Michael Shoup

“Hey, Soul Sister” - Train (T-Pain style cover) by Michael Shoup Danny Young
T-PAIN FRIDAY!
See more at http://blog.michaelshoup.com/tagged/t-pain

Installment 5 of everyone’s favorite autotuned weekday is here, T-PAIN FRIDAY! 

This week is like none you have seen before.  Upgraded audio… upgraded video… a different style song, and so much more.  [Pyrotechnics? Flying kitties? oh, you’re in store for a good dose of funny!]

Happy Friday!
~ michael

“Collateral” by Michael Shoup
My first Song-A-Week!  Submit Ideas!
http://blog.michaelshoup.com/submit

Welcome to the first Episode of my Song-A-Week!

This weeks submission was inspired by a number of people’s ideas, so thanks to “begreeted”, “gremlar” and “annct” for submitting and helping me coming up with this one.

I hope you enjoy “Collateral” and stick around for what comes up next week.  Lyrics below.

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COLLATERAL

I’ve got memories of this town
From back when you were still around
The friends that I lost
And the missteps that cost me my pride

I may not be a perfect man
But at least I know who I am
With all this tossing and turning
From yesteryear’s learning inside

CHORUS:
I’ve got Collateral Damage
So much more than I can manage
Heart at the Helm
But I keep washing over the side
I don’t know what the plan is
Just trying to find where my dry land is
All open ended
Except this unintended
Collateral Damage
From living my life

My heart keeps looking like a travelogue
Every time I start singing songs
But all this rocking and rolling
Helps me keep knowing I’m alive

I can’t stay still
This lack of motion keeps making me ill
It’s something I gotta get through
This life I woke up into is mine.

CHOURUS x2

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ABOUT SONG-A-WEEK

Song-A-Week is a weekly video blog where I take submissions / ideas from readers of my blog and pick one [or a few] each week to write a song about.  Viewers can submit ideas at the URL above, and a new song will be posted every Tuesday.

“Your Surrender” by Neon Trees (cover) by Michael Shoup
Tragic Kingdom Blog Exclusive - http://tragickingdomblog.com 

My bud Chris [@CMVetrano on Twitter] was nice enough to hook me up with a killer review on his blog this week. So I decided to do a little exclusive music at his request as well.

Everything was recorded and mixed by me and my friend Vince Romanelli. It was a whole lot of fun to put together, so I hope you enjoy it nearly as much.

http://youtube.com/michaelshoup
http://youtube.com/vinceromanelli

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“Two Guys, One Mic” aka, a T-Pain cover of “A Whole New World” from Aladdin

Wasn’t necessarily planning on blogging this, but it’s a Friday, and we all could use something to laugh about. Besides, I’ve always been a fan of embarrassing myself on the internet.

This is what happens when my roommate and I stay up way too late… waaaaaaay too late.  I hope it makes you chuckle.