EPIS. 1.20 "THERE'S MORE THAN ONE OF EVERYTHING" - The Fringemunks (2009) (Parody of "It's the End of the World As We Know It [And I Feel Fine]" by R.E.M.)
Music composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Parody lyrics, all instruments & production by David Wu
Video concept & editing by David Wu
__new album release____________
20/20: The Best of David Wu 1988-2008
a retrospective collection of 20 songs produced, composed, and/or performed by David Wu from ages 10-30.
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SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.20 - There's More Than One of Everything (parody of "It's the End of the World As We Know It [And I Feel Fine]" by R.E.M.)
The Fringemunks recap the Season 1 finale of Fringe (Episode 1.20) "There's More Than One of Everything" with a parody of "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. Picking up from where the previous song left off, this song recounts the final days of David Robert Jones, the revelation of Peter's history, and Olivia's encounter with William Bell.
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.19 - The Road Not Taken (parody of "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.19 "The Road Not Taken" with a parody of "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. Sung from the point of view of Astrid Farnsworth, it is a reflective tribute to pyrokinesis and alternate realities.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.18 - Midnight (parody of "Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap)
The Fringemunks turn it up to 11 as they recap Fringe Episode 1.18 "Midnight" with a parody of "Stonehenge" by Spinal Tap. It is sung from the point of view of Dr. Bishop. Be a part of the sights, sounds, and bloody smells of this super-syphilis phenomenon!
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.17 - Bad Dreams (parody of "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.17 "Bad Dreams" with a parody of "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak. It is sung from Dr. Walter Bishop's point of view, and covers Olivia's series of nightmares, the effects of cortexiphan, and a resurfaced early-80's VHS cassette.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009
Fringe Dwellers podcast, Epis. No. 22 - review of Fringe Epis. 1.16 "Unleashed" (Guest Co-Host: David Wu)
Adele of The Fringe Dwellers podcast teams with guest co-host David Wu to review Fringe Epis. 1.16 "Unleashed," which aired on Tuesday, April 14. The Fringemunks' song recap of the same episode (a parody of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson) is played at the very end.
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.16 - Unleashed (parody of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.16 "Unleashed" with a parody of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. It is sung from Dr. Walter Bishop's point of view regarding his encounter with the hybrid monster in the sewer.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.15 - Inner Child (parody of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" by Simon & Garfunkel)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.15 "Inner Child" with a parody of "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" by Simon & Garfunkel. It is a window into the mind of The Child (the bald kid).
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.14 - Ability (parody of "ABC" by The Jackson 5)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.14 "Ability" with a parody of "ABC" by The Jackson 5. Sung from the point of view of Astrid Farnsworth, it is about the manuscript Zerstorung durch Fortschritte der Technologie (ZFT), which translates to "Destruction by Advancement of Technology."
EPIS. 1.10 "SAFE" - The Fringemunks (2009) (Parody of Theme From "The Greatest American Hero")
Music composed by Mike Post & Stephen Geyer
Parody lyrics, all instruments & production by David Wu
Video by Maddy815
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.13 - The Transformation (parody of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.13 "The Transformation" with a parody of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John. Sung from the point of view of Dr. Bishop, the song is both an ode to the porcu-man on VertusAir Flight 718, and a farewell tribute to the late Agent John Scott.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009
NOW AVAILABLE: Fringe Round Table Podcast No. 2
The Fringe Podcast crew (Darrell, Courtney & Clint), along with Adele of The Fringe Dwellers, FRINGEcasting with Wayne & Dan, and The Fringemunks producer David Wu join forces for a second Fringe Round Table as a 7-week series hiatus draws to a close! New ideas arise that haven't been discussed in any of the podcasts up to now. Topics include: William Bell, ZFT, character development, the German ARG, Peter's History, Observers, multiple dimensions and the Fringe comic books.
We're all members of the Fringe Podcast Network, the one-stop location for these and all other Fringe podcasts!
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009
David Wu guests on The Fringe Podcast to discuss his interviews of Fringe cast at New York Comic Con; Wu also interviewed about Fringemunks
Joshua Jackson is interviewed by David Wu at NY Comic Con. Jenn Phares holds camera at right.
In this 27th episode of The Fringe Podcast, David Wu is interviewed about his experience at New York Comic Con on Feb. 6-8 as a correspondent for TFP. Wu discusses his interviews with Fringe cast members Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Jasika Nicole, Kirk Acevedo, and executive producer Jeff Pinkner (Lost / Fringe). Also discussed is the Fringe panel from NYCC, and they chat a bit about Anna Torv, Blair Brown and John Noble.
The episode ends with the podcast hosts (Darrell, Courtney and Clint) interviewing Wu about his Fringemunks parodies.
