Rock Out With Rudy Sarzo!

To celebrate his new book, Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz, legendary rock bassist Rudy Sarzo (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, DIO, Blue Oyster Cult) is launching a Kompoz contest for both musicians and music enthusiasts.

"I had the pleasure of jamming with Randy Rhoads, and now I'm inviting you to join me in honoring his legacy. I'm inviting you to join me in creating a brand new song. I'll play bass. You can play drums, guitar, sing, or whatever you do. Then we'll let the fans decide! Crank up your amps to 11 and lets rock!"

For Musicians

Create a brand new song with Rudy. He'll play bass, you do the rest. Best new song will be featured on RudySarzo.com and Kompoz, and all collaborators from the top songs will win huge prizes... HUGE! We're talking some totally kick-butt prizes! Top prizes include a Jackson Randy Rhoads guitar, a Peavey Rudy Sarzo signature bass, an M-Audio Pro Tools rig, and tons more.

Create a new project on Kompoz, download Rudy's bass loops from our contest asset library, then pick a few to build a bass line for your new song. Create a song by yourself or work together as a team (everyone on the winning teams is eligible for prizes), then submit your project back here on this page. Your song's bass line must include Rudy's tracks (at least 75% of the bass track must include Rudy) but otherwise have at it! For Music Fans

Not a musician? Still want to compete for prizes and help us decide which songs are the coolest? Well here's what you need to do: refer other musicians and fans to Kompoz.com. The member that refers the most new members during the contest period will be entered into the contest winner's circle, and will be eligible for top prizes! There will also be weekly giveaways to active memebers. You must use this link to be eligible.

Prizes

Jackson Randy Rhoads RR24 Guitar $1,799.99

Peavey Rudy Sarzo Bass, Cirrus (TM) 4 Bubinga $2,089.99

Ampeg Bass Amp Rig (SVT-CL and SVT-810E) $3,774.00

Line 6 Pocket Pod $179.99

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R $629.95

Hermida Audio Pedals (5!) $966.00

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 $299.95

Sony Acid Pro 7 $299.95

Sony Rudy Sarzo: Workingman's Bass Loop Library $59.95

Kompoz All Over The Map CDs $9.97

Learn to Play the SmartWay! Gift Certificates $25

PrintMusicOnline Gift Certificates $25




"Prolific rock bassist, Rudy Sarzo, has written a first-hand account of extreme life on the road for a rock musician (most rock musicians can claim similar experiences, but add the "Ozzy factor" and they can't touch him). In his rags-to-riches tale he includes stories of tour mischief, rock 'n roll excess, and he gives a much-needed account of one of rock's greatest guitarists -- Randy Rhoads.

For anyone interested in the Ozzy Osbourne experience, Rudy's book is the perfect addition to your bookshelf." - T.R.M.

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Contest Entries

  A New Day Is Coming - A New Day Is Coming
anewdayiscoming
  SarzJam1 mix2 - Sarzjam1
GrahamGreene
  Annihilation of your Mind - Horny Toad
DrSatan
  Filthy Lies - Final 2 - Filthy Lies
SteveL, Jessica, MadmX, Sid, jwoo10
  Eat My Dust - Greg The Tower-Man
PhilVel
  LEGACY - Legacy
Knight, HotRocker, JUI
  Complicated World - Contribution - Complicated World
audioxtra, rmcpro
  Filthy Lies Final Mix down - Filthy Lies
SteveL, Jessica, MadmX, Sid, jwoo10
  Stop and Think it Through - Stop and Think it Through
lovesexndeath, LittleLisa
  You Will Need An Ice Cube Shower Mix - You Make Me Hot
bjorn, LittleLisa, JUI, BillOnGuitar
  On Your Side - On Your Side
Brannon, dogbizkits, Cranie
  in a dark - thegregoflsd
rjheklarjnator
  Ydur - YdurS
Zergoth
  THE LESSON - rudy 3 - THE LESSON
rmcpro, audioxtra
  LEFT ALONE - rudy 9 - LEFT ALONE
rmcpro, audioxtra
  TRUE FACT - rudy 4 - TRUE FACT
rmcpro, audioxtra
  GOT YOUR NAME - rudy 5 - GOT YOUR NAME
rmcpro, audioxtra
  BANISHED - rudy 7 - BANISHED
rmcpro, audioxtra
  THE MEMORY - rudy 6 - THE MEMORY
rmcpro, audioxtra
  NO SLEEP - rudy 8 - NO SLEEP
rmcpro, audioxtra
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Official Contest Rules

