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Make That Song Now

66 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

A podcast where two friends ask their friends to write and record songs in just one hour, then these songs will be graded and one of them will win. But really we're all winners here. It's just for fun!

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Episodes

Episode 60: Welcome To The Stink Zone™

May 16, 2023 20:11 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MB

Welcome to The Stink Zone™! Join Mark and Drew while they talk about banana hands, Jerry Springer's timely death, and a couple stinky little tunes they made especially for you!

Episode 59: Mark and Drew's Sports Area

May 02, 2023 16:21 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

Join Mark and Drew and special guest commentator Jeremy Lessnau as they officially enter the Sports Area. Copy and paste this url to check out Jeremy's awesome comedy, music and art!: https://jeremylessnau.com/

Episode 58: Shareholder's Meeting

April 20, 2023 15:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MB

Welcome to our quasi-annual shareholder's/board of directors/investor's meeting/poultry auction. All ideas are welcome, and some might even be good. Don't forget to wear the ceremonial wet shoes and remember to grab your non-returnable gift bag on your way out the dang door.

RE-UPLOAD: Elbowman Saves Christmas

December 24, 2022 17:57 - 40 minutes - 92.3 MB

Two years ago we made a Christmas musical! Here it is again, exactly the same as before.

Episode 57: Just Jinglin'

December 13, 2022 19:54 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

Mark and Drew make holiday ad jingles for several businesses! Will they finally be big time business boys? Or will these jingles just jangle jealously to jam jail?

Episode 56: Christmas Treeview? Preview? Re-Preview?

November 29, 2022 16:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Last year we gave you a sneak peak at a song off of each Mark and Drew's work-in-progress Xmas albums, and guess what? Well, we maybe kinda forgot to actually keep working, and now we may very possibly be scrambling to get them done in time for this year's holiday shenanigans. Luckily, this here episode contains another sneak peak at new songs from those very albums of which I have been typing about!

Episode 55: Geese Dance French Revolution with Snailmate

November 15, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

We're joined on this episode by the members of Snailmate, Kalen and Bentley! They're very cool people and you should go check out their website at https://snailmate.com/ and watch their recent video for the song Trash, Baby!

Episode 54: Halloween Again with Josh Jobrack

October 31, 2022 22:08 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MB

It's Halloween 2022 and we did another episode about it! If you like spoooooky songs about candy then you will probably not find them here because they're not particularly spooky but they are about candy.

Episode 53: Sonsquisite Corpse Rotunda Volume 1

October 18, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MB

Gavin Murray joins us to collaborate on some songs and talk and stuff! It's a fun time!

Episode 52: Mark and Drew go to Oktoberfest

October 05, 2022 04:18 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MB

We're back from our brief hiatus with a field trip episode! Oktoberfest just ended and Mark and Drew were there pretending to catch the very end of it!

Announcement

August 14, 2022 20:35 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MB

We're taking a brief hiatus but we will be back with regular episodes on October 2nd!

Episode 51: Mark and Drew Crash a BBQ

July 31, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MB

The hosts head to a backyard barbecue where they try to figure out if they actually know anyone or not. Don't worry though, they brought dishes! Who do you think they are, some kind of non-dish-bringing jerks?

Episode 50: No Cut Hair with Braidy Williams

July 17, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MB

Braidy Williams joins Mark and Drew on this episode to talk about haircuts, dolphins, Paul McCartney, melons of the coco variety, and lots of other stuff too. Check out Braidy's music on Spotify!

Episode 49: Camping

June 26, 2022 18:26 - 1 hour - 84 MB

Are Mark and Drew happy campers? Find out on this special summer episode of Make That Song Now, all about camping and summer camp! This one is definitely not sponsored by anyone, as much as the hosts may wish it was. Watch out for bears!

Episode 48: National Email Week

June 12, 2022 19:29 - 1 hour - 83.1 MB

Mark and Drew are celebrating National Email Week, which is definitely a thing that they already knew existed and wasn't just something they looked up on the internet and thought would be a silly thing to make songs about.

Episode 47: Communism with guest host Sage Bilderback

May 29, 2022 17:35 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MB

Our good friend Sage Bilderback of the fantastic podcast "Is This Still Good?" joins us as guest host for this episode and challenges Mark and Drew to write songs about communism!

Episode 46: Make Their Song Now

May 15, 2022 18:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MB

In this one Mark and Drew do their best to write songs as each other. Also they talk about tv shows and other junk and eventually Drew reveals his true form. Enjoy the show!

Mark And Drew's You're Killing Me Smalls Mini Episode Area.

May 01, 2022 23:28 - 29 minutes - 33.8 MB

Who is Chunk Junk Hoff? Will he win the skunk dunk off? Mark and drew meet up inside of Youtube to answer just this question on a new type of episode regrettably called "Mark And Drew's You're Killing Me Smalls Mini Episode Area." Will one hour be enough to solve the mystery? Will Mark continue to infinitely narrate, narrations of his own narrations, narrations? Will Drew come back for the next episode? Only one of these questions will be answered on, Make That Song Now Presents: Mark And Dre...

