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A song I wrote about a trip to Texas with a girl in 1989. [more inside]
posted by crapples
on Oct 28, 2009 -
1 comment
Little ditty about young love, the joys of suburban Massachusetts in autumn, and the allure of all those wonderful things behind the counter at drugstores. [more inside]
posted by es_de_bah
on Oct 19, 2009 -
7 comments
This is a wicked rough, one take demo of one of the seven songs I will be recording with a full band for my EP. I would love to hear about what you think. [more inside]
posted by pazazygeek
on Oct 13, 2009 -
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cortex was kind enough to let me borrow the lyrics from his song "The Bottom Falls Out of the Clouds" (which he wrote for the first ever MeFi Music Challenge), and allow me to set them to new folky/acoustic/lo-fi music for this month's challenge. [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4
on Sep 30, 2009 -
8 comments
Twelve string guitar and vocals with some alchemical effect lines
Inspired by a lucid dream I had the other day. [more inside]
posted by dagosto
on Sep 20, 2009 -
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Summer's nearly over, but never fear -- it's always the sunniest season on your HiFi! Ford and the Prefects and the Don Ho Symphony Orchestra present "Hawaii," this year's breakout good-times swingle. [more inside]
posted by ford and the prefects
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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Another swing at this old folk song. My first effort with 2x Korg DS-10s.
posted by nthdegx
on Aug 6, 2009 -
6 comments
In a huge creative drought for awhile, I found this old thing I wrote and recorded years ago. When I was new to Garageband.
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posted by kingbenny
on Jul 31, 2009 -
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This is my first contribution to MeFiMu, so go easy on me! [more inside]
posted by gergtreble
on Jul 16, 2009 -
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I love this song! Upbeat, dancy, kind of weird. [more inside]
posted by Baby_Balrog
on Jul 5, 2009 -
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Bill Fox song appears for the first time on the internet: Bill re-retires out of shame. [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue
on Jul 1, 2009 -
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Heaven, no strings attached. [more inside]
posted by Liv Pooleside
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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Another new demo song from my new band, Bring A Guillotine. A little more laid back than the previous track uploaded. Enjoy!
posted by TheWaves
on Jun 12, 2009 -
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I read a friend's blog this morning and she had a line in there about how she felt like her heart was stuck together with gaffer tape and glue.
10 minutes later I had this, another 20 and I had recorded it using Garageband and my mac's internal mic.
As I haven't written anything in about two years, I'm pretty happy with this writer's block break.
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posted by nunoidia
on Jun 7, 2009 -
9 comments
A song that was sort of spontaneously written just over ten years ago. One of my sad songs about water. [more inside]
posted by Grangousier
on May 29, 2009 -
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The strange but true story of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. It's a bit rough, needs a switch up or two and a new ending, but you get the idea.
posted by chiefbluefeather
on May 20, 2009 -
1 comment
My friend Nate sometimes sends me him singing folk songs, just his voice. I really enjoy getting these. I added some guitar to this one. [more inside]
posted by Sreiny
on May 16, 2009 -
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project for senior seminar. Acoustic + vocal. Poorly recorded, poorly written, poor performed :P [more inside]
posted by eclectitude
on May 6, 2009 -
2 comments
Folksie fun-times with my band, Borachio. (I'm on drums.) We did this in my guest room, separately, so it's only so decent, but hopefully you'll see what we're going for.
posted by disillusioned
on Apr 20, 2009 -
5 comments
Follow along on the map... [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace
on Apr 20, 2009 -
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4th song of my rpm album - well, what's a trillion between good friends?
posted by pyramid termite
on Feb 28, 2009 -
1 comment
Ooo! Spooky!
