MeFi Music songs tagged with improvisation

butterfly gone berserk by nicolin

nicolin — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:18:50 -0800

I have a new song ! Inspired by the numerous posts I've had the pleasure to listen here, I've added a tech touch to my music. My butterfly has decided to rebel against nature and has gained a synthetic voice... but fortunately, he soon gets rid of it and returns to real life.

début by nicolin

nicolin — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:01:05 -0800

just to stay in touch

from the bridge, by nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:30:29 -0800

watching the river flow, I stumble upon some memories - more vivid than others.

rice jam by nicolin

nicolin — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:20:48 -0800

acoustic guitar, wood, steel, glass, and some rice.

invisible bees by nicolin

nicolin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:06:30 -0800

a swarm in a small room.

hens and rooster by nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:09:22 -0800

It's nice to be at home with some guitars at hand. I wanted to participate to the challenge, but this tune has nothing to do with water. To me, it evokes a procession of hens in a courtyard, near and around a drowsy rooster. Images of aimless loopsided wanderings, long seductive dances. What is the rooster dreaming of ? just another bunch of hens I guess. Then he awakes suddenly. Too bad this wasn't the theme of the challenge. Enjoy.

blues a la basie by nicolin

nicolin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:38:47 -0800

The Count Basie variation of the standard blues changes. Just two guitars, solo and rhythm.

spanish cakes by nicolin

nicolin — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:22:09 -0800

As fresh as possible, in a slightly different mix than my previous upload, to give some more presence to the tune. The rhythm track was under electronic dust somewhere on my drive. I had recorded it without bothering to turn off the radio, so it is heard at the quietest moments. I've added a melody and a solo, as well as some percussion, but it's still a very tiny addition. Flaws included.

seafront by nicolin

nicolin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:10:54 -0800

Two short and very meditative improvisations from some time ago.

imp 4 by nicolin

nicolin — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:46:52 -0800

Four years ago, I was trying to feel what it's like to be able to improvise. These are three takes over the same short chord cycle : take 2, 1, 3. My conclusion is : to improvise, you have to be able to wait.

chinese no groove by nicolin

nicolin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:50:42 -0800

Improvised trio. Guitar, keyboards, doorbell. When you've got a pebble in your shoe, you can't look at the stars.

little bossa by nicolin

nicolin — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:14:27 -0800

I knew I had to play the flute. I found a bundy on ebay, and when I received it, began to play right away. This recording features guitar, flute and harmonica. Improvisation as usual, raw bossa vamp as background, no composed melody as such. Could have been longer without the telephone.

GFHFG by nicolin

nicolin — Sat, 26 May 2007 03:17:55 -0800

which stands for : guitar flute harp flute guitar. Last year my sister gave me her old dell inspiron 3800. I installed audacity on it and was in for multitrack recording. Actually, I didn't know that I could listen to the previous tracks and recording at the same time. So I recorded the first four tracks trying not to lose the tempo and then moving the track so it fitted with the rest, adding layer by layer. By the time I recorded the solo I had managed to listen to the background. Composition is not too ambitious, it was just a matter of testing.

glass spiders by nicolin

nicolin — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:35:13 -0800

In a cave, several hundred feet underground, a mysterious glow can be seen in the distance. Beyond the dark corridors, a strange music fade in as you're getting close. The spiders are here, tall as houses, moving gracefully, feeding their babies, chanting soft lullabies under the crystal dome of a large chamber. One of them approaches and weaves shining threads of sound. You're not really frightened. Actually you feel rather comfortable as you're listening to the friendly speech. Going back ?

langsam by nicolin

nicolin — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:49:17 -0800

hi, Sometimes you're just looking for something as peaceful as possible. Sorry for the unavoidable flaws.

shaking by nicolin

nicolin — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:44:18 -0800

hi, it's raining outside, I just wanted something warm. Short and improvised.

satin doll by nicolin

nicolin — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:15:54 -0800

Another excerpt of a previous too long post. Tired of playing over improvised and random changes, I brought the Ellington tune to Olivier. I played the rhythm track, he played the melody, then I managed to play a solo. Hope you like it.

real book by nicolin

nicolin — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:10:07 -0800

Hi, This is not what you can call a song : rather a collection of recordings pasted together. As in the Real Book, some standards are included. But this track also includes sounds taken from the real world, like a street scene, or rehearsals. It is a deliberate effort to try to match apparently unrelated recordings, from different sources. The Real Book, paradoxically, features charts for some idealistic land. Here, I wanted to use sounds both from the inside (music) and from the outside (raw field recordings) to see how ironically they are related and to provide some contrast. What you're about to hear : a saxophone playing Don Quichotte, a late night Dulcinea, two versions of a standard, and guitar comments.

vamp by nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:44:48 -0800

hi, here's the sequel to my previous post, lo-fi vamp. During a jam with a friend, I unearthed the two chords vamp from my memory and we noodled a little bit around it. He recorded my rhythm guitar part and a solo, and said he could be working on it in order to add something more orchestral to these basic tracks. Well, he's got craft but my vamp now sounds like a soft porn movie soundtrack to my ears.

Circumference by chrismear

chrismear — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:56:01 -0800

Inspired by this post about playing pi to 1,000 places on the piano, I thought I'd print out the notes and see if I could improvise something a bit more musical (if cheesy).

lo fi vamp by nicolin

nicolin — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:16:15 -0800

hi. This is actually my first attempt at improvising over a vamp. It was recorded with a 500 mhz computer and a webcam. First track recorded first, then played through the speakers so as to allow me to improvise over it, and then the whole recaptured by the webcam again. Hence the muddy sonics. The computer had trouble to play and record at the same time : results in clicks. On the whole.. I like it. Listen to my next post to compare with a cleaner version. Sometimes the rawer the better.

Lovely & Charming (Live in SF, 2002) - Audiosports by pantufla

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