Announcing the DJ List!

Hello Lovely Friends,
Worldwide Groove Corporation are in the final stages of preparing their two remix projects for release, and they wanted to publicly announce which DJs' tracks will be featured on these projects. One of their favorite aspects of these releases is the diversity of the DJs and producers who were involved. Ages of the DJs who made the project ranged from 18 to 55, and they reside in 12 different countries on 4 different continents. While several DJs are professionals, one of them is still a high school student producing his music in his bedroom. All are together on this project and will be featured in a digital booklet, which will be available when the CDs are released.

Here is the track list in no particular order...

BUTTERFLIES REMIXED
You Still Give Me Butterflies (Insight ft. DJ Bell Mesk) Brazil
You Still Give Me Butterflies (DJ Ike Remix) Poland
You Still Give Me Butterflies (DJ KAM Remix) Italy
You Still Give Me Butterflies (Michael e re-mix) U.K.
You Still Give Me Butterflies (DJ Micks Remix) South Africa
You Still Give Me Butterflies (Grandbrother Remix) USA
You Still Give Me Butterflies (Charlie North Remix) U.K. 5:00
You Still Give Me Butterflies (DJ Wesley Ambient Remix) USA
You Still Give Me Butterflies (DJ Groovy Remix) Portugal
You Still Give Me Butterflies (Diego Garcia Remix) Brazil
You Still Give Me Butterflies (1991 Student Project by Ellen Tift)

Besame Mucho (The Simplicity Project Remix) South Africa
Besame Mucho (Monodeluxe Remix) Switzerland
Besame Mucho (Dj IBra Fusion Remix) Canada
Besáme Mucho (egoFreQs Pinball Wizard Summer Mix Edit)
Besame Mucho (Michael e re-mix) U.K.


Release date is still TBA, please subscribe to this blog to be among the very first to know.

Merry Christmas!

Remixes are underway!

Well, folks, we are soooo pleased to report that there were so many DJs who submitted remix agreements, that we have split them up over a couple of different songs and will be able to release TWO remix projects. All DJs will have their remixes finished by mid-November, after which Worldwide Groove Corporation will choose the final trax for the project. If you would like to know when these remixes are available, please subscribe to our blog and you'll be sure to know.

The coolest part of this is the global influence that will be present, as participating DJs are from: Lithuania, Portugal, U.K., Italy, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, and of course, USA!

Want to give a shout out?

Hey, if you're on Last.fm, please check out our page and give us a shout out if you will! While you're there you can download our song "mimosa" for free. ooooh la laaaaa...

http://www.last.fm/music/WORLDWIDE+GROOVE+CORPORATION

Love ya mean it!

WGC

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

I just found another site which is rudely offering up our entire record for free download. But at least I got a small amount of amusement from this one, as someone doesn't speak English apparently, and ran our info through some automatic translation program. Here is how they describe our record...

Worldwide Descender Workplace- Fermentation Chillodesiac Parlor Vol 1

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Tracklist:
01 The White Ace Rapprochement(Step Ingrid Dumosch) 05:59
02 Tangerine (Stunt Flemming Mcwilliams) 05:02
03 Warmth(Fait accompli Missi Forceful, Venste) 05:08
04 Besame Mucho 05:30
05 Sloe Trendy Venice(Effort The N Canary, 05:20
06 Chain-smoke And Mirrors 04:31
07 My Queer Valentine 05:59
08 Lares viales Eyes(Accomplished fact Ingrid Dumosch) 06:49
09 Mas Que Nichts(Consummation Kenya Evelyn, Melinda Dool 04:54
10 Mimosa 05:05
11 Ourselves Silentness Mete Her Butterflies 06:30
12 Chillodesiac Fevertini Hotchpot 09:31
13 Boil(Collateral Cowbell Interfusion) 06:40
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And just so you have something to refer to, here is the real track list:
TRACK LIST:
1 The Man I Love [feat. Ingrid DuMosch] 5:59
2 Tangerine [feat. Fleming McWilliams] 5:00
3 Fever [feat. Missi Hale, Venste] 5:12
4 Besame Mucho 5:30
5 Midnight In Venice*[feat. DJLO, Jennifer Paige] 5:48
6 Smoke & Mirrors* 4:35
7 My Funny Valentine 5:57
8 Angel Eyes [feat. Ingrid DuMosch] 6:48
9 Mas Que Nada [feat. Kenya Evelyn, Melinda Doolittle, Missi Hale] 5:37
10 Mimosa* 5:08
11 You Still Give Me Butterflies* 6:34
12 Chillodesiac Fevertini Mix 9:30
13 Fever "More Cowbell" Remix 6:38


