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Jason Carter

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Mooseboy Alfonzo and His Prairie Troubadours

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Mooseboy Alfonzo

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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

NEW - November 2009

It's a double dose of Mooseboy Madness! I finished off the appropriately numbered 13 Instant Classic Opus "Crazy Train" and was immediately seized with the idea for number 14. So instead of just Ozzy, you also get The Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated"! Such a bargin, I'm telling myself!
Crazy Train      I Wanna Be Sedated
Get the Party Started
"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...
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.
Cat Scratch Fever
Rebel Yello
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?"
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.
Welcome to the Jungle
That's the Way (I Like IT)
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)".
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"!
Fight the Power
Bootylicious
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."
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 can't be beat, plus bonus points for being able to name the song "Don't Cha-Cha-Cha".
Don't-Cha-Cha-Cha
Flirtin' with Disaster
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 is 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.
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".
So Very Crazy On You
Play That Funky Music, Mooseboy 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...


School Days

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