Ahhh… the illustrious cowbell. You have to appreciate an instrument that has such a long and varied history. Originally used to track various animals as they wandered in herds, the cowbell can be found in all kinds of music, from classical to latin to rock. In the 80s, when the Roland TR-808 drum machine put in it’s less-than-realistic cowbell sound, the instrument became widely used in pop and hip-hop songs. And naturally, most people have seen the Saturday Night Live skit that makes fun of the Blue Oyster Cult.

We love the cowbell, and we know you do, too. So, this week, we want MORE.

1. Make a song in Splice that uses a cowbell sample. (There are a lot of good samples in Splice already, but you are naturally welcome to bring your own cowbell.)
2. Tag your song with MORECOWBELL to be automatically entered to win.

Entries are due by Midnight CST on May 27th, 2007.

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