Tons of STWPT stuff happening this week.

Most importantly, lots of thanks to everyone who came out to yesterday’s show! You were a great crowd, I had so much fun.

And… STWPT RINGTONES for some of the most popular songs are available. Any suggestions for other songs that should be made into ringtones? I have space for a few more.

And… At long last, I’ve put the track listings up for my CDs - so you know which songs you’re buying now…

And… PACKAGED SONG DOWNLOADS are here! Each one gives you little over half an hour of STWPT tunes for 7.99.

Finally, check out CBC Radio One this Saturday (May 17) at 1pm ’cause Definitely Not The Opera is doing a little segment on Songs To Wear Pants To. You can listen online too. Awesome!

I’m doing some solo stuff, as well as some stuff with a band, and also I scored the two films being shown. So you should check this out!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
7.30pm @ Supermarket (268 Augusta, in Kensington)
No cover!

Click for big flyer:

Thanks everyone who came out to yesterday’s show!

I can’t believe I forgot to bring my CDs with me. I even wrote it down. I have a sheet of paper that says “CDs” on it.

Anyway, all the music I played can be found on this site or at ANDREW IS MUSIC - ya ya ya!

If you’re in Toronto this weekend, swing by the Labyrinth Lounge (attached to Future’s Bakery), where I’ll be playing a set of cute ukulele/glock tunes as well as some hip-hop.

Sunday, April 20
298 Brunswick Avenue
(right off Bloor between Bathurst and Spadina)
Doors at 8pm
$7

Check out the rest of the sweet line-up:
Adam Vegys
Odd Man Out
Nathan Gerber
Melissa Ninaber
Andrew Gazaneo

All 99-cent songs have been updated to have the highest possible mp3 audio quality!

If you’ve already purchased mp3 downloads of a lower quality, email me and I’ll send you the new files.

The LYRICS TO WEAR PANTS TO page is back! It’s exactly the way it used to be, except it’s inside our new layout and all the way updated. The link can be found (other than in this post) with all the other links when you scroll right down to the bottom of the site.

Enjoy two new songs: I AM AN EDUCATED FISH - which doesn’t really have lyrics, since they were all made up on the spot - and G. Along with O, this is making me think I should do a complete set of songs for the alphabet. I’ll have to check through the big pile of unread requests and see if there’s anything letter-related in there.

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Randy and Jim asked me to do this arrangement of a song which they wrote.

Jim’s original version:

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In 2006, Utada Hikaru released an album called Ultra Blue.

What I want is an English version of this song. I started writing lyrics in my spare time. It’s taken me a long time as I’ve been busy with classes and am a bit of a perfectionist, but I’m thus far pleased with what I have.

Places I’m used to being, people I’m used to seeing
Recently all seem to speak of the tragedies,
Of places far across the seas
I want to feel safe again in the night,
Soft music and sleep without fright
No matter how painful the time, why do I sing? (Who knows)
I don’t want to love again, why do I keep trying? (Darling, darling, ah)
I don’t hear a thing no matter what you say or do
I am blinded without a clue
I just tried, I just tried turning BLUE
I am only human
Complimented by this color
Day and day growing number
I think I’m getting older
I remember the sadness of your frown
Those spinning lights
I want to believe once again you’ll be around
The light is bound to reach you
Even on nights so freezing, who is the one singing? (Who?)
From sheets of music thrown askew
The notes, their tune inked in BLUE
I remember the sadness of your frown
Those spinning lights
I want to believe once again you’ll be around
The light is bound to reach you
Oh, no matter how painfully my life, why do I live? (Who knows?)
I just want a normal life, fame is overexaggerated.
Darling darling, ah, questions make me BLUE.
Darling darling, ah,
Tell me something good
Or let me feel your warmth one more time,
You have no idea the mountain I’d climb
Oh, no matter how long the night, day should break right?
Just like the stories from when we were children?
And though I don’t can’t hear a thing at all,
I know this storm will soon end
And though the future is cloudy
We can always keep on hoping
Why can’t you understand this? And why do I care about it? (Who knows)
I don’t want to love again, why do I keep trying? (Darling, darling, ah)
I don’t hear a thing no matter what you say or do
I am blinded without a clue
I just tried, I just tried turning BLUE

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The Story of Snesly Wipes.
I story song, melody driven with a cheerie “oooo ooooo” up beat chorus thing. (I am so good at giving notes!) The story should be about Snesly Wipes, a young man who travels the world collecting colors. Stealing them from some things and giving them to other things. He creates blue flamingos and turquoise tangerines. Snesley travels by bus and he can surf cigarette smoke. His suitcase is covered in banana stickers. He puts the colors he doesn’t use inside his cufflinks. Maybe there should be a little british in your voice for this one.

When he blows his nose it creates wonderful music - which could be the chorus.

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Well at first I want to say that I think your work is pretty admiring and helpful to others.

Refrain:
Discover a new world, when you eat without chatting
Discover a new world in your sense of taste
Discover a new world in the atmosphere
Discover a new world in your consciousness
Discover a new world
Discover a new unknown world…

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An upbeat do-wop song, for my mom (Patricia Molina) who’s house in Acapulco is called Mimosa. I want you to make a Mimosa Do-Wop song for Christmas. She always has guests stay at the house, there’s a big Mexican christmas tree, a pool and every year there’s fireworks. My mom loves that old school do-wop style - like what you use in (Wop Wop Wop, Mo mo mo mo), please mention my Grandma “Abi” (pronounced like Abby), my sister’s name is Maia (like Maya) and me (that’s my family). It’s a tropical christmas song. Play around in it. I’m sure you’ll do something awesome.

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My brother requested the song that became and he really liked it but he has talked about how he wished the song didn’t just fade out. If you could extend the song to include another verse or two it would make the perfect gift. Ideas include comments about the subpar quality of the lyrics, the ridiculous band names, or anything else you don’t like about the genre, seeing as how the original idea was about the genre you like least and why.

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I want you to make a second composition in the style of Kazookazoo where you just use your voice saying the names of instruments and sing/say their parts.

KazooTwo: Here are the instruments: Guitar, Violin, Bass, Xylophone, Piano, and Kazoo.

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Randy and Jim asked me to do this arrangement of a song which they wrote.

Jim’s original version:

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Teman really loved the song you came up with for me.

* we’ve gotten engaged since Christmas, and we’re planning to get married over Labor Day (on Sunday September 2) in Cleveland, Georgia, which is in the north Georgia mountains, at a place called Neverland Farms (NOT to be confused with Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch : )
* one of his favorite things about the mountains is that you can see the stars so clearly there — esp. he saw the Milky Way with his naked eye for the first time there; so you could say something about driving til the stars come out (stars are kind of the theme for our wedding as well, since that’s his favorite thing about the mountains)
* you could start one of the lines with “Genius always rides in an S2000″ or something like that, as an homage to one of his favorite songs, the chorus of which starts “genius always rides on a rollercoaster …”

Here’s the original DRIVE AWAY THE STRESS if you want to check it out too!

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It is for a show entitled “Surge Protector: Video Game Super Hero” which is about a guy that becomes so obsessed with video games that he starts to think he is a Video Gaming super hero.

SURGE PROTECTOR!!

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I’d like to give this song to my boyfriend for our 1 and half year anniversary.

my dog is alvie who has about a thousand nicknames: ratdog, stinky, scuttlebutt, tiddly-dee. she has a puffy tail and is very little and likes tennis balls and having sticks thrown for her he finds emos very funny and thinks it’s great that i “was a huge one in high school - ie had thick black glasses, a big fringe and lots of black clothes