Tune your guitar. Adjust your drum kit. Fire up your mixer. Today we are thrilled to announce our second Kompoz celebrity remix contest, this one featuring Glen Phillips, singer, songwriter, and the voice of Toad The Wet Sprocket!
From April 1st through May 30th, Kompoz members can download the original studio tracks for the song "The Spirit of Shackleton" from Glen's new solo album titled "Secrets of the New Explorers". Rock it up, funk it up, jazz it up. Add a solo, sing with Glen, bang your drums. Post your entry before May 30th for your chance to win a Fender Squire Stratocaster autographed by Glen Phillips!
Prizes Five winners will be selected. The best new individual track or original remix will win a Fender Squire Stratocaster autographed by Glen Phillips. The second-place winner will receive a one-year premium membership to TrueFire.com. The third-place winner will receive a StealthPlug USB audio interface from IK Multimedia. The top five winners will all receive a "Secrets of the New Explorers" CD autographed by Glen Phillips, and a cool t-shirt from INDISTR.COM.
Judging Finalists will be selected during the last week of May by Glen Phillips and Kompoz staff members. Those tracks will then be posted on a special Kompoz channel on OurStage.com, where during the month of June, the fans will decide the winners, using OurStage's unique "battle of the bands" voting format. Kompoz members that register on OurStage will of course be able to vote, and will receive 12 free MP3s!
Did I mention that we're giving away a Fender guitar autographed by Glen Phillips? We're giving away a Fender guitar autographed by Glen Phillips!
About Glen Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of the alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Phillips founded Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1986, at the age of 16. By 1988, they had signed with Columbia Records. They recorded five albums and launched many major tours until 1998 when they disbanded. The band achieved fame with their third album, "Fear". The album was released in 1991, and saw the single "All I Want" reach the Top 20 on the 1991 Billboard Hot 100. The single "Walk on the Ocean" also reached the top twenty of the Hot 100, and the album became the band's first RIAA certified platinum album. In 1994, after years of heavy touring, the band released their follow-up EP titled "Dulcinea". This album spawned the hit singles "Fall Down," which reached #1 on the US Modern Rock charts, as well as #5 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and "Something's Always Wrong," which also charted. Like fear, this album was certified platinum by the RIAA
Following the breakup of Toad, Phillips released his first solo album, Abulum. This was followed up by a self-released live album and solo touring, along with a reunion tour with his former Toad bandmates. In 2004, Phillips, with Nickel Creek, released a long-awaited collaboration as Mutual Admiration Society. The self-titled album had been recorded in 2000 and featured songs written by both Phillips alone and as collaborative efforts, and was released on Sugar Hill Records. In 2005, Phillips returned to a major label via Universal Records' imprint Lost Highway Records and released the critically acclaimed Winter Pays For Summer. The album included the radio single "Duck and Cover," but Phillips and the label would part ways due to some creative differences. Phillips released his third proper solo album, Mr. Lemons in the spring of 2006. The music video for the album's first single, "Everything But You," made its debut as a Yahoo! Exclusive Premiere on May 11, 2006. In January 2008, Phillips released an EP with Talk Talk and Peter Gabriel influences titled Secrets of the New Explorers.
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A very special thank you goes out to Eric for introducing me to Mr. Phillips. Eric, you rock my friend.
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Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
12:34 AM CDT
I've been waiting for this contest for weeks! I am not disappointed by this contest in the slightest.
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
12:49 AM CDT
Tracks downloaded. Bass strings changed. Picks oiled up. Rock On
B
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
12:57 AM CDT
lock and load
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
01:02 AM CDT
for god, & corporation, and the greater good of man....
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
02:18 AM CDT
Words can't describe how cool this is.
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
12:12 PM CDT
Glen was #1 on my short list so I'm stoked. Thanks Eric, you rule!
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
05:53 PM CDT
wassap? :)
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
10:54 PM CDT
Thanks Eric! I remember you talking about Toad the Wet Sprocket a month or so ago. Very, very cool.
I used to sing "Nancy" in a little string trio years ago. Still love that tune - "You take Nancy, for me Loretta's fine".
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 @
11:36 PM CDT
Lonnie,
Oh, I've changed my mind, (I'll take Nancy) lol, I'm still so thankful and I am so glad you guys appreciate this, Glen (& Toad) are my all time fav's.
Yeah, somebody asked me what I was listening to in chat. I believe it was Fred Meyer, off Glen's album entitled "Albulum.... Glen has some great blogs too if you are into it at www.glenphillips.com where u can get on his email list, etc.
FUN FUN FUN....
Eric
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 @
07:25 AM CDT
I discovered Toad when I purchased "Kiss My Ass" on red vinyl many years ago. It was a compilation of Kiss covers. Toad had the best song on the album. They did an amazing acoustic take on "Rock and Roll all Night". Its hard to find these days else I would give link.
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 @
08:07 AM CDT
@Brannon - I have that CD! I did not know that was Toad. Gonna go dig it up.
