This Week's Challenge: New Year

Song club is taking a break over the holiday. In the meantime, write a song relating to the New Year. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2010!

See you next year! (yes, we just had to use that joke.)

HOLIDAY

Write a song about a non-denominational holiday... or Xmas.

• Ben Davila - Christmas Time
• John McCain - Holidayz Hop
• James McCollum - Jimmy Day

This Week's Challenge: Holiday

Write a song about a non-denominational holiday... or Xmas. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 16. 

MONEY

Write a song about money. If you have it, use some money  as a musical instrument.

• Ben Davila - Give Me All Your Money

THIS Week's Challenge: Money

Write a song about money. If you have it, use some money  as a musical instrument. If you don't, record the sound of turning your pockets inside and out. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 11.

FUTURE

Write a song about the future. 

• James McCollum - Right Here Right Now
• Alan Glasband - Future
• Ben Davila - Fortune Teller
• Casey Saran - Passed Today

This Week's Challenge: Future

Write a song about the future. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 2.

THANKSGIVING

Challenge: Write a song related to Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving!

• James McCollum - Holiday High School
• Ben Davila - Thanksgiving

This Week's Challenge: Thanksgiving

Write a song related to Thanksgiving. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, November 25.

DISNEY

Challenge: Write a song in the style of a Disney song (include as many talking animals and cutlery as possible). 

• Ben Davila - The Princess Bee
• Elysha Rom Povolo, Casey Saran and Ben Davila - Difficult Disney Song

This Week's Challenge: Disney

Challenge: Write a song in the style of a Disney song (include as many talking animals and cutlery as possible). Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, November 18.

CAMPING

Challenge: Write a song about camping using only acoustic instruments.

Kif Bender - The Steps of Camping

Ben Davila - Camping

Casey Saran and Elysha Rom-Povolo - We're Going Camping

Challenge: Camping

Challenge: Write a song about camping using only acoustic instruments. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, November 11.

H1N1

Challenge: Write a song about the H1N1 Virus, otherwise known as "Swine Flu." Try to get some friends involved... but not sick.

• Ben Davila - H1N1
• Sara Hossaini and Ashley Clark - Wild Pig Love

Update

Hi folks,

Sorry for the delay, we'll post the H1N1 songs this evening... In the meantime, any theme suggestions for the coming week?

- Elysha

This Week's Challenge: H1N1

Challenge: Write a song about the H1N1 Virus, otherwise known as "Swine Flu." Try to get some friends involved... but not sick. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, November 3.

HALLOWEEN

Challenge: Write a song related to Halloween.

• Casey Saran - Candy
• Sara Hossaini, Elysha Rom-Povolo and Ben Davila - Violin Halloween Song
• Ben Davila - How I Got My Scar

This Week's Challenge: Halloween

Challenge: Write a song related to Halloween. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, October 27.

WEATHER

Challenge: Write a song about the current weather. Write it in a minor key if the weather is gloomy and a major key if the weather is nice.

• Ben Davila - Grey Old Day
• Jonathan Mann - It's This Rain
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - My Boo
• Casey and the 4th - Ok Grey

This Week's Challenge: Weather

Challenge: Write a song about the current weather. Write it in a minor key if the weather is gloomy and a major key if the weather is nice. (Honor system). Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, October 20.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Challenge: Write a song relating to public transportation. Use 'found audio.' Example: record something on the street.

• Kerry Yoshida - The Stinky Ballad of Honolulu City Councilman Rod Tam
• Ben Davila - Potter on the Bus
• Corbet Wong - Stop for Me

This Week's Challenge: Public transportation

Challenge: Write a song relating to public transportation. Use 'found audio.' Example: record something on the street. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, October 13.

NEWSPAPER

Challenge: Get some of your lyrics from a recent newspaper.

• Kerry Yoshida - Mail Room
• Ben Davila - Shazam
• Casey Saran - Gangsta Extravaganza
• Joel Courtenay - Attack

This Week's Challenge: Newspaper

Challenge: Get some of your lyrics from a recent newspaper. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, October 6.

THE INTERNET

Challenge: Write a song about the internet.

• Jonathan Mann - The 3 Rules of the Internet
• Ben Davila - Internet
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - The Internet
• Joel Courtenay - Isolation
• Corbet Wong - Online
• Casey Saran - Internet
  

This Week's Challenge: The Internet

Challenge: Write a song about the internet (yep, we're pulling out the big guns). Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 29.

DAYDREAM

Challenge: Write a song about a daydream. Use some kind of homemade percussion. Example: Hit something with a stick.

• Elysha Rom-Povolo - Real Dreams
• Kerry Yoshida - Rock Band Hero 2
• Ben Davila - Daydream
• Casey, Mary and the 4th - Day Dream Girl
• Corbet Wong - More Than A Dream

This Week's Challenge: Daydream

Challenge: Write a song about a daydream. Use some kind of homemade percussion. Example: Hit something with a stick
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 22.

