Mash Up Shows How Six Country Hits Are Identical [Video]

Gregory Todd is a aspiring country song writer who likes to do song mash ups (combining songs together to form a new song) on the side.

He took six country hits, including Blake Shelton's smash "Sure Be Cool If You Did", and blended them together into a new song that is probably better than all six.

What makes it more fun is that he shows his work.

On his YouTube page, Gregory explains that this is an act of love more than it is bashing the country songs industry:

I just want to be clear that this Mash up is all in good fun. I am not bashing these songs. I understand and even appreciate why the "formula" continues to dominate the airwaves- not only in country music, but in pop and other genres as well. I simply enjoy mixing and producing on Pro Tools, and when I heard the striking similarities of these particular hits, I thought it would be fun to throw them all in a mix and see what I could come up with. And it looks like people are having fun with it too, so I couldn't be happier!

 

"Sure Be Cool If You Did"- Blake Shelton
"Drunk on You"- Luke Bryan
"Chillin' It"- Cole Swindell
"Close Your Eyes"- Parmalee
"This is How We Roll"- Florida Georgia Line
"Ready, Set, Roll"- Chase Rice

 

As an aspiring songwriter/producer living in Nashville who, like so many, has had a hard time getting a bite from the "gate keepers", my current experiment is working on a song specifically designed to become the 7th entry to this mashup formula (hence the "To Be Continued" at the end of the video). I figure hey, at the very least, they won't be able to say it doesn't sound like a hit! :)