Contest Deadline Extended to June 1, 2010 for the ‘ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix’ Contest

April 27, 2010 • Atlanta, GA USA – We’ve extended the entry deadline to Tuesday, June 1, 2010 for the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Challenge Contest entries.

This means there’s still time for you to download ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix ($4.99) app and enter your Jackson 5 multi-platinum song - with your remix - for your chance to win your share of more than $6,000 in cash and Jackson 5 merchandise - 34 prizes in all!

More Than $6,000 in Cash and Jackson 5 Prize Packs!

• ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 RemixGrand Prize (1) - $1,500, plus a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag; and a premium 3-CD Michael Jackson Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection courtesy of Universal Music Enterprises.
• Second Prizes (3) - $250, plus a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag.
• Honorable Mentions (30) - a Jackson 5 Swagger Like Us wearable art “hoodie” sweatshirt, t-shirt and tote bag.

“As easy as ZOOZbeat (4.2) already is for anyone to remix music regardless of musical ability, ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Apphas new ways to make learning how to remix music easier,” says ZOOZ Mobile Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg. “First, we added a step-by-step video tutorial to show different way the Jackson 5 beats can be remixed; we also made the music re-creation experience more intuitive and richer - including adding more loops and longer samples from the original Jackson 5 songs as well as reverb, filters and other music re-mixing tools. ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix iPhone app is the next generation of ZOOZbeat.”

For your chance to win, download the new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app (US $4.99) and remix the bass, lead vocals, background vocals, keyboard, etc. You can even record your own vocals. The judges will score re-mixed Jackson 5 songs based on a 99 point scale: a) Overall Creativity (33 points); b) Originality (33 points), and: c) Entertainment value (33 points).

The new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app includes these five multi-platinum Jackson 5 songs:

• Dancing Machine
• ABC
• I Want You Back
• Mama’s Pearl
• The Love You Save

The new ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app ($4.99) is available now in the Apple iTunes App Store.

To enter, upload your remixed Jackson 5 song to ZOOZbeat.com between now and Tuesday, June 1, 2010 using the Save/Contest button on the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix app.

For details, see the Official Rules for the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Challenge contest; or visit: ZOOZbeat.com.

[Click Here for the ZOOZbeat Jackson 5 Remix Media Release or visit: ZOOZbeat.com]

Canadian Music Week 2010 Mobile Music App Panel Includes ZOOZ Mobile CEO Scott Geller

ZOOZ Mobile, Inc. CEO Scott Geller will participate in the Canadian Music Week 2010 (CMW) mobile panel: Reaching Fans Directly? There’s An App For That.

Mobile panel participants include:

• Mandar Thakur - Founder, Thakur Company, Mumbai, India
• Scott Geller – CEO & President ZOOZ Mobile, Inc., Atlanta, GA
• Will Mills - Music & Content Director, Shazam Entertainment, London
• Shawn Cooper - Chief Architect, The Mobile Cartel, Toronto, Canada

“CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on business of Music and New Media, bring together Sound Recording, New Technology and Broadcast for one spectacular week of events,” according to Conference Coordinator Danya Dixon. “Our Conference is for those who truly shape the entertainment industry. The Conference attracts [attendees] from around the world.”

ZOOZbeat Sprite® App Launched: First iPhone App for Sprite® ‘Under the Cap’ Promotion: TWIST. TXT. ZOOZ.

ZOOZ Mobile, Inc., parent company to ZOOZbeat, has teamed up with Sprite® to launch the first iPhone app to be offered through the Sprite ‘Under the Cap’ promotion: new ZOOZbeat Sprite®. Each Sprite® and Sprite Zero™ ’Under the Cap’ code enables you to unlock additional beats and samples from these eight hot Artists: Dallas Austin, Khayree, Alex Christie, Sy Scott, Novel, sHeeD, LaRon Brant and Spree Wilson.