Episode 45: Daddy Bong Legs

April 20, 2022 19:39 - 46 minutes - 63.2 MB

A very special episode for April 20th! Mark and Drew made songs to celebrate Daddy Bong Legs, a drawing that Drew posted on makethatsongnow.com in 2020.

Episode 44: Easteravagavinza

April 17, 2022 15:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

Guest host Gavin Murray joins the podcast to give Mark and Drew a prompt about Easter stuff! Check out Gavin's podcast Is This Still Good? wherever podcasts can be found!

Episode 43: Pranks

April 03, 2022 20:24 - 56 minutes - 78 MB

For the first time on Make That Song Now, Mark and Drew actually make their songs in during the episode! You won't hear the whole hour of their progress because that would be pretty boring to listen to, but they leave for about an hour and come back with songs about pranks! Ya know, because it was April Fools Day a few days ago or something.

Episode 42: Spring Mascots

March 20, 2022 19:03 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MB

Mark and Drew made songs to propose new mascots for the springiest of seasons! Mark made up a whole new entity that is definitely not based on anyone who is actually real. Drew makes totally incorrect references to pagan holidays and okay he knows that Saturnalia is mid-December but you can still email in to correct him if you want. Happy springtime, everybody!

Episode 41: How Fast Is Horse Is? With Quattro Daly

March 08, 2022 09:19 - 1 hour - 84.8 MB

Mark and Drew are joined by Quattro Daly to talk about country music and how fast the horse is! Also they reference a bunch of movies for a while and say mostly incoherent stuff.

Episode 40: Palentine's Day 2 - The Swappening

February 20, 2022 20:49 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MB

It's Palentine's Day again and you know what that means! Mark and Drew made songs loosely related to a reality television program about spouse switcheroos! On second thought, I don't know how you could have known it meant that. Please enjoy.

Episode 39: Johnny Shaker's

February 07, 2022 06:39 - 1 hour - 93.6 MB

Make That Song Now takes a field trip to a Johnny Shaker's location! Yes, that's right, Mark and Drew's favorite chain restaurant served up some interesting dishes that these boys ate while recording this episode! You might also get to hear some special Johnny Shaker's themed songs!

Episode 38: Make That Song Again 2021

January 23, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 85.6 MB

In this episode, Gavin Murray joins us to take a look at some of last year's songs and attempt new versions of them! There's so many songs on this one! I mean we're talking six whole songs for Gronkeltooth's sake!

Episode 37: Blockbustered 2021

January 09, 2022 23:03 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MB

Mark and Drew made songs about blockbuster movies from 2021 that they didn't see!

Episode 36: What's Doves Got To Do With It? w/ Gavin Murray & Andrew Callaway

December 26, 2021 21:19 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MB

Gavin Murray teams up with Andrew Callaway to make a song about magicians! Namely one specific magician and that wacky old bunch of crazy kids that call themselves the CIA. Much fun was had on this one y'all, and we do hope you'll give it a listen. Thank. Andrew produces a bunch of amazing things including Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything, and check out Andrew's own podcast HYPERFUCKFACED! When Gavin isn't gracing us with his wonderful presence, he can be found over at the Is This Still...

Episode 35.5: Not Another Christmas Musical (seriously, it's not)

December 25, 2021 21:14 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

Mark and Drew play songs from their unfinished Christmas concept albums! The origin of BCCT! I dare you to listen to this one.

Episode 35: What do you got there? With Sage Bilderback

December 13, 2021 02:07 - 1 hour - 98.5 MB

Sage Bilderback (co-host of the wonderful podcast Is This Still Good) joins us for an episode all about post-punk sandwiches! Is "Egg" a sandwich? No, obviously not. Check out the amazing songs Mark and Sage made on this one and go listen to Is This Still Good wherever great podcasts can be found!

Episode 34: The New Holiday Idea Proposal Symposium

November 28, 2021 20:31 - 54 minutes - 75 MB

Mark and Drew meet to suggest new holiday ideas and at least one of them is kind of good!

Episode 33: Fightin' Words with Colin Plancich

November 14, 2021 21:33 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB

The very talented Colin Plancich returns to settle a long-awaited score with Mark, and also they made some very good 90's pop songs that may or may not be grudge-related. Mark delves down the "Jamtown" rabbit hole. What is "Jamtown"? We may never know.

Episode 32: The Last Halloween (episode this year)

October 31, 2021 21:35 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MB

Mark and Drew made some more Halloween songs! Is anyone tired of hearing our Halloween songs? I hope not, because we've made waaay too many to eat by ourselves.

Episode 31: Zoinks! Another Halloween Episode! With Josh Jobrack and John O'Rourke

October 25, 2021 05:12 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Cleslie, the ghost that haunts our theme song, was kind enough to haunt a whole episode and cause some technical difficulties resulting in this one sounding not so great. Josh Jobrack and John O'Rourke return to guest judge another Halloween one!

