Tapulous

If you’re a Tap Tap party-person, you are truly living in a golden age. Right this second, you can plug a 1/8th-inch line into your iPhone/Touch, launch Tap Tap Revenge, and literally throw down the sickest dance party while you rock your way to the top of the standings. Can the floorboards survive your Taptastic house-party mega-mix? Let’s see…You can warm it up with some Lady Gaga to get the crowd, roll that into some Jason Derulo, and follow up with that Mike Posner joint. Then kick it back in high with Ke$ha and Flo Rida, and keep it going with Taio Cruz and a little T.I. YIKES, I wanna go to this party!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we are slipping you the secret weapon. There will come a point when the party reaches its crescendo and achieves full throw-down status, when the crowd will stand with baited breath, waiting to see if you blow the off the mother, or turn into DJ Trainwreck. And that’s the exact moment you drop “EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR” by CASCADA. The place will go nuts, guaranteed.

The titular track from Cascada’s third studio album, “Evacuate the Dancefloor” is nothing short of a global phenomenon. It has topped charts all around the world, and helped this German eurodance group sell over 14 million copies of their three records. Formed in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler along with DJ’s Manian and Yanou, Cascada is not resting on their success. They have just released the blazing hot “Pyromania,” another block-rocking jam that is part of the brand-new CASCADA PREMIUM TRACK-PACK, along with “Evacuate the Dancefloor.”

So if you’re ready to get this party started right, and get it started quickly, then you know what to do: Get yourself some Cascada, and get it on!

The Cascada Contest

This week, one Grand Prize winner gets an IPOD TOUCH AND 3 CASCADA ALBUMS! Five runner up winners get their own signed copy of Evacuate the Dancefloor on CD!

How to win: Download and play Cascada’s “Evacuate the Dancefloor” 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 23rd at 12:01 AM until Sunday, July 25th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Evacuate the Dancefloor” 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.

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

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.

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.

The life-cycle of rock and roll depends on new bands coming on the scene and kick starting a fresh wave of energy, waking a new generation of fans to the power and purity of the art form, and having them claim the music as their own. Right now, that band is Paramore.

Since exploding out of Franklin, TN, this five-piece pop-punk band has inspired and exhilarated an ever-growing army of fans with their legendary live show, an incendiary celebration of the excitement and honesty of youth. Check out these two-tracks, a sample of their best, and prepare to be caught up in the rush of Paramore. This is a band that strives to never disappoint, and succeeds.

Download “Misery Business” & “Crushcrushcrush” now in the Tap Tap Store!

OK party people, let’s get some rhythm back in your fingers with this week’s FREE featured track, CHOP SHOP by DJ DAN! Celebrating his 20th anniversary in music, “The People’s DJ” has dug deep down in his crate to assemble a heart-pumping, dancefloor-bumping house of beats, the bass heavy CHOP SHOP from his latest album “Evolution 3.”

A west coast pioneer of breakbeat and funky house, DJ Dan has programmed and remixed an all-star list of artists, from New Order to Depeche Mode to Orgy and back again. Wherever there are speakers that need a workout, you’ll find Dan, as he blows up clubs from Shanghai to Manhattan. In 2005 alone, he logged over 135,000 miles. That’s over halfway to the moon!

We want to thank DJ DAN for letting us use CHOP SHOP as this week’s free featured track, and know everyone is going to go crazy tapping to it. So hook up your sub, and get moving on CHOP SHOP right now!

DJ DAN CONTEST

With such sick beats pumping out from this week’s featured track, we know fingers will be flying and scores will be soaring. So we’re expecting some fierce competition in this week’s DJ Dan Contest — One grand prize winner gets a A FUTURE RETRO prize pack which includes an autographed CD of Future Retro, a flash drive of special DJ mixes, remixes, and other music from DJ Dan, and a selection of limited edition out-of-print 12″ vinyl, all autographed by DJ Dan! Then, five runner up winners get their very own autographed copy of DJ Dan’s Future Retro.

How to win: Download and play DJ Dan’s “Chop Shop” 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 begins on Friday, May 21st at 12:01 AM, and runs until Sunday, May 23rd at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must play “Chop Shop” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, during the contest period for entry. To make sure your scores submit, play while you have a solid internet connection. For complete rules click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

We always thought they were out there. Waiting silently, biding their time, exercising their fingers for the moment they knew would one day come. And on that fateful Thursday, when we announced our partnership with Metal Blade Records, the mighty Tap Tap Metal Mob bum-rushed their touchscreens with a fury and ferocity that we had hardly anticipated. To appease these maniacal masters of the Extreme tracks, we are excited to have 2 brand-new songs from Metal Blade for this week’s free featured downloads!

