Masters of Song Fu – "Happy People"
My entry into the latest “Masters Of Song Fu” contest is up on their site, ready and waiting expectantly for your vote. It’s a happy little ditty featuring uke, yobstick, synth (the old Crumar Performer string synth) and shaker. Comments…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #11 – Bad Fish (The Song From ‘Jaws’)
You must choose one of those 1970’s Williams-scored Spielberg/Lucas flicks (JAWS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1941, or STAR WARS). and write “The Song From…” that the film never had, in the style of a 1970’s pop tune (particularly…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #8 – The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams
Your task is to write a country ballad – using a backstory of your own creation – called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams“. Here’s the song for Round 3 of the Song Fu challenge (you know, the one I…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #7
Your task is to write a country ballad – using a backstory of your own creation – called “The Ballad of Rufus Amos Adams“. The song is now written, having walked around all week with a list of the requirements…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #6
The third challenge is up and ready to begin. They’re down to just two Masters and two Challengers now, with the final round approaching soon. The latest challenge is a bit of a stinker:- Your task is to write a…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #5 – The C5 Shuffle
Your challenge is to choose a famous inventor and craft a song proposing a “dance craze” based on either the inventor or one of his/her most well known inventions. Just finished mixing this non-submission to Song Fu. Here is a…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #4
The second round of Song Fu has begun and the next challenge has been set. As expected, I didn’t make it through to the next round, but I’m planning on following through with each of the challenges anyway. It focuses…
Masters of Song Fu – Update #2 – First Impressions
After quite a bit of fiddling about I finished the new song last night, and it is now available for download at the Quick Stop voting page. Don’t forget to vote! The song is called First Impressions and is a…
Lyrics Galore
To give a little more insight into the Board’s songs, the lyrics from all the songs in the first two albums are now available on the website. Simply click on a song name on either the Eponymous Debut page or…
The Album’s in Sight
We had a pretty long, and fairly intense, recording session today, getting drums, bass and lead vocals completed for all the remaining album tracks. Since we’ve done most of these in practices for over a year now it was not…