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flippyshark
11-10-2010, 01:46 AM
So, long story short, I discovered that there are a lot of Halloween songs, and a lot of pirate songs, but not really any Pirate Halloween songs. So, I decided to pioneer that narrow niche. I was really hoping to have a handful of songs to market and put up for sale via TuneCore this year, but actual Halloween snuck up on me far too quickly. Still, I had such fun doing these demo versions, I wanted to share them with you. I have until next year to refine and expand this into something I can bring to market. Meanwhile, please enjoy "Tales of the Hook: A Pirate Halloween."

I've got these four tunes up on YouTube for your perusal. Keep the spirit of Pirate Halloween all year long!

I. Pirate Halloween - the title track introduces a pirate captain rallying his crew for a raid on All Saint's Eve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kj7WBnGMHg

II. The Hook At The Door - this is my pirate version of "Trick or Treat" - a mostly instrumental portrait of a raucous home invasion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZuAwMebNk

III. Blackbeard's Vengeance - a little (teeny tiny) bit of history and a whole lot of EC comics style revenge on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB95iOZ24K8

IV. Isabella - This ghost story at sea is an epic for your ears, a ten-minute audio movie in song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7OrD5d5kNo

These same songs are also available on my iWeb page, if you have Quicktime, but I have had shaky luck getting it to play on my own computer. (My ipad digs it though.)
http://web.me.com/flippyshark/Site/Intro.html

All together, this is a 22 minute journey, so if you have some time and some headphones, check it out on your next break, or wait til you get home and then crank it up. Thanks for looking in.

flippyshark

Cadaverous Pallor
11-10-2010, 11:15 AM
Wow, I'm impressed. It's clear you put a lot of work into this. Many layers of sound and lyric. :snap:

lashbear
08-13-2011, 05:46 PM
HOW did we miss this ?

I was doing a search on Halloween and found this post. OMFG, Flippy, what a magnificent voice you have, and incredible musical talent. AND the lyrics. We are blown away by all of these.

I hope you've got this ready for release this year, because the world NEEDS a Pirate Halloween.

You should be on Broadway, in the opinion of the LashPair. :cheers:

Hugs !

flippyshark
08-13-2011, 08:58 PM
There will be an enhanced expanded release this year. Stay tuned.

And thanks so much for listening! I consider the versions posted above to be demo tracks.

RStar
08-13-2011, 10:15 PM
I didn't know quite what to expect, and that wasn't what I expected. It was so much more! It's a great niche, you should take advantage of it! I'd buy several coppies myself!! I love them!!:snap: