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School Of Rawk

2010-02-08T02:44:00.000-08:00

Hot new mix tape is released today, School of Rawk, chock full of rock tracks by Rob Neary. You can download the tracks here.

A note from Rob about his mix tape:

20 Tracks was a big challenge, so how did i write them? I Basically armed
my mp3 player with as much (12GB) Pop Rock music as i could. A lot
borrowed from Leyden Irwin my Fiance's brother in Cape Town, whom i have
to say a big shout out too.

Once I had listened to as many bands and styles as i could, it all began
to sink in and then the end results are the songs you hear today...

Track listing:

The Race
An New Tomorrow
Catch Me If You Can
Don't Look Back
Flying High Again
Resistance
School of Rock
Skater Park
The Art Of War
The One I Want
Welcome To The Party
Break The Rules
Stop And Stare
Falling For You
Russian Roulette
Shine On
Super Human
The Last Time
The Wild Side

Rob Was recently featured in HUMTOO's HUMCAST series:

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HUMCAST 04 - introducing Corey Bates

2010-02-05T04:21:00.000-08:00

HUMCAST is HUMTOO's podcast series...In this 4th edition, meet Corey Bates.

Corey Bates has been writing and performing since the age of 17. With the regional success he experienced having his music in regular rotation on many area radio stations, Corey decided to relocate to Los Angeles and attend Musicians Institute.

In 1996 he joined the newly formed version of Neve, a band discovered by Randy Jackson. The live dates, label showcases and recordings he played on eventually led to their signing to Columbia Records.

Corey also supported many other up-and-coming aritsts, often filling the role of music director. His experience and abilites were a perfect fit for many solo artists on the rise, such as Kendall Payne on Capitol Records (1997); where he worked with producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Days of the New, Guster).

All the while, his song writing skills were also being recognized and he was offered spec recording time by then Saban Entertainment composer Ian Nickus (The Red West, Friends, Power Rangers). It was during those late night sessions that 'Alternate Lifestyle' was recorded, which was eventually placed on Dane Cook's Tourgasm series and the soundtrack on Playtone/Atlantic.

After relocating to Rochester, NY, he filled the role of Audio Producer for an interactive products company and created promo music for Microsoft, Cisco Systems, the PGA and many others. Locally he has written music used on PBS, RES Exhibits and hired as sound consultant on an audio branding project for Kodak.

These days Corey is performing with his band, Cruelty Free, in the upstate New York area and abroad and continues to have his music licensed for tv/film.

More info www.humtoo.com

Featured Music Maker for February

2010-02-04T03:53:00.000-08:00

foukbass.humtoo.com (Alex Fouquet) COMPOSER / PRODUCER / MUSIC ENGINEER

Canadian composer Alex Fouquet makes his living playing, recording, and most of all, composing music. His work can be found in numerous cinematic scores for major companies as well as independent film makers and producers. With his dramatic and expressive touch, Alex creates and mixes his special and unique blend of orchestral, ethnic, electronic, and modern music. Alex’s scores are currently used by clients in Canada, Japan, the USA, China, Spain, Belgium, and Hong Kong, just to name a few.

While living in Japan in 2005, he composed an instrumental CD under the Osaka-based Groove Studio’s label. The CD has been released in 50 countries. Alex is well known for his work at Big Score Music for which he has composed over 100 original tracks. Alex also composed original scores for TV shows such as Les grands reportages at RDI-Radio Canada, and Belgium’s famous soap opera Spring. Lately, he has been collaborating with animation studios in the Middle East. He was also pleased to compose music for projects such as: an advertisement for HP computers (made by G2 studio in Beijing www.g2studio.net ), MTV USA’s reality show Parental control, and the 2009 movie Alien Presence . Alex also worked on a Chew TV project that was brought to him by Humtoo. Alex has been an active member of Humtoo since the very beginning and has built strong business contacts through the website.

Starting his musical career performing as a live musician, Alex has toured around the world as a bass player for major productions such as Cirque du Soleil’s Cheval-Théâtre. The group has been recognized as one of the world’s top live circus acts and Alex took part in over 450 performances in the United States.

Now focusing on creating great scores that aim to show a wide spectrum of emotions, Alex’s motto remains the same: there is no greater feeling than the one you get when you finish a project and both the producer and composer are proud of what they have accomplished together. Only passion and devotion to your art and a professional attitude can make that happen.

More info here: foukbass.humtoo.com

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Metropol

2010-01-28T23:27:00.000-08:00

Metropol, HUMTOO's latest mix tape, full of smooth percussive electronic grooves...the rhythms of city life.

Track listing:

Beauty - jayhales

Lounge of Lurv - TheAudioDetective
Ruff Lounge - TheAudioDetective

Moby Dyk - garrycribb

Urban Decay - godfreymusic

In An Electro Blue Dream - Giannis
A later shade of blue - Giannis

Leave the city - graham
Trippin - graham

Muffle - audioscapist
Three - audioscapist
Mon Salève - audioscapist

Last Orders - neokitsch

Im flying - foukbass
Bukowski no vox - foukbass
waiting - foukbass

Passenger of the night - StoneLionMusic

Alone in the city - Hans

Light at the end - KeyDrum12

shimmy - Soundgram

Here are what some of the music makers behind the mix tape have to say about their tracks:

Last Orders - Neokitsch is a quirky twist on the smooth groove/lounge music idiom, which uses unusual vocal echoes, and kitchen utensils for its percussion.

Passenger in the Night - StoneLionMusic I like to put myself mentally in to the place for what I am composing for. I imagined being in a Taxi and traveling through the city at night and watching the buildings and lights reflect off of the store front windows. I felt that using a smooth jazz theme matched very well with that.

Alone In The City - Hans I tried to depict the sensation of loneliness in a big city when you don't have any means to get in touch with the one you love.
I started the track with a sort of Avant Gard chord progression a la Erik Satie (Gymnopedie) and used break beats to sound more modern and urban.

Light At The End - KeyDrum12 I was inspired by watching Nature documentaries and scenery pictures. I just wanted to reproduce, almost "painting", those beautiful landscapes through music.

Mon Salève - Audioscapist is a piece with a darkish heavy mood resolved by soaring lighter sections. Inspired by my memories of le Salève, a mountain with wondrous views of Geneva and surroundings. I remember one day watching parascenders rising in the thermals from the top, the lighter pads mimicking them were written first, followed by the driving bass to give the piece the solidity of the slopes.

Shades Of White

2010-01-28T01:35:00.000-08:00

Shades Of White is a new mix tape full chock full of 'minimalist emotive drones'.

