I have been using Ableton Live since I got version 4 about six years ago on a little shopping spree at Toronto’s Long and McQuade. It’s fantastic software. It allows for incredible flexibility, whether in recording or playing midi, or in live performance.

I just got an email promoting a unique contest, targeted toward youthful music makers. Ableton is sponsoring a song contest for young people in two age categories: under 15 and 15-18. All you teenage electronic music creators should upload your track to Soundcloud pronto! The deadline is end of August so you’ve got a couple months to polish up those rough gems.

For more information:

http://www.abletonsummermusicchallenge.com/

Click “Create a track” to see the link to free “Ableton Live Intro” software and a massive 375 MB Zip folder of sounds from co-sponsors Loopmasters.