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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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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. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Nov 12, 2008 -
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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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"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.
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posted by escabeche
on Mar 4, 2008 -
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Sorry for this one. Sometimes things just come out of my mouth...
posted by buriednexttoyou
on Apr 3, 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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Mostly instrumental. (I'd keep the repeated line, but replace the wordless vocal bit with some horns if I had access to any, and have them carry on through the rest of the song.) Much, much more guitar layering than I usually do. Strangely (?), I think my favorite parts of the song are skittering electronic bits of the drum track and the bass line.
posted by sparkletone
on Mar 1, 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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This arrangement still needs some embellishment, though I think it works okay as is. Probably one of my better vocal turns.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 22, 2007 -
3 comments
The poltergeists that you can't see will come for you while you sleep.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 20, 2007 -
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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 -
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Mmm, 6/8 time... The vocal's less questionable than the other songs I've posted, but it is quite raspy in places because I ended up doing it in a couple takes after already having spent an hour two whipping the screamy bits of M.A.D. into shape, so my voice was a bit shot.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 18, 2007 -
4 comments
WE CAN DO THE MUTUALLY-ASSURED DESTRUCTION
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 16, 2007 -
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A long time ago, this song used to have words. They were super lame. Now it makes for a good guitar freak out. The drums were the first thing I ever made in Ableton Live. Doing the tempo changes at the end in Live was a pain (but I still love you, Live!). I think the drums sound a bit stiff and robotic (in a bad way), but it's still about the best I can do with real drum sounds. The vocal's a bit dodgy, but is Good Enough For Now.
posted by sparkletone
on Feb 15, 2007 -
7 comments
One of my bands, The Man So Cool, did some recording a couple
weeks ago for a demo disc. We're still working on final vocals and
proper mixes, but this is a pretty good rough mix of one of the songs.
Links to the other three songs can be gotten over
yonder.
posted by cortex
on Jan 29, 2007 -
7 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 -
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An acoustic rough draft—the first thing I recorded after I bought my first condesor mic. Pretty, improvised.
posted by cortex
on Jul 22, 2006 -
2 comments
Off my band's demo.
posted by Tlogmer
on Jul 18, 2006 -
6 comments
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
