Enjoy:

If you liked the video, you can see more about how they made it HERE.

[Via: Josh Spear]

Ze Frank received an email from a woman named Laura who had recently moved to a new city for a new job. Laura was overwhelmed with anxiety, and asked Ze to write her a song to help her calm down.

After a bit of back and forth (which Ze published on his site, and I recommend you read) the song Chillout was born, and it’s now available for download for anyone that needs a song to relax to.

[Ze Frank - Chillout]

OK Go’s This Too Shall Pass was one of the most amazing Rube Goldberg machines ever created, and if you found yourself wondering how they managed to pull it all together, then check out the interactive floor map they have created which includes photos, videos, a detailed map of the warehouse and interesting facts about the build.

[This Too Shall Pass - Floor Plan]

Each year, DJ Earworm takes the top 25 most popular songs from the past year (according to Billboard Magazine) and creates a mashup out of them called the United States of Pop.

According to DJ Earworm:

This year in the charts, so many of the pop songs this year seem to tell the same story: Yeah, we’ve been through a lot, but right now we’re gonna celebrate with music and dance, and it’s gonna be ok. With that spirit in mind, I invite you to…BLAME IT ON THE POP

Songs include:

• The Black Eyed Peas – BOOM BOOM POW
• Lady Gaga – POKER FACE
• Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis – JUST DANCE
• The Black Eyed Peas – I GOTTA FEELING
• Taylor Swift – LOVE STORY
• Flo Rida – RIGHT ROUND
• Jason Mraz – I’M YOURS
• Beyonce – SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
• Kanye West – HEARTLESS
• The All-American Rejects – GIVES YOU HELL
• Taylor Swift – YOU BELONG WITH ME
• T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake – DEAD AND GONE
• The Fray – YOU FOUND ME
• Kings Of Leon – USE SOMEBODY
• Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo – KNOCK YOU DOWN
• Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain – BLAME IT
• Pitbull – I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
• T.I. Featuring Rihanna – LIVE YOUR LIFE
• Soulja Boy Tell ‘em Featuring Sammie – KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
• Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne – DOWN
• Miley Cyrus – THE CLIMB
• Drake – BEST I EVER HAD
• Kelly Clarkson – MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
• Beyonce – HALO
• Katy Perry – HOT N COLD

If you’d like a preview, check out the music video mashup below, or head on over to DJ Earworm’s site and download the full song so you can rock out until 2010 comes to a close.

[DJ Earworm - United States of Pop - Blame It On The Pop]

Let’s just say there’s a lot of lens polishing involved:

See for yourself:

It’s a little hard to describe, so watch and be inspired:

[Via: NOTCOT]

The radio is dead, and Jelli is here to replace it.

Ok, so maybe that’s a bit extreme, but the concept behind Jelli is a fascinating one, and does have the potential to change radio as we know it.

Essentially, Jelly is a single radio station that’s 100% listener controlled. Users can nominate songs, vote for songs they like, and bomb the ones they don’t, and the song with the most votes at the end of the currently playing track gets the next spot in line. The more you listen, the more power you gain, though even first timers have the ability to push a song over the edge.

The result is a mix of music that will surprise and delight, with an ever changing flow of community taste and creative control.

Just don’t expect to hear the Billboard Top 40 playing on repeat any time soon.

[Jelli]

Probably a little something like this:

[Via: NOTCOT]

If you couldn’t make it to South by Southwest (aka #SXSW for the Twitter-ites) but you still want to keep up with all the latest and greatest in the semi-undiscovered music scene, then check out the fully legal, DRM-free, RIA-safe collection of music that’s been released by the festival’s promoters through the torrent world.

The torrent, which is the fifth such collection to be put out on the ‘net, contains more than 6 GB of music, or 1267 MP3s spanning multiple genres and levels of famous-ity.

Granted, not everything is going to match your specific tastes, but there are plenty of songs to try out, so open your mind and be prepared to discover, because you never know what’s going to be the next big thing.

