Rewriting Ska Songs That I Wrote In High School - Episode 1: The World Ends On A Friday Night

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

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[@kevinaddeh92]

Sounds like the theme song from a 90s tv sitcom about the staff of a TGI Fridays style restaurant

[@enjoyyourcactus]

"I didn't just spawn one day ripping ska covers and hopping on stage with your favorite bands"....what????!! 😢

[@scmstr]

I wonder if musicians spend magnitudes more time learning and practicing and studying than even doctors. Like, seriously. Doctors study for 8 or so years, and internships and fellowships. But, musicians typically start in their childhoods and go non-stop, "extracurricular", and doing verbal band in school and out of school, buying equipment, performing, most dealing with rejection without pay, learning business and stuff the whole time, and a THEN a lot even goin to school for music after highschool for 2 to 4 maybe even more years. It's a massive skillset what he's showing off here, his entire life, really. But then that raises the question: what other trades or skills have this level of time and effort in them? SURELY other things are like this, too, yeah? And what of those efforts and hours and dollars are really competitive in the skill market? All of this to answer the question on how much are musicians worth. It's messy, it's provocative, and I don't have the time right now to dive into an answer. Gotta get back to working on my own job, lunchtime is over.

[@enjoyyourcactus]

@@scmstr their entire life* But yeah it's definitely something that requires a lot of work!

[@scmstr]

@@enjoyyourcactus oh, their. I wasn't aware.

[@BotanistCool]

I remember skanking to this back in 2012! So glad to hear it at its fullest potential! I can’t wait to see how it goes!

[@Diemermakes]

Took my now 18 year old son to his first Ska show a few days ago and showed him how to skank, and I think he was like "WTF is my dad"

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Oh dang, I remember December 21, 2012. We made a whole holiday of it on tumblr. It really was a party. The Doctor Who fandom was listening to Toxic. Hussie abandoned us. Kiwis were enthusiastically correcting people that they'd get to die two hours before the Aussies. There was wifi in hell and Satan looked like Mark Pelligrino. EVERYONE was posting Majora's Mask. Na nana na na na na... Everything's gonna be all right.... Love the vibes, extremely nostalgic ✨

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

and yes!!! If you can make more of these for other songs you wrote in the past, that'd be awesome!!

[@xrayespex]

You really broke down the difference between a GOOD ska song, and a GREAT ska song. You really turned this one into an absolute banger!

[@CraiggaeShark]

"Organ is the most important instrument in ska". THANK YOU. been saying this for years

[@ELHOMIE_LA]

10:02 "why not?" Because it's unnecessary LMFAOOOO This is a sick format, love seeing the approach and the execution. Definitely appreciate the emphasis of keeping everything simple, definitely an underated skill especially with more knowledgeable musicians. Would love to see more of this ☝️☝️☝️

[@douglasboyle6544]

Organ is really something that just makes any song better in any genre

[@popixel]

HA! Just before I turn this video want to listen to party in the USA was playing on the radio. I switched over to listen to you.

[@JonathanBrindley]

Great song, message is even more fitting nowadays

[@gordoafro]

THIS IS AWESOME THANK YOU FOR THE INSPO, ACTUALLY BEEN WANTING TO RE-WRITE THE FIRST SONGS I WROTE AROUND 2011 AND 2012

[@sleschhorn8917]

Maaaan this brings back memories. I remember some of the songs you guys made back during that time and some of them were just really fun to listen to. I still occasionally watch the OG talent farm recordings that still exist, they really didn’t do the band much justice in capturing that feel of being in person and just watching everyone bounce around and have fun. Also… WHOOOO HORNS ARE BEST. I can’t wait to see what you’ll do for some of the other songs… BRINGING BACK FUNK ON A FRIDAY NIIIIGHT

[@floppycoc1046]

Reel Big Fish would play at lunch at our high school back in 95. I still turn on some Bosstones and Less than Jake to take me to a happy place.

[@Kayume]

Oh, I haven't thought about the humour of it being on a Friday Night in a decade (for obvious reasons lol), this was a delight to watch even before the Excellent Final Piece

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

Dude - you just made a 57 yr old smile. I grew up with Two Tone and your music brought me back. Thank you!

[@mikeciul8599]

I love hearing the story of this song! Takes me back to the days when I was in school and I didn't know if I'd ever be a "real" musician... I think I was listening to "Party At Ground Zero" around that time...!

[@OODZUTSU]

This is awesome... but keep in mind that we aren't as familiar with the song as you are. I would've liked it if you broke away from the dialogue a bit to play a sample of the sections you were referencing or something. Can't wait to see this series evolve!