0:10:55 INTERVIEW: Lance Reddick (Philip Broyles on Fringe, Matthew Abaddon on Lost)
0:18:41 Meeting Jasika Nicole
0:21:58 Meeting John Noble (Dr. Walter Bishop on Fringe)
0:25:31 INTERVIEW: Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth on Fringe)
0:31:53 INTERVIEW: Jeff Pinkner (exec. producer of Fringe / Lost)
0:36:09 INTERVIEW: Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop on Fringe)
0:40:10 INTERVIEW: Kirk Acevedo (Charlie Francis on Fringe)
0:50:28 PANEL REMARKS: Blair Brown (Nina Sharp on Fringe)
0:52:49 PANEL REMARKS: Jeff Pinkner
0:58:25 Review of Wonder Woman advance preview
1:00:29 INTERVIEW: Renee (Fringe fan)
1:03:02 INTERVIEW: Casey (Fringe fan)
1:10:06 David Wu interviewed about The Fringemunks and his music career
1:16:28 Wrap-Up
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.11 - Bound (parody of "Get On Your Boots" by U2)
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.11 "Bound" with a parody of "Get On Your Boots" by U2. Sung from the point of view of Dr. Walter Bishop, the song is about a kidnapping, a spinal tap, a beautiful "slug," and a bound rogue agent.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009
In New York for Comic-Con to interview Fringe cast
From Feb. 6-8, I'll be in New York at Comic-Con as a correspondent for The Fringe Podcast. I'll be on a team interviewing the cast of Fringe - as well as Fringe executive producer Jeff Pinkner (of Lost fame) - at a press junket and also a discussion panel.
Follow me on Twitter at davidwumusic for frequent updates!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
New "best-of" album coming soon, title announced
A compilation album entitled 20/20: The Best of David Wu 1988-2008 is coming soon. It will feature the best 20 songs that I composed, produced or performed during that period. It's time to close that chapter and embrace the next. I haven't yet determined a release date, but it won't be too far from now.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009
Happy Birthday, Britt!
My friend Brittish celebrates her birthday today. She's a Fringemunks fan, and a fellow R.E.M. fan. In tribute to her, here is a British song that I rush-recorded a couple of days ago: a cover of the Beatles' "Baby's in Black."
Oh, and by the way, I don't usually sing, I only used first takes, and I didn't do much editing. Too late - here it is.
Song Credits:
Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Vocals/instruments/production by David Wu
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2009
The Fringemunks: Epis. 1.10 - Safe (parody of Theme from "The Greatest American Hero")
The Fringemunks recap Fringe Episode 1.10 "Safe" with a parody of Theme from "The Greatest American Hero." Sung from the point of view of Agent Loeb, the song is an ode to the great pastimes of robbing banks, walking through walls, and teleportation.
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009 - TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009
BLOG / A new era begins
Regardless of your background and political leanings, this is a time to celebrate our new president, and to celebrate America. I am pleased and honored to provide some unique coverage of Obama's inauguration. Not only that, I have some friends and a sister who reported from the scene in Washington, D.C.
I have a new Last.fm account - my username is davidwu529. Now you can see an overview of the type of music I enjoy listening to.
Click here to view my Last.fm profile
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009
BLOG / Interview: Australia's Adele discusses her podcasting experience
Adele co-hosts the hit geeky-girl podcast Three Chicks and a Mic, as well as the Fringe Dwellers Podcast about the FOX TV series Fringe. She is the creator and host of The Sarah Dessen Diarist, a podcast/blog about the best-selling young adult author; and she has her own literary blog, Persnickety Snark.
In this, her first media interview, she shares her experiences and vision within the podcasting world.
Here's my parody of R.E.M.'s "Parakeet," in tribute to my friend Rebecca a.k.a. Keet who celebrates her 21st birthday today. She and I are friends through R.E.M. fan networks. This song contains many depictions and inside-jokes that only few will understand. Oh, and I usually never sing.
The Fringe Dwellers (Jen & Adele) along with The Fringe Podcast crew (Darrell, Courtney & Clint), Wayne from Wayne's Take on Fringe and David Wu, producer of The Fringemunks, join forces to discuss the first 10 episodes of Fringe, Season 1.
The Fringemunks' recap for Episode 1.09 "The Dreamscape" (a parody of "Man on the Moon" by R.E.M.) is played at the very end.
Also, we are pleased to announce that the Fringemunks have been inducted into the Fringe Podcast Network, the one-stop location for these and all other Fringe podcasts!
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
DavidWuMusic.com's audience around the globe
Thanks to SiteMeter, I am able to obtain useful information in regards to my visitors around the world. The most recent 100 visitors (as of this writing) are centered primarily in North America and Europe. It's an interesting set of stats that I feel are encouraging.
Like it or not, the Fringemunks have helped spread my small and feeble (but alive and kicking) audience abroad. Things will likely pick up even more, as Fringe will be shown on Tuesday nights following American Idol soon. Here is a tip of the iceberg of the various websites around the world that have been supporting this project and linking to this site:
To these and many other websites, I salute you for your support. Fans/family/friends, Twitter followers, and Last.fm listeners, I thank you for visiting and for all the word-of-mouth and gracious promotion.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2009
2009 begins; podcast appearance to be taped on Sat., Jan. 3
As 2009 begins, so continues a momentum of projects I began in 2008. This is also the first new year where I have this website in place, so I'm thankful for that.
