Tapulous

Let’s dip into the Tap Tap Mailbag, shall we…

Q: “Dear Tapulous, how do you come up with all your brilliant ideas?” Walter, Anaheim CA.

A: Good question, and here’s a true story about our latest development. Here at Tapulous HQ, we pull in the best and brightest (and most beautiful) people from all over the world to come slave away on develop our super-apps. Since it is World Cup season, we have the TV going 24/7 in the lounge, with each international team represented by their own employee cheering section. And as is the inevitability with the tournament, there comes a moment when every team tragically loses, followed by an anguished cry of “Change the channel!” directed at the television.

After nearly a month of “Change the channel, change the channel!” echoing through the hallways in a variety of accents, those words sank subliminally into all our brains. So when Andrew asked “What’s next?” at this week’s development meeting, everyone screamed back in unison: “CHANGE THE CHANNEL!” And that’s what we decided to do. Brilliant, huh?

We’re happy to announce an ONLINE CHANNEL REMIX! Every online music channel will be getting 3 FRESH NEW FREE SONGS to challenge your skills and rock your world. Each day for the next 10 days, a different channel will be in the spotlight and receive an injection of killer new tracks.

To celebrate this massive musical makeover, we’re giving away a free download of “45 “by OZOMATLI, one of the featured bands on the Downtown Records channel. For over 15 years, Los Angeles’ own Ozomatli has been using their unique brand of multi-cultural, genre-colliding music to change the world, one note at a time. In 2007 they were named Cultural Ambassadors by the U.S. State Dept., a role which brought their vibrant, inspirational live show to all corners of the planet, including Nepal’s first-ever Western musical concert.

Download and play “45” by Ozomatli right now or check out the song on iTunes! Then head over to online channels and check out the changes! Many thanks to Downtown Records and all the online channel providers for the brand new influx of tunes!

Wow, it’s a remarkable day for Tapulous. Today, we announced that we are joining Disney. We will be a key part of Disney Interactive Media Group, spearheading their drive to be the leader in mobile entertainment.

As part of Disney Interactive Media Group, we’ll develop more games, more quickly and with the resources of the world’s leading entertainment company. We will continue to develop apps that live at the intersection of music and gaming, but we’ll also push into new and exciting areas of mobile social entertainment. We’re literally bursting with ideas for new apps!

The last two years we’ve been on an amazing ride. We started Tapulous because we love the iPhone. We believed it would change everything, and we wanted to build fun, beautiful apps that tapped into its incredible entertainment power. And we did…

Tap Tap Revenge has been a success beyond our wildest dreams. It’s still the most popular game series on the App Store, with over 35 million downloads and a billion songs played! But it’s about more than numbers…almost everyday I meet players who are crazy for the game, just like me!

There’s a lot of people to thank:

-Our fans, who passionately play our games and spread the word.

-My talented and tenacious team. Led by Andrew Lacy, Tim O’Brien and Jessica Kahn, they have consistently created beautiful, innovative games with two parts creativity and one part force of will.

-Our investors, who have always believed in and trusted us.

And, last but not least, the artists who create the music that makes life richer-and gives us all something to tap to!!

To my new co-workers at Disney, I look forward to meeting you, collaborating with you and building something that’s special together. We are surrounded by amazing technology that we’ll use to surprise and delight consumers.

Tap on!!!
Bart Decrem

More info: http://bit.ly/ciTqVe

Alright Tap Tap fans, it’s a fresh new week, which means we’ve got another fresh new FREE featured track to bend your fingers and blow your mind. We’ve traveled right up to the cutting-edge to grab SUPERBAD (11:34) by Travie McCoy, and we’re absolutely certain you’re going to dig it.

How’s your summer going? Because no matter how good, chances are it’s not quite up to par with Travie’s. He’s decided to take a break from kicking butt as the lead singer of the Gym Class Heroes to release his own solo joint, and evidently he knows exactly what he’s doing. To prove that point, we give you SUPERBAD (11:34), a song so wildly original and sonically unique they’re having to invent new genres just to classify it, like emo-hop and trip-rock.