OFF THE RAILS WITH RUDY SARZO KOMPOZ CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES

These Official Rules ("Rules") govern your participation in the OFF THE RAILS WITH RUDY SARZO KOMPOZ CONTEST ("Contest"). Participation in the Contest constitutes your full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules as well as the Kompoz Terms of Service posted at http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/terms.music; so, it is important that you read and understand them.

1. The Contest is sponsored and run by Kompoz, LLC, headquartered in Miami FL, USA, ph. (305) 439-2938, and TooSmart! Publishing in Sarasota, FL.

2. Entry Period: The Contest's audio elements will go online at 8:00 p.m. EST on November 18th, 2008. You may enter the Contest by submitting songs on http://www.kompoz.com from 8:00 p.m. EST on November 18, 2008 until 11:59 p.m. PT on January 27, 2009.

3. Who is Eligible? The Contest is offered only to natural persons older than 13 years of age as of the date of entry. Employees, independent contractors, officers, and directors of Sponsors, their respective shareholders, agents, representatives affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors ("Sponsors' parties"), and the immediate family members and persons living in the same household of such persons, are not eligible to participate in the Contest. The Contest is open to amateur musicians only. Musicians whose recorded works have sold more than 10,000 copies, together or separately, are not eligible to compete. Void where prohibited by law.

4. How to Enter: To enter, submit an original song created using Rudy Sarzo's bass tracks for the bass line which have been made available at the Contest page at http://www.kompoz.com/contest/offtherails. You may use one or many of the loops but the song's bass line must utilize Rudy Sarzo's loops for at least 75% of the song. Songs should include music you create yourself, and/or material in the public domain, and/or other material you have express permission to use and license in accordance with Rule 5.

For the avoidance of doubt, you acknowledge and agree that the bass loops made available by Rudy Sarzo are royalty free. You further acknowledge and agree that you must attribute Rudy Sarzo as well as TooSmart! Publishing and Kompoz whenever you use any musical tracks (ie. "Remix using elements from Rudy Sarzo/TooSmart! Publishing/Kompoz.com") created for this contest, but not in such a way as to imply any endorsement, approval or affiliation with or Rudy Sarzo, TooSmart! Publishing or Kompoz.

IF YOU USE CONTENT THAT YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE, YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION AND YOUR ENTRY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED BY THE SPONSORS AND NOT CONSIDERED BY THE JUDGES.

Any person or group may enter as many times as desired, but each individual or group entrant is only eligible for one prize.

To be eligible for the prizes (described below in (7)), an entrant or group of named entrants, must be the sole author and copyright owner of the song, or must have express permission (via license or otherwise) to use or incorporate those portions of the song authored or owned by third parties and license the song in accordance with these Rules. Any materials that infringe the rights of any third party (ie. materials used without express permission of the copyright owner) may not be used.

5. Format of Entries: Entries must be in the form of a song created by you for this contest, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. Entries that are created or licensed after the contest end date are not eligible.

6. What others may do with your song: By submitting an entry as part of the Contest on http://www.kompoz.com, you agree to license that material to the rest of the world under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. All eligible entries will be made available to the general public for download on the http://www.kompoz.com website under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. Sponsors reserve the right to evaluate each entry's eligibility under the Rules as well as for compliance with the US Copyright Act and any and all other applicable laws. Entries may be removed from the http://www.kompoz.com site and disqualified from the Contest at the discretion of the Sponsors. By submitting an entry, you are representing and warranting that the content in your entry is authorized to be used by you and is licensed to the general public under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license. By submitting your entry, you also agree and acknowledge that you will receive no royalties from Sponsors, other contestants, or members of the general public who use your song consistent with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 license.

