We’ve been doing this podcast for nearly (just about, almost, approaching) three years now, and each episode has opened with the same thing. A public domain piece of music that’s one of the default tunes in Apple’s Garageband and can often be found used elsewhere, like sports promos on XM Radio or a dance club in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother (Season 1, in case you’re curious). And though we like the theme song just fine, we picked it because it was the only one that 1UP wasn’t using in any of their podcasts.

So after three years it’s obvious this podcast thing isn’t a fluke and we’d like to, well, freshen things up a bit. That’s where you come into play. Make us a new theme song. Please? We’ll be your best friend and we’ll also give you a prize. Doesn’t have to be anything too crazy, but we need a new way to open the show.

The current tune is 35 seconds long, and we break into it at about the 15-second mark with our intro/banter.

The winner, chosen upon the whims of the hosts of the show, will receive a prize. Right now, we figure that is TWO games of your choice, each with an MSRP of below $70. Plus, fame and possible fortune as we mention how awesome you are on the show. We go out to about 4500 listeners a week so multi-thousands will know how much you rock. If you have a website or something you’d like to promote we could also make sure that gets airtime too.

Any genre. Chiptune, jazz band, human beatbox, accordian, flugelhorn, deathmetal…really anything you can think of.

You can post your submission in our forums. We’ve made a topic just for that purpose. Thank you and good luck! The NEW deadline for entries is Friday, October 30. Get cracking!