Author Archives: Mark Blasco

Bushwick Book Club: I Suck At Girls, by Justin Halpern

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Mark Blasco

EDIT: Updated song, now with 400% more claps and background vocals!  Also, totally free to download!  Exclamation points!!! I’ll be playing a show tomorrow with the Bushwick Book Club Seattle. A small group of us will be playing songs inspired … Continue reading →

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A little Metal makes everything better!

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Mark Blasco

I loves myself some good old fashioned metal, but it’s not often that I get to write any. That changed this weekend, as I wrote a piece of podcast theme music. This was for a couple of guys who wanted … Continue reading →

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Drop of Rain redux

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Mark Blasco

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve updated the site, but that’s just because things are getting busy!  I’ve scored two short Highlander films, recorded drums and bass for the next Cirrus Bay album, and have been writing lots … Continue reading →

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Album progress – Drop of Rain

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Mark Blasco

Drop of Rain is a song I wrote in May of 2010.  I was fooling around with the mandolin and decided to write a song about turning into a zombie.  This seemed like a perfect combination to do in a … Continue reading →

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It’s time… New album preproduction has started!

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Mark Blasco

After many many many years of talking about putting together an album, the time has finally come.  I’ve got too many songs written that have just been sitting around, doing nothing except occupying my website, and it’s time to do … Continue reading →

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New song and video for “Ponyboy”, inspired by “The Outsiders”

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mark Blasco

After a wonderful night with the Bushwick Book Club last Saturday, I decided I needed to get this song recorded and posted sooner rather than later. It was also an excuse for me to try out my new green screen … Continue reading →

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Video for “Did I Fall Asleep”, inspired by Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse”

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Mark Blasco

This is a tune that I wrote a couple of years ago, when Dollhouse was still on the air.  I initially wrote it for a competition, although that never happened due to the show being canceled, so it has lived … Continue reading →

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Video for “No You”

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Mark Blasco

I spent part of the weekend trying to work the kinks out of my camera setup in the studio, and decided to make a video for the song “No You”, which I recorded a few weeks ago. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Article about Bushwick Book Club

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Mark Blasco

Victory music recently posted an article about the Bushwick Book Club.  It features some of my photo’s from past shows, and includes comments from many of the performers, myself included.  It is an interesting view on the event, including how … Continue reading →

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No You – a song based on the book “American Gods”

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Mark Blasco

I’ve been kicking this idea around for a long time.  American Gods by Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite books, and is one of the only books I have read 3 times, and will likely read it again in … Continue reading →

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