How to record: Tyler Ward's video mash-up

All right, we know what you're thinking: Ugh! Another mash-up, right? Wait a sec. This one -- assembled by the furiously talented pop tart known as Tyler Ward -- is different. How so, you ask? Well, for one, he played all the instruments and sang all of the parts. When...

By Dave Herrera

February 24, 2009

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All right, we know what you're thinking: Ugh! Another mash-up, right? Wait a sec. This one -- assembled by the furiously talented pop tart known as Tyler Ward -- is different. How so, you ask? Well, for one, he played all the instruments and sang all of the parts. When we stumbled on the clip, we were so intrigued, we dropped him a line. According to Mr. Ward, he basically just took a look at the list of current Top 40 pop songs to see what was hot and then tried his hand at replicating each track and made a montage of the results. The continuity, considering that they're all different songs, is pretty stunning. At least that what several KISS stations across the country who've added the song thought. Check out the clip after the jump, and when you're finished, if this is the first you've heard of Ward, by all means, stop by the guy's MySpace page to give a listen to his original songs.

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