Track listing:

Molecule Connection - Stonelionmusic
Deep - Stonelionmusic

The Minds Eye - Stonelionmusic

Deep water shallow Breath - davewaugh

june - davewaugh
barrier reef - davewaugh

The Ocean - neokitsch

Ben By Night - neokitsch
Schumann Fish - neokitsch
Frost - neokitsch

Evolving - Keydrum12

Torture 1 - Wizzer

The Lonely Walk Home - godfreymusic
Droning, now waving - godfreymusic
Cold Dawn - godfreymusic
Russian Theme - godfreymusic
Intensity - godfreymusic
Air - godfreymusic
Grindsonte Love - godfreymusic

Temptation - IanD

Here are what some of the music makers behind the mix tape have to say about their tracks:

Ben By Night: (Neokitsch) is an ambient piece which is tranquil, reflective and enlightening. It is a location specific piece, as the music resonates through the chimes of Big Ben, so this track is a perfect choice for those wishing to describe a London night scene.

The Ocean : (Neokitsch) is a mysterious and haunting piece with threatening rumbles contrasted with high pitched chimes. It weaves through light and dark moods, describing the uncertain depths of the otherworldly ocean.

Schumann Fish: (Neokitsch) uses a mixture of subtle ambient music with sound recordings. The name comes from the piece being inspired by a particular passage in one of the Schumann Lieder, although this piece however, has an aquatic texture.

Frost: (Neokitsch) is very dark, with a distant, reverberant female voice accompanied by the low crackles and rumbles of the vintage analogue Moog Rogue synthesizer.

Deep water shallow breath: (Dave Waugh) I spent hours searching through all my synths for sounds and tweaking them, what I was really looking for were synths that were unpredictable, never responding the same way twice, I'd record the outcomes and reposition the audio, sometimes reversing the audio files. Other synths I used had an incredible delay, only starting to be audible a couple of bars after playing them, and then twisting away long after the note had been stopped on the keyboard. I enjoyed not knowing what to expect next in the track. I renamed it when it was complete because it gave me the feeling of something terrible lurking beneath a deep ocean.

June: (Dave Waugh)I tried for something a little more musical in regards to the timing on this track, I started with a bass pulse and a couple of very gentle synths which complement eachother to provide the pad. The melody line is a combination of a celesta through effects and synth. The organ sound which enters in the last third of the track, is a build up of delay from a couple of the synths.

Barrier reef: (Dave Waugh)Although probably the simplest sounding of the three tracks i have on Shades of White, this track took surprisingly long to create. I took hours to find the right synths and although a very simple progression, reworked the chords several times. The track surprised me when it was finished.

Evolving: (Keydrum2) I was inspired by watching Nature documentaries and scenery pictures. I just wanted to reproduce, almost "painting", those beautiful landscapes through music.

Molecular Connection: (stonelionmusic) I often compose music with out any title in mind at all. I am often inspired by the track itself to title it something and go by the "feeling" of the piece. This reminded me of something on a Molecular level and all the connections within ourselves there are.

The Minds Eye: (stonelionmusic) I've always loved doing Ambient/New Age style music and try to convey things through it. In this track I thought it was like a short trip though the mind in a slightly grandiose and expanding way.

Deep: (stonelionmusic) This track was originally done for a deep sea documentary and because of that I tried to convey depth of the ocean and some of the wonders deep within the sea. Recently this track under a similar title was pitched for a feature film because of it's relaxing nature.

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neo-drones mix tape

2010-01-27T04:53:00.000-08:00

Neo-drones is the first of HUMTOO's invite mix tapes. Here are some of Neokitsch's thoughts on neo-drones.

This mix tape came naturally to me, as ambient genres of music are often requested for NeoKitsch. The instruments and performance style bring about a hypnotic, meditative aura. Most of the pieces, although thoroughly minimal, use a technique where all the twelve notes of the chromatic scale are used mainly in relation to one and other, rather than sticking to a key, and it avoids melodic and traditional harmonic structures. This approach, I find, encourages the listener to appreciate textures and mood above all else, as each note is of equal importance. As NeoKitsch produces music for visual mediums, this mix tape is designed to enrich the screen with deep textures, as well as keeping a distance, in order not to dominate the image.

Some of the instruments used were the Moog Etherwave Theremin, Violin, Viola, Folktek Folkchord, Micro Garden, Electron Monomachine, Lap Steel Guitar, Moog Voyager, Bass Guitar, Omnichord and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.

All tracks are live improvisations recorded at the NeoKitsch studio using a ProTools HD system, with vintage and modern mics and preamps, including the Nuemann U87 and AKG C414.

Neo-Drones is an eclectic mix of atmospheres, which will be appropriate for any soundtrack seeking ambient sounds with the ‘less is more’ approach.”

Listen to it here!

If you'd like to see Neokitsch at work in his studio, check out his HUMCAST:

Disco Retropolis

2010-01-26T02:02:00.000-08:00

As HUMTOO’s first mix tapes are completed, we thought we’d give you a rundown on our hottest new release…

Disco Retropolis

“Retro Funk And Disco Grooves”

Track Listing

Lost in Disco – garrycribb
Retro Flares – garrycribb
Westbay Bridge – garrycribb

Funk It Now – keydrum12
Friday Night Fever – keydrum12

Can Ya Dig It – StoneLionMusic

Back To Funk – TheAudioDetective

Quarter Past Funk O’clock – audioscapist
December – audioscapist
Funkliving – audioscapist

On The Run – jaywoods
Funky Junky – jaywoods

Funkasaurus 1 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 7 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 5 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 8 - nspaas
Funkasaurus 2 - nspaas
Funkasaurus 3 - nspaas

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HUMTALK – First releases for 2010 and the Macbook pro is still up for grabs!

2010-01-22T02:13:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010 from the HUMTOO team! We hope you had a wonderful festive season.

HUMTOO has 3 new mix tapes hot off the press ready for use! Neodrones is full of ambient drones. Metropol is jam packed with smooth percussive electronic grooves. And get a serious dose of retro funk and disco grooves with Disco Retropolis. You can find them here: mixtapes.humtoo.com.

Remember, any use of either a track from the library or from a project created in the music marketplace is eligible to win a Macbook pro. More information can be found here: macbook.humtoo.com. More prizes are to be announced shortly, so stay tuned!

The latest HUMCAST is up on our youtube page and it features award winning duo EntropiK, check it out here.

If you need assistance logging into the site, have any questions, email us any time - talktous@humtoo.com or mike@humtoo.com.

All the best for 2010!

Kind regards

The HUMTOO team

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HUMCAST 03 - introducing entropiK

2010-01-19T03:01:00.000-08:00

HUMCAST is HUMTOO's podcast series...Meet EntropiK, the budding producer of media music in multiple genres including classical, electronic and easy listening, and also a performance/ recording duo who make beautiful and boundary-breaking music featuring cello and electronics.

As a producer of media music, EntropiK.humtoo.com is also gaining a solid and favourable reputation. In the past 12 months, they have scored 2 award-winning short films: Enfant (by AdamR) and Le Cinquième Jour (David Forest Animations) and have licensed a vast number of their tracks for a variety of media platforms including documentaries, corporate films, commercials and films.

They have a growing list of short films scores to their name and collaborated on a feature film score for the British independent horror film, Bane.

More info www.humtoo.com

Featured Music Maker for January

2010-01-12T01:16:00.000-08:00

EntropiK.humtoo.com is known both as a budding producer of media music in multiple genres including classical, electronic and easy listening, and also a performance/ recording duo who make beautiful and boundary-breaking music featuring cello and electronics.

