Tony Verderosa aka VFX
Drum 'n' Bass/Techno Contest
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Congrats to the winners...
1st Place - Martin Herlihy, Tokyo, Japan
2nd Place - Jordan Perlson, Boston, MA
3rd Place - Morgan Hendry, Wilmington, DE
4th Place - Brian Stocking, Ontario, Canada
5th Place - Lee Nelson, Yonker, NY
Win a Sabian/Tony Verderosa Signature Series Cymbal
Tony Verderosa Videos (Hal Leonard Publishing)
Tony Verderosa Techno/Drum 'n Bass Books (Hal Leonard Publishing)
Promark Tony Verderosa Techno Sticks
Tony Verderosa/VFX Solo CD's
Tony Verderosa/VFX Sampling CD's (PocketFuel.com)
click here to view prizes...
How To Enter:
Each contestant must mail in an Audio CD of 1 demo Song to compete for the prizes. The CD demo song MUST NOT exceed 2 Minutes in Total Length. If it exceeds this length, the contestant will be automatically disqualified.
CD's must be recieved in NYC no later than December 31, 2002.
Winners will be announced in the January 2003 DrumsOnTheWeb.com newsletter.
Demo Songs must contain one of the following Techno influenced grooves to be considered a winning entry:
Downtempo
Drum'n Bass
Nu-Skool Breaks
2-Step
Illbient
VFX Tracks for preview in the Media Gallery at Tony's Official Website:
Purple Cow (Downtempo)
930, Celtic, Trillum (Drum'n Bass)
Dirty Old Man (Nu-Skool Breaks)
Surf Eleven (Illbient)
Click Here for an Audio Preview of various Styles....
Click Here for a Video preview of various styles from Tony's 3 new videos....
(go to Media Gallery)
Need some inspiration? check out these artists... Cold Cut, VFX, Roni Size, Orb, Plug, Photek, Lamb, SquarePusher, Boomish...
*Compositions will be judged on originality and authenticity. Demo songs are not supposed to be drum solos... though a section that features a drum solo is acceptable.
Each composition can be as simple as a bass line, some sound FX and a drum groove. The primary focus must be creative sound design, authentic grooves and individuality. *You may want to record your drum grooves first (using acoustic or electronic drums) and then mix them with Synthesizer sounds and other FX using programs such as Cubase VST, ACID, Mixman or Emagic Logic. You might also investigate using sampling groove machines such as the Yamaha RS7000. The end result is what counts. Good luck to all of you!
CD's must be recieved in NYC no later than December 31, 2002.
Winners will be announced in the January 2003 DrumsOnTheWeb.com newsletter.
Special Thanks to the sponsors that made this contest possible:
ProMark Sticks
Sabian Ltd.
Hal Leonard Publishing
Thwak! Inc.
Pocketfuel.com
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