Wonderful Widgets

Introducing the all new Legitmix widget

We have rolled-out a new widget that allows you to share previews for:

Remixes/mashups

Compilations

Entire remixer catalogs

Top tracks in a genre

The widget is completely re-sizable and features:

Dynamic paging.  When sharing large lists of tracks, the widget will dynamically load new tracks as you scroll.  Check out the Hood Internet's catalog widget to see this in action.

Mini mode.  When sharing a remix, you can embed a small version of the widget that doesn't show the sources for the remix.  Here is an example of a standard widget and its mini version.

Lights Off.  If you are embedding the widget on a page with a darker theme, you can use our "lights off" mode.

SABO & HEARTBREAK ANNOUNCE CONTEST WINNERS

There were so many strong submissions to the Legitmix-powered Moobahsoul Remixes Vol. 2 contest, Sabo & Heartbreak couldn’t settle on one EP worth of remixes.  So they added a 3rd volume to the series!  

Here are the Moombahsoul Vol. 2 & 3 picks, in no particular order:

Goapele - Closer (Cousin Culo & DJ Reck Edit) http://lgt.mx/+100

Jacksons - Way To Go Bro (Philly Edit) http://lgt.mx/+Wl

Ashanti - Foolish (Jamrock Remix) http://lgt.mx/+Mm

Flight Facilities - Crave You (Harikiri Remix) http://lgt.mx/+YR

Contour - In The Still of the Night (Ckrono & Slesh Remix) http://lgt.mx/+ZR

Usher - Climax (Johnny Chino Remix) http://lgt.mx/+ZE           

Billy Cobham - Heather (Yukicito Remix) http://lgt.mx/+Ys

Daryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That (Rekkon "No Means No" Remix) http://lgt.mx/+Vg

Cam'ron - Oh Boy (Kayjay Remix) http://lgt.mx/+ZV

In case you missed it, here's Vol. 1 - a MTV Hive "Mix of the Week": http://mtvhv.com/TUQfPl  

And here are ALL the submission...just too many great remixes to fit on even two EPs: http://goo.gl/7XEub

Winners will be contacted via email about release dates. Thanks again to Vamos Promo, Mixmag and Biz 3 for getting the word out.  And special thanks to everyone who submitted – keep helping us build a remix economy by selling your work using the Legitmix technology.  And stay tuned for more remix comps!

Danny Brown "Sample Anything" Remix Contest

Danny Brown’s “Grown Up” showcases the Detroit MC’s peerless flow and truly original style. Now it’s time for YOU to show and prove with your own spin on it! Enter the “Sample Anything” Remix contest, presented by Legitmix, Fool’s Gold and TDK and do your best to impress the judges - winners get dope prizes from TDK and Fool’s Gold, plus social media shine from HipHopDX!

Instructions:

1.    Download the “Grown Up” acapella off of the Fool’s Gold Soundcloud page.

2.    Lace a sample-based beat under the “Grown Up” acapella

3.    Go to www.legitmix.com, click “submit your remix” at the top of the screen and follow the instructions (visit www.vimeo.com/legitmix/creation for the screencast).

4.    During the submission process, tag your work “Danny Brown”.

5.    Go to the Legitmix Facebook contest page and complete the entry form!

   The winner will receive a TDK 3 Speaker Boombox, Fool’s Gold prize pack, and an autographed copy of Danny Brown’s “XXX” 2xLP!

The contest is powered by game-changing Legitmix technology, which empowers artists to sell and promote sample-based work without traditional sample clearances.

For info on TDK boomboxes visit http://bit.ly/Q2ZXQl

Winners will get their work promoted through HiphopDx social media and keep 70% of the sale of the Legitmix files for their remixes. A Legitmix file enables fans to seamlessly recreate a remix using their own copies of the sampled track. If they don’t have the sampled track, Legitmix makes it easy for them to buy it. Watch www.vimeo.com/legitmix/artist to learn more about the Legitmix file and process.

Click here for contest terms. Legitmix is in beta, so if you have any problems, check out the FAQ and overview on www.legitmix.com or [email protected].

Sabo & Heartbreak Announce Mombahsoul Remixes Competition & EP's

“MOOMBAHSOUL” PIONEERS LOOK FOR REMIXES FOR LATEST MOOMBAHTON PROJECT

The Moombahsoul Remixes volumes 1 and 2 EPs will include tracks by moombahsoul pioneers David Heartbreak and Sabo and other moombahton notables, along with the best submissions to the Moombahsoul Remixes competition – curated by Sabo and Heartbreak and promoted by Mixmag and Vamos Promo. Like the Mad Decent x Nadastrom x Sabo Moombahton Remixes EP, these sample-heavy EPs will be released using Legitmix, technology that allows remixers to sell their work without traditional sample clearances, while also getting the artists they sample credited and paid. Winners will get their work promoted by Mixmag, Vamos Promo and Biz 3 publicity, and keep 70% of the sale of the Legitmix files for their remixes.  A Legitmix file enables fans to seamlessly recreate a remix using their own copies of the sampled track.  If they don’t have the sampled track, Legitmix makes it easy for them to buy it. Watch www.vimeo.com/legitmix/artist to learn more about the Legitmix file and process.

