Written by Tiffany Jones<\/p>\n
With his eyes closed and headphones on, senior James Taylor sat before a microphone in his private recording studio. A familiar tune, altered by Taylor’s musical ingenuity, played as he sang new words to OneRepublic’s hit song, “Apologize.”<\/p>\n
Though creating cover songs has been a hobby for Taylor for years, his choice to make a cover of “Apologize” was not just a random song selection.<\/p>\n
Thursday, March 18, the Link, Harding’s new multimedia news Web site, in conjunction with the Campus Activities Board, announced a OneRepublic cover contest.<\/p>\n
Per contest rules, contestants may could cover any OneRepublic song as long as the cover they recorded was sung live and not lip-synced. The incentive to enter is winning a chance to meet OneRepublic before their concert. This prize is special because, unlike many of the music artists who come to perform at Harding University, OneRepublic is not doing a meet and greet.<\/p>\n
“I want to win this contest because I want to meet them, and they’re signed with Interscope Records,” Taylor said. “If I win, maybe I’ll show them some stuff I’ve done. It’s a great opportunity, and I’m just going to do my best and have fun with it.”<\/p>\n
The contest was created to help showcase Harding musicians and encourage creativity on campus. The Link has been working towards featuring campus musicians and has created a new arts section complete with live sessions with student performers. <\/p>\n
The concert, taking place this Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m., is being held in the Ganus Athletic Center. Corey McEntyre, Campus Activities Board director, is expecting nearly 1,800 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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