Hello there! How are you? Welcome to the Monthly Music Challenge podcast with your hosts, Cosmic Bos. Here, I, David Battenberg cake, would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to this extra special episode of the Monthly Music Challenge podcast, all about me, David Battenberg cake, or, more specifically, Happiness, which I, David Battenberg cake, embody. For the second theme of the second year of the MMC, Cosmic Bos chose Happiness, and what a majestic choice that was, it has led to 29 of the finest songs, musical vegan nuggets of delight, that a human or a cake could ever hope to encounter, all wrapped up neatly in this almost 5 hour podcast. So without further ado, I, David Battenberg cake, introduce Andy and Nick Jackson, of Cosmic Bos, the hosts of this podcast. Thank you for that introuduction David, very kind. So, as David said, we have a wealth of awesome music for you in this episode, 28 submissions from the most talented indie musicians working in the world today. As we had so many submissions we went for another round of Big Mic's Big Numbers to help us (or hinder) picking an order for all this saucy awesomeness. You can buy our single on bandcamp here, please consider it, we are donating a portion of profits to Mental Health Charities, it is very dear to David's heart and he wants to support where he can. https://cosmicbos.bandcamp.com/album/happiness-is-a-battenberg-named-david We also made a video to go with the song, which you can find on YouTube here Happiness is a Battenberg Named David Official Video Here is the full tracklist of amazing songs in the episode, they are numbered how they were for Big Mic's Big Numbers and not in the order they are played. Except for track 1, that was us. 1. Cosmic Bos - Happiness is a Battenberg Named David2. Truck Dog and the Go People - Manaomua (LATE SUB for First Impressions)3. Andrew Hartshorn - Happiness, You Can Make it Happen4. Chemical Shift - Utopia5. A Sea Warren - Happiness6. Mobidextrous - Bliss7. Uncle Funkbeard - Lucky Break8. Colin Pimlott - Happiness is Mine9. Above the Snow Line - Happiness10. Taylor Lidstone - My Sweet Paradise11. Tracy Cloud - Let it Shine12. Mario Marino, John Serrano and Only the Host - Born in the Stars13. Nakedverse and Pixie Post - Pixieverse Dimension14. Starve the Little Devil - I'm Happy15. John Serrano and Black Creek Rock - I Talk to the Wind16. TexMex Shaman - Happy Ending17. Age of Infernal - Happy18. Sonic Squirrel - Dancing on Fragile Sunshine19. Smokin' Cola - Happy Hatchet20. Mr. Woody - Happiness21. Milly Stale - Buy Happiness22. TruckDog and the Go People - Chasing Shadows Away23. Marklyn Retzer - Tutu24. Notehead - So Happy25. Natalie Williams Calhoun - Happiness26. Hellwaddler - A Show of Happiness27. Gee-Whiz - Happiness28. Gee-Whiz ft. Conspiracy Corner - Show me the Meaning of Happiness29. Penelope's Thrill - Clockwork Clouds There you have it, what a list of talent! Cosmic Bos are truly humbled by all of the awesome on display in this episode. Please go and vote in the peoples choice poll on discord, X and there will be a link on youtube etc. Vote for your favourites please. And leave us comments on YouTube, on the podcast episode there. Artists featured, can you please post links to where people can buy your songs in the comments on YouTube, so we can all go support you all. The People Choice Award for MMC 2.1 First Impressions went to (drumroll.......) Above the Snow Line, Tracy Cloud and John Serrano for their song First Impressions, thank you for all that voted, and you clearly have good taste picking this tasty track. Without further ado, the theme for MMC 2.3 will be Intergalactic You have until the 5th April to get your Intergalactic songs to Cosmic Bos. Please send an mp3 and a write up about your song to cosmicbos@gmail.com and if you are a first time submitter please include a Bio, tell us about yourself. We will still accept songs around both the 'First Impressions' and 'Happiness' themes, should you so wish. Thank you so much for being here, we love you, from the bottomberg's of our battenbergs. Please like, share and subscribe to the Monthly Music Challenge, and support indie music, most of the musicians featured in this podcast have music available to buy on bandcamp etc. Once again, please consider picking up our single https://cosmicbos.bandcamp.com/album/happiness-is-a-battenberg-named-david and leaving a comment on our video, that would be majestic. Next episode (2.3 - Intergalactic) coming on the 7th April. Peace and infinite love Cosmic Bos
