Our weekly (or however often) roundup of this week’s discoveries and old faves. Usually it’s friends of mine or just music I like. Now including “liner notes” to help guide you through this journey and introduce you to some new, great music!
This week was Music Pro Summit, an online music conference put on by the fine folks at Indie Week in Toronto, Canada, so I’ve included some of those artists in here as well.
TARIQ, THE GREGORY BROTHERS –IT’S CORN
Probably my fave Tiktok trend ever! If you didn’t know this is the most popular anything anywhere right now, now you do.
THIS MAD DESIRE –IN THE GARDEN
Our new single! I’m very proud of the arrangement on this one. I worked hard to get the oboes and the low brass instruments just right. Dan Konopka from OK Go provides the drums. Lyrically it was inspired by my daughter’s birth and is sung at times from my perspective and at times from hers.
DAVID BOWIE –THE VOYEUR OF UTTER DESTRUCTION AS BEAUTY
This comes from my fave Bowie record 1. Outside. I was co-writing a song for a possible sync licensing opportunity and one of our team put a musical arrangement together that gave me Bowie vibes so I listened to this album before recording the vocal. When I presented my vocal, they enthusiastically said that they loved it and that they felt it was very Bowie-esque. This is why!
HEXADEVI –NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
You’ve been rickrolled! Lol. Hexadevi is based in Florida and we met during Indie 101, I believe, last year. This is a pretty great cover version!
PROJECT CATALYST –HONEY BROWN SUGAR
McKINDRED –MOVING TO YOU
ZASKA/MELINA MALONE –JUST FOR ONE DAY
CHARLIE B –GOIN’ INSANE
Artists that were at Music Pro Summit!
DAWSON GAMBLE –SHE’S GOT A BOYFRIEND
An artist I made the acquaintance of on Tianda’s Discord. He’s an indie artist from Toronto. Pretty slick tune!
DA FINGAZ –I THINK I KNOW
Just met Da Fingaz the other week at an event hosted by MDIIO and now we’re collaborating on a track that is in the vein of this one. He’s from the Washington, DC, area, so he’s our inside man there! Lol. His working title for the track I’m writing for is “Ready For The Weekend” so naturally I had to listen to…
ICONA POP –READY FOR THE WEEKEND
I’m a huge fan of these Swedish singers. They are one of the most licensed acts around. I don’t know how they do it, but I definitely want to meet them!
STOLEN NOVA –LAUREN BACALL
This artist is from California and this track was mixed by Dan Konopka who drums on quite a few of my tunes.
HOLISTIC MEDITATION –I AM (MASTER OF REALITY)
Came across these guys on TikTok. Fun party rap!
SUGAR –A GOOD IDEA
Apparently it’s the 30th anniversary of Copper Blue from Sugar. Time flies. I always liked this one.
JING XIA –LANGUAGE OF PIPA
Another Music Pro Summit artist. Very interesting instrumental artist based in Newfoundland, I believe.
AFGHAN WHIGS –A LINE OF SHOTS
I’ve been following this band since I was in high school. My old friend D’Arcy gave me one of their CDs for Christmas and I’ve followed them ever since. This is their latest single.
And with that, this wraps up this week’s playlist. Hope you enjoyed it!!
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If you are an artist that would like to be included in the future, reach out anywhere and I’d love to check out your tunes!
Yours in music,
Mac