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December 16

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Just a little carol we recorded for our holiday card. roll truck roll on dulcimer, firemonkey on trumpet and horn. [more inside]

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posted by roll truck roll at 10:05 PM - 0 comments

Craftwork

Kraftwerk-esque dubstep. Attempting to balance heaviness, vintageness and spaciness. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 8:22 PM - 0 comments

December 15

the song you changed

rough cut of a song i am in the process of writing [more inside]

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posted by mememix at 7:33 PM - 0 comments

Road To Nowhere

All-vocal Talking Heads cover. [more inside]

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posted by waraw at 4:55 PM - 3 comments

douce nuit

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Short, with improvised and awkwards chunks, various mistakes, and a outro that flirts with crashlanding. Peace.

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posted by nicolin at 2:37 PM - 1 comment

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (MagiMix)

Picking up on media hype about a strange new star that's getting beardy-wierdies very excited, local New Wave outfit The HeBeGeeBees (Maurice, Barry and Ruben) decide the time is ripe to release their debut single. Recorded live at a packed-to-the-rafters Holiday Inn Bethlehem, the track is coupled with the riske “Herod Blew My Camel, No Really". [more inside]

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posted by MajorDundee at 1:34 PM - 2 comments

December 14

Jumpy

A jaunty little ditty created on the Korg DS-10. [more inside]

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posted by buriednexttoyou at 11:39 AM - 3 comments

Remains To Be Seen

Inspired by Aled Lewis' "The Horde" [more inside]

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posted by allaboutgeorge at 5:20 AM - 0 comments

December 13

The Most Wonderful Day of The Year (Misfit Toys)

From the "Island of Misfit Toys" scene in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. What was wrong with the doll? [more inside]

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posted by chococat at 2:45 PM - 4 comments

Fixed Gear Dicks

Written after living on Seattle's Capitol Hill. I have to drive for my job, and there's no shortage of these folks who... well, maybe you already get my vibe. [more inside]

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posted by l2p at 2:26 PM - 2 comments

Classic

Studying for exams suck. Classical guitar FPPs rock. I decided to focus this energy into something productive. [more inside]

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posted by azarbayejani at 11:58 AM - 0 comments

Low-Fi Silent Night

A mildly country version of silent night. Tune+Bucket=Success [more inside]

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posted by French Fry at 8:42 AM - 0 comments

December 12

Christmas Wrapping

Cover of The Waitresses classic recorded for Christmas 2006 and featuring my daughters Jennifer and Stephanie on vocals. Their English accents make it sound like a Bananarama outtake. I will shortly be uploading something that will almost certainly qualify for the "Naughty" podcast even if it doesn't make the cut.....

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posted by MajorDundee at 8:01 AM - 6 comments

December 11

SMUT - Three Beers Left

Hangovers, with Dr. Seuss. [more inside]

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posted by 256 at 7:34 AM - 0 comments

Here Comes Santa Claus

(Quickly) recorded for the December MeFiMusic Challenge. [more inside]

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posted by mintcake! at 7:34 AM - 1 comment

Les Mondes Englotuis (Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea)

Cover version of perhaps my absolute most favorite 80ies TV-series, Les Mondes Engloutis. (It was called Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea in the US.) [more inside]

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posted by gmm at 6:26 AM - 2 comments

December 10

Death and the Maiden

Cover of the Verlaines. [more inside]

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posted by escabeche at 5:50 PM - 0 comments

December 9

Forbidden to Face The Natural Light (Part 2 of 3)

Movement 2 of a 3 movement work for brass, percussion, and radio. [more inside]

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posted by The3rdMan at 4:42 PM - 0 comments

I Think You're Alright (demo)

Demo a friend of mine (Ben Mullin!) and I put together.

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posted by frenetic at 2:53 PM - 4 comments

This Song Was About Crying

It's a snow day here in Wisconsin and that means that the kid and I are recording. This one is 5 tracks of kid vocals -- sort of a nonverbal impressionistic vibe this time -- with some canned drums and synth. And some crying at the end.

