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Make us a Jingle: Win A Vampyre Story! 12 Dec, 2009, 15:45 / 17 comments


If you've ever listened our podcast, you will know that it is insightful, witty and delicious -- but you will perceive that it lacks any created jingles.

That's where you, our musically talented readers, come in. We would love to have a short piece of music (vocals are optional) that will work well as a pod cast opening. In fact, we'd love to have several: if you send us any kind of jingle that meets our (embarrassingly low) standards, then we'll add it to our jingle library and use it randomly. You will have immortality, and our eternal thanks.

Plus, as an extra incentive, we're giving away a copy of A Vampyre Story to the very best musical jingle. If you didn't grab a copy of AVS when it first came out, then you missed out on a real treat, as our review will testify.

Send your jingles to mojocontest@gmail.com by December 15th to be in with a chance of winning. Please also record in high quality (192 bitrate or higher, MP3 or FLAC).


To give you some inspiration, here are some jingles from other podcasts and radio shows:

Have fun!

(Note that the version of A Vampyre Story that constitutes the prize is the North American retail version published by The Adventure Company, which ought to work internationally.)

Update: 15 days left! Thanks to everyone who's entered so far; keep 'em coming! :)

Update 2: Only three days left! The contest ends on Tuesday. Every contribution is appreciated and will likely be used for future years in our podcasts.
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17 Comments

  • Icebox on 12 Dec, 2009, 17:44…
    Fuck, I forgot about the whole thing, hurpa durp! Oh Well... =U
  • Gabez on 12 Dec, 2009, 20:04…
    You've still got enough time to enter...
  • BillieJoe86 on 02 Dec, 2009, 01:14…
    I'm taking finals and finishing another jingle first, but I really want to participate on this. I hope I can post one during this weekend :) Viva el Mojo!
  • BillieJoe86 on 27 Nov, 2009, 22:11…
    And how long does it need to be? Can we add little tiny quotes of Lucasarts music?
  • Gabez on 27 Nov, 2009, 23:20…
    If you take the listed jingles as examples, the standard time is about 15-30 seconds. But as the alternative Adam and Joe jingle demonstrated, longer jingles (up to 1 minute 30 seconds) can also be good.

    My advice, however, is that shorter is usually better.

    And quotes from LucasArts music sounds good. The International House of Mojo theme would be particularly apposite.
  • BillieJoe86 on 27 Nov, 2009, 22:10…
    How many per capita? Is there a limit?
  • Gabez on 27 Nov, 2009, 23:16…
    No limit -- the more the merrier.
  • Kroms on 27 Nov, 2009, 05:24…
    That Idle Thumbs song has haunted me and cut my sleep. It's way too damn catchy for its own good.
  • Kroms on 27 Nov, 2009, 05:41…
    Oh, great. There it goes again. Going to be hearing Chris Remo say "Video games, video games" in my head all day now.

    Damn you, Chris Remo!
  • Icebox on 27 Nov, 2009, 03:58…
    One MI2/J. Geils Band Remix, coming right up! And they said I would never win another contest, heh.
  • Gabez on 27 Nov, 2009, 18:22…
    Sounds good. THERE AIN'T NO LIFE ON MOOOOOOONKEY IIIISLAND.
  • BillieJoe86 on 27 Nov, 2009, 03:48…
    Mr. Gabez does the jingle have to be as bad as the other three, or can it be something worth of being featured in a LucasArts adventure? Now for real,is that the style you guys are looking for?
  • Gabez on 27 Nov, 2009, 18:21…
    Those example jingles were only meant to give you a rough idea about what a jingle is -- feel free to go for whatever style you wish, just as long as it's somehow relevant to Mixnmojo.
  • Udvarnoky on 27 Nov, 2009, 04:42…
    Please feel free to submit jingles that meet your guidelines for quality.
  • BillieJoe86 on 27 Nov, 2009, 22:03…
    Thanks, haha. I didn't mean to say the others were bad :( sorry if I offended anyone. I was joking and it wasn't funny, I take it back.
  • Capn_Nacho on 27 Nov, 2009, 03:16…
    What if I make you a really great Vampyre Story? Will I win a jingle?
  • Gabez on 27 Nov, 2009, 18:22…
    Yep, that's how it works. Bill Tiller's jingle is in the post.