Winners of HUMTOO's HUMFEST prize, they are also currently finalists in the international People's Music Awards, and have been generating a buzz on BBC Asian Network and 6 Music with tracks from their latest EP, Cellotronics.

As a producer of media music, EntropiK.humtoo.com is also gaining a solid and favourable reputation. In the past 12 months, they have scored 2 award-winning short films: Enfant (by AdamR) and Le Cinquième Jour (David Forest Animations) and have licensed a vast number of their tracks for a variety of media platforms including documentaries, corporate films, commercials and films.

They have a growing list of short films scores to their name and collaborated on a feature film score for the British independent horror film, Bane.

For more information and to listen to some of their music, check out EntropiK.humtoo.com

HUMCAST 02 - meet robneary.humtoo.com

2009-11-18T04:39:00.000-08:00

HUMCAST is HUMTOO's video podcast series...

Meet robneary.humtoo.com in his own studio and find out about his recent success on HUMTOO and also how he creates his sound with his two Ibanez guitars.

HUMTALK November

2009-11-10T03:36:00.000-08:00

In this HUMTALK:

* HUMTOO's first HUMCAST goes live
* New Look front page for HUMTOO
* Music Maker of the month announced
* Win a MacBook Pro for the best use of our music
* Remixes and Collaborations

We're pleased to announce our first Podcast is now live. HUMCAST, HUMTOO's video podcast, will feature HUMTOO's music makers and their tracks, to raise their profile. In HUMCAST 01 meet Neokitsch.humtoo.com in his North London studio, complete with handmade synth, Omnichord 0-300 and Theremin.

We've updated our front page. This update reflects our growing content creator community that are looking to access music quickly and easily from the library. The project marketplace is still easily accessed after you log in to your account. If you've got any feedback on the update, feel free to message mike on the site mike.humtoo.com.

HUMTOO's music maker of the month is Rob Neary. You can find out more about his work on the blog. He'll be featured in the next HUMCAST which will be featured on our youtube page shortly

The MacBook Pro continues to attract interest in the music in our library. We will be announcing more prizes for the best use of our music in the coming weeks. More info can be found here: macbook.humtoo.com. The library is currently looking for Christmas/festive music - don't forget you can upload tracks directly into the library from your profile page.

Congratulations to Whitesound.humtoo.com for their successful pitch for the interlink project. You can create collaboration projects and remix projects simply and easily from your own profile page.

We've had a few questions lately about the new HUM system. If you are a little confused, check out the blurb here in our How It Works section which should make it clear. If you are still unclear, message Mike on the site.

Keep up and great work, and as always if you've any feedback or questions about HUMTOO, hit up mike at mike.humtoo.com

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Featured Music Maker for November

2009-11-09T10:38:00.000-08:00

robneary.humtoo.com (BMI) is a songwriter, composer and music supervisor based in Surrey. He writes music for TV, Film and all forms of media. His motto is “Your vision, my music”

Robert has been involved with various projects this year, which covered custom work for “the Smithsonian Network” documentary film “The Rivals” and independent films (one by the makers if “Hoodwinked”) as well as music for a Unilever Campaign through HUMTOO.

With over 200 music placements world wide each year, Roberts music featured recently in the Oscar Nominated & Golden Globe winning Motion Picture – “The Wrestler” 2009. His work can also be heard on MTV, The Discovery Channel and live broadcasts such as the Asian Excellent Awards 2008.

Popular with corporate companies worldwide, his music has also featured on Radio and website commercials worldwide for CBS, Adidas, Momentum Pictures, KPMG, Unilever, Reuters, Boeing and Porsche.

Roberts creative imagine and musical vision has led him into music supervising with his first 10minute short film (Directed by Neil Moss) called "Open Season" which came in 14th place out of 58 movies in the UK for the 2Days Later film festival which had film critics from the Guardian and the Times.

Robert's home studio comprises of a Boss digital multi-track, 2 Ibanez guitars and POD X3 effects system.

All of the music you hear on HUMTOO is written recorded and mixed by Robert himself with over 20years experience.

Roberts’ growing success is being noticed worldwide and has also moved his music into Computer games, E-cards and I-phone applications.

More info and his music can be found at robneary.humtoo.com

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HUMCAST 01 - Meet Neokitsch.humtoo.com

2009-11-02T06:55:00.000-08:00

HUMTOO's first Podcast is up on our Youtube page. Meet Neokitsch.humtoo.com in his North London studio, complete with handmade synth, Omnichord o300 and Theremin.

We'll be getting our Podcasts up on itunes soon, but for now you can check them out on our youtube page or here on our blog.

HUMTOO announces HUMFEST winner!

2009-10-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

HUMTOO is pleased to announce the winning film for HUMFEST is AdamR's ENFANT. The winning music track, Waltz Enfant, was pitched by EntropiK.

On hearing that his film had won the competition, AdamR said "I'm so pleased that Enfant was chosen for HUMFEST. HUMTOO is a fantastic resource for producers to find music for their projects..."

The EntropiK team were similarly pleased on hearing the news: "We're genuinely very surprised and delighted! We have to say that the film is such a little work of art; it was an absolute joy to add music to."

So for your enjoyment, here is the winning film. It's a wonderful union of pictures and music and a testament to the talent of the HUMTOO community. Oh, and don't forget, HUMTOO is currently has a Macbook Pro up for grabs for the best use of our music, more info at macbook.humtoo.com

Mixtapes update

2009-10-20T03:04:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick update on the progress of the HUMTOO mixtapes.

There are currently 7 mixtapes open on the site looking for music, and below is a short explanation of the music we're looking for. We are currently sorting the closed mixtapes and we'll be in touch shortly regarding the successful tracks pitched.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the HUMFEST prize shortly!

60's The Beat Poets - Closing December 31
We're looking for 60's pop classics. Tunes that take you straight back to flares, lavalamps and psychedelia. Tunes without vocals are preferred.

Acoutic Guitar - Hardwood - Closing December 31
Acoustic tunes that take you to a place. We're looking for songs with a softer pallet, that float and take the listener on a journey.

The Box - Closing December 31
Where energy meets finesse. The Box is music that sells the brand. We're looking for high end orchestral music with driving beats.

Skinny Jeans and Pointy Shoes - Closing December 31
Attitude meets attitude. Think Punk, think rock, think cutting edge tracks that are going grab you by the ears and get you movin'.

Mr Kringle - Closing October 31
Christmas tunes, both classic and modern.

Disco Retropolis - Closing October 31
Foot tapping, hip swinging funky tunes that are going to make you want to get up and boogie...

Piano Inbetween keys - Closing October 31
We are seeking an original mix of piano tunes, through various genres and moods. Solo piano only.

Remember, you can create projects to get your tracks remixed! More information in the How It Works section.

