It contains 5 songs from the glorious golden age of Sesame Street.
1. Ladybug Picnic
2. I'm So Blue
3. Exit (is the way out)
4. The Fox & The Crow
5. Lowercase "n"
Download yours at bandcamp.com TODAY!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Album For Sale!
John Mapes' first official EP The Sesame Street Covers is now for sale for $5.00 at bandcamp.com
It contains 5 songs from the glorious golden age of Sesame Street.
1. Ladybug Picnic
2. I'm So Blue
3. Exit (is the way out)
4. The Fox & The Crow
5. Lowercase "n"
Download yours at bandcamp.com TODAY!
It contains 5 songs from the glorious golden age of Sesame Street.
1. Ladybug Picnic
2. I'm So Blue
3. Exit (is the way out)
4. The Fox & The Crow
5. Lowercase "n"
Download yours at bandcamp.com TODAY!
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Up To Speed
Not a whole heck of a lot going on. Just a few music things of note:
Still working with Jared & the guys on Possible Oscar stuff. We are finishing up an album for Convergence 2010 which will consist of songs we did for the FuMP and a few fillers. It's been 4 years since our last one so we decided to wrangle up all the loose songs we had out there, package them up in an album, put them behind us and start working on a NEW record with a lot more new original material.
I also have been working with Chris Waffle from Hot Waffles on a super secret project that is really exercising the creative songwriting muscles. Since he lives in California, we've been collaborating via email so things seem to take a bit longer to create, but hopefully in the end it will all be worth it.
I have been taking a lot of my old Score-Off Challenge songs and adding video to them. Mostly old exploitation trailers. I made a single web page with all of them just as a visual resume if I ever come across someone who would want to use me. I titled it, "John Mapes-Composer". Just so you know, the "Composer" is to be taken lightly. Once I figure out how to read and write notation and actually get PAID for anything I have done, then maybe I could use the word "composer".
It's amazing how tough it is for me to get any motivation to SELL anything I have recorded. I find it so much easier to just put it out there for people. If they like it, they can have it. I haven't really gotten to the point yet where I feel I need to charge for my music. Maybe once I pay for professional studio time I will consider it, but for now, I'd rather just keep making fun songs. It helps keep the gears greased and gets me more in tune with some of the recording software I use.
Here is my latest which was made up in an afternoon. I started with just a simple progression and kept adding layers. Sometimes that works out, sometimes not.
Also, I am STILL working on the Sesame Street Covers EP and the Gli Scassinatori Experiment EP. Hopefully I get those done sometime in 2010 AC(after Chilton).
Still working with Jared & the guys on Possible Oscar stuff. We are finishing up an album for Convergence 2010 which will consist of songs we did for the FuMP and a few fillers. It's been 4 years since our last one so we decided to wrangle up all the loose songs we had out there, package them up in an album, put them behind us and start working on a NEW record with a lot more new original material.
I also have been working with Chris Waffle from Hot Waffles on a super secret project that is really exercising the creative songwriting muscles. Since he lives in California, we've been collaborating via email so things seem to take a bit longer to create, but hopefully in the end it will all be worth it.
I have been taking a lot of my old Score-Off Challenge songs and adding video to them. Mostly old exploitation trailers. I made a single web page with all of them just as a visual resume if I ever come across someone who would want to use me. I titled it, "John Mapes-Composer". Just so you know, the "Composer" is to be taken lightly. Once I figure out how to read and write notation and actually get PAID for anything I have done, then maybe I could use the word "composer".
It's amazing how tough it is for me to get any motivation to SELL anything I have recorded. I find it so much easier to just put it out there for people. If they like it, they can have it. I haven't really gotten to the point yet where I feel I need to charge for my music. Maybe once I pay for professional studio time I will consider it, but for now, I'd rather just keep making fun songs. It helps keep the gears greased and gets me more in tune with some of the recording software I use.
Here is my latest which was made up in an afternoon. I started with just a simple progression and kept adding layers. Sometimes that works out, sometimes not.
Also, I am STILL working on the Sesame Street Covers EP and the Gli Scassinatori Experiment EP. Hopefully I get those done sometime in 2010 AC(after Chilton).
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sesame Street is 40 today!
Seriously, I cant imagine where I'd be without it.
Sonia Manzano's voice is as familiar as my own Mother's.
Rewatching the old ones again with my Son has further proved what an influence that show was to me, and hopefully to him.
Hearing some of those songs again really inspired me to try this EP. There were some that have been forever burned into my head.
Click here to listen to tracks from The Sesame Street Covers EP
Sonia Manzano's voice is as familiar as my own Mother's.
Rewatching the old ones again with my Son has further proved what an influence that show was to me, and hopefully to him.
Hearing some of those songs again really inspired me to try this EP. There were some that have been forever burned into my head.
Click here to listen to tracks from The Sesame Street Covers EP
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Priorities!
OK, I am almost done with the Gli Scassinatori EP, but this one may be close behind...
The Sesame Street Covers EP
The Lowercase "n" EPIC VERSION is in the bag. Round 2 is the EXIT song:
The Sesame Street Covers EP
The Lowercase "n" EPIC VERSION is in the bag. Round 2 is the EXIT song:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
New Song
My new challenge: Taking a minute long Steve Zuckerman Sesame Street classic and turn it into a 5 1/2 minute EPIC!
Lowercase "n". She's not lonely anymore...
Lowercase "n". She's not lonely anymore...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Horror Continues...
"After surviving the horrific incident two years ago, Julie and her family decide to move out. Little does Julie know, that while the family is out, the demon spirit has come back, and has taken possession of a beloved Muppet! Does Julie have the strength and firepower to defeat DEMON DOLL again?"
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