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Leave Her, Johnny

Another old sea song, harmonising with myself. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena on Sep 24, 2021 - 3 comments

Mingulay Boat Song

Trad. sea song, composed in the 1930s by Scots composer Hugh Roberton. I learnt it from a pirate band who used to play at the Maryland Renaissance Fair. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena on Jun 2, 2021 - 4 comments

Invocation

Electronics + Piano. Lots of harmonic and rhythmic drive.
posted by Wolfdog on Oct 25, 2019 - 1 comment

It Don't Matter Who's First In Line

My golly, it's been years since I posted here! Shame on me. I miss the MeMu community. I recently released an album of kids' music, and thought I'd share a tune here. It's a classroom song about that age-old problem: cutting in line. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Sep 30, 2019 - 10 comments

Manhattan Skyline

Some recent discussion on MeFi about the band a-ha reminded me that I'd recorded this acoustic cover of one of their songs a long time ago. This is actually based on an arrangement by Kings of Convenience, who made some interesting changes to the original song structure. Me on vocals and guitars (nylon-string and steel-string). [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Sep 28, 2019 - 6 comments

Strictly Germ-proof

Arthur Guiterman wrote it. droplet posted it. epj suggested singing. I was powerless.
posted by AxelT on Aug 11, 2017 - 1 comment

17

This piano part and vocal melody have been rattling around in my brain for a while--finally wrote some lyrics and fleshed it out a bit.
posted by Bluebird Wine on Aug 5, 2017 - 2 comments

And the Sunrise Welcomes You Home

A short instrumental piece (featuring synth) in which I basically have fun building from a loop. This is my entry for the MeFi Music challenge to submit music inspired by a MeFi post (I Saw This Thing On The Blue And...). Credit actually goes to three MetaFilter-related posts from last month: two MeFi posts by not_on_display and one MeFi Music post by ignignokt; they inspired me to create electronic music again after a decade+ hiatus. [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Jul 1, 2017 - 7 comments

When the Curtains of Night

I'm happy to present my collaboration with not_on_display: this is our version of a neat little tune that was included in The American Songbag (a 1927 folk song collection by Carl Sandburg); the song there was itself derived from a late 19th-century song by William S. Hays. [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Jun 28, 2017 - 8 comments

The Leaving of Liverpool

I had a great time collaborating with billiebee on a cover of this traditional folk song/sea shanty. The goal was to record a simple arrangement that was different from the more lively covers out there -- to borrow billiebee's phrase, a gentler version. I'm hoping our rendition highlights the lovely melody of the song. [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Apr 26, 2017 - 12 comments

track 4

I'm doing a song-a-week thing with someone I knew in school, and this is what I came up with. [more inside]
posted by topoisomerase on May 1, 2014 - 4 comments

insecure

Made in the Multitrack app by harmonicdog. I'm sorry about the wonky levels and general noisiness; I'm still learning how it works.
posted by topoisomerase on Aug 4, 2013 - 3 comments

Mistake

Quick little ditty about dusting yourself off. [more inside]
posted by frecklefaerie on Jul 21, 2013 - 1 comment

Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen

German, anonymous, probably 1500s. Still learning to harmonise using GarageBand. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena on Dec 20, 2012 - 1 comment

unSane's Whistling Shoes

I stole the words from unSane and turned it into a song with off key whistling.
posted by topoisomerase on Dec 18, 2012 - 0 comments

Harpies at the Bar

This is a song about what a serial murderer might feel like after he's been at it for so long he can hardly stand it anymore. [more inside]
posted by Pecinpah on Sep 29, 2012 - 3 comments

John & Tanya - Werewolf Night

This is from our JUST released album, The Story Is Everything. We're trying to beat a crazy deadline and sell 17 CDs before the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). If we do it, we can bring physical discs to the Kerrville Folk Festival next weekend. Here's the link, should you happen to feel generous. Thanks for listening!
posted by soundacious on May 16, 2012 - 1 comment

Such Great Heights (cover)

I've always had a soft spot for this Postal Service song, so here's an acoustic cover featuring resonator guitar, pump organ, and ten copies of me. Lighters out for the last chorus, please.
posted by unSane on Mar 25, 2012 - 21 comments

More Than Anything

Experimenting with layering chords together in this short folky uke/guitar song. Also hoping the vocals blend well with the feel of this one. [more inside]
posted by tunewell on Jan 3, 2012 - 1 comment

Ain't Too Proud to Beg

It's Valentine's Day, and I wanted to do a song about fighting against heartbreak. Naturally, I could not resist The Temptations. [more inside]
posted by Jon_Evil on Feb 14, 2011 - 2 comments

Steam Stove

This is a song from the batch I recorded when I recorded Cold Dip and It Could Always Be Early. It has an absolutely ludicrous number of tracks for a song that has nothing but guitars and harmony, and I feel the need to just release it and see how others react to it. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on Feb 8, 2011 - 2 comments

Can the Hive Mind help me with this riff?

