Ludacris Launches Online Community For Aspiring Artists
Published: Friday - March 21, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
Ludacris Photo: Getty Images
Ludacris and his Disturbing Tha Peace label have announced a partnership with MegaMobile TV to form WeMix.com.
The new website is an online community comprised of unsigned singers, rappers, songwriters, musicians and producers -- which the company, via press release, says has all the tools to help users create music, collaborate digitally with other artists and, in cases, earn a chance to create new music by collaborating directly with top musical stars such as Ludacris.
"There's so much talent that never sees the light of day because of the traditional way we discover artists; I felt it was time to take music back where it belongs -- in the streets and with the people," said Ludacris, regarding his reasons for starting the community. "It doesn't matter what type of music you're into, at WeMix.com it's an open playing field.
"We want to hear everything that's out there and let the people guide us in deciding which new artists get their shot to collaborate with stars and record a song. Even if you can't sing or play an instrument, WeMix.com gives you the chance to make music and influence decisions through voting and reviews," he continued.
Via the site, users can create their own page and have the ability to submit their original songs, riffs and melodies. From there, the WeMix community votes for favorite songs and artists. Of the top performers on the site, if chosen, will have the chance to collaborate with Ludacris and other artists to be announced in the coming months to transform their song into a hit record.
WeMix.com is slated to launch in late April. To date, they have attracted over 20,000 artists, musicians and producers while in preview mode.
"This is the first true online music community where the public can choose who and what they want to hear and -- most importantly -- play a meaningful role in how that music is created," said Matthew Apfel, founder of Wemix and MegaMobile.
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