July 2013 Song Announcement!

Summertime is a busy time for everyone and it seems no one has any free time especially in July. Because of this, we will be doing cover songs for July. It saves a lot of time to not have to actually write the song. The only stipulation is that the song is changed from the original version. Have a genre change, write your own lyrics, whatever. Each song will be posted side by side with the original song. Good luck everyone!

May's Winning Pizza Dance Song!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to listen to the songs and vote this month. I am honored to be voted the favorite. I guess you guys like the pentatonic scale and the extra cheese, baby!

Also, don't forgot about your songs for June!

May Pizza Party Dance Songs!

Everyone loves a pizza party.  Everyone love to dance.  Put these things together and you are sure to break through to the Top 40 Radio Charts in no time.  Oh wait, what?  We didn't get on the radio.  Well, fuck em.  It's cool to be in the indie scene.  What?  Not enough an indie following?  This must be some hardcore underground shit then.  Yeah, all you hipsters know what I'm saying.  Now I am just babbling.

Okay!  There are three songs!  Have a listen and vote for your favorite as always!

Danny Imig - Dean Us de Bi-Lo

My comments: I love the pun on the name and the song too.  Throwing in "That's Amore" is a great way to add the pizza theme without it getting CHEESY.  Did you see what I did there?  It's got a sampled Little Ceaser's guy in there too.  Add a rocking guitar track and you have a winner!

Brian Salapek - Extra Cheese

My comments: The cheese is both literal and figurative about this song.  I feel like I phoned in the song though since I did all the instruments through my drum machine program.  That way I had the perfect rhythm for the song to be dancey without having to record the tracks over and over again.  Oh well.  I think it's pretty fun though.  As a side note, the bass is super low in this song and sounds like shit on computer speakers.  If it sounds bad, try headphones.

Rene Zansman - Eatin' Pizza

My comments: Rene described his song as a monstrosity.  I don't know if I would go that far but it is really busy and weird.  I think this may have been the first time hearing him use an electronic drum beat.  It gets kinda trippy after awhile with the vocals slinging back and forth from speaker to speaker.  Weird, yes.  But I like Rene and his weird songs!

Vote For Your Favorite!

June song announcement!

I recently came across a slew of recordings that my friends and I made in college. While wading through all these terrible and hilarious songs, I found a recording of one of the first songs I ever wrote. After hearing it, I came up with the song theme for June.

I want you to revisit and rework the earliest song you wrote that you can remember. I think it will be fun to dig up these old songs. Bonus points if you have a recording of the original to compare to the new one!

April's Winning Robot Song!

I think it came with no surprise that Danny Imig was voted the best Alt-Country Robot songwriter!  Great job, Danny!  It was surely a great song and deserved all of it's votes!  In case you missed it, you can hear it again here:

For a prize, Danny wins a pair of those wrap glasses similar to what his friend has in the picture! What a treat!  Watermark and all!

And don't foget about your songs for May!

April's Robot Songs!

For April, the songs were Alt-Country songs about Robots.  Alt-Country is a very vague genre to throw in there but that's okay.  Reflecting this, we have four very different songs.  Go check them out and vote for your favorite below!

Jack Eggleston - Untitled

My comments:  Jack did a weird kinda hybrid song here.  The lead guitars say country to me but the rest of the song is a sort of 50's pop love song thing.  And then you've got the spacey keyboards in the mix too.  I'm bad at describing things, good thing I write these comments like I have some sort of authority, right?

Danny Imig - Robot

My comments: What a fun, weird song this is.  It's got a definite country feel from the way the guitar is played and the vocals, but there are cool almost-punk things going on here with a touch of sci-fi, too.  Danny really didn't skimp on the "alt" part here.

Brian Salapek - Old Glory Robot Insurance

My comments: I never made a decision on how to make my song "alt" and next thing I knew, the month was up and this is what I ended up with.  Oh well.  It's based on an old SNL skit on Robot Insurance.  Because robots kill more old people than heart disease these days. Also, I can't seem to write a country song without ripping off Johnny Cash.

Rene Zansman - If a Song were a Robot

My comments: This song starts out and it is a definite Rene song.  The vocals are distorted, adding to the robot theme.  After about the second minute, it starts this build which is awesome.  It almost takes on a sad and kind creepy vibe, which is weird to say.

May 2013 Song Announcement!

All I have to say is this.

Pizza Party

Dance

Go!