This is a very belated blog post. August and September were a bit of a write-off, with me taking some time to heal from whiplash after a car accident. But thanks to the CTP system all my treatment was covered by the other (at-fault) driver's insurance, and I'm very grateful that the injury is not going to affect me forever. About three weeks ago I did manage to upload the video for Double Decade Vegan to both YouTube and Facebook, and now I’m finally putting up this post with all the credits.
I’m the sole writer on this one.
The track was produced by the talented Tim Carr from One Flight Up studios. He did such a fantastic job of capturing the sounds of June 1998, which was the month I went vegan. And he was also kind enough to step into the booth to add some BVs on the “Yeah Yeah Yeah” lines!
Like almost all my singles, it was mastered by Kathy Naunton, dB Mastering Sydney.
The single cover art and the music video were done by Unforgettable Little Films. I am so happy with how both of these turned out!
I do have some exciting news - the track debuted at #2 on the Triple J Unearthed Hip Hop charts, #11 in all genres, and even stayed in the charts for three weeks! It's still available on my MC Pony artist page - as well as CD Baby, iTunes, and pretty much all the other music outlets you can choose from.
June 2018 marks 20 years since I went vegan, and I couldn't let that kind of milestone go by without a song!! “Double Decade Vegan” is a fun celebration, with a distinctive throwback to the sounds of June 1998.
Catch MC Pony at four different vegan festivals around the country over the next several weeks as our local "Springtime vegan festival season" kicks off!
Alive Festival, Gosford, NSW, Saturday 30th September - on the main stage 11.15am til noon
Living Green Festival, Canberra, ACT, Sunday 1st October - on stage noon til 12.30pm
Cruelty Free Festival, Sydney, NSW, Sunday 22nd October - on the main stage 12:20pm til 12:50pm
Adelaide Vegan Festival, Adelaide SA, Saturday 28th October AND Sunday 29th October - 5 performances across the two days on both the main stage (4:30pm Sat, 11am Sun) and the kids zone (11:30am & 5pm Sat, noon Sun)
I am so excited to announce that there is another MC Pony release on the way.
"Born to Die" is an evocative 'first-person' account of a broiler chicken's sad existence. Co-written with fellow Sydney-sider Robert Pearce, and featuring Tayberry as guest vocal artist, we hope this track will help spread a greater awareness to the reality of 'broiler farming'.
The single will be released officially late next week but you can already give it a spin on YouTube or Facebook.
I wrote a love song over half a decade ago called “The Icing on my Cake”. It’s a sweet little ditty (pardon the pun!!) that doesn’t fit for MC Pony and also isn’t ‘commercial’ enough to use for pitching to other artists. But I still wanted to share it somehow, and with today being Valentine’s Day it seemed appropriate timing to release this particular track into the world.
Enormous thanks to Kristin Lajeunesse of Will Travel for Vegan Food for supplying so many shots of various delicious vegan desserts she has encountered in her travels + editing this all together! Thanks also to an anonymous friend for lending me her amazing vocals. :)
Are you vegan? This is a song for you to celebrate the anniversary of the date you went vegan! If you don't know the date, how about picking 1st November, World Vegan Day, and playing it for yourself then? This also gives you another great excuse to eat some vegan cake!
If you're not vegan, you probably still know someone who is, so why not send them the link (http://bit.ly/HappyVeganniversary) to bring a smile to their face!
Happy New Year! Let's start with a little bit of fun... here is the first ever MC Pony music video – the live performance of “Pony in da House” at Sydney's 2013 Cruelty Free Festival. After several years of having to say “sorry, there's nothing up online yet” when people ask about MC Pony's music, I can finally change my reply to “check this out!” :)
Catch MC Pony at four different vegan festivals around the country over the next several weeks as our local "Springtime vegan festival season" kicks off!
