RECOUNT is a new music technology competition for high school students.

To win: Re-mix, re-hash, extend, mash-up or re-record this year’s Music: Count Us In program song and submit your musical brilliance. 

This year’s competition has closed.  See the winners' announcement below.

Congratulations to the 2 winners of 2011 ReCount competition:

• Bill Okwalo - Heathdale Christian College
• Jack James Cockerall - Castlemaine Secondary College

Bill's remix of 'We've Got the Music' was in the style of space techno with plenty of SFX. The remix was faster, used fragments of the original horn & vocal parts, and added lots of new content.

Jack's remix featured a new electric guitar opening and a whole new accompaniment, while maintaining the style of an anthem. The original vocal stem files were used but had been carefully cut & re-arranged to create a brand new melody.

The following 4 students were runners up:

• Alyx Livingston
• Bianca Redfern
• Jordan Pezzimenti
• Ryan Winslade

These students were rated 'highly commended' by our judges:

• Angus Gill
• Jedd McCallum
• Acacia Coates
• Sarah Butler

The judges were impressed by the variety and creativity of remixes - from country to rap, from punk to orchestral fusion. All ten finalists receive Zoom digital recording equipment. Well done!!

Great prizes including:

• Zoom R24 multi-track recording units, valued at $999 each! Featuring 24-track playback and 8-track simultaneous recording using SD memory cards, the R24 is the brand new digital multi-track recorder, audio interface, control surface and pad sampler combined.

• Zoom H1 handy recorders, valued at $199 each! Featuring Zoom's renowned recording technology and studio quality microphones in the easiest, most portable device ever. Upload audio to PC or MAC via USB, use with video cameras… the possibilities are endless!