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Sneak Peek at Mary Poppins!!

Hello my amazing wonderful patrons,

Here is a look at a Mary Poppins translate medley I shot with Brian Hull!  This video would absolutely not have been possible without you all.  The team behind this was awesome.  Such a wonderful way to spend the day dancing and singing as these iconic characters.

Be sur...

My Week in LA!

For you exclusively, my $5+ patrons.

It has been an absolutely wild week, filled with lots of YouTube and good friends.  This was the first time I got a taste of what taking the next step in my YouTube career is going to be.  Putting on my producer hat for the first time, coordinating teams, registering permits, book...

Cover Time! from Dear Evan Hansen

Hello my beautiful patrons.

This project was very personal.  This song and the show mean so much to me, so I wanted to make a very simple version with the stellar Nathan Alef (check him out on Patreon).  

YOU ALL made this possible.  It was my first time renting out a studio and hiring a new cinematographe...

Sneak Peek: WICKED Week with Julia Koep!

My dear patrons,

I am so excited to introduce to you Julia Koep from Germany.  She has created, inspired by the work WE DO....a Google Translate Sings GERMAN edition.  How incredible is that.

Here is the video we did together on my channel, and come Wednesday you can see the video that we did together on her ch...

Q&A Time!!

Hello my wonderful $5+ patrons!!

I hope you all are enjoying your day off this Memorial Day.  Why don't we do a little Q&A, just for you!  

I've got a ton of really exciting collaborations coming up along with some new things creatively I want to try on my channel, so I definitely want to hear from you all ...

90s Medley- chosen by you!

Hello my wonderful patrons!!

After compiling your suggestions of which 90s songs to translate, here is the madness!!  Jared Halley is just the best.  So committed and ready to run with the craziness, not to mention talented!  Thanks to Peter Hollens for introducing us through his competition!  Go check out ...

Oops- Here's Shape of You xD

Hello my amazing wonderful Patrons,

If you looked at your Patreon pledges and wondered why you only got one video from me, yep you're right there should have been two.  I forgot to publish the video after I sent out the audio because I was scrambling to get it done.  Whoopsies my bad.   So you'll have three...

On Fallon and the Ownership of Ideas

Hello +$5 patrons,

Your content for this month is a thought-piece I’ve wanted to write to you all for a few weeks now.

As many of you know, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon recently did a segment with Anne Hathaway called “Google Translate Songs.” Audience, friends, and family alike were indignant ab...

GTS My Heart Will Go On!

Yep.  It happened.

I've gotten SO many requests for this and I'm thrilled to have finally done it.  I will add the original lyrics and outro in the morning.  Can't wait to share this publicly :D

Thank you all for making my videos possible.  I truly couldn't do it without you.  You all are the bes...

GTS Shape of You Audio!!

My amazing patrons,

I wanted to give this to you a day early since I am behind on the video.  But here is the audio and a screen shot from my newest Google Translate Sings.  I love this translation.  It sounds so weird but if you actually think about it, someone who is really fascinated by geometry and biology i...

For $5- some flute music!

Hello my amazing $5+ patrons!

I'm finally back to bringing you a little video every month!  This month I'm letting you in on a quick flute practice session I had.  I'm playing a lot more now, so I've got to practice!

The first tune is Lament for Stalker Wallace and the second that I played half of was Willie Co...

Danny Boy!

Hello my amazing patrons!!

One of my favorite songs using some inspiration from Jacob Collier and my own Irish culture.

Happy St. Patrick's Day :D

And thank you all so much for your support.  This video would not have been possible without you!

Love and peace,

Malinda

Sneak Peek: Beauty and the Beast!

Hello my amazing beautiful patrons!!

I'm SO sorry I haven't made a music video in forever, but I am FINALLY back at it full force.  And this time I'm joined by the AMAZING Brian Hull!!  You'll see another translate and a video on his channel from us when we hang out in LA together this summer.  Side note, talkin...

Question for you!

Hello my amazing patrons!!

I'm currently making a 90s medley of translated songs.  What are some of your favorite songs from the 90s?

Go! :D

xxMKR

New Video: La La Land cover!

Hello my amazing patrons.

So here is a compleeeetely different video for this week.  This song is my favorite from the La La Land soundtrack and it speaks to me very directly.  I'd been seeing requests for it in comments as well, so I decided to just make a raw cover.  This is just me and that's about it.  ...

Sneak Peek: Once Upon a December!

Hello awesome patrons!!!!