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Featured Music Maker for October:

2009-10-01T11:46:00.000-07:00

NeoKitsch is a music studio in the heart of trendy Crouch End, London, which specialises in producing original musical scores, sound design, voiceover and foley for film and TV. Five albums have been released under NeoKitsch, some classical music, and some fusion electronic music, and they can be downloaded from iTunes and other leading stores.

NeoKitsch has been active in composing music for filmmakers worldwide including productions in LA, Milan, Berlin, Zurich, Hamburg and London, collaborating with names such as UK Film Council, The League Of Gentlemen, Arts Council England, Sky One and MTV, with works presented at BAFTA screenings and film festivals.
The NeoKitsch Blog is regularly updated with reviews and articles on unusual musical instruments, films and new music. You can check out all the serious and silly things NeoKitsch gets up to at: www.neokitsch.com

Current projects NeoKitsch is involved in includes the full score for the stage production of Frankenstein which will be performed in March (date and venues TBC). The lead instruments will be the Violin and Etherwave Theremin.

NeoKitsch is a huge collector of unusual and vintage instruments, and the studio often uses acoustic stringed instruments such as the violin, mandolin, and cello. Some of the more far out instruments include the Omnichord, Micro Garden, Theremin, Circuit Bent Synths, and Stylophone. Among the hard to find, vintage gear NeoKitsch collects, are the Moog Rogue, Yamaha CS10, Korg MS2000B, Roland JV1080, and the famous Roland TB-303. NeoKitsch also uses more modern synths, although arguably, they tend to lean towards the nostalgic 70's and 80's sounds. Some of these modern machines include the Elektron Monomachine and Machinedrum, and the Sid Station.

NeoKitsch is familiar with composing music for a wide range of different genres, but the speciality genre seems to lean in the direction of classical music for violin and piano, fused with electronic glitch and experimental music.

The NeoKitsch studio is run by one person, Danny Hahn, but he often collaborates with classical musicians and specialists in fields which help broaden the possibilities of composing music.

When NeoKitsch is composing with computer software such as ProTools, Max MSP, Logic and Sibelius, novelty Midi controllers are often used such as the Monome. Interesting videos of some of the weird instruments NeoKitsch uses, including the Monome, can be found on YouTube. Here are a few examples:

More info can be found here: neokitsch.humtoo.com

New HUM system on HUMTOO explained...

2009-09-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

The HUM system is a vote-style rating system for music on HUMTOO. There is no number rating (e.g. four out of five), and no negative votes.

Every 24hrs every member of HUMTOO gets one HUM which they can use to show their appreciation of a track. Nobody can HUM their own tracks.

To HUM a track simply press the HUM button on the player for that track.

Tracks with more HUMs go to the top of projects and library searches.

So next time you hear a great track on the site, do the community a favour and HUM it.

You can see the total HUMs a track has on the display above the button and the total of all the HUMs on all your tracks on the HUM display above your profile picture on your profile.

To level the playing field as each new project comes onto the site, tracks have a separate number of HUMs on each project they are pitched for.

These HUMs display in red and add to the total HUMs that a track and music maker has received.

This means that old and new tracks start from the same spot and have the same chance of rising to the top on each new project.

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HUMTOO is giving away a macbook pro!

2009-09-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

We love the sound of our production music, and we think you will too.

We’re offering a MacBook Pro for the best use of our music (there’s loads of other great prizes to be announced shortly).

It’s simple and easy to enter; simply go to www.humtoo.com and sign-up for FREE. Then, search our production music library or create a project in the project marketplace.

HUMTOO’s music is FREE to use on broadcast productions, and each track has an individual price for non-broadcast productions.

Once you’ve found the perfect piece of music for your production, send us a link, ftp or yousendit.com us a quicktime of the result. Please include your email address, humtoo username and the name of the music track you used with your entry.

We’ll review all the entries and our judging panel will choose the best use of our music.

More information on the prizes and entry can be found here: macbookpro.humtoo.com

You can also view examples of previous projects that have found music on our sizzle reel here: http://tiny.cc/Wadxo

If you’ve any questions or comments, message us anytime at talktous@humtoo.com

We look forward to seeing your work soon.

Cheers,

The HUMTOO Team

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Something cool

2009-09-21T11:39:00.001-07:00

While updating our Youtube page, we came across this, created by one of HUMTOO's members, check it out:

We contacted Neokitsch, and this is what he has to say:

This video is part of a project I call Neon Quiche (which is a play on words from NeoKitsch). This project and the video I uploaded is inspired by 1970's cooking shows. I am very much influenced by kitsch food and cookery. Where the "Neo" part of "Kitsch" comes in, is where I involve serious and experimental contemporary music.I made the video in one take in my kitchen.

Check out some of Neokitsch's tracks on HUMTOO: neokitsch.humtoo.com

If you're making something cool, that's in any way related to music, we want to know about it - email Mike@humtoo.com and we'll get it up here on the blog.

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Congratulations to maximkf.humtoo.com

2009-09-10T03:07:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to maximkf.humtoo.com for his successful pitch for the Chew TV project.

The Chew TV team were really impressed with all the music pitched for their projects on HUMTOO.

We've uploaded the final project to our youtube account, have a look at it here:

Introducing HUMTOO's featured music maker for September, Peter Godfrey - godfreymusic.humtoo.com

2009-09-02T06:40:00.000-07:00

Peter Godfrey is HUMTOO's featured music maker for September. With over 220 tracks on HUMTOO, Godfreymusic is a prolific composer who has been successful in numerous projects posted on HUMTOO.

Since completing his degree in music at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and advanced composition at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Peters musical experience is vast and some of his accomplishments include;

Musical Director for a number of youth theatre shows, including Wizard of Oz, Narnia, Fame, Disco Inferno and The Wiz

One time member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

National Semi Finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year

Performer: flute (my principal instrument), keyboards, drums, saxophone

Performed mainly in and around Stafford and Oxford areas, as a semi-professional (in orchestras, bands, shows and as a soloist) and for amateur gigs

Stage Musical writing partnership with lyricist Arran Potts – to date have 4 musicals for school/youth theatre performances

Composed extensive amounts of incidental music for plays, including the premiere of David Calcutt’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”.

Full time music teacher and Head of Year 10 at Weston Road High School, Stafford since 1991.

For more information and to listen to some of his great tracks, check out: godfreymusic.humtoo.com

Humming along...

2009-08-15T06:32:00.000-07:00

We've been busy, busy adding a few features to the site over the past couple of weeks...and we're excited to announce that there is a new feature on our homepage.

Here in the HUMTOO office we can see what's happening on the site, who's uploading new music to the site, who is joining the HUMTOO community and so on. But we felt that it was harder for the community to keep up with what was going on. So we decided to create the humming along box...it gives you updates as to exactly what's new on the site and what's going down.

We've a bunch of new features we'll be releasing in the near future so stay tuned...

www.humtoo.com

Introducing HUMTOO's featured musician for August - Corey Bates cbates.humtoo.com

2009-08-03T06:48:00.000-07:00

Corey Bates is HUMTOO's featured musician for August.

So who is the musician behind the winning track for the HUMCAST project?

