Cupcake Blues - the video

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Feb 282009

I was able to find a way to make a dynamic slide show from the shots I had taken of my son eating his cupcake. As I said in the post about the Cupcake Blues song, it was these shots that inspired me to write the song and not the other way around. Animoto.com is the site where I did this “video” and it seems like the presentation a matter of chance. I assume the software they use also analyzes the transients in the song’s wave file so that the images change with hit points.

It’s an interesting thought about adding images to song. Does it detract from the song? Is the viewer intent upon the images and not paying attention to the song?

Whatever the case – enjoy the video, you can never go wrong when you have such a cute subject.

- let me know what you think!!!

~dg~


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Cupcake Blues ~ Video by Darryl Gregory is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Posted by Darryl at 12:58 PM

Drip 4 ~ sweet and low blues

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Feb 202009

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the blues go with anything

The idea for this song came after doing a rapid fire photo session of my son eating a cupcake. I got the notion to do a video/slide-show of the shots with some original music. I had originally thought that the music should be more on the hard rock side, but the more I played with the lyrics the more bluesy it started to sound. I’ve discovered that you can make almost any lyric fit the blues, so…

I like the way the lyrics never really cross over to being really about a girl and really about an actual cupcake. Maybe this guy is talking about his girlfriend, but on the other hand maybe he’s really just hungry… who knows?

I wanted to make this a raw-sounding performance – acoustic guitar, harp, and knees. Not a lot of fancy stuff, just three guys sittin’ round jammin’, except I’m all three guys. One of these days I’ll get around to making the video and post it up. Enjoy! Please leave a comment, let others know and feel free to download to your iPod.

~dg~

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Cupcake Blues

I see you in the bakery
Where I get my coffee
Looking all delicious
You start talking to me
There’s no reason I can’t have you
I’m coming to your rescue
I’m taking you home with me
There’s nothing you can do
When I’m jonesin’ for some sugar for my sweet tooth

You’re my little cupcake
Sweet little cupcake
Fancy wrapping, chocolate icing
Sprinkles on top
You’re my little cupcake
Gonna get a toothache
When I take a big bite
You’re all over my mouth
C’mon baby let me have a lick
That ooey-gooey Devil’s Food gonna do the trick

And it’s my birthday
It’s my birthday
It’s my birthday
I’m gonna blow out the candles
And make a little wish
Peal off that wrapper
And put you on a dish

You’re my little cupcake
Sweet little cupcake
Fancy wrapping, chocolate icing
Sprinkles on top
You’re my little cupcake
Gonna get a toothache
When I take a big bite
You’re all over my mouth
C’mon baby let me have a lick
That ooey-gooey Devil’s Food gonna do the trick

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Posted by Darryl at 1:09 PM