(Just one warning: There are so many songs here that it will probably crush your current collection of music, and if you try to use the random function on your MP3 player ever again, you’ll still end up listening to 10 SXSW songs between every normal song, so be prepared. Not that that’s a bad thing, just don’t expect your best of Michael Jackson collection to string together like it used to ever again.)

[SXSW Collection]

[Via: Torrent Freak]

Kutiman is an artist that takes YouTube videos and turns them into musical magic.

He starts by sampling the various clips that users have uploaded onto YouTube, such as a guitar lesson or a drum demo, and then combines them, along with the videos, into something else entirely. It’s a bit hard to explain, so I suggest that you just watch and see:

If you liked that, he’s created six more tracks that follow a similar structure, and all are available through YouTube on his site. (Which features a fantastic, destroyed-YouTube design, and is worth a look all on its own.)

[Kutiman – THRU You]

World of Goo has been an indie gaming sensation, and now Kyle Gabler has made the soundtrack that he created for the game available as a free download.

The majority of the instruments you’ll hear are computer instruments, with a few live performances on top to add a bit of warmth. For the older music, I used one of those Sound Blaster cards that let you load samples into memory. More recently, I’ve been using the freeware sfz soundfont sampler. I have an m-audio keystation 49e midi keyboard for picking out melodies. Influences include Danny Elfman, Vangelis, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, and all the big movie guys. I grew up listening to them, and they remain a big influence in everything I write.

Many of the songs were written specifically for the game, but a few were also salvaged from previous projects that he had worked on, but if you’re looking for some interesting music to get you through the day, then give the World of Goo Soundtrack a try.

[World of Goo Soundtrack]

DJ Earworm has once again put together a year-end mashup of the Top 25 hits of 2008 according to Billboard Magazine, and it’s called United States of Pop 2008 (Though the current edit also carries the title of Viva La Pop.)

According to DJ Earworm:

This year in the charts, we’ve gone all soft. The songs are sexy and defiant, less macho than in previous years. Accordingly, I’ve selected Coldplay as the instrumental track, giving the whole year a sort of symphonic feel.

Artists and tracks include:

• Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain – Low
• Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
• Alicia Keys – No One
• Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major – Lollipop
• Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic – Apologize
• Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown – No Air
• Sara Bareilles – Love Song
• Usher Featuring Young Jeezy – Love in This Club
• Chris Brown – With You
• Chris Brown – Forever
• Ray J & Yung Berg – Sexy Can I
• Rihanna – Take a Bow
• Coldplay – Viva La Vida
• Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
• T.I. – Whatever You Like
• Rihanna – Disturbia
• Rihanna – Don’t Stop the Music
• Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of Sunshine
• Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain – Kiss Kiss
• Ne-Yo – Closer
• Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
• Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
• Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
• Pink – So What
• Finger Eleven – Paralyzer

If you like the mix, you can also download it HERE.

[DJ Earworm - United States Of Pop 2008]

Celebrate the holidays with Doctor Octoroc’s 8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games.

Featuring 18 tracks, with titles like Ryu, The Red Nosed Ninja, Super Jingle Bros., O Come, All Ye Vampires, and Have Yourself A Final Little Fantasy, it’s the perfect entertainment for the gamer geek in all of us.

Plus, there are two ways to get the album: Download it for free from his site, or make a small PayPal donation and help him with future recordings, as well as receive a physical copy of the CD by mail sometime in mid January.

[8-Bit Jesus]

[Via: Wired]

Phil Clandillon and Steve Milbourne have created what they call “the world’s first music video in Excel format” for AC/DC’s Rock N Roll Train.

By creating the entire video in Excel, the two are able to bypass and subvert even the most restrictive of corporate firewalls, allowing you to rock out any time you want.

If you’d like to download the original (Windows only) Excel file, it’s available at the AC/DC Rocks site, or you can view it in YouTube format here:

[AC/DC Rocks - Excel]

McDonald’s has partnered with MySpace to bring you the Big Mac Chant-Off, a competition that lets you mash-up the music from their audio kit, or lay down a track of your own, with the winning remix appearing in the next McDonald’s commercial.

The only rule: You still need to use the original lyrics.

Say it with me now: Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.

[MySpace - McDonald's Big Mac Chant-Off]