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And it needed to be one of these. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Oct 5, 2009 -
1 comment
What the hell is wrong with us?! [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Aug 19, 2009 -
6 comments
No, seriously. Just for fun, I decided to do this cover song to test out some drum stuff. Thought I'd share this while I work on some new songs...
posted by edlundart
on Aug 17, 2009 -
3 comments
This track switches between three time signatures, and features an intro with a style of singing I guess one could call very vaguely eastern. It's a slow and gentle affair with softly distorted ebowed guitar, piano, and xylophone. It also includes a guitar solo in which a single note is played repeatedly. And lyrics that are pretty silly. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Jul 28, 2009 -
1 comment
It's amazing what you can throw together in about 4 hours with nothing but a Rock Band mic, 8 of yourself, and a pair of Stylophones. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 17, 2009 -
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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 -
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Continuing the theme of random a capella overdubbed stuff I have in my back catalogue, an old favourite [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 16, 2009 -
3 comments
Originally by man vs sun, recorded while just dicking around with a microphone. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Jun 14, 2009 -
7 comments
Easy, nostalgic, cinematic electronica. The challenging part was getting the robots to sing - not too mechanically, but not too uncannily either.
posted by gmm
on Apr 21, 2009 -
19 comments
Layers of soft guitar distortion with pseudo-indian instruments thrown in, under a falsetto vocal over a deeper background vocal going through a guitar amp. I'm kind of proud of the lyrics, which are about staying true. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Mar 11, 2009 -
6 comments
A cover some friends and I will be performing at a cabaret here in New York in a couple weeks. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco
on Mar 2, 2009 -
3 comments
Lately I've been in a mood to sing vintage romantic standards in a very straight up way. Some day I want to do a version of this song inspired by Anita O'Day. This ain't it. You can still feel free to dance, though! [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster
on Feb 24, 2009 -
2 comments
I've pinpointed the reason our economy is in shambles. It wasn't the subprime mortgage crisis. It wasn't Bernie Madoff. It wasn't even the president.
The moment our global economy collapsed was when Bob Barker retired as game show host. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun
on Feb 19, 2009 -
7 comments
Rehearsing some totally new Gershwin torch songs.
Well, not new for the Gershwins. They're pretty dead. New for me, though. :) [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster
on Feb 17, 2009 -
7 comments
Hope to revisit this one day-- piano by the talented Wang sisters: http://www.youtube.com/user/lipatti [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol
on Dec 1, 2008 -
1 comment
Spur-of-the-moment lo-fi live cover of the Radiohead song off Hail to the Thief, to which I added a couple of equally rough overdubs and some reverb. The guitar is out of tune and poorly played, but the vocal melody tweaks are kind of fun. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Nov 12, 2008 -
7 comments
Yes, it's Disney, with some nice jazzy guitar as background courtesy of Adrian Holovaty...I tried to add a few touches of my own, I hope you enjoy.
posted by StrikeTheViol
on Nov 11, 2008 -
1 comment
Me singing the Harry Warren song, without any backing, feel free to mashup/remix, etc. [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol
on Sep 28, 2008 -
0 comments
from Bizet's opera Carmen. Recorded with pianist Andy Kraus in the heat and humidity of a DC summer. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena
on Aug 20, 2008 -
13 comments
More three part me... Took the arrangement from the Wailin' Jennys [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Aug 6, 2008 -
6 comments
A short, lyrically strange new song partly based on a dream. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Jul 20, 2008 -
7 comments
A new song about my bad tendency to just pack up and leave without warning. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jul 10, 2008 -
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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. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Jul 9, 2008 -
8 comments
Part of my Old Songs project. A tale of loss and regret told in the manner of a Mexican ragtime cowboy song. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jul 2, 2008 -
1 comment
Another in my "Old Songs" series, where I record lo-fi versions of songs I wrote quite a while ago. This one came from sometime about 1996, and, as far as I can tell, it was composed in a fit of Brechtian depression after listening to an evening of Yiddish art songs. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie
on Jun 17, 2008 -
2 comments
WILDCARD challenge -- again with the three part acapella harmony [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Jun 8, 2008 -
8 comments
I started singing back when I was darn near tone deaf and had the breath control of someone recovering from a pool accident. I think I've gotten better, so I'd like people who don't know me to have a listen. [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol
on Apr 7, 2008 -
6 comments
Hey Jude in three part (x2) harmony [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Mar 19, 2008 -
3 comments
This is about one of those times when you know you really shouldn't, but you just can't help yourself...;)
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posted by freya_lamb
on Feb 29, 2008 -
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Three part improv harmony recorded on a laptop mic. [more inside]
posted by ibfrog
on Feb 28, 2008 -
2 comments
Another little bass-and-vocal 4-track oddity; just a common story that everyone's probably seen unfolding at some point.
