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How to enter the “CBS Mornings” Mixtape Music Competition
Calling all singers and musicians: If you’re looking for your big break, consider entering the “CBS Mornings” Mixtape Music Competition starting Wednesday.
This summer, “CBS Mornings” is inviting emerging artists to submit a video of themselves singing a cover of the Johnny Nash 1972 hit “I Can See Clearly Now.”
The song has been covered by dozens of artists over the years – and now it’s your turn!
How to enter
Unsigned singers and musicians can record a 30 to 60-second video of their cover of the song “I Can See Clearly Now” with vocals (and instrumentals if you have them). Go to mixtape.cbsnews.com to upload your original version and read the full rules and guidelines.
Here are a few helpful tips before recording:
- Check your lighting
- Choose a good background or backdrop
- Ensure there aren’t any visible brands or logos in the frame
- Film in portrait or landscape mode
- Double-check your audio quality (use a microphone if available)
- Get permission from anyone featured in the video before sharing your video
Don’t wait! You only have from Wednesday, June 26, 2024, through Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to submit your video.
Judging criteria
Be creative and make the song your own – preferably an upbeat, energetic cover in any genre that might motivate someone to kickstart their day.
Submissions will be ranked by a judging panel based on the following criteria:
- Originality and innovation (50%)
- Interpretation of the song (20%)
- Creativity of the performance (20%)
- Tone and mood (10%)
There will be up to 15 semifinalists who will be grouped by teams, led by “CBS Mornings” co-anchors: Team Gayle, Team Nate and Team Tony.
Voting and the grand prize
Voting will be live on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, and will be open for one week. Viewers will get to vote for their favorite submission online and on Instagram.
Spread the word about your submission on social media using the hashtag #CBSMorningsContest and tag @CBSMornings.
The three top-voted finalists will be featured on “CBS Mornings.”
The winner of the competition will receive a trip to New York City, where they will record their cover version of “I Can See Clearly Now,” and be featured on “CBS Mornings.”
A video of the winner performing “I Can See Clearly Now” will be posted across CBS News digital and social platforms. The winner could also be featured in a new national promotional campaign for the show. Unsigned singers and musicians have until July 9 to submit their entries.
Do you have what it takes to win? Take a chance and enter the singing competition today.
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You must be a legal U.S. resident and 18 years or older to enter. No purchase is necessary. Head to mixtape.cbsnews.com for the official contest rules and details.
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Beryl, the second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, took shape Friday as it barreled its way toward the Caribbean.
Beryl was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approached the Windward Islands in the West Indies, the National Hurricane Center reported in its latest advisory late Friday night.
Beryl was centered about 1,110 miles southeast of Barbados, the hurricane center said, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and tropical storm-force winds extending 45 miles from its center. It was moving west at 18 mph.
The system was expected to hit the Windward Islands by late Sunday or Monday, and was forecast to bring anything from 3 to 6 inches of rain to the Windward Islands and Barbados. No watches or warnings were yet in place.
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Last week, Tropical Storm Alberto brought torrential flooding to portions of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. It was responsible for at least four deaths in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz, according to the Associated Press.
The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30. According to the hurricane center, the season’s first hurricane usually forms in early to mid-August, which would make Beryl unusual if it were to reach hurricane strength. In a report released last month, the NOAA predicted an “above average” hurricane season with 17 to 25 storms, 8 to 13 hurricanes and 4 to 7 major hurricanes of category 3 or higher.
A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph, while a hurricane is defined as a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds greater than 74 mph.
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Martin Mull, beloved actor known for “Fernwood 2 Night,” “Roseanne” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” dies at 80
Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Arrested Development,” has died, his daughter said Friday. He was 80.
Mull’s Daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said her father died at home on Thursday after “a valiant fight against a long illness.”
Mull, who was also a guitarist and painter, came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” and the starring role in its spinoff, “Fernwood 2 Night,” on which he played the host of a satirical talk show.
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“He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” Maggie Mull said in an Instagram post. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and —the sign of a truly exceptional person— by many, many dogs.”
Melissa Joan Hart, who acted alongside Mull in the series “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” paid tribute to him on Instagram on Friday, calling him “a wonderful man who I am better for knowing.”
“I have such fond memories of working with him and being in awe of his huge body of work,” she wrote.
Known for his blonde hair and well-trimmed mustache, Mull was born in Chicago, raised in Ohio and Connecticut. He studied art in Rhode Island and Rome. He combined his music and comedy in hip Hollywood clubs in the 1970s.
“In 1976 I was a guitar player and sit-down comic appearing at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip when Norman Lear walked in and heard me,” Mull told The Associated Press in 1980. “He cast me as the wife beater on ‘Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.’ Four months later I was spun off on my own show.”
In the 1980s he appeared in films including “Mr. Mom” and “Clue,” and in the 1990s had a recurring role on “Roseanne.”
He would later play private eye Gene Parmesan on “Arrested Development,” and would be nominated for an Emmy in 2016 for a guest turn on “Veep.”
