2011 gave us songs of regret and anger, pride and perseverance, and lots of fire.
When someone’s taken everything from you, what do you do?

WORLD GO BOOM

I’ve made some changes in the song selection process this year.
In efforts to better reflect the year, I have a system that draws from the weekly charts from throughout 2011 that ensures that all the late-breaking hits (such as “We Found Love” & “Sexy and I Know It”) are included in the 2011 mix.

I made a video and put it up on the youtube.
Many thanks to Brian Benson who made this art and all Earworm illustration and art,
To Oiseaux who introduced some compositing magic.
To Tatiana for her production support and to my manager Rodney for helping me see this project through.

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

here are the lyrics with the music video:

For the 2nd year in a row, I put together a mashup of all fifteen artists that performed at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London. This video premiered during the concert. For last year’s mashup, check out “Like OMG, Baby”

Party on the Floor (Capital FM Summertime Ball Mashup)

• Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull – On the Floor
• Jessie J – Price Tag
• Jessie J – Do it Like a Dude
• LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
• Nicole Scherzinger – Don’t Hold Your Breath
• Example – Changed the Way You Kiss Me
• Mike Posner – Cooler than Me
• Ne-Yo – Beautiful Monster
• The Wanted – Glad You Came
• ‪Far East Movement feat. The Cataracs & DEV‬ ‪- Like A G6‬
• JLS – Eyes WIde Shut
• JLS – Love You More
• Katy B – Katy on a Mission
• Katy B – Lights On
• Cee-Lo Green – Forget You
• Cee-Lo Green – Bright Lights, Bigger City
• Enrique Iglesias – I Like It
• Wretch 32 – Traktor
• Mann – Buzzin’

I made this for YouTube to help promote their latest Android app, which will stream music videos (from VEVO and elsewhere) to your phone.

Yet another installment in what has become an annual New Year’s tradition. It’s the United State of Pop, which mashes up the Top 25 songs of the year, according to Billboard magazine.

In 2010, pop has gone into serious all-out party mode. In 2009 the music was encouraging us to pick ourselves back up after being knocked down again, and to rock out to some great dance music while you’re at it. This year’s music tells us to keep going now that we’re up and having fun. In fact, the fun seems to be in such overdrive that it borders on recklessness. Usher urges us to ‘dance like it’s the last night of your life”, and Katy Perry wants us to “run away and don’t ever look back”. Even the songs that aren’t about parties have parties in their videos, like this year’s entries from Mike Posner and Lady Antebellum.

It’s a great thing about music that you can leave your worries and lose yourself in the moment. In our current world of dance pop culture fantasy, this takes place at a club, where you can drink, meet the most amazing person you’ve ever met, and where as Ke$ha says, “the party don’t stop”.

Personally, as a DJ performing mostly at raging party-ish events, I can relate. My career path has been crazy lately, and I’m definitely not ready for the party to stop!

So with that in mind I urge you all please……

DON’T STOP THE POP

To support these artists, buy some of their music!

I made a video for this mashup and put it up over on youtube

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

And if you want the lyrics, I posted them in a video:

It’s great when I get to do a mash up for an artist, because it allows me to really dig deep into a single act and really see what makes them tick. Nelly Furtado has gone through many transformations throughout her career, but she’s maintained a spirit of independence and freedom throughout. That’s what I wanted to highlight in “Free at Night”, a mashup which features 13 hits from her latest album “The Best of Nelly Furtado”.

To support Nelly Furtado, check out her album here: bit.ly/bestofnellyf.

And here’s the video I made for it.

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

I made this music video mashup to be shown as part of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London for Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, where all fifteen of these artists performed.

There’s a mix of artists from the UK and the America’s, and the track list is here:

• Alexandra Burke – All Night Long
• Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
• Chipmunk feat. Esmee Denters – Until You Were Gone
• Dizzee Rascal – Bonkers
• Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
• Jason Derulo – In My Head
• JLS – One Shot
• Justin Bieber – Baby
• Ke$ha – Tik Tok
• Pixie Lott – Mama Do
• Rihanna – Rude Boy
• Scouting For Girls – This Ain’t a Love Song
• Tinie Tempah – Pass Out
• Usher feat. Will.I.Am – OMG
• The Wanted – All Time Low

And here’s the video

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

Another year, another year-end mashup, once again consisting of the top 25 most popular hit songs of 2009, according to Billboard Magazine.

This is a follow-up to last year’s
United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop)
and the original United State of Pop from 2007.

This year in the charts, so many of the pop songs this year seem to tell the same story: Yeah, we’ve been through a lot, but right now we’re gonna celebrate with music and dance, and it’s gonna be ok. With that spirit in mind, I invite you to…BLAME IT ON THE POP

• The Black Eyed Peas – BOOM BOOM POW
• Lady Gaga – POKER FACE
• Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis – JUST DANCE
• The Black Eyed Peas – I GOTTA FEELING
• Taylor Swift – LOVE STORY
• Flo Rida – RIGHT ROUND
• Jason Mraz – I’M YOURS
• Beyonce – SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
• Kanye West – HEARTLESS
• The All-American Rejects – GIVES YOU HELL
• Taylor Swift – YOU BELONG WITH ME
• T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake – DEAD AND GONE
• The Fray – YOU FOUND ME
• Kings Of Leon – USE SOMEBODY
• Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo – KNOCK YOU DOWN
• Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain – BLAME IT
• Pitbull – I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
• T.I. Featuring Rihanna – LIVE YOUR LIFE
• Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie – KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
• Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne – DOWN
• Miley Cyrus – THE CLIMB
• Drake – BEST I EVER HAD
• Kelly Clarkson – MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
• Beyonce – HALO
• Katy Perry – HOT N COLD

And here’s the video

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

The complete lyrics are HERE, along with a guide to which song all of the words and music came from.

In a brief but impressive career, Sean Kingston has always had a knack for creating amazing hooks. At 17, he released the Ben-E.-King-inspired “Beautiful Girls”, somehow managing to sing about suicidal thoughts without losing his trademark smile. This was followed up with “Me Love”, a twist on Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Maker”, and “Take You There”, which pointed towards a more electronic futuristic sound. By the time he released this summer’s inescapable euro-flavored infectious dance hit “Fire Burning”, the sound had gone fully electronic, while remaining as catchy as ever.

So when his label approached me about mashing up his greatest hits, I knew I had all the raw material I would need to make an ultra hook-y mashup. And finding the actual words “mash up” in “Beautiful Girls” was just icing on the cake.

I mixed up these four hits, along with “I Can Feel It” from his last album “Sean Kingston”, and bits of “Tomorrow” and “Face Drop” from his upcoming album “Tomorrow”.

And I made a video for it as well!

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.

Download the full version here.

Here is the video I put together for the mashup
Annie Lennox: Backwards/Forwards.

Download/stream audio HERE.
View the video in full screen HERE.
See more mashup music videos HERE.

Coldplay’s “In My Place” reveals the power ballad lurking within Kelly’s recent hit.

To view the video in full screen, click HERE.