I think "My Queer Valentine" is my favorite. Perhaps we should really have that on our next record...

Ellen

Worldwide Groove Corporation IN THE STUDIOm

Worldwide Groove Corporation are working in the studio with guest singer Ingrid DuMosch on a song for volume 2 of the Chillodesiac Lounge series. This is the sequel to "Chillodesiac Lounge, vol. 1: FEVER" which is available at chillodesiaclounge.com.

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Pirates! And not the fun Disney kind!

Pirates! And not the fun Disney kind.
Category: Music

Once again, another site has come up which is rudely giving our music away for free!!!! What is WITH these people!? What truly baffles me is that they are not even getting anything from it. They take their time to upload someone else’s intellectual property so that total strangers can have it for free. It’s senseless, and it gives me an ulcer.

Here is the tally this site shows of how many times our record has been downloaded under various file names. Just from this one site.

Chillodesiac Lounge 1 Full Version* 362 Times
Chillodesiac Lounge 1 (April 2008)* 485 Times
Chillodesiac Lounge 1 ISO* 747 Times
Worldwide Groove Corporation- Fever Chillodesiac Lounge Vol ... 974 Times
Worldwide Groove Corporation- Fever Chillodesiac Lounge Vol ... 191 Times

That’s over 2500 times!

How are we supposed to make a living when this kind of stuff keeps happening? Most of these sites are outside of the U.S. and many do not care about intellectual property laws or copyright infringement. The Russian sites are the worst, they actually SELL our music and claim to be paying royalties, but I don’t know who they’re paying them to, because we aren’t seeing one cent.

If you consider yourself a fan of anyone’s creative work, then please do the right thing and pay for what you download. Especially independent self-funded artists like us. It’s too hard to survive in this industry as it is.

Soft Porn & Pot Smoking - WHAT!?

A blog from Ellen:

There are two things which have come up recently that I just felt the need to share.

1. Some time ago, we were contacted by a record label in Greece about letting them use one of our songs on a compilation they were going to release for sale in Greece and Cyprus. This was the second time this label had shown an interest in putting us on one of their projects. The first project was called "Chillin' in Mykonos", and we were pleased to be a part of it and gladly signed the contract. We were pleased for quite some time that is, until far too much time passed without receiving any kind of monetary compensation. We contacted them numerous times asking about our payment for the use of our music, and often got no reply. So after that first experience, we were slightly leary of doing business with this label again. We decided, however, to give them the benefit of the doubt and sign the contract for the second compilation.

And in case you're trying to get ahead, no this post isn't about not getting paid... although I still don't think we have. Not getting paid is a bummer, and can add to our stress level which is already elevated from all of the [expletives] out there who have so rudely posted our music for free downloads. But I've already talked about that. Not getting paid isn't publicly humiliating. What I'm getting to is this:

After some time, we received a copy of this new second compilation in the mail and were a bit surprised by the borderline pornographic photos they'd used on all surfaces of the CD packaging. When we signed the contract, we didn't really register that the name of the project being "Seduction 4" might give us cause to go back and look at the artwork for volumes 1 through 3. Had we done that, we might have reconsidered. The photo on the very front of the vol. 4 CD isn't actually porn, it's just a tad bit tacky. But all of the other ones inside are really really NOT what we want our image to be.

