My submission for April 2012's music challenge: a small, short song based on a small, short portion of T. S. Eliot's poem
The Wasteland, without modification.
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posted by davejay
on Apr 11, 2012 -
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This is a cover of a Ryan Adams song off his album
Demolition. Unashamedly cheerful and bouncy, even if I have no idea what it's actually about. Video is
here.
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posted by ZsigE
on Mar 14, 2012 -
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ColdChef's daughter Georgia wrote a great poem about the sun. I am learning the ukulele but am not particularly creative. I took her poem and set it to my version of music. It's the first song I ever recorded. Thanks ColdChef and Georgia!
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posted by jessamyn
on Feb 25, 2012 -
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Experimenting with layering chords together in this short folky uke/guitar song. Also hoping the vocals blend well with the feel of this one.
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posted by tunewell
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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Chemistry + a ukulele = my very first MeFi post.
I have little to no music experience, so please be gentle!
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posted by topoisomerase
on Dec 3, 2011 -
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Submission for this month's "record a track before you put on your pants in the morning" challenge. I sat down in my underwear at 7:35am to put together a song about what might have happened if I had sat down
without my underwear.
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posted by davejay
on Oct 20, 2011 -
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Quick lo-fi recording of the Morecambe and Wise classic closing song, introduced in about as near to a music-hall style as I can manage. Featuring me, my uke, and a whistling verse. (Twice.) Video is
here.
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posted by ZsigE
on Sep 11, 2011 -
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I'm not ashamed to admit that I love the Eurovision Song Contest. So here's a cover of Iceland's entry from the 2009 Contest, originally sung by the very lovely Yohanna. Video version (of my cover, not the original) is
here.
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posted by ZsigE
on Aug 4, 2011 -
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A small New England town finds itself unable to eliminate the tentacled terror that lurks deep beneath its basements and sewers.
posted by The Great Big Mulp
on May 30, 2011 -
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What with revolutions going on in the Middle East, this seems like a particularly appropriate song right now. It's a cover of the Clash's fantastic original, although I have to say I'm not sure Joe Strummer would recognise it as being anything close to his creation. Video version is
here.
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posted by ZsigE
on Apr 12, 2011 -
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So what exactly is the difference between trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets?
posted by ochenk
on Mar 27, 2011 -
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My girlfriend wanted me to write a simple ukulele song. This is it. Short and sweet.
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posted by tunewell
on Mar 9, 2011 -
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Originally this was a 20's style uke crooner. But now it's um...something else. Straight pop.
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posted by tunewell
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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Yes, it's Andrew Lloyd Webber. But hear me out - you might still enjoy it...
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posted by ZsigE
on Feb 27, 2011 -
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A little song on ukulele and a few other instruments. This was recorded last night in one take per track, improvised around a basic chord structure.
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posted by The World Famous
on Oct 28, 2010 -
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A song about a skater girl told through the medium of barely understood skating metaphors
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posted by minifigs
on Oct 18, 2010 -
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Just something we did for fun this weekend. I can only take credit for the singing and half of the snaps.
posted by useyourmachinegunarm
on Oct 10, 2010 -
6 comments
I always know the tricks you play, but I still get taken. Another poppy (and slightly ominous) uke tune. Hope you like it!
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posted by tunewell
on Sep 13, 2010 -
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This is a cover of a song by one of my favourite bands, Eels. It's pretty typical of the band - slightly sad and thoughtful, with a lot that we aren't told. I'd been planning to record this anyway, but then along came the Transpo challenge, and this seemed to fit very well.
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posted by ZsigE
on Sep 4, 2010 -
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Another uke tune. I really love the old novelty songs and this is my little contribution to that genre.
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posted by tunewell
on Aug 24, 2010 -
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I started writing songs on ukulele about a year ago after giving up on the banjo. This is the sort of quaint, happy vibe that I like hearing with the uke. And yes, Paul was my favorite Beatle.
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posted by tunewell
on Aug 6, 2010 -
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I'm taking this night class in 'Audio Recording' at NYU, and we assembled a small group of people to practice making field recordings in Washington Square Park. 'Hot Potato' was sung and played by a duo in town from Tennessee who played accordion and ukulele.
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posted by mythicalbyrd
on Aug 2, 2010 -
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Yes, I know, it's Gaga, and it's overplayed, and likely to polarise opinion. But on the other hand, despite all of that, this really is a good song. (And you can tell it's a good song because it survived me butchering it with a uke.) Video version is available
here.
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posted by ZsigE
on Jul 11, 2010 -
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This song began as a test song for two things: stomping/clapping/snapping out a typical breakbeat and messing around with my new
Ashbory Bass. It grew quite a bit from there. I've been sitting on this song for a few months and finally decided today to rerecord some of the trombone bits, though they're still pretty sloppy.
posted by The Great Big Mulp
on Jul 3, 2010 -
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Done in one take with the mic built into my laptop. Poor recording quality, but still lots of fun. Hope you enjoy.
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posted by Jenkiins
on May 28, 2010 -
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Another SongFight Nur Ein entry, with an interesting challenge: extended acrostic.
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posted by davejay
on May 24, 2010 -
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Inspired by
this MeFi thread, I wanted to see if I could write a song using only the famous chord progression seen in "Don't Stop Believin'", "With Or Without You" and about a zillion other songs. This was the result. It's also a sappy love song, because those are fun to write.
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posted by ZsigE
on May 8, 2010 -
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For St George's Day, a song about 'loving your country' - if you catch my drift.
posted by RokkitNite
on Apr 23, 2010 -
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A wistful uke song about being a teenager and hanging out with the Son of God.
posted by RokkitNite
on Apr 22, 2010 -
8 comments
I still don't know why exactly I just did this, but here is a deeply lo-fi cover of Avril Lavigne's
Complicated, from vague memory and sight-read lyrics, on an iPhone using the Sonoma Wireworks/retronyms application FourTrack.
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posted by cortex
on Apr 15, 2010 -
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A rehearsal demo for my Irish-American garage band, The Peter O'Tooles; revised from an earlier version.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Apr 8, 2010 -
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A rehearsal demo of a rejiggered older song, meant for my Irish-American garage band, The Peter O'Tooles.
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posted by Astro Zombie
on Apr 7, 2010 -
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