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New Music: Ke$ha Sings the Blues

Mark — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:59:39 +0000

This track dropped a few weeks ago on Overthinking It, but I wanted to make sure it got proper coverage on my blog as well.

Put simply, it’s the unholy love child of throw-away pop star Ke$ha and blues legend Muddy Waters:

Listen to it here:

“Tik Tok (Blues Version)”

Full disclosure: all instrumental sounds came from a prepackaged GarageBand backing track. But I take full credit/blame for the singing.

Video: A Little Springsteen

Mark — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:30:41 +0000

I had the house to myself. What else was I supposed to do but bash out “Thunder Road” as loud as I could with just my voice and a piano?

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Apparently, I Have a Hit Single On My Hands

Mark — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:03:34 +0000

Potential hit single, I should add. According to uPlaya.com, a site which uses a computer algorithm to determine the likelihood a given song could be a hit, my original song “Sugar Mommy” scored an 8.5 out of 10, good enough for a “Platinum Auddy” award!

A Platinum Auddy™ denotes clear mathematical hit potential. The underlying musical patterns of this song are similar to songs that have been hits for a long time.

Clearly, this by itself will not send the record companies to my door, but it’s nice to get some recognition, even if it’s in a cold, calculated, algorithmic kind of way.

Take a listen for yourself:

A Platinum Auddy™ denotes clear mathematical hit potential. The underlying musical patterns of this song are similar to songs that have been hits for a long time.

New Music: Open Society Institute – George Soros Video

Mark — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:39:53 +0000

Due to a string of very fortunate events, I got a gig writing a bit of background music for a video of George Soros lectures. Aside from the very beginning and end, you can barely hear it, but trust me, it’s there!