Crunchies Awards Finalist!

Smule made it as a finalist in the Crunchies awards! Thanks to all of you faithful Smulers out there for getting us this far!

Now we need your help one more time to take the number one spot and win the whole shebang!

You can vote for us by clicking this badge once a day until January 5th. Thanks again to those of you who have been helping us along the way.

Holiday Greeting Written with the Flame!

Holiday Greeting Written in the Sonic Lighter Ignition Map!
Originally uploaded by themulewashere

Today I was sent this amazing screen shot! This guy actually took the time out of his Christmas day to write a little holiday greeting in the Sonic Lighter Ignition Map!

If you want to find it for yourself check out the Sonic Lighter Ignition Map, and zoom in on Pasadena, California USA. If you don't know where Pasadena is, it is in the North Eastern part of Los Angeles, California. Actually just zooming in on Los Angeles you will see a spot with more lights than most spots and that will be it!

Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

The Mule In Las Vegas

I'll be in Las Vegas Sunday and Monday morning for a video shoot at some of the big casinos. Here's the list / schedule.

1 luxor
2 paris
3 venetian
4 caesars
5 new york new york

If you are in the area check my twitter for updates or send me an e-mail. If I run into you, I'll give you a highly coveted Smule T-shirt and possibly get you in the video!

Happy Holidays!

--The Mule

Week 1 of the Contest! What a Week!

The First week of the Contest has come and gone! The early entries have been great. There are definitely some colorful examples of the expressive capabilities of the Ocarina. Here are a couple Smule favorites to keep your creativity flowing.

My personal favorite so far was posted just this morning! This guy is working extremely hard to earn his keep with the Ocarina as his tool.



Well this is also my favorite so far. Watch this video and be struck with a little bit of pop culture you never thought possible with a nose flute.



And here's another wonderfully creative video. It seems like the Canadians are ahead in this Contest. Well it's not the Olympics, but the guy playing in the Snow is a Maple Leaf as well!



Thanks to everyone who has entered so far and I hope to see some more videos pushing the boundaries of what is possible!

Rockarina ON!

--The Mule

Yet another nomination.

The year is coming to a close so everybody and their mother is having a "Best of the Best" competition. Here's another one for Smule from bestappever.com.

If you have a minute we would love a nomination for any of their categories, but especially for
Best Musical App
and
Most Innovative App

Thanks everyone we love your support!

Live WebChat Recording

The very first Ustream.TV Broadcast/webchat went really well yesterday! If you missed it you can check it out on our Ustream.tv channel!
Thanks so much for all who tuned in. I think it went pretty well and we learned a ton from it. The beginning was a bit rough I'll admit when I was trying to figure out how to set everything up, but NEXT WEEK will be much better just wait and see.

For those of you who don't know about this broadcast, you can watch and participate (via embeded text message) in the Webchat every Monday at 7pm PST!

See you next week!

Live WebChat with The Mule Today!

Today I will be hosting my first ever Webchat! So point your browsers at our Ustream.tv channel and lets talk Smulean! You can ask me questions about all things Smulean, or the contest, or really whatever floats your boat, but I might not answer some of those! HAHA! See you there.

Live WebChat with the Mule
7pm Pacific Standard Time
(That's 10pm Eastern Time)
Every Monday until January 12, 2009

Win $1,000 in an Epic Ocarina Contest from Smule!!

The "This Contest Blows" Contest was introduced today by yours truly! I apologize for not posting very much lately, but I've been working hard on getting the contest off the ground!
Here's the Official Video



If you want to participate, just post your video either as a Video Response to this video or on the YouTube Group Page, then go to the Contest Website to fill out a short little form that will officially enter you in the contest!

I hope you guys have some fun and look forward to your creative entries!

--The Mule

Vote For Smule in Two Clicks

TechCrunch.com having their annual award nomination event. To nominate us just click either (or both) of the badges below and then hit "Nominate" on the page it takes you too. It's really that simple. Just two clicks or four if you wouldn't mind voting for both categories.





P.S. You can vote Once a day until Dec 10th! So come back and vote for us daily if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks so much for all your support everyone! And stay tuned for some BIG NEWS from Smule later this week!

--The Mule