Corey Bates has been writing and performing since the age of 17. With the regional success he experienced having his music in regular rotation on many area radio stations, Corey decided to relocate to Los Angeles and attend Musicians Institute.

In 1996 he joined the newly formed version of Neve, a band discovered by Randy Jackson. The live dates, label showcases and recordings he played on eventually led to their signing to Columbia Records.

Corey also supported many other up-and-coming aritsts, often filling the role of music director. His experience and abilites were a perfect fit for many solo artists on the rise, such as Kendall Payne on Capitol Records (1997); where he worked with producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Days of the New, Guster).

All the while, his song writing skills were also being recognized and he was offered spec recording time by then Saban Entertainment composer Ian Nickus (The Red West, Friends, Power Rangers). It was during those late night sessions that 'Alternate Lifestyle' was recorded, which was eventually placed on Dane Cook's Tourgasm series and the soundtrack on Playtone/Atlantic.

After relocating to Rochester, NY, he filled the role of Audio Producer for an interactive products company and created promo music for Microsoft, Cisco Systems, the PGA and many others. Locally he has written music used on PBS, RES Exhibits and hired as sound consultant on an audio branding project for Kodak.

These days Corey is performing with his band, Cruelty Free, in the upstate New York area and abroad and continues to have his music licensed for tv/film.

You can find out more about Corey and his music on his profile on HUMTOO.

www.humtoo.com

The HUMCAST tune is....

2009-07-29T06:43:00.000-07:00

After a week or two (at least!) of agonising over the successful track for the HUMCAST project, we're proud to announce we've gone with.... (please listen to the announcement on ipadio!)

HUMTOO's HUMCAST will begin shortly, we'll be vodcasting about projects, new music on the site and much, much more so get ready for it!

Thanks to everyone for pitching their tracks - we were blown away by all the fantastic music put up for the project.

The HUMTOO team.

HUMTOO goes non-exclusive

2009-07-22T07:07:00.000-07:00

HUMTOO has just updated it's publishing agreement with it's music making community to a non-exclusive publishing deal with it's members with tracks on the site.

As HUMTOO's library expands and is broadcast across the globe earning it's music making community money in performance royalties, the HUMTOO team decided to change their agreement with their members as they believe it will assist in speeding up the growth of the library.

You are completely free to do whatever you want with your music outside the site and ownership of your music remains 100% with you.

HUMTOO will take the publisher's share (50%) of performance royalties earned through HUMTOO only. This is HUMTOO's only publishing commission on this site. Any project fees, sync or reproduction royalties earned by your music are 100% yours and all memberships, listings and general use of the site are free.

We will register all works with our PRO which will speed up the distribution of royalties if you also register the agreement with your PRO and let them know the track is published by HUMTOO (50% split of performance royalties each - 100% mechanical royalties to you).

We may retitle your work for use in our library and we only ask that if you publish a track you have on HUMTOO elsewhere that you give it a new name (completely different than the name on HUMTOO).

Please read the contributing music maker agreement for the full details and if you have any questions at all please email us we're here to help.

More information can be found in the how it works section of the site: http://www.humtoo.com/how-it-works.asp?HIWPageID=80

We have recently uploaded another mix tape project on the site called Arena. We'll be putting up more mixtapes in the near future, if you'd like an email reminder when they go up, please email us at: newstuff@humtoo.com with 'add me' in the subject line and we'll send you an email everytime a new project is uploaded to HUMTOO.

Keep up the great work!

The HUMTOO team

HUMTALK July '09

2009-07-06T04:38:00.000-07:00

In this HUMTALK:

· HUMTOO’s HUMCAST project
· Mixtapes explained
· HUMTOO and InkTip
· HUMTOO and IMradio

Since launching HUMTOO’s user-generated library, we’ve had a fantastic response from music makers and content creators. HUMTOO’s members are in more countries than we can count and our community's music is being broadcast far and wide.

We’ll be launching our Podcast, named the HUMCAST in the coming months. The HUMCAST project on the site for our Podcast’s theme tune has recently closed and we’re really impressed with all the great music we’ve received. We’d love your feedback on the music pitched, so please get HUMMING! We’ll take into account the amount of HUM’s on the tracks so if you do like a track, HUM it! You can find the project here.

You’ll have noticed we’ve recently been placing a whole range of Mixtapes on the site. Check out the blog post regarding the mixtapes to find out more information in regards to what we’re looking for. As always, if you want to be kept up to date with the latest projects as they are added to HUMTOO, email newstuff@humtoo.com with ‘add me’ in the subject line and we’ll shoot you an email as soon as new projects are added to HUMTOO.

There has been a little confusion as well about submitting to the HUMTOO library. Once you’ve uploaded a track to your profile, ensure that you hit ‘submit to library’ button for the track to enter the HUMTOO library so it can start earning you money in royalties. Also, remember you can set the individual price for a non broadcast license on each of your tracks. You can set it as high, or as low as you like.

HUMTOO has also partnered up with two other sites we thought you’d be interested in.

Inktip is a great service to find good scripts fast & easy. More than 85 films have been produced from scripts & writers found through thes site.
Learn more about InkTip in less than 2 min by watching Inktip explained. Their IMDb profile can be found here or by searching for 'InkTip' on IMDb. Screenwriters, register here.

IMRadio invites you to submit your songs for FREE airplay on: www.IMRadio.com. Benefits for bands and artists who register with IMRadio include:
- Guaranteed radio exposure to a growing audience of new music lovers
- Additional tools designed to help manage your own career
- he opportunity to gain new fans worldwide
This is a fantastic opportunity to have your music broadcast on regular radio rotation and be heard by a new audience. Check out www.IMRadio.com for more info!

Thanks again for joining the community. If you’ve any questions or suggestions message Mike on the site - mike.humtoo.com or email talktous@humtoo.com

www.humtoo.com

HUMTOO'S HUMCAST PROJECT

2009-07-03T02:09:00.000-07:00

The deadline has now passed for HUMTOO's HUMCAST project. We're really pleased with the high standard and the range of tracks pitched for the project.

HUMCAST will be HUMTOO's Podcast, and this project is all about finding the theme tune to brand our HUMCAST. We will work with the winning music maker to refine the track so it makes out podcast instantly recognisable.

We're looking for your input! We'll be choosing the winner in a couple of weeks, and in the mean time, we'd like to hear what tracks you think are suitable. We wont necessarily choose the track with the most Hum's, but we will take into account which tracks have been Hummed, so get humming and let us know what you think!

The project can be found here: http://www.humtoo.com/project-detail.asp?projectid=148

:) The HUMTOO team.

www.humtoo.com

HUMTOO Mixtapes Explained

2009-07-01T02:24:00.000-07:00

Currently we have online 10 mixtapes which we’re looking to fill over the next few weeks.

How mixtapes work is outlined in the How It Works section of HUMTOO. Library mix tapes are sets of high quality HUMTOO tracks grouped by theme. They appear at the top of any search that they apply to and can also be found by typing "mix tapes" into the search bar.

