For March there was an interesting combination of subject and style for the songs. Danny Imig had suggested East Indian music, which is an awesome suggestion, but I don't know anyone else with a sitar. I decided to widen it to cultural music, meaning traditional sounding music from any culture or country. The subject came from Kraig Kelly and was An Epic Journey after a Long Night of Drinking. Putting these two together makes perfect sense, right?
We ended up with three songs for the month. Have a listen and vote for your favorite below!
Danny Imig - Gunga Dingleberry Goosestep
My comments: Danny gets a lot of bonus points for the title of his song. He also gets bonus points for tuning up an 18-string sitar for the song! Bonus points aside, the song has a really great Indian feel and sound to it. Danny did a great job with the style, which is good since it was his suggestion!
Brian Salapek - Tetris and Vodka
My comments: There was a skit on Sesame Street with Grover as a waiter in a Russian restaurant. There were Russian muppets playing music and I thought I wanted to go for a Russian/Gypsy song. In keeping stereotypes alive, I wrote my song about drinking vodka by the pint and playing Tetris. That's what Russians do, right? ...Right? Oh, and I have a terrible accent.
Rene Zansman - Journey Out In My Backyard
My comments: Rene wrote a song about a dilemma as old as human kind. What would happen if you were drunk with a time machine? You would hit on girls from the future, of course! He said he was going for a mixture of tribal music and Norwegian traditional music. This song has a real Daniel Johnston feel to it, if Daniel was really into Screeching Weasel.
Vote for your favorite song!
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