The people behind Tomorrowland and Talenthouse are running a contest that’s a little different – they aren’t looking for your sick mixing or production skills. Nope, they’re on the hunt for someone with a good eye and a little creativity. Together, they are ultimately looking for someone to be the next official photographer for the 180,000 person three-day event in Belgium. Imagine your photo documentary of Tomorrowland 2012 being seen by millions of people across the world!
Think you have what it takes? Then head over to talenthouse.com/creative and start submitting …

Often times new producers have gained their first buzz by posting their own fresh remixes of well-known tracks on soundcloud or YouTube, a la Madeon or Zedd.
Welcome to Beatport’s Play (play.beatport.com).  Beatport has begun to streamline this process, working with popular artists to provide “stems,” from their tracks, holding remix contests. Play could easily become a highly successful venture, and become the leading platform for the publication of remixes.
Beatplay’s main concept is to hold remix contests for budding producers and give them a legal and accessible way of sharing their …

For my readers who are DJs and producers – read on! Electro / Dutch House group Socialytes are hosting a global mashup contest. They’ve uploaded the instrumental of their track Drop The Ball and are asking YOU to produce a badass mashup. Voting will begin December 5th and will end December 26th, so you’ve gotten plenty of time to start on your entry.
If you are interested in participating, or simply want to listen to the entries (that’s ok too!) head over to http://socialytesmusic.com/mashup-competition/.