HOW TO ENTER - DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1ST

Make a soulful track sampling ONE big hip-hop/soul/R&B sample available on iTunes (no mashups please).

Go to www.legitmix.com, click “submit your remix” at the top of the screen and follow the instructions (visit www.vimeo.com/legitmix/creation for the submission screencast).

Tag your work “Moombahsoul Remixes” and price it at 50 cents.

Heartbreak and Sabo will choose from the remixes with the most views, so make sure to promote your work using the Legitmix social media tools (see www.vimeo.com/legitmix/sharing).

If you want to submit a track you’ve already made, make sure it’s not available for free download.  It’s fine to leave a preview up on Soundcloud to promote your work, but replace the Soundcloud download button with a “buy” button that links to your Legitmix page (again, watch www.vimeo.com/legitmix/sharing).

Click here for contest terms.

Legitmix is in beta, so if you have any problems, check out the FAQ and overview on www.legitmix.com or email [email protected].

Turntable Lab Contest

Turntable Lab(TTL), one of New York’s finest record shops, has partnered with Legitmix for their first ever remix competition.  TTL has chosen some classic tracks to be remixed:

·  Eric B & Rakim: I Know You Got Soul (iTunes, acapella + dub instrumental available)

·    Any James Brown song or combination of songs* (iTunes)

·    Any Tribe song or combination of songs* (iTunes)

·    Labhead User Submitted Pick: Digable Planets: Cool Like Dat (iTunes)

·    Labhead User Submitted Pick: Chakachas: Jungle Fever (iTunes)

  Don’t let the style of the originals limit your creativity. Thanks to Legitmix you can slice, dice and blend these tracks with just about any song you can think of.  Unlike most remix contest, all entries remain the property of the producer, so you can promote and sell your work legally alongside the original artist you sample knowing that both they and your will be getting credit for your hard work.

15 winners and one Grand Champion will be selected by the TTL community (via online poll). Winners will receive one of the excellent prizes listed below:

·    3 winners = AIAIAI TMA-1 Studio Headphones courtesy of AIAIAI

·    2 winners = Ableton Live 8 - Full Version courtesy of Ableton

·    5 winners = Ableton Live Intro courtesy of Ableton

·    3 winners = $150 Turntable Lab Gift Certificates courtesy of Legitmix

·    1 winner = Native Instruments Komplete 8

·    1 winner = Teenage Engineering OP-1 courtesy of Teenage Engineering

·    1 grand champion winner will receive first choice from prizes above, a trophy, and a feature on the Lab Blog

Contest entries must be submitted by October 1st and must be tagged “ttl remix contest” and priced at $1.00. Head over to the TTL contest page for all the entry details or go straight to Legitmix.com to submit your work. Keep your eye on the TTL facebook page to stay informed about deadlines and winners.  

WhoSampled Highlights Legitmix and the Relationship Between Remixer and Artist

Our friends over at WhoSampled.com wrote up a great little introduction to Legitmix on their blog, highlighting how Legitmix helps create partnerships between remixers and the artist they sample.  Click here to check it out, or visit Kon’s mix page to see the winners of the Kon & the Gang EP competition they mention.  

Dubspot Investigates Legitmix's New Self-Serve Interface

Dubspot blogger John von Seggern takes a look at Legitmix, “a possible game-changing solution to the problems involved in sampling and compensation.” Click here to read about his experience with our new self-serve interface.

SoundCtrl Interview with Legitmix Co-Founders Omid McDonald and Booker Sim

The good folks at SoundCtrl interviewed Legitmix co-founders Omid McDonald and Booker Sim. Check it out for some insight into how Legitmix got started and where we intend to go in the future. 

Prefix Mag Checks Out Legitmix

Writer Matt Putrino investigates Legitmix in this article from Prefix mag. Check it out for a look at how Legitmix is changing the way people think about sample clearance and stick around for Billy Van’s video showcasing his work and how Legitmix helps him promote and sell it.