Also, yes it is confirmed that I will be making an appearance on the Fringe Dwellers podcast, which will be a round table format featuring the two other major podcasts dedicated to the hit FOX TV series, Fringe. Taping is this coming Saturday, and this does mark my "podcast debut" of sorts. Once it is released, I'll post a link.
And, on the left, you will see I purchased my very first guitar: a Fender Strat HSS. You'll hear this on my recordings sooner than you think.
God is good. Looking forward to what happens next!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
Fringemunks on the rise
By now, you have probably noticed that the novelty project "The Fringemunks" has taken on a life of its own. The premise: cloned chipmunks Feebo, Notchy and Pie team up with me to recap each new episode of FOX's hit TV series Fringe with a parody song. (The vocals are actually my voice, sped-up, but you probably already figured that out.)
Besides being featured on the Fringe Dwellers podcast and also The Fringe Podcast, the songs have received rave reviews - from J.R. Orci (supervising producer of Fringe), to FringeBloggers.com, to discussion forums around the Fringe community.
Being that the show was awarded a full season of 22 episodes, there will be 22 parody songs between now and next Summer. Here's the link: DavidWuMusic.com/fringemunks
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008
New service - free CD recording of music at weddings
From this point on, I will be providing free high-quality CD recordings of songs I'm a part of, for those who hire me on to perform at their full wedding service. Surely, I will be releasing some of these recordings here on the website as well, so stay tuned! For those who want to hire me on as their wedding pianist, please review my rates (on the right sidebar of this webpage).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008
"Playin' Por Pun" - Live EP of Location 10's set at Ihaw Ihaw Jam coming soon
I will soon be releasing the five-song live set by Location 10 at last week's Ihaw Ihaw Jam (the secondary stage at the Filipino festival Pista Sa Nayon) at Seward Park, Seattle. The EP is called "Playin' Por Pun,"
and is in full dimensional stereo. You'll be able to play and download the songs, and all the files are optimized for iTunes/iPod.
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008
Location 10 and Doodz in full rehearsal mode
Like Ken Stringfellow was the "auxiliary keyboard man" for R.E.M. in the earlier part of this decade, so I am for the band Location 10.
And also for the band, Doodz, apparently.
We met last night for a full-fledged rehearsal full of hard rockin songs, all of which are covers (No Doubt, George Michael, Creed, just to name a few). My thumb actually started bleeding because I was playing my keyboard so hard. The band will be performing as part of the Ihaw Ihaw 5 lineup (who will be on a secondary stage at the annual Filipino festival Pista sa Nayon at Seward Park, Seattle).
Location 10 features one of Seattle's great underground rockers, Kris Capiendo, who mans lead guitar in this band and also plays drums for another band. The band also consists of Chris on bass, Gino on guitar, Roy on drums, and Kathy and Way on vocals. As for me the auxiliary man, most of the stuff I'm doing involves organ licks a la Ray Manzarek of the Doors.
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008
"More Than Just Friends" by Rose Marie released today, 4 years after I began composing it
Believe it or not, it started out as a breakup song.
I started writing "More Than Just Friends" in 2004 (then with breakup lyrics under the title "I've Come Around"), and the entire instrumental was completed by February 2005 - but it hasn't seen the light of day until now. This song has experienced many pitfalls that forced the project to be shelved for years. Many songs have come and gone since. These last few months, I felt compelled to finally complete it.
The basic history of the song goes like this: "I've Come Around" combined my friend's breakup lyrics with my own lyrics and music that I composed. WaterMusic recording artist Bridget Hermano actually laid down the vocal tracks for this version in my studio. However, the co-lyricist withdrew herself and her lyrics from the project, leaving me with my music for the song, and with no lyrics. The Bridget vocal, already in the middle of the mixing phase, had to be scrapped as well.
After creating an entirely new set of lyrics under the new title/theme of "More Than Just Friends," I had a hard time finding a vocalist who wanted to tackle the project. Eventually, FHM Online model Rose Marie agreed to lend her talents to the production. After recording her vocals last New Year's Eve, a hard drive failure wiped out the entire project, forcing me to call her in to record it again.
Now, finally, I'm pleased to release the final result. This song is a piece of my musical history, now being heard by you for the first time!
The song is also the "MP3 of the Month," and you can download it for free (it's on the right sidebar of this home page).
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008
Welcome to DavidWuMusic.com!
A few months ago, I registered this domain name, but didn't really have the time or dedication to set this site up until recently.
I've had a few official personal websites up in the past, but none of them will likely compare to what's in store for this one. At last, I have the framework for the promotion of my music and the music of those around me, and also a forum for me to discuss music with all of you.
Be sure to save bookmark this to your favorites. Or perhaps share this site with your Facebook or MySpace buddies. You can do all that - and more - by clicking the "SHARE" button at the top of the page.
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A few months ago, I registered this domain name, but didn't really have the time or dedication to set this site up until recently.
