Susan Boyle T-Shirts at the Subo Store

I am really happy for her and it’s great that she is making a fortune out of her talent but there is no way you’d catch me in a Susan Boyle t-shirt. Even if the quality were much better than what is on offer (They look like what is made by Cafepress shopkeepers in 2 minutes when trying to capitalize on some event that will be in the public consciousness only for a fleeting moment. (Yes. Been there. Done that.)

You can check out the other t-shirts and items at the Subo Store. When I first heard that her name had been abbreviated to SuBo I thought it was a Japanese thing but I don’t think it started here.

Tees start at $25.

Electronic Rock Guitar Shirt from ThinkGeek

People just love to combine music with a shirt. I don’t know what the fascination is but here is another one. A guitar t-shirt for the Guitar Hero generation.  This tee even includes a clip on amp. You can this Electronic Rock Guitar T-Shirt from ThinkGeek.

Product Features

• Belt out your favorite rock tunes on this t-shirt based real playable electric guitar
• Great real rock sound
• Play all major chords
• Strum by waving the included magnetic pick over the strings
• Mini guitar amp speaker clips to your belt
• Volume goes to 11
• Adjustable tone knob
• Electronic components are easily removed from the shirt for washing
• Includes two magnetic picks
• Picks stick to speaker grill for easy storage
• Requires 4 x AAA Batteries. Not included

You can check out these dudes jamming with it in this video.

k-os T-Shirt Design Contest

I know, it’s hard to believe that there are t-shirt design contests for musicians that are nor done by Design by Humans but it seems that k-os has decided to leave out the middle man. Perhaps they really want the designs to be created by fans rather than just by people who like designing t-shirts. Who knows. Anyway, prizes are pretty cool as you can see below.

Deadlines: Contest Starts June 29, 2009
Contest Ends July 13, 2009

Prizing
valued at approx. $800 (first prize), $400 (second prize), $75 (runner ups)

* 1 (one) T-shirt of the winning design, autographed by k-os
* The T-shirt of the winning design featured on tour and online for sale around the world.
* 2 (two) tickets to one concert of the winner’s choice on k-os’ tour and a chance to meet and hang with k-os (*tickets only, travel NOT provided)

See k-os website for more details.

Design Incubus T-Shirts at Design by Humans

The latest in Design by Humans music series is Incubus and I have a feeling that these are going to be the best t-shirts yet. The prizes are not huge but still pretty darned good and Incubus even made a short video to promote this contest…very cool. From the video I imagine that they will be very hands on about choosing the designs too.

Submissions due by July 5, 2009 by Midnight (PDT).
Voting ends July 12, 2009 by Midnight (PDT).

More details at Design by Humans.

Battle of the Robot Rock T-Shirts

Jinx just released a new t-shirt featuring a robot rocking out and it immediately reminded me of the Chop Shop t-shirt that has been making the rounds of the t-shirt blogs recently. A quick google and I found out that there are quite a few robot rock t-shirts. I have picked out four of them. Which is your favorite?

Design KISS T-Shirts at DBH

Wow, this one is a doozy which I am pretty sure wil inspire some really wild artwork and I imagine that some intricate pieces will be selected as the winners. I could tell you more but whiy don’t you just check out the contest page. Take a note of the people’s choice award this time aroun. Smart move DBH.

For those that are not in the know, Design by Humans is an ongoing t-shirt design contest site. Design a great tee and get paid if it is accepted.

DBH Music Series Part 3 – Lil Wayne

Design by Humans are onto the next contest in their music series and it has to be their most hip subject yet featuring rapper Lil Wayne. There are no designs yet but expect one of the first to be some idiot doing a live trace of above picture. I will post some examples if and (more than likely) when they happen.

Prizes are as follows:
1st Place
$1,500 cash
$250 DBH Credit
2 Lil Wayne Concert Tickets
2nd Place
$750 cash and $250 DBH Store Credit
3rd Place
$500 cash and $250 DBH Store Credit
4th Place
$500 cash and $250 DBH Store Credit

DBH Announce Fleetwood Mac Winners

The five winners of the Fleetwood Mac Design contest held by Design by Humans has been announced. There are some pretty sweet designs too. I am bit relieved because I saw a lot of very low quality designs going through.

Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt

I often thought that it would be nice to have a soundtrack. I guess the idea sprang from watching too many movies and getting my first Walkman. A Walkman (ipod for cassettes for those who are too young to remember) is like a soundtrack except only you can hear it. Also it isn’t that easy to change the tracks. I wanted something more. Music that followed me and reflected my mood at every turn. Like in some Hollywood movies. Well, ThinkGeek have come up with something that is not really close to that dream but it is a bit of fun. They have produced a soundtrack shirt that is basically a t-shirt with a speaker that can play music from its own player or other devices if you connnect them.

I think the tee is stylish enough even though I don’t think I’d wear a speaker on my chest. It is quite a fun idea though and I know its a bit late but it would make a great gift at this time of the year. Below is a video that I guess the guys at ThinkGeek put together to promote the t-shirt.

ThinkGeek do come up with some interesting t-shirts such as a chain mail t-shirt and an Electronic Drum Kit t-shirt. The T-Shirt Review also recently talked about a musical shirt tutorial. I wonder what’s next!

They cost $39.99 (batteries not included).

It’s Britney Bitch!

I noticed a few days ago that a Britney Spears calendar (official) had appeared on Zazzle. Britney Spears, for all her faults, is a huge star, a pop icon so I think Zazzle did well to get the opportunity to hock her official goods to her legions of fans. When I checked out Britney Spears’ Gallery at Zazzle though I found that there was only one item – the calendar. I guess it will sell well but t-shirts and other merchandise would have a more lasting appeal. Perhaps more merchandise will be added at a later date.

Anyway, finding Britney prompted me to get off my ass and tell people about the other music artists that have been selling their official merchandise on Zazzle. I think before that Zazzle spent a lot of resources trying to attract famous names and brands and as far as I can see they have been pretty successful in their endeavor.  You can click on the images below to be taken to the artist’s stores at Zazzle. I didn’t include all the artists and new artists are probably added to the line up on a regular basis so if you are very curious you can check out the music page at Zazzle. If you are a musician you should think about using Zazzle as a means to promote your band and make a little dosh too.

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