Jaytech - Tigerlily Remix contest with Anjunabeats / 23

Good Luck everyone !

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May the force be with you! :slight_smile:

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Awesome Submissions so far everyone!

good luck everyone! excited to see who is chosen :slight_smile:

I agree…some of us do this on a amateur basis and its our release from what we do in the day, many of us will have had to drop everything for our jobs… now we are all in some kind lockdown, is there not any way we can re-open the contest for maybe a few weeks or a month… isn’t it just the fair way and no doubt jimbo and anjunabeats will have an even more difficult choice to make about the winners… the submissions to date are all awesome btw and we should let all of those guys continue to work on them if this could be done

Hi there @bouldera

Though I can understand it might seem not fair for those who are now lock-down at home and started this project in a remote studio location that they can’t no longer access now, I think it was still the most reasonable decision not to extend the submission date. No one was prepared for this & it’s nobody’s fault to have to make such decision. There are things really more important right now than this IMO, and extending the Remix Comp & inciting people to leave home & expose themselves & others at risk wouldn’t make sense : safety first in those difficult times.

Good luck everyone and please stay at home if you can & keep safe, don’t forget that this virus spreads like hell and unfortunately staying home is yet our best defense right now.

I must have read the submission date wrong :S I thought it was the 21st…

Completely agree… absolutely no-one should be leaving home to go to a studio to do a remix competition … didn’t even cross my mind that the level of these competitions had people doing that …wow! In that case you are completely right to not re-open it.

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@djessique

All Sonic Academy Remix Competitions are hosted for a duration of 3 weeks, it has always been that way, so it might be something to keep in mind for the next one ( which is already running since last Friday BTW ), the Jerome Isma-Ae “Tiger” Remix-Comp that is now open until the 11th of April.

Really nice work everyone! It’s always interesting to hear each individual’s approach is different. Good luck!

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Im try to submit my mix as the date was pushed back to the 11/04 but I cant seem to, any help please?

Hi there @Sergio_Vilas

This Jaytech Remix Competition ended last week and submission is now closed, it was not extended ( check the above posts ), you are mistaking this one and the new “Tiger” Jerome Isma-Ae Remix Comp which is the one ending on the 11th of April. Check it here :

When do the winners get announced?

Hey there @rodhall85

Remixes have been sent to Jaytech & Anjunabeats and they are now reviewing them. As soon as they have picked up the winners & let S.A knows about it, the results will be announced here & on S.A socials.

Can I play my track in my sets?

Hey there @Kevin_Yeoh

NO you can’t, as well as it’s strictly forbidden to upload or stream your remix on any online medias, like SoundCloud, YT…etc as explain in the Remix Competition rules & disclaimer. All audio resources likes audio stems, samples are copyrighted by the artist and they can only be used within the Remix Competition contest and the only place where you can upload your remix is the submission area on Sonic Academy website.

When do the winners get announced?

Winners were announced on the 10th of April via Sonic Academy Live Stream and on their socials :wink:

So here’s the update for those who missed the announcement :

1st - Caava
2nd - Paul Arcane
3rd - Latseb

wow I just noticed the winning track is very very very close to the original, and here I am trying to make it as different and unique as possible. I may have to rethink my remixing approach lol

Hi there @producer1

That’s often the tedious choice between making a Remix or a complete Rework, it’s definitely 2 different ways to approach this exercise. Most of the time a typical Remix retains a lot of the original elements as well as the track arrangement & progression. When taking the Rework approach, you definitely need to be very creative in order to make something different but still in the vain of the original so that listeners can instantly refer to to it, it’s more complicated.

All of that said, also keep in mind that beside production quality, it then comes to much more subjective criteria when a producer needs to choose the winning Remix(es). It involves expectations from the producer, sometime they will find that a complete different approach or making the Remix/Rework almost fitting a new genre is good to refresh the track but it’s not always the case. Again, very subjective choice in the end and that’s the part nobody can really predict when submitting a Remix/Rework.

It’s always a good habit to browse through the Producer’s discography as well as the label portfolio to check if they are more conservative or open to different genres & flavors IMO, and if you come across previous Remixes, you can have a better idea if they are very similar to the originals or more creative & unique.