Brennan Heart’s ‘Push Play!’ Remix Competition

Posted by Moe on Oct 2, 2009 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

Here’s one for all you budding producers out there. Seemingly, backpeddling in an effort to clear up the meaning of the vocals in his somewhat controversial track Push Play!, Brennan Heart and our friends at Scantraxx are giving fruity loopin’ losers the chance to have their track released on the final album sampler for his album, Musical Impressions.

Mr. Heart has this to say about the apparently misconstrued lyrics of the track:

“I’m really supporting the new generation. Sometimes it’s too bad to see that a lot of young ‘producers’ are focusing too much on the internet and writing on forums. Some of them seem to have lost focus. Making music isn’t about being “blogger #1”. With ‘Push Play!’ I was inspired by this internet and forum phenomenon. Maybe not the best way to make friends, but I felt the need to express my opinion on the matter. The new generation needs to re-focus on the music itself again, because the scene needs it.”

While the intent of Push Play! is certainly an attitude I’m sure many artists and fans share, the execution of the message was done somewhat distastefully, and left a lot to be desired. The reason people misunderstood the lyrics was because the lyrics themselves had little connection to the message that was apparently being tried to convey. The smug-sounding, repetitive vocalist and lack of elaboration didn’t really help to enforce the intended meaning either. There’s no doubt it’s controversial lyrics were written with intent to cause a stir, as to generate a bit more hype and talk about the album, and it has clearly succeeded.

Like many artists and vocal supporters of where the scene is currently heading, in argument to the lack of quality of many releases in recent times, they are somehow caught up in the notion that you can either slog it out in your studio, producing, or spend time on forums. Not both. We are led to believe doing so will get you nowhere and you’ll never make it in the ‘bizz’.

But enough of that, onto the details:

You are to submit a remix of any of the following:

• Memento
• Revival X
• Faith in your DJ

Download the remix resource pack from the M!D!FY site.

Ensure that you adhere to the following rules:

• Remix has to be a ‘Hardstyle’ remix
• Only ‘FLS’ users can join the contest – How they’re going to verify this, I have no idea.
• Contest closes at 30-11-2009
• You can submit as many remixes as you want
• Please send an e-mail with a download link to rmx@brennanheart.com
• Download link: please use YouSendit or Megaupload to send the remixes
• WAV files only
• Send your full name, address, telephone number and email address
• Only complete e-mails will be accepted
• Winner will be announced in the first week of December 2009