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A Rose Cut in Vain by Doug Elkins

A Rose Cut in Vain

Doug Elkins

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A Rose Cut in Vain
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This song is from my forthcoming LP, ‘Love in Stereo’, which is a deliberation on love, hate and other four letter words. There are love songs on the LP, this for sure isn’t one of them.

I’ve come to think of this song as Read more

This song is from my forthcoming LP, ‘Love in Stereo’, which is a deliberation on love, hate and other four letter words. There are love songs on the LP, this for sure isn’t one of them.

I’ve come to think of this song as a bookend for a song I wrote and performed many years ago titled ‘You Make Me Sick’ which I wrote at the end of a relationship in my 20s. That one’s a little bitter, as you might imagine from the title. ‘A Rose Cut in Vain’ is similar in sentiment, if not tone, and is written more from the perspective of someone ending a very long relationship. Rest assured, I’m not currently going through a break-up myself. What I may have lacked in personal experience, I had close friends to help shade in the colors. I guess I'm sorry if you can relate to this one too much.

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Work

What's Sop?

What's Sop?

Doug Elkins

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I’ve done quite a bit of work as an independent composer. Much of this has been for music houses, which are basically companies that stockpile short musical compositions and license them to be used in all types of media. Read more
I’ve done quite a bit of work as an independent composer. Much of this has been for music houses, which are basically companies that stockpile short musical compositions and license them to be used in all types of media. You hear them all the time: one after another in any given TV show, as radio or TV bumpers, as musical beds on promos, etc. Music houses are always looking for sound-alikes which are pieces of music that sound like popular pieces of music but are much cheaper to license. This particular track is a sound-alike of the Sopranos theme. It actually doesn’t sound all that much like the original, but I think it captures its spirit. Bada bing!
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Funky Mama

Funky Mama

Doug Elkins

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This track got placed quite a bit on HBO as a musical bed for movie promos. “Next on HBO… Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban!” I wish I knew the editor who kept using it – I would send him a nice Starbucks card or something.
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The Bravest

The Bravest

Doug Elkins

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In the mid ‘00s there was a popular wave of American Synth Rock led by great bands like The Killers. The Bravery was one of these bands and they had a big hit with the song “An Honest Mistake”, which my wife Lisa Elkins Read more
In the mid ‘00s there was a popular wave of American Synth Rock led by great bands like The Killers. The Bravery was one of these bands and they had a big hit with the song “An Honest Mistake”, which my wife Lisa Elkins loved right away and I came around to eventually. The two bands actually had kind of a blood feud after Brandon Flowers of The Killers mocked The Bravery as ‘second rate wannabes’. The Bravery in turn called Brandon Flowers a ‘little girl’. The bands later made up, realized there was room in the Synth Rock universe for both bands and lived happily ever after.

I licensed this track “The Bravest” to a music house around that time. I don’t know if I’d call it a sound alike, but it captures that Synth Rock sound. Every once in a while I get a royalty check from tracks like these. I recently got a very vague statement and modest ASCAP check for international placements. As much as I am a little disappointed I don’t see and hear the placements, it’s kind of nice knowing I have these little pieces of music out there in the ether.
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Doug Elkins

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Some head bobbing and a few nods in the direction of Marshall Mathers.
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Britney Spears - "Red Hot Lipstick"

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Sometimes people contact me about Britney Spears. Many years ago, I recorded for Britney and her then-husband Kevin Federline, first at a studio in Malibu, and then at their home studio. During that time, I produced and co-wrote the song 'Red Hot Lipstick' with Britney and she had me submit an early version of the song to her label Jive as part of the album she intended to release. I'm a little hazy on if and when I ever signed an NDA with Britney and/or Kevin, but I've always been pretty discreet about my time with both of them.

The song never did make it on to a Britney Spears album, so a few years back I posted the song on my Bandcamp page. No one really noticed until one day someone did, and then a lot of people did, and now the song is out of my digital hands, so to speak. However, this is the only place to listen to the song with my official blessing. Big shout out to my boy NoteRockOne for killing his verse and having the good sense to put Britney in the driver's seat. And of course the biggest shout out is to Britney, who I wish nothing but the best and I hope is starting to find her happy place. 

History

Staring Up at a Big Blue Sky (Singles)

Staring Up at a Big Blue Sky (Singles)

Doug Elkins

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My best, 1998 - 2018.
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    In Time 4:14
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    Ms. Daisy Age and Mr. Rage 3:39
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    Big Blue Sky 3:55
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    You Make Me Sick 5:23
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    I Believe in Angels 5:04
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    Spent 4:04
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    Mount Rushmore 4:05
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    Stay in Bed 3:18
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    Everyone's on Drugs in Hollywood 5:19
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    One 3:40
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    There I Go Again 3:16
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    Drama Queen 3:49
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    The Madhouse 4:33
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    Bad Weather 4:18
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