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    The Dead Covers Project

    What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

    Throughout the month of April, we'll be shining our lovelight on a handful of artists that really made the grade. You'll get to know each of these five artists and find out just what made them connect with the Dead in our exclusive DEAD COVERS PROJECT profiles, but for now we'd simply like to congratulate the following participants (in no particular order)...

    Now Playing In The Band...

    The project may be over for 2012, but you can continue to check out some of the "Top Rated" videos that were submitted and "Like" them here.

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  • ziphler
    12 years 8 months ago
    Campaign to make DeadCoversProject a project not a pagent
    There is a statistic in youtube's stat's that would be ideal for ranking entries. You can access it from the video's page just below the video on the right The button is a bar graph. It shows a timeline and lists events on that timeline including in this case "the first referral from dead.net" and indicates the total number of views that came from here. This would be a very difficult system to game and there are many ways your website could access that number from youtube. You could also generate that number yourself by tracking outgoing links but you'd have to make sure you separate repeat viewers from new although repeat viewers is an important stat and needs to be measured with same day repeats thrown out. I have a degree in biostatistics (don't ask me why) and there are a million reasons why views is a better measure than likes and why views thru your portal are better than total views for your purposes. Just another 2 cents in my campaign to drop the annual contest and make this site an ongoing, highly functional project. For deadheads who are musicians, sound engineers, and videographers this site is a gift from Jerry himself (a jerrysend) but the annual beauty pagent is the anti-jerry to overuse a metaphor. The site brings us together, provides a platform and an audience, and if modified to a continuous rather than annual timeframe, doesn't make us have to wear watches. Have you ever seen those studies where they take deadheads and make them wear watches. One of the cruelest experiments conducted in our lifetimes - very disturbing as you can well imagine. ziph
  • deadheadland
    12 years 8 months ago
    good job everyone!
    really happy to see two of my favorites in the winners! I have been seeing Cubensis since around 1990, and cannot think of a band more deserving. They earned it, through 25 years of playing LIVE DEAD in their own unique way, several nights a week. Crag Marshall recieved Jerry's blessing to play the Dead's music - Jerry told him to do a good job of it! Larry Ryan holds down the bass bottom so solidly grooving, Steve Harris and Ed Fletcher drumming their hearts out (Steve sings good too!) - awesome keyboardist Tom Ryan (who has also toured with DSO) makes Brent songs his own. Nate LaPointe is unsurpassed at acing rhythm quitar, and leading it beyond... and the lovely Cece Sherman - newest member of the band, her voice is so gorgeous. makes all of us cry sometimes, (and she can play strings rather beautifully too!).... GO TEAM QB!!! And Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers - what canIi say? I am blessed every time I get to hear Nicki sing, and Deren Ney's guitar is a gift to all of us... listen to him solo, beautiful every time. Go see this band live! (by the way, they are not a Dead Cover band, they do mostly originals, with a wide variety of covers). Maybe we can hear Nicki Bluhm and Cece Sherman doing a duet someday? (~);}
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    jojo2275
    12 years 8 months ago
    Getting Liked
    Good post Ziph, It seems a little harsh to have to rely on the video getting 'liked' to have it recognized, also. I am pleased they will do it again next year. Perhaps I'll have time to learn how to play a decent solo!
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What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

Throughout the month of April, we'll be shining our lovelight on a handful of artists that really made the grade. You'll get to know each of these five artists and find out just what made them connect with the Dead in our exclusive DEAD COVERS PROJECT profiles, but for now we'd simply like to congratulate the following participants (in no particular order)...

Now Playing In The Band...

The project may be over for 2012, but you can continue to check out some of the "Top Rated" videos that were submitted and "Like" them here.

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What a wonderful month it's been, sharing our love of the Grateful Dead through song and video! We applaud all the hard work and effort that you, the fans, put into the DEAD COVERS PROJECT, and we hope you'll continue to watch and support all the amazing participant videos on YouTube until we fire up the DEAD COVERS PROJECT again next February.

