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And it needed to be one of these. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Oct 5, 2009 -
1 comment
An a capella sea shanty for my pierced and tattooed puppet, Sailor Martin.
posted by Astro Zombie
on Aug 16, 2009 -
1 comment
It's amazing what you can throw together in about 4 hours with nothing but a Rock Band mic, 8 of yourself, and a pair of Stylophones. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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A verse from the AVB song Open My Heart (or at least as best as I could remember it) [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Jun 16, 2009 -
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Continuing the theme of random a capella overdubbed stuff I have in my back catalogue, an old favourite [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 16, 2009 -
3 comments
Eakins Vocal Consort of Philadelphia performs "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal." Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Setting by Allen McCullough. [more inside]
posted by greekphilosophy
on Mar 31, 2009 -
3 comments
I was inspired to do this quick a capella interpretation of The Clash after reading Ironmouth's opinions on how singers aren't creative since all they're capable of is mimicking things that geniuses wrote. [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster
on Feb 7, 2009 -
9 comments
A Capella with a twist. I stitched three melodies together and messed with the stereo settings. [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Jan 9, 2009 -
1 comment
Tomas Luis de Victoria's version of O Magnum Mysterium was my favorite Christmas song back in the days of high school choir. Here is my own lo-fi rendition. [more inside]
posted by chara
on Dec 24, 2008 -
6 comments
This is an a capella cover Leah Wilmoth (heard here and here) recorded on my laptop. It's a cover of a traditional folk song, as performed by Jewel. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy
on Dec 14, 2008 -
2 comments
I'm a big fan of Frank Loesser's lyrics and Jimmy McHugh's melodies, so I decided to add a few to my repertoire. When I'm learning new songs, I record myself a capella to see how my voicings are sounding and what I need to work on. It's bare, but I thought this turned out kind of sweet.
posted by miss lynnster
on Oct 25, 2008 -
4 comments
Possibly the geekiest use of "Nature Boy". [more inside]
posted by eurasian
on Oct 22, 2008 -
10 comments
Me singing the Harry Warren song, without any backing, feel free to mashup/remix, etc. [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol
on Sep 28, 2008 -
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More three part me... Took the arrangement from the Wailin' Jennys [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Aug 6, 2008 -
6 comments
An a cappella arrangement of the Outkast release, somewhat inspired by Mat Weddle's fantastic acoustic cover. [more inside]
posted by Galvatron
on Jul 2, 2008 -
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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. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jun 14, 2008 -
2 comments
WILDCARD challenge -- again with the three part acapella harmony [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Jun 8, 2008 -
8 comments
Adapted from the Sesame Street animated short. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on Jun 5, 2008 -
8 comments
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. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on May 31, 2008 -
4 comments
A song for children. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on May 16, 2008 -
9 comments
More three part solo. This time even the melody is improvised. The lyrics are a poem that caught my eye online. (link inside) [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Apr 17, 2008 -
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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. [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Apr 15, 2008 -
2 comments
Another true story from my family... [more inside]
posted by LN
on Mar 31, 2008 -
3 comments
Hey Jude in three part (x2) harmony [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Mar 19, 2008 -
3 comments
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." [more inside]
posted by By The Grace of God
on Jan 9, 2008 -
9 comments
Country/jazz. acapella. An open letter to Amy Winehouse. Super Mario Galaxy. [more inside]
posted by By The Grace of God
on Jan 5, 2008 -
12 comments
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 by Saellys
on Nov 29, 2007 -
6 comments
To appease (or perhaps aggravate) your curiosity, here's a tiny little teaser compiled from the Mefi Music Collaboration tracks. [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane
on Nov 15, 2007 -
19 comments
A capella rehash of a song from my first EP. Lyrics from a sonnet by Natalie James. [more inside]
posted by Saellys
on Oct 20, 2007 -
2 comments
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. [more inside]
posted by LN
on Oct 7, 2007 -
3 comments
This is submitted as the crappiest Bob Dylan cover ever created, in relation to this. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on Sep 10, 2007 -
6 comments
Mwahahaha! By request...
posted by LN
on Sep 4, 2007 -
4 comments
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 by LN
on Aug 17, 2007 -
17 comments
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 by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 4, 2007 -
5 comments
Acapella sample, killer synth, creepy fembot vocals. A song about hats.
posted by ageispolis
on Jul 2, 2007 -
5 comments
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 by miss lynnster
on May 26, 2007 -
4 comments
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 by miss lynnster
on Jan 15, 2007 -
6 comments
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 by The Great Big Mulp
on Oct 7, 2006 -
4 comments
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 by Jofus
on Sep 21, 2006 -
8 comments
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 by Jimbob
on Aug 1, 2006 -
3 comments
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 by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 24, 2006 -
12 comments
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 by barmaljova
on Jul 21, 2006 -
5 comments
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 by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 19, 2006 -
11 comments
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 by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 12, 2006 -
8 comments
A light-hearted vocal tune/experiment - all sounds are from my own voice, including the potentially craptacular quasi-beatboxing in the middle. Enjoy!
posted by gsalad
on Jun 30, 2006 -
14 comments
