Drown Radio – Me Geek Pretty One Day

What could you make with $12 and half a day?

Inspired by the 24 Hour Comics Day, the same challenge that spawned off the 48 Hour Film Fest and many others, we’ve started the Crate Digger Death-match to find out.

The Crate Digger Death-match will put the skills of twelve musicians/producers/remixers/circuit benders to the test, to see who can create the keenest album in 12 hours or less only using audio culled from $12 worth of thrift store goods.

Read the complete rules and details here.

The challenge takes place next Saturday, January 5th 2008, with all submissions due by 8am the following day. Upon completion, 4 celebrity judges will rank the albums. Each artist will also pick a “single” off of their album that will be posted throughout the next week for fans to vote on online. On the following Saturday, the results of the judges scores and online voting will be totaled the first King of the CDD will be crowned.

Our judges for the first CDD are:
# Bart Hopkin, famed author and experimental musician, will judge each album based on originality.
# Baddd Spellah, influential nerdcore hip-hop producer, will judge each album based on production value.
# Tim, of long-running UK bastard pop podcast Radio Clash, will judge each album based on overall listenability.
# Z., nerd music and culture blogger, will judge each album based on cohesiveness and structure.

There are still spaces for a few competitors, so if you are interested in signing up, contact me either through the comments or in an email to cratediggerdeathmatch at gmail.com

Thanks to TradeMark G and Z. for co-organizing this event with me, and to Jay Hathaway for his help with the press release.

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