MeFi Music songs tagged with eponymous4

Michael Nyman: The Piano - Big My Secret by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:49:59 -0800

I don't like the movie The Piano, but I do like Michael Nyman's soundtrack. I usually program all my music with a sequencer, so this is my first attempt to capture myself live.

So Straight and Slow (Robin Holcomb cover) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:42:28 -0800

Programmed, recorded and edited today. This song appears on Robin Holcomb's self-titled album from 1990. It's got some odd key changes and a lot of clashing notes.

Samuel Barber -- String Quartet, Op. 11: I. Molto allegro e appassionato by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:08:59 -0800

I posted the second movement of Barber's quartet previously. Here's the first movement.

Samuel Barber -- String Quartet, Op. 11: II. Molto adagio; molto allegro by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:57:39 -0800

Another personal homework assignment to prepare for writing a string quartet -- this time, it's Samuel Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11. The second movement was extracted to become Barber's one-hit wonder, the Adagio for Strings.

The Fool (Neutral Milk Hotel cover, a capella) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:33:46 -0800

I wanted to experiment with multitracked vocals, so I turned "The Fool" from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea into a choral work. I probably could have done more with rhythm and vocal percussive effects, but I did this is as a practice run for another song, which also included four-part harmonies.

Hallelujah für Stimme und Streichquartett by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:23:28 -0800

I've been in a string quartet frame of mind for the last few weeks. The abrupt end is intentional. Not sure why.

Arvo Pärt: Fratres für streichquartett by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:38:02 -0800

As a personal homework assignment to prepare for writing a string quartet, I've been programming scores of various 20th Century string quartets into Cakewalk SONAR. Here's a recording of Fratres by Arvo Pärt.

The Closer I Get to You by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:21:21 -0800

I wanted to hear a post-rock band cover Roberta Flack.

Untold Demons (new mix) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:04:29 -0800

I posted this track before, but that mix is a bit outdated. So I'm offering it up again for the first song challenge.

Miss You Much by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:03:28 -0800

I tried to picture Alice in Chains covering Janet Jackson, but it sounds more like T-Rex by way of Power Station.

enigmatics III by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:32:22 -0800

Yes, I already contributed something to the two-chord challenge, but that doesn't mean it's the only song I've done with only two chords. This track uses Fm and G.

Rescuer (cleaner mix) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:44:35 -0800

Finally -- a MeFiMusic Challenge I can do! Or rather have done. I actually posted this song before, but I've since gone back and cleaned up the EQ and gated some of the noise from the vocal. The two chords used are D and E.

Late Thaw by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:59:05 -0800

I'm neither a jazz writer nor a jazz singer, but that didn't stop me from trying. It's part of an album I'm gradually releasing online.

Restraint (v.1.1) by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:17:24 -0800

The first time I posted this song, I put barely any effects processing at all -- just limiting to make it audible. Now I've gone back and put in EQ, reverb, gating and some compression. Same song, different mixing. Compare and contrast.

Don't Disturb This Groove by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:03:22 -0800

A cover of The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove". I tried to picture how Samamidon would have done it.

Nagasaki by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:21:01 -0800

I was flipping through an old binder of songs I wrote in high school and came across this instrumental. I saw some potential there and decided to record it. Twenty years ago, it was supposed to be a fusion thing, along the lines of Hiroshima. I opted for something a bit harder instead.

Rescuer by NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:17:34 -0800

Strings, drums, two chords and lyrics vaguely inspired by the '80s TV show "The Equalizer". Also, big rip-off of Craig Armstrong.

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.