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Submitted by michaelg420 on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 20:42

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Two great "Cassidy"s rolled into one! Blair mentioned this in his blog and said it wasn't posted to DCP. I re-tagged and re-titled it on YouTube today so hopefully people will be able to see two nights of Scarlet Mountain jamming in one vid.
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Submitted by dajokr on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 20:06

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These guys are amazing. A true 'cover' without being derivative, spectacular chops on those acoustic instruments, and a great film to boot. Love it!!!!
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 07:33

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This project is wonderful.I am enjoying it everyday. Kudos to those musicians playing that which we love; so tenderly and passionately. I needed to see, hear, feel the wonder and sigh in awe at the delightful vibe that is ever-present all around the world. I will have several messages to give as this things progresses. And hey I'm in! I'm heading over to my best friends recording studio and going to send in one myself. I will like and that will be good enough but I may be able to give ya little vibe myself. This was the sweetest idea and ALL praises for ALL Bands is send out from NY today...your ALL winners if you put LOVE in the music...The THREE CHEERS to the ONES with THE MOST! May you all set the bar for playing in the band, xo. I love and have loved you, ALL! ---------------------------------(----@ sherbear, xo
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Submitted by pozzio on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 10:39

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If you like the video check opiumfields.com for free download
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Submitted by Matthew Lepkowski on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:23

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Greetings Folks!I just submitted a video for the Dead Covers Project a few days ago. The title is "Franklins Tower by bliss." I did have it tagged Dead Covers Project, yet I have not seen it appear in The Dead Covers Project page or channel on YouTube... Am I missing something? Peace, Love, & bliss, Matt
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Submitted by Sixes_n_Sevens on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 18:14

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Love that treatment as a cover! . . . and the groovy graphixs . . . .
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Submitted by NotDeadYetBand on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:43

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Thank you Dead Net for the Dead Covers Project. Not Dead Yet is an Ottawa , Canada based band. We love the music and are doing our bit to keep it alive. Thanks for checking us out: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebandNDY/videos http://www.thenotdeadyetband.com/ (please forgive a newb if the embedded video didn't work right, cheers!)
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Submitted by Stellar Blues on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 22:01

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The submissions are great. Please keep them coming. I'm trying to listen to all of them. The variance in approach from the different entries is so interesting, so while Carl Akers' Watchtower rocks, so does Hal Weeks' Birdsong.
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Submitted by Stellar Blues on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 23:44

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Beautiful dynamics and fine musicianship!
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Submitted by PAPPYPGH on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:49

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I really dug the NSB. Great arrangement!!! And I REALLY like the NEW NAME of the group.;0)
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Submitted by PAPPYPGH on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 06:50

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I really dug the NSB. Great arrangement!!! And I REALLY like the NEW NAME of the group.;0)
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Submitted by Jeffitaph on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 07:03

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How is it possible for the Punk Is Dead video to get up to #4 yesterday, and then just disappear?!?! I don't see how it could just go away so quickly, unless it was taken down.
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Submitted by Matthew Lepkowski on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 08:40

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I tagged my version of Franklin's Tower with Dead Covers Project, yet it doesn't appear on the channel for it in youtube! Any idea on what to do? Thanx,Matt
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Submitted by wadeocu on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 09:05

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but certainly on topic! ARABIA!!!!: CAVEAT: sound is not mixed for tape - low bass (true shame) high vocals (not problem on this track)
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Submitted by PAPPYPGH on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:03

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Seems to me that whichever videos have the most 'likes' are what make the Top 10. Be thankful they (you?) were up there! I didn't crack the Top 10! That's quite an achievement.:0)
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Submitted by Kingwood on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 13:30

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Trippy, melancholia video best viewed with the right head, produced by Geo Meek, shot in HD, looks lovely on full screen or even on 50" TV capable of playing YouTube. Amazing 3D art by Bryn Oh, visual artist, hauntingly cool visuals for this arrangement of Dylan's Visions of Johanna, a favorite I saw so much in 1995 from Jerry. Please click LIKE on YouTube if you do. Thanks! Von Johin http://www.youtube.com/v/PTE7B7Be9MA?

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Submitted by Jeffitaph on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 21:40

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Punk Is Dead is gearing up to record a full-length album, and we need your help to make our dream a reality! Check out our Kickstarter video, and PLEASE help us by donating whatever you can! We've got some cool incentives, too. Polish your thought jewels, and help us kickstart our recording! http://kck.st/AvyNzm
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Submitted by STASH on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 11:16

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Super!