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Mooseboy Alfonzo and His Prairie Troubadours - The Instant Classic Opus Series
My Instant Classic Opuses have been my hobby for the last several years, wherein I take popular songs and make Lounge remakes of them. Think of it like this, eventually everything becomes elevator music. Why wait for the Muzak company to butcher these tunes when I can do it for you now? Click the images to see the "album art", click the titles to download the songs or the players to just listen
NEW - October 2011 At last, a Country tune (well, "Country Pop"). Love the way the horn section turned out on this one. Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" hopefully will clear the way for more Country and Western opuses.
	2004 "Get the Party Started" was my first opus. It was really more of a proof-of-concept than anything. One morning, I woke up and had a "great idea". Thirteen hours later, the Instant Classic Opus Series is born...
2004 It seemed like an idea with potential, so I went looking for another song that could further prove the concept. I don't know about you, but I can't think of any artist who's better suited to a Lounge act than Mr. Ted Nugent. "Cat Scratch Fever" took longer, but I could still do a complete project in the span of a weekend.
	2004 Now it's so much fun, I'm starting to expand my options. The use of sampling allows me to add new depth and meaning to my opuses. And inside jokes....yeah, inside jokes... :-) For "Rebel Yello", I asked the musical question "What would happen if one of Metal's greatest poseurs met one of Electronica's greatest acts?"
2005 Can it get any better? (ooh, that's subjective!) I'm starting to get in the groove now, I want to see if I can extend the concept to as many possible genres as I can. Some hard rockin' was in order, and the natural choice was Guns'n'Roses and "Welcome to the Jungle". Yes, I made that jungle montage myself...and, yes, there's a cow in it if you listen closely.
	2005 Where does one go from here? Disco! This one was probably the easiest song to record. It came to me driving in the car. I got home, the fever upon me, and came out so suddenly, so rapidly, it was done before I knew it. Both of my friends consider it one of the best tunes in the series. I work with technology for a living, and baby, "That's the Way (I Like IT)".
2005 Rap was a genre I had the hardest time with, but I was determined to get it right. Too many lyrics, no real melody or progressions to speak of. I finally ended up having to break one of my "rules" and adapting the lyrics. Still, you'll see, it contains the essence of the song. A nice side effect of recording this is I can now rap Flavor Flav's part to this song anytime I like... Who says you can't have Lounge Rap? "Fight the Power"!
	2005 Whenever people learn about my hobby, they always seem to find this song particularly interesting. I suppose it's the whole "middle-aged white guy sings Destiny's Child" thing, but one of the points behind all this is the sheer incredulousnessosity of these opuses. I'm the last guy you'd expect to sing "Bootylicious", but once you've heard it, you'll say "he's the last guy I'd expect to sing "Bootylicious."
2007 Of course, those who thought "Bootylicious" was "out there" must thought I'd lost my flippin' mind when I released my next opus. Pussycat Dolls and a cha-cha beat. A winning combination that brings the heat, plus bonus points for being able to name the song "Don't Cha-Cha-Cha".
	2007 Now I'm up to my tenth tune (oh yeah, there's a tune I did between "That's the Way" and "Fight the Power" where I apparently lost my mind and ability to sing in tune - it's on hiatus until I can rework it) and my daughter was in marching band. A kick-ass marching band, I might add. That made me want to explore horn sections and of course, Johnny Cochran. Huh? I dunno, it makes no sense to me... I'm just "Flirtin' with Disaster" every day.
2008 My first rock concert was a Rock Super Bowl with Heart as the headliner act. Bebe La Strange tour. Nancy Wilson wearing that little sailor outfit... You'll notice in the album art that Nancy has the bigger rack...of antlers.... Come with me and let me go "So Very Crazy On You".
	2009 After rebuilding my music workstation (more power, more cowbell), I found myself getting a little sentimental. I looked back at lo these many years of moosenicity and loungeocity and went back to my roots for this little autobiographical ditty, number 12 in release, but number 1 in my heart... Play That Funky Music, Mooseboy
2009 Covering Ozzy's >"Crazy Train" was a little troubling for me. I've tried not to rework material other artists have, in this case Pat Boone's incredible version. In the end, I decided that it's really my own and all of us can co-exist harmoniously. Well, maybe harmoniously isn't exactly the right word...
	2009 While working on "Crazy Train", I had a moment of inspiration and a true Instant Classic Opus was born. This was conceived, recorded, produced, and distributed over the course of a weekend. If you wanna say it sounds like it, well, now, that's just mean. You just made me cry. I hope you're pleased with yourself, Little Mr./Ms. Music Critic... "I Wanna Be Sedated"
2010 One of the greatest albums of all time is The Fixx's "Reach the Beach". So driving around New Hampshire one week, I realize they have a perfect Instant Classic I should record. From there, well, "One Thing Leads to Another".
	2010 The Instant Classic Opus series turned Sweet 16 with The Rolling Stones and "Miss You". This tune reunited the team that brought you "Bootylicious". That team being....well....me, right? The guys' talk at the end is from the 12" extended "disco" dance mix the Stones recorded.
To be honest, this tune was inspired first by the album art. I'd had the idea to do it for ages, and finally decided on the song to do with it. Another Instant Classic, it took less than 3 hours to get the essence of the song figured out and recorded. Then came the hours of sample layering, tweaks, processing, and listening listening listening... Still, a timely song, my friends. We are indeed "Spirits in the Material World".

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I completed my MBA in 2003. You can see samples from those days at http://webmba.the-mooseboy.com.
I am a proud alumnus of
University of Central Florida	Georgia College & State University

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Jason Carter is

Mooseboy Alfonzo and His Prairie Troubadours

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Mooseboy Alfonzo and His Prairie Troubadours - The Instant Classic Opus Series

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