REM Launch It Happened Today Remix Opportunity
REM is about to release a new album entitled Collapse Into Now, which is due in stores on March 8th through Warner Bros records. But fans get a unique opportunity to remix one of their songs
REM are offering fans the opportunity to remix the entirety of It Happened Today from the ground up by distributing the raw source for the song as both a Garageband file for Apple Macintosh computers, or as raw stem audio files for other platforms. Jackknife Lee, REM's producer, has prepared both sets of files, which delivers the song in its "raw" state with no reverb, mixing, or effects.
Here is It Happened Today, which is incredibly boring and has little lyrics. It kind of reminds me of Eddie Vedder's song Hard Sun from the Into the Wild soundtrack, except Eddie can write meaningful lyrics. If I were going to remix this song, I would add lyrics about going up on the top of a mountain and fucking billy goats with Steve Perry of Journey. But I can't remix shit, so you talented people will have to do it.
Users who visit the band’s website, www.remhq.com, can download all 16 tracks Lee used to create the song, including vocals by Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, as well as those by special guests Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and The Hidden Cameras’ Joel Gibb, plus Peter Buck’s guitar and mandolin, Mills’ signature bass, and brass ensemble tracks from Bonerama.
It Happened Today is currently available on iTunes as an “Instant Download” track for those who pre-order Collapse Into Now. The first U.S. single from the album, Mine Smell Like Honey, is currently available for purchase from all digital retailers...and embedded below. This is a better song, but still I found myself bored with it about halfway through. Maybe if it was summer and I was driving not thinking about this song, it might be better. The chorus is kind of catchy, but again the lyrics are complete nonsense. I guess that is an REM staple though...nonsensical lyrics.
REM are offering fans the opportunity to remix the entirety of It Happened Today from the ground up by distributing the raw source for the song as both a Garageband file for Apple Macintosh computers, or as raw stem audio files for other platforms. Jackknife Lee, REM's producer, has prepared both sets of files, which delivers the song in its "raw" state with no reverb, mixing, or effects.
Here is It Happened Today, which is incredibly boring and has little lyrics. It kind of reminds me of Eddie Vedder's song Hard Sun from the Into the Wild soundtrack, except Eddie can write meaningful lyrics. If I were going to remix this song, I would add lyrics about going up on the top of a mountain and fucking billy goats with Steve Perry of Journey. But I can't remix shit, so you talented people will have to do it.
Users who visit the band’s website, www.remhq.com, can download all 16 tracks Lee used to create the song, including vocals by Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, as well as those by special guests Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and The Hidden Cameras’ Joel Gibb, plus Peter Buck’s guitar and mandolin, Mills’ signature bass, and brass ensemble tracks from Bonerama.
It Happened Today is currently available on iTunes as an “Instant Download” track for those who pre-order Collapse Into Now. The first U.S. single from the album, Mine Smell Like Honey, is currently available for purchase from all digital retailers...and embedded below. This is a better song, but still I found myself bored with it about halfway through. Maybe if it was summer and I was driving not thinking about this song, it might be better. The chorus is kind of catchy, but again the lyrics are complete nonsense. I guess that is an REM staple though...nonsensical lyrics.
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