Posts tagged with acapella

An a cappella arrangement of the Outkast release, somewhat inspired by Mat Weddle's fantastic acoustic cover.
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - View this thread

Photographing the Deceased Child

I've decided to make lo-fi recordings of old songs I wrote in my 20s and early 30s. Many of these songs are between 15 and 20 years old and have not been preformed since they were written.
posted on Jun 14, 2008 - View this thread

You are my sunshine

WILDCARD challenge -- again with the three part acapella harmony
posted on Jun 8, 2008 - View this thread

Grossenschrift S

Adapted from the Sesame Street animated short.
posted on Jun 5, 2008 - View this thread

Blah blah blah

This is another children's song, and it's even better than the last one. Induces uncontrollable giggling in test audiences - for the young, and the young at heart.
posted on May 31, 2008 - View this thread

Don't Touch My Meal

A song for children.
posted on May 16, 2008 - View this thread

Passionate Surrender

More three part solo. This time even the melody is improvised. The lyrics are a poem that caught my eye online. (link inside)
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - View this thread

Arms of a Woman

Cover of the Amos Lee song by the same name.... Or at least the first verse of it. Again, in three part harmony complete with background noise.
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - View this thread

The Rescue at Arisaig

Another true story from my family...
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - View this thread

Hey Jude

Hey Jude in three part (x2) harmony
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - View this thread

Ground Zero Blues (Rough Cut)

One week after 9/11/01, upstate New York. Worrying, whinging and existential musing with my friends. Karen says, "At least I'm not dust in New York City."
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - View this thread

Breaking the Rules (Rough Cut)

Country/jazz. acapella. An open letter to Amy Winehouse. Super Mario Galaxy.
posted on Jan 5, 2008 - View this thread

Videotape (Radiohead cover)

I dunno why I'm so into a capella these days. I kicked around the idea of doing this song as a round for a while. This is just a sketch. GarageBand, built-in mic in MacBook.
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - View this thread

Metafilter Music Collab | Teaser #1: Backing Vocals

To appease (or perhaps aggravate) your curiosity, here's a tiny little teaser compiled from the Mefi Music Collaboration tracks.
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - View this thread

Multiple Lives

A capella rehash of a song from my first EP. Lyrics from a sonnet by Natalie James.
posted on Oct 20, 2007 - View this thread

The No. 26 Mine Disaster

Written by the incomparable Alistair MacGillivray (who rocks my socks), this song was written after an accident at the No. 26 Colliery in Glace Bay, NS in 1979.
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - View this thread

Visions of Johanna

This is submitted as the crappiest Bob Dylan cover ever created, in relation to this.
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - View this thread

Song for the Mira

Mwahahaha! By request...
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - View this thread

The Turret Gunner's Farewell

A song I wrote a couple of years ago as a tribute to my great uncle Bernard, who went down in a Halifax III during WWII. Oh hell. Just listen to the song to get the story.
posted on Aug 17, 2007 - View this thread

Burning need. Write a song.

This isn't a particularly good song, so I recommend you don't listen if you like music. Which you do. Pay no attention to all my shitty lyrics peppering your music page, now, if you please.
posted on Jul 4, 2007 - View this thread

I Like Hat

Acapella sample, killer synth, creepy fembot vocals. A song about hats.
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - View this thread

Think About Your Troubles

Ever since this post, I've had this song in my head. Been goofily singing it to myself pretty constantly. So I decided to just record it a capella for no reason whatsoever. It's not jazz (slightly bluesy in spots though) & of course it's not as good as Nillson's but I figure maybe I've gotten it out of my system now. I mean, how often does a girl get to record herself singing about decomposing whales? ;)
posted on May 26, 2007 - View this thread

Coffee Time! (a capella)

This song was originally written in 1945 by Lennie Hayton for the soundtrack of the Minnelli/Astaire MGM musical Yolanda & the Thief. Since I just started drinking my beloved morning latte again after giving it up for 2-3 months, it felt appropriate to do a little joyful a capella singing to the world for no real reason whatsoever. Oh, if only I could set up a 5 piece band in my office... sigh.
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - View this thread

... a song for persona non grata

Y'know, I've dug your music. So, in commemoration of your self-linkage, I've composed a brief song. Take no offence to the last line, please. But don't self-link, goddammit. If you're still even here.
posted on Oct 7, 2006 - View this thread

The Cheese Song (in Dmaj)

This might be the first song that directly references a question in the green. I recorded this a few years back as a present to my mum. (The talented Mr Matt Evans added the scritchy-scratchiness.) This is the song as I remember my mum singing it to me. The only difference is that my Mum sang it in a lilting Scouse, whereas I tend to intone it pretentiously. BTW: My question in Ask still stands. I'd love it if anyone knew this song - or anything like it. I fully intend, one day, to illustrate the song as a children's book, sell millions and retire to a caribbean island to kill myself slowly with daiquiris. You have been warned.
posted on Sep 21, 2006 - View this thread

Like a Sunrise featuring Diane Jessurun

I went looking for some Creative Commons acapellas to muck around with, and this is the result - something a bit trip-hop and soulful, based on this vocal performance from Diane Jessurun. I'm not too unhappy with the result. CC2006.
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - View this thread

four ewe

So, at the time of the creation of this brief song, I was trying to force myself to write a song a week. Searching for something about which to sing, I stumbled across the Myspace profile of someone who looked an awful lot like someone I used to know. That's the basic gist of it, really. Twas submitted for the MeFi Compilation album, but, alas, I could do little to remove the hiss.
posted on Jul 24, 2006 - View this thread

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

I've always loved this spiritual, and I loved recording it as well. It was a balmy evening in New York, and as I was singing, I felt as much in the center of the world as far far away....
posted on Jul 21, 2006 - View this thread

Metroid

So, this is how I've spent the afternoon. Constructing a cover of what is, in my opinion, the greatest video game theme ever composed. For your enjoyment. Yes, I know it falls apart a little, in some places. But that's because it's a cappella. And it's a cappella because it would have taken much longer to make were I to have used instruments. Oh! And I'm exhausted. And it seemed like a good idea at the time. Enjoy!
posted on Jul 19, 2006 - View this thread

Fending Off the Invasion

A week or so ago I embarked upon a thorough kitchen cleaning in a seemingly failed attempt to dissuade the cockroaches from continuing to live in it. Without paying rent. Whatever I used to clean the wooden cabinets, and I don't quite recall what it was, was also, I discovered, removing the varnish as well. And that is what this song is about. And it's (almost entirely) a capella.
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - View this thread

Hummingbrrd

A light-hearted vocal tune/experiment - all sounds are from my own voice, including the potentially craptacular quasi-beatboxing in the middle. Enjoy!
posted on Jun 30, 2006 - View this thread

Hey Ya