Wednesday, September 9th 2009
Free Shit: The Dead Weather
Win A Trip With Me To Jack’s Magical Music Factory
The luck is running high and heavy here at Antiquiet, and we’ve had a great time sharing the love with you lately. But we’re rolling some serious rabbits-foot sevens now, and the biggest prize of all has arrived: I’ve just been chosen as the sixth and final winner of the Third Man Records Golden Ticket giveaway, which provides me and a guest with airfare, hotel accommodations and a personal tour of the Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee by a very special host.
In true Wonka fashion, according to the official Third Man site, “the winner’s eyes will be exposed to delights never-before imagined by those with eyes or imagination.”
Stuffed randomly into copies of the Dead Weather’s debut album Horehound were six Golden Tickets that rewarded the winner (and a guest) with a trip to Nashville for a private tour of the Third Man Records compound. I purchased a copy of Horehound on a recent trip to the temporary Los Angeles location of the Third Man Record Store, and that’s how I became the sixth winner.
Want to be my plus one?
The trip is scheduled for September 23 – 25. Due to school, work or government intervention, none of my friends or family who would properly appreciate the experience are able to go, so I’m passing the opportunity on to you. How’s that for a karmic power-up?
Of course, to simply put such a kick-ass prize up for grabs to a random grabby taker would be a terrible waste of a great opportunity to bring a little music into the world. So here’s the deal: If you want to be my plus one to Nashville for an exclusive firsthand tour (by a very special someone) of the Third Man Records compound later this month, if you’d like to visit Jack’s candycane mansion, melted vinyl river and flying elevator, there’s just one thing you have to do: Sing a song. Bonus points for video, but MP3 will do.
This is NOT a ‘For Musicians Only’ sort of contest. This is amateur hour open mic night. We’re looking for one-take action, and no hiding behind a Pro Tooled wall of sound.
Try to keep it in the Third Man spirit: lo-fi, high-passion, raw and from the heart. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never written a song. Don’t think of it as a song. Just sing something. Bang on some pots & pans. Find a way to get your soul into sound.
Send it (along with your full name and city) to submissions@antiquiet.com. The format and delivery method doesn’t matter. We’ll sort out your mess. Just do it fast! We have to let them know the guest’s info within the next few days.
There’s only one other catch: as of now, there is a slight chance that you’ll have to get to either Nashville or Los Angeles (where I’ll be flying out of) with your own funds. The specific details of guest arrangements haven’t been provided yet, but I’ve been in touch with Warner Bros. / Third Man about it, and will update this as more info develops. But to be safe for now, it would be best for applicants to have the means to get to either Los Angeles or Nashville on their own. Hotel and travel beyond that will be provided.
Good luck!
UPDATE: Skwerl here. Just got word from Johnny that he’ll have to select a winner tonight (Thursday, September 10th). So the official deadline for entries is now 8 PM Nashville (central) time / 6 PM pacific, tonight, September 10th. Also, your airfare to Nashville from ANY US CITY will be covered by Third Man!
DON’T DROWN IN THE MELTED VINYL RIVER, GUYS!
This cool.
If no good songs come in, how would that link to a private concert score?
http://player.canalplus.fr/#/273667/@pid1761-c-musique.html
(I hope you can see it, it may or may not be restricted to French viewers).
BTW, got to see The Dead Weather in Toronto. Good concert. Miss Mosshart is a rock and roll kitten fer sure! Hope to see here in Nasville with the other guys.
I live 30 minutes south of Nashville. I don’t have a song but if nobody who can provide their own transportation to get there gets hooked up I’d be glad to fill the spot.
Canadians allowed to enter? I know we couldn’t win a golden ticket but I don’t know about being a guest. I may write something to embarrass myself.
The general rules of the original contest should apply, but if you’re up for the possible (and more likely, being Canada) option of your own travel, I see no reason why you can’t enter as well, Trucks.
Sounds good…and if you manage to get the guests flight covered I could get to Buffalo, NY.
