24 posts tagged with banjo by ORthey.
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Another itty bitty ditty. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Sep 4, 2009 -
11 comments
A largely pointless endeavor, a rendition of Hallelujah with quick fingerpicking and banjos (what's new?).
posted by ORthey
on Jun 21, 2009 -
11 comments
A quick, light-spirited, no-frills guitar/banjo instrumental.
posted by ORthey
on Mar 19, 2009 -
19 comments
I've decided to face my embarrassment and post this song. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 27, 2008 -
10 comments
A rendition of Jofus' brilliant cowboy epic. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 17, 2008 -
8 comments
A cover of the "I'll be watching you" of Christmas songs, recorded with my dear friend okclementine. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Dec 13, 2008 -
9 comments
Sort of a cheating entry to the wildcard challenge - a flowy, stringy instrumental. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Aug 29, 2008 -
8 comments
A repetitive, driving song featuring my first foray into recording piano-ery. It also has a jammy rockout outro (rockoutro?). [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Apr 8, 2008 -
4 comments
A musical version of an old Spanish assigment from high school that I found in a box. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Feb 25, 2008 -
11 comments
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. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Feb 14, 2008 -
8 comments
A short instrumental, played over an old tape of me reading something in French as a kid. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Jan 9, 2008 -
20 comments
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 by ORthey
on Dec 13, 2007 -
7 comments
English, French, backup vocals, slide, banjo, bam!
posted by ORthey
on Nov 30, 2007 -
18 comments
Very short, two sparse verses, some pickin'. [more inside]
posted by ORthey
on Nov 10, 2007 -
10 comments
Basically a song about a failed friendship, which as we all know is best done with several banjo tracks!
posted by ORthey
on Nov 2, 2007 -
10 comments
A cover of my very favorite Randy Newman song, which is also maybe the saddest song I know.
posted by ORthey
on Jul 28, 2007 -
6 comments
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 by ORthey
on Jul 10, 2007 -
6 comments
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 by ORthey
on Jun 29, 2007 -
12 comments
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 by ORthey
on Jun 11, 2007 -
10 comments
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 by ORthey
on May 6, 2007 -
15 comments
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 by ORthey
on Apr 15, 2007 -
8 comments
A rambling instrumental with banjo, whistling, and a few other ingredients. Mix well and serve chilled.
posted by ORthey
on Apr 1, 2007 -
14 comments
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 by ORthey
on Mar 11, 2007 -
9 comments
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 by ORthey
on Feb 23, 2007 -
9 comments
