This morning, @shaxxon tweeted this lovely video. I loved it.
Enjoy.

Posted: February 14th, 2010 under Catchy Music.
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I’ve been talking about building my a cappella group for over a year. Well! 18 months and seven new members later, I sing with a fantastic crew of very talented singers. We’ve been building and arranging an eclectic repertoire of songs by Blind Melon, The Beatles, Mozart and Jason Mraz, sprinkling in some crazy jazz standards here and there. We’ve definitely come a really, really long way.

So! If you’re in the Boston area: I’d like to invite you to come see my group, Common Sound, perform it’s first major holiday concert perfectly timed with the first night of Hanukkah! Hope to see you there.

Common Sound Holiday Concert

When: December 11, 7:30pm
Where: St. Paul’s Church (Brookline, MA)
Suggested Donation: $5
Register: Click here to RSVP on Facebook

Posted: November 16th, 2009 under A Cappella, Life.
Comments: 2

Today I’m on a video panel at the DMAW’s Social Media Day event. I’m pumped! ;) Below is my [short and sweet] presentation about the benefits of integrating video into your inbound marketing strategy.

Also, here’s a handful of the awesome marketing videos we’ve made at HubSpot. (I mention a handful of them in the preso.) Enjoy!

Posted: November 5th, 2009 under Social Media Tools.
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I made this video. It’s not musical, but it’s awesome. I am the next Felicia Day [in my dreams].

Let me know what you think!

The [Marketing] Office: How @HubSpot Learned Twitter
(“The Office” Spoof)

Director, Producer and Film Editor: Rebecca Corliss (@repcor)

Credits

Mike “Michael Scott” Volpe (@mvolpe)
Dan “Dwight” Zarrella (@danzarrella)
Rick “Jim” Burnes (@rickburnes)
Ellie “Pam” Mirman (@ellieeille)
Karen “Angela” Rubin (@karenrubin)
Prashant “Oscar” Kaw (@prashantkaw)
Dan Tyre (as himself)

Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under Life.
Comments: 3

This video came out YESTERDAY and it already has 55K+ views. (Probably more by the time you read this.)

Someday… I will be Felicia Day. I mean, I’ve made online music videos too. I’m only a jump away!

And for the record, I’ve never watched an episode of The Guild in my life. Never. I swear. Really!

Enjoy the video. :)

Posted: August 18th, 2009 under Catchy Music, Musical Moments.
Comments: 2

Yesterday  Common Sound, my a cappella singing group that I founded a little over a year ago, had a performance for friends and family. We wanted to show off what we had been working on, as well as do a proper send off for one of our members who moves to the west coast next week.

Click here to listen to a recording our set. I solo on the last song, “I’m Yours.” (Alternatively, if anyone knows how I can embed the player into this blog post, that would be awesome.)


I would love to hear your thoughts! Note: We don’t use any amplification. It’s all natural echo from the high-ceiling church that we sing in.

Also, we are always looking to perform more, as well as audition new members–especially since our wonderful tenor is leaving! On our website, you can invite us to sing at your event or request a singing audition to join the group. Check it out or pass on the word.

Thank you so much. <3

Posted: August 12th, 2009 under A Cappella, Music Websites.
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EDIT: This video is not by barelypolitical. It’s by schmoyoho. They have a ton more of Auto-Tune the News, and I am now obsessed.

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I’m embarrassed to say that this video was posted to YouTube on July 11 and I only just found it. (Thanks, @AmandaGravel!) It’s amazing. My favorite is the “Freedom!! Freedom!!” at 1:03. Brilliant. And great harmony.

Some people have been criticizing the autotune… but I’m not sure how else would it work!

This gem is by the same folks who brought you Obama Girl: barelypolitical. And–being an Obama girl myself–I was quite obsessed with that one as well.

Love it!

Posted: July 21st, 2009 under Catchy Music.
Comments: 2

After a helluva day of editing (I had to do it… twice. Hah!), this bad boy is finally finished and out on “the Internets” for the world to enjoy.