For 25 years, GWAR has been Earth’s only openly extraterrestrial band, as well its sickest, most destructive, and most apocalyptic. Behold their brain-splattering new track “Let Us Slay” from the new album Lust In Space. It rocks SO hard, we may have put our entire species in jeopardy by unleashing it in Tap Tap Revenge. When it comes to all-out mutant metal, remember: GWAR did it first, and GWAR does it best. www.gwar.net

As I Lay Dying have allowed us to give out their brand-new song “Beyond Our Suffering” from the eagerly-anticipated album The Powerless Rise, out on May 11th. Do you think you can handle tapping to it? From the psychotic, snake-charming guitar line to the drum beats that hit you like a heart attack, the full frontal scream of AILD proves that modern metal is only getting better. By delivering their music with a power and urgency that has put them at the top of the metalcore scene, As I Lay Dying has become one of today’s most buzzed-about bands. www.asilaydying.com

Head to iTunes for these new releases from GWAR and AS I LAY DYING on Metal Blade Records, your source for all of today’s best metal. Tap over to www.metalblade.com to see their amazing roster of talent.

Plus check out the Metal Blade premium-bundle in the Tap Tap Store today, stuffed with a wild sample of 6 extreme tracks. Fire extinguisher for your fingers sold separately!

GWAR & As I Lay Dying Contest:

THE LOOT: The Grand Prize winner receives the full discography for both Gwar and As I Lay Dying. Five Runner Ups will receive the latest CD from GWAR, Lust in Space, and As I Lay Dying’s The Powerless Rise.

To participate, download and play “Let Us Slay” by GWAR and “Beyond Our Suffering” by As I Lay Dying in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 250,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want, just make sure your score is above 250,000 points! At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into the giant Tapulous contest hat and draw the winners.

Contest begins on Friday, May 7th at 12:01 AM PST and runs until Sunday, May 9th at 11:59PM PST. Scores must be submitted in Tap Tap Revenge 3, while online, during the contest period, for entry.

For the official rules click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

Here at Tapulous, we know what you need. We know that you have a huge hole in your soul, that can only be filled by that one, simple thing: A MASSIVE SUMMER JAM! And luckily, our Tap Tap operatives over in the UK have tipped us off to a sure-thing candidate: Tinie Tempah’s Pass Out!

Straight outta South London, Tinie Tempah has spent his 21 years honing his musical craft, building superior beats and rhymes, and steadily rising to the top of the British music scene. Savvy to fact that it’s not about radio anymore, Tinie built his legions of fans using the new standard: video game soundtracks, YouTube videos, and organically distributed mixtapes. His raw talent and fresh voice attracted followers in droves, skyrocketing his MySpace plays and YouTube views into the millions.

All this independent success naturally drew the attention of Parlophone Records, who released his first commercial single Pass Out to immediate fan hysteria, rocketing it to a #1 debut on the UK charts. But just because he’s on a major label, Tinie has not abandoned his roots. He’s broken grime out of the underground to a mass audience, blending the fiercest elements of garage, dancehall, and drums-and-bass into a crushing, uncompromising mix. Plus, did I hear him name drop Heidi and Audrina from the Hills? Word.

Check out the riotous beats, cunning wordplay, and elegant grime of Pass Out for FREE in Tap Tap Revenge right now! And be sure to head over to tinietempah.com for news and tour dates, including the V Festival this summer!

Make the Prizes Rain Down in the Tinie Tempah Contest!

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners! Grand prize winner: Hilek. Runner-up winners: rustyr78, khanffdd, janetss, llkeill, hellothereyou.

Only the most dedicated, relentless tappers have the endurance and stamina to win the big prizes. But this week’s should be no problem for everyone, since Pass Out is such a bangin’ track, you’re going to be playing it on repeat anyway, over and over and over and over and over…

THE LOOT: Grand prize: Tinie Tempah’s upcoming CD “The Disc-Overy,” a custom lanyard, and a limited edition “Pass Out” 7-inch vinyl with a special B-side remix by SBTRKT. Runner-up prizes: A custom lanyard and Tinie Tempah’s album “Disc-Overy” on CD.

To participate, download and play Pass Out by Tinie Tempah in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Each score you submit above 150,000 points gets you one entry into the contest. You can play on any difficulty you want, just make sure your score is above 150,000 points! At the end of the contest, we’ll throw all the entries into the giant Tapulous contest hat and draw the winners.

Contest begins on Friday, April 23rd at 12:01 AM PST and runs until Sunday, April 25th at 11:59PM PST. Scores must be submitted in Tap Tap Revenge 3, while online, during the contest period, for entry.

For the official rules click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

It was a fierce battle, where only the tough prevailed… The claimant to bragging rights for all eternity, owner of the title “WORLDS TOP TAPPER,” and winner of the Ultimate Tapdown:

Username: Krohn7master
Final score: 21,522,837 points
Place: 1st
Prize: $1000

Coming in close behind in #2 and #3…

Username: _Fire
Final score: 21,509,904 points
Place: 2nd
Prize: $100 gift card

Username: bbbecky
Final score: 21,387,163 points
Place: 3rd
Prize: $100 gift card

And the winner of the Mini-Tapdown —

Username: Brian_t91
Final score: 21,483,194 points
Place: 1st (Mini-Tapdown)
Prize: $100 gift card

Congratulations to all the winners! Check out the rest of the top players on the TapTapRevenge.com Tapdown leaderboard.

Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.