In June 2010, I posted a song called
Womankind. I was just digging through some old demo recordings and found the demo for this song.
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posted by edlundart
on Apr 24, 2013 -
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This was a fast and dirty demo I made up to teach my band the song. Kinda like how it came out, so I figured I'd throw it up here. Nice little garage rock tune. Nifty synths.
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posted by es_de_bah
on Feb 1, 2013 -
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This is a balls out little rush of a song that I came up with on my iPhone of all places. After I got the first line I realized it was going to have to continue in the same vein so I went over to
AskMe for help. I just meant this to be a rough sketch but I ended up liking the feel of it even though it's ridiculously ragged. The song's a sort of statement of intent, I guess. Equal parts Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick and the Stones, more or less.
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posted by unSane
on Apr 27, 2012 -
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One-take before-pants demo of a cynical little song that's been buzzing round in my head recently. Video
here.
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posted by unSane
on Mar 11, 2012 -
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This is a super-rough demo of a song I wrote yesterday for the 'Has Been for Years' song fight. It's a gothic little waltz using a resonator guitar, told from the point of view of a trooper in the 7th cavalry who was killed at Little Big Horn while waiting to be relieved by Reno's troops. Recorded before I put my pants on, for the challenge.
Video proof is here.
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posted by unSane
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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Off of my combo's demo, this is a 12 bar blues I wrote in college, the changes are a little... non-standard.
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posted by Gygesringtone
on Oct 14, 2011 -
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I've been trying to come up with a love story titled ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS for a movie, but this fell out instead. Video link inside.
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posted by unSane
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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A demo of a composition of my own I'm working on. If you've got ideas on direction or structure or whatever, comments are welcome.
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posted by koeselitz
on Jan 11, 2011 -
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It's really freakin' hard to write a song about someone you weren't in love with.
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posted by unSane
on Sep 7, 2010 -
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The year is 1996. I'm in my neighbor's tiny basement studio. I am making my first remotely professional recording. I am earnest. I am 17 years old.
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posted by cortex
on Sep 2, 2010 -
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Mrs. Archivist and I are collaborating on musical project. Recording includes acoustic and electric guitars, synths, traps, accordion, and cello.
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posted by archivist
on Jun 26, 2010 -
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Another slice of 1995 Big Star/Television influenced indie ephemera from my 4-track cassette box. I still really love this guitar riff and the herky jerky power pop stuff at the end of the chorus. A song about not wanting someone to feel bad for dumping you.
When I first heard Sloan, I thought 'man, they stole my sound' although really we both stole Velvet Crush's.
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posted by unSane
on Jun 12, 2010 -
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Another semi-autobiographical 1995 slice of cheerful melancholia. But a pretty guitar riff and one of my favorite choruses to sing, even if I never really could hit the last note. There's an electric version of this with more of a Big Star / Matthew Sweet feel, but darned if I can find it and anyway I like this one.
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posted by unSane
on May 25, 2010 -
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A rehearsal demo of a rejiggered older song, meant for my Irish-American garage band, The Peter O'Tooles.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Apr 7, 2010 -
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A whole lot of naughty in two minutes in this practice demo for my Irish-American band, The Peter O'Tooles.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Apr 4, 2010 -
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Another RPM demo, this one a super-upbeat thing about neurotic fears about what one's ex is getting up to.
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posted by cortex
on Feb 13, 2010 -
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I recorded my first band. ( Nessie James & The Unknowns) Was my first paid studio gig time. This is the 2nd mix of sorts. Still more to add.
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posted by american caesar
on Oct 29, 2009 -
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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.
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posted by edlundart
on Aug 7, 2009 -
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This is the demo I recorded for
this song posted earlier. I slapped some kind of distortion effect over it to approximate the feel I wanted in the final version. Although it's too hazy-sounding and the vocals are nearly unintelligble, I really love a lot of things about this recording. It sounds like some kind of important uncovered secret to me. Anyway, this post is part of an "evolution of my songs" series I started
here and
here.
posted by edlundart
on Jul 21, 2009 -
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As a follow-up to
this post, here is the demo I recorded for the song I posted a long time ago
here. As before, the idea is to share something about the evolution of my songs for anyone who might care.
posted by edlundart
on Jul 19, 2009 -
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A demo that I later recorded and posted
here. I'm posting this as a contribution along the lines of what others have done before me -- providing a window into my songwriting. Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if some prefer this version.
posted by edlundart
on Jul 15, 2009 -
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Another from the waste-bin of demos that never went anywhere.
Gauging from the effects unit, I'd say 1996; at least pre-1997.
posted by chococat
on Jun 30, 2009 -
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Hey, times are tough, money is tight, and posting
Hallelujah to Mefi Music sure ain't gonna pay no bills. So, lately I've been putting together a demo, with an eye toward getting a little voiceover work. Here's an outtake...
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jun 20, 2009 -
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A simple ambient pop song I wrote and recorded today with my organ, Macbook Mic, and some instruments lying around the house.
posted by ageispolis
on Jan 20, 2009 -
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Weird demo. Probably 10 years old. Releasing it to the ether; good riddance.
posted by chococat
on Jan 6, 2009 -
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Spur-of-the-moment lo-fi live cover of the Radiohead song off
Hail to the Thief, to which I added a couple of equally rough overdubs and some reverb. The guitar is out of tune and poorly played, but the vocal melody tweaks are kind of fun.
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posted by edlundart
on Nov 12, 2008 -
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I've always loved The Great Gatsby - it, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, have some significance here in Minnesota. I tried to get some personal elements into the characters for this.
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posted by kingbenny
on Jul 8, 2008 -
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"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
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posted by ludwig_van
on May 16, 2008 -
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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.
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posted by escabeche
on Mar 4, 2008 -
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My husband and I are writing and playing music together. We're just starting to do some recording. Here's one of our first attempts.
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posted by disaster77
on Feb 18, 2008 -
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I wrote and recorded this today - it's basically a stream-of-consciousness account of one of the stranger and more entertaining parties I've attended.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane
on Jul 4, 2007 -
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This quick demo was made on my pocket tape recorder right after I had finished writing the song, and I was really pleased with the way it sounds... like it's a recording from a long time back.
posted by buriednexttoyou
on Mar 31, 2007 -
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