BILLY VAN: ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER SELLS HIS REMIX OF GOTYE’S “SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW” WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT SAMPLE CLEARANCE

Like many new electronic artists, Billy Van remixes and samples popular songs to showcase his production skills and build a fan base.  Billy’s latest work, a remix of Gotye’s “Somebody I Used to Know”, brings his unique classy upbeat style and distinct wobble bass to Gotye’s original.  Until now, Billy couldn’t legally sell his remix to his fans due to the cost and difficulty of sample licensing.  Thanks to a new technology called Legitmix, Billy can now sell his remix by simply identifying the original Gotye track he sampled.  The Legitmix technology creates instructions that fans can buy to recreate Billy’s remix on their computers using their copy of the Gotye track.  So Billy can now make money from his work and get the artists he samples credited and paid.  Billy’s remix sells for $1 and consumers have to also purchase the $0.99 Gotye track if they don’t already have it.  Get Billy’s “Somebody I Used to Know” at: http://lgt.mx/+cS

About Billy Van

As a young producer from the Midwest, Billy Van has been producing music since high school.  As his first 8-track recorder evolved into a functional studio, Billy quickly gained popularity via the Internet following his success within the Tiesto Remix Contest.  Ranking within the Top 10 of the world, his remix for “Knock You Out” reached thousands of fans and voters.  As a featured artist on his own Fact Music Group, Billy has previously released a series of monthly mash-ups, remixing, re-recording and combining current pop songs.  Each remix incorporates an electronic edge; further showcasing Billy’s production skills. Billy’s recent release, The Cardigan EP ( http://billyvandubstep.com ) has seen massive success online, with over 7 million free downloads.

Get Your Remix/Re-Edit Featured On A ‘Kon & The Gang’ Compilation powered by Legitmix

World-famous digger Kon (of Kon & Amir), called the “re-edit/rework king of 2012″ by Gilles Peterson, is putting together a 6-track EP, Kon & The Gang, featuring two of his remixes, and four from his favorites amongst those posted to www.legitmix.com, and tagged “Kon & the Gang”. 

The EP will be sold using Legitmix, a revolutionary new platform that enables remixers to sell their work without traditional sample-clearances, while still ensuring sampled artists get credited and paid. The EP and contest are being hyped by legendary dance music promoters Giant Step.

Legitmix is sponsoring the contest to introduce their new self-serve submission interface to the disco-edit scene – a community that recognizes the symbiotic relationship between remixers and the artists they sample, a premise Legitmix is built upon. “Bring old classics to a whole new audience,” Kon explains. “Or remix or rework giants to get known. But make sure you sample music you love. This is not about hiding samples. With Legitmix, both remixer and sampled artist get credited and paid, and everything gets worked out with technology, not lawyers and paperwork. That’s what edits and remixes should be about: a partnership between producers and the artists they sample.” 

Legitmix frees remixers from traditional music clearance concerns by enabling them to sell a “Legitmix file,” which works like digital instructions to recreate a remixer’s work using the consumer’s copy of the sampled tracks. Consumers who don’t own a sampled track can buy it from Legitmix or iTunes, so both remixers and the artists they sample get credited and paid.  

Raised by music loving parents, Kon has been digging in record crates since 76, djing since 85, and spinning in clubs since 91. He’s one half of Kon & Amir, who released the acclaimed “On Track” and “Off Track” series on BBE Records where they introduced forgotten rare grooves to a whole new audience.

And when Kon started flexing his producing muscle, it wasn’t about being secretive about the people he reworked, but paying them tribute and making them relevant to a new audience. This deep respect for digging and mixing prompted Gilles Peterson to name Kon “edit/rework king” of 2012, and feature him prominently and enthusiastically on several of his BBC Radio shows. In the words of Soul Clap: “Kon is the best Disco/Funk/Soul/Boogie DJ in the world.” Kon takes a more modest approach, noting that Kon means “king of nothing,” and seeks to place the love of music in general above his own work.  

Gosteffects launches Legitmix powered remix competition where contestants own and sell their remixes of his work, with his favorite featured on his official "Kick The Bass Remixes Vol. 2" release

After his latest album “Kick The Bass” reached the Beatport Top 10, Gosteffects started planning a follow-up remix album.  To engage the remix community, his manager, Robyn Mitchell, decided to try out a new music platform called Legitmix:  “What excited me about Legitmix is that it allows remix artists to sell their remixes of Gosteffects tracks to fans who own the originals.  So if a remix becomes popular, the remixer gets the upside and also generates sales of the original Gosteffects tracks.  What’s also cool is that remixers are free to sample from any track available on iTunes so they can get really creative with their Gosteffects remixes.” 

To enter the competition, remixers must upload their work to Legitmix, identify the track(s) they sampled and price their remix at $1.  It's FREE to enter and all contestants get a premium Legitmix release enabling them to collect 70% of the sale of their remix plus a 5% commission on the sale of tracks they sampled. 

Gosteffects will pick his favorite remix to be included on the “Kick The Bass Remixes Volume 2” album that will be available for sale later this summer on AFTERLIFE.  All entries will be available for purchase via Legitmix.  The winner will also get a $500 cash prize. 

