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Elves in Iceland
Sort of a cheating entry to the wildcard challenge - a flowy, stringy instrumental.
posted on Aug 29, 2008 - View this thread
Whiskey Pearl
Mostly an experiment in banjo, trying to apply the clawhammer style to a more bluegrass style song.
posted on Jul 25, 2008 - View this threadSierra Madre Breakdown
Deliberate Strangers - from Hog Wild and Pig Bitin' Mad
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - View this threadOh! Susanna
Classical banjo and fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Stephen Foster tune.
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - View this threadGo Home Metronome
An exhausting afternoon called for extensive multitracking and math-rocking minus the thinking part.
posted on May 13, 2008 - View this threadMovin' On Up
The lazy cracker, banjo-infused version of the Jeffersons theme song.
posted on May 12, 2008 - View this threadTell Yourself
I suppose this is the equivalent of my last
yay new instrument song. Banjo, 'lectric guitar, 'lectric drums, singin.
posted on May 6, 2008 - View this threadMy little place
A repetitive, driving song featuring my first foray into recording piano-ery. It also has a jammy rockout outro (rockoutro?).
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - View this threadMusic To Accompany A Rush To The Liquor Store Before Closing
This is a solo banjo tune I've been working on recently, in the Old Time
Clawhammer style. It always brings thoughts of waking up at 6:45pm, hung over, and realizing you only have 15 minutes to get ready and walk a mile to the liquor store.
posted on Apr 6, 2008 - View this threadNo Going Back
This is not the happiest song I've ever written.
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - View this threadSunday Front Porch
My Bones
La Tarea
A musical version of an old Spanish assigment from high school that I found in a box.
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - View this threadLouis Collins
Quick 'n' dirty cover of Mississippi John Hurt's old song played on my resonator guitar. Levels are a bit off, volume jumps up and down a little... but here it is anyway.
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - View this threadStay
cover of the song by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. Fingerstyle guitar, vocals, banjo. Created for the 2008
Songfight! Gift of Music sidefight.
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - View this threadFurther Than a Stone
Written by the mando player, Hamdog. I'm playing fiddle - everyone had a blast with this.
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - View this threadAs kids
A short instrumental, played over an old tape of me reading something in French as a kid.
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - View this threadMichigan Boy
Here's one with me singing and playing the harp.
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - View this threadholden/elie
Janie in the Lake
Blue Train
Old-timey / bluesy ditty from our new album. That's me on fiddle. :D
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - View this threadBallad of Josh Millard's Oddly Sized Stationery
So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much
Adaptation (more or less) of an Ogden Nash poem of the same name. Essentially an apology from an aging man who spends his time boring people with the same stories.
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - View this threadWeighin' me down
English, French, backup vocals, slide, banjo, bam!
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - View this threadJessamyn's Song
Well boys and girls, I imagine this is what it would sound like if one was lucky enough to hang out on the front porch with our favorite banjo picking librarian. Yes, that's jessamyn on banjo! (collaboration)
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - View this threadCulture Clash
Micayetoca and I in a fun collaboration. Features banjo, vocal percussion and a big bass.
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - View this threadA Shrieking Blue
Very short, two sparse verses, some pickin'.
posted on Nov 10, 2007 - View this threadYour Melodies
Basically a song about a failed friendship, which as we all know is best done with several banjo tracks!
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - View this threadOld Man
A cover of my very favorite Randy Newman song, which is also maybe the saddest song I know.
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - View this threadSidewinder
Tuned the guitar way down and added some banjo. This song does this thing where it equates "snake" with "girl." Like a metaphor, see. Also: it seems to play better through headphones (possibly because of the use of stereo). But maybe I just have bad speakers.
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - View this threadFume [Beck]
I've seen a few covers recently and decided to dig up this bluegrass version of Beck's Loser B-side masterpiece. Warning: contains the word "fuck", stark depictions of inhalant abuse, and piping hot banjo rolls.
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - View this threadthe River Girl
A song by my band, the Notes and Scratches, kind of about Vivian Eliot and featuring a bunch of water. I sing and play the acoustic and the harmonium.
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - View this threadThe most frozenest river around
A song inspired by crossing the frozen river Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This song is short, simple, and basically three choruses and no verses. That's right - screw the verses!
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - View this threadEvery artery
A song mostly inspired by having a stressful job where I deal with lots of nervous/frustrated/severely impolite people, and its effect on me. It's a little rough because the main track is recorded on a boombox with a verrrrry old cassette.
posted on Jun 11, 2007 - View this threadOverheated
I recently dislocated my shoulder, and assumed music was out of the picture for a month or two. But I was getting pissed off at not playing, and discovered if I capoed everything up really high and didn't play anything too fancy, my arm could handle short bursts of pickin'. So I made a simple song, part French and part English.
posted on May 6, 2007 - View this threadStuck out on
My lyric-writing "system" has often been dozens of little stickies on the desktop, thoughts, ideas, scribbles... and then sometimes when I'm frustrated I'll make a song made up of various combinations that seem to make sense. Like this one!
posted on Apr 15, 2007 - View this threadHI I'M ON METAFILTER AND I COULD OVERTHINK A PLATE OF BEANS.
Shake your head if yes
A rambling instrumental with banjo, whistling, and a few other ingredients. Mix well and serve chilled.
posted on Apr 1, 2007 - View this threadLittle boy
Mildly inspired by a sleepwalking incident when I was about 8. Come to think of it, musically it's somewhat similar to the last song I posted (Oh mon cher) - but this one's in English!
posted on Mar 11, 2007 - View this threadShape of My Heart
This is a cover of The Backstreet Boys'
Shape of my Heart, done with only banjo and voice. I recorded it for a weekly covers contest that a few friends and I came up with. I'm less than excited about the production, but oh well...
posted on Mar 9, 2007 - View this threadOh mon cher
A short song in French complete with banjo and an electric chord organ, which thankfully only has a few keys so can be played by a chump like me.
posted on Feb 23, 2007 - View this threadPower of Love
Thanks to two class cancellations due to ice storms in the Capital, I was able to arrange and record this Valentine's day treat. Imagine Huey Lewis, baritone, with a banjo.
posted on Feb 14, 2007 - View this threadYou Are My Sunshine
Let's call it EMOldtimey. Or, really, let's not. It's not a damned clean rendition, but with this old heartbreaker you don't have to be. My pre-verbal niece was purported to love it, and that's good enough for me.
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - View this threadBanjo Lullaby
On preview, this sounds at least 1/4 slower than it should be. Posting anyway. It's my best so far.
posted on Dec 27, 2006 - View this threadslow happy south
I put this together days after being given a banjo as a gift. It is made up of the one roll and four chords I knew at the time (about a year ago). It doesn't really kick in for like :40 so give it a bit. (horn stabs at the end are sampled.)
posted on Sep 4, 2006 - View this threadA Man in a Boat in the Water
LIttle Birdie
Played by my Grandpa. Super Crap recording and he was a bit out of practice, but this is real old timey music from long ago in Western Appalachia. Please overlook the pops and cracks, this is the real deal.
posted on Aug 8, 2006 - View this threadNSA Collected Massive Database of Phonecall Records
Pithy titles and me: not talking right now. A catchy little pop tune about domestic surveilance.
posted on Jul 28, 2006 - View this threadI'm Going Away
Olivia
Some stuff that happened. A mild case of OCD.
A neighbourhood mom played the violin.
posted on Jul 10, 2006 - View this thread« Older songs
