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CREATIVE COMMONS, XLR8R MAGAZINE, AND GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCE  
THE CHRISTOPHER WILLITS REMIX CONTEST ON CCMIXTER.ORG

Winning Remix to Be Featured on Upcoming Compilation CD
Released by XLR8R Magazine


San Francisco, CA, USA — November 15, 2006

Creative Commons, XLR8R Magazine, and Ghostly International are  
pleased to announce that the Christopher Willits / “Colors Shifting”  
Remix Contest is now taking place now at ccMixter. Visit http:// 
ccmixter.org/ghostly for contest information, rules, and audio sources.

Ghostly International artist Christopher Willits — a Bay Area-based  
musician and multimedia artist — is offering the audio source files  
from the song “Colors Shifting” online under a Creative Commons  
Attribution-NonCommercial license, so that producers worldwide can  
use the sounds in remixes and new compositions. The general public is  
invited to download these tracks and create their own versions,  
appropriate elements in new compositions, and generally use the  
elements for any noncommercial creative expression.

Christopher Willits will select the best remix. The winning remix  
will be included on an XLR8R Incite CD compilation, which will be  
included in copies of a future issue of XLR8R Magazine.

To enter, download the separated audio elements of Christopher  
Willits’ “Colors Shifting” and upload a remix to ccMixter between  
November 29, 2006 and December 27, 2006. All entries must be licensed  
under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license. Under  
this license, the public may legally make copies of, distribute, and  
create derivative works from the remixes – as long as the original  
authors are credited and the uses are not for commercial purposes.


Quotes about the Christopher Willits / “Colors Shifting” Remix Contest:

Christopher Willits:
“Creative Commons is helping artists forge new paths through the grey  
areas of digital ownership, allowing us to find appropriate  
boundaries of sharing our work that does not exclude creative  
interpretation and replication. I'm honored to be wortking with  
ccMixter and super excited to hear what everyone comes up with.”

Jeff Owens, label manager of Ghostly International:
"Ghostly is excited to be a part of the remix contest.  Creative  
Commons brings fans even closer to the artist and the musical process.”

Ken Taylor, managing editor of XLR8R Magazine:
"XLR8R is totally stoked to be a part of ccMixter's remix contest, as  
we share with Creative Commons the philosophy that artists - not  
companies - should maintain the greatest amount of control in how  
music is used and what it might become."


About Christopher Willits

Christopher Willits is a musician and multimedia artist located in  
San Francisco, California. Striking a delicate balance between  
acoustic and electronic sounds and systems, Willits manages to defy  
genre distinctions while still defining a sound unto his own. His  
numerous solo releases cover a broad spectrum of musical styles, and  
include one main commonality: Willits’ unique use of the guitar with  
custom-made signal processing. This home-brewed software, along with  
Willits’ 6-string prowess, generates a unique real-time mixture of  
improvised melody and rhythm. On his breakthrough LP, Surf  
Boundaries, Willits merges the patterns of his signature guitar sound  
with treated strings, brass and five-part vocal harmonies for a sonic  
vision that draws upon elements of shoegaze, jazz, ambient and  
noise.  The San Francisco Weekly named Willits “the center cell of a  
rather complex indie rock-avant-garde electronic art Venn diagram.”

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001,  
that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works— 
whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licences  
provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors,  
artists, and educators that build upon the "all rights reserved"  
concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights  
reserved" approach. It is sustained by the generous support of  
various organizations including the John D. and Catherine T.  
MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and  
the Rockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public. For  
general information, visit http://creativecommons.org.

Contact

Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
eric AT creativecommons.org

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