RESPONSE

Challenge: Write a song in response to another song. For example, write a response to Aerosmith's "Cryin" from the point of view of the girl he is singing about. Or, a response to "John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt" from the point of view of the annoyed townsfolk.

Heather Arruda - My Wiisponse

Elysha Rom-Povolo - In My Blue Peacoat

Ben Davila - Jonny C

Joel Courtenay - Bored Daze

Kerry Yoshida - I Don't Want to Know Your Secret

Foodart - Corbett Wong is Evil

This Week's Challenge: Response

Challenge: Write a song in response to another song. For example, write a response to Aerosmith's "Cryin" from the point of view of the girl he is singing about. Or, a response to "John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt" from the point of view of the annoyed townsfolk. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 15.

ROOMMATES

Challenge: Write a song about roommates. Past, current, or future.

• Phil Matarese - Roommates
  
• Fera - Folding Chairs
  
• Ben Davila - Christ
  
• Kerry Yoshida - Me and Jonny C
  
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - At Fulton
  
• Casey Saran and Heather Arruda - Thank You Craigslist

This Week's Challenge: Roommates

Challenge: Write a song about roommates. Past, current, or future. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 8.

TIME TRAVEL

Challenge: Write a song about time travel. Use at least one electronic instrument.

• Joel Courtenay & Kerry Yoshida - Time Detectives 
• Ben Davila - Travelers in Time Travel
• Casey Saran & Elysha Rom-Povolo - Just back from South America

Time Travel

Challenge: Write a song about time travel. Use at least one electronic instrument. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 1.

Song Club Update

Hey Everybody! Casey here. I wanted to post a quick update letting everyone know that song club is not done, we just had to take a week off. Calvin has passed the torch so Ben and I will be managing the blogspot site from now on. We'll be posting the next theme tomorrow but in the meantime please share some ideas for new themes!

Also, I want to give a special thanks to Joel and Corbett for submitting kick ass songs every week. We have built a great community and its not going anywhere. Check back tomorrow for the theme.

CRAZY

Challenge: Write a song about one of the craziest days of your life.

• Joel Courtenay & Corbet Wong - Crazy
• Casey Saran - b2b09
• Ben Davila - Crazy

This Week's Challenge: Crazy

Challenge: Write a song about one of the craziest days of your life. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 18.

PEEVE

Challenge: Write a song about one of your pet peeves.

• Erica Canada - Understand Us
• Corbet Wong & Joel Courtenay - It Kills Us
• Ben Davila - Fork
• Calvin Liu - Yeah, That's My Middle Finger
• Casey Saran - Pet Peeve

This Week's Challenge: Peeve

Challenge: Write a song about one of your pet peeves. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 11.

DRUNK

Challenge: Write a song about the first time you got drunk. Do it in the style of whatever kind of music you were into at that age.

• Corbet Wong - Last Call
• Ben Davila - Pulp
• Casey Saran & Kelsi - Christian Drunk
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - On New Year's Eve
• Joel Courtenay - Physical Edrunkation

This Week's Challege: Drunk

Challenge: Write a song about the first time you got drunk. Do it in the style of whatever kind of music you were into at that age. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 4.

ZOMBIES

Challenge: Write a song about zombies. Use a sound effect of your own design.

• Ben Davila & Elysha Rom-Povolo - Zwilight
• Corbet Wong - Zombie
• Joel Courtenay & Jay Ese - Fade to Faith
• Calvin Liu - Brains

This Week's Challenge: Zombies

Challenge: Write a song about zombies. Use a sound effect of your own design (example). Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 28.

BREAKUP

Challenge: Write a breakup song. Give yourself no more than two takes for each track you use.

• Sasha Tuel - You Can Call It Even
• Ben Davila - Breakup
• Fera - Eidolon
• Elysha Rom-Povolo & Ben Davila - What Are We Gonna Do?
• Casey Saran - She Took My Wii
• Joel Courtenay - She Left Me
• Corbet Wong - This Time

Also check out a couple late entries to last week's challenge below.

This Week's Challenge: Breakup

Challenge: Write a breakup song. Give yourself no more than two takes for each track you use. It's honor system, yo. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 21.

FOREIGN

Challenge: Write a song in a foreign language.

• Erica Canada - Novitcho
• Casey Saran - Donde Esta La Biblioteca
• Ben Davila - Foreign
• Corbet Wong - Shoorai
• F8822 - Foreign
• Joel Courtenay - Cette Semaine
• Alan Glasband - Nakayokosione
• Calvin Liu - Dwa Ko Dai

Late entries:

• Fera - Ei Natchta
• Bipple VladislavKreig - 1010100101

This Week's Challenge: Foreign

Challenge: Write a song in a foreign language -- preferably the entire song, but if you find yourself struggling, a couple lines will do. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 14.