7. Prizes: Winners will be selected from both Musicians (song writing entrants) and Fans (voters).

The Grand Prize Winner will win: Song promotion on RudySarzo.com and Kompoz.com, Peavey Cirrus Bass, Jackson Randy Rhoads Guitar, Ampeg Bass Amp, Sony ACID Pro 7, Rudy Sarzo Workingman's Bass Loop Library, Autographed "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz", Autographed Rudy Sarzo Picture

The People's Choice Winner will win: M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R, Protools M-Powered 7.4, Line 6 Pocket POD, Rudy Sarzo Workingman's Bass Loop Library, Autographed "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz", Autographed Rudy Sarzo Picture

The 2nd and 3rd place Runner Ups will win: Sony ACID Music Studio, Rudy Sarzo Workingman's Bass Loop Library, Autographed "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz", Autographed Rudy Sarzo Picture

The Mega Fan Winner will win: Randy Rhoads Guitar Jewelry Pack, Learn To Play Series DVD/Book Combo, Sony ACID Music Studio, Rudy Sarzo Workingman's Bass Loop Library, Autographed "Off the Rails: Aboard the Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz", Autographed Rudy Sarzo Picture

Sponsors may modify or edit winning submissions to ensure the audio quality or for any purpose that Sponsors deem necessary or desirable. Sponsors reserve the right to undertake, or to instruct its representatives to undertake, such reasonable editing or modifications. All prize expenses and/or services not specified herein are not included and are the sole responsibility of the winner(s). No alternative prize, cash equivalent, or other substitution is permitted except by Sponsors, at Sponsors' sole discretion, in the event of prize unavailability. Prizes are nontransferable. All federal, provincial, state and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners.

8. Prize winners shall be responsible for shipping and/or any charges associated with prize delivery method. All prize expenses and/or services not specified are not included and are the sole responsibility of the winner. No alternative prize, cash equivalent, or other substitution is permitted except by Sponsor in the event of prize unavailability. Prize is nontransferable. All federal, provincial, state and/or local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winners. No cash substitution, transfers or assignments of prize allowed. In event of unavailability, Sponsor may substitute a prize of equal value. Kompoz makes no warranties with regard to, any prize given. The contest is void in whole or in part where prohibited by law.

9. Judging: Songs created by the contestants will be uploaded to a Kompoz channel on OurStage.com January 1st 2009, where Kompoz and OurStage members will vote for the finalists and the "People's Choice" winner using the OurStage voting platform through January 23rd, 2009. Finalists will be judged by Rudy Sarzo to determine the Grand Prize Winner (Rudy Sarzo's choice) Judging will end January 31st, 2009.

All grading decisions are final. Sponsors reserve the right to disqualify any entry that is, in Sponsors' discretion, inappropriate, offensive or demeaning to Sponsors' reputation or goodwill, or contrary to Sponsors' mission or these Rules. Once the grading of the entries has been completed, the Sponsors will notify the winners via email and Kompoz.com private message using the information submitted by the entrants in their Kompoz member profile. If a winner fails to respond within 14 days of the date of the notification, that winner will be disqualified and the next highest scoring submission will be selected as an alternate winner and notified according to this procedure.

10. General Terms and Conditions: By participating, entrants agree that the Sponsors' parties are not responsible or liable for, and are released and held harmless from: (i) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind; (ii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsors that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest; (iv) any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind in connection with or resulting from participation in the Contest or acceptance of any prize, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy. Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to suspend or cancel Contest at any time if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Contest. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Rules, or the rights and obligations of participant and Sponsors in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Washington or any other jurisdiction), that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Washington.

11. Winners List/Official Rules: A copy of these Official Rules and a winners list may be obtained by sending an email request to collaborate@kompoz.com.

12. Privacy: By entering into this Contest you consent to the use of your name regarding use of all material entered and/or submitted for this Contest or otherwise collected by the Kompoz site. You also agree that your personal information, including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other Kompoz profile data, may be sent electronically to OurStage.com for the purpose of a) creating an account for voting, and b) submitting your song to the OurStage system for voting.

12. DMCA Compliance: Sponsors comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In compliance with the DMCA, a Designated Agent has been established with proper documentation sent to the US Copyright Office. If you have a concern regarding the use of copyrighted material on the Kompoz site, please contact the agent designated to respond to reports alleging copyright infringement. The designated agent for Kompoz to receive notification of claimed infringement under Title II of the DMCA is:

David Bercuson, P.A.
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