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

That’s the Patreon exclusive content! 😜

[@experimetalfan8851]

(re)recording drums last is quite a special move 😮

[@SibLight]

It's awesome to see the thought process behind remaking this song

[@catfoodzplz]

Absolutely want more of this

[@dudeist_priest]

Omg the Digimon soundtrack was my introduction too! Best soundtrack of 2000

[@artisan_cane]

Blast from the past hearing about the Talent Farm. I'm Flanagan HS c/o '11 and I remember going to a few shows there. Love this idea for the series!

[@thejackal007]

That is a hell of a journey from start to end. Love the song and the whole breakdown of how it came to be!

[@Third_blighthouse_official]

I cannot describe the feeling of pure joy and giddiness I feel watching your videos. You never fail to make me smile with your music and all around good vibes. Also the Ska Against Transphobia flag is 10/10

[@phl33p92]

That digimon soundtrack and the lords of dog town soundtrack were goated

[@eyakimicki]

I've been wanting to write ska songs but I always had trouble figuring out how, but this has shown me that I can do it and I absolutely will

[@carlosleschhorn8422]

Great memories of been one of your first roadie. All the best!

[@dongafford1845]

The OS/2 shirt brought me back.

[@rockinon011]

RIP Talent Farm, legendary venue

[@justinnichols4370]

Watching your recording process is fascinating, Jer. And the song fucking rips. Incredible work!

[@yerocb]

That was a really fun ride. Party at Ground Zero came out when i was in college. I stopped the video to listen to it. It's awesome to hear you keeping that sound alive. I am not at all musical, and it was really fun to watch your process. Great work. Would love to see you live if you make it out west.

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

Playing 924 Gilman on September 2nd with every band I play with lol

[@yerocb]

@@SkaTuneNetwork Legendary location! Op Ivy is one of my all time favorites. I never went when I lived there in the 90s. Too rough for my very nerdy ass. Actually warned away from going by much tougher friends. There were always fights and cops showing up. Wish I'd had the nerve. Can't make that one, but glad to see you coming out west. I'll keep watching.

[@nofuneral1790]

This turned out great. Love the story, the recording vlog, the final product. I SUPER hate trying to do gang vocals by myself. I'd done SO many crazy things and they just never sound like 5+ people but it really worked here- slam dunk.

[@HarrisHalabi]

Love love LOVE this. Both the way you're organizing the song sections and the recording session! Organ is the most important ska instrument. My fave example is destruction by definition by the suicide machines

[@littleIVIac]

Jer. This song is a legit bop. I'm very much looking forward to more 🤌🏼

[@defpenguin]

Talent Farm national anthem 🫡🫡🫡

[@joecooper8527]

Digimon Movie, LET'S GOOOOO.

[@cfish9891]

This is so cool! Actually in the process of doing this with older blog articles. It's for everyone's benefit I delete those because 7 to 10 years later they hurt me to read. What a difference emotional health makes

[@gabemoseley4785]

This reminds me a lot of Reel Big Fish, love it! Love you Jer

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

Probably because reel big fish fully took their sound from fishbone, and this song is 1000% homage to party at ground zero lol

[@donny-boucher]

I've been watching this channel for a couple years. Now I know how you do things behind the scenes. Amazing!

[@carrik_caser]

I absolutely love this idea! I wrote a couple good songs back in my high school band days and have always wanted to do something like this.

[@n0t.n0el.0ne]

I'd love to see your process of arranging for horns!

[@CJ-Jones]

When this showed on my home page, I thought "I don't think I need a half hour video on one song." I was incorrect.

[@OdinOConnor333]

Seriously, this was fantastic. Brilliant. I love Skatune Network! Keep it up, ky friend...!

[@xXAlexOrWhateverXx]

This video was so fun. The song sounds great too! I love seeing artistic processes. I hope the series continues.

[@colin8802]

I'd love to see some more of these episodes! I've tried rewriting my ska songs from high school as well but with less success lol.

[@nickbond9526]

This was super cool! Loved seeing the whole process, finished product was great too. Also, damn Jer is a cutie fr

[@sourcejunkdrawer9980]

this video was so joyful to watch oh my goddd!!! i love seeing the process of making music and jer is always so passionate about what they create. i'd love more of this series, the song turned out SO good :D

[@kidneythief6227]

GREAT rewrite! Just wish you played the original all the way through once.

[@ABruckner8]

Hell yeah, JER! I'm lovin' it!

[@austinaustinaustin]

love this!! music fucking rules, and the energy you bring to it is undeniable. keep it up and pick it the fuck up

[@storingjazzinmycheeksforth5319]

this went so hard!!!!!! love this longer form content showing the process, so hyped for more of this series !!

[@mineral520]

I refuse to believe you didn't just spawn one day. No mere mortal can do all this amazing work!🤘

[@bubblegum_toothpaste]

I would love to see this a series! Really inspired me to try out making music myself.

