July's Song Announcement!

I dont know about the rest of you, but I expect to have kinda a busy July.  It always seems to be that way, so we will do the usual July song.  To make things a little easier and/or less time consuming, we will be doing cover songs!  The only stipulation is that you must make a significant change to your cover, setting it apart from the original.  Easy enough, right?  Now the hard part, deciding what song to cover.

COVER SONGS!

You must make a significant change from the original!

Good luck!

May's Most Disco-est Songs!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to listen to May's Disco songs and vote for their favorite!  There were two definite favorites of the bunch, and they ended up BOTH winning!  Yes, we had a tie, ladies and gentlemen!  The winners were Jack Eggleston and Jonas Peterson!  I really enjoyed both songs quite a bit!  If you hadn't had a chance to listen to them, check them out below!

Jack Eggleston - Disco Shit

Jonas Peterson - The Tyger

May's DISCO Songs!

So here we have it, what I am sure everyone has been dying to hear, the song writer's take on DISCO songs!  As you will remember, the subject (always optional) was Animals.  Check out the songs anf vote for your favorite below!

Brian Salapek - Bird Berries

My comments:  I was in the woods with my four year old son and he found some bird berries and was very excited to show me.  I told him not to eat them, to which he replied "I'm going to hold them in my hand and wait for a bird to come tickle my fingers."  So I decided to write a song about it!  Maybe the song doesnt scream disco, but the bass line is just perfect for the genre.

Jonas Peterson and William Blake - The Tyger

My comments:  Jonas and William are good friends from way back in the 1790's.  So with personal permission, Jonas used the lyrics from William's famous poem for his song and the results are great.  The song has a super cool funky feel to it that reminds me of BoomBox or Jamiroqua.  Very good job!

Danny Imig - Get Down Disco Doggy

My comments:  Have you ever yelled at a dog enough to get off the couch that it sounds like youre singing a funk song?  Is that the joke Danny is going for here?  I hope so because it's a clever one!  Danny pulls out a really great funky beat and adds in some of his signature surfy guitars for this one.  I love the intermitant dog barks thrown in there.  Very cool!

Rene Zansman - Not About a Duck

My comments: Rene told me that this song "should come with a warning sticker."  In a weird, but good way, I agree.  It has a great hip-hop-esque beat and a cool guitar part that got stuck in my head.  In come the vocals and thats when things get strange.  At one point there is a really high pitched and awesome background vocal track going on, that I really enjoy.

Jack Eggleston - Disco Shit

My comments: Jack is back after a long hiatus!  And he seems to be getting into making electronic dance music now.  This song is a pretty long but great instrumental incorporating audio clips.  It goes through a lot of different transitions and parts that make it so the length isn't a bother at all.  Jack did a really good job composing and arranging this song.