You may vote for as many songs as you’d like by checking the box below each submission.

Contents:

• achilles didn’t die, written and performed by Brandon Zang
• I’m Going Up, written and performed by Abigail Cline
• Listen to my Heart, written and performed by Heartbeats Music
• Winter’s Over, written and performed by Hannah Wilson-Black
• Scavenger, written and performed by The Middle Dipper
• Writing a Song, written and performed by Nukhm
• NAUSEOUS, written and performed by Oscar Basza
• Slow bro, written and performed by Kevin Wang
• Floods, written and performed by Sayali Gove
• Speed Of Sound, written and performed by Bird of Paradise

achilles didn’t die

Written and Performed by Brandon Zang

check out my work at brandonzang.com and newplayexchange.org/users/69084/brandon-zang!!! 🙂

Artists: Brandon Zang 2022

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: s’mores

Most useless talent: not sleeping for days

I’m Going Up

Written and Performed by Abigail Cline

I was surprised when my producer friend sent this song back as a beachy tune (though I eventually loved it). Almost every time I go to the beach, I get stung by something, sun poisoning (despite wearing sunscreen), or almost drown. Part of why I moved away from Florida….

Artist: Abigail Cline 2022

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: A refreshing citrus sorbet

Most useless talent: Falling asleep within minutes

Listen to My Heart

Written and Performed by Heartbeats Music

Click here (or on image above) for video on Google Drive

The song and video where produced while we were studying abroad in Senegal this winter. We worked together with Pape Faye and Bullsy who run a music studio in the neighbourhood of Dakar we lived in. Pape sings the second verse of the song in Wolof and plays guitar on this track. We were responsible for the mixing/recording and producing of the music though.

Artists: Margot Bolanos 2021 (Video Editing+Camera), Efraim Dahl 2022 (writer/producer/Singer) Pape Faye (featured singer+guitar), Bullsy (Video Editing and Camera)

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Pineapple and Caramel Fudge

Most useless talent: My inability to resist the temptation of food.

Winter’s Over

Written and Performed by Hannah Wilson-Black

Hannah Wilson-Black is a singer-songwriter and avid recycler from the Washington, D.C. area who devotes her spare and not-so-spare time to writing poetry, creative non-fiction, and fiction. Hannah also writes blog posts and interviews for UChicago’s Program on the Global Environment. She was lucky enough to attend a Beth Nielsen Chapman songwriting and performance workshop in Nashville in the summer of 2017, and as you can hear, she has been unable to get the country twang out of her voice ever since.

Artist: Hannah Wilson-Black 2023

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Peanut butter – sweet and a little salty

Most useless talent: I can do a really realistic horse noise

Scavenger

Written and Performed by The Middle Dipper

Our friend keeps a running list of every time someone says “___ would be a good band name.” We took one of them 🙂

Artists: Allegra Hatem 2022, Ro Redfern 2022, Sayali Gove 2022

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Whatever’s in the freezer

Most useless talent: Our drummer can name all the presidents in order

Writing a Song

Written and Performed by Nukhm

 

Artists: Natasha Rodgers 2023, Sukhm Kang

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip because it’s memorable, catchy and dramatic

Most useless talent: Natasha is really good at staring out into space

NAUSEOUS

Written and Performed by Oscar Basza

 

Artist: Oscar Basza 2023

Slow bro

Written and Performed by Kevin Wang

Click here (or on image above) for video on Instagram

Artist: Kevin Wang 2023

Floods

Written and Performed by Sayali Gove

 

Artist: Sayali Gove 2022

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Mint chocolate chip

Most useless talent: math

Speed of Sound

Written and Performed by Bird Of Paradise

Alt-rock 4-piece, trained in the ways of the late 90s. Thanks for checking out the contest – hope to see you on May 8!

Artists: Alexander Rodriguez, ’22 (vocals, guitar, songwriter, producer) + Amelia Simonoff, ’22 (keyboards) + Elle Blom, ’22 (drums) + Rowen Glusman, ’22 (bass guitar)

Musical style, if it were an ice cream flavor: Buttered Pecan – plenty of crunch and a little nutty, but goes down smooth 🙂

 

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