posted by Wolfdog
on Feb 13, 2008 -
4 comments
An atheist's song about the nature of politics and religion in the U.S.
posted by edlundart
on Jan 30, 2008 -
5 comments
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 by edlundart
on Jan 10, 2008 -
6 comments
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... [more inside]
posted by barmaljova
on Dec 18, 2007 -
12 comments
A "drifty" and atmospheric song about life and death and love, complete with harp. [more inside]
posted by edlundart
on Nov 24, 2007 -
4 comments
What if Wolverine decided to become a carpenter? [more inside]
posted by sleepy pete
on Oct 14, 2007 -
9 comments
A simple cover of a song from Animal Collective's newest album, which MetaFilter greeted with a great deal of enthusiasm.
I was kind of reluctant to upload this one, because there are some things about the singing that I don't like (mostly timing and range), but I'm curious to hear what you guys think of it.
posted by revfitz
on Sep 26, 2007 -
7 comments
A song about race and baseball.
posted by sleepy pete
on Sep 1, 2007 -
5 comments
This is a lazy pseudo-live cover of the Bruce Springsteen song, recorded on a whim a couple of years ago.
posted by edlundart
on Aug 29, 2007 -
6 comments
On this 2nd anniversary of hurricane Katrina, I thought I'd post this song, which I wrote and recorded in the days following the disaster. In 2005, when I first posted it to my own web site, I received some comments from folks who were pretty incensed by it. I'd never had such visceral negative reactions to a song. Should you be interested, you can read some of those comments and my replies here. I also just posted a live version (from a gig earlier this month) to YouTube. [lyrics inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Aug 28, 2007 -
5 comments
a swarm in a small room.
posted by nicolin
on Jul 25, 2007 -
2 comments
Written and recorded for the serpentine challenge now underway. My buddy Ken Kawashima brought in the North Mississippi blues riff and yours truly did the rest. Apologies to animal rights advocates, but some snakes were severed during the recording of this song. Had to be done. [lyrics inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jul 17, 2007 -
8 comments
There must've been hundreds of times over the years that I've tapped out a rhythm on a pan full of water while doing the dishes, the pitch woozily shifting as the h2o sloshes about. At those times I've almost always thought, hey, I should put this on a track sometime. Of course, I never did, until the first MeFi Music Challenge, with its "water" theme. Along with the big metal bowl full of troubled waters, you'll hear jawharp, talking drum, bombo drum, bell, shaker and vocal. [Lyrics and more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Jul 5, 2007 -
10 comments
Acapella sample, killer synth, creepy fembot vocals. A song about hats.
posted by ageispolis
on Jul 2, 2007 -
5 comments
late night meeting with a street musician, near saint anne, in Montpellier. Lots of things to say, many songs in his bag, mostly sharing the same chords (!?). Nice feeling.
posted by nicolin
on Jun 20, 2007 -
9 comments
Hi,
this is the sequel to my previous post : old french song. Actually, this song was the following one we sang during the concert in the church "des frères prècheurs", Arles, in 2006.
posted by nicolin
on May 23, 2007 -
1 comment
A little something my girl and I put together.
posted by micayetoca
on May 14, 2007 -
15 comments
In a departure for me, this tune features no percussion, synths, jaw harps, scrap metal or hand held mini-vibrators, but is simply accompanied by... an acoustic guitar. Radical, huh? Anyway, as you might guess from the title, the tune is a kind of meditation on New York City. Hope you enjoy.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Mar 19, 2007 -
9 comments
In a slow count of 5, here's some kind of convergence of Burma and the blues, or thereabouts. "scissors cut paper / paper blows away / stone smashes scissors / and so it goes / another day / but it's all downhill from here / at least that's what sisyphus said /ah you're fucked six ways from sunday / with the blues wrapped round your head"
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 23, 2007 -
6 comments
Another 2006 rehearsal recording... cleaned up but obviously very rough still. Don't Go To Strangers was written in 1954 by Arthur Kent and David Mann, with gorgeous lyrics by Redd "Frim Fram Sauce" Evans. Many people have covered it, but Etta James' version is the one that infatuated me to give it a go myself.
Gorgeous piano work provided by the perpetually kickass Tamir Hendelman
posted by miss lynnster
on Feb 22, 2007 -
3 comments
