Category Archives: Music

New Acoustic Album, full album coming soon

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Mark Blasco

Well, after working the last 9 months on a bunch of projects, including producing 3 albums for other people and writing about 60 pieces of music for clients, I finally had a few days without any client work. Since I … Continue reading →

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Emerald City Comicon, Sandman, and a new rockin’ song for the album!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Mark Blasco

The last few months have been a whirlwind.  Between writing a lot of music for clients (including some fun orchestral stuff, cheesy rock and techno, and a little bit of salsa), having another child, and repairing a house that is … Continue reading →

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Yet another time travel song

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Mark Blasco

It’s time for another time travel song. This one, as well as the previous song that I posted, were both written for the Bushwick Book Club for a series of shows inspired by “The Time Machine” by HG Wells. This … Continue reading →

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Time Machine

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Mark Blasco

About a year ago I wrote a song called “Time Machine” for the Bushwick Book Club inspired by 2 books, “The Shining” by Stephen King, and “The TIme Machine” by HG Wells. I went into it thinking about why a … Continue reading →

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Hands of Time – inspired by “The Watchmen”, cowritten with Tai Shan

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Mark Blasco

For the March show with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle, we wrote music inspired by “The Watchmen”.  It was a fantastic book, and I had an idea for a song about a superhero who is getting too old to fight.  … Continue reading →

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The Evil Machine Is Broken – Title Track

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Mark Blasco

The Evil Machine Is Broken is the name of the album I’m releasing later in the year. I just finished a rough mix of the title track for the album. It still has some finessing to do, and a couple … Continue reading →

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Nemeses – Jonathan Coulton cover in a Broadway Musical style

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Mark Blasco

It’s rare that I ever think of doing a cover of a song.  My opinion has always been that unless you can do something very different than the original version, there’s no reason to do it.  I don’t want to … Continue reading →

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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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