Hello to website

Hmm, looks like it's been just shy of 10 years since I posted here, better check in. What's up, how's the last decade been for you. Me, about the same. Anyways.

I never stopped making mashups, although I slowed way down in releasing them. After Tumblr, I sporadically posted stuff to YouTube and Soundcloud, and put them on Reddit which feels a bit like pissing in the ocean, if the ocean was also piss.

Recently after getting an email asking for a specific MP3 (which seems to happen every 6 months or so), and out of frustration with the existing publishing platforms and their maximalist approach to copyright enforcement, I gathered the motivation to learn some basic web design and make a website for myself. It's at hawkinsmashups.com, and it's got all the mashups that I don't think are really bad after listening to them now.

I've got probably 50 more completed mashups in the tank that I just never got around to releasing, I'm going to try my best to start releasing them regularly. So uh follow me on Soundcloud or YouTube, or if you're feeling nostalgic for the old days of the internet, just bookmark my website and check in every now and then!

Thanks

Alex

To Tumblr

I'm moving my stuff to Tumblr. I like the social aspect of it better, and it's just as customizable as Blogger, so go here:

http://hawkinsmashups.tumblr.com/

to check out a new mashup of Robyn and Big Country. It's pretty great, if I say so myself.

R.I.P. 2011: 2011-2011

I seriously missed out on so much music this year it's not even funny. In the last month, I've discovered dozens of albums that came out this year that I overlooked somehow. I'll be spending most of January just catching up. I did listen to some music though, and made a 4-song EP exclusively with songs that came out this year.
I'm giving Soundcloud a try as a streaming solution, downloading is disabled as I uploaded as MP3s and I'm not big on letting these tracks go through yet another transcode before being heard. All 4 four tracks are available in this .zip file HERE.

Tracklisting:
Gangsta Ice Cream

tUnE yArDs - Gangsta
Battles - Ice Cream

No Church in the Deep

Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Jay-Z and Kanye West - No Church in the Wild

Get Away from Yoü and I
Lady Gaga - Yoü and I
Yuck - Get Away
(No Soundcloud, as it got immediately flagged by Yuck's label. This one is my favorite, too. Oh well.)


Every Teardrop is a Super Bass

Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass

MUTEBLACK

I saw Mute Math shortly before the release of their first album at a music festival. There were about 50 other people watching them, and the drummer had his headphones duct-taped to his head. They killed it.

"99 Problems" is the only thing Rick Rubin has worked on since Licensed to Ill that's improved by his production. I will stand by that. Even Johnny Cash's American series - a monkey could have sat behind the boards and Johnny Cash would have come out with great albums. Okay, maybe the Slayer albums. Whatever, you don't care! Here's a mashup!

Typical Problems

MUTEMATH - Typical

Jay-Z - 99 Problems

Justwood Timbermac

Rumours is a great album for many reasons. One of them being that it's an album about troubled relationships sung by people who are going through some serious relationship troubles themselves - Wikipedia:

At the time, Fleetwood Mac's line-up consisted of guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie, bassist John McVie, and vocalist Stevie Nicks. After six months of non-stop touring, the McVies divorced, ending nearly eight years of marriage. The couple stopped talking to each other socially and discussed only musical matters. Buckingham and Nicks—who had joined the band before 1975's Fleetwood Mac and after guitarist Bob Welch had left—were having an on/off relationship that led them to fight often. The duo's arguments stopped only when they worked on songs together. Fleetwood faced domestic problems of his own after discovering that his wife Jenny, mother of his two children, had an affair with his best friend.

So basically, everyone hated each other, but they managed to make one of the greatest albums of the 70s. Then we have Mr. Timberlake. He's cool, I guess. I wish he'd stop messing around in Hollywood and put out another great pop record. His song is also a bitter farewell to an ex-lover. I'll let someone else dissect the thematic interplay between the two songs.

Dreams Come Around

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around

Dinosaur Perry -or- What is this I don't even

Look, I'm not proud of everything I've done. One thing I regret is taking about two hours to find a good picture of J Mascis' head and photoshop it onto Katy Perry's body. Just kidding, I don't regret that at all.

Teenage Pain

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Death Cab for Kanye was the best I could think of

Soul Jamz

Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body

Kanye West & Twista - Slow Jams

I promise to post more soon. Maybe tomorrow. We'll see!