The 10 Best Duets.
Since i am banging my head against the wall trying to write this 2 persony song (sometimes called a duet i believe), i figured i’d make a post spotlighting some completely awesome duets. Maybe it might help me. My problem […]
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Awesome (ridiculous?) Sci Fi Songs Throughout the Decades
I am technically writing a sci fi opera or musicalish thing so it’s only fitting, and fun, that we review some awesome and fun sci fi tunes spanning the decades. The 70s Let us begin in the 70s. Weed was everywhere and […]
Steampunk Video: The Ballad Of Mona Lisa
I could have been hip. Really. I could have posted this vid right when it came out and been in the first wave of people showcasing this pretty damn cool video by Panic! At The Disco which has a total […]
The Subculture Song
I’m actually done musically with Act 3 and now working on vocal melodies and lyrics. I, of course, am not actually signing any of the material, but i sing all the lines on the scratch tracks so the vocalists will […]
Abney Park- Cap’n Robert, the crew of the Ophelia, and their Steampunk Band
Abney Park is a Seattle based band who incoporate the entire steampunk aesthetic into their show, dressing the part and even donning character names and background as crew of the airship Ophelia. Basically like if the crew of Serenity were a band from the steampunk […]
Dresden Dolls: Sing
Let’s keep it short and sweet today, shall we? (i’m ironing out a lot of issues for Act 3 in preparation for beginning studio work on Monday.) Here’s a wonderful, awesome song by the wonderful, awesome band The Dresden Dolls, […]
Mocha Lab: Stories in Music
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce19ewmzj8c] My first big record obsession was when i was a toddler. I had a series of “Show And Tell” records. You put them on a special little record player and they tell you stories which i listened to in […]
Dark Town Sally by Amoree Lovell
East of ragtime, west of goth. Have a lovely little song about a mentally troubled prostitute in your day courtesy of Amoree Lovell, an Oregon based singer/songwriter. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24bu4axWD7k]
Jill Tracy
Today we’re going to feature “neo cabaret” singer/songwriter Jilll Tracy. A sultry alto voice nevertheless evokes the ghost in your grandmother’s victrola. The music is alway elegant, yet always with a touch of sinister. This first song is Evil Night […]
Rasputina
Rasputina is a wondefully uncategorizable band consisting of 3 cellists, based out of New York and led by Melora Creager. While they sometimes use a drummer, they mostly make a very psychedelic band meets chamber music on acid sound. With […]