TED POLEY SONIC THE HEGEHOG VIDEO GAME MUSIC RECORDING SESSION

This is my holiday gift to the gamers out there, this is from my own private collection. this is a full take all the way through of a recent session to re-do the song ESCAPE FROM THE CITY as a tribute to the 20th anniversary of Sonic. Some,or most of this "take" made the final cut. Its not as easy as it looks, it took many hours to prep and rehearse so that i could nail it in the studio while the clock was ticking,plus, i wrote the lyrics so i was very familiar with the song....this gives a rare behind the scenes look at what it takes to get it right,this was the final take so there are some other vocals already on the track that you will hear leaking out from my headphones. I wrote the lyrics and a brand new bridge section for this new version, and Tony Harnell came in later and sang also. please visit www.tedpoley.com and buy my greatest hits cd and also check out my new video BREATHE right here on youtube.you can buy the BREATHE single on itunes. someday i hope to play in japan with Jun Senoue who produced this song and we will play the many songs we have done for SEGA together live.

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• ted poley
• sonic the hegehog
• video game music
• recording session
• TNT
• tony harnell

[tedpoley1]

We switched off on some of the vocals this time to make it different so we sang some of each others parts. Its close to, but not exactly the same as the original, Hope that helps.

[tedpoley1]

IT WAS A BOTCHED "SET ME FREE" hey- i am only human,,i screwed up an otherwise pretty good take by just one word! Try singing this one, its not easy to both breathe and get everything to flow at this speed!

[tedpoley1]

NO WAY ! i didnt swear!,,,I SLURRED THAT ONE WORD at that time point,,it was my only flub,i didnt have my old man reading glasses on and was caught focusing just as i looked down and i got distracted for a sec and it came out a little messy ,thanks for catching that! LOL, geez, i cant sneak even the smallest detail past a gamer,thats why you are so good at gaming! but anyway, yes you got the mistake spot correct but the word COMPLETELY WRONG!,I LOVE YOU ALL! HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON! :)

[Shadow4757]

At 2:52 did he just say "Fuck me free" lol

[tedpoley1]

@Shadow4757 no sorry to disappoint. just a little screw up. :)

[MangekyouSharing4n]

Amazing.

[OverruledDood]

Gotta admit, did not think you looked like that.

[Irixion]

@tedpoley1 At least the crew up didn't make it into the game or we'd have a lot more drama going on here haha. Nicely done! Although, nothing beats the original mix for me :P

[BowsersGrl]

No one has ever looked so cool head-bopping to City Escape before. I love Ted Poley. <3 :D

[EpicPremonitionUK]

man I wish SEGA could hear my music :( I need a singer like YOU!

[AronCay]

@tedpoley1 hey ted, is this session will be available when the OST comes out??i hope to get it....

[work1907]

Thank you so much for sharing this, Ted!

[VanTX89]

Thanks for this, Ted! I got to see a little bit of how you operate when recording. Glad to see you're just as energetic as I hear in the song!

[NesBoy43]

thank you so much Ted, as a longtime fan of this game and especially this wonderful song it is a great gift to see a live version of it like you have done in this recording sessions video.

[lianac]

Awesome! :D Thanks for sharing this, Ted ^_^