{"id":158,"date":"2011-09-27T01:38:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T06:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/?p=158"},"modified":"2012-08-25T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T20:05:34","slug":"week-5-matt-and-donna-canard-dige%cc%81rateur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/2011\/09\/week-5-matt-and-donna-canard-dige%cc%81rateur\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5: Matt and Donna &#8211; &#8220;Canard Dige\u0301rateur&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-recording-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-159\" title=\"matt-and-donna-recording-edited\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-recording-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-recording-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-recording-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-recording-edited-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week I recorded a song with Matt and Donna Schubbe. It&#8217;s about the French inventor <a title=\"Jacques de Vaucanson\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_de_Vaucanson\">Jacques de Vaucanson<\/a>, who invented a bunch of great things but is best known for his &#8220;digesting duck.&#8221; Don&#8217;t ask me why Matt decided to write about a guy who made a pooping robot duck. But regardless, it&#8217;s a pretty great song.<\/p>\n<p><!-- degradable html5 audio and video plugin --><div class=\"audio_wrap html5audio\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\" title=\"Click to open\" id=\"f-html5audio-0\">Audio MP3<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"f-html5audio-0\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\"});<\/script><\/div><audio controls autobuffer id=\"html5audio-0\" class=\"html5audio\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\" title=\"Click to open\" id=\"f-html5audio-0\">Audio MP3<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">AudioPlayer.embed(\"f-html5audio-0\", {soundFile: \"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\"});<\/script><\/audio><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (jQuery.browser.mozilla) {tempaud=document.getElementsByTagName(\"audio\")[0]; jQuery(tempaud).remove(); jQuery(\"div.audio_wrap div\").show()} else jQuery(\"div.audio_wrap div *\").remove();<\/script><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/charliemccarron.com\/musicftp\/matt-and-donna-canard-digerateur.mp3\">Canard Dige\u0301rateur<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nby Matt and Donna Schubbe<\/p>\n<p><em>My interests were seen as a fad for the wealthy<\/em><br \/>\n<em> A donation or two couldn&#8217;t hurt<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But when I finished the job they all called me profane<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My patrons dismantled my work<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So I figured a way not to ruffle their feathers<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Or set them out on a crusade<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But a bird in the hand is worth more than I bargained<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I&#8217;ve given myself that in spades<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But it won&#8217;t stop now because the<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gears keep turning, that is all they want from me<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I work so hard but they still hold on to fantasy<\/em><br \/>\n<em> That artificial beast that got in my way<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mechanical fraud that will follow me to the grave<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But I refuse to sit still<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And I cry foul at your shadow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Quickly people took note of this marvelous invention<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And no they could not understand<\/em><br \/>\n<em> That when the creature would eat and deposit the remnants<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It was trickery and slight of hand<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And everyone talked of my next innovation<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Intently while holding their breath<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But when it arrived they proclaimed it inferior<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And I was wrapped in their detest<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And so I let the<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gears keep turning, that is all they want from me<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I work so hard but all they want is fantasy<\/em><br \/>\n<em> That artificial beast that got in my way<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Mechanical fraud that will follow me to the grave<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But I refuse to sit still<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And I cry foul at your shadow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The closer that I get<\/em><br \/>\n<em> To perfecting my invention<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The further I push flesh and blood away<\/em><br \/>\n<em> As I get closer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I isolate myself<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But it wasn&#8217;t my intention<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I only want to help<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So the<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gears keep turning, that is all that&#8217;s left for me<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I work so hard towards achieving my own destiny<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The work of my hands is valuable still<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I&#8217;ll fund it myself if I have to then I will<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Cause I refuse to sit still<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I&#8217;ve gotta press on because the<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gears keep turning, there is never rest for me<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I can&#8217;t stop now I&#8217;m closer than I&#8217;ll ever be<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Society&#8217;s ills are problems to resolve<\/em><br \/>\n<em> A puzzle so complex that I&#8217;ll die before it&#8217;s solved<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But I will never sit still<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I&#8217;ll never sit still because the<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gears keep turning&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Duck_of_Vaucanson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160\" title=\"Duck_of_Vaucanson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliemccarron.com\/songaweek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Duck_of_Vaucanson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt and I were in a band together in high school, and it&#8217;s been fun seeing him get back into songwriting over the past year. Not that we didn&#8217;t have some good songs back in the day, but man, his latest songs and vocals have blown those old ones out of the water. This summer, Matt and Donna entered the third SpinTunes songwriting competition, and they went on to win the whole thing! Here&#8217;s their winning song:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3886700943\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I would write more about the process, but I&#8217;ve been a little sleep-deprived lately. So I think I&#8217;ll leave you with this awesome behind the scenes video my roommate Jeff Schwinghammer made. It has probably the best animation of a Vaucanson Duck you&#8217;ll ever see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmnR2s81NUI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I recorded a song with Matt and Donna Schubbe. 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