From the immediate hook of the opening delayed guitar line through the stuttering beats and lush choruses, Superbad (11:34) stuns you like a surreal dream, taking you on an epic aural journey into your own mind. It’s as if Robert Smith from the Cure’s son grew up listening to Linkin Park and A Tribe Called Quest, became a superhero, and recorded his own theme song.

You’ve gotta be loving Travie McCoy RIGHT NOW!  I mean c’mon, the guy changes names more often than most people change socks, from Travis to Shleprok and now Travie. In honor of his position as featured artist of the week, we are now officially Tap Tap Rebango.

In fact, we’re so psyched on him that we’re adding a Travie McCoy premium 2-pack to the Tap Tap Store, featuring “Need You” and the red-hot “Billionaire,” the song that’s launched a million YouTube tributes. Download it today, and enjoy the summer of Travie.

The Travie McCoy Contest

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners! Grand prize winner: goobadoop. Runner-up winners: Pinky1999, tapper6845041, zjad, R0bijntje, devin436

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets a signed Lazarus CD, poster and 2 tickets to an upcoming Travie concert!!! Five runner up winners get their own copy of a signed Lazarus CD!!!

How to win: Download and play Travie McCoy’s “Superbad (11:34)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 100,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want — as long as your final score is OVER 100,000 points. At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into a hat and draw the winner.

The contest runs from Friday, July 2nd at 12:01 AM until Sunday, July 4th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Superbad (11:34)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure scores submit, play on a solid internet connection. For more details click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

Is what we are hearing true? Are you really just sitting around bored out of your skull, watching the calendar pages flip away on your summer? Well we’ve got a sure-fire cure for your July blues, a touchscreen-blasting dose of awesomeness that’s better than a bacon sandwich.

We are super excited to announce a whole new crop of premium bundles, dropping into the Tap Tap Store today! Get your fingers flexing and head bobbing to a fresh selection of cool beats including:

3OH!3 – Starstrukk, Don’t Trust Me, My First Kiss (ft. Ke$ha), and Déjà Vu
Devo – Whip It and Fresh
Neil Young – Rockin’ In The Free World and Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

At only a buck a bundle (two bucks for 3OH!3, since it’s twice the fun), we suggest you get them all and take yourself on a quick trip through the history of popular music. You’ll also have tons of new material to beef up your tap skills. Head over to the Tap Tap Store today, and get yourself musically edumacated!

We’re thrilled to announce the arrival of our latest special release, the hard-rocking, fast-tapping NICKELBACK REVENGE! Blast your speakers with 11 of the biggest hits from these international superstars, including HOW YOU REMIND ME, PHOTOGRAPH, ROCKSTAR, and more.

Download Nickelback Revenge now.

Featuring all the fast-paced, blood-pumping gameplay you’ve come to expect, NICKELBACK REVENGE is the latest installment in our premium app series, joining other top titles such as Nirvana Revenge, Lady Gaga Revenge, and Metallica Revenge.

Through 6 albums over their 12 year career, Nickelback has sold a jaw-dropping 30 million albums, cementing their position as one of the most popular bands of the new millennium.  And now you can tap and shake to all fist-pumping anthems, grinding rockers, and super-power ballads that have taken them to the top. Tap like a rock star with NICKELBACK REVENGE!

Get the app now on the app store.

NICKELBACK REVENGE GIVE-AWAY!
We’re so excited for you to get your fingers on Nickelback Revenge, we’re giving 25 FREE CREDITS to the first 2500 people who download it. Plus, you’ll be entered in an early-bird contest for a chance to win a Gibson Flying V electric guitar autographed by Nickelback themselves! But don’t delay: ONLY the first 2500 get the credits and a shot at the prize!

CAN YOU OUTPLAY NICKELBACK?
Sure, we all know the members of Nickelback are super talented, and can consistently launch rock and roll smash hits to the top of the charts. But the real question is: Are they any good at Tap Tap Revenge?

We’re going to find out how the guys in Nickelback stack up against the Tap Tap Revenge community with our special “CAN YOU OUTPLAY NICKELBACK?” contest. Each week, you’ll get a chance to try to beat one of the band members high scores on their favorite Nickelback Revenge track, for a chance to win some awesome prizes.