Well, it should be pretty obvious that this song has almost nothing to do with literal werewolves, and everything to do with a predatory mindset, but that doesn’t keep it from weirding my mother out every time I play it!
posted by soundacious
on Feb 26, 2009 -
1 comment
A drinking song from the British Isles, written for an performed by Sailor Martin as song eight in the RPM challenge. Ukulele, egg, handclaps, and a tin whistle. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Feb 21, 2009 -
1 comment
The third and final installment of my 2009 Valentine's day project. Celine Dion + Rick Astley, as if the internet needed another rickroll. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 14, 2009 -
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Guitar Rag, with banjo. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 12, 2009 -
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A short arrangement for solo banjo of the stunning Gilbert & Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Feb 7, 2009 -
8 comments
This is my great, sweeping ballad … my Piano Man, if you will. Tinged with chili powder. [more inside]
posted by soundacious
on Jan 30, 2009 -
3 comments
A simple cautionary tale of how celebrity, glamour, ambition and just-plain inauthenticity can twist a human soul. Also, you can dance to it. [more inside]
posted by soundacious
on Jan 28, 2009 -
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Yup, that one.
posted by ageispolis
on Jan 26, 2009 -
2 comments
Music for an imaginary children's TV show. [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace
on Nov 12, 2008 -
18 comments
This is a cover of The Fall song Totally Wired...well sort of... [more inside]
posted by degoao
on Nov 9, 2008 -
4 comments
I wish I'd written this song a week ago, but I'd never even heard the phrase until this afternoon. [more inside]
posted by cortex
on Nov 4, 2008 -
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Instrumental banjo waltz, written this afternoon. [more inside]
posted by The White Hat
on Oct 26, 2008 -
16 comments
That song you remember from grade school. [more inside]
posted by doubtfulpalace
on Oct 23, 2008 -
5 comments
More "americana" from that woodshed in Sweden.
Recorded on a battered radio/cassette player in 1984(?) so its low fi.
We called ourselves The Early Puritans on the occasions we actually got paid for a gig. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Oct 9, 2008 -
6 comments
Another Ran/Run tune. This time abit more melancholy, with some nice strings.
posted by johanze
on Oct 8, 2008 -
3 comments
This is the first song off my album I just finished recording. I guess it's very folk-like.
posted by bingwah
on Oct 8, 2008 -
4 comments
More from the woodshed
Jimmy Rogers we liked.
The Early Puritans go country. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Sep 29, 2008 -
4 comments
The proverbial seeds of this song were planted when I visited Savannah, Georgia at the beginning of the month and found myself captivated by the ubiquitous plant life named in the title.
Later, when I was working on lyrics and couldn't think of a second verse, my bandmate Mel reminded me of a dream my friend Kathy had in which I killed a guy and hid him behind a couch. The end result may be disproportionately creepy, but I rather like it. [more inside]
posted by Saellys
on Sep 28, 2008 -
4 comments
More of the woes caused by foreign wars in this song from the woodshed tape (Sweden 1984.)
"By heaven I'll make them rue the day when they took the legs from a child of mine"
The Early Puritans at it again with an Irish song. Singer Dave Scott is Irish. Other singer Jim Donovan though is american [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Sep 25, 2008 -
4 comments
Folk rock song about the belief that one day everything in life will be perfect.
posted by Magnus Jensen
on Sep 23, 2008 -
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Jim Donovan, one of the members of The Early Puritans borrowed somebodys mandolin for the weekend. This is another song from that 1984 woodshed tape. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Sep 23, 2008 -
3 comments
Another song from that Swedish woodshed tape.
This I dont know the origin of. But the sentiments again appealed to us. The pain caused by Foreign Wars. Still relevant? [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Sep 21, 2008 -
4 comments
An old song. Written by Robert burns in 1795.
Recorded by my old acoustic band, The Early Puritans in Sweden 1984 on a radio/cassette player with built in microphones. One take.
Found the tape in the woodshed this summer.
Lo fi. [more inside]
posted by jan murray
on Sep 20, 2008 -
7 comments
Written + performed by The Shot Heard 'Round the World a few years ago for our record "10 Songs for Town & Country." Good if you like acoustic guitars, falsetto backups, shakers, triangles, clarinets, bicycle freewheels, fake crickets, pianos/blue notes, glockenspiels, indian summers and reverb.
posted by one_bean
on Sep 5, 2008 -
6 comments
This song has a feel I haven't easily been able to reproduce since recording it. I can barely play the song live. Despite some horrific essing, probably my favorite home recording.
posted by kingbenny
on Aug 28, 2008 -
10 comments
More three part me... Took the arrangement from the Wailin' Jennys [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Aug 6, 2008 -
6 comments
Another song recorded live at the cabin for the album. [more inside]
posted by kingbenny
on Jul 15, 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 -
9 comments
MEFI MUSIC CHALLENGE July [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on Jul 8, 2008 -
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