During the 2021 winter, I spent 170 hours (not a typo) recording, editing, and mixing one song “Blessed are the Joy Makers” in GarageBand. This was my 1st time ever using the software, because honestly, fear prevented me from using this app. I definitely had some technical issues as I took a deep dive into the unknown.  

For my entire life, there has been a real disconnect from what I hear in my head when I write a song and what I am able to convey through just my voice and acoustic guitar. I can’t read music and I don’t have the chops for the music I hear in my silly brain. The only real instrument on this recording is my voice. While nothing beats seasoned live musicians, and true engineers - this software is allowing me some real freedom to create. I feel like I’m 20 again. The possibilities....

Beyond the song...select images created by my favorite artist- my wife Kelly - has taken “Blessed are the Joy Makers” to another level. I think the imagery and the song are a beautiful combination and I am so grateful to be alive at this moment to be part of this collaboration. Many thanks to Kelly for the contribution of her art to the video. It is precious to us both. 

Please take a listen to Blessed are the Joy Makers - a song I wrote in 1989 and finally brought to life (32 years later) in 2021. Many thanks to my family and a handful of friends for some invaluable feedback on the journey to get this song out of my head and into the digital world.

Blessed Are The Joy Makers

My first album as a kid was Gary Newman's "Pleasure Principle." I loved the simplicity of the songs on that album. I wanted to make a simple angst driven rock song...

The original tracking was done on a Roland 1880 with just acoustic guitar and all the vocals - then I dropped it into Logic Pro - analyzed the tempo and created the entire 'band' around the original tracks.
lyrics

Mascara Runs (electric version)

Smoke Em If You Got Em

As Kelly and I celebrate 34 years together,  I wanted to release my 2022 EDM version of a song I wrote for her in 1989... 

It was an acoustic rock song, however this rendition is drastically different. It was an absolute joy to create!

Once again this was made entirely in my basement studio on Logic Pro. 

thanks so much for listening and sharing...

Scooter Scudieri

© 2022/BMI

You Mean So Much To Me (EDM Version)

Even monsters need love.



Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kiss-me-goodnight-single/1446212262

Kiss Me Goodnight

This world needs some sweetening.


Available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kind-single/1208504615

Kind

All I've got is a couple songs and a lifetime of being strong.

Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trust-fall-single/1454967027

Trust Fall

Imagine there were no tomorrows, and you were stuck in an infinite day - would you take the time to get it all right - open your eyes to the stranger inside?

Waiting For The Love

I'm fury - like a burning horse. I'm style - like the best dressed corpse.
I'm a supcallousedfragilemisfit.

Super Calloused Fragile Misfit

SHINE SHINE like the sun - you can be anyone . . .

Shine Shine

First responders react to the situation at hand. 

Could you do what they do? 
Maybe for a loved one - or a close friend . . . but what about a stranger? 

First responders are a special kind of human being. Their sacrifices save lives. It is with love and respect that I wrote this song. 

Could you be the first one in?

First One In

Recorded "live" at Abrevenal Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah opening for Jewel on her This Way tour 2003.

This Moment Alive

Pigtails (from the LP -- This Moment Alive, 2003)

Recoded "live" at the Chester Fritz Theater in Grand Forks, North Dakota opening for Jewel 8/17/2002.

Live Forever (live recording)

Do you mind if I steal a kiss? 

Make a joke? 

Laugh until the sun comes up?

Just Like When We Were Young

I'm a 54 year old artist. Enough about me.

or

LONG STORY SHORT:

Scooter Scudieri has been writing, recording, and performing original music for 30 years. His career highlights include opening for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in 1989, arguing for artist rights on Capitol Hill during MGM vs Grokster, and touring as the opening act for Jewel on her “This Way” tour in 2002-2003. 

The Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded him “Best of the New Writers” in 2002 and he won the “Vox Populi” honor from The Independent Music Awards in 2008. Scooter's controversial "Mother of God" music video (shot guerrilla style across Los Angeles with Famed EZTV producer Michael Masucci) was archived at the Pompidou Museum in France for EZTV's 40th anniversary in 2019.

His pioneering lecture series “Capture Your Spirit, Keep Your Soul” helped pave the way for DIY artists interested in online marketing prior to the invention of iTunes. From 2000-2004, Scooter became a sort of poster boy for the internet garnering features in Billboard Magazine, The Boston Herald, Music Connection and more. After a long series of university lectures including Berklee College of Music, Tara Pepper of Newsweek said of Scooter: “You are on the forefront of an issue that’s here to stay.”

Scooter has performed on Mountain Stage, VH1, and has opened for more than 25 international acts including Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews, Nils Lofgren, Dream Theater, Blind Melon, Widespread Panic, NRBQ, Life Sex and Death, and The Samples.

He has recorded four solo albums and now records with his daughter Sophia Adara under the band name Flowers and Birds. He is currently releasing 50 original songs as “singles” over the next 5 years (2020-2025) on all digital platforms.

He would love for you to listen, follow and subscribe.

Scooter Scudieri

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