”
Really enjoyed taking part and listening to all the entries. Learned so much. Thanks to those who listened to and commented on mine.
thank you for this adventure
Marullo Salvatore
My adventure finish here…. thank you everybody for your comments and this great contest :)
I can’t say it enough, but thank YOU guys for making this contest so much fun. It’s not all empty handedness for those who didn’t make it into the semi finals. I’ve still got some things to distribute to participants through random draws. Stay tuned!
Shipping charges to overseas must be real horror! I have no hopes! Haha
Deserved winner, congratulations Jason!
Congratulations to the winners, have fun! :D
Jason Suko – You There? Yes you are! Congratulations – and well done all runners up.
Hi Jason !
Congratulations ! Finally you made it ! Great song !
Congrats to Jason! Also a BIG thanks to Dave for having such a cool contest!
I am honored and incredibly excited that my song was chosen for the IHR Theme! I’m still in shock and smiling from ear to ear. The other entries were so great! Thank you everyone who voted and commented, and THANK YOU Dave for all your work in putting this together!!!
Jason:
Congratulations. I picked you as the winner of this contest within ten seconds of hearing your production. You did an outstanding job. I truly enjoyed hearing all of the diverse talent. Thanks to Dave for bringing us all together. Also thanks to IHR for being a terrific podcast both past and present. Here’s to the new theme!
Dude, what a blast!
Had a lot of fun listening through these entries. Played a sort of “American Idol” game at home with the family! Lots o’ fun. Thanks for letting me participate.
Congratulations for that wonderful song. Loved it indeed.
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A belated “congrats” Jason and thanks Dave