Just in under the wire for September's "transpo" Challenge theme.

posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:48 PM PST - 4 comments

For October we've always gone with SCARY and not only do I not want to change that, I'd like to see it become a tradition here. So for October, let's be scary and anything goes. Just imagine that your producing something for a Halloween party, a Haunted House or even something just to scare the daylights out of trick-or-treaters. I think I might go with a little spoken word a la Vincent Price accompanied by some spooky music and sounds. Enjoy! posted by snsranch at 6:08 PM PST - 38 comments

I've been slowing things down again. [more inside] posted by jtron at 3:07 PM PST - 6 comments

Noise and feedback. Swirling, swirling, swirling! [more inside]

posted by jtron at 2:32 PM PST - 2 comments

Freshly mixed at The Gin Palace by head bartender Alphonse, a Bombay Sapphire cocktail with the merest suggestion of smokey jazz. Niiiiice Not, btw, a cover of the Elton John song [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 1:47 PM PST - 4 comments

Anyone have any experience with banjo-guitar hybrids? Any recommendations on which companies to order one from? I probably can't justify spending more than $400 or $500 on one, but it would be awesome if you know of a banjitar that does well with tuning the strings down real low and has pretty solid intonation. Also, would it work to just put normal, nylon guitar strings on the instrument? [more inside] posted by Corduroy at 1:10 PM PST - 16 comments

A last-minute SongFight entry with a one-liner lyric. [more inside]

posted by cortex at 10:33 AM PST - 3 comments

On an old hard drive, I've recently uncovered a directory of sounds I created. I thought I'd share this one. It's an ambient piece.

posted by beardlace at 12:44 AM PST - 1 comments

A quick song after a very long day, and the first song to end up in the pristine new pages of my new notebook.

posted by tmcw at 6:01 PM PST - 2 comments

Another song in the 'I'm trying my hand at writing and recording rock music single-handedly in my bedroom' project. Looking for criticism, suggestions, tips, etc. - on mixing especially. [more inside]

posted by Lutoslawski at 10:08 AM PST - 2 comments

"For you emcees" It's an electro-kinda riddim with a mellow feel. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

posted by fuq at 3:26 PM PST - 0 comments

Uptempo garage rock take on the chimey classic. [more inside]

posted by cortex at 12:55 PM PST - 1 comments

A rock ode to the bat that clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery. Thoughts? [more inside]

posted by Lutoslawski at 9:48 AM PST - 3 comments

Unplanned, meant to sound planned; followed by planned, meant to sound unplanned; rinse; repeat. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 9:20 PM PST - 0 comments

GAS = (G)ear (A)cquisition (S)yndrome. What are you currently fixated on? [more inside] posted by unSane at 6:58 PM PST - 59 comments

I need to put together a new 'artist/band' website and not sure what CMS is really the best. my Hosting has free Wordpress or Drupal installs - whats the pros and cons of each and what do you use? [more inside] posted by mary8nne at 8:27 AM PST - 8 comments

Song about the times between the expansion and contraction of the universe. Some quotes lifted from BSG. [more inside]

posted by drbalderas at 6:53 AM PST - 0 comments

My acoustic cover of the Mefi favourite by Ke$ha.

posted by ianK at 9:54 AM PST - 5 comments

A song about Sex. This is the last of three songs from my short-lived band Hurlo Thrumbo. Recorded in 1990. I wrote the music and played bass, and the singer wrote the melody and words. Rescued from cassette. [more inside]

posted by Devils Rancher at 9:36 PM PST - 2 comments

Slick synths in seven

posted by CarrotAdventure at 6:29 PM PST - 1 comments

So this afternoon on twitter, Nathan Fillion said: "I want my own theme song. Original. Short and long versions. Write music? Post it. Let's hear." Twist my arm.

posted by cortex at 4:35 PM PST - 15 comments

Wrote this on my friends farm in Iowa. A good "double" meaning song concerning genetic engineering, both intentional and accidental, animal and vegetable. [more inside]

posted by Disbro at 8:02 AM PST - 2 comments

Another bedroom-recorded song. [more inside]

posted by ianK at 7:17 AM PST - 0 comments

More uke-pop about girls. [more inside]

posted by tunewell at 4:36 PM PST - 4 comments

I just posted a tune which was directly inspired by a Mefi post. I'd like to find the other such tunes. Maybe we could tag them? [more inside] posted by motty at 4:27 PM PST - 9 comments

As it turns out, batshit crazy sounds marginally better with a beat. [more inside]

posted by Pope Guilty at 1:10 PM PST - 3 comments

A bit of 80s style guitar-rock goodness. I wanted to wait with sharing this until the mix had actually been completed, but the sound guy is taking his sweet time, so here it is. [more inside]

posted by MaiaMadness at 12:15 PM PST - 1 comments

An improvisational rendition of the classic Finnish folk tune on piano and bass, folk jazz style. [more inside]

posted by motty at 7:12 AM PST - 4 comments

My first stab at Chopped and Screwed music. I took my favorite K-Pop song. I need to mess around with the chopping a little bit more, but I figured I'd show you guys what I had so far. [more inside]

posted by azarbayejani at 6:34 AM PST - 6 comments

Krautrock meets Kanterbury in a Manuel Gottsching/Steve Hillage collision. Prettiness ensues...