Here is the HIGHLY requested Once Upon a December from Anastasia!  I got to film this at the Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo (a venue one of you suggested to me, thank you!) and it was an incredible experience.  I'll be talking more about that place in the outro.

I tried something a litt...

Exclusive: Ella Enchanted Tech Rehearsals!

Hello my wonderful $5+ patrons!

This month I'm giving you a quick day in the life of a technical rehearsal for the premiere of the new musical Ella Enchanted at Adventure Theater!  This world is incredibly magical, and much of that day was dedicated to working with our new puppets!  These puppets will become mor...

New video: GTS of "Popular!"

Hello my wonderful patrons!

Here is the a translate of "Popular" from Wicked, highly requested for the almost 3 years I've been on YouTube!!  

As per my most recent vlog, I have chosen to donate a portion of the proceeds for this video to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDs.  This foundation provides life-saving ...

Google Translate Sings: MOANA

Hello patrons!!

I'm still working on this little buddy fixing some of the shakiness (15 mph winds and a camera got a little exciting) but here's a basic draft of "How Far I'll Go" from Moana!

My dad and I drove 3 hours to get to DE where we shot this and then drove back.  He is amazing.  

And YOU all are ...

My YouTube Resolutions

Hello my patrons!

I wanted to share with you all where I see my channel going in 2017.  It's wonderfully daunting and exciting, and I have so much to learn.  And I am forever grateful to have you amazing people in my life who support me and provide such insightful feedback.

Thank you for all you have given me i...

Google Translate Sings: The Christmas Song

Hello my wonderful patrons!

Here's an a cappella GTS of the classic, The Christmas Song!!!  Thank you to Matt, Hannah and Merlin who helped me make this.

Enjoy and share with all your friends!  We are really close to $1000 on this Patreon, and there's over 200 of you now, which is extremely exciting!

You'...

"December Song" ft. You!!

Hello my wonderful patrons.

Here is the final video.  Easily the most special video I've ever done.

I will make another video like this.  And be better prepared in explaining the process and giving everyone WAY more time :D

Also if you don't know who Peter Hollens is....you should.  Check ...

Sneak peek!

Hello my wonderful patrons!

I am working on this amazing video that includes a lot of YOU ALL however there are SO many of you and I played 5 instruments and sang on this track so needless to say editing is REALLY complicated.  So still finishing the video, but my cover of December Song will be out tomorrow (just in time ...

Wanna be in a video??

Patrons!! I would love to see as many of you in this video as possible. Answer this prompt on a sheet of paper: "When we see the world as it could be, we see the magic of Christmas. These are my hopes for the world this year." It can be as simple as I want to make new friends, or I hope everyone recycles, or I hope my fami...

Live on Patreon!!

Oh wonderful $5 and up patrons!! I am currently chatting live on the Patreon app for your November treat! Come join me and I'll answer any questions you have. You can also access the chat thread on the Patreon website. Most recently I got my brand-new MacBook!! Because of you lovely people I'll be able to edit and record on ...

I'm grateful for you

Hello my wonderful patrons, Thanksgiving this year couldn't come soon enough. So much has happened; presenting my thesis, graduating college, starting life in DC as an actor, my country's election, reuniting with and losing loved ones, and of course the daily adventure of my YouTube channel. If there's anything I've come to l...

Sneak peek at Snow White

Hello my incredible patrons!!!!!!!

We're revisiting some classic, simple GTS roots this week as I slowly learn how to play the ukulele!   Because why not :)

I will release a final draft of this with an intro and outro tomorrow.  I really love making videos like this because it allows me to focus on the com...

AFTER EVER AFTER

Hello my wonderful beautiful patrons,

I am back after a week off with a CRAZY cover of the classic Disney parody, After Ever After, written by my friend Jon Cozart.  Jon was so kind to let me run with his internet child.  This was easily the hardest video I've ever made, but so worth it.  And because of you all ...

Google Translate Sings: Hellfire!!

Hello my awesome amazing patrons!!

 Jonathan Young is one of my favorite people to work with.  So easy to collaborate, so talented, super hardworking and a generally delightful human.  What a thrill to have him guest star this week.

Check out Jonathan's Patreon here: 2016-10-27 12:59:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Remembering

Hello my wonderful patrons.

An exclusive video for you this week.

I felt the strong need to share this with you all.  Remind your loved ones that you love and care for them today.

I know this isn't my usual bubbly internet self, but you are my patrons, and I feel no need to hide my life from you when I go thro...