M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - October 3rd, 2012 (The Year of the Mashup Album)
13 Halloween Mashups ( + Gigantor vs Godzilla)
By DJ Useo
Halloween can be one of the most fun holidays. It's social, creative, & if you play your cards right you get free goodies! I have free goodies for you right now, so don't be tricking me none! These are first-rate goodies, too. It's my 5th annual 'Halloween ep' album! '
DJ Useo-Halloween ep 2012'
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2012/10/dj-useo-halloween-ep-2012.html )
follows the uncanny pattern of the previous four. It has 13 (14 if you count the unlisted bonus track) Halloween mashups of varying musical styles. You get your 'cheesy' mashup, like 'the purple people eater'-type. You get your spookier-type tracks like 'the theme from Friday the 13th'. All mashed into new arrangements.
Don't look for those two on this new collection, though, I found lots of other tracks to mix. I actually made way more than 13! Many of the others that aren't on here will appear shortly on other Halloween mashup collections, and a new podcast. (A teaser) Still, even after I contributed some to others upcoming spooky collections, I had a large batch left to pick these 13 from. After all, I'd been making Halloween mashups on & off since last Halloween. I even made some for a
Halloween/Christmas mashup album
( creepmas.blogspot.com/p/what-is-creepmas.html ) that appeared.
It sure would be nice if people remembered me for a Halloween mashup after I'm gone. I don't mean dead, I mean gone to another Halloween party.
I'll also be updating all my Halloween-related posts at my blog & linking them all in one new post. For years now, I've had people writing me around Halloween asking for new working links for the various tracks, podcasts, radio shows, & long mixes I've done to celebrate the season. This year I plan to take proactive action so the links will already be properly active. I've had a lot of chances to play my Halloween mashups, & everyone elses in the past. I did one hundred episodes of 'The Qradips Show w/ DJ Useo' & I bet there's 4 or 5 of them devoted to nawt but scary mashups. I can recall off the top of my head two podcasts, & three long mixes of Halloween stuff. I enjoy the genre & it's clear tons of you do as well. I know I'm not the only online DJ who does a Halloween project every year. Check the mashup forums like
SoundUnsound
( sound-unsound.com/ ) , or
Mashstix
( mashstix.com ) , you'll see I speak the truth.
This year I gathered together a small batch of Halloween mashups I posted as singles last year. (The old links are long gone. Dead, you might say. Lol) Then I had a large batch of tracks made new just for this project. & lastly, but most unexpectedly, I have a group of tracks that were rejected for other Halloween albums, mainly because they were 'cheesy' Halloween, not 'scary' Halloween. No worries, I thought, as they made this collection of mine stronger, albeit 'cheesier'. ;) I understand their decisions, actually. After all, how many times have we heard 'The Monster Mash' by Bobby "Boris" Pickett mashed? So they didn't want my mix of Mr. Pickett singing over the Beatles ' A Hard Days' Night'. One comp guy even told us all up front, "No monster mash, or thriller, or ghostbusters mashups!" Lol. I hope you try my version of the monster mash out, though, it sounds really amazing & melodic this way withe the Beatles rocking underneath. btw-I included a pdf with working links to the previous four Useo Halloween ep's. That's seventy halloween mashups altogether if my adding is up to snuff ( & counting the unlisted bonus tracks) . Here's a
Preview link for track 13-Run For Your Life Dragula (The Beatles vs Rob Zombie)(Album Version)
( soundcloud.com/dj-useo/13-run-for-your-life-dragula )
Well, this is only the beginning of the Halloween mashup season. There's major collections coming out every week all month! So gird your loins & stock up on sweeties to ward off the costumed soap-welding goblins! Make sure you leave me some feedback on this collection, or I'll be around waxing your windows & T-P'ing your porch! useo8@yahoo.com
Mix Of The Week
There's so many Halloween mixes already! Youtube is stocked to the gills with them. But here's a very nice 23 minute mix from
Lazerbehm. It captures the spirit of the season right well & is great for personal or party playing.
Playlist, stream, and download here
( soundcloud.com/lazerbehms/halloween-mix-2012 )
Mashup Tip
Add lots of scary sound effects to your Halloween mashups. People expect that.
Latest Useo Thing
I've been slowly updating the links at my blog starting with the oldest singles. So for the first time in ages, you can get tracks like '
Simon Says Bagpipe' (Pharoah Monche vs Tate)
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2007/12/simon-says-bagpipe-by-request-re-post.html )
'Magic Carpet House' (Chus & Penn Pres. Soulground vs London Residents vs Mighty Dub Cats)
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2007/12/magic-carpet-house-gybo-challenge-track.html )
& '
Nobodies' Mountain King' (Marilyn Manson vs Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra)
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2007/10/nobodies-mountain-king-marilyn-manson.html )
There's tons of my early mashups available again, & I'll be updating links constantly until all of them are good to go once more. Bookmark my blog & have fun checking!
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
Someone will slip a razor blade in your Ramones mashup, but you'll find it first, because you know to check all your treats before eating.
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