Posts tagged with melancholy

modular, snap-tite interlock pop. A song about recording alone.
posted on Aug 22, 2008 - View this thread

undulate underling

A short, lyrically strange new song partly based on a dream.
posted on Jul 20, 2008 - View this thread

casanova ruins

I was walking around in the garment district at night on valentine's day years ago, and spotted a beautiful woman walking alone across the street. Despite being glamorously dressed up, she looked like she had lost all faith in men. She was carrying a heart-shaped balloon and huge flowers. This song is sort of about that.
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - View this thread

One Kiss from You

A maudlin love song from an old man to a young woman. Written in 2001. Part of my Old Songs project.
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - View this thread

Let the Band Play On

Part of my Old Songs project. A moody tune from 1999 about the terminus of a relationship.
posted on Jul 4, 2008 - View this thread

The Band Will Play a Melody

Part of my Old Songs project of making lo-fi recordings of songs I wrote many years, and, sometimes, decades ago. I have come to the inexorable conclusion that in the years between 1996 and 2000, I was either quite depressed, or unexpectedly skilled at feigning it in song
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - View this thread

Thorns on the Heartstrings

Glitchy dark beats, with distorted synth and a little hardcore mixed in.
posted on May 29, 2008 - View this thread

on and on and on

An atheist's song about the nature of politics and religion in the U.S.
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - View this thread

hospital walls

Guitar-based melancholy song with vocals. I've had this around for several years, and keep thinking I'll continue to dabble with the outro. I think it's time to just let it out. I wrote this after the breakup of a 7 year relationship. I like the lyrics, and the little solo, and many other things about it. The long fade-out ending is over-indulgent and a bit off-key, but imperfect as the song may be, it has heart.
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - View this thread

Five Fathoms Down

Melodic, slightly exotic, wistful surf music from Hell.
posted on Dec 31, 2007 - View this thread

gone

I think this is one of the catchier songs I've come up with in a while, though I never seem to be a good judge of that. At any rate, it's a short and simple track about intense love gone missing... or something like that.
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - View this thread

in memories

A collaboration with non-mefite Riadsala, who sometimes records bass for me. This is a pretty strange track, with a lot of effects going on, with a weirdish tempo change into the chorus which is backed by something in the vein of guitar shredding.
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - View this thread

the end

A "drifty" and atmospheric song about life and death and love, complete with harp.
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - View this thread

hungry heart

This is a lazy pseudo-live cover of the Bruce Springsteen song, recorded on a whim a couple of years ago.
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - View this thread

snake

A quirky but perhaps oddly serious song inspired by that old Snake video game, written and recorded for the mefi music challenge.
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - View this thread

log

This is an old song, not written for the mefi music challenge water theme, but the lyrics kind of fit, so I decided to upload it. I actually wrote this waltz about having a cold, but it sounds very "oceanic."
posted on Jul 6, 2007 - View this thread

Crystals

It was 1999, I'd just graduated from trackers to fruityloops, and I was listening to a LOT of Warp and Boards Of Canada, and I made this. It's still my favourite, despite being the first tune I ever completed. Tsk.
posted on May 11, 2007 - View this thread

two can go low

Most of my songs are sparse. This one is not! It's got "a lot of sound," and some bite. Does it kick buttocks? You decide.
posted on Apr 23, 2007 - View this thread