[@mothmanofficial]

Really loved this vid. So much fun to see you show so much passion for what you’re talking about! Love how much of your personality and excitement shows here. I have seen you preform live a few times and your energy is infectious and it comes through in this format as well. Hearing your thought process and show how you write/tweak songs is super interesting. Would absolutely love more of this series

[@reallygoodsoil]

Yaa

[@squidnt4103]

Wow, this is a really cool video. I’m really looking forward to the continuation of this series!

[@JustinCH]

Love this, can't wait for episode 2!

[@Kentkoopa]

Do more videos like this!

[@TheDarkFiddler]

This was great to see! Loved hearing about the history of the song and your start as a musician! But if Digimon is what got you into ska, the real question remains unanswered: who's your Digimon partner?

[@hardcorepooka104]

That was such a fun video. Definitely look forward to more of this. :)

[@oforth]

just getting your music is great! but yeah, love these sorts of behind the scenes videos

[@cristiana8044]

Love you so much!!!

[@StaterDrums]

This was great! Looking forward to the next one. Thanks Jer!

[@yardsalePDX]

Great video dude, so fun to watch this process!! Look forward to seeing more of these! 👏

[@nbgav]

This was so cool to see!! Been listening to the song for the last two days

[@BillGardiner]

Love, love, love this video! Can't wait for the rest of the series!

[@DarkTriforceFilms]

This was so cool! I saw the song on Spotify last night and was so excited to see there was a whole video of the process! Can't wait for more!

[@Coolio_Ash]

Digimon movie ost was sick

[@rw8147]

Best. Video. Yet.

[@snapdragon217]

Definitely keep this series going! I love this concept!!!

[@jasonhurst1]

Banger

[@Mamaleche]

A friend just sent me this, awesome to see the process c: subscribed and looking forward to more stuff

[@generalZee]

Just a suggestion for future vids like this, please start with the original song. I know it was playing in the background, but it wasn't easy to tell what you were talking about during the changes section because I couldn't hear the original in enough detail to know what you were talking about. Can't wait to see the next one of these!

[@sarahevans254]

Thank you for this video! I love everything about it!

[@withonforafteratbyin]

i love the idea of revisiting old songs you wrote in high school!

[@davebuist7427]

Awesome!

[@Kerrylovesmusic]

❤ This was terrific

[@RoryBecktar]

This was great! I'd definitely watch more of these videos!

[@MIKELiscrazy]

This is such an interesting and awesome concept! Great video and cannot wait to see another one!

[@paulworkman767]

Love it! Can't wait for more!

[@stevensmith2667]

Organ for the win !!!!!!

[@the_void]

Love this & definitely want to see more!

[@ballzee3178]

Yooooo, Love your videos, I am one of those people who thought you appeared out of nowhere, until just a couple years ago! I've watched a bunch of your videos here on youtube. I've seen some videos where you talk about other ska bands, but I don't think I have ever seen a video talking about the English ska scene(Random hand/ King Punch / Call me malcom / Faintest Idea to name a few bigger names) If you haven't, ever thought about it? Keep it up!!

[@samcolombruh6242]

This was genuinely so enjoyable I love it u rock

[@floxblah]

This is sooooo coool ! Thank you for all this work!

[@gibberishname]

due to CRIMINAL UNDERUSE of organ by most bands I can't agree it's the most IMPORTANT instrument in ska, BUT organ is the one instrument where including it will ALWAYS improve a song.

[@SkaTuneNetwork]

To counter this point, once you listen to ska that has organ, it makes every ska song without organ sound naked as fuck and incomplete. You can take any other instrument out of ska with exception to bass and drums cause it’s the rhythmic foundation, and it’ll work. But every ska song without organ is severely lacking lol also there’s not many bands that don’t have organ. Even if you’ve never noticed it, almost every ska band has organ in their recordings and you probably just never noticed lol

[@lukesmith2169]

such a dope video, love getting to hear more about your background with ska! this channel really got me into ska, so thanks for sharing :)

[@tkThePigeon]

Ayo this video was amazinggggggggggg

[@deinexim]

Great video! I love hearing about the process that goes into making music, so more videos like this would be awesome. Also, nice gerudo link poster in the background.

[@RapidVisionLoss]

Video was great!

[@jbartlet827]

That's one heck of a first song, my friend! Well done!

[@rreill3]

Love seeing your process!

[@mikecrecordingandmusic6594]

Love this series! Keep it going!

[@freds2052]

This video was INCREDIBLE, Jer!!!! Thanks for sharing some of your personal history, and some insight into the process of making your songs. Really really looking forward to more from this series. (Also I can't afford to subscribe to your Patreon right now but I'm getting a cool new job soon and excited to throw some of my dollars your way when I have dollars :D)

[@ghostlyclone]

I love this and love you

[@eichlers__]

Hi (love the longform 😍 edition)

[@jamiecashes]

Dude, didn't know you grew up in South Florida.

[@justjibsy]

Love this content!

[@arthurmalavasic6788]

😍