hahninator Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Way back in June 2011, Mike posted a video and an article on his blog (read it here) about a band from San Francisco, CA named Beta State. This band approached Chester at the Mountain View, CA BFD 2011 show (show page here) and handed him an iPod Touch with their music and videos already loaded on it. Mike wrote about the experience on his blog and the band gained some attention from the Linkin Park community because of it. Fast forward to present day. Beta State apparently took it upon themselves to enter a song ('When I'm Too Weak To Know') in the LPU Sessions contest. Winners were announced today and along with Ryan Giles, Beta State has won the contest! "Beyond sharing our music and art with the LP community at large, we relish opportunities to empower our fans to share their many talents with us. We’re excited to announce we will continue that tradition through the LPU Sessions, a one of a kind collaborative music-making project," says LP guitarist Brad Delson. Beta State has won themselves an opportunity to travel to Los Angeles to record with Linkin Park in early October, just after the end of the Stone Temple Pilots tour. It seems that their hard work has really paid off. Our friend Kathy, who was at the Mountain View show in 2011, added, "I was camping out on the lawn when this person with a big Beta State sign with their name, their showtime and their neat feathered elephant-thing came walking out around the venue. It just got my attention so well that I wanted to check them out. They absolutely know what they're doing, and stuff like that shows it. You’re more believable as a band when you look like you know what you're doing." Check the band's website out here and their Twitter page here. Congratulations to Beta State and we hope to hear the song you work on with Linkin Park on the upcoming LPU 13 album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipees Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I don't think that they need any contest/s to succeed. This is the best second choice after Astat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSoul Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 That's amazing that after all this time since giving Chester the iPod they've come this far. This song is great. Really excited to see what they'll do with LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astat Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I actually like Ryan's song a bit better, lol. Both were good choices though. Definitely among the best that made the top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumtram Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 wow, look how far they've come. good for them. even though I never really liked most of their stuff when they became Beta State (ex-Strata) after their inicial singer Eric (now 1/2 of The Limousines) left. Still, great work! You guys should check out "Strata Presents: The End Of The World". One of my favorite albums of all time for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Pretty good song. They deserve to have won. I bet they're like going crazy right now, being able to go in the studio with LP. I know I would be if I was a musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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