Selected by HUMTOO, these tracks are of the highest quality and are a quick and easy resource for content creators, particularly when pressured for time.

The Mixtapes which are currently online and looking for music are:

Shades of White – Minimalist Emotive Drones

60’s The Beat Poets – 60’s Pop

Touchy Feely – beautifully, sensitive, romantic

All About Hat - Country

Organic Technology – thumping break beats with an emotional message

Skinny Jeans and Pointy Shoes – Attitude meets attitude. Punk, Rock, Guitar.

Metropol – smooth percussive grooves…rhythms of city life.

Earthling – World, electronica, inspirational. Inspiring and uplifting, earthling is a collection of music that speaks about the modern world.

The Box – where energy meets finesse…the box is the music that sells the brand…High end orchestral composition with driving beats.

(M is for) - Trance

More will come online in the near future. If you do have any questions, feel free to message me on the site - mike.humtoo.com

Mike

www.humtoo.com

Get stung and win £5,000 for it!

2009-06-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

E4 is running it's Estings competition again.

It's a great opportunity to get your work in front of the right people.

"We want you to take our logo and create an original brand sting that can be played out on E4 - and we're even giving out prizes for our favourites. It can be live action, it can be animated, it can be 2D, 3D, 4D. It can be hi-fi, lo-fi, big-budget or no-budget."

If you are creating a sting, make sure you post it on www.humtoo.com to get a great track written for it!

More info here:

http://www.e4.com/estings/

HUMTOO partners with Phangan Film Festival

2009-06-30T03:59:00.000-07:00

The Phangan Film Festival grew out of a pure love for meaningful independent filmmaking. Additionally, we are world travelers who rejoice in the cross-cultural expansion that subtly transforms all those who wander far and wide, and we embrace film as a medium for this soul-level evolution.

The Phangan Film Festival are committed to providing the local community as well as travelers to this beautiful tropical island with a diverse presentation of high-quality independent films from around the world. The festival themes are NATURE and SPIRIT, two widely cherished and intimately related subjects which bear increasing relevance for both our island and our planet at large. The third annual Phangan Film Festival will take place 12-14 March 2010.

The Phangan Film Festival hope that this initiative will profoundly touch festival-goers, stimulate thoughtful reflection on our own ways of life, and bring about appropriate attitudinal change and responsible action. For the community, we wish to open the doors to spiritual activism and ultimately contribute to the harmonious development of Koh Phangan for all of its inhabitants and visitors.

We are already anticipating the many interesting submissions. Please click here for more information and submission details.

www.phanganfilmfestival.com/filmmakers.html

Four River Film Festival Call For Entries

2009-06-28T03:27:00.000-07:00

The Four River Film Festival will take place for the second time and it is
held annually. This year the Festival will be organized from 10th - 13th
September in Karlovac. The newest film and video accomplishments from young
authors will be presented on it and the competition will be based on an
international level. Authors between 14 and 20 years of age can take part in
the festival.

Organizers are Croatian Film Clubs Association and Cinema Club Karlovac

*Submission deadline* for 2nd Four River Festival is *1st July 2009.*

More info: fourriverfilmfestival@gmail.com

2009-06-26T05:01:00.001-07:00

Welcome to Renderyard a digital playground that gives film makers and musicians the chance to watch independent films from around the world and listen to new music and contact each other and provide a strong network facility for emerging new talent.

Renderyard gives film makers, musicians and actors the chance to get involved and create their own profile to upload their films, music or acting and voice talents to each other and the world. Helping you all to see whats going on in the best of independent film making today and keep in touch with each other to either work or play and share the power and love of the moving image.

Renderyard Short Film Festival Call for entries!

Call for Entries for the 5th Renderyard Short Film Festival we are pleased to announce we are now accepting films that are between 1 min and 12 min in length for the festival in Oct 2009. Submit your film to this years festival to be in with a chance of winning prizes worth $1000 including a prestigious Renderyard Award and getting your film placed our film channel and Free Membership for a year. The full list for Categories submissions this year include:

Music Video / Short Film / Animation / Documentary / Mobile Film / Script / Film Trailer / Film Titles

Submit Your Films please go to www.renderyard.com

Project Twenty1 and HUMTOO - save $25 off the entry fee!

2009-06-25T03:43:00.000-07:00

Project Twenty1 is extending a special offer to friends of HUMTOO to participate in The 21-Day Filmmaking Competition 2009!

Filmmakers from around the world are invited to participate and take a brand new film or animation (up to 10 minutes long) from concept to screen in 3 weeks this August, and all participating filmmakers will receive a GUARANTEED World Premiere screening of their film as a part of the Project Twenty1 Film Festival in October, in addition to tons of exposure, AND submission to dozens of other festivals nationwide FREE. Films will also compete for Awards in a dozen categories and over $1000 in software from Sony Creative Software and TMPGEnc!

This year, all filmmaking will begin Saturday, August 1st, and films will be due Saturday, August 22nd.

Discounts are being extended to friends of HUMTOO. Use COUPON CODE: HUMTOO when signing up on the Project Twenty1 website and get $25 off your Entry fee.

Not up to making a film in 21 days, but have a pre-existing film you'd like to submit? Project Twenty1's Philadelphia Filmathon will also be accepting shorts and features, live-action and animation, to screen at the Project Twenty1 Film Festival alongside the 21-Day Competition films. The COUPON CODE: HUMTOO when used on the Project Twenty1 website will also take $25 off your Entry fee for the Filmathon, cutting the entry fee in half.

June 30 is the Late Deadline: $125 Competition/$25 Filmathon (with coupons)

Sign up online at:

www.ProjectTwenty1.com

HUMFEST - your questions answered!

2009-06-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

So we've a had a series of questions regarding HUMFEST so I thought I'd try and sort them all out in a post here on on our Blog.

Firstly, check out this short video which explains HUMFEST:

HUMFEST is open to any short film that is in production and looking for music.

To enter your film to be eligible for the HUMFEST prize you just need to create a project on the HUMTOO site, and upload at least 30 seconds of video onto your pitch. You will then automatically qualify for the HUMFEST prize (we'll mark your project in the brief so that our music makers know it's eligible).

You need to ensure the deadline of the project closes before the 29th of July 2009 as we'll be sitting down with industry professionals at the beginning of August to judge the films.

More info can be found here: humfest.humtoo.com

Any more questions please fire away: talktous-a-humtoo.com

HUMTOO launches user-generated production music library

2009-06-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

The HUMTOO team are pleased to announce that the HUMTOO user-generated music library is now online! It’s a revolutionary new way for content creators to access music from across the globe.

We’ve had a great response to HUMTOO since it first went online late last year, our music has been broadcast far and wide check out our sizzlereel for some of the great projects that have come out of HUMTOO

The Library is a fantastic resource for content creators to get their hands on our members music quickly and easily, and also for our Music Making community to earn money in the form of performance royalties. We've created this short video to explain how it works...

Thanks for being part of the HUMTOO community, we look forward to seeing you on the site soon!

