Comments on: Jessamyn's Song

Jessamyn's Song

snsranch — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:23:36 -0800

Well boys and girls, I imagine this is what it would sound like if one was lucky enough to hang out on the front porch with our favorite banjo picking librarian. Yes, that's jessamyn on banjo! (collaboration)

By: dhammond

dhammond — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:37:18 -0800

I like the minimalism of this. It reminds me of countrified Microphones song.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:55:29 -0800

Hey this has very few words (well, none) you shoudl put it into the challenge. Thanks, this was fun!

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:03:21 -0800

Best thing I've heard all week! It's like a wagon with a broken wheel. Or a little bit of dust blowing into the corner. A creaky sign swaying on an abandoned building. Night falling over a railroad yard.

By: Rock The Word

Rock The Word — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:06:32 -0800

Nice playin' jessamyn! Definitely coyote (two syllables) territory. I like it.

By: tepidmonkey

tepidmonkey — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:11:08 -0800

How delightful.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:44:30 -0800

So great.

By: TwoWordReview

TwoWordReview — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:24:10 -0800

I feel like I should be whittlin' some wood or something.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:17:17 -0800

The whistling is inspired.
It's a bit scary white people music, kind of á la Deliverence, but in a cinematic nice way. At least from my Canadian perspective.

By: Jofus

Jofus — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:15:21 -0800

Knockout

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:48:39 -0800

Uf, definitely very nice. Very, very visual. Congrats to both of you.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:18:16 -0800

Thanks again to snsranch for the encouragement. This is the first piece of, er, music that I've recorded ever. Mostly I sit around and play the banjo-mando to chill out after a long day at MetaFilter.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:51:08 -0800

Well, now you've sat around, played banjo and will make us all feel relaxed after long days at Metafilter.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:32:24 -0800

I'm really happy that jessamyn took me up on this. I've been hinting/teasing her about making music for a while and here she is twice in one week!

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:40:38 -0800

This kicks several kinds of ass. I love collaboration. There's something almost overwhelming endearing about this recording.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:34:30 -0800

Aaah, it's good to have land.

Seriously though, this is awesome. Closing music to the podcast, anyone?

By: garfy3

garfy3 — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:51:04 -0800

tres sountrack-esque! evocative and minimal. more, more!!

By: Iamtherealme

Iamtherealme — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:10:05 -0800

This is really fantastic - I'm so glad you guys posted it. Great job!

By: nicolin

nicolin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:05:31 -0800

Simple and good. Thanks

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:23:56 -0800

This banjo? Not half as bad as you say make it out to be, jess. Not even a quarter. Maybe an eighth, but then only on a bad day.

I'm serious.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:09:50 -0800

Nice, simple, wistful, it definitely captures the rocking chair on a porch feeling.