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A version of a traditional shanty song, recorded mono with a guitar. [more inside]
posted by tmcw
on Nov 10, 2009 -
1 comment
Ever listened to the Friends theme song and thought: that needs to be sampled and used in a heavy metal ballad? I have. [more inside]
posted by 256
on Oct 5, 2009 -
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A rewrite of a traditional bawdy song about an untoward way to make money. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Aug 19, 2009 -
1 comment
A song about storms, levees, and floods. A new song. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Aug 31, 2008 -
5 comments
A tender ballad from my upcoming album [more inside]
posted by jimofferman
on Aug 15, 2008 -
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With piano ivories, shimmering vocals and far too much sincerity, I have transmographied the Beastie Boys' energetic party-chant into a mostly miserable, quasi-beautiful, semi-epic, completely human piano ballad. [more inside]
posted by Milkman Dan
on Aug 5, 2008 -
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A new song. Sometimes you just find yourself writing a Johnny Cash song. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Aug 4, 2008 -
2 comments
A new song. A New York holiday song from a drunk. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Aug 2, 2008 -
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A new song. An Irish-ballad inspired soldier's tale. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jul 30, 2008 -
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A new song. A ballad of a rowdy man and a bad end. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jul 29, 2008 -
3 comments
Jazzy power-punk ballad for those long summer bike rides. I think I meant for this to be soft and sparse, but you know how I do. Could use some help with a new name for this. [more inside]
posted by es_de_bah
on Jul 22, 2008 -
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My first new song in quite a long time, recorded in as deliberately lo-fi and distorted a manner as possible, because that's what I like. I'm now 40, so it's time for me to start singing country. Therefore, I have written a murder ballad. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jun 26, 2008 -
2 comments
Part of my old songs series, where I do lo-fi recordings of songs written years and sometimes decades ago. This one is a sort-of Irish folksong about a very mean man. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jun 22, 2008 -
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Another true story from my family... [more inside]
posted by LN
on Mar 31, 2008 -
3 comments
Seasonal melancholia from the Stockholm archipelago.
Not a guitar in sight. Well they are in sight - but not in sound. They are due on the next track. Biding their time in the shadows. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Jan 22, 2008 -
1 comment
Another gentle ballad from Sweden.
It grows on you.
Keyboards by composer Anders Magnusson
Song by me. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Jan 7, 2008 -
2 comments
Acoustic piano ballad.
Nostalgia [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Jan 6, 2008 -
5 comments
More or less self explanatory, eh? [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on Dec 29, 2007 -
4 comments
Someone wondered what I'd sound like with instrumental backing. Here you go. [more inside]
posted by LN
on Dec 3, 2007 -
6 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
My take on this wonderful Irish Gaelic song, which I learned from Clannad, and which was written by Diarmuid MacDiarmada. Donegaler Mefites, please don't kill me if I've mangled the pronunciation! [more inside]
posted by LN
on Sep 13, 2007 -
3 comments
This is Bell Dora, an alt-country band I had until very recently. Here we are, I'm the one in orange.
It's a bit of a ballad, and was my first foray ever into the pedal steel (a crazy-hard instrument). I used the C6 slab.
posted by sourwookie
on Sep 6, 2007 -
6 comments
Mwahahaha! By request...
posted by LN
on Sep 4, 2007 -
4 comments
Not written by me, a song I learned ages ago in Ireland. Not much is known of where it comes from, apart from having been collected from Bess Cronin 30 years ago. I learned it from Phil Callery. I love this song for its soaring melody line; you really do imagine you're standing at the top of a mountain!
posted by LN
on Aug 29, 2007 -
6 comments
You people are dangerous for my ego. Something a bit different now; a song in praise of my hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. This song was written for the 175th anniversary of the construction of the Rideau Canal. The tune is by a well-known local Irish musician, Frank Cassidy. This tune has a two-octave-and-a-note range, folks. Don't try this at home.
posted by LN
on Aug 24, 2007 -
8 comments
The companion piece to the Turret Gunner's Farewell. This one's about my other great uncle, who fought in WWI and lived to tell the tale. (A bit more downbeat than TGF, and a bit of creative licence taken regarding his hometown.)
posted by LN
on Aug 20, 2007 -
10 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
The Smoke Alarm Sessions, cont'd. At a very young age, I developed a ginormous crush on Danny Kaye. Soooo on a whim, Barry and I decided to take an uber-sweet little quick-talk Frank Loesser duet from one of my favorite DK movies and rework it into a ballad. We're both in love with it, but it hasn't ever been performed in public yet. Here it is.
posted by miss lynnster
on May 12, 2007 -
12 comments
Another 2006 rehearsal recording... cleaned up but obviously very rough still. Don't Go To Strangers was written in 1954 by Arthur Kent and David Mann, with gorgeous lyrics by Redd "Frim Fram Sauce" Evans. Many people have covered it, but Etta James' version is the one that infatuated me to give it a go myself.
Gorgeous piano work provided by the perpetually kickass Tamir Hendelman
posted by miss lynnster
on Feb 22, 2007 -
3 comments
If I was to describe this song with sarcastic overtones, I would say this is a regular run-of-the-mill ageispolis techno song. Well, it's not. This song is anything but typical of what I usually produce. Vocals, emotion, melody, structure... christ, what's gotten into me!?
posted by ageispolis
on Feb 20, 2007 -
5 comments
Piano-based song written for my wife, for our recent wedding. As usual with my songs, it's slow and sparse. A lot of vocal layering going on, and some electric guitar to round things out in the chorus. Enjoy!
posted by edlundart
on Jan 30, 2007 -
4 comments
cover of an elliott smith song that cortex has been requesting anyone to do for a wedding ... i did this a few weeks ago, but didn't like the recording ... some remixing and better fx and ... well, it's the best i can do for now
posted by pyramid termite
on Aug 25, 2006 -
3 comments
Another mean spirit'd robots song; this one was never released. It was written on a bus from nyc to philadelphia, on the ticket jacket. Probably the longest MSR song ever, with the possible exception of "the distribution of wealth in this country really sux"
posted by TonyRobots
on Jul 11, 2006 -
2 comments
A slow and sad song I wrote and recorded after a breakup/separation a few years ago. Features a falsetto chorus and acoustic guitar, including an e-bow undercurrent.
posted by edlundart
on Jul 9, 2006 -
3 comments
Piano and some weird percussion thing. I'm not a singer, so I'm choosing songs where my voice annoys me the least.
posted by NemesisVex
on Jul 5, 2006 -
1 comment
A recent recording of a slow and maybe a little creepy song I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm responsible for all vocals and instruments minus the bass, which was recorded by my Scottish buddy Riadsala.
posted by edlundart
on Jun 30, 2006 -
16 comments