But be forewarned! The band has been spending countless hours holed up in the back of the tour bus, flexing their fingers, honing their skills, and perfecting their Tap Tap chops. You better bring your “A” game if you want to beat them on their own songs and take home one of the weekly prizes. So get Nickelback Revenge today, and start practicing!

For more details, click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

Help us kick off the summer with all our favorite 4’s: iPhone 4, 4th of July and iOS 4. To celebrate, we’re putting all previously-released Premium Revenge apps on sale! That’s Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Christmas with Weezer, Dave Matthews, Metallica, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Justin Bieber, and Kings of Leon, each only $4. (Er… $3.99, if you want to get technical). Riddim Ribbon is a skinny $1.99. Catch them on sale between now and July 4th on the app store!

And what sale would be complete without a matching contest? This week, we answer the ultimate question: Rock v. Pop?! Which TTR3 players reign supreme???

Pick your side, then play 8 free tracks (we’ve chosen the playlist) to count towards your team’s total score–and you’ve gotta play all 8 before your scores count, no cutting corners! Earn even more by playing 4 additional tracks from premium games like Lady Gaga Revenge, Nirvana Revenge, and more- and earn 4x your score for the team! (Make sure you buy the premium games in the app store, then import them into TTR3 for the points to count- if you play anything more than once, only your highest score will count). Look in your in-game newsfeed for details on what songs to play and how to get started.

Whichever team has the most points when the contest ends on July 4 will get a special avatar item and all the glory. The top 100 players in the winning team will also get 44 credits.

So go now, to your news feed- tap for prizes, glory, and to celebrate our sweet summer sale!

Update: Our judges have spent days in deliberation over the close race, but it’s official: TEAM POP is our winner in the ultimate Rock v Pop faceoff! Both teams scores were astronomically high, but in the end Pop pulled it off. They’ll all be sporting shiny new “Pop” crowns, and the top 100 pop players will receive 44 credits to use towards the tap tunes of their choice (may I recommend the new 3OH!3 pack?).

If you’re on team pop, expect your crown to show up under “hair accessories” in the next 24 hours. And to team rock: You made a valiant effort, and you’ll get ‘em next time.

Greetings Tappers!

Wally here, Audio Engineer and MIDI Designer at Tapulous. I’m the guy in charge of deciding where your fingers go in Tap Tap Revenge; how you steer, jump, and mix it up in Riddim Ribbon; and for all the other clicks, beeps, and bloops you hear in our apps.

As a musician, working at Tapulous is an amazing opportunity to connect with millions of music lovers and take our passion for music and gaming to the next level! That is why I am so thrilled to share my own music with you!

Folks, I present to you my band, miRthkon. What do we sound like? Good question. Metal? Check. Jazz? Check. Prog Rock? Check. Songs about fruit? Check. Without further ado, I give you our mega crowd pleaser ‘BANANA’. So catchy even my parents like it.

And watch out for that Extreme track, it’s a doozy!

And for those of you in the Bay Area, come check us out live *tonight!!* Thursday, June 24th 9:30pm at the Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA.

www.miRthkon.com

Tap on!

Who? New Politics

What? Yeah Yeah Yeah, from their upcoming debut album on RCA Records.

Why? Why, you ask? Well, because there’s always room for a brain-scattering, amp-stressing, neighbors-banging-on-the-wall rock track in Tap Tap Revenge. “Yeah Yeah Yeah,” the breakout song from South-By-Southwest buzz band NEW POLITICS, came crashing into our music department, jumped up on the desk, and demanded to be this week’s free download. And when a song has that kind of immediate energy and urgency, you either get behind it or run for your life.

OK, I Love It. Who Are These Guys? New Politics is David Boys, Soren H, and Paul Amaliel, three guys from Copenhagen who unintentionally formed the band to enter a radio station’s songwriting competition. Having been writing music together for 3 years for various solo projects with little forward movement, the group was on the verge of hanging it up when they casually made the decision to submit a song to the Danish National Radio P3’s “Career Cannon” contest.

