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Mnemosyne (It's autumn in the country I remember...)
A tango-influenced setting of a hundred year-old poem by Trumbull Stickney, "Mnemosyne" is the title track of our new CD, recorded by Ljova and the Kontraband (music by Ljova, sung by Inna).
Mnemosyne is the Greek goddess of memory, and this is a song of nostalgy and of memories that turn color like autumn leaves yearning for rebirth with a vibrant song in the spring....
We've long been looking forward to sharing this song with you all.
posted on Oct 12, 2008 - View this thread
Sparks
This song liberally samples a song by
Beri Saharof by the same name. What you never heard of Beri Saharof? Check him out, he's pretty good, sings mostly in hebrew, what with him being israeli. I discovered his music in an excellent movie called
Saint Clara, good luck finding that one! This one sounds especially good in a car once the bass line kicks in.
posted on Aug 30, 2008 - View this threadMorning Anger
I am a morning person. My girlfriend, not so much.
posted on Aug 7, 2008 - View this threadColours of Islam
My Girl
We were young. We had a 4-track, a room full of instruments, and several pots of coffee. We'd just learned how to mess with vocals by speeding them up or slowing them down. Things got weird.
posted on Jul 11, 2008 - View this threadUndercover
Recorded this song last night. It's a new direction, sort of. Unplugged electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals. 7/4 but unusual rhythm work. I like it, hope you do.
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - View this threadDon't Rely on the Radio
One of the Perks of Being a Well-Known, Albeit Ineffective Superhero
This is the fourth (and maybe final) People Will Blink song posted on this page. This one is definitely a prog-rock tune. It's about a day in the life of a superhero who doesn't really.... do anything. But there's an epic battle at the end.
posted on Mar 2, 2008 - View this threadpiltdown part 7
My Bones
Insect Song
Another little
bass-and-
vocal 4-track oddity; just a common story that everyone's probably seen unfolding at some point.
posted on Feb 13, 2008 - View this threadConcrete Creeper
Loopy, mostly off-the-cuff, more-or-less-zero-production bass-and-vocal thing? Primusoidal TomWaitsishness with the slop cranked way up? Lyrics and vocals courtesy of
this guy over here.
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - View this threadDeeper Towards My Maker
A belated MeFi Music Challenge entry, a waltz in D major.
posted on Feb 4, 2008 - View this threadWatching Cartoons With You
In the kitchen I can hear you whistling // like no one's listening // When no one's up but you and me // we'll eat and watch cartoons on TV
posted on Jan 19, 2008 - View this threadHated By Girls
This is some kind of punk, and my girls, (wife and her best friend) did the vocals. This is fun! Enjoy!
posted on Jan 18, 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 threadMichigan Boy
Here's one with me singing and playing the harp.
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - View this threadJanie 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 threadA Minute to Let That Thought Sink In
The gnawing emotions of uncomfortable notions. A low-fi MeFi music challenge entry.
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - View this threadNo Hard Feelings
Nighttimesleepyurbantriphopcoffeecup instrumental
posted on Nov 27, 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 threadBass Overdriven to Scary
Figured a bass overdriven would be spooky enough.
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - View this threadFreedom Tape
A simple, melancholy electro instrumental that I recorded a couple of years ago. Percussion ideas came from various hip-hop sources; the melody is my own. I use it as background music during a spoken-word segment of my
live shows.
posted on Sep 7, 2007 - View this threadIt's Summer (Go Outside and Play!)
"Daddy, can I have a sammich? Can I have candy/ice cream?"
"Can we go see the Simpsons Movie?"
No, no, no. Go outside and PLAY!
(MI)
posted on Aug 13, 2007 - View this threadBass
This is sort of the summer culmination of a song that me and some of my friends have built up. This version is solo (all of the extra 'tracks' are live loops)
Oh, and critique the hell out of it!
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - View this threadCarl's Coffee
When I saw that the challenge was about "water", I thought about my friend Carl. Spoken word + very mellow bass.
posted on Jun 28, 2007 - View this threadPlayin' the Pawns
The Great Big Mulp + snsranch + collaboration = Hell Yea!
posted on Jun 2, 2007 - View this threadThe Words That Escape
Goofed Up
This song is all goofed up because...see more inside.
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - View this threadPositronic Hips
<cortex> jimbob you are under orders to post something to Music
<jimbob> cortex, will do, give me...12 minutes
<cortex> Jimbob, it's been twelve minutes.
<cortex> Chop chop.
<jimbob> o shit
posted on Mar 2, 2007 - View this threadBASSFIGHT: Commemorative Remix Edition
In which I show blatant disregard for the copyrights of snsranch and nonmyopicdave.
posted on Feb 17, 2007 - View this threadi lose YOU WIN!!!1!!!
