Direct Current’s You Drive Me Wild is a fun little retro sounding pop styled track about Octavia falling in love with Vinyl Scratch. I love the playful synths throughout the song and the lyrics are very fitting for the style of the track. The solo section that leads into the final set of lyrics has a wonderful build and sets up the ending of the song perfectly!
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The L-Train – Theme from “Ponyville Noire” | Jazz
We don’t get enough of these! A smooth and cozy Jazz piece unfolds, courtesy of The L-Train who composed this theme for the fanfiction Ponyville Noire. After meeting with an old partner in a dim-lit backstreet on a moonless night, you go on to talk about the old times when you were working for the family… and you hear this song being played on the sax by a pony sitting on a window pane. This is the kind of scene and musical bliss that this theme is giving to us!
Crusader! – Time To Be Awesome (Covering Daniel Ingram) | Pop Punk
Crusader covers his favorite song from the movie in his signature style, uplifting guitar and vocals ahoy! Singing like a pirate from the crew at heart, the musician cheers for Captain Celaeno and the other sky pirates in his own way, and not without performing a super cool guitar solo near the end! I’m sure Rainbow Dash would approve. By the way, her birthaversary is coming up, on February 1st this year!
Vylet Pony – Heckers (feat. GalaxySquid & Namii) | Synthpop / Indie Pop
Another lovely collab from Vylet, Heckers is especially cute, being Vylet’s own heartfelt song about the bonds he’s made over the years in this community. Featuring GalaxySquid and Namii, it brings fluffy vocals over a slick yet mellow Synthpop instrumental, with always that Indie flare that Vylet’s vocal tracks are now known for! Treasure your friendships, everypony! And max out your Social Links if you can! (now I wonder who will get that reference…)
Horse Music Hotspot – January 2018
New year, new selections for the hotspot, and this month rocked! A great deal of fantastic rock and acoustic tunes feature this month and even an acapella piece too.
To listen in live, tune in to Ponyville FM at 4PM Eastern on the last Sunday of each month!
Tracklist and embeds available after the break
Totalspark – Quod Paenitentia | Classical
It always feels so great when you’re obsessed with ponies enough to attribute them to the other things in your life and your everyday! Everything is better with ponies indeed, and today Totalspark presents us a new work born from his training as a Classical vocalist, interpreted with Luna’s character! Latin vocals from the musician are chanting the song like a prayer, completing a beautiful Classical instrumental…
Soli Luna gloria.
Matías Peñaloza – One Small Thing (Covering Daniel Ingram) | Piano
After covering Time To Be Awesome, now Matías covers the positive and cheerful song One Small Thing from the movie! This piano arrangement is full of jazzy vibes, and does an amazing job at keeping the uplifting vibes from the original and taking us by the hand hoof fin for a wonderful musical adventure in the sea!
Damien Nagy – Ma Vie Est Vôtre (My Life Is Yours) | Soundtrack
Another song part of the original soundtrack of the MP3 saga Erebys, Ma Vie Est Vôtre is a particularly emotional Insert Song, featuring Damien’s incredible and heartfelt vocals. It is bringing the character’s feelings to life, and it’s such an important part of a story!
Rockin’Brony – Laughter (Covering AcoustiMandoBrony) | Pop Rock
Rockin’Brony keeps his incredible cover saga going with this super-charged version of AcoustiMandoBrony‘s Laughter. Those that remember listening to the original way back when will definitely be jamming along to the familiar beat, and those that may not be familiar will get the fun of rocking out to this song for the first, and certainly not last, time! Rockin’Brony uses his guitar expertise to bring tons of energy to this track and blends it all expertly with an awesome synth, powerful drums, and his very fitting, well-performed vocals!
Lucas Gimeno – My Fandom | Piano Solo
An amazing piano piece full of feelings, My Fandom is Lucas Gimeno’s love letter to our wonderful community. The heartfelt inspiration really shows here, with an incredible composition reflecting tender feelings and making for a very weet and emotional experience. Love you all everypony ❤
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