Don't get me wrong, we do realize that our music is sexy, and we even have some promo material which tongue in cheek says it's for "getting lucky" or something of that nature. But we do not want to be associated with adult entertainment. At all. And we've been approached about the use of our music for some "adult entertainment" films. [Our answer was of course no.] So, now this CD is out there, and we are on it, and there's nothing we can do but chalk it up to a lesson learned. And we've decided not to do any more business with that label since we've never gotten a dime yet and they still don't answer most of our emails.

2. A good friend of ours who is, among other things, a drummer recently got hired to tour Europe with one of the better known chillout acts on the scene. [We won't say who, and it's not Thievery Corporation, but they're pretty well known.] He went to the auditions and was surprised that they were all smoking pot and not very serious about playing much music. He was also surprised when they hired him on the spot. Then at the first scheduled rehearsal, he showed up on time, and proceeded to wait by himself at the rehearsal space for THREE HOURS until the band finally showed up. Baked, of course. Then they only practiced three songs and called it a night.

Kurt and I were talking about this, and it just seems odd to me that in an industry where you have to work so hard to even get noticed, people who clearly don't possess a strong work ethic can experience so much success. And these people are being funded by a record label. I wondered aloud if they'd always done things like that, or if after rising in the business, they got more into that partying mentality.

I also wonder how well we will fit into this circuit as our music gets more exposure. I know that in the music industry relationships will make or break your career, and I just wonder if we will be a sort of misfit in the downtempo scene as we get out there and don't party like a rock star. We are just hard working musicians who love downtempo music, but our lifestyle is pretty mild. I mean, you can't really be into the nightlife when you've got a 2 year old waking you up at 6AM every single day non-stop.

I've never been the type to go along with the crowd if it contradicts my convictions. In fact, I can't recall even one occasion where I've knowingly done something I didn't feel good about simply to "fit in". So if I didn't do it back when I was a teenager, I'm certainly not going to do it now.

Anyway, I don't really have any point to make.

But the question on my mind is: Is it enough to just make great music?

I sincerely hope so.

Properly Chilled Reviews WGC

A REVIEW OF CHILLODESIAC LOUNGE VOL. 1: FEVER FROM PROPERLYCHILLED.COM

Often regarded as electronica's little girl, lounge music is instead like the savvy child that rapidly learns that indoors is where they get the most attention. That's why chilled-out numbers are best enjoyed with a glass of champagne and not with a cup of instantly-brewed coffee to go. Beverage metaphors aside, lounge music is the comfy armchair in every living room.

With that said, there seems to be no better way to celebrate lounge music than to put out a record that is celebratory without being too exhaustive. "Chillodesiac Lounge Vol. 1: Fever" is a collection of hand-picked tracks that manage to defy gravity in their disorienting, smoky-voiced output. And while doing so, "The Man I Love" and "Tangerine", the first two tracks, also set the mood for the drink-pouring that will most definitely follow.

Fittingly subtitled "Fever", production duo Worldwide Groove Corporation's debut album infuses various jazz standards with groovy new finesse. Based around chunky beats that take any passionate heart to a cushion, "Besame Mucho" is revisited in little breaths of air that pamper the ear. On the other hand, "Mas Que Nada", featuring Kenya Evelyn, Melinda Doolittle, and Missi Hale, now sounds so urgent it's like tropicalia rules the world.

The prelude to what will certainly become a fulfilling career is designed to be sipped and not taken by a huge, single bite. And it comes with what critics call the international appeal, as it features lyrics in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. Speaking of which, "Midnight in Venice" will take you on a gondola across the city's renowned channels.

The track is one of the four originals included on the album, the others being the stripped-down "Smoke & Mirrors", the fleshed-out "Mimosa", and the naively romantic "You Still Give Me Butterflies". With tracks that, after the first half, seem to flow seamlessly into each other, the record bows out on a high note with two fat remixes that will make you forget all those new age records.

~ Helder Gomes