In February of 2009,
Indaba Music partnered with the
Derek Trucks Band and their label,
Sony Music, on a unique program that invited musicians from all over the world collaborate with the band on their (then) new single "
Get What You Deserve" from
Already Free (
read story on UG).
The song's instrument stems were posted for fans to remix and re-imagine on
IndabaMusic.com, an online networking and collaboration. And of the hundreds of high quality versions that resulted from the collaborative program, it was a complete re-interpretation of the song by a young music student in Charlottesville, VA named
Mike Gannon that stood out to Derek and his fellow judges. As the grand prize winner of the program,
Mike not only won a signed
Epiphone G-400 guitar, but also a meet and greet with the band, which he redeemed on August 7th in Hyannis, MA. Read the
full story on UG.