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  Jul 03, 01:56 PM

  Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest is Heating Up

  

  With eleven preliminary contests down and several left to go, the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest is set to have very exciting seminfinals and finals rounds coming up during Elvis Week. We are expecting a sell-out on both the semifinals and finals performances, so do not miss out on your opportunity to watch us crown the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist of 2008. Learn more...
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  Jun 27, 12:00 PM

  Robert F.X. Sillerman Announced as a Guest at the 2008 Elvis Insiders Conference

  

  For the first time ever, Robert F.X. Sillerman, Chairman and CEO of CKX, Inc., parent company to Elvis Presley Enterprises, will appear as a special guest at the Elvis Insiders Conference. If you are an Elvis Insider, you can post your questions for him here, and he will try to answer as many of them as time allows during the conference. For a complete list of conference guests, be sure to visit ElvisWeek.com.
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  Jun 11, 10:28 AM

  NEW Elvis Insiders Conference Page

  

  We now have a new location for all news related to guests and segments for the 2008 Elvis Insiders Conference. This page will be updated as soon as any new guests are confirmed.
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  Jun 11, 10:15 AM

  Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest Preliminaries

  

  Several preliminary contests have already taken place and some lucky Elvis Tribute Artists are already booking their flights to Memphis to perform in the semifinals and finals of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest during Elvis Week 2008. So, far, preliminary winners include Joseph Hall (A Day with Elvis in Arnold), Garry Bomback (Ultimate ETA Contest-Menominee Casino), Gino Monopoli (Lake George Elvis Festival) and Victor Trevino (Tupelo Elvis Festival).

  Many more preliminaries are still to come, so be sure to check the Ultimate ETA Contest website for the most up-to-date information.

  Find out more about tickets to the semifinals and finals during Elvis Week.
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  May 29, 02:09 PM

  New Elvis Insiders Conference Guests

  

  Several new guests have been added to the already impressive lineup for the 2008 Elvis Insiders Conference: Celeste Yarnall, Elvis's co-star in Live a Little, Love a Little; Rex Mansfield, who was inducted, trained, and served with Elvis in the Army; Elisabeth Mansfield, Elvis's secretary in the Army; and Francine York, Elvis's co-star in Tickle Me. See a full list of guests and conference details on ElvisWeek.com.
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  May 26, 07:55 AM

  New Elvis Remix to Be Released May 27

  

  Below is an excerpt from a Q & A we did with DJ Spankox, who is responsible for the next big Elvis remix, "Baby Let's Play House." The song will be available from all major digital download services beginning May 27, as well as on CD exclusively at Graceland and on ShopElvis.com. The rest of the Q & A will be published in the Summer 2008 Elvis Insiders newsletter, due to hit homes in mid-to-late July. If you are not already an Elvis Insider, you can join now to receive access to the members-only website, chat room and message board, as well as discounts at Graceland, Heartbreak Hotel, and on ShopElvis.com.
  
  Q – Could you tell us something about Spankox?
  
  My name is Agostino Carollo. I'm a composer, record producer and DJ from Italy. I'm signed to EMI Music in Germany and to Universal Music Publishing in Italy. I approached music studying the violin since I was 6 for 10 years. At the age of 11 I wrote my first song. I graduated in Arts and my specialization is Rock Music. I released so far four albums and various singles under the names X-Treme, Eyes Cream, Ago and Spankox. I received a few gold records for some of my songs like "Love Song" (Top 10 around Europe and also covered by the band Right Said Fred in 2002), "Fly Away" (#1 in the Billboard Club Chart in 2000 and 5 weeks #1 in Canada), "Open Up Your Mind" (Top 10 Billboard), "Put On Your Red Shoes" (Top 20 in Germany) and "To The Club" (now a club classic). I'm a voting member of the Grammy Academy since 2006.
  
  Q – Why did you pick "Baby Let’s Play House" for a remix?
  
  It happened often to me to arrive in clubs where the resident DJ was warming up the crowd playing hip hop or R&B. I used to begin my set saying “Baby, let’s play house now” and drop a few bars of a short edit I did of the original version. So I fell in love with this song, mostly because of Elvis’s super voice and its title… not really thinking about the sexual meaning actually, but relating its title to the music genre I’ve been playing as a DJ (house music). Then two years ago I managed to get a hold of an old analog copy on 2” tape of the original master. That was a kind of sign, so I immediately started to work on the remix.
  
  Q – How long did it take to put the song together in the remix format?
  
  The whole job, from the first version to the last definitive mix took nearly two years. It’s really not easy at all to remix Elvis. I’ve focused on making it sound contemporary and cool but keeping, at the same time, the original feel of the track and producing something he’d be happy to listen to. My friend Highpass, who has and excellent musical taste, worked with me on the remix.