Ice Traigh - The Making Of
I've always been a huge fan of "Weird Al" Yankovic. So much so that I've wanted to imitate him with my own silly parodies and songs. Back in 1996, a friend of mine and I were making up parody songs in class (instead of paying attention). We actually put together a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" way before Weird Al did, but we can't prove it, so I could be lying. At any rate, I wanted a silly rapper name. I took a combination of Ice T and Dr. Dre to make Ice Tray, but since the word "phat" had just come out in our area and misspelling things on purpose was all the rage, I altered it to become what has become my nickname with my old high school friends: Ice Traigh.
The Parody Songs
Between 2001 and 2005, I used my advanced recording studio which comprised of a $5 Wal-Mart microphone, my under-1Ghz computer, some crappy recording software, and some MIDIs to bring to life some of the ideas I had for parodies. Although I've done over 2 dozen parody songs, here are a few of the better parodies I did. Please note: they're raw and possibly not that great. Oh yeah, there are some BAD WORDS in these songs, so watch yo chirrens. You've been warned. They're all MP3s. Go ahead! Download them! See if I care!
This is a parody of Will Smith's "Welcome to Miami" that is an ode to the best city in Ohio (besides Marion, of course).
Parody of Train's "Drops of Jupiter" about a lazy kid who won't move out of his parents' house (not me).
Parody of Lionel Richie's "Hello" about a very raunchy subject.
Boobs | 5:07 | 4.7 MB |
Parody of Coldplay's "Clocks," probably longer than it needs to be. I think I let it go the full length because I like the piano. =P
Okay, this one needs a little explaining. It's a parody of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive." The story is about some dude I met in an IRC chat room back in 2005 whom I've become friends with and visited in Canada on several occasions. His nickname in the chat room was JohnVonBunghole. One day we were talking about parody songs, and I said I made some, so he said, "make one about me being a sheriff." So I did. It caught on so well with our little e-group that another dude, whose nickname was woodch, did a live guitar solo on it in the middle! Everything in this song is probably true.
The "Original" Songs
Towards 2002, I came across this amazing program called HipHop Ejay. It was software with beat loops you could use to create your own goofy rap songs. The funny thing was the loops it came with always sounded like they were about 10 years out-of-date. There were 5 incarnations of this Ejay program; each one had new beats and stuff. So I used this program to make some "original" songs. I use quotes because using samples really isn't that original, in my opinion, but since I don't know how to play a musical instrument like someone with proper talent, this was the best I could do at the time. The melodies were original, at least. I wanted to make an album of these songs, but I've never been that egotistical to think people would want to actually buy this stuff. For the record, it was going to be called "Porta Party." The cover was to be a picture of the front of a porta-potty with the door open and balloons and streamers coming out and an arm reaching out from inside that's wearing the sleeve of a tuxedo and holding a glass of champagne. Here are the songs that would've been on Ice Traigh's 2005 album: Porta Party! Again, they're raw, and they're raunchy. Get some.
1. Porta Party (featuring Hott Sauce)
2. Let's Do It Baby
3. Midnight Kool Aid
4. Are You Lonely?
5. Let's Do It Again, Baby
6. In My Dreams
7. So Hungry
8. Ludacrisp Remix (featuring Bobby P.)
9. Let's Do It One More Time
10. Techno Frink
Total time: 34:34
Notes on the songs:
2/5/9: The "Let's Do It Baby" trilogy was the result of my wanting to make the filthiest, most-ridiculous R&B love songs ever.
6: This is pretty much me.
8: A dude I found on the internet who went by the moniker Bobby P. made some songs I thought were amazing (and still do). As an homage to him, I remixed a song he did called Ludacrisp and sent it to him. He sang a bit on it, too and loved it!
10: Here's a short experiment with the Dance Ejay 4 program that made techno songs. There's another song out there I made with sound clips of Martin Short as Jerry Lewis, but I can't find it.
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Parody Songs & Original Music
