All Music written, performed, recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Otis McDonald.
All samples are original recordings made by Otis McDonald.

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16 Fly Away

13 Show Your Love

12 Mighty Fine

09 Find My Way Home

07 BirdBrainz

05 (look Out)she's America

04 Scarlet Fire

03 Otis McMusic

02 Behind These Closed Doors

All Music written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Otis McDonald.
All Samples written and recorded by Otis McDonald
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Fingers

Ever Felt Pt.2

Rollerblades

A Girl In Oakland

Other Way

One More Chance

Livin' Up

Not For Nothing

Ever Felt Pt.1 1

Rich Man In The Sky

This is what happens when you combine "Ever Felt part 2" by Otis McDonald and "Lock Shit Down" by Chali 2na. 
Everybody Wins!!! This one hits hard.

All Vocals by Chali 2na and Talib Kweli
All Instrumental music by Otis McDonald

LOCK SHIT DOWN - Chali 2na Ft. Talib Kweli (Otis MashMix)

a brand new EP of music I created in March 2016
All of these songs can be downloaded for free here: www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

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07 Magic Part 2

06 Erykah

05 Drive

I wrote and recorded an EP in the last week of August 2016. I submitted it to YouTube's audio library on September 1st 2016. 
So I call this record "September" which can be downloaded here:
http://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary
Just search Otis McDonald or any of the song titles.

September

Treat me this way

That Slapper

See you Soon

Richard's Stuff

It was a great Summer

Heavy Petting

Celebration

BirdBrainz II

Have you ever wondered how these songs would sound live? Well... the wait is over my friends. Here's a live version of "Find my way home" recorded in front of a studio audience at 25th street studios in Oakland CA on February 10th 2017. Enjoy!

Find My Way Home (LIVE at 25th street studios)

Another live cut from 25th Street Studios in Oakland, CA. This was recorded and filmed as part of DoubleOone presents. The horn soli is written by Bassist/Trombonist Adam Theis.

On The One (live)

DOWNLOAD: www.otismacmusic.com
→Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
→Arrangement by Joe Bagale and Max Cowan
→Orchestral arrangment by Joe Bagale
→Music performed by Otis McDonald and Awesöme Orchestra Collective
Personnel:
→Vocals, Drums, Bass, Wurlitzer Electric Piano performed by Joe Bagale(aka Otis McDonald)
→Juno 106 Synth performed by Max Miller-Loran
→Strings, Woodwinds, and Brass performed by Awesöme Orchestra Collective as conducted by David Möschler

A day in the life

A Day in the Life

contact: otismacmusic@gmail.com

The sounds of Shuggie Otis and Michael McDonald inspired a man to write a song. A couple of Mondays later, that song inspired an Identity. The name is Otis McDonald. The mission? Good Music. 

From the mind and ears of producer/multi-instrumentalist, Joe Bagale, comes a sound that is fresh but tangibly rooted in nostalgia. When taking a listen, one may recall the soul of the 60s or the funk of the 70s. Or perhaps it’s pop radio from the 80s or the boom bap beats of the late 90s. What ever it may be, Otis McDonald is the sound of an artist who manifests a lesson in versatility and growing perspective.

The production can be dense at times, yet through it’s syncopated rhythms and unexpected harmony, Bagale is able to find the space that counts. Starting out as a studio experiment, Otis McDonald was developed over a 3 month period which found Bagale writing short snippets of music, playing all of the instruments, sampling those snippets, playing more instruments and and eventually creating entirely new songs. 

Musically it’s both playful and emotive, while giving listeners a sense of optimism and joy. Just because it’s rooted in the blues, doesn’t mean it has to have the blues. There are beats that’ll make you wanna sweat on the dance floor. A thumpin’ bass that inspires folks to make love. Synths, guitars and horns that’ll cut through to your core, and a voice that reminds us all what it’s like to be human. 

In 2015, Bagale put out 30 tracks for free, under the name Otis McDonald. Released as copyright free music, exclusively through the YouTube audio library, these tracks have been downloaded over 5 million times, streamed over 10 million times and already have appeared in thousands of youtube creators’ videos. Take a second and search Otis McDonald on YouTube and you’ll find pages upon pages of videos featuring these songs. This being a very unusual way to release music, it may be the best music nobody has ever heard. Funny how the business works. As of 2016, Bagale has formed the Otis McDonald live experience, featuring some of San Francisco and Oakland’s finest players. He’s recorded new music, soon to be released for sale and for streaming, and at least 10 new free tracks for the YouTube audio library, due out later this year.

Combining the skills of a musician, with the power of both old and new technology, the sound of Otis McDonald was born, reminding us that music is a universal language that will always have a past and always have a future. 

Otis McDonald

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