Swizz Beatz and I are curating a playlist for a charity ride to support Children’s Rights at Flywheel Sports. If you are going to be in NYC on 9/28/12, please consider joining us for this great cause.
September 13, 2012 in Free Music Thursday, REMIXES
ANGELS ROULETTE (THE XX Vs. RIHANNA) – THE MELKER PROJECT
I am obsessed with The XX’s new album “Coexist.” I am even more obsessed with “Angels,” the first track that was leaked. Of course I felt compelled to do a remix… I sampled the drums and guitars from Rihanna’s “Russian Roulette” and threw them on top to give the track a bit of color. I can’t stop listening – hopefully you will have a similar experience.
September 12, 2012 in STUFF I LIKE
Disclosure – Latch Ft. Sam Smith. This song is so good!
Every one in a while you stumble across a song that truly speaks to you. This is one of those moments. As you likely know, my true passion is soul music – and this song has soul in heaps. I may have to go check out Disclosure at Mercury Lounge next month.
Listen to the track on BLAHBLAHBLAHSCIENCE, one of my favorite blogs (and incidentally where I found this song!)
September 10, 2012 in NEWS
Blog Love For “Good House Party Time”
READ PANDATOES BELOW TO UNDERSTAND THIS PHOTO!
I wanted to take a brief a moment to thank all of the awesome bloggers out there who support my music… This week alone, a few of your wrote great (and hilarious) reviews of my last track that I wanted to share with the world.
FROM MIXTAPE MAESTRO:
Mash-up maestro The Melker Project is looking to have a pretty busy autumn season. Not only is he preparing a new full length, Popped and Screwed, he’s also launching a brand new series, Free Music Thursdays (which is always a good thing).
And kicking both projects off is arguably one of TMP’s cleverest constructions yet: a mash-up of Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen‘s hit duet “Good Times” with Meek Mill‘s mixtape banger “House Party”.
On paper the pairing may seem odd (second to Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” and everything released from Katy Perry in 2012, “Good Time” is truly one of the whitest guilty pleasures of the year), but Melker brilliantly makes the two records sound like the most natural bedfellows, adding some drums here and a little chopped-and-screwed tweak there to create a seamless hip-pop marriage that, going by the endless string of similarly constructed platinum hits Flo Rida has dominated with in recent years, really could stand as a pop smash all on its own.
We thinks we found something to get white folk wasted to this weekend…
FROM JAYELAUDIO:
This is normally where I would promise that I’d never post a track featuring Owl City, then Scott Melker threw some drums and Meek Millie on it. Take a listen to the latest release off Melker’s album Popped and Screwed.
FROM SURVIVING THE GOLDEN AGE:
Scott Melker is one of the more interesting mashup artists out there. Instead of just laying pop/hip hop vocals over beats, he tends to manipulate vocals. Take his new track “GOOD House Party TIME” for example. The chopped ‘n’ screwed Carly Rae Jepsen vocals from “Good Time” sound awesome over a poppy hip hop beat.
FROM PANDATOES (THE FUNNIEST ONE OF ALL):
So it’s 11AM and I’m sitting naked on my couch drinking water with Airborne because, well, that’s what I do at 11AM pretty much every morning. And Jersey Shore is on and I’m like, “OK, yea.” And Snooki’s getting punched in the face and I’m like, “People are so rubbish. Jesus, I hate people so much. Who punches a girl in the face?!” I’m just so over this world, you know?
But then. Commercial break. VMAs tonight. And are you serious with these Taylor Swift performing live at the VMAs commercials?! OMFG, ZOMG. Chills. Down my spine. Down my extremities. If that commercial were one second longer I would’ve died of happiness. Like is that even a thing? No idea. It’s just so epic, you know? Like are you serious with the flashing text and 13 holding her guitar up in the air and the crowd roaring and the best song ever blaring? Too much. Way too much.
