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November 6

My Sister the Giant

I'm doing an album this month, and this is the first thing I've recorded for it. I think the album will be mostly or completely instrumental, but we'll see. [more inside]

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posted by tmcw at 9:03 PM - 1 comment

The Christian Life

Cover of a Byrds cover of an old Louvin Brothers song. [more inside]

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posted by chococat at 8:17 PM - 4 comments

Oh Balloon Boy

This is my messy pop-rock interpretation of mikepop's excellent parodic adaptation of the old murder ballad "Darling Corey", which this sounds basically nothing like. [more inside]

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posted by cortex at 2:11 PM - 8 comments

joe's last mix

A fantastic piece of symphonic music with deep connections to electronica, joe's last mix by Tanner Menard is a fun ride (this performance is by one of my ensembles with me conducting). I've posted this before, but he and I are doing something different with the piece, and I'm wondering if any of you are interested in participating.... [more inside]

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posted by LooseFilter at 8:10 AM - 1 comment

November 5

Best of the Web: new mix

flapjax at midnite was kind enough to do a mix for me that brings out the vocals better.

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posted by ocherdraco at 5:08 AM - 2 comments

November 4

Joe Wilson's Lament

Not as current as a balloon boy song, but hey...I wrote it after being at the gym and seeing Joe Wilson on every TV news channel. It's pretty 'topical', I think. Think of it as a love song between Joe Wilson and Obama. [more inside]

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posted by sredefer at 9:35 PM - 0 comments

Derry Pair

The first song for my new Irish band, The Peter O'Tooles, about a comely young woman from Derry and her desirable fruits. [more inside]

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posted by Astro Zombie at 7:23 PM - 0 comments

Reincarnation Blues

What I would sound like if I were trying to sound like Bob Dylan - if Dylan were simultaneously "bringin' it" and "keepin' it real". [more inside]

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posted by crapples at 8:12 AM - 0 comments

November 3

The Life of Perfect Creatures

The first Earthling sent into orbit was a dog named Laika. She didn't know that they had no intention of bringing her home. [more inside]

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posted by chimaera at 11:39 AM - 3 comments

November 2

Best of the Web

From this comment I made. [more inside]

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posted by ocherdraco at 11:13 PM - 19 comments

Space Gait

An electronic dance song I made the other day, but now with more of the flavor of today. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 10:29 PM - 0 comments

Slide Your Left Hand to the Right (A Little)

This jaunty ditty features my wife singing lead and chococat playing the ukelele. I mostly just stand around. [more inside]

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posted by Karlos the Jackal at 9:14 PM - 6 comments

The Falcon and The Showman

Background music for watching footage of the Balloon Boy balloon sailing along.

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posted by mundy at 11:24 AM - 5 comments

Man vs Blue, Mvt. VI: Finale (May 11, 1997)

The final movement of my first (and, so far, only) composition, a multi-movement improvisational piece for acoustic vs. electronic instruments, based on the 1997 rematch set of chess games between Garry Kasparov and the computer, Deep Blue. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 12:00 AM - 1 comment

November 1

Goodbye Horses (cover)

Here is a cover of Q Lazzarus's "Goodbye Horses" made famous I'm told in Silence of the Lambs and Clerks 2.

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posted by frenetic at 6:37 PM - 7 comments

October 31

CULTED

Culted was conceived after watching a special on Mass Murderers. An industrial sound with cinematic undertones and a touch of electronica. [more inside]

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posted by The Audio Invasion at 6:53 PM - 1 comment

No One Lives Forever

On this Day of the Dead, I bring you this festive reminder: no matter where you run, no matter where you hide, the Grim Reaper will catch you. He'll also catch your cat, he'll catch your dog, he'll catch your goldfish; he's gonna get us all. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:07 AM - 5 comments

October 30

Haunted

For my first MeFiMu post, I decided to whip up a recording of this bit o'sad bastard piano balladry. It's a rough recording, all pretty much first takes, but I think it works well enough. (And no, despite the title, this is not a Halloween challenge entry.) [more inside]

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posted by anthom at 9:16 PM - 2 comments

Broken Wheel (edit)

Turbocharged acoustic. Love and regret. So it goes. [more inside]