To get free beats from these Artists, please follow these steps:

1. From your iPhone® (or iPod touch® device), go to the Apple iTunes App Store and download the free ZOOZbeat Sprite® app
2. Buy any specially bottle of Sprite® or Sprite Zero™
3. Twist off the Sprite® cap and look for your 12 digit ‘Under the Cap’ code
4. From your iPhone, text message to the Sprite® Short Code: 777483 (which spells S-P-R-I-T-E). In the body of your text message, type: ZOOZ immediately followed by the 12-digit ‘Under the Cap’ code (example: ZOOZ123456789123). Note: Message and data rates may apply).
5. S-P-R-I-T-E will text you back a unique six-digit code to enter within your free ZOOZbeat Sprite® app to unlock the Artist of your choice.
6. Enjoy your refreshing Sprite® while you reCreate music with ZOOZbeat Sprite® and the Artist of your choice.
7. Unlock a new beat each time you purchase a specially marked Sprite® or Sprite Zero.™ Unlock all 8!

“ZOOZbeat Sprite® is one of the coolest apps for either the beginner or professional musician,” said ZOOZ Mobile CEO & President Scott Geller. “ZOOZbeat Sprite® Musicians have access to original downloadable beats and samples that are available nowhere else and ZOOZbeat Sprite® gives ZOOZbeat Sprite® Artists the opportunity to share their sound with a new audience.”You have until May 31, 2010, or while specially marked ‘Under the Cap’ bottles of Sprite® and Sprite Zero™ last, to be rewarded with a unique new ZOOZbeat Sprite® music reCreation experience. To learn more, please visit: Media Release, ZOOZbeat.com or SPRITE.com.

First Intercontinental Musical Jam Session Between Humans in Japan and Robot in USA

レッツZOOZそれを、ペレス！(Let’s ZOOZ it up, Shimon!)

ZOOZbeat Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg will jam live from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 emerging technologies conference in Yokohama, Japan December 16-19, 2009 with Shimon; an autonomous robotic marimba player at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology that he created. At SIGGRAPH Asia, musicians and non-musicians will also ZOOZin’ it with Shimon.

Robotic Marimba Player Shimon

Shimon is designed to create inspiring human-robot musical interactions that lead to novel musical experiences and outcomes.

“Shimon combines computational modeling of  music perception, interaction, and improvisation with capacity to produce melodic and harmonic acoustic responses through choreographic gestures. Shimon, therefore, listens like a human and improvises like a machine,” says Gil.

For a video clip demonstrating Shimon’s improvisational abilities, Click Here. For Shimon’s new social robotic head demonstration, Click Here.

If you are a ZOOZbeat Musician that lives in Yokohama or will be attending SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, please email: dan@ZOOZmobile.com.

Editor’s Postscript (12/23/09) • Media and Blog Coverage

Robert Siegel of National Public Radio (NPR) All Things Considered Interviews Dr. Gil Weinberg (Transcript)

Shereen Meraji of National Public Radio (NPR) All Tech Considered: Robot Music: Play It Again, Shimon

Patrick Jarenwattananon NPR: A Blog Supreme/NPR Jazz: A Robot That Improvises Like Thelonious Monk

My Amplog Blog by Ed Webb: Play that jazzy music, metal boy

Atlanta Hip-Hop Artist Street Lotto ZOOZin’ with Marimba Playing Shimon (The Robot)

ZOOZbeat Attending Digital Music Forum West and Venture Atlanta

It’s time to share ZOOZbeat, your Music reCreation Studio (TM), with music and technology executives.

At the Digital Music West Forum, ZOOZ Mobile Chief Executive Office Scott Geller will be on the MOBILE APPS: The Next Frontier for the Music Industry? panel. More than 300 of the most influential decision makers in the music industry gather in Los Angeles for two days of deal-making at this Forum that kicks off on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 in Los Angeles.

Music leaders attending this annual event include: major label execs from Universal, Warner, EMI and SonyBMG. Also attending are top digital executives from MySpace, AOL, Rhapsody, MTV, Topspin, Yahoo!, iLike and more.

In October, Scott will also present ZOOZbeat at the Venture Atlanta conference: Georgia’s premier technology innovation event that brings together top-tier investors (venture capitalists, bankers, angel investors) with new, innovative and entrepreneurial technology companies. The conference is October 13-14th. If you’re attending, you may hear Scott say, “Show me the money!”

Please follow us on Twitter @ZOOZbeat for updates our ZOOZbeat at Digital Music West Forum and Venture Atlanta. (ZOOZ Mobile saves you a $100 off the Digital Music Form West registration Fee with this Promo Code: DMFWALUMNI.)