Cheers,

The HUMTOO team

HUMTOO – makes it only about the music

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Update HUMTOO showreel

2009-05-20T06:17:00.000-07:00

We've just put together a sizzlereel with all of our favourite projects that have found music on the site, it's on our youtube page, check it out!

Keep up to date with all the new projects!

2009-05-15T06:15:00.000-07:00

We've just launched a new service for you music makers to keep up to date with all the new projects updated to HUMTOO.

Simply send us an email with 'add me' in the subject line to: newstuff-a-humtoo.com and we'll add you to the list.

Keep up the great work!

Mike

And The Winner of the Smart AV console is...

2009-05-05T06:20:00.000-07:00

SmartAV have spent a long time trying to decide on a winner for the Tango project. The quality submitted was so high that in the end they couldn't decide.

Instead they've short listed the finalists - any of which they would more than happily use in connection with the Tango as musically they loved all 7, but they wanted more feedback in terms of which would be more successful selling their product.

So they asked us to help the make the decision....

We decided it wasn't really fair for us to make a decision - so we've thrown it out to the community. The 7 finalists are here on this project and the winner will be decided by HUMs.

More information on the HUM system can be found here:
http://www.humtoo.com/how-it-works.asp?HIWPageID=7

Whichever track has the most HUMs by 5pm AEST Friday 10th April will win the Tango.

This result really highlights the incredible talent amongst our music makers!!!

Good luck finalists!

You can HUM your favourite track here: (you can HUM 1 track a day...)
http://www.humtoo.com/project-detail3.asp?projectid=166

We're twittering like crazy!

2009-04-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

Just to let you know we'd love to connect with you on twitter, you can find our tweets here!

humtoo.twitter.com

We'll tweet when new projects come on the site, and also if we come across anything else that might be of interest :)

Humtoo gets some zzizzl

2009-04-13T05:26:00.000-07:00

HUMTOO is excited to be working with zzizzl films creating three new projects on HUMTOO.

The first project is to create a soundtrack for the zzizzl's homepage animation.

The other two projects are to create stings for the intro and outro for zzizzl's films.

Dennis, founder of zzizzl films thinks this is a great idea. “By connecting with HUMTOO we are showing content creators that HUMTOO has a great community of music makers who want to make music for films and programmes. HUMTOO offers a much needed and vital service for content creators around the world.”

zzizzl - Portable film and video content for our mobile lifestyle - live outside the box.

HUMTOO it's all about the music

HUMTOO annoucement of the Tango project and the Coin-Op project!

2009-04-10T06:20:00.000-07:00

A BIG congratulations to two HUMTOO musicians!

Firstly, well done to alex077.humtoo.com for his successful pitch for the Tango project! You can listen to the fantastic track here: http://www.humtoo.com/project-detail.asp?projectid=166

Also, well done to Fletcho.humtoo.com for the successful pitch on the Coin-Op project. http://www.humtoo.com/project-detail.asp?projectid=97

Have a look at the guys announcing it on the show:

HUMTALK - March

2009-03-01T05:29:00.000-08:00

It's been a while so we thought we'd take this opportunity
to update the HUMTOO community on what's happening on HUMTOO. We've taken on
board our member’s suggestions and we've been busily working on upgrading the
site. You'll notice a range of new features on the site, and we've a load more
in store - including upgrading the quality of video on the site and also
improving the messaging system (both coming very soon).

You’ll notice that you can now upload tracks to your profile
and then attach them to a project. You will find an upload track button on your
profile and on every project you will now see a pull-down list of your
available tracks from which you can attach up to 2 tracks at any time to a
project.

All of your attached tracks now feature a small "x"
in the top right corner for removing them from a project. You can add+remove
tracks right up to close of the project. The tracks that are there on close are
locked there until the content creator makes a decision. All tracks that don't
win are then released back to you. If your tracks are unsuccessful, you can now
easily attach them to another project.

You can now also mark each of your tracks differently by
giving them individual graphics! Speaking of graphics, we’ve been getting
creative with the way the site looks and have given it a major overhaul, check
it out!.

We've also implemented a new system of 'Humming' tracks,
it's a positive vote-style rating system for music on HUMTOO. Every 24hrs,
every member of HUMTOO gets one HUM which they can use to signal their
appreciation of a track. Nobody can HUM their own tracks, and there are no
negative votes.

To HUM a track simply press the HUM button on the player for
that track. Tracks with more HUMs go to the top of projects, and so will get
more visibility. So next time you hear a great track on the site, do the
community a favour and HUM it. If you’ve any queries on these, check out the
new how it works section on the site.....

This how it works will be updated regularly over the coming
weeks as new features are added to the site - so check in when new stuff
appears on the site for a full explanation.....

Also online in the new how it works section is the HUMTOO
Template Sync Licence. We've had our lawyers draw up a sync license template
for you all to use when you win projects. We hope it helps!....

HUMFEST continues. There are currently 3 projects on the
site in the running (Heads Up, The Barman and Enfant) and plenty more short
films looking for music are on their way. For more information about HUMFEST we’ve
created a short explainer video -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaXUeF69mA

The Smart AV guys have been so impressed with the quality of
music for their project, that they can't make up their mind. This is truly a
testament to how talented you guys are. The quality of music submitted to that
project was excellent. Well done everyone!!! The deadlock will be resolved
shortly.

As always, if you're keen to hear about new projects when
they are uploaded to HUMTOO, send an email to newstuff@humtoo.com with
ADD ME in the subject line.

Thanks everyone and if you've any suggestions for the site
message Mike - mike.humtoo.com

Keep up the great work!

Cheers,

The HUMTOO team

www.humtoo.com

talktous@humtoo.com
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2009-02-24T05:32:00.000-08:00

HUMTOO is pleased to support Chew TV. They've been doing some fantastic stuff for young people, check them out - www.chewtv.com.

Here some more info about Chew:-

Chew TV needs feeding!

The UK’s first Web TV Channel run by young people for young people is hungry for content and is asking YOU to submit YOUR films to the channel.

There are thousands of keen young film and TV makers across the world and whilst they are beavering away making great stuff, one of the main challenges is getting their great work in the right place so the right people can see it. Chew TV provides
that very location.

If you want to get involved in this exciting opportunity to show off your media-making skills to a global audience, get seen by the industry leaders and become part of the future of digital media, sign up and log in to Chew TV from the homepage www.chewtv.com which only takes a couple of minutes and you’re
ready to upload.

For files less than 100mb, you can submit your content online. For films above 100mb you can simply send them in as a data disk, DVD or DV Tape to:
Chew TV Submissions
Devonport Guildhall
Ker Street, Devonport,
Plymouth,
PL1 4EL

Click the link to access the printable submission form for postal submissions www.chewtv.com/..postalform.aspx

Also please feel free to befriend Chew TV on Twitter, MySpace and Facebook and don’t forget to keep an eye on the Chew TV Blog as well as Max’s blog for all the latest opportunities and inside industry info!

Chew TVA communication channel for a connected generation

HUMTOO on YOUTUBE!