posted by Jonesisdying at 3:18 AM PST - 5 comments

There are few sounds to compare with the music of the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Check out this link featuring a Supermarine Spitfire and an Avro Lancaster, put a pair of cans on and crank it up a bit. Fantastic noise. You can keep heavy metal - this is real rock 'n' roll.... If anyone finds something with better sound quality - let's have a link to it, huh? [more inside] posted by MajorDundee at 12:28 PM PST - 5 comments

This is very worrying... [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 9:28 AM PST - 17 comments

this came from a guitar thing I came up with. I really messed up the recording, so I should re-record it someday. [more inside]

posted by MadRat at 4:03 PM PST - 2 comments

This is a little something I cooked together earlier this summer for the fun of it. I never finished it, but thought it might be fun to share anyway. [more inside]

posted by MaiaMadness at 4:22 AM PST - 6 comments

My break-up song, written a number of years ago. [more inside]

posted by ianK at 8:36 PM PST - 4 comments

Care to post a pic and description of your recording environment? [more inside] posted by unSane at 7:24 PM PST - 13 comments

I wrote and recorded this song in 1992 in Walnut Creek, California near San Francisco. I remember I was preparing to climb Mt. Whitney. I was pretty prolific in my songwriting then. It was about my first girlfriend, and how we pretty much took our time, and spent many years together during our youth in a healthy relationship. I think it's a pretty good example of a formula pop/love song. I hope you like it! [more inside]

posted by Disbro at 2:46 PM PST - 2 comments

Synth/Prog/Metal/Dance/videogamey song from a concept record about the end of everything. [more inside]

posted by drbalderas at 10:16 AM PST - 6 comments

I wrote this for my song who went to India. [more inside]

posted by Disbro at 6:58 PM PST - 1 comments

Featuring Tommy Scheurich on viola, and me on horn (with and without effects), with Trey Beauregard on Assorted Miscellany.

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:59 AM PST - 2 comments

Another lo-fi acoustic tune about the end of the world. Not too cheerful stuff. [more inside]

posted by ianK at 5:24 AM PST - 2 comments

Cruising down the LA river from Griffith Park to East Side while utterly stoned on a sunny afternoon on a low key adventure past huge graffiti, booming lowriders, homeless camps and a surprising amount of nature.

posted by loquacious at 2:14 AM PST - 0 comments

I always know the tricks you play, but I still get taken. Another poppy (and slightly ominous) uke tune. Hope you like it! [more inside]

posted by tunewell at 11:53 AM PST - 6 comments

I wrote this song 4 years ago in relationship with how I feel about global warming. [more inside]

posted by Disbro at 7:41 AM PST - 4 comments

a little piano piece that I recorded in the lull before going out on a Friday

posted by tmcw at 9:10 PM PST - 2 comments

Previously. This mix replaces some of the sampled guitar parts with real guitars, and the piano is played live. Once again I'm using Guitar Rig 3 LE for post-processing. The drones are still Reason samples. The drums were replaced with Battery 4. Same vocal track.

posted by NemesisVex at 4:38 PM PST - 0 comments

I direct a Russian folk ensemble, Golosa, that's looking for a few new singers. [more inside] posted by zadermatermorts at 12:32 PM PST - 2 comments

90's style screamo/emotional hardcore inspired by Isaac Asimov's Nightfall

posted by drbalderas at 3:01 PM PST - 5 comments

I recorded this for a dear old friend who'd requested it; it has myself playing a really trashy old guitar and my wheezy accordion and singing. Yes, it's senselessly sentimental, but there's something sweet about it. [more inside]

posted by koeselitz at 1:53 PM PST - 3 comments

I had a few hours to myself this morning and wrote this song. [more inside]

posted by dobie at 1:24 PM PST - 12 comments

Perhaps the best thing you can ever do to an accordion. Accordion by Tommy Scheurich, live effects manipulation by me, Timbill Corder. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 7:02 PM PST - 7 comments

I could use some advice on setting recording levels for decent and consistent playback volume. [more inside] posted by sailormouth at 4:18 PM PST - 12 comments

On Sunday I'm leaving my friends and family and boyfriend to go off and live in Britain for a year and attend university. This is a song about that, which I finished today. [more inside]

posted by MaiaMadness at 7:56 AM PST - 5 comments

Ambient sample-based electronic music with dubstep beats and a John Tavener clip.