SOMEONE

Challenge: Write a song about someone you know.

• Elysha Rom-Povolo & Mary Hansell - Sarah
• Ben Davila - Corbet Wong
• Erica Canada - Hey Dick
• Joel Courtenay - The CW
• Casey Saran - Whale Man
• Corbet Wong - Someone
• Fera - The Fall
• Calvin Liu - Jeannie Does

This Week's Challenge: Someone

Challenge: Write a song about someone you know. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, July 7.

COMBUSTION

Challenge: Write a song about spontaneous combustion. Aside from your singing voice, use your body as an instrument.

• Alan Glasband - Lifeline
• Joe Dominguez & Corbet Wong - Combust
• Fuera - Pressure
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - Getting So Hot
• Ben Davila - Combustion
• Casey Saran - Burst
• Calvin Liu - I Wanna Combust

This Week's Challenge: Combustion

Challenge: Write a song about spontaneous combustion. Aside from your singing voice, use your body as an instrument (you may use your mouth for things like hand whistling, etc). Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 30.

HOMETOWN

Challenge: Write a song about your hometown.

• The Chop - Born in Wilmington
• Erica Canada (feat. Kirya Traber) - NoMadHometown
• Ben Davila - O.C.
• Mary Hansell (feat. Elysha Rom-Povolo) - Never
• Corbet Wong - AEIA
• Fera - Everyone's Going Nuclear
• Joel Courtenay - In Praise of My Hometown

This Week's Challenge: Hometown

Write a song about your hometown. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.

A friendly reminder: Please set MP3 quality at 128 kbps so we can save space on our server. Also, please remember to name those files properly. (For this week, it would be "hometown_obiwankenobi.mp3.")

BEAST

Challenge: Write a song about your favorite mythical beast. Do it in a really fast tempo.

• Fera - Bahamut
• Ben Davila - The Nothing Is Coming
• Casey Saran - Death By Dragon
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - Mythology
• Corbet Wong - Friend
• Joel Courtenay - Leave Medousa Alone
• Erica Canada - FrogNesMonster
• Bare Max - The Donkey Buzzard
• Food Art - Truwffaluwmphaguws
• Calvin Liu & Jeannie Malanowski - Burn The Universe

This Week's Challenge: Beast

Challenge: Write a song about your favorite mythical beast. Do it in a really fast tempo. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 16.

CHILDHOOD

Challenge: Write a song about your childhood.

• Bare Max - Childhood
• Ben Davila - Morrissey Me a River
• Casey Saran & Cyrus Hedayati - Back of the Van
• Sasha Tuel - Adult Jello
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - A Farm in Northern Michigan
• Corbet Wong - Who Gives a Fu_k?
• Casey & Todd Saran - Potstickers
• Joel Courtenay - Childhood
• Erica Canada - When I Was a Little Kid
• Fera - Childhood

This Week's Challenge: Childhood

Challenge: Write a song about your childhood. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 9

Reminder: Send mp3s to the new e-mail address: thesongclub@gmail.com.

Also, please name files accordingly: themefirst_namesecond.mp3 (childhood_axlrose.mp3). Thanks!

ROBOTS

Challenge: Write a song about robots. Use your cellphone as an instrument.

• Corbet Wong - Robot Love
• Joel Courtenay - Robots
• Sasha Tuel - Robopop
• Fera - Robots
• Ben Davila - Robots
• Erica Canada - Fucking Robots
• Elysha Rom-Povolo - Robots
• Casey Saran - Robots

This Week's Challenge: Robots

Challenge: Write a song about robots. Use your cellphone as an instrument. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, June 2

Fresh Start

Welcome to our new home. Here are the entries for the last couple song challenges. To listen to earlier works by Song Club trailblazers, head back to wearephotons.com/songclub and click on the Song Club link at the bottom of the page. Some real gems there by our most grizzled veterans. Ha.

May 26, 2009
LOVE
Write the sappiest love song you can come up with.

• Sasha Tuel - Lovetons
• Fera - My Savior, My Love
• Corbet Wong - Photon Love
• Mary Hansell & Arthur Alex Haydon - Nature
• Ben Davila - I Love You
• Casey Saran - Burrito Love
• Erica Canada - Amazing
• Calvin Liu - I Heart You

May 18, 2009
UNEMPLOYMENT
Write a song about unemployment. Make it a duet.

• Ben Davila & Corbet Wong - Unemployment
• Joel Courtenay - Unemployment
• Corbet Wong & Meagan Hughes - Time
• Casey Saran & Elysha Rom-Povolo - $787,000,000,000
• Calvin Liu & Jeannie Malanowski - I Need a Job