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thatoneguy @ May 30 2005, 06:12 AM wrote: Hey!
Garrett, Cool Edit does not take out vocals. However! Many parody artists use midis when they first start out. Midis are like instrumental keyboard tracks. You can go to Music Robot and search for any midi you want! Here's a midi of Radio Ga Ga that I found. Here's the page I found it on. If you download a program called Cake Walk you can actually edit the midi and take the vocal instrument out.

Jake's new song is going to be awesome! I've heard a snippet of it, and I like it a lot!

That's cool, Jeffrey!
- Matt

Well, parodists use quite a number of things. Number one is always looking for an officialy released instrumental version of the song. Sometimes they're released with the CD single of the song. Number two is a karaeoke track. If the karaeoke track has a background singer, some appropriate looping can sometimes get rid of that. Number 3 is looping an instrumental. If the background instrumentals just repeat something close to the same thing the entire way through, sometimes you can loop it and have a pretty nice sounding instrumental to go with your parody. Number 4 is using a rendered MIDI. This can sound good, but you can always tell that it was a MIDI. Number 5 is using a vocal cut. Sometimes this turns out nicely (it works almost perfectly for 50 Cent songs) but sometimes it just sounds like crap. And number 6 is finding another beat and calling it an original

Mad Genius style:

New Written Parody by "iis" Ryan Hamann!

For those of you who have been following the WOWAY parodists for a while, you'll notice that there's a song that just can't stop being remade. Way back, Weirdo Jace wrote and recorded one of his best parodies, I Don't Know How to Use a Fork, parody of Misty's Song from Pokémon. Mad Genius remade it into a beautiful remake, which was up for a WOWAY Award last year. Weirdo Jace and his band Nuclear Bubble Wrap have recently remade it yet again with original instrumentals and changed lyrics to make it an original song. So, I decided, why not hop on the bandwagon. Here's my version of I Don't Know How to Use a Fork, parody of Burn by Usher.

This is probably my most accurate, line by line, parody of the original. So I think it's cool to read my lyrics while listening to the original...well...I think it's cool. I'll get around to recording it sooner or later.

“I Don’t Know How to Use a Fork”
Parody of “Burn” by Usher

I don’t understand…
Why…
I can’t even hold onto this…
I know this is something I’ve gotta do…
But that don’t mean I want to…
What I’m tryin’ to say is that…
I don’t know how to use a fork,
I feel like...I don’t understand the prongs…
The handle’s too small,
I let it go now…
‘Cuz when I hold on, it hurts me,
But I’ve gotta let it burn,

It’s gonna burn for me to say this,
It’s coming from my soul,
I’ve spent a long time preparing a romantic table,
As I start to take it out, I quickly put it back away,
It’s silverware, a fork; it is the cause of all my pain,
I sit down with one and I start to try to handle it,
Now I’m hurtin’, baby, bloody napkins, baby,
I put it down before I lose half of my fingertips,
I don’t know how to,

Use a fork
Well, there’s something I need to say that I’ve told nobody,
Don’t know how…
But I don’t, want you to go,
Not ready to,
Hold it up like you do and stab it into my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork,
Now, there’s something I must tell you,
I hate the thought of it ever glaring through,
I know that it will show,
When I eat my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork,

Yellow Pages, I’m lookin’ for fork school,
Not finding anything, but I want you,
To know that eating just ain’t the same,
When I’m doubled over in pain,
Yes, I try to grab it in my hand,
And it seems I can’t understand,
It’s just the way I feel,
I look at the steak,
I put down my plate,
And I want to put it back,
But what I’ve gotta do now,
Even if it means the plates might crack,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Man, I don’t know what I’m gonna do without my food,
I’ve been trying for so long,
It’s been 27 days, 14 hours, and I still don’t know how to use a fork!

Use a fork,
Well, there’s something I need to say that I’ve told nobody,
Don’t know how…
But I don’t, want you to go,
Not ready to,
Hold it up like you do and stab it into my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork,
Now, there’s something I must tell you,
I hate the thought of it ever glaring through,
I know that it will show,
When I eat my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork,

I’m twisted, ‘cuz one side of me just wants to continue using spoons,
And on the other side, I want to break down and cry,
Ooh!
I’m twisted, ‘cuz one side of me just wants to continue using knives,
And on the other side, I want to break down and cry,
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Don’t know how to use a…
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
So many steaks, so much baked flour,
I’m still burnin’ until I can learn!

Use a fork,
Well, there’s something I need to say that I’ve told nobody,
Don’t know how…
But I don’t, want you to go,
Not ready to,
Hold it up like you do and stab it into my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork,
Now, there’s something I must tell you,
I hate the thought of it ever glaring through,
I know that it will show,
When I eat my food,
It won’t work,
It won’t work,
I don’t know how to use a fork.

Nice, Ryan!


The next song I'm gonna post here isn't a parody, but it's about Star Wars III, so I'm gonna post it anyway. The band and I will probably work on it tomorrow.

Looks good Ryan!

First draft done for Keyboard Blah Blah.......using that MIDI!

queen_and_weirdal_fan @ May 31 2005, 02:23 AM wrote: First draft done for Keyboard Blah Blah.......using that MIDI!

Cool, Garrett! There's other versions of the midi, you can find them through the link to Music Robot that I posted. Good Luck!
- Matt

iisryan27 @ May 30 2005, 03:21 PM wrote: Well, parodists use quite a number of things. Number one is always looking for an officialy released instrumental version of the song. Sometimes they're released with the CD single of the song. Number two is a karaeoke track. If the karaeoke track has a background singer, some appropriate looping can sometimes get rid of that. Number 3 is looping an instrumental. If the background instrumentals just repeat something close to the same thing the entire way through, sometimes you can loop it and have a pretty nice sounding instrumental to go with your parody. Number 4 is using a rendered MIDI. This can sound good, but you can always tell that it was a MIDI. Number 5 is using a vocal cut. Sometimes this turns out nicely (it works almost perfectly for 50 Cent songs) but sometimes it just sounds like crap. And number 6 is finding another beat and calling it an original

You forgot the option of either hiring or forming a band to make your own instrumentals. The other option is learn how to play a musical instrument. I prefer the beautiful feel of the guitar.



Novelty Shack Cameo with "I Is Ryan" Hamann!

Do you like "I Is Ryan" Hamann? Do you like Ruben and The Novelty Shack? Do you wish that they'd collaborate on a song together? If you answered yes to these questions then today's your LUCKY DAY! Ruben and The Novelty Shack, along with WOWAY's other legendary parodists, "Weirdo Jace" McLain (of Nuclear Bubble Wrap) Matthew Hodgson "That One Guy" and Jake Waters will all be featured on the latest "I Is Ryan" Hamann Parody, "Parody Star"!!!

Ruben has been putting some serious studio time for the most awesome collaborative parody in WOWAY history! Be on the lookout for all of these "Greats" featured!!!

Can't wait to hear it!
- Matt
PS. I originaly told Garrett that a lot of parody artists "start out" with midis.

Some of us did. I used to search endlessly for Karaoke Tracks and try to edit them if it was possible. If they were useable (or "Singable" w. out getting thrown off with the timing) I'd use them.

I admit, I use MIDI files. They're not entirely terrible. If you convert them to .wav with soundfonts and MIDI-to-WAV software, they often sound BETTER than what your sound card's soundbanks interpret it on your computer.

I reccomend MIDIsyn. I use this software to create instrumentals with MIDIs.