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posted by escabeche at 2:33 PM - 1 comment

The Wassail Song

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My first contribution to the Hark! The Herald Banjo Rings 2009 project. [more inside]

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posted by usonian at 6:24 AM - 1 comment

White Christmas

dreaming of a, blah blah blah [more inside]

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posted by raisindebt at 5:58 AM - 3 comments

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

I like to do Christmas music every year to add to my Christmas cards. [more inside]

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posted by american caesar at 12:03 AM - 3 comments

December 8

O Holy Night

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This is one of my favorite bits of not just holiday music but music in general, but it's not something I usually hear people rock out to. This is my attempt to help change that. [more inside]

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posted by cortex at 11:58 AM - 13 comments

Bunch of Uncles

Electronic music.

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posted by whiskeyspider at 10:29 AM - 1 comment

December 7

Power Set

This is the song that the set of subsets of the natural numbers would write if it had a difficult adolescence and listened to a lot of early R.E.M. [more inside]

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posted by escabeche at 5:34 PM - 2 comments

Telling Jokes

Some pretty heavy space dubstep that I made for a variety show that happened this past weekend. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 6:51 AM - 1 comment

Where Were You?

A cover of the song originally by the Mekons. [more inside]

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posted by l2p at 1:19 AM - 2 comments

December 6

No Longer Lonely

A beat I made for someone to rap over, but I don't know any rappers. [more inside]

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posted by orville sash at 10:49 PM - 1 comment

Winter Wonderland

Sleigh bells ring and et cetera [more inside]

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posted by raisindebt at 6:12 AM - 10 comments

Where are we now?

a slow and blatant abuse of out of phase & out of time--- a guitar song.

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posted by at the crossroads at 5:24 AM - 4 comments

December 4

What Child Is This

Solo harmonica uptempo version of a classic Christmas tune. [more inside]

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posted by leapfrog at 10:37 AM - 2 comments

December 3

eyesland

what if in my exploring eyesland a whale eats me?

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posted by kimyo at 10:51 PM - 2 comments

Sam (Cheesecake Mix)

Forgot about this one. Lyric's a bit rubbish (sentimental and rather cliched) but the rest isn't bad. Decent guitar solo from about 2.33. Don't know what I was trying to achieve with the extended outro. Whole thing is perhaps a little too slow and underproduced? Comments welcome, as ever. [more inside]

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posted by MajorDundee at 1:21 PM - 12 comments

December 1

in an aisle seat

Greasy rock song about falling asleep in passenger seats. I could use some help with this. Ok, this is my first attempt at recording with real drums. While I'm happy to finally post something featuring my insanely talented little brother, Mike, I'm sorry to say that the drum recording I started out with was awful and I'm not sure I've made it any better. If anyone has some insight as to what can be fixed and how, or some tips on cheap/lo-fi/hopelessly inept home drum recording, I'd love to hear them. [more inside]

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posted by es_de_bah at 1:06 PM - 7 comments

How To Write A Christmas Song

There is sacred holiday music and there is profane holiday music. This is profane holiday music. [more inside]

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posted by raisindebt at 10:15 AM - 13 comments

Swim Fish

It's a pop-type song (with streaks of metal) that tells the tale of a fish and his problems. Lyrics here. [more inside]

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posted by ignignokt at 3:26 AM - 2 comments

November 30

Let Me Know

A short, sweet synthpop/r&b jam. I've been listening to Confessions alot lately, and this is sort of my take on the modern r&b genre.

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posted by clcapps at 8:26 PM - 0 comments

November 29

Unwed Fathers

This is a cover of John Prine's sad little song about a girl, a bus, and a man who done her wrong. Also babies. [more inside]

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posted by ZsigE at 4:21 PM - 1 comment

That's where I'm At

This is a song I did last nite with my cousin on drums. I'm tracking music on my home studio. [more inside]

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posted by american caesar at 12:23 AM - 0 comments

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