Theirs was picked as a top winner, and once this fearsome trio brought their reckless, cathartic, and engaging live show to the stage, all heck broke loose (or since they are Danish, we should say all herring broke loose). The response to their passionate performance was immediate, and the band began booking festivals and shows all over Europe. After signing with RCA Records, they set their sights on achieving American success, and made the decision to relocate to the epicenter of hip, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where they are putting the finishing touches on their debut album.

AWESOME! What do I do now? First, head over to www.newpoliticsrock.com, where you check out their videos and tour dates, and pick up a copy of the song from iTunes or Amazon. Then, you rock out with reckless abandon as you tap to “Yeah Yeah Yeah” in the crazy-cool NEW POLITICS CONTEST!

The New Politics Contest

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets the an awesome Fender guitar signed by the band!!! Five runner up winners get a copy of their self-titled debut album on CD!

How to win: Download and play New Politics’ “Yeah Yeah Yeah” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 100,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want — as long as your final score is OVER 100,000 points. At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into a hat and draw the winner.

The contest runs from Friday, June 18th at 12:01 AM until Sunday, June 20th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Yeah Yeah Yeah” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure scores submit, play on a solid internet connection. For more details click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

ARE YOU READY? It’s been nearly 2 years since the audio-wizards in N*E*R*D dropped their last alt/rock/funk bomb on the world, and now we’re all jonesing to get blown up again! It’s time to get right with “Hot-n-Fun,” a hypno-hop head-bobber featuring the dulcet guest vocals of the always fresh NELLY FURTADO. You know whenever Pharrell and Chad take a break from their other job as the wildly successful, genre-defining production duo The Neptunes for some serious N*E*R*D action, the scene is about to get an electric blast of dope beats and deep hooks.

Download N*E*R*D today for free!

The N*E*R*D Contest

We are hearing reports of rogue doctors offering to surgically attach your iPhone / iPod touch to your hand, in order to completely eliminate any chance of slipping during key Tap Tap sessions. While we can’t necessarily endorse this, it certainly won’t hurt your chances of being the top tapper in the spectacular N*E*R*D CONTEST!

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets the ENTIRE N.E.R.D. CATALOG on CD, including the upcoming album Nothing when it is released! Five runner up winners get a copy of Nothing on CD.

How to win: Download and play N.E.R.D.’s “Hot-n-Fun (feat. Nelly Furtado)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 100,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want — as long as your final score is OVER 100,000 points. At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into a hat and draw the winner.

The contest runs from Friday, June 11th at 12:01 AM until Sunday, June 13th at 11:59PM Pacific Time. You must play “Hot-n-Fun (feat. Nelly Furtado)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure scores submit, play on a solid internet connection. For more details click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

New Music and Artists in Tap Tap Revenge including B.o.B, Paramore, The White Stripes, T.I. and more!

There are many elements that bring people to Tap Tap Revenge: the heart-pounding, sweaty-palm game play; the fierce head-to-head online battles; and the fabulous fashions for your avatar. But ultimately, the one simple reason Tap Tap Revenge is the #1 game in the iTunes Store is THE MUSIC.

And now that aspect of Tap Tap Revenge just got a whole lot better. We are extremely excited to announce our new partnership with the WARNER MUSIC GROUP. Home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the world, including Atlantic, Reprise, Roadrunner, and Warner Bros., Warner Music Group brings an amazing new catalog of music to Tap Tap Revenge 3, as well as future special-edition releases.

New WMG artists in Tap Tap Revenge, available RIGHT NOW:

-B.o.B
-Paramore
-The White Stripes
-T.I.

Later this week, we’ll be adding Flo Rida, and additional Warner Music artists will frequently be made available for download, names from the top of the charts as well as classic, timeless music from their deep, rich list of bands and performers.

So as you can see, we’re not just sitting around all day trying to get Full Combo’s and battling each other online. We are out there, scouring the musical landscape to bring you the very best songs known to man, from the past, present, and future…

Tap Tap Revenge and Warner Music Group: Building the ultimate soundtrack for your gaming life.