Friday, November 23, 2012

December Song Announcement!

November is a week from being over so it's time to announce what the songs for December will be.  Last December was the first month of the Song Writing Game.  With it being the one year anniversary, as well as the month of Christmas, I've decided to make the song be...

ANYTHING YOU WANT!

That's right!  Do whatever you want.  I don't care what it is.  You can do a cover.  You can write that noise-pop anthem dedicated to Mitt Romney.  I don't care.  To reflect "doing whatever you want," I've decided to draw whatever I want.  A scene from Castlevania: Rondo of Blood!

Things will hopefully be interesting.  I know that I've got a really great(ish) song planned!

Also, send in those Sea Shanties when you finish them.  I will be posting them a week from tomorrow!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

October's Winner!

October was an awesome month for the song writing game.  There were more submissions than any other month so far (6 total), the blog post had the second most number of hits of any of the other months (the number one post was March for the Punk Rock Lebowski Songs), and the total number of hits on the blog has exceeded 2,000!  Quite a bit of awesome happened!

And to top it off, the winner for October is probably one of the best songs submitted for ANY month so far!  It was Josh Nieto with his song Losin' Da Faith!

Like any month, there is a prize, and here is a picture of Josh enjoying it!
That's right!  The prize was a trophy with a motorcycle on top and flames shooting out of the sides!  That's just how awesome his song was!  Good job, Josh!

I hope everyone is doing well with the Sea Shanties for November.  Mine is coming along nicely.  I will soon post the details for December's song, too!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

October's Reggae Songs, Mon!

LORD-A-MERCY!

BOYEEEEEEEEEE!

RIGHT NEAR DA BEACH!


Okay, now that I've got that out of my system, it's time to post the Reggae songs from October!  As you may remember, there was an optional subject of Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft's malevolent tentacle faced elder God.  The majority of the songs do take on this subject, which I really appreciated.  Also, reggae must have been a huge draw because I have more songs this month than any other month!

Bridge Under Water - Rule Your World
My comments: Bridge Under Water consists of Krissy Kelly and Jon Baker, who have worked together on a song before.  They did one of the few songs that didn't take on the subject, but instead decided to write some uplifting and redemptive lyrics.  Freakin' hippies...  Anyways, I think they did a great job!

Esban - Please Go Away
My comments: This was an unexpected submission from first-timer, Esban.  What a pleasant surprise it was to get this song in my e-mail this morning.  I love the lyrics, especially the spoken breakdown toward the end. "Forgotten about that...dragon face... God, I'm sick of that creature, man."

Kayce Kelly - Cthulhu Who?
My comments: Kayce did the best Jamaican voice of all the songs, I thought.  His guitar work doesn't scream reggae but the way he sang more than make up for it.  It's a great example of how a good song can be really simple.  He does lose points for calling H.P. Lovecraft's writings crap.  Bad, Kayce!  BAD!

Josh Nieto - Losin' Da Faith
My comments: Normally I get a mass of songs sent in at the last minute.  Josh sent in his song before October even started!  That's some dedication!  Even though he avoided the subject of tentacles and looming terror, Josh did a great job with his song.  This is a song that I could hear on an actual album and not question it being there.

Brian Salapek - I Can See Forever (When I look in your eyes)
My comments: After a couple months of auto-tune and pitch shifting, I went back to my normal vocals.  Well, I added a reverb.  Anyways, I had fun writing such a ridiculous song.  I referenced The Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness with the Shoggoth and Tekeli-li! lyrics.

Rene Zansman - Cthulhu is a Wimp
My comments: Rene always gets me with a super catchy chorus in his songs, and this one is no different.  The song itself has pretty bad rhythm but in a weird charming way.  I think this is one of his best songs, next to the Sucklin' Pigs song from back in May.




The Poll Ends November 15th!

Also, don't forget about November's SEA SHANTY songs!  I would LOVE to get as many submissions again!