Winners Announced! Win The Dopest Music Production Gear With Afro-Punk!

[Afro-Punk]

And the winners are:
First Prize: Pach Atomz, for trying to make us laugh!
Second Prize: Rohan Plummer, for your F*ck You attitude and to encourage you in your musical endeavors!
Third Prize: Amanda Ray, better use that synth on your next record, girl!

You know we've got your back when it comes to bringing you the flyest contests and prizes. This time, we're giving away some amazing music production & performance gear, and we want you to tell us why you should be a winner!
Post your videos, pics and/or letters as comments on this blog by July 20th 2009.
But first, check out what we have in store for you:

First Prize: Marshall MG30FX Guitar Amp

Essential digital features, with vast and programmable
analog tones. "Marshall's exclusive, groundbreaking FDD
circuitry plus 30 watts of power for killer tones."

Second Prize: Vox Tonelab ST Guitar Pedal

For guitarists on the go! "The most compact ToneLab ever
offers thirty-three different amp models with a versatile array
of cabinets and effects to take your guitar playing to the next
level – wherever you go!"

Third Prize: Korg Kaossilator Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer

"A new pocket-sized sketch pad that puts a world of sounds
and effects in the palm of your hand. Create music anywhere
life takes you!"

Looking forward to receiving your entries!!!

[SHINOBI NINJA]

CUZ IF WE WIN..... WE GONNA PLAY THE KAOS PAD WITH OUR TONGUES..... SUPER LIVE!!!!

[Jason House]

I think this pretty much sums up the Afro-Punk experience

Just breaking down barriers as usual!

[Amanda Ray]

I believe in what you think about, you bring about. And I was just thinking about how I need some new equipment! lol
I just finish shooting my first music video, about to shoot a 2nd next month and have just started writing my new concept album. If that ain't enough on my plate I'll be touring it this Fall. So I think this was perfect timing!

Spank You!

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[Pach Atomz]

Hello and thank for posting this contest. I dont have much in the way of doing a vidieo, as I dont even know if I'm ready for that yet..... I do play guitar, but have lost my amp in a cross country relocation. If you'd like you are more than welcome to check out some of the noise I'm making on my page..... I'm not sure begging is the right thing to do for these contest, but I really could use the equipment. Just like a lot of the other folks that are trying I have to take a shot just as well.... I'm straight out of "Locash" like in the movie CB4, and I'm talkin H.B.O.! Help a Brotha' Out! ...Like Chris Rock said, "We was so poor, the doormat just said..WELL?".... I'm tellin you in all honesty I just couldnt afford this stuff if I had to buy it ...well I could, it would just take me a very long time to get there ...but the point is you guys are offering up some gear, and I'm suppose to be creative enough to tell you why I should win.
I dont have an answer to that, ...but I just know the prize will be greatly appreciated! thanx for doing this. Peaze

[Rohan Plummer]

hello peoples @ who run this contest! im a beginner plain and simple when it comes to my guitar playing but ive always been a good singer/songwriter for my friends bands and shit. im currently collaborating with my close friend Stephan as a two piece project called BLACK HEART UNDERCOVER. the EP is called "The Words We Could Never Find". I'm sick and tired of going back and forth to use his good amp. He lives in Canarsie, Brooklyn and Iive in Laurelton, Queens...FUCK THAT! I get totally animated about that shit. so i wanna win the fucking amp plain and simple. sorry for my language but i havent even begun to emphasize on how bad I NEED this. (second prize is fine with me as well)LOL

[FUNKFACE]

Hello my name is Luqman Im in a band called FUNKFACE. Check us out at www.funkfacenyc.com or myspace.com/funkface I feel that we should win the gear because we are the most hated band in America. Everyone says were too old or too young or too crazy. Just because we rock harder than folks half our age, or twice as old as us, they hate us. We cannot help it when we rock out so hard and play so loud. We are true punks and we were born this way. We never asked anyone for anything and we try to give everything of ourself's when we play. No matter what folks think of us we will never stop rocking. We will never stop slam dancing we will never ever stop pushing boundaries and buttons. THIS IS WHO WE ARE!!!!! If we get this gear I promise to use it to destroy ever stage that we touch and leave a pint of our blood smeared across every monitor in the world.

[Rachel]

Heya. Loud singer-songwriter (emphasis on loud, ya'll) getting back in the groove in Boston and could use some new equipment to make magic happen. Whenever I pick up a new piece of gear I spend more time making music, and that yields fantastic results (um...usually.) Playing with pedals is one of my favorite things, and the Kaossilator looks like hella fun. So, yeah. That's my reasoning.

[t3amBrian]

Hi! My name is Brian. I'm part of the NYC music scene and I work in Civil Rights. I love going to afro punk shows. The community is like no other and even when the bands are lame the shows are still fun. I play bass and right rock music. In my last project I had access to a Kaossilator and it was truly a bad ass piece of synth equipment. I hope I win!

[david mcdaniel]

hello my name is david mcdaniel and i am in a 2 piece called young boys. www.myspace.com/killyoungboys
afro punk is really important to us and should be to a lot of people for what they are doing and this whole movement. i think we should be the winner because we wont give up. we want people to listen and it might be easier with some equipment.... we moved out here from minneapolis to start this band and had to sell some things to do it. like my guitar amp and other equipment. any ways give us a listen.

cheers,
davidx

young boys "never care." from david anthony on Vimeo.

[Bryan Vargas]

What's up folks? My name is Bryan Vargas and I love the Afro Punk Fest. Coolest Fest of it's kind currently in NYC. My band Bryan Vargas & Ya Esta, is punk in the old school sense, the attitude. Check it out, you may dig what you hear. Some Youtube clips of us live are below.'