This is my concession speech (jam) to nonmyopicdave. He rules, but that doesn't mean that I suck. (I still got skilz yo!) Seriously, this started as a joke, but having heard nonmyopicdave's thumping skills have made it worth my scant effort. BASSFIGHT!!!!!1!!!!!!!!
posted on Feb 14, 2007 - View this threadChocolate Time
BASSFIGHT!!!!12!!!!!!
Contact
Class
Unusual music, make with a ukulele, acoustic guitar, and bass, in one shot. Using a MagicStomp as a (very rudimentary) phrase sampler, and Audacity to record. Enjoy
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - View this threadWandering Aloof
BASSFIGHT!!!!11!!!!!!
I'm in a goofy mood. But I'm up to being challenged by the likes of augustweed and others who thump the four big strings. Also, I need to shake my "punker" leg every once in a while.
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - View this threadWhy Did It Feel Like a Bad Thing? v1.0
This bass line came to me during a very confusing period in my life . . . a moment that still leaves a perpetual after-taste. Women are so confusing.
posted on Jan 31, 2007 - View this threadAlways Talking
Another bass line I'm working. Yes I love the echo.
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - View this threadPerfect Martyr
One of my bands,
The Man So Cool, did some recording a couple
weeks ago for a demo disc. We're still working on final vocals and
proper mixes, but this is a pretty good rough mix of one of the songs.
Links to the other three songs can be gotten
over
yonder.
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - View this threadThe Opportunity of Imminent Danger
One of several bass lines I've been creating. All of the other parts (Drums, guitar, keyboard, etc.) are still in my head. Anyone looking for a bass player?
posted on Jan 27, 2007 - View this threadLove Me or Leave Me (bass/vocal)
Ok, so here's my spin on another old song.
This Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn composition was first featured in Florenz Zeigfield's 1928 Broadway musical Whoopee, starring Eddie Cantor & Ruth Etting, who took the song to #2 on the charts. In 1955, Doris Day starred in a biographical movie about Etting called "Love Me or Leave Me" & her updated rendition became a giant hit. Flash forward to 1967... Nina Simone turned this hokey old Ziegfeld tune into a completely reworked masterpiece of piano & voice (download link is at bottom). My own version (heard best live, I think) is definitely inspired by Nina's, but it could never compare to hers -- I just do my own thing & try to make it my own a bit. It's a fun song to do... audiences seem to love it. Incredible basswork once again provided by bass God Chris Conner.
posted on Jan 20, 2007 - View this threadCry Me A River
Happy Sunday, hive mind! Well, I haven't been performing jazz much since moving to the Bay area. I'll confess, I've missed my musicians in LA
(see song title) & just haven't found my niche/comfort zone up here yet. For a while, I was commuting down South to work on a CD but it got to be too difficult... so my musical life has been in limbo & this year I REALLY hope to change that. If you folks say you'd like to hear more mp3s, I do have some. And hey... if there's someone out there who would seriously like to collaborate with
(or hire) this
chick singer... I'm all ears and open to advice. I also take requests! :)
I miss singing for people...
(Incredible basswork courtesy of the fab-u-lous Chris Conner, my dear friend)
posted on Jan 14, 2007 - View this threadClint Eastwood Jazz
Not really jazz, not really anything Clint would like. But it does blend the Spighetti Western sound with a mellow jazz bass. It's just for fun, I hope you like it.
posted on Jan 7, 2007 - View this threadThe Secret Language of W
I was tinkering around with this thing in Logic late one night, and had nothing more in mind for it really, when a friend emailed me an audio file of all Bush's compiled mumblings and fumblings from the first debate in '04. (put together by a Randi Rhodes show staffer, I believe) Intrigued, I plopped it down on a track of its own, and the first few bars lined up so perfectly, I just knew it was meant to be. So it's a duet with GWB on Vox & me on my precioussss sea foam green '77 fretless P-bass. (G*D, I love that thing)
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - View this threadThe Semi-Coherent Funk
A 1 minute, 43 second ditty. This was the first thing I did when I got Garage Band 2 years ago. All the drum loops are stock, and I'm riffing on bass & "lead" bass. I improvised over the groove until I got something I liked, then looped it.
posted on Dec 27, 2006 - View this threaduntitled (three stars mix)
I just noticed the music section here and decided to toss this up for a little feedback. It's the first cut I did with a new trio, and we're still trying to decide what direction we should take: get crazy composing for the studio, or write simpler stuff that can actually be performed by three people. So far the studio stuff seems to hold up better.
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - View this threadOcean
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