Call for Entries: RiffRumble 12 Online Song Contest for RiffWorks Users

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Call for Entries: RiffRumble 12 Online Song Contest for RiffWorks Users - Published on 09/10/08

 

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Sonoma Wire Works announces RiffRumble 12 Online Song Contest with up to $2500 in prizes for the best songs made with RiffWorks. Prizes include up to 4 IK Multimedia Total Guitar & Bass Gear Bundles and Drummerheads InstantDrummer Sessions. Contestants worldwide will record songs on their own or team up into virtual bands of two to four musicians and record songs together online. RiffWorks T4 free guitar recording software may be used.

 

Los Altos, CA - Sonoma Wire Works announces RiffRumble 12, an online song contest for RiffWorks recording software users. Entries will be accepted for two weeks: September 10 - 23, 2008. Contestants worldwide will record songs on their own or team up into virtual bands of two to four musicians, record songs together online, and compete for over $2500 in prizes from IK Multimedia and Drummerheads. RiffRumble 12 takes place on RiffWorld.com, a vibrant online music collaboration and song posting community for RiffWorks users. No purchase necessary (RiffWorks T4 free edition may be used). No entry fee.

 

How to Play

Use RiffWorks to create a song yourself and enter it by RiffCasting it to "RiffRumble 12". Or use RiffWorks to create an "invite-only" collaboration, invite 1 - 3 people to collaborate with you, then RiffCast it to "RiffRumble 12". Or join RiffRumble 12 song collaborations by being invited to a song in progress. Enter songs September 10 - 23. The public votes September 10 - 30. Contestants vote September 24 - 30.

 

First Prize (Contestants Choice Category): Up to 4 musicians who use RiffWorks to create or collaborate on the song that wins first prize will each receive an IK Multimedia Total Guitar & Bass Gear Bundle download that includes these "Powered by AmpliTube" products: AmpliTube® 2, AmpliTube® Jimi Hendrix, AmpliTube® Metal, AmpliTube® X-Gear, and Ampeg® SVX.

 

Second Prize (Public Vote Category): Up to 4 musicians who use RiffWorks to create or collaborate on the song that wins second prize will each receive 3 RiffWorks InstantDrummer Sessions by Drummerheads.

 

About RiffWorks

RiffRumble 12 celebrates the launch of RiffWorks T4, a free edition of RiffWorks guitar recording and online collaboration software. With RiffWorks T4 musicians can record ideas at the moment of inspiration, create complete songs with drums and effects, collaborate online with musicians worldwide, cast tunes to the RiffWorld.com online community, and compete in song contests for free. RiffWorks T4 includes an interactive "Quick Start" tutorial (translated into many languages) to help guitar players start recording ideas and complete songs immediately. Upgrade to RiffWorks Standard for 24 tracks plus drums, REX, ReWire, 9 InstantDrummer session loops, AmpliTube 2 Live and more.

 

About RiffRumble

RiffRumble song contests are hosted by Sonoma Wire Works and sponsored by the hottest music industry companies. The first nine RiffRumbles were for solo songwriters, and now online collaboration song contests occur as well. Sponsors for past RiffRumbles have included Line 6, IK Multimedia, Taylor Guitars, Recording Magazine, and more. Recent prizes include a Taylor SolidBody Electric Guitar, an IK Multimedia StompIO and a Line 6 Variax® Guitar.

 

Contest Web Page: http://www.riffworld.com/riffrumble/rr12

RiffWorks T4 (free download): http://www.sonomawireworks.com/T4

RiffWorks Standard ($129): http://www.sonomawireworks.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10

IK Multimedia Total Guitar & Bass Gear Bundle: http://www.ikmultimedia.com/totalguitarbass

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Incorporated in 2003, Sonoma Wire Works develops high-quality, innovative products and services that help musicians enjoy playing, recording and sharing music. Headquartered in Los Altos, California, Sonoma Wire Works' development group has more than 25 years of audio engineering experience. Sonoma Wire Works products have received multiple editorial awards for performance and innovation, including a NAMM 08 Best in Show Trendsetter Award. ©2008 Sonoma Wire Works. All rights reserved. RiffWorks, RiffWorld, RiffLink, RiffCaster, and InstantDrummer are trademarks property of Sonoma Wire Works. AmpliTube® and StompIO are trademarks or registered trademarks property of IK Multimedia Production srl. JIMI HENDRIX name used under license of Authentic Hendrix, LLC. © of Authentic Hendrix, LLC. AMPEG® is a trademark of LOUD Technologies, Inc. Variax® is a registered trademark of Line 6. All other trademarks are property of their respective ow

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Michelle Wright

VP Marketing

650-305-9097

 

michelle ( -at -) sonomawireworks.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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