That's the Way it Wiggles

I've been doing a lot of gigs lately, so why not post some of the music here, right? This one is from a jaw harp mini-festival I was part of on March 28, 2010. I'm playing the Vietnamese jaw harp called the Dan Moi, along with a bass line from my JUNO 60 analog synth. Video of this same performance can be seen at YouTube.

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posted by flapjax at midnite (9 comments total)

THAT'S THE WAY IT WIGGLES
(at the end of the line)

worm on a hook
he's a sitting duck
it's just how the dice shook
real bad luck
dangling in the water
it's cold you know
here comes a fish
what a way to go

that's the way it wiggles at the end of the line

train pulled in
to atlanta G A
forty two dollars
what can you say
everything is closed
locked up tight
the broken heart of town
no one in sight

that's the way it wiggles at the end of the line

papa on his deathbed
stepmother crying
they say you can't take it with you
but he's gonna die trying
off to meet his maker
if there's a maker to meet
little birdy outside
singing tweet tweet tweet

that's the way it wiggles at the end of the line

copyright P & C Samm Bennett / Directional Music - all rights reserved
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:45 AM on March 30, 2010

Cool stuff. I don't think I've ever heard a Dan Moi before, but I especially liked it when you were vocalizing through it—it sounds like it could be a neat near talkbox or organic "autotune" if used with more of a new wave/robotic intention.
posted by klangklangston at 10:20 AM on March 30, 2010

Thanks, klang. And yeah, you can totally talk through a Dan Moi, i do it with some frequency, actually. Sounds just like a vocoder or whatever. I'll post something here sometime.

Actually, I think I've got something here already, with a spoken line through the Dan Moi. But it might be YouTube, only, I can't remember. I'm going to bed now, but if I dig it up I'll link to it here, later.

Hope you're mending up nicely, man, after that accident.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:25 AM on March 30, 2010

Doing a lot of gigs, you say? Any in the next several days we can go to? We're in the nabe.
posted by Obscure Reference at 3:10 PM on March 30, 2010

Obscure Reference, April gigs are: 9, 14, 18, 28 & 30. Are you around for any of those? The 9th is with this band.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:08 PM on March 30, 2010

That Juno is doing a nice job of backing you up. It sounds just enough like a stand up to give a nice jazz feel. Sweet.
posted by snsranch at 5:25 PM on March 30, 2010

Really good stuff. I like the lyrics and the call-and-response action with the Dan Moi. And, what an outstanding live performance/recording!
posted by edlundart at 11:15 PM on March 30, 2010

Thanks so much, sns and edlundart.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:47 AM on March 31, 2010

Leaving Tokyo on the 4th so we won't make it. Oh well . . .
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:13 AM on March 31, 2010