Thousand Yard Stare

Recorded at Sound Mind Recordings in San Diego. I'm not sure about the full band thing; I think when I redo it for my album it'll be all acoustic.
posted on Apr 22, 2007 - View this thread

crazy

A cover of the first verse and chorus of the Gnarls Barkley song, primitively recorded live a while back when I had a cold. My wife was really into the song and I recorded this for her as a goof, but it came out kinda good.
posted on Apr 17, 2007 - View this thread

you've been awake

Lyrically naughty, musically atmospheric. Features guitars, vocals, brushed drums, African thumb harp, clothes hangers, and a shy half of a fake symphony orchestra.
posted on Apr 10, 2007 - View this thread

the vase

My wife accidentally broke a vase. This song resulted. It was recorded in a couple of days inbetween other projects. I used no clicktrack, metronome or drum beat, so the timing is nice and loose (in a good way, I hope). It's short, so listen twice!
posted on Apr 4, 2007 - View this thread

wedding song

Piano-based song written for my wife, for our recent wedding. As usual with my songs, it's slow and sparse. A lot of vocal layering going on, and some electric guitar to round things out in the chorus. Enjoy!
posted on Jan 30, 2007 - View this thread

unbroken

This downtempo "weirdo-falsetto" number is a track by Clearspeaks featuring edlundart. The music was written and produced by Clearspeaks while I wrote the lyrics and vocal melody. I also performed the vocal and created the vocal snippets used in the background, similar to what I did on "elevate."
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - View this thread

elevate

A calm and smooth falsetto song with lyrics lifted from an emergency first aid poster (with some additions turning it into a love song). Features guitar, bass, piano, and electronica-style rhythmic vocal snippets.
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - View this thread

all this blue

Trip hop or something. At its core it is still a singer/songwriter sort of deal, but this features -- in addition to regular vocals -- opera samples, moaning girls, reversed strings, synth bass, subtle sustained guitar feedback, scratching, acoustic slide guitar, tambourine, crumbly noises, and whatever else. Includes the F-word right at the start, if that concerns anyone.
posted on Aug 9, 2006 - View this thread

Well of Tears

A little muted trumpet, a little harp, a little harmonies and a lot of existential angst
posted on Aug 6, 2006 - View this thread

maroon for red

A song from a couple of years back which is still a favorite of mine. This one has heavier drums and more electric guitars than most of my tracks, but it's still a love song.
posted on Jul 23, 2006 - View this thread

sleep fiction

A pretty catchy melody, I think -- starts slow like most of my songs, but then picks up and becomes more of a rock track. Sample lyric: "Sleeping with you is still fiction, so missing it must be a contradiction." Features vocals, guitars, piano, drums, strings.
posted on Jul 18, 2006 - View this thread

Bones

A few summers ago, I went backpacking through Belize and made a short day- trip to the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala. Walking around, I began to think about the nameless masses undocumented by hieroglyphics and mythologies— the individuals who cultivated farms, raised children, attended to the basic foundations of their society by simply living unhistoric lives. When I got home, I wrote this.
posted on Jul 13, 2006 - View this thread

say goodnight

The city outside your bedroom window doesn't care if you're lonely. I guess this song is about the feeling of hopelessness. Slightly more uptempo than my previously posted songs, this one features slide guitar, non-slide guitars, drums, piano, strings, and guest appearances by Riadsala (bass) and kerry and casio (background vocal).
posted on Jul 13, 2006 - View this thread

the long lost light

A slow and sad song I wrote and recorded after a breakup/separation a few years ago. Features a falsetto chorus and acoustic guitar, including an e-bow undercurrent.
posted on Jul 9, 2006 - View this thread

already lovers

A quiet, pretty song about online dating. Features guitars, vocals, and pseudo-orchestral touches.
posted on Jul 5, 2006 - View this thread

A Song I Sing About Her

Demo from my band's upcoming album. It's short, sweet, and sappy. Hope you dig it. Instruments: Guitar, Fender Rhodes, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Floor Tom, Snare, Ride Cymbal, Beaded Curtain, Violin, Trombone, Cornet, Prepared Clarinet
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - View this thread

SeaSong

Cultural Amnesia is a group that I was in during the early 80s and a quarter of a century later we are still, occasionally, doing it. SeaSong is a track we recorded in 2004. We did record some songs earlier this year, but they're not fully buffed up for release yet. There will be a vinyl record of our old stuff released later this year.
posted on Jul 1, 2006 - View this thread

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