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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Reminder! September 1st we will start our Song Review Contest. The most Reviews for the Month will Win a Free Mixposure T-Shirt.</span></p><p>Rules:</p><p>300 Song Reviews Minimum&nbsp;</p><p>"Great Song" and "Loved It" are not reviews and will be removed! Please give your reviews some substance. &nbsp;</p><p>Contest ends on the last day of September</p><p>Shirt Sizes are limited to what is in stock</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Win this shirt!</strong></span></p><p><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=item_image&amp;item_id=197&amp;band_id=2839" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>

Just wanted to let you know that a new theme was added this morning for the Premium Members! I am going to try and create a few more in the next few weeks. This color theme is based on the Forum colors and can be seem HERE. We have also added a Metallic Silver looking theme HERE.
To change the color theme click on Control Panel on the top Right and then under Your Site on the left side panel, click Site Themes. Then click Rebuild Your Site under Custom.

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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Once again it's time for a Site Song Challenge. We've done SSTM and Holiday songs, even genre specific challenges so I thought it would be nice to try something different. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This site song challenge will be an Electric/Acoustic Collaboration Challenge. We've had some pretty lively discussions about what is acoustic and for the purposes of this challenge, it's any instrument or noise making item that is recorded via microphone. This could include vocals, banging sticks together or anything in between so have fun with it and be as creative as you can be. There is no genre so this is about as wide open to every artist on the site as it can be. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Each submission must include some acoustic recording, some electric or electronic recording and it MUST be a collaboration between at least two different artists. What's at stake...well of course there is bragging rights, but I figured we could sweeten the pot a little and offer a prize to the winners. &nbsp;The winning track will be featured as Song of The Week at the end of the contest. In addition, the winning artists will get a one hour feature of their music to run daily for two weeks on MixStream Radio. Make sure you select Site Song Challenge as the genre for your submission(s) and have a blast with this one. I can't wait to hear what all of you amazing musicians come up with for this Challenge!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Maurice</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

GuitaristWorks Interviews are back!

This was always one of my favorite features of GuitaristWorks. There is something about reading someone's posts but it is a completely different ball game when it comes to hearing an interview with them. You really have an opportunity to get to know them a bit better with the interviews. We used to post these in the forum but now with the artist pages, we wiill post them over here.

Do not be surprised if you get asked to participate in an interview! You can hear StrongTom interview GeorgeShep <a href="http://www.guitaristworks.com/bands/507/">HERE</a>.

Great interview guys!

<p><span style="font-size: small;">A big congrats to Ked aka The Polar Bear! Ked has been working on a lot of music lately and has just taken the checkered flag! As many of you know, Ked is a big Race Fan and a lot of his songs have a racing theme. Ked is now being featured with </span><a href="http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/acag/acag.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Allard Chrysler Action Group!</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;For those of you who are not familiar with this, it happens to be the group that is Restoring </span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Europe&rsquo;s oldest dragster - the 1961 Allard Chrysler. </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The below is from the website and it discusses the new tune Ally Blue . You will notice that Nick Mason was also involved. Yes that is the same Nick Mason from Pink Floyd. Please take a moment and read this incredible article. Way to go Ked and thanks for being a part of Mixposure!</span></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Sam Eidy of Michigan engine builder Booth Arons has been a complete Ally project addict since his company first became involved in the restoration of Europe&rsquo;s oldest dragster -&nbsp;the 1961 Allard Chrysler built by Sydney Allard. &nbsp;Shortly after Booth Arons was appointed the official engine builders for the project, and between locating and chasing down parts suppliers, Sam found himself doodling out some lyrics about the car to the tune of &lsquo;Alley Oop&rsquo;. &nbsp;Although originally written for a comic strip of the same name by Dallas Frazier who recorded it in 1957, the &lsquo;Alley Oop&rsquo; version by the Hollywood Argyles in 1960 is probably the most well known because it made Number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100. &nbsp;But it has also been recorded by other artists such as the Beach Boys and George Thorougood and is familiar to most rock music fans of a &lsquo;certain age&rsquo;.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Sam e-mailed his new lyrics to others involved with the restoration to get comments, and Project 1320 Chairman Traci Hrudka (Co-Patron of the Allard Chrysler Action Group) sent them on to her guitar playing friend Ked (the Polar Bear) Dieter in Canada whose song Thunder in the Distance by KED and Big Blue Hammer was (and still is) being used on the Project 1320 website. &nbsp;Ked is also Vice President of Mixposure&rsquo;s MixStreamRadio.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><img src="http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk/acag/ally_blue/images/KED_live.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="128" height="270" align="left" />A rocker through and through, he normally plays a 95 Gibson LesPaul guitar. &nbsp;But an avid &lsquo;guitar hot-rodder&rsquo;, and a pro level luthier and guitar technician, he has another ten guitars in his collection, including a unique replica of a Gibson Flying V solid guitar. </strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Being a drag racing and stock car fan he was immediately hooked by the restoration project and Sam&rsquo;s lyrics. &nbsp;He made contact with Sam and they set about re-working the lyrics, melody and arrangement so there would be no copyright infringements, and laid down a new version of the song that featured Ked&rsquo;s rocking guitar and vocals plus a Beach Boy styled harmony by Mack Sanders. &nbsp;Ked produced the work and played all the other instruments.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>This was e-mailed around interested parties (including ACAG Co-Patron Nick Mason) who added their own suggestions about the arrangement and mix, resulting in the final version including sounds of the Allard Chrysler recorded in 1964 at Blackbushe in England, plus the voices of Gerry Belton, Sydney Allard and Tommy Ivo recorded at the same meeting. &nbsp;Hence Ally Blue; a unique piece of music about Ally that can be used by the ACAG for promotional purposes to help raise funds.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>It currently features on the 'About ACAG' page of this website and will be used in electronic press release activity. &nbsp;Not only that, it is now available as a download direct via <a target="_self">www.kedrecords.com</a>. &nbsp;A Pay Pal facility is available and half the download fee of 99 cents (US) goes to the Allard Chrysler dragster restoration fund. &nbsp;The song&rsquo;s lyrics are also laid out in detail.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>At the moment Ked is re-painting his replica Flying V in Allard Chrysler colours, as an extra tribute to Sydney Allard and his important role in spreading drag racing across the Atlantic. &nbsp;We&rsquo;ll publish photos when it has been completed.</strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Written By</strong></span></span></p><p style="margin-right: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Brian Taylor</strong></span></span></p>

The Artist Pages new popup player uses an embeded Windows Media Player. I strongly suggest you upgrade WMP to version 11. Because this is an embedded player, you can still use winamp or whatever player you normally use for mp3, wav's etc. but the popup will always use the windows media player. If you have questions, please post them HERE.
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So right now Mixposure uses popup audio players while many sites out there use embedded audio players. We have always had the ability to do this but I have just not done it. The reason is pretty simple. Typically I listen to songs and may navigate away from the page I am listening from. On most sites, you lose the song you are listening to.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So I have debated on embedding the audio players and leaving a popup link as well. This way you can choose either. But before I start coding this, I thought I would see what most people prefer. Does it matter? Do you like the popup audio player better? Prefer embedded instead? Any other features you are looking for?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for your help!</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p>