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posted by MajorDundee at 4:22 PM - 5 comments

Bed of Nails

Recorded in response to the way we punish women who fight back against abusive partners. there are many examples of Women speaking up in opposition to violence by partners... but in My experience it seems men often try to argue (ignoring the facts and statistics) that "women are 'just as' abusive" [more inside]

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posted by infinite intimation at 2:26 PM - 1 comment

gravity

this is where the pro and anti gravity forces meet

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posted by kimyo at 10:11 AM - 1 comment

October 29

Nine

Looking through old external HD backups can result in finding some great songs I don't remember writing. [more inside]

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posted by azarbayejani at 3:24 PM - 1 comment

MandyDance

This is... baroque electronic dance rock? Well, perhaps. I think it will keep you entertained for 5 minutes, at any rate. There are a lot of things that go whoosh, a thing that goes ping, and rather a lot of things doing things near the end. [more inside]

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posted by Wolfdog at 3:11 PM - 5 comments

Benny Ain't a Thang

On the heels of onehalfjunco's Lithium Spanish Flea, Jay-Z's "Money Ain't a Thang" sung to the tune of Boots Randolph's "Yackety Sax"

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posted by orville sash at 1:29 PM - 1 comment

Sleep in the temple

I recorded my first band. ( Nessie James & The Unknowns) Was my first paid studio gig time. This is the 2nd mix of sorts. Still more to add. [more inside]

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posted by american caesar at 2:29 AM - 1 comment

October 28

Texas 89

A song I wrote about a trip to Texas with a girl in 1989. [more inside]

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posted by crapples at 5:35 PM - 1 comment

Tired

A song both about being tired, that attempts to make you tired. In a good way. [more inside]

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posted by toekneebullard at 1:35 PM - 3 comments

October 27

Lithium Spanish Flea

A mashup of Nirvana's "Lithium", and Herb Alpert's "Spanish Flea." [more inside]

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posted by onehalfjunco at 11:08 PM - 5 comments

Oh sheeps

Just some music I just made just now. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 10:17 PM - 1 comment

Single Ladies Want Candy

Two and a half years after this, here's another mashup made for fun: "Single Ladies" vs "I want candy." [more inside]

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posted by davejay at 4:27 PM - 3 comments

October 26

Aleatoric Boogie Man

Sometimes, even that which goes bump in the night has to get down with chance. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 6:27 PM - 1 comment

Here In Space (It's Nice)

happy drone; space is nice

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posted by dagosto at 4:09 PM - 1 comment

October 25

modified block format

Glitchy, build-upy piano-lead electronica track I made in Buzz Tracker a few years ago. [more inside]

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posted by ropeladder at 9:06 PM - 2 comments

No Known Survivors

Something horrible has happened in this place. It will never be the same. Be thankful you weren't present. [more inside]

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posted by man vs sun at 8:43 PM - 2 comments

When Shall We Three Meet Again?

Featuring, in thier MeFiMu debut, the three resident witches of the Dundee household - the High Teas (geddit?). We're anticipating a call from the Royal Shakespeare Compnay any time about now....... so - Mirren, Dench et al - feel the fear...

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posted by MajorDundee at 10:58 AM - 4 comments

October 24

One day at a time; sunlight and starligh fall silently in line.

serendipitous collaboration on a (haunting) song. [more inside]

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posted by infinite intimation at 9:31 PM - 3 comments

Myanmar

A beepy bloop guitar song. [more inside]

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posted by 3FLryan at 7:56 PM - 6 comments

Old Friend

It's been way, way, way too long since I posted any music here, or in fact recorded anything. Anyway, it's always rough starting back up, but always a little interesting. Here's a song I was planning on submitting for the monthly challenge, but apparently I am unable to make scary music. [more inside]

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posted by tmcw at 12:54 PM - 4 comments

October 23

Vampire Dub No. 13

I don't know what's scarier: re-imagining your favorite early-60s Halloween novelty record sounds as Garageband "dub," a full MIDI trumpet section, or the slug people who overtake the vampires late in the song. (You'll know it when you hear it.)

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posted by ford and the prefects at 11:38 PM - 3 comments

Stain

It's so hard to see through the filth and the grime.

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posted by chococat at 8:14 PM - 15 comments

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