This song describes my passionate dislike for the must-be-done activity that nobody likes to do: The Dishes.
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posted by askmefiguy
on Jan 6, 2012 -
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Presenting
Anthemic: a collection of abstract interpretations of various obscure, entertaining, odd, or otherwise intriguing national anthems. We start with a fairly harmless country, and a fairly harmless interpretation of a fairly harmless anthem.
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posted by askmeaboutLOOM
on Dec 1, 2011 -
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I was alone. It was late at night. March was approaching its end and I had to sing a song about the multiplication table. I had no lyrics. I recorded some guitars and then pressed record on the vocals to see what would happen.
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posted by ORthey
on Mar 18, 2010 -
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In which I decide to stop candy butt-ing around it, and attempt to join the reverb drenched, echo cave sound of today. This doesn't really sound like anything I've done before, so I'd love to hear a couple reactions.
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posted by Corduroy
on Nov 8, 2009 -
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A song I recorded outside today, except for the vocals which I will explain inside. This is another one I would especially appreciate thoughts on.
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posted by Corduroy
on May 2, 2009 -
9 comments
A new Grandma Sylvias track. Sort of supposed to be a cross between "10:15 Saturday Night" and Delta blues. Features hesitant guitar playing, a burst of noise at the end, occasional whistling, and the usual tape hiss.
posted by escabeche
on Mar 18, 2009 -
2 comments
This is a rerecording of an old song, done for the February RPM Challenge. Features geetar plucking, good ol' reliable double tracked lo-fi vocals, and singing saw imitation whistling.
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posted by Corduroy
on Feb 6, 2009 -
6 comments
Here's a song that is stylistically similar to Apfel Augen, but with (half stolen) lyrics, and some percussion that I'm quite fond of. The guitar is tuned C#G#C#F#A#C#. It features some cool whistling, which I was trying to make sound like slide electirc guitar.
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posted by Corduroy
on Dec 1, 2008 -
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I know, I know,
another Neutral Milk Hotel cover from this guy. But bear with me on this one - this was my first ever attempt at recording something. Beware of ridiculous effects, general fuzz, super cool whistilng and wild panning, especially if you are on headphones.
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posted by Corduroy
on Nov 6, 2008 -
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A more ambitious song I've been working on for a while. Would really,
really love any feedback.
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posted by Corduroy
on Apr 10, 2008 -
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The title is pretty self-explanatory really. Instruments: piano and reedy voice.
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posted by Dalton
on Mar 28, 2008 -
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More 4-track clearance. This time, it's a happy, bouncy ditty from 1993: two guitars, some whistling and happily mumbled lyrics. Recorded probably with Fleetwood Mac's
Tusk on the brain, with all knobs turned up to eleven.
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posted by not_on_display
on Feb 21, 2008 -
4 comments
First song off of the new People Will Blink record. This song was written about 3 years ago and went through many transformations before it began to sound... well... listenable. When we played this song live, Azeem used a vocoder during the bridge. He forgot it in California when we recorded, so we used a clarinet, melodica, and recorder in it's place.
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posted by rosco731
on Feb 5, 2008 -
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Foolishly recorded next to a loud computer. Features whistling, a shaker, and tapping on guitar percussion. Perhaps worth a rerecording someday. Named after a
trail that cuts all the way across Vermont.
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posted by Corduroy
on Dec 30, 2007 -
8 comments
Well boys and girls, I imagine this is what it would sound like if one was lucky enough to hang out on the front porch with our favorite banjo picking librarian. Yes, that's jessamyn on banjo! (collaboration)
posted by snsranch
on Nov 29, 2007 -
20 comments
Tuned the guitar way down and added some banjo. This song does this thing where it equates "snake" with "girl." Like a metaphor, see. Also: it seems to play better through headphones (possibly because of the use of stereo). But maybe I just have bad speakers.
posted by ORthey
on Jul 10, 2007 -
6 comments
A song inspired by crossing the frozen river Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This song is short, simple, and basically three choruses and no verses. That's right - screw the verses!
posted by ORthey
on Jun 29, 2007 -
12 comments
A cover of the Rory Gallagher track. I decided to learn this tune instead of doing some proper work today. I think I definitely need to find where I put that pop shield....
posted by TwoWordReview
on Jun 4, 2007 -
2 comments
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 by ORthey
on May 6, 2007 -
15 comments
A rambling instrumental with banjo, whistling, and a few other ingredients. Mix well and serve chilled.
posted by ORthey
on Apr 1, 2007 -
14 comments
This one turned out better than my first one. I borrowed my brother's guitar and as you can tell, I'm not the best guitarist around. The whistling turned out great though.
posted by sluglicker
on Mar 17, 2007 -
3 comments
I just got CoolEditPro and started learning how to do this. I have no instruments at this point, but I will get some. When I was young, I took piano lessons from the lady next door for about three years. She didn't like me and used to hit the backs of my fingers with a pencil when I made a mistake. I didn't practice as much as I should have, I admit. As soon as I get an instrument(s), I'll record more and upload them here.
posted by sluglicker
on Mar 16, 2007 -
7 comments
"Once I was running, running from..." 2 distorted acoustic guitars, a bass, a beatbox, one person yelling and some whistling.
posted by micayetoca
on Oct 10, 2006 -
4 comments
Small song I did for a weekly TV show in Venezuela.
posted by micayetoca
on Sep 8, 2006 -
2 comments