Episode 30: Prog Rock Halloween

October 17, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MB

Mark and Drew made prog rock songs! About Halloween!

Episode 29: Horny Halloween with Tyler Cole

October 10, 2021 15:44 - 1 hour - 93.8 MB

What? It's spooky season already? That's crazy! Guest judge Tyler Cole returns to the show to give us a prompt about evil wizards and sultry feelings.

Episode 28: Uncomfortable Eye Contact with Ben Einstein

September 27, 2021 01:21 - 1 hour - 87.7 MB

How much uncomfortable eye contact is too much? Any. At least for me, anyway. I can't answer for Mark, who judged on this episode and asked Neeto (Ben Einstein) and Drew to make songs about that very subject! Give it a listen, it's fun and good. I promise!

Episode 27: A Buttload of Pistols

September 12, 2021 23:56 - 1 hour - 100 MB

It's been a whole gosh darned year since we started this podcast! We checked back in with some of our friends from previous episodes to see what they've been up to, and Mark and Drew collab on a song based off of this bizarre prompt: "A buttload of pistols on their like one-or-two-year meaningful intercourse need to sponge whether to collapse or spelunk its exposees."

Episode 26: Clouds with Javier Chavez

August 30, 2021 00:32 - 1 hour - 91.7 MB

Have you ever wondered what trees are? How about clouds? Well science hasn't answered either of those questions but we can certainly write songs about what clouds look like! Javier Chavez joins us this episode to talk about classic literature and make songs about clouds.

Episode 25: Netflix and Krill with Tyler Cole

August 15, 2021 18:26 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Have you ever been whale watching? Has a whale ever watched you? Well Mark and Drew tried to make songs about whales on this one. Tyler Cole stopped by to help guest judge this one and he done did a real great prompt! SHA-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Neat!

Episode 24: Sports, Movies, Meat with John *Last Name Redacted*

August 02, 2021 01:18 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MB

Can our good friend John beat hardball/softball? How many movies can we talk about before they all get edited out? What's sports about? Do you have a favorite lunchmeat? Mark and Drew made songs! One about buildings and one about meat. Congrats!

Episode 23: New Theme Park Rides with Josh Jobrack

July 19, 2021 00:33 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

Josh joins us to help Mark educate Drew on all things Disneyland! Mark and Drew made songs for new proposed rides at the park, and we also introduce a new (and soon-to-be fan favorite) segment called SOFTBALL HARDBALL. It's a quiz show, and it makes perfect sense.

Episode 22: Summer Anthem

July 04, 2021 22:27 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MB

What's your favorite summer anthem? I think mine is probably Steal My Sunshine by Len. We didn't talk about that song on this episode, but we did try to make summer anthems. It may or may not have gone very well. You be the judge! We certainly weren't the judge on this one. I mean that normally one host is a judge and the other one makes a song but we didn't do that this time. It's a different one. Different good? I don't know. Okay.

Episode 21: Emotional Cage Match with Anna Lynch

June 21, 2021 02:22 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB

Happiness! Sadness! Anger! Halibut! What do all these things have in common? You guessed it! They are all emotions. Even Halibut. Anna Lynch joins us this episode to talk about what emotions are like and how it is to have or feel them and also what wrestling moves there are! Check out Anna's music and buy her latest release Apples in the Fall!

Episode 20: Song Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Gavin

June 07, 2021 03:56 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MB

Guest judge Gavin Murray joins us on this episode to see if Mark and Drew can make Monster Movie theme songs! You can catch Gavin on his podcast "Is This Still Good?"

Episode 19: Clean Your Room With Gavin Murray

May 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

Mark and Drew are joined once again by Gavin Murray to discuss breakfast food Eddie Vedder, current events, and Gavins illustrious rap career. Oh yeah and Drew and Gavin make awesome songs!

Episode 18: Conspiracy Theories with Derek Fahy

May 10, 2021 01:17 - 1 hour - 92.8 MB

Mark and Drew are joined by Derek Fahy to invent new conspiracy theories, and to talk about some existing ones. Also Mark and Derek made some pretty cool songs, you should listen to them. In fact, you should listen to the whole episode!

Episode 17: Two Birds, One Stone with Sammy Vanek

April 26, 2021 00:27 - 1 hour - 98.1 MB

Our friend Sammy Vanek stops by to talk about why killing two birds with one stone isn't all that or a bag of potato chips and goats that eat purple grass. Mark uses magic to become a second Sammy and also makes drew into the ghost of Bob Crachit. If you like spooks and scares this one's for you!

Episode 16: Fromage That Song Now

April 13, 2021 22:06 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MB

Mark and Drew try to pay homage to some of their favorite artists in a fromage-y kind of way. They also pitch a new pickle!

Episode 15: Covrody That Song Now

March 28, 2021 23:26 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MB

In this very special episode, Mark and Drew attempt to parody songs they love, since they are not allowed to do covers and put them in this show. Also they talk a lot about Cake. And Grandaddy. Probably too much.