Emu Attack - song by Paul F. Tompkins (w/ instruments added)

I decided to rough out what the backing music might sound like with Paul F Tompkins's improvised song. He was part of this game where they give the contestants a fake movie title and they have to come up with the plot and a theme song. Usually Paul would construct the plot and Aimee Mann would come up with a theme song. In this instance, Paul used a wild card to switch the roles, so Aimee had to come up with the plot and Paul would do the song, a cappella. I grabbed this off of Paul's podcast, which is a favorite of mine. If Mister Rogers and Peewee Herman had a love child, Paul F Tompkins would adopt it and dip it in candy. For the episode I snipped from, go here pft.libsyn.com and look for "EXTRASODE: From Minnesota Public Radio, it's WITS with John Moe and Aimee Mann!"
Put yourself in the mind-space of an adopted child dipped in candy. This is the podcast experience Paul creates. Old-timey candy, created by somebody who doesn't understand kids today, and then purchased by Paul F Tompkins for consensually dipping a child in.
My attempt to add tracks to Paul's song was an uncommitted attempt to follow an improvisation that was not intended to be followed by musicians, so it has a rough start. I used several tracks of acoustic guitar, which I had to tune a little sharp because Paul didn't use a tuning fork before he started (not that anyone should in that situation). He was in the best key for this kind of thing: G. I wonder how that happened. For the bass part, I used acoustic guitar and pitch shifted down an octave in post production. I think the effect sounds similar to upright bass. ...dipped in candy.

[@christheleavittman7080]

YOU EVER SEEN EIGHT EMUS IN ONE PLACE IN YOUR LIFE!!!

[@JoshFreilich]

YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO AN EMU FARM? THAT’S LIKE FIVE EMUS, TOPS! AND THAT’S AN EMU... *FARM!!*

[@bullmonty764]

EIGHT EMUS WOULD BE LIKE AN EMU PLANTATION!!!

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Prepare for a potential influx of views thanks to Tony Goldmark/Some Jerk With a Camera. On an actually related note, this was pretty nice. Never actually heard of PFT before hearing this, but I might want to check him out now.

[@SarahShay]

Oh my god, you are my hero. This is one of my favorite PFT-singing moments, and you just made it better. Truly, you are precious in his sight.

[@therockyjones]

+Sarah Shay THANKS!

[@smokafett1]

Truly epic background music for a truly epic improvised song.

[@adamliebreich-johnsen6104]

I miss Wits so much.

[@pnwmeditations]

This is the best thing. Great work!

[@rubberduckproductions544]

I discovered this video from tony goldmark, and found out who Paul f. Tompkins was from when I watched bojack. This all to say, the video is very good.

[@JeffreyDMiller]

Thank you so much for doing this.

[@GeordieMcGrathCoolBoy]

This is awesome!!! :D

[@anolaxgaming9586]

Making me happy today

[@therockyjones]

+Anolax Gaming :)

[@rockyjones4727]

Thanks!