Comments on: I Burned This Song

I Burned This Song

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:58:28 -0800

For this month's LYRIC Challenge. It has a very simple backing track, consisting of three elements: a drone (from my trusty Juno 60 analog synth), little wooden bells (from the 100 yen shop!), and my daughter's plastic ukulele, which has a picture of Maisy Mouse on it.

By: danb

danb — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:30:13 -0800

Great stuff as usual, flapjax. I'm always impressed how well you can hold a song together a song. Your singing is strong and confident without hiding inside of a complex arrangement.

That plastic ukelele sounds pretty great here -- almost like an mbira, with the way you're playing it.

By: danb

danb — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:45:48 -0800

I'm always impressed how well you can hold a song together ~~a song~~.

I'm also impressed at how well I can mess up a comment.

By: Corduroy

Corduroy — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:44:02 -0800

That beginning is super ominous, and it really keeps holding that tension. Nice job!

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:23:02 -0800

Very nice instrumentation. Strangely, after seeing Big Trouble in Little China for the first time in years, it kind of reminds me of that film. That's a good thing, by the way, because that film is hilariously wonderful. And, man, this just makes me miss our old Juno 6 yet again. I guess I'll just have to find the VST version.

Good job, f@m.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:58:24 -0800

Thanks, guys, for your comments! Much obliged.

...almost like an mbira, with the way you're playing it.

Yes, I was definitely channeling a certain African aesthetic here. I've heard accompaniments with a similar flavor, on various recordings of traditional music from around Africa. And often from string instruments that sound very much like this plastic uke!

By: umbú

umbú — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:58:34 -0800

Lord, I love the way you used that ukulele. It sounds terrific. It proves that no instruments are merely toy instruments. Or maybe that all instruments are toy instruments.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:45 -0800

Great use of a toy uke. You certainly have a style, a genre, that makes you instantly recognizable even before the vocals come in, which I think is an awesome thing.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:37:00 -0800

I really like this. Listening to it reminds me that less can be much, much more.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:42:31 -0800

Man, you know how to make music that sounds like it belongs to all countries. [**bowing**]