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Demo for a song about my neighborhood here in Los Angeles...with mouth trumpet!
posted by ford and the prefects
on Aug 21, 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. [more inside]
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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A song about tough love and looking in the mirror to face reality. [more inside]
posted by dobie
on Sep 6, 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. [more inside]
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 [more inside]
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.
[more inside]
posted by escabeche
on Mar 4, 2008 -
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A song of loneliness and betrayal - sounds fun, right? [more inside]
posted by InfidelZombie
on Dec 12, 2007 -
2 comments
An apology to mathowie
posted by St Urbain's Horseman
on Jun 19, 2007 -
5 comments
At empyrean's request.
I needed a break from mixing my own songs anyway, so I threw together this quick & dirty cover of the Counting Crows song in 15 minutes, and uploaded it warts and all - one take off the top of my head, complete with missed notes, words, and chords. Enjoy.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane
on Feb 25, 2007 -
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I think this is still probably the best thing I've written. It's arranged sparely. It's really not anything more than a more nicely-recorded version of the two-track sketch that I record immediately after finishing writing a song just to have a rough sketch of the structure and main vocal melody. I haven't got a more full recording, because... Well, every time I try to flesh out the song, I end up feeling like I've bludgeoned something delicate. I'll get it some day, but for now, I think it works best when played simply.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 24, 2007 -
5 comments
The oldest song I've written that I'm still willing to play, think about, work on, etc., etc. It's also changed rather radically from its even shorter original form, and it's gone through a couple lyrical rewrites. It grew a beat about six months ago. I think this is probably the final form structurally and lyrically, but I'd probably work on it more if I thought I could improve the sound quality significantly.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 19, 2007 -
2 comments
I wrote this song for my ladyfriend a few months back, and recorded it just now. Happy Valentine's Day.
posted by Nahum Tate
on Feb 14, 2007 -
1 comment
Just recorded a rough demo of this new love song for Edie Sedgwick.
posted by buriednexttoyou
on Sep 26, 2006 -
5 comments
Julia / you've got a lovely uvula / I wanna take you to Florida / so please say yes
We'll start a family / play lots of D&D / and watch the Goonies / on VHS
posted by ludwig_van
on Sep 4, 2006 -
12 comments
Working draft of a song I'm engineering—written by friend and former bandmate Brian, who is on guitar and vocals, with keys added by moi. Feedback/criticism desirable. This is my first real effort to play producer/engineer to someone else's material.
posted by cortex
on Aug 22, 2006 -
12 comments
This one is really lo-fi as I don't have the master tape and it's a 21 year old rough demo -- and I do mean rough. :) Recorded Spring 1985 in dorm room A-1016, The Evergreen State College. (More inside.)
posted by litlnemo
on Jul 31, 2006 -
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Now that the summer's ending, there's a cold wind blowing in / So we've got to build some shelter, before it rains again
posted by ludwig_van
on Jul 4, 2006 -
18 comments
Ooh, bop bop, ba-ooh, bop bop. All I know is the road and I love you.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jul 1, 2006 -
4 comments
Acoustic demo about what I did during the Cold War.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jun 30, 2006 -
2 comments
Demo of a song about being far away from the spy you love. With acoustic guitar and tuba.
posted by ludwig_van
on Jun 30, 2006 -
13 comments
