May 2013 Song Announcement!

All I have to say is this.

Pizza Party

Dance

Go!

March's Winning Cultural Song!

I am not really sure what happened for the voting in March but it was a fraction of the normal number of votes we have had recently.  Maybe people just don't like cultural music?  Oh well.  For any of you that didn't listen to the songs, you can hear them here.







EITHER WAY, the winning song was the awesome instrumental sitar track from Danny Imig, Gunga Dingleberry Goosestep.

Great job, Danny!  I loved the song and you deserve the win.  As a prize, you get to meet Bill Clinton!

Don't forget to turn in your songs for April.  They are alt-country songs about Robots so the results should be the most amazing songs you've ever heard.  Not to put any pressure on anyone.

March 2013's Cultural Songs!

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!