Remix Contest
On June 6, the band announced a contest for their fans. They plan to release five songs from the album in the form of separate instrument tracks for the purpose of remixing. The first song released was "Easy"; the second, released on July 13, was "Wind It Up"; the third, released on August 16, was "Bank Job"; the fourth, released on September 2, was "Rule The World With Love"; "I Can I Will I Do" rounded off the five songs. On September 27, the band released a sixth song for remixing, "Maybe You're Right".
The main releases, available through the band's download site, and werkshop.com, contain each track from the song's mix. Shortly after each's release, the songs were available to download split into four mp3 tracks on the band's myspace.com page. Each file grouped similar tracks, such as all the vocals, or all the guitars, in order to divide the songs tracks four ways. Wind It Up's Myspace split lacked some of the song's elements including the guitar solo and the keyboard tracks.
Fans can submit remixes of each song and the band will ultimately select one of each for inclusion on a special EP, whose proceeds will go to charity. Though discussed in March 2007 on an interview with University Radio York, no plans for this release were ever announced; and with the band's 2009 departure from Nettwerk Management, it is unlikely that it ever will be.
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