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This Week's Assignment

ROBOTS
DEADLINE - TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 11:59 PM
Challenge: Write a song about robots. Use your cellphone as an instrument.

Previous Assignments

MAY 26 - LOVE
Challenge: Write the sappiest love song you can come up with.

> Sasha Tuel - "Lovetons"
> Fera - "My Savior, My Love"
> Corbet Wong - "Photon Love"
> Mary Hansell & Arthur Alex Haydon - "Nature"
> Ben Davila - "I Love You"
> Casey Saran - "Burrito Love"
> Erica Canada - "Amazing"
> Calvin Liu - "I Heart You"

MAY 18 - UNEMPLOYMENT
Challenge: Write a song about unemployment. Make it a duet.

> Ben Davila & Corbet Wong - "Unemployment"
> Joel Courtenay - "Unemployment"
> Corbet Wong & Meagan Hughes - "Time"
> Casey Saran & Elysha Rom-Povolo - "$787,000,000,000"
> Calvin Liu & Jeannie Malanowski - "I Need a Job"

MAY 11 - FOOD CHAIN
Challenge: Write a song about the food chain. Use only two chords.

> Casey Saran - "Food Chain"
> Joel Courtenay - "Food Chain"
> Corbet Wong - "Food Chain"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Food Chain"
> Elysha Rom-Povolo (Photons) - "Food Chain"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "Don't Eat Me"

MAY 4 - EVIL
Challenge: Write the most evil song you can think of.

> Corbet Wong - "Nothing"
> Joel Courtenay - "Evil"
> Mary Hansell and Elysha Rom-Povolo (Photons) - "No More"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Evil"
> Casey Saran and Todd Saran (Photons) - "Evil"

APRIL 27 - JET PACKS
Challenge: Write a song about jetpacks. The song must involve whistling.

> Marcelo Betti - "The Rocketeer Flies Again"
> Corbet Wong - "Jet Packs"
> Joel Courtenay - "Jet Packs"
> James Parrish (Photons) - "James and the Giant Jet Pack"
> Erica Canada (Photons) - "Jet Packs"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Jet Back Pack"
> Elysha Rom-Povolo (Photons) - "Vintage Jet Pack"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Jet Packs"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "My Boyfriend Has a Jet Pack"

APRIL 20 - FRUIT
Challenge: Write a song about fruit. Use an instrument you've never played before.

> Corbet Wong - "One Stop Fruit Shop"
> Joel Courtenay - "Fruit"
> Erica Canada (Photons) - "Don't Laugh At Me"
> Mary Hansell (Photons) - "Fruit"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Fruit"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Eat Da Fruit"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "Fruit"

APRIL 13 - NEIGHBORHOOD
Challenge: Write a song about the neighborhood (or city) you live in the key of F#.

> Joel Courtenay - "Neighborhood"
> Corbet Wong - "Sunset"
> Truth & the Music - "Sittin'"
> Elysha Rom-Povolo (Photons) - "i ride the bart"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Sunset"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Party in the Castro"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "San Francisco"

APRIL 6 - WITNESS PROTECTION
Challenge: Write a song about the witness protection program in a triple meter (e.g. 3/4, 9/8).

> Camille Davila - "Witness Protection"
> Corbet Wong - "W.P.P."
> Elysha Rom-Povolo (Photons) - "Don't Worry My Darling"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Useless To Me"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Witness Protection"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "I Gotta Find Where You're Hiding Out, Bro"

MARCH 30 - EUCALYPTUS
Challenge: Write a song about eucalyptus trees. There must be a one-note droning pattern that runs throughout the entire song.

> Camille Davila - "Eucalyptus"
> Corbet Wong - "Eucalyptus"
> Marco Arzate - "There Is A Tree"
> Zach Wrobel - "Eucalyptus"
> Ryan Kochevar - "Oh Eucalyptus"
> Mary Hansell, Elysha Rom-Povolo, Sarah Sullivant (Photons) - "Eucalyptus"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Eucalyptus"
> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Eucalyptus"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "Don't You Wish You Had A Eucalyptus Tree"

MARCH 22 - MATH
Challenge: Write a song about math in E-flat.

> Ben Davila (Photons) - "Math"
> Calvin Liu (Photons) - "Long Division"
> Casey Saran (Photons) - "Improper Fraction Satisfaction"

MARCH 15 - The Original Challenge
Challenge: Write a song about the girl in the blue peacoat (you had to be there).

> Ben Davila
> Casey Saran

Write. Record.
Once a week.

We invite YOU to join members of Photons as we challenge each other to write one song per week. There's no judge, no winner and no big prize; this is just an exercise to keep our songwriting and recording skills sharp. But if you must have something tangible in return for your efforts, we offer this kickass certificate that you can print from home and stick on your refrigerator:

Here are the rules:

- Stick to the theme of the week.
- Songs can be 30 seconds to 4 minutes long. Let's try to keep those files under 4 MB.
- Name your file like this: theme_myname.mp3 (e.g., math_joeblow.mp3)
- E-mail your songs to thesongclub@gmail.com
- New themes are posted Mondays. Songs are due the following Tuesday by midnight.