I normally publish adventures.. but this one was a nerdy adventure into MUSIC... I spent a chunk of the year (ok, really 8 hours across two nights with AI) writing songs about the things every working stiff already knows: all-hands calls that could have been an email, tickets that never die, and the performance review that reviews nothing. On July 15 the whole thing dropped — FOUR Corporate Parody albums and a single, 48 tracks total. Singer/songwriter, corporate satire, zero production budget, but a bunch of songs and tracks you will recognize, and probably laugh at or relate to while listening.
It's a different kind of writing than what usually lives here — but it's the same habit: take something everyone experiences and find the structure in it. The songs are under the artist name WanderingCTO, and they're on Apple Music and Spotify.
Corporate Parody, Vol. 1 — 10 Tracks
The opener. All-hands calls, HR, and the synergy that binds us — 10 songs about the modern workplace.
1. Monday Number Five (Friday)3:58
2. Cubicle Paradise3:16
3. Who Wrote It That Way3:14
4. Welcome to the All-Hands Call4:00
5. Don't Stop Reviewin'5:52
6. Working for the Synergy4:04
7. Sweet Child of HR3:27
8. Under Pressure (To Unmute)2:47
9. Another One Buys the Product3:41
10. Smells Like Team Spirit4:52
Corporate Parody, Vol. 2 — 13 Tracks
Deeper cuts. Mergers, tickets, slide decks, and the monolith that casts a shadow over every sprint.
1. Contractor Joe3:03
2. We Will Merge You3:02
3. The Ticket4:22
4. Total Freeze of the Screen2:54
5. Digital Girl3:06
6. Fun to Track for the KPI2:57
7. Isn't It Strategic3:09
8. Mainframe to Lead Tom4:24
9. Let My Screen Unload3:19
10. Merge Together3:46
11. Slide Deck4:01
12. The Shadow of the Monolith4:01
13. The Tech Audit Showdown3:37
Corporate Parody, Vol. 3 — 12 Tracks
Audits, org charts, coffee breaks, and the endless project. If it's on a roadmap, it's in here.
1. We Review the Team (HR Edit)4:21
2. Bad Audit Rising2:23
3. Boss Type2:27
4. Corporate Advancement (gimme a promotion)3:57
5. Dualing Legacy (in the Backwoods)2:47
6. Network Child3:10
7. Paint it Gray4:03
8. Season of the Tier4:27
9. That Coffee Break3:42
10. The Endless Project3:34
11. The Great Migration3:14
12. The O-Chart2:29
Corporate Parody, Vol. 4 — 12 Tracks
The resignation email, the reply-all meltdown, and every password reset you've ever filed. The closer.
1. Mandatory Fun4:13
2. The Resignation Email4:05
3. Reply-All Meltdown2:38
4. Phantom Notifications2:56
5. Re-Open The Ticket3:59
6. The Performance Review Defense2:24
7. The Calendar Block2:13
8. Remote Work Lockdown2:05
9. The Broken Pipeline2:17
10. The Ghosted Application3:09
11. Copy_Paste2:02
12. Endless Password Resets2:09
Monday Number Five (Friday) — Single
The lead single — the anthem for everyone who's ever counted down to a Friday that never quite arrives.
1. Monday Number Five (Friday)3:58
Where to Listen
All four albums and the single are on both major platforms under WanderingCTO — 48 tracks of corporate satire for anyone who's sat through one all-hands call too many.
WanderingCTO on Apple Music · WanderingCTO on Spotify