2009-02-12T23:34:00.000-08:00

HUMTOO's YouTube account is getting busier and busier, check out what we've been up to!

www.youtube.com/humtoomusic

We've recently uploaded a short video about HUMFEST, our short film development prize, check it out!

HUMTOO and the Smartpower challenge

2009-02-02T05:35:00.000-08:00

HUMTOO has teamed up with Smartpower for their $10,000 Energy Smart Ad Competition.

All you Content Creators out there should check out the competition, you could win $10,000 by putting together a 30 second video to show Americans how to be smarter about their energy use.

Check out www.smartpower.org for more info, and if you enter it, use HUMTOO to source music, after all every good Ad has great music, right?

HUMTOO gets tested!

2009-01-14T05:36:00.000-08:00

HUMTOO has teamed up with the Lets Get Tested Competition. It's a great idea - their blurb is...

To enter the competition you simply have to make a short film about
the importance of sexual health and the need to have regular sexual
health and HIV tests.

You can be as creative as you like but there are a few things to be aware of:

Read the rules - Please read the competition rules before making your video. If your video breaks the rules it won’t be put up on the site.
Know your stuff - There is a wealth of information provided by our partners on the links page. The more you know, the more you’ll understand the importance of testing.

Make your film – We’d like you to be as creative as you can. We don’t mind
how long your video is, who you work with or what you use to make it -
let your imagination run wild! For example, your film could be a drama,
a documentary or a cartoon. It could be 1 minute or 10 minutes, all we
ask for is an engaging video that will encourage people your age to get
tested.

Upload your film – Go to the entry page to give us a few details about yourself and upload your film. Once we’ve checked that it’s ok we’ll load it onto our site for the world to watch. Don’t be a stranger – Come back regularly to check out the competition and tell your friends to vote for your video. And of course is you have a better idea later on – you can always make another one!

How do I win?

Once you’ve entered your film into the competition we will load it on to our
site where the general public will be able to view and rate your films. When the competition closes on March 31st, the judges will consider the entries. They will be scoring each film according to the following criteria:

40%
- How relevant is the film to the competition brief? (Does the film
encourage sexual health testing and is this message conveyed clearly?)
40%
- How interesting and engaging is the film? (Based on the judges
opinion and includes the number of public views and the ranking.)
20%
- Is the film suitable for general release to a broad audience?

All the finalists will be invited to a VIP reception where the winner will be announced.

Dates for your diary:

The competition will close at midnight on 31st March 2009. Submissions after this date won’t be accepted
Date tba - We will invite the top 10 film-makers to a special reception to announce the winner of the competition.
2009
– winning filmmaker will be invited to work with a leading British
director or producer to have their film professionally made.

If you do make a film for the competition, post it on HUMTOO in search of
music and it wil be eligible for HUMFEST, ie you could win a further
$450!!!

www.letsgettested.org.uk

A new Tango console worth US$7490 up for grabs on www.humtoo.com

2008-08-29T05:39:00.000-07:00

We're pleased to announce the latest project on www.HUMTOO.com. And the fee for the best track pitched is…drum roll please…the brand new Tango controller!

Tango is the revolutionary new intelligent controller from SmartAV the makers of the Smart Console.

Tango is a combination of a cutting edge control surface and 22" touch screen - combined and re-imagined to give musicians ways to interact with their music in incredible new ways.

For the music the tango guys are after, check out the Tango Demo Video on their pitch page. They're adding a new section to the end of this video in coming months covering the latest cutting edge music features that they'll be adding to the console.
So, they're after a 2 minute track outlining the style of music you propose for the new section of the video. They're after something exciting and upbeat but most of all cutting edge - something that shows off the spirit of Tango.

If you're successful, you'll get to work with the Tango guys to create the final piece for their video. Pretty cool hey?

They will pay the fee in the form of a brand new Tango controller (US$7490).

More info on www.humtoo.com

HUMFEST on HUMTOO!

2008-08-28T05:42:00.000-07:00

HUMTOO is proud to launch HUMFEST...

HUMFEST is an exciting opportunity for film makers and music makers to work together on HUMTOO.com.

HUMFEST is a new project development prize for the best short film uploaded on HUMTOO, and also, for the best music pitched for that short film. Our film explains it all:-

HUMTOO will give AU$1,000 (£450/€550) to the best short film uploaded to the site as a project in search of music. HUMTOO will also give AU$1,000 (£450/€550) to the music maker who wins that project. Hopefully this money will help you to continue making great short films and great music!
What projects qualify?

Your film can be of any length and at any stage of development, but between 30 seconds and 10 minutes of footage must be uploaded to HUMTOO.com. The film can be of any genre, but it must need music! The footage can be a rough cut from your film, but the footage must be shot by your team for the short film project.

What doesn't qualify?
Any other genre, such as a TV commercial, TV programme, podcast, radio show etc. Please continue to list these on HUMTOO.com, the HUMFEST competition is only for short films only though...

More info: humfest.humtoo.com

The HUMTOO blurb

2008-08-20T05:46:00.000-07:00

We thought we should post something a little official-like on the blog, so here goes.

HUMTOO.com is a marketplace where content creators can post video projects that are in need of music. Music makers can then pitch their musical interpretation of that project and, if successful, earn the fee the content creator is paying for music.

HUMTOO is a meeting place where music makers and content creators can converse without the traditional barriers of geography or affiliation allowing music makers to earn money regardless of where they live or who they know.

All that is needed is talent and the internet.

With a large number of companies already involved and many more in negotiations, HUMTOO will provide a constant stream of work for music makers. With a growing community of music makers, HUMTOO provides content creators with access to potentially every musician on the planet for their projects.

2008-08-08T05:48:00.000-07:00

What's HUMTOO all about I hear you thinking to yourself...well, check out our little video that explains how it all works...

We're all very excited about Humtoo.com - it's been in the works for about 6 months. It all came about a conversation between our 2 super directors Jason (a music composer) and Steve (a TV producer) regarding the challenges for musicians finding projects to works on and for producers to find good composers. After knocking around a few ideas, Jason formulated the initial idea of Humtoo and they've been busy fleshing it out ever since.

From that initial conversation they've managed to whip up the site and get it all together in just 6 months.

Humtoo.com is in beta phase right now, as we're testing a whole range of new features we'll be adding in the coming months, but don't let that stop you from getting involved.

If you're a music maker, get composing! The projects on the site are live now, the sooner you get your tracks up, the sooner you could start earning money! Also, you'll be able to get the domain you want - check me out - mike.humtoo.com!

And you Content Creators, get your projects online! We're hoping to get a huge variety of projects on the site in the near future - TV commercials, title sequences, TV shows, radio commercials, animation for websites, films, the list is almost endless. The best part about becoming involved now, is it's all free!

We want to hear from you, and we want to know what you think! Please email me with any suggestions for our site - mike-at-humtoo.com.

OK, I'm off to find some more projects for all you musicians!

Mike

Oh, and a big thank you to the team at squarezero.co.uk for helping us out with our explainer video.