I had the drums and amp mic'ed up anyway, so I decided to lay down this track from Moana.

posted by uncleozzy at 9:33 AM - 10 comments

Put together with my niece on a family reunion trip to Mission Bay. Lots of handclaps and arpeggiator (too many handclaps?) Another mostly op-1 track.

posted by q*ben at 9:12 PM - 2 comments

sometimes i don't know what i'm writing about - sometimes i don't want to know [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 7:03 PM - 0 comments

I wrote the lyric melody 25 years ago and placed it to new music tonight [more inside]

posted by nikaspark at 12:25 AM - 0 comments

confusion [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:42 PM - 0 comments

This is the only advice I have for new parents these days. Had to salvage this song from a lost-when-near completed track, so the mixing is what I could work with, but I'm pretty happy with it. Enjoy! [more inside]

posted by es_de_bah at 1:34 PM - 3 comments

sunday mornings were weird and trying [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:03 PM - 0 comments

Hi All, Been awhile (years?) since I posted some music here. Wondering what folks might think of the current kind of thing I've been working on. Thank you.

posted by johanze at 2:12 PM - 1 comment

i was driving in almena township and someone had 6 crows surrounding a pink flamingo on their front lawn [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 8:59 AM - 0 comments

Almost ten years old: Came across one of my favorite songs from my band Big Ghost. One of our first attempts at home recording with drums. It's about backyard baseball, magic tricks, social anxiety and flirting. [more inside]

posted by es_de_bah at 11:18 PM - 2 comments

A song about surviving a pretty wild and punk rock youth. I wrote and recorded this under the name Dame Kraft. It will be cleaned up and made better and eventually released.

posted by nikaspark at 5:24 PM - 2 comments

Song about trying not to give up. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 10:53 AM - 6 comments

because it's infrastructure week [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 3:48 PM - 0 comments

a really angry song from the new album, the caution doors [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 2:11 PM - 1 comment

Classic mash note: Lennon and McCartney stole from each other long after the Beatles split up. A love letter written in guitar riffs. bit.ly/rileyrockindex

posted by triley60 at 11:47 AM - 0 comments

If you like the coathangers you'll like this track. Loud, Angry and Punk. [more inside]

posted by nikaspark at 3:31 PM - 4 comments

Not sure if I can do it justice, but I have loved this song every since I first heard Seven Swans in my college days. Light, soulful cover of a modern classic. I've messed with the harmonies a little, so some of the chords are more dissonant (but in a watery, calm way, not a harsh way, if that makes any sense).

posted by Bluebird Wine at 4:59 PM - 1 comment

A cover of Wayne Shorter's Juju using Gretchen Parlato's lyrics from her version of the tune. Done in a sort of 90s-ish trip hoppy style. [more inside]

posted by Television Name at 9:35 PM - 4 comments

With gman's announcement that he's taking a leave of absence, I told him beforehand that, on the day of his departure, I'd smoke something heady and record an improvised freakout jam. Gabe—I hope wherever you landed, they have internet; this one's for you. [more inside]

posted by not_on_display at 10:34 PM - 4 comments

Echoey guitars and sparse vocals, a cross between Mazzy Star and Nick Drake. This song is what I was crying about on the tube after Pride in London. [more inside]

posted by nikaspark at 10:44 PM - 3 comments

My attemp to ripoff the Pixies, Radiohead, etc..

posted by erikgrande at 10:22 PM - 5 comments

Another OP-1 track, this time with a teeny bit of analog lead from my minilogue. [more inside]

posted by q*ben at 8:35 PM - 1 comment

Post of the week...intense acoustic folk song. Guitar, vocals, piano.

posted by Bluebird Wine at 6:25 PM - 1 comment

This came into my head after seeing Katy Perry and The Residents, one right after the other. It's part of my new goal of working on vocal harmonies.

posted by umbú at 9:24 AM - 4 comments

Content Warning (inside the fold) [more inside]

posted by nikaspark at 11:28 PM - 5 comments

I love this song. Cover with guitar, piano. From her 1995 album Wrecking Ball, which Wikipedia calls "career redefining."

posted by Bluebird Wine at 3:34 PM - 1 comment

Cover of this beautiful song by Sibylle Baier. Guitalele, flute/clarinet/marimba/wurlitzer piano synths. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 1:14 PM - 6 comments

I sat in bed and doodled around in Animoog.

posted by moonmilk at 8:29 PM - 2 comments

lofi recording of somewhat didactic relyricization of joan baez classic, prepared around the time of the tiki torch society's march on charlottesville. [more inside]

posted by 20 year lurk at 1:57 PM - 4 comments

Here's a demo electronic track. 505 Drum Machine, Nord Lead 1, Arp Odyssey and a Crumar Stratus though a few effects. It's maybe Daft Punk Tron Soundtrack-esque?

posted by nikaspark at 8:37 PM - 2 comments

Post of the week! This is a new (and improved?) version of a song I posted quite a while ago (as "Drinking all day"). Light, airy, one-chord country song with moody lyrics. Added second guitar part, violin, harmony vocal. I think I'm getting somewhere with my recording capabilities--what do you think? Any thoughts on the mix?

posted by Bluebird Wine at 5:19 PM - 1 comment

A quick demo of a short instrumental that was inspired by, written and recorded on and named after the red guitar I bought the other day and mentioned on the MetaGoodness thread.

posted by Grangousier at 10:56 AM - 2 comments

Colbert sounded like Led Zeppelin in his bit that rides the cusp between humor and a sheer release of pent up indignation, so I added guitar accompaniment.

posted by umbú at 8:44 PM - 2 comments

Origin story. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 10:03 PM - 7 comments

Another fuzzy, rather lo-fi outing for Sredni Vashtar... [more inside]

posted by srednivashtar at 3:12 PM - 3 comments

Moody, jazzy little tune that explodes towards the end. About the delicious dread of falling in love when both people have baggage. This is my second big attempt at faking swing drums, so pointers would be helpful. As per usual, I started out wanting a sparse mix but it got away from me a bit. [more inside]

posted by es_de_bah at 1:38 PM - 7 comments

From my newly released album of the same name, at starthief.bandcamp.com. Something on a spectrum of drone/ambient/abstract electronica. [more inside]

posted by Foosnark at 8:06 AM - 1 comment

A free jazz-ish interpolation for guitar synthesizer and laptop studio. [more inside]

posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 4:16 PM - 0 comments

I lost my good friend a while ago. I made this with him and I miss him dearly. I just want him to be somewhere, so here he is. [more inside]

posted by sputgop at 10:12 PM - 5 comments

I like it again. This is the piano track I posted before (now without the synth, and with vocals and backing vocal harmony) but I think I've mostly solved the problem that to me the whole thing felt kind of lifeless. (At least I felt confident enough to replace the old track with this on SoundCloud, hope that was wise.) What do you think?

posted by Bluebird Wine at 1:41 PM - 3 comments