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This is the lead-off track from the forthcoming EP, Labyrinths, by Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, to be released 1/7/10. It's a wistful slice of indie-pop about insomnia, suburban isolation, and the boredom of hometowns. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on Nov 23, 2009 -
8 comments
Having used my current DAW for the last 3 years, and spending countless hours re-recording tracks that were too slow, I finally discover that it does have a varispeed function. Just how fucking dumb is that.......? [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee
on Nov 10, 2009 -
7 comments
Another entry in my recent demo series of posts. I posted a not-quite-done version of the track here, featuring piano and overly heavy drums. It's a song about the old classic video game "Snake". I'm sure I'll revisit the "proper" recording some day, but in the meantime, this is a nice performance. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Aug 7, 2009 -
3 comments
Very little idea what this is really about....but it sounds like something written by a slightly loopy obsessive. That'll be me then.... [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee
on Jul 24, 2009 -
12 comments
The trials of trying to get prescription medicine through counsellors. [more inside]
posted by lhude sing cuccu
on Jun 28, 2009 -
1 comment
Just another folk-rock song about Jorge Luis Borges. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on Mar 17, 2009 -
4 comments
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo, la la la, la la la la. The new hit single from Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies. A chamber-pop meditation on time, aging, and death. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on Mar 15, 2009 -
4 comments
Rerecorded version of "'Til We're Dead" from my forthcoming EP. [more inside]
posted by inoculatedcities
on Sep 15, 2008 -
4 comments
Acoustic number in the works, just looking for some advice & feedback about this song (see description) [more inside]
posted by Slash_fan
on Jun 13, 2008 -
4 comments
I think I managed to write a somewhat upbeat song! Well, upbeat if you ignore the title and lyrics. It's got: hammond organ, celesta, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and some epic "Woo-oo-oooh" back up vocals.
posted by inoculatedcities
on May 26, 2008 -
17 comments
"Our minds are permeable to forgetfulness; I myself am distorting and losing, through the tragic erosion of the years, the features of Beatriz."
-- Jorge Luis Borges [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on May 16, 2008 -
6 comments
A new song idea, hatched out of procrastination for finals. It kind of grows. I write songs backwards, I realized today. [more inside]
posted by tmcw
on Apr 30, 2008 -
2 comments
A song written and recorded today in one go. Can you guess what it's about? [more inside]
posted by inoculatedcities
on Apr 19, 2008 -
6 comments
A very lo-fi one-take recording by The Grandma Sylvias. Acoustic guitar and vocals only; all apparent distortion is coming from knobs turned very high.
[more inside]
posted by escabeche
on Mar 4, 2008 -
0 comments
Due to popular demand, here's yet another mix of "Secret Book" with vocals, as originally posted here and here. [more inside]
posted by saulgoodman
on Mar 1, 2008 -
3 comments
This is a new version of Secret Book, of which I originally posted an instrumental version here. On the new mix, my wife Lori sings beautifully, and I wail a bit at the end. [more inside]
posted by saulgoodman
on Feb 20, 2008 -
11 comments
This is a cover of Engine by Neutral Milk Hotel. The original was the B-side of Holland, 1945. I made this recording in honor of the tenth anniversary of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on Feb 13, 2008 -
6 comments
A song about a night out on the town [more inside]
posted by Slash_fan
on Feb 3, 2008 -
1 comment
This is the first thing I've recorded in awhile. It's a song about Christmas that I wrote for Surfjam Stevens. I recorded it in my bedroom with a little help from my friends. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van
on Nov 27, 2007 -
12 comments
I think this is still probably the best thing I've written. It's arranged sparely. It's really not anything more than a more nicely-recorded version of the two-track sketch that I record immediately after finishing writing a song just to have a rough sketch of the structure and main vocal melody. I haven't got a more full recording, because... Well, every time I try to flesh out the song, I end up feeling like I've bludgeoned something delicate. I'll get it some day, but for now, I think it works best when played simply.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 24, 2007 -
5 comments
The oldest song I've written that I'm still willing to play, think about, work on, etc., etc. It's also changed rather radically from its even shorter original form, and it's gone through a couple lyrical rewrites. It grew a beat about six months ago. I think this is probably the final form structurally and lyrically, but I'd probably work on it more if I thought I could improve the sound quality significantly.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 19, 2007 -
2 comments
one man's case against cuddling
posted by The Very Soil
on Feb 6, 2007 -
1 comment
Julia / you've got a lovely uvula / I wanna take you to Florida / so please say yes
We'll start a family / play lots of D&D / and watch the Goonies / on VHS
posted by ludwig_van
on Sep 4, 2006 -
12 comments
Another acoustic living room demo, same lineup as last one. This is an original, inspired by the way the my timing seemed to be so screwed up back in my single days. I'd get a crush on someone who didn't know I existed. Then, sometime later, they'd be interested in me... but I was already over them. Someday I want to record this with a cello in the arrangement.
posted by litlnemo
on Aug 14, 2006 -
2 comments
A little muted trumpet, a little harp, a little harmonies and a lot of existential angst
posted by kellykessler
on Aug 6, 2006 -
4 comments
This one is really lo-fi as I don't have the master tape and it's a 21 year old rough demo -- and I do mean rough. :) Recorded Spring 1985 in dorm room A-1016, The Evergreen State College. (More inside.)
posted by litlnemo
on Jul 31, 2006 -
13 comments
Semi-acoustic cover of "Mrs. Green" by the power pop band the Posies. This was done by a 3 piece band (two guitars, one bass) group I was in a while back. (We never could find a drummer, so...) I'm singing lead and also a back up part near the end. The other band members are Chris Otto and Terri Doherty. Chris did lead guitar, backing vocals, and some keys. Terri played bass. I think I did some random percussion and guitar strumming as well. (Please delete when/if covers are determined to be a problem here.)
posted by litlnemo
on Jul 28, 2006 -
2 comments
sultry love number in the Phrygian mode, with oboe d'amore, pedal steel, and vibes
posted by kellykessler
on Jul 22, 2006 -
10 comments
Cover of a John Vanderslice song about Requiem for a Dream.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jul 9, 2006 -
6 comments
Now that the summer's ending, there's a cold wind blowing in / So we've got to build some shelter, before it rains again
posted by ludwig_van
on Jul 4, 2006 -
18 comments
Another song from our record, it's a quiet sad folky love song. I'm singing and playing the acoustic guitar.
posted by verysleeping
on Jul 3, 2006 -
5 comments
Late night drive, out of state...
posted by dukejansen
on Jul 1, 2006 -
1 comment
Ooh, bop bop, ba-ooh, bop bop. All I know is the road and I love you.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jul 1, 2006 -
4 comments
Indie acoustic fock. Written and recorded some time in 2002.
Sorry the vocal's a bit quiet.
posted by armoured-ant
on Jul 1, 2006 -
5 comments
Acoustic demo about what I did during the Cold War.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jun 30, 2006 -
2 comments
Demo of a song about being far away from the spy you love. With acoustic guitar and tuba.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jun 30, 2006 -
13 comments
