Remixes
September 30th, 2008 by rbanks
Radiohead Launches Easier, Less Expensive Remix Contest
“The time signature is much simpler than it was with “Nude.” For “Reckoner,” the band is using the much more common, and therefore easier to work with, 4/4 time signature (think “one, two, three, four; one, two, three, four”). To make things easier, the band informs remixers that the first chord is C, and the tempo is 103.4 beats per minute. It’s also cheaper to participate than it was last time, when Radiohead took a little heat for charging 99 cents for each of five remix stems. Instead, the band is pricing all six stems from “Reckoner” as a 99-cent album, a fairer deal that could lead to increased participation. It could lead to “Reckoner” climbing the iTunes charts as “Nude” did before it, thanks to users buying not only the track, but also the remix (last time, purchases of both “Nude” the song and “Nude” the remix stems counted toward the popularity of the same title on iTunes).”
Wired.com
