MeFi Music songs tagged with eponymous4

Your Gaze by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:49:14 -0800

Another song done in a jazz-pop style, this one inspired a little bit more by ACO than Basia. The ending chord is meant to segue into "Imprint".

NaSoPiAlMo No. 5 (arr. for string quartet) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:20:31 -0800

I took a piano piece I wrote two years ago for National Solo Album Month and arranged it for string quartet. Then I used the Orkester Library in Reason to record it. I was heavily under the influence of Michael Nyman at the time, although this one feels much more like Philip Glass.

Go by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:25:22 -0800

The first version of this song was written back in the late '80s and was some sort of power ballad. Twenty years later, I took the main chord progression and turned it into an ultra-commercial '90s alt-pop song instead.

No Exit by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:15:21 -0800

I wrote this song around 1992 or 1993, wanting it to be a guitar song even though I hadn't really picked up the instrument. I re-recorded it recently, using a lot of the original arrangement from my cassette demo, and it's not working for me. So I'd like some feedback.

FAIRWAY by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:08:45 -0800

Another cover of a Japanese band, this time from SUPERCAR. (Previously.) This arrangement mimics the version on the album Futurama.

コトノハ (Kotonoha/Literary Words) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:24:04 -0800

A late-night experiment in three-part harmony, which isn't a good idea since I'm not much of a singer, if the warbly low notes are any indication. It's an even worse idea when it's a cover of a song performed by Hajime Chitose, who really can sing.

Restraint by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:49:24 -0800

I pretty much stole the first two chords and arrangement of this song from a Japanese indie band called Dr.StrangeLove. To mitigate that theft, I did the chorus in the style of BBMak.

Silver Sting by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:15:30 -0800

I threatened to do so, and I have -- a song I wrote when I was around 15 or 16 years old, in the '80s jazz-pop vein of Basia, Sade and Hiroshima. Although I think it's actually more inspired by Tears for Fears.

光速 (Kousoku/The Speed of Light) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:00:47 -0800

I think I was chanelling Peter Schilling's "Major Tom" when I wrote the music. I know I was under the influence of Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe when I wrote the lyrics.

enigmatics II by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:34:54 -0800

Well, I'm taking the plunge and releasing a CD. Short-run, nothing too fancy. I already posted the fourth track of this EP, enigmatics, a long time ago, so here's the second track. A Metafilter Music exclusive!

Dismissal by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:31:59 -0800

A dialogue between an unhinged robot and a dismissive human.

String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro (remix) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:48:41 -0800

The first time I presented this piece, I had not yet explored the Orkester library in Reason. After I found some very convincing solo strings, I re-recorded the first movement of this string quartet.

Dusk by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:28:26 -0800

As with "Untold Demons", this song dates back to the late '80s and was extensively reworked (read: rewritten) in 2006. Duran Duran was a big influence on me back then, so for the update, I tried to imagine a Duran Duran song without Nick Rhodes.

Imprint, v. 1.1 by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:05:50 -0800

This first time I presented this song, I made a drastic edit to the melody that turned out to be unsuccessful. Also, my singing sucked.

Take It Apart by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:28:40 -0800

Back in the late '80s, I challeneged myself to write a song in a style I usually dislike. Soul II Soul's "Back to Life" and "Keep On Movin'" were all over the radio back then, so I used them as a model.

Untold Demons by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:44:57 -0800

I unearthed the very first song I wrote in 1986 and flinched at all the clueless chord progressions my 14-year-old self used. But I could sense some potential behind a few of the ideas. So I reworked it extensively and brought out more of the subliminal inspiration that went into: mid-'80s Heart.

Here by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:16:07 -0800

I wanted to write something that used two famous musical initials -- DSCH (D-Eb-C-B, Dmitri Shostakovich) and BACH (Bb-A-C-B). I put them in the bass. Needs more harp.

Hear the Wind Sing by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:46:07 -0800

Music inspired by Arcadia's "Lady Ice". Lyrics inspired by Murakami Haruki's "Kaze no Uta wo Kike" (Hear the Wind Sing). Samples include Meredith Monk, John Zorn and an NHK broadcaster backmasked.

What I Deserve by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:09:22 -0800

A song about being left behind. Sometimes, it's deserved, but it can still suck. (The guitars aren't real. Or the bass. Or the drums ...)

波動 (Hadou/Undulation) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:24:07 -0800

A cover of a song by AJICO. I'm still learning how to record vocals on Cakewalk SONAR, and I'm nowhere near UA.

Terry Riley: In C by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:15:13 -0800

This recording is an experiment to see how well Ableton Live handles a performance of Terry Riley's "In C". (more inside)

Three Prayers in Irish Gaelic: I. Ár nAthair by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:28:35 -0800

Way, way back, I posted a request on Usenet for translations of some Catholic prayers into Irish. I wrote a vocal work with those translation for a composition class. For this recording, I used the solo cello sample in Reason and let MIDI take care of the rest. The harmonies weren't part of the original score.

Palomino by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:39:14 -0800

This piece is a cover of a Duran Duran album track. [more inside]

Destruction Baby by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:12:17 -0800

A cover of a Number Girl song. Vocals done in one take, sung in Japanese. Programmed in Reason from the band score.

String Quartet by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:30:28 -0800

It was 1990 when I first listened to the Quartet for Strings, No. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich. I had just gotten out of high school and had not yet started college. That didn't stop me from trying -- emphasis on "try" -- to write my own string quartet. This piece has "student work" and "movie soundtrack" written all over it, but for a product by a beginning teenaged songwriter, it's ambitious. Programmed in Reason without dynamic markings.