The competition closes on June 30, 2012.  Click here for contest terms.

Grab the original Gosteffects stems here

Kick The Bass Remixes Vol 2. is the companion to Vol 1 out June 19th featuring remixes by Blatta & Inesha (OMGITM, Dim Mak), Monolith (Sex Cult, Ultra), Run DMT (Play Me), Action Adventure, Kreap and Fire For Effect.

More info about Gosteffects:

http://www.facebook.com/gosteffects http://www.twitter.com/gosteffects http://www.soundcloud.com/gosteffects

About Legitmix

Legitmix frees remixers from music clearance concerns by enabling them to share or sell a “Legitmix file,” which works like digital instructions to recreate a remixer’s work using the consumer’s copy of the sampled tracks. Consumers who don’t own the sampled tracks can buy them from Legitmix or iTunes. With Legitmix, both remixers and the artists they sample get promoted and paid. Visit www.legitmix.com to learn more.

Max B raps from Jail on Isaiah Toothtaker/ Hood Internet Collabo

INCARCERATED HIP-HOP ARTIST WORKS WITH FELOW FELON RAPPER AND CHICAGO PRODUCTION DUO – USING LEGITMIX TECHNOLOGY

Max B’s captivating singing-rapping style and street swagger helped Diplomat Jim Jones’ Hustler’s P.O.M.E. reach #5 on the Billboard charts…and it looked like Max was destined for stardom.  That is, until he was sentenced to 75 years for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. 

This should have been the end of the story.  But not for Max B, who’s been recording raps and hooks through collect calls from jail with fellow felon/rapper Isaiah Toothtaker (sentence served) and Chicago production-duo The Hood Internet.

Their first single "Been Told" provides a glimpse of what this unlikely collaboration has to offer aside from the ultimate gangster rapper jail saga and common criminal history of Max and Isaiah.  The full 5-song Toothy Wavy EP will be available from Mishka Records in May.

On “Been Told,” Max B, Isaiah Toothtaker and the Hood Internet will join artists like Diplo, Dave Nada and El-p to be among the first to release work using a private beta version of Legitmix, technology that seamlessly allows consumers to recreate a sample-based track on their computer using their own copies of the copyrighted source music.  For “Been Told”, The Hood Internet used Sleater-Kinney’s “One Beat,” so it costs 50¢ if fans own the Sleater-Kinney track, and $1.49 if they don’t (with 99¢ cents for “One Beat”, and 50¢ going to Max and Isaiah).

Stream and share “Been Told”: http://lgt.mx/+9Y

More on TOOTHY WAVY from Mishka Records: www.toothywavy.com

Legitmix Completes Private Beta of Self-Serve Interface

Over the past few months, our interface for submitting content to Legitmix was made available to select remixers.  Based on their comments, we're readying the interface for public launch at WMC in March.  Thanks to Jasper Goggins, Scott Melker, Cousin Cole, Austin Eterno, Adrian Michna, Codes and everyone else who gave us valuable feedback. You helped us develop a product we believe will change the game for producers and DJs.  The new interface, pictured above, was created with the help of NYC design firm the Cuban Council.

Chicago Reader Q&A with Legitmix inventor Omid McDonald

Click here to read the Reader Q&A with the inventor of "this deviously brilliant little piece of technology, which stands to change the whole way artists on both sides of the sampling divide deal with the [sampling] issue."

Village Voice Q&A with El-P

Click Village Voice to check out a Q&A where El-P speaks on "Rush Over BKLYN", Mr. Dibbs and Legitmix...here's an excerpt:

For the past month Brad Forste has been in the hospital for cirrhosis of the liver. Because he didn't have any health insurance, he has already racked up more than half a million dollars in medical bills. Dibbs' close friend Jamie Meline, better known as El-P, recently released a song to help Dibbs with his bills; "Rush Over BKLYN" merges his recent "Drones Over BKLYN" with Rush's classic-rock staple "Tom Sawyer." (The mashup was made usingLegitmix, a piece of software that allows producers to create mixes using copyrighted material that they have legally acquired.)

Are you a big Rush fan?

I've just always loved that song. I grew up in Brooklyn, and I wasn't quite old enough to be a big Rush fan, but "Tom Sawyer" is and always has been my shit.

(You can donate to Mr. Dibbs at Facebook or via PayPal (use the email address [email protected]). Checks or money orders (payable to his wife, Kristin Rose) can be sent to 4830 Poplar St, Cincinnati, OH, 45212.)

Moombahnista: Mad Decent's "Moombahton Remixes" define a new standard

Can't ask for anything more: a great review of a work that wouldn't have seen the light of day without Legitmix.  Legitmix was made for the likes of Sabo and Nada...