Congrats Aaron White and DoInk.com for winning the SM4SC donation song contest-turned Twitter auction (#songforsm4sc). He won with a $90 bid! Thank you Aaron for your awesome generosity. Without further ado, here’s your song!

EDIT: It’s been requested that I post the lyrics. Here ya go!

DoInk.com Song (By @repcor)

One day I went online
With the hopes that I found find
A place where I could be creative.
What do you expect from a digital native?

Then I found a really neat site.
You made cool stuff and brought it to life.
Who knew that I could animate?
Now that’s sure something to celebrate.

CHORUS:
DoInk who would think that my drawings wouldn’t stink?
They have an octopus and he’s bright pink.
Oh don’t be a loser, make your battleship sink.
You wanna visit well here’s a link.
DoInk, DoInk, oh doink-adoink-adoink, DoInk

BRIDGE:
I like your work on that waning moon.
You should check out my puppy cartoon.

Didja think that I could DoInk
Like those guys on those blogs?
Well I made a man who’s jumping rope
And a big bunch of green frogs.

I’ve made so many friends.
They always comment, now don’t pretend
You don’t wanna join and start this too.
DoInk will bring out the designer in you!

CHORUS X2

This goes out to ‘Lil Inker.

Posted: October 6th, 2008 under Catchy Music, Social Media Tools.
Comments: 10

After a very memorable and historic evening last night, I thought it would be a fantastic time to share (IMHO) the most moving combination of politics and music that I’ve ever seen. Of course you’ve watched it many times before– Perhaps you can even sing along at this point. (Sadly, I can.) But I still love it.

I’ve heard a lot of people say that Will.i.am is horribly manipulative for making this video. I do believe it’s an incredibly influential piece, and clearly he made it to share his views and possibly get people to support Obama. However, as long as he is an American citizen (just like me), I see nothing wrong with it. It’s not a campaign initiative.

Regardless, I think what truly makes this piece powerful is the use of a musical element to get people generally uninterested in politics to pay attention–even care–perhaps for the first time in their lives. For example, the 18-year-old high school student with apolitical parents might think about voting for the first time. Or at least do some research.

Adding music makes it relatable and enjoyable, so you really pay attention to exactly what he’s saying. By giving you another way to hear his speech, it makes you listen that much harder.

Random fact: I’m actually IN this video. Almost. My face is cut out, but you can see my black t-shirt, white Obama sticker and my crazy waving sign. I’m sitting behind the very sullen-looking young man. Don’t believe me? Here’s a cropped screen shot from MSNBC. There I am!

Here’s to being a part of history.

Posted: June 4th, 2008 under Catchy Music.
Comments: 2

Well. I must admit I wasn’t expecting my first “real” post to be anything like this, but this commercial is too fantastic to pass up. It’s by AMP (Congrats. Your product gets a plug on my blog. I suppose your marketing department was hoping that would happen.) I saw it on TV about 20 minutes ago and immediately searched for it on youtube. It’s hilarious.

I guess the lesson here would be catchy song + funny lyrics + relateable situation (to some moreso than others) = genius. I think there’s going to be a whole lot of talk about this.

So what do you think? Totally inappropriate or amazingly funny?

Posted: May 8th, 2008 under Catchy Music.
Comments: 2