I wrote this simple little Mellotron piano chord progression this morning but it's baffling me. Can anyone suggest how I get it to loop back around to the beginning again? [more inside]
posted by unSane on Dec 20, 2010 - 16 comments

Ten Years in a Hundred Dollar Suit (vox up)

I pushed the vocal track a couple of dB on this track I posted yesterday as several people suggested. See what you think. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Dec 6, 2010 - 11 comments

Simple Town (Full Version)

Feisty powerpop version of the a capella song I posted for the challenge. Man, this was another freakin' difficult song to mix, not least because it was the first one I did on my Yamaha HS50m monitors which Chococat recommended.You know when you go to the bathroom in the middle of the night in a hotel and accidentally turn on the overhead fluorescents and catch yourself stark naked in the most unflattering, pore-revealing detail and sort of gasp in horror? These speakers are like that. You fight them every inch of the way, not trying to get the song sounding good, but just to stop it sound so goddamn bad. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Nov 24, 2010 - 7 comments

If I Fell

A boy/girl take on the Hard Day's Night track. [more inside]
posted by useyourmachinegunarm on Nov 21, 2010 - 1 comment

Simple Town

A piece of pop fluff for the a capella challenge. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Nov 18, 2010 - 9 comments

You & San Francisco -- Big Hair Mix feat. Major Dundee

At long last, the remix of Y&SF with new vocals and Major Dundee's guitar work incorporated. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Oct 25, 2010 - 4 comments

Far

Another uke-y croon, mellow and heartfelt. [more inside]
posted by tunewell on Oct 18, 2010 - 6 comments

Summer's Calling

This is the second of two summersongs... this one is my attempt to shake off the summertime blues and write something genuinely hopeful, complete with a spoken intro and healthy helpings of cheese and bubblegum all round. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Jul 23, 2010 - 6 comments

South

My girlfriend was having a bad day, so in about an hour, I wrote and recorded a song in an attempt to cheer her up. Why not share it?
posted by SamuraiCarChase on Jul 22, 2010 - 2 comments

Don't Fool Me

Full on vocal harmony twin electric 12-string assault, my attempt to collide the Monkees with the Byrds with a side of the Go-Betweens. [more inside]
posted by unSane on May 24, 2010 - 3 comments

Where you gonna get your good things now?

One of my favorite chord progressions ever. A demo from about 1995 for a notional solo album, and for once I sound like I'm actually worked up about something, which I was. [more inside]
posted by unSane on May 21, 2010 - 2 comments

Where you are

This is a quick little tune about a few people I'll never meet. [more inside]
posted by Pecinpah on May 18, 2010 - 10 comments

Not So Kind

A very short little song wherein I take the harshly honest route toward an old friend. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Mar 20, 2010 - 10 comments

Walkabout (Atlas Sound cover)

In which I decide to stop candy butt-ing around it, and attempt to join the reverb drenched, echo cave sound of today. This doesn't really sound like anything I've done before, so I'd love to hear a couple reactions. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on Nov 8, 2009 - 1 comment

XXIV

Adapted from a poem by James Joyce, from his collection "Chamber Music." [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Oct 10, 2009 - 0 comments

Shades of Grey

It's about m7 chords and singing words. Words about shades of grey. and colors. Other words are used in the song.
posted by sredefer on Sep 14, 2009 - 6 comments

That's Right

A naughtybilly song from the Dirty Curls about one of the classic themes of pop music: cousin on cousin incest. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Sep 11, 2009 - 0 comments

Enemies

Young people questioning morally ambiguous, age-old disputes. Singing about it...through me. Also about hot fudge. Yum. YUM.
posted by sredefer on Sep 2, 2009 - 1 comment

Kalimba Take 2

kalimba + toilet time = this song the lyrics, on the other hand, are about getting hitched to my amazing S.O. [more inside]
posted by sredefer on Aug 28, 2009 - 2 comments

The Money Rolls In

A rewrite of a traditional bawdy song about an untoward way to make money. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Aug 19, 2009 - 1 comment

Angry Fatso

An uptempo, harmony-laden poppy number about a short-tempered, rotund gentleman who seems to be everywhere I go.
posted by lexfri on Jul 20, 2009 - 7 comments

Open My Ears

A verse from the AVB song Open My Heart (or at least as best as I could remember it) [more inside]
posted by ibfrog on Jun 16, 2009 - 0 comments

Silver Dollar

Bluegrass song about what sometimes happens with sons and dads. (In a bluegrass/country world.) [more inside]
posted by snsranch on May 17, 2009 - 10 comments

The Lift

Another Sauna Song. Recorded at 4 this morning, and actually sounds more like it was recorded outside than my last song, even though this one wasn't at all. In drop D, but tuned down a whole step. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy on May 7, 2009 - 9 comments

When You're Out of My Mind

A nice little love song, for iterations of "little" that involve a six minute runtime. [more inside]
posted by Saellys on May 6, 2009 - 7 comments

All Day Long

Very short and perhaps sweet. I've been working on this kind of music for a while and this is a good example of where I'm at with it right now. Two Chord Challenge!!! ENJOY! [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Apr 13, 2009 - 9 comments

You're Not Alone

My contribution to the two-chord challenge. A sleepy little song with fingerpickin' guitar, piano, and some three part "harmony." I experiment a little more with my voice on this one. [more inside]
posted by ORthey on Apr 7, 2009 - 15 comments

You Homo-Loving Commie Sons of Guns

Inspired words of actor Sean Penn, Sailor Martin sings a very short song of social change, accompanies by ukulele, harmonica, jew's harp, and tambourine. Entry 11 in the RPM challenge. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Feb 24, 2009 - 4 comments

I Married Her for Her Money (She Married Me for My Lies)

My 6th RPM song for Sailor Martin. A close harmony country song about love and deception. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie on Feb 18, 2009 - 2 comments

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