I really like this one. I tried to keep it short and sweet, and @vleckas and @cantwell are so high energy. I love it.

Oh yeah. And it’s a cover of a song I *bet* you’ve heard before. ;)

“Baby Got Leads”
By HubSpot’s Rebecca Corliss

Oh my god, Karen, look at his leads
They are sooo hot… Ugh.
He looks like one of those inbound marketers
Those leads… they wanna buy… like right now.
They’re just so… ORGANIC!

I like hot leads and I cannot lie
You marketers can’t deny
When a lead converts on a target landing page
Cause my offer’s all the rage
I get sprung
Write a blog post next
Cause you know that text gets indexed
Make content they can’t stop sharing
My podcasts the music’s blaring
Oh baby I wanna convertcha
It’s fine. Won’t hutcha
Organic Google searchers
Makes those leads you got
“Me-Me so nurtured”

Form-filled out break through
You say you wanna get in my queue?
Cold Calling? Appalling
Cause you know my leads come crawling

Come to my website
You found me? Yeah that’s right
Leads
Speed
Call-to-action is all they need

I’m tired of marketing teams
Who say outbound is their thang
Take the average rep and ask them that
Inbound’s where it’s at
So Sales Teams (Yeah)
Sales Teams (Yeah)
Are your leads all gonna close?
(Hell yeah!)
So turn around. Follow up.
Even prospects got to shout.
Baby got leads.

BABY GOT LEADS

Credits

Production:
Direction, Lyrics and Video Editing: Rebecca Corliss (@repcor)
Music Mixing: Dan Abdinoor (@abdinoor)

Cast
Sir Convert-A-Lot: Vas Leckas (@vleckas)
Lead Bro: Brian Cantwell (@cantwell)
Lead Lady #1: Karen Rubin (@karenrubin)
Lead Lady #2: Rebecca Corliss
Ensemble: The @HubSpot Team

Posted: July 14th, 2009 under Hip Hop.
Comments: 1

Hey, folks. Guess WHAT!

I will be doing my FIRST ever live video podcast with my good friend and colleague @KarenRubin this Friday,  July 10th! We’re going to do a fun little “ladies night” episode full of goofy (yet smart!) fun. I’m also going to try really hard to make it a bit more interactive than the shows normally are. Should be a good time.

The podcast is on LIVE at 4:00pm EDT at www.hubspot.tv. Watch me. Really. Even if it will make me nervous. — It’s funny. Singing in front of a crowd? FINE. Doing a live “tv show”? Eep!

If you have NO clue what HubSpot TV is:

1) You’re missing out. Seriously. (I mean… I’m a PRODUCER! What do you mean you don’t watch HubSpot TV!?)

2) Here’s one of my favorite episodes with the fantastic C.C. Chapman:

Imagine that… except no guest, no @mvolpe (sorry, Mike!), and a lot more girly-ness.

And? Maybe a few surprises!

Posted: July 9th, 2009 under Social Media Tools.
Comments: 3

Secret’s out! I’m working on a new video to be launched next week. And this time, I’m wearing the creative director hat by not starring in it! My goal is to beat my 40K/week record that I had with You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing. Can I do it?! Who knows!

While on my “viral” kick, I wrote up a HubSpot blog article today on *my take* of  the top 10 qualities that can make your video go viral.

Here’s the abridged list:

1) Do a parody/spoof of something familiar.

2) Incorporate music.

3) Make your video very short: Murder your darlings!

4) If you use music, keep it uptempo.

5) Edit your video into sharp, quick scenes.

6) Be funny to people other than you.

7) Don’t get stuck on quality.

8) Be bigger than life.

9) Shock your viewer in first 5 seconds.

10) Remove as much “corporate friction” as possible.

Read the full blog post here.

Sooo… do you agree with me? Anything I missed? ARE YOU AS PUMPED FOR MY NEW VIDEO AS I AM?

Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Social Media Tools.
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