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Habañera
from Bizet's opera
Carmen. Recorded with pianist Andy Kraus in the heat and humidity of a DC summer.
posted on Aug 20, 2008 - View this thread
Lazy Mary
The strangest thing happened to me the other day. I was flipping through the radio dial, and every station was playing a cover of Lou Monte's version of
Lazy Mary in a style that I despise. It sounded something like this.
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - View this threadVeronica (cover)
Es Muerta Me Corazon
four ewe [the cover]
Body Music 1
For this month's WILDCARD Challenge, all sounds made using only my body: cheek tapping, belly slapping, finger snapping and vocal utterances. Clocks in at a crisp 1:29, and takes its inspiration in roughly equal parts from
eefing and
katajjaq.
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - View this threadLa Tarea
A musical version of an old Spanish assigment from high school that I found in a box.
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - View this threadOtra ciudad
¡Aleluya!
I recently unearthed my 4-track tapes from 1993. (I'm still searching for the ones from 1988.) This was one of my favorites on this particular tape. Guitar by me, AM Radio via the electromagnetic spectrum. It was recorded and mixed in less than an hour. I'll throw in the tape hiss for free.
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - View this threadVeronica
As kids
A short instrumental, played over an old tape of me reading something in French as a kid.
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - View this threadIf I Had Wings (in Yiddish)
If I only had wings, I would fly to you... If I had chains, I would pull you to me... Just open up my heart, you'll see that it's dark and heavy with my love to you...
Late last night, we wanted to capture the intimacy and quiet sparkle of this old song ... Hope it brings you a moment of peace and loveliness...
posted on Dec 18, 2007 - View this threadSeres Humanos
A cover of 'Human Behavior' by Bjork sung in Portuguese.
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - View this threadWeighin' me down
English, French, backup vocals, slide, banjo, bam!
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - View this threadDer Tod und das Mädchen
One of Franz Schubert's finest songs. Recorded, inexpertly, live in a recital I did in Oxford about a year ago with my excellent accompanist Guy.
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - View this threadKahlo e Noel
Todas las mitades del mundo
sebadoh gigante
soy el sebadoh gigante, voy a seducir tu novia con mis canciones de amor alternativas.
posted on Jul 27, 2007 - View this threadNíl na Lá
A wonderfully sloppy version of an old Irish folk tune, recorded for the laugh, wherin an old man goes into a pub and is told to hit the road until he produces a shilling and is told to stay til morning!
posted on May 7, 2007 - View this threadCuando Veine el Tiempo
This is the first song I've actually written in a very long time. And it's in Spanish.
posted on May 6, 2007 - View this threadOverheated
I recently dislocated my shoulder, and assumed music was out of the picture for a month or two. But I was getting pissed off at not playing, and discovered if I capoed everything up really high and didn't play anything too fancy, my arm could handle short bursts of pickin'. So I made a simple song, part French and part English.
posted on May 6, 2007 - View this threadMaiquetía
Dazzling Caracas. Forever in present tense.
posted on May 3, 2007 - View this threadUn murmullo
V never used to believe me I was truly in love with her. She always said one day I'd get my things and disappear into that world I seemed so enamored with. Words couldn't convince her. The song did.
posted on Apr 16, 2007 - View this threadTanto Como Debería
Las garras del destino
I'm always unsure about posting the songs in languages other than English here, so I'll post this one with the question, would you listen to the song even if you don't understand the lyrics?
posted on Feb 28, 2007 - View this threadOh mon cher
A short song in French complete with banjo and an electric chord organ, which thankfully only has a few keys so can be played by a chump like me.
posted on Feb 23, 2007 - View this threadBueyes y palmares
A quick snippet, to keep you entertained while a proper song is ready. This one was recorded for a TV program here, some time ago.
posted on Feb 22, 2007 - View this threadCade
I must have had a sad, sad look when she turned to say goodbye, because she tilted her head, raised her hand, touched my face and said: don't worry, we'll be fine. And it was right then when she said it that I realized we were going to be perfectly fine indeed, we were just not going to be together anymore.
I went back into my house and wrote this song.
posted on Feb 6, 2007 - View this threadLembro
Hmmm
One in Japanese, fellows. I know there are a few of you who speak Japanese out there, so if the lyrics of this song don't really make sense, don't get offended, take it on a "best effort" basis. The lyrics were translated by the
girl who sings in it, who is half Mexican, half Japanese. Also, if anyone can provide confirmation that it actually says something, it would be great, all this time we've only been able to hope the words actually say something and they were not taken from a refrigerator manual.
posted on Oct 19, 2006 - View this threadLa Palma (1958)
A song originally by
Mono Blanco, performed here by my band. We decided to EQ it in such a way that it would sound as if coming from an old radio. Being upbeat and cheerful, I thought it would be a good way to start the week.
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - View this threadtriste
Short tomwaitsy song, without any of Tom Waits' actual talent. It may sound better on headphones.
posted on Sep 18, 2006 - View this threadEn la zafra
Small song I did for a weekly TV show in Venezuela.
posted on Sep 8, 2006 - View this threadEl Feo
N'entre pas
A rough mix of a few languages and my dad's guitarone.
posted on Jul 13, 2006 - View this thread