Now to make a guitar out of a piece of wood and a coke bottle and get cracking on this song.
I’m down under, and broke, and doubt id do all that good anyway
(imagines strumming one chord and torturing your ears with something cheesy) but this is a great idea, should be fun to see who wins..
I have say Woot Woot!! Go trucks!!
Would you please call the wizard and thank him for scheduling this fantastic voyage into the mainframe of a madman for the exact same time that I’ll be in NYC watching U2 trot out the tunes from their most neutered album EVER. Guess that means that you all will be devoid of the esoteric brilliance that surely would’ve been my submission. Suck it, Jerk…I mean Jack!
Have a great time, Johnny.
I’d go but I hear JFirecloud might try to stoop me
aww wat no embedding?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ap5Fp2T6c
you’ve got a shot kid, but it’ll need to be something new specifically for this contest.
This might be worth skipping three days of class for.
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Skwerl said:
September 9th, 2009 at 4:32 PM
you’ve got a shot kid, but it’ll need to be something new specifically for this contest.
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what the fuck ever. I sat in my room for 3 years just trying to write the chorus. I think you overestimate your audience. true story
haha… guess we’ll see about that. three years for that chorus? man – that’s…epic? the free credit report dude sends his regards.
the free credit report dude needs to take a long walk off a short cliff
I’m gonna skeet you so hard mike!!!!
oh. hi hairboy.
of course you know everyone’s IP address
Does it have to be original, or can we do a cover?
hm. a cover won’t disqualify, no. we’re looking for heart, but if you can own a cover, then you’ve got a shot.
do we have to share a bed too?
that’s up to johnny.
winner’s airfare from any us city to nashville will be covered by third man.
can you guys confirm if a canadian gets to the states to fly (i.e. buffalo) it will be covered?
cheers
yep, they’ll cover airfare for any guest johnny selects, as long as it originates within the us.
Too bad the deadline is so soon. (And that’s not your fault, I know.) Most people only found out about it today, so they would have only a few hours to compose a song; and that’s if they drop everything else they happen to be doing in their lives.
For those who are not used to recording and uploading their own MP3′s, it also means going out and getting a microphone, finding the right software to record it, finding a website where they can upload it, and trying to get the file transfer protocol worked out to do that.
It seems like the contest is really only for people who already have all that stuff set up already, or for people who don’t mind sending in a sloppy, off-the-cuff effort, or for people who don’t have a life and can afford to spend all their time today on nothing but this. Or maybe all three. But anyway — good luck, and I hope the winner has a great time there!
Such a damn cool contest, sadly I’m nowhere near… You better put up those entries!
I fell into 2/3 Deirdre’s categories. If it is ever heard it won’t be hard to figure out which 2.
Hey hey hey, wait a minute now. They said “amateur hour”, not fancy-schmancy software. I just hope they stay for the judges eyes only!
If they release them Leann know that I will be much more embarrassed than you are. Nothing can beat mine I imagine.
Will the contest winner be announced tonight? *crosses all fingers and toes*
we won’t re-post any entries without permission of the entrant. johnny has picked a winner and notified him. i’ll leave the proper announcement up to him. he said there were a ton of cool entries. thanks for playing, everyone!
Indeed, some great entries guys. Thanks for hopping on the ball on such very short notice – I know the time frame was anything but ideal, but we worked with the limited options we have and you guys stepped up. Well done everyone.
So who is the big winner?
So how many entries did you guys wind up getting?
Congrats to whoever won
And I will offer big money to whichever of you wants to sell your everlasting gobstopper to me
I will stand outside the gates of Oz, er, The Candy Cane Factory, with a little tear in my eye and longing in my heart as you all are escorted inside. Johnny, please give us a full report! I got so excited when I saw this contest the other night, it meant I had one last fleeting attempt! Alas, I’ve failed again. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Am I sad, yes. Bitter, nah. Seething with jealousy? Very uncharacteristically, superthirdmanistically, YES!