PS – Taylor Swift is the exact opposite of Sammi Sweetheart, right? Like the actual perfect girl v. the most imperfect girl of all time? Right? Right?
September 7, 2012 in VIDEOS
GOOD HOUSE PARTY TIME – THE VIDEO
Good House Party Time – Meek Mill Vs. Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen (Popped and Screwed) – The Melker Project Mashup from The Melker Project on Vimeo.
In case you missed it in my previous post, I wanted to highlight the mashup video that I made of this track. It incorporates elements of the music videos of House Party and Good Time, alongside some of my favorite clips from the 90s Kid N’ Play smash hit movie. Check the end for a special bonus!
September 6, 2012 in Free Music Thursday, POPPED AND SCREWED, REMIXES
GOOD HOUSE PARTY TIME – Meek Mill Vs. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen (Popped And Screwed Remix) – The Melker Project (Mashup)
FREE MUSIC THURSDAYS! As the first in my soon-to-be-never-ending series of music giveaways, I chose a track that may find its way onto my “Popped And Screwed” album. If you like it, it could make the cut. As usual, I chopped the pop song way down to make Carly Rae (and that Owl City dude, who might as well be a girl) sound like a man, throwing Meek Mill’s smash “House Party” on top. Added some drums and voila, there you have it. I even did a video (see below).
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Good House Party Time – Meek Mill Vs. Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen (Popped and Screwed) – The Melker Project Mashup from The Melker Project on Vimeo.
September 5, 2012 in VIDEOS
The Melker Project – Scratching At Soundcheck, Cornell 8/25/12
A quick little video of me warming up for my show at Cornell on 8/25/12. I am cutting up some classic scratch samples over an even more classic instrumental (Check The Rhime). Footage shot casually (he was just testing his GoPro) by The Visual Vandal.
September 4, 2012 in STUFF I LIKE
LABOR – A PIGEONS & PLANES MIX
I get a “few days late” pass for this one. Pigeons & Planes, as you all likely know, is one of the best music blogs on this here planet. And they put together a mix for Labor Day weekend (see previous late pass). It contains music that is awesome. You can download it for free HERE. So why are you still reading this? Go do it.
Tracklist:
01. MeLo-X – “Brooklyn AllNighter”
02. Joey Bada$$ – “Righteous Minds”
03. Theophilus London – “Dance Hall Days”
04. Cat Power – “Cherokee”
05. Yeasayer – “Longevity”
06. Xylos – “Summerlong”
07. That Work – “Secret Lover”
08. Arcade Fire – “Sprawl II (Soulwax Remix)”
09. Twin Shadow – “Five Seconds”
10. Night Panther – “Fever”
11. Warm Brew – “Do Ya Feel Me?”
12. Rick Ross – “Hustlin’ (Prince Of Ballard Remix)”
13. The Glitch Mob – “Drive It Like You Stole It (King Fantastic Remix)”
14.Captain Murphy – “Shake Weight”
15. Lloyd Banks ft. Schoolboy Q – “Gettin’ By”
16. Dom O Briggs – “Better Than You”
September 4, 2012 in NEWS
FREE MUSIC – EVERY THURSDAY!
“They” say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. I appreciate the sentiment, although I feel like I have attended free lunches before – you know, when I go to eat and someone else pays. Semantics aside, a free lunch may or may not be a myth – however, there is DEFINITELY such a thing as free music. Lots and lots of free music. That said, I will release a new remix, mashup or edit every single Thursday from here into perpetuity, or until the Republicans win the Presidency, at which point the world may implode, rendering me helpless to provide this service.
So there you have it. Check back every single Thursday afternoon for a free track to get you over the hump.
August 31, 2012 in VIDEOS
The Cornell University Alma Mater Mashup – Live Video from The Melker Project
A great iPhone video capturing my mashup of The Cornell University Alma Mater and A Milli, by Lil’ Wayne. This was shot from backstage, and captures the absolute mayhem that was this show. It still gives me chills to watch this!