posted by ianK at 12:21 AM PST - 0 comments

Cover of a Sidney Bechet classic from the 40s. Myself on sufficiently-faked stride piano, rhythm guitar, trumpets, cajun-sounding accordion, and raucous vocal. This is a stomper, and holy fuck was it fun to do. Lyrics seem to be concern tea. Hmm. [more inside]

posted by koeselitz at 12:15 AM PST - 15 comments

The debut of my new, beautiful Telecaster Guitbass, and a lovely bit of ambience to kick off the session. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:41 PM PST - 1 comments

Spacy, psychedelic, crazy spoken-wordy rock song inspired by Afroblanco's poem of the same name. Brought to you by Ambien (TM) and Lagavulin 16. [more inside]

posted by jeffamaphone at 10:46 AM PST - 4 comments

chill, metropolitan 80s chic. free download on soundcloud.

posted by nuevaforma at 9:03 PM PST - 2 comments

Build a loop, add some licks, and before you know it, you're groovin'. [more inside]

posted by man vs sun at 9:29 PM PST - 1 comments

I asked Jessamyn what she wanted for her birthday, and she asked me to write a sincere song for her. I just finished the recorded version, but I did get to sing it to her, live and in the middle of the woods, on her actual birthday. NOW THAT'S SINCERE! [more inside]

posted by not_on_display at 7:47 PM PST - 4 comments

It's really freakin' hard to write a song about someone you weren't in love with. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 2:24 PM PST - 4 comments

As the lady says, this is a cover of a John Lennon tune recorded live last Friday night in Pomona.

posted by InfidelZombie at 8:13 AM PST - 0 comments

collaborationfilter:guest drummer, Zenabi. [more inside]

posted by micayetoca at 4:59 AM PST - 4 comments

Looking for advice on simple drum miking set-ups, and an upgrade to my audio interface. [more inside] posted by unSane at 6:50 PM PST - 22 comments

Country Western waltz ballad. Featuring faux-pedal steel and more twang than I usually evidence. [more inside]

posted by cortex at 12:00 PM PST - 6 comments

Pretty much a lot of keyboard playing over a drum loop made on same said keyboard. [more inside]

posted by swellingitchingbrain at 8:53 AM PST - 1 comments

I'm very interested in making new and different sounds. Trying to pull together influences like Reich, Animal Collective, and psychadelic dubstep. [more inside]

posted by ejfox at 9:11 PM PST - 5 comments

The title says it all. Effects are manipulated live by yours truly, cello by Tommy Scheurich. Check out the video here, taken by Trey Beauregard (man vs sun). [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 10:34 PM PST - 3 comments

This is a cover of a song by one of my favourite bands, Eels. It's pretty typical of the band - slightly sad and thoughtful, with a lot that we aren't told. I'd been planning to record this anyway, but then along came the Transpo challenge, and this seemed to fit very well. [more inside]

posted by ZsigE at 1:38 PM PST - 2 comments

'80's AOR revival band seeks drummer. Must have own mullet and teeth. Ability to walk upright and use a knife and fork may be an advantage. Apply within. [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 12:28 PM PST - 5 comments

On Thursday evening, I stumbled on some stairs, banged my head against a wall, and incurred six stitches (and a wounded sense of pride). One of my friends though that my description "Stumbling on the Stairs" would make a great hair band name, or even better, a hair rock anthem. [more inside] posted by sandraregina at 7:19 AM PST - 9 comments

First track I've recorded by the small choir I've put together this year. I write and arrange, they sing. It's been my project since christmas - please let me know what you think! [more inside]

posted by greenish at 4:14 AM PST - 6 comments

I recently bought a new computer, which allows me to use Guitar Rig 3 LE that came bundled with Cakewalk SONAR without taxing my CPU. So I re-recorded one of my songs with actual guitars. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 9:18 PM PST - 3 comments

The year is 1996. I'm in my neighbor's tiny basement studio. I am making my first remotely professional recording. I am earnest. I am 17 years old. [more inside]

posted by cortex at 7:50 PM PST - 7 comments

This months challenge, TRANSPO, is combination of "favorite car" and "car culture" ideas from bonefish and Karlos the Jackal. [more inside] posted by snsranch at 4:08 PM PST - 29 comments

Full blown (not to say epic) production of this acoustic demo. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 1:14 PM PST - 12 comments

Written and recorded shortly after my first visit to the USA, this is a kind of sensory impression of the experience - a slightly woozy and bewitched mood piece I suppose. [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 12:51 PM PST - 5 comments

a nice song. I'm not sure why I wrote this. Please, any comments are okay.

posted by MadRat at 5:01 PM PST - 2 comments

As autumn arrives, it always gives me a feeling of glorious sad sentimentality, almost like a chemical reaction. Whether I actually have something to feel sentimental about or not, those chilly sun-filled days create a longing like a chemical reaction. This song is that feeling for me, when you can't get back the past, but flounder to try. Guitar and vox recorded live with a single guitar overdub. [more inside]

posted by tunewell at 2:00 PM PST - 8 comments