Moving...

So I've decided to move this blog to a new location. Nothing against Blogger...in fact I'll still use Blogger for some other client's online needs, but for me it's time to move. I need to have a blog format that people can subscribe to. Sorry Blogger...it's been fun...you never know...I might be back...

Here's a link to my new location if you would like to continue following. 

https://mightaswellblogaboutitwordpresscom.wordpress.com

Throwback Thursday - 10 Years Of Oddball

Oddball Productions is celebrating 10 years of helping artists get their music heard, so the month of November my Throwback Thursday videos will be dedicated to the bands I've worked with over the past 10 years.

This week's throwback is from The Apresnos. Not only was "Boots" a great song, but guitarist Will helped me fix the brakes on my vehicle this past weekend. Thanks Will!



Want to continue the journey down Oddball memory lane? Check out Oddball Productions 10 available now on iTunes. CLICK HERE

Throwback Thursday - 10 Years Of Oddball

Oddball Productions is celebrating 10 years of helping artists get their music heard, so the month of November my Throwback Thursday videos will be dedicated to the bands I've worked with over the past 10 years.

A bit of a two for one today....

My Sister Ocean (featuring DannyMac & Chips) "On Top Of The World"


This was the first of many collaborations between My Sister Ocean and Chips. This was also one of the earliest appearance of an HLDN Remix. 
Want to continue the journey down Oddball memory lane? Check out Oddball Productions 10 available now on iTunes. CLICK HERE

Starbucks Red Cup Controversy...

The Starbucks Red Cup Christmas Controversy is ridiculous. I don’t even know how someone could come up with such a ridiculous theory…unless that someone was already drinking out of a red cup if you know what I mean.

Here’s some random thoughts I came up with about the Red Cup controversy.

When you mix the letters from “Red Cup” around it spells…nothing.

Someone call Indiana Jones, we found the cup of Christ, the Holy Grail…It’s at Starbucks, red and has nothing to do with Christmas (aside from being Red).

When you order your drink at Starbucks they write you name on it with a black Sharpie. When at a social gatherings you’re encouraged to write your name on your Red Solo Cup with a Sharpie so that you don’t loose it. Coincidence?

Do you think that thanks to the Starbuck Red Cup Christmas Controversy Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” will get played a lot more over the coming weeks?

Toby Keith just released a new album in Oct, could this be a publicity stunt to draw more attention to Toby Keith?

Does Starbucks like Toby Keith?

Could there be a secret partnership between Starbucks and Toby Keith to market Toby Keith to the coffee drinking audience?

Does Toby Keith hate Jesus?

Donald Trump suggested we boycott Starbucks due to the Red Cups…does Donald Trump hate Toby Keith?

Glee covered Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” and no one complained about that…they just complained about Glee being Glee (are we allowed to joke about Glee again yet?)

Did I drink a little too much out of my own red solo cup before writing this…

Throwback Thursday - 10 Years Of Oddball

Oddball Productions is celebrating 10 years of helping artists get their music heard, so the month of November my Throwback Thursday videos will be dedicated to the bands I've worked with over the past 10 years.

First up....

SHELBI "Smooth Whiskey"



Want to continue the journey down Oddball memory lane? Check out Oddball Productions 10 available now on iTunes. CLICK HERE

Throwback Thursday - BMG Unheard Music Week 4

In September I featured videos from some of my favourite artists that I worked with during my time with BMG. That seemed to go over pretty well, so I decided to extend it to this month, but with a slight difference. 

For the month of Oct I will not only be featuring music from my BMG days, but the music will be from artists that we (BMG Team) were introduced to but that was pretty much it. In some cases the album was only released as an 'import' in other case, nothing was released at all. 

This week's throwback is to a band called American Pearl. Their debut album was actually released by Wind-Up which was distributed by Sony (pre-BMG merger) in Canada, but in the U.S. Wind-Up had a deal with BMG for distribution and because of that American Pearl was one of the bands showcased at the BMG National Conference. We got to see a full live show with them and Corrosion Of The Conformity (another band we weren't going to be distributing in Canada). For me this showcase was probably the biggest tease. 

Never saw much about American Pearl after the conference aside from having a track on the Scream 3 sound track. 

Cross Contributions

Started a new weekly feature last week "Stuff I Shared With Alan Cross or (via Danny)"...this week I decided to rename the feature. Cross Contributions

What's this feature all about?

For a while now I've been forwarding a variety of music related articles, videos, posts, etc to Alan Cross, some of which he has in turn posted on his "A Journal Of Musical Things" website. 

If you regularly follow Alan Cross, you may have seen some of my submissions. My contributions have always included a (via Danny) at the end. 

If you don't follow Alan Cross, well that also part of the reason why I'm going to start posting stuff on my blog as well. 

Here's some of the posts from this past week:

Watch Gene Simmons get a bass lesson from an 80 year old woman.

Shredding the SH*T Out of a Traditional Folk Instrument

Is There Such a Thing as a Drumkit That’s TOO Big?

Weirdest. Banjo Lesson. Ever.