Contest Information

1st Place:

1x 12" THTF Promo
1x THTF 9" UK Ltd. Promo
3x WT-era NIN logo bumper stickers
2x WT Post Cards.
3x TDS:DE Window Clings
1x Worldwide recognition and bragging rights as the best THTF remixer.

2nd Place:

1x THTF 9" UK Ltd. Promo
1x THTF UK Hybrid CD/DVD
1x WT-era NIN logo bumper sticker
1x TDS:DE Window Cling

3rd Place:

1x THTF UK Digipak
1x WT-era NIN logo bumper sticker
1x TDS:DE Window Cling

In addition, the winners will get their names and web sites (and remixes, of course) plugged on The NIN Hotline, which gets an average of 250,000 hits a day. It's some nice exposure, some websites charge $500 a week to advertise on a page with this kind of traffic.

There is no possible way, in a persons lifetime, to listen to each and every remix, and come to a valid decision in which to vote upon, without some kind of organization taking place in order to narrow the list into a much smaller numerical figure.

The following process has evolved in light of this:

In order to make a narrowed down list, for audiences to listen to, with a non-biased opinion, a panel of judges will be hand selected, based on an application stating a number of things that will ensure only the BEST OF THE BEST remixes will be compiled into a much shorter list. (see green section).

The full list of remixes will be judged by 20 judges total. Each judge is expected to carry out thier duties in the most professional manner possible, regaurdless of proffessional experience. Carefully listening to each track in its entirity.

Each judge will be appointed a block of 25 songs (or an equal amount dispersed due to the number of remixes if less than 500) in which they will be responsible for choosing 2 songs from each block as thier final submission.
(example: Judge 1: 1-25, Judge 2:476-500, etc.)

Judges will not be assigned a group which includes thier own mix, in order to ensure fairness. If the circumstance arises that a judge is assigned a block in which thier remix is included, that particular track will be assigned to another judge, and another number will be given in its place.

Once the judges have all been assigned to the proper blocks, they will then listen to each track in its entirerty, and select 2 remixes, that are exceptionally well done, and have scored high.

They will base their decision on the results of a special review process, that will touch on such key parts of the remix as Production, Composition, Originality, and other important aspects, and rate each aspect on the "Nine Inch Rating Scale".

The Nine inch rating scale will score each part on a scale from 1-9, 1 being the lowest, 9 being the highest.

Out of the total number of remixes, this list will be deconstructed into a list of 40 songs.

20 remixes from the Top Forty, will be voted on for a 10 Day Period. The top 5 from each round of voting, 2 rounds in total will become the Top Ten. The top ten will then be voted on, and a winner decided!

Prizes, as well as international recognition, and an overall boost in confidence, will be given to the winners that recieve the most votes.

1. Remix has been submitted to the Full 500 List, and added.

2. Remix is not a mash-up, or anything other than a standard remix, done using the source files, and/or added samples, or personalized instrumentals and vocals.
whats a mashup?!

3. Remix is done by the artist/producer who submitted the remix.

4. Artist/Producer freely gives rights to the judges and others to download, and listen to thier remix, and also understands that the remix they have submitted adhears to the rules, and the submission of the remix does not gaurantee its placement in the final 20 remixes to be voted on.

5. Artist/Producer understands, and agrees fully to the criteria of the judging and/or contest rules.

6. Artist/Producer participating in the contest, agrees that no legal issues shall be implemented in any way shape or form pertaining to any and all parts of this contest, including but not limited to other artists involved, and the people providing the contest prizes, and any and all others contributing. If Artist/Producer participating in the contest decides that legal action is necassary, upon doing so they shall forfiet any involvement in the contest.

7. Everyone involved shall agree that this is all in good fun, and no drama should come of it. Its music people! Enjoy it! ;)

8. Artist/Producer agrees that no legal action brought to them as a result of copyright infringment, and/or any other legal issues due to thier remix submission or involvement in this contest is thier own responsibility, and not the responsibility of any and all moderators, judges, and contributors of this contest. In other words, its your problem, not ours.