Now Available!
Using some of my Spring Break free time,
I made a 128-page Song Fu Songbook
that has the sheet music for all my
Song Fu songs in one place!
If you want it -- you can have it!
Send me an e-mail, I’ll send you a .pdf!
Here’s a video of me performing at my good friend Matt’s reception. This was my wedding gift to him. (Well, this -- and a set of towels . . .)
(If it’s too small, you can click the “fullscreen” button.)
Here are my past “songwriting challenge” songs.
(Each song had to be written within the space of one week, based on the following criteria . . .)
A “happy song.”
(2-9-09)
A song that used exactly ten unique words.
(2-24-09)
A song titled “It All Makes Sense At The End.”
(3-29-09)
A song from the point of view of an inanimate object.
(5-16-09)
A march.
(6-7-09)
A standard-form song that ran exactly one minute.
(6-17-09)
Here’s a song I wrote for my mother,
to help celebrate her 64th birthday . . .
(Song Fu #2)
(Song Fu #4)
(Song Fu #3)
A song about a “Mole-Man” (á la John Hodgman).
(11-15-09)
And a song I wrote for an old college roommate --
who hated the country music his girlfriend loved . . .
Me and Mike Lombardo chatting about music
and songwriting on “Too Much Awesome.”
A cover of a song written by Inverse T. Clown --
the friend of a friend that I met over at TMA . . .
A song about a number.
(11-29-09)
A holiday song not explicitly about the holidays.
(12-11-09)
• Sunsets • Friends • Hershey's Kisses (and Hugs) • Indian Summer • Sleep • When you get to play in the mud • Daydreaming
• A warm smile and a soft laugh • Warm autumn days and hot chocolate with someone you care about • Smiles • Fridays • Hugs
• Songs which bring up past memories • Smooches • Déjà vu • Leaf fight!!! • Miniature Golf • Rainbows • Candy • Ice cream
(Song Fu #5)
A quick video of me singing a song I wrote for
“The Dog” in a local children’s show . . .
A song that doesn’t rhyme.
(2-21-10)
(Song Fu #6)
A song about (or involving) rain.
(2-7-10)
A song that contains a recipe for something.
(3-7-10)
(SpinTunes #1)
A song from the perspective of a superhero (or villain).
(6-20-10)
A song with different meters for the verses/choruses.
(7-11-10)
A sad song about a birth (a normally happy moment).
(7-26-12)
An online friend challenged me to write a song from the point of view of a character from Greek mythology . . .
A “Songwriting Cycle” that I started amongst
a group of some of my online musician friends.
A “song about the moon.”
(8-20-08)
A “song about your hometown.”
(10-10-10)
(SpinTunes #2)
A song about an unknown historical figure.
(11-7-10)
A sequel to a Billboard Top 20 single.
(10-24-10)
The third iteration of the grand songwriting
experiment that is the “Songwriting Cycle”!
An online friend challenged me to write a song about an internal organ below the neck that wasn’t the heart . . .
A happy song about death.
(6-18-11)
A topical song (inspired by a recent headline).
(7-3-11)
A rap song. (About a work romance.)
(7-14-11)
(SpinTunes #3)
A “non-traditional” musical Valentine’s Day card.
(2-12-12)
A song about a “childhood nightmare.”
(1-28-12)
(SpinTunes #4)
A song about “the last day of work.”
(6-30-12)
A song that uses only words that start with “T.”
(2-26-12)
• Staying up all night to finish my homework so I don't have to do it Saturday • A sky with millions of stars • Violins • True Love
• Deep dreaming • Unwarranted gratitude • Caffeine • Free pizza • The smell after it rains • Déjà vu • An unexpected surprise
• Winter nights full of stars when you can see your breath rise • Huge bear hugs • Jumping • Falling asleep in a sunbeam • Music
Edric Haleen
Edric has been writing music (off and on) since the early nineties. He wrote and directed a musical, The Pushcart War, based on Jean Merrill’s wonderful novel. He has written and/or arranged a number of songs for various friends - some commissioned, some as surprises. He loves acting in community theatre, and is inspired by the music of Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. He has also competed in several Internet songwriting competitions, which have been a great deal of fun. (More about Edric...)
A song using only “human” instrumentation.
(3-10-12)
(SpinTunes #5)
A “mini-opera”
(7-27-12)
A song that is “motivational to work out to.”
(7-13-12)
A song inspired by a particular photograph.
(8-11-12)
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And . . . of all things -- a poem!
The second iteration of the grand songwriting
experiment that is the “Songwriting Cycle”!
An online friend challenged me to write a song
about a TV program I had seen recently.
A song about a meme.
(1-27-13)
(SpinTunes #6)
A fight song.
(2-10-13)
A song of protest.
(2-24-13)
Another song of protest.
(3-10-13)
