Steve Pardo

I am shocked and a little weirded out. Let’s celebrate by indulging in a little Hot Stuff.

Go to the Boston Music Awards website and vote for Spirit Kid for Best New Artists!

HELP US WIN WOO WOO!

http://www.bostonmusicawards2011.com/

Announcing some shows coming up REAL SOON with Spirit Kid. Emeen Z’s been writing some sikkk new jangles and we can’t wait to play em.

SEP 30 2011
with SPIRIT KID
Great Scott, Allston, MA
9pm $5

NOV 3 2011
with SPIRIT KID
TT The Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
9pm $8

Looks like my name is popping up in a some reviews and articles on VidRhythm these days.

From Kotaku, Kirk Hamilton writes:

“All the options are goofy fun, from “D-O-G-S” and “Say my Saxy Name” to “Miami,” a sultry jam that certainly made me remember my time in steamy south Florida. (…well, sort of.)”

“…inevitably, the songs that VidRhythm assembles are bizarre and totally hilarious. It gets even better when a group of people gets involved; for a case in point, see the Hamilton family rendition of Steve Pardo’s “D-O-G-S” up above.”

And in an interview with Kill Screen Magazine, Harmonix Creative Director Josh Randall said some nice words:

“I think you’ll notice that a lot of songs on the app are by Steve Pardo. And his stuff is just awesome; he really managed to figure out the aesthetic of the app went crazy with it. I think he somehow has a natural ear for this stuff.”

Harmonix’s first iOS entry hit the App Store a few weeks back, featuring a good amount of songs written by yours truly. The premiss of the app is that the user records their own original samples/videos using the iDevice’s built in camera and mic, thus creating either a horrific or hilarious version of any of the given songs preloaded onto the app.

Sooo, you have to see it to believe it. Here’s just one example of some guy’s dog interpreting my original song, “D-O-G-S.”

Just hit stores! Take a listen over at Bandcamp. We had a great time recording the last one over at New Alliance!

Amy and I had some fun this weekend. We did a spur of the moment EP where we wrote, recorded (live), and fully produced the entire thing from start to finish in ONE DAY. It was a lot of fun and a neat (and slightly crazy) experiment.

I wrote a song last week for the songwriting blog Food for the Beloved’s annual Christmas CD, “A Beloved Christmas 2010.” It’s called Christmas Ain’t Over and it’s about good hope and charity and all that good stuff.

Check out the entire CD for other great songs. I also worked with my brother, Jonathan, and his girlfriend, Cara, on the opening track Go Tell it On The Mountain, and the Ft. Wonder track White Christmas.

The second release by Steve and Lindley is now out and up for streaming and for sale on the great music store bandcamp.com!  It’s been a long time coming and we really appreciate all the help and support over the last two years on this project.  Hopefully we’ll have a few hard copies on CD for those who’d like it.

Releasing my first SINGLE!!!!

It’s a Mastered version of the rocker “This War Will Never Start,” which made it to the credits of the just released Rock Band 3. Check it out at Bandcamp.