This is a song I wrote for my wife, Chelsea, soon after we first met. We were in college. I can only play drums and I'm a terrible singer, so I basically handed her the lyrics and told her the rest was in my head.

Fast forward several years later. We were getting married so I got together with my brother-in-law, Andrew, to record a "slow dance" version of the song for Chelsea and I to dance to at our wedding. I sang and he played guitar and she loved it, but it still wasn't the version that I had in my head. It was always a punk rock song in my mind.

Fast forward again to 2013. Zack and I decided to finally make the real version of the song for me to give Chelsea for our 5-year anniversary. He helped me arrange it and played rhythm guitars and did backup vocals. I brought Andrew back in to play some leads and write a solo. Then we went to my buddy Spencer's house and recorded it. He mixed it and played bass. I sang and played drums. We were in quite a rush to get it done but I think it turned out great, all things considered.

This is the song I've had stuck in my head since I was 22. I hope you enjoy it. Don't judge my awful singing or my average drumming.  :)


Written by Benji McDonald
Arranged by Benji McDonald and Zack Baker
Recorded and Mixed by Spencer Markowski

Benji McDonald | Vocals, back-up vocals, drums
Zack Baker | rhythm guitar, back-up vocals | soundcloud.com/bakerzt
Andrew Cooper | lead guitar | soundcloud.com/coopopolopolis
Spencer Markowski | bass | soundcloud.com/spencermarkowski

Don't I Need to Sign a Book or Something?

A song I made with my buddy Aaron back in college. We used GarageBand and everything was made with prerecorded loops from the software except the vocals, which we recorded ourselves. We basically went through the loops and slapped beats and melodies together in random sections and it was a hell of a lot of fun.
The song is actually in C Major, which is why we thought it was hilarious to say it was C Minor. We were in college. And we weren't even drunk. Don't ask.


Premonitions in C Minor

A song/beat I made from prerecorded loops in GarageBand for our company's motion graphics demo reel. It's fun to play producer.

I have an enormous appreciation for prank calls using Arnold Schwarzenegger sound boards (although I have never done any myself). This is the bonus version of the demo reel song featuring guest vocals by none other than Arnold himself.

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