An original song about the Internet

This is one of my favorite recent projects, for a few reasons:

First, I got to write all the music and had a good amount of creative freedom. Expert internet humorist Streeter Seidell wrote the meme-packed lyrics and gave some basic direction (a deep sexy voice rapping the verses with occasional singing, a chorus that “swells”, etc). I had fun layering in different stuff to build as the song goes on… pianos, vibes, mellotron, synthesizers, and even brass.

Secondly, I got to work with some great musicians. Will Wheaton is featured in the verses, and seems to have the deepest sexiest voice in LA (he’s subbed for Isaac Hayes on Southpark if that gives you an idea of his caliber). He’s extremely hardworking and nailed all the details.

Singer/actor Matt Geiler is the prominent voice in the chorus and you can also hear him “emoting” throughout the verses. He had me laughing a lot during the session with his spot-on pop adlibs.

I also brought in my friend Greg Nicolett to season the last chorus with trombone and I played some trumpet as well.

Josh Ruben directed the video. Enjoy!

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Here’s a project from the vault- I produced some “demented shopping music” for this short in 2008. I used mellotron choirs for the melody and then slowly shifted the pitch of the entire piece up and down throughout to give an uneasy rocking feel. Finally, I added EQ and lots of reverb to get that kind of tinny mall-ceiling speaker sound.

It’s one of the quickest pieces I’ve made for collegehumor but I find it’s one of my favorites to listen back to, on account of its ridiculousness.

Email me if you’d like an mp3! carl [at] sondrolmusic.com [dot] com