Mike Shinoda is feeling generous with his time and talent in 2021. He turned to social media to post a video in which he explains his plans to seek out some new talent among his Twitch followers and produce their music.
The Linkin Park co-founder said, “I wanna do something different with my socials and my Twitch channel for 2021. So today we kind of came up with this in the chat on Twitch. I want to find vocalists and songwriters who are out there that maybe don't have access to good producers or knowledge yet about how to produce a track, I want to find you and take your vocal and your song and I'll produce it live on Twitch and I'll try to do that as often as I can.”
Shinoda captioned the video with, “For 2021, I wanted to find a way to give back to my amazing community online. I’m looking for vocalists, rappers, and songwriters who need help getting to the next level. If I find someone great, I’ll produce their track, live on my Twitch channel. There’s no formal contest, just an intention.”
Those who want to take Shinoda up on his offer can use the hashtag #ShinodaProduceMe to get themselves noticed. However, there are a few rules. According to Shinoda, they are “1.) I’m not doing vocals, 2.) I’d like the artist to only contribute vocals and one instrument, nothing filled-out, just the 'song,' and 3.) no back-seat producing, the track has to be in my hands until I feel like I’m done. If you want to participate, go talk to the fans on Twitch.tv/OfficialMikeShinoda.”
