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defrogThere’s been a lot of talk about Sarah Palin and how her alleged presidential ambitions will fare following her silly “blood libel” video.
To which my response is: don't worry about it. There will always be Sarah Palin as long as she has fans that love her so much that they'll write her love songs set to the music of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" and perform them in church.
Like so.
Not that I'm picking on these people. I’m actually impressed they were inspired to do something creative. That’s cool. I mean, how many people would bother besides Obama Girl and those McCain groupies?
But one good reason to pass on this video is how the song was made.
The guy behind the pulpit – Tom Dempsey – wrote the song, but the actual recording (including the vocals) is the work of a Christian recording studio in Pigeon Forge, TN that offers a demo service.
It works like this:
You send Gary McVay $60 and your music/lyrics, and McVay will sing/play and record a demo of your song and send you the MP3. (Note: fiddles, harmonicas and a string section are extra.)
If you only have lyrics, send McVay $100 and he’ll write up a tune for you (which is presumably why Dempsey set it to a public domain work, albeit an uber-patriotic one).
And then you can go perform it in church. Because everyone knows church is the perfect and most appropriate place to express yr political views. Jesus did it all the time.
Probably.
Anyway, I’m fascinated that you can write a song about anything and get it performed and recorded for $60, regardless of the quality.
Mainly because this was an Art Fern skit, I’m pretty sure.
(It’s not on the YouTubes, but I do remember Fern hawking a service where you could have your music scored for $50, then pointing to Carol Wayne and saying, “Where else can you get a score like that for $50?”)
Sing yr life,
This is dF
To which my response is: don't worry about it. There will always be Sarah Palin as long as she has fans that love her so much that they'll write her love songs set to the music of "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" and perform them in church.
Like so.
Not that I'm picking on these people. I’m actually impressed they were inspired to do something creative. That’s cool. I mean, how many people would bother besides Obama Girl and those McCain groupies?
But one good reason to pass on this video is how the song was made.
The guy behind the pulpit – Tom Dempsey – wrote the song, but the actual recording (including the vocals) is the work of a Christian recording studio in Pigeon Forge, TN that offers a demo service.
It works like this:
You send Gary McVay $60 and your music/lyrics, and McVay will sing/play and record a demo of your song and send you the MP3. (Note: fiddles, harmonicas and a string section are extra.)
If you only have lyrics, send McVay $100 and he’ll write up a tune for you (which is presumably why Dempsey set it to a public domain work, albeit an uber-patriotic one).
And then you can go perform it in church. Because everyone knows church is the perfect and most appropriate place to express yr political views. Jesus did it all the time.
Probably.
Anyway, I’m fascinated that you can write a song about anything and get it performed and recorded for $60, regardless of the quality.
Mainly because this was an Art Fern skit, I’m pretty sure.
(It’s not on the YouTubes, but I do remember Fern hawking a service where you could have your music scored for $50, then pointing to Carol Wayne and saying, “Where else can you get a score like that for $50?”)
Sing yr life,
This is dF
