October 9

Maddie Tait

Continued first forays with the DX7


October 6

Dee Ex

Finally acquired a DX7 :D


Skisk Skisk Skisk

I wanted to participate in the 666th Disquiet Junto, so took by first idea and first takes to get this song done. It's built around "six" in reverse sounding like "skisk".


October 5

Beachhead

Transposed melodies [more inside]


October 4

Caterpillar

This song, Caterpillar, is the first single from "Apocalypse Pickin' Party" by The Great Disappointment. I think the central theme/metaphor is pretty obvious. We have also released a lyric video here. CONTENT WARNING: there is no graphic violence shown but it sure is implied.


October 3

looptober day 3: Bergamot

Mefite aubilenon requested a loop for Bergamot, a cat of strong emotions.


October 2

looptober day 2: hrose

I asked for assignments or suggestions and for this one I chose the assignment "hrose".


October 1

looptober: closing up right at 5

Every year I try to do the looptober challenge, creating a short music loop every day in October. Day 1's track was made in jummbox, an eccentric online music tool. I probably won't try to post on mefi music very day because of the strict 24 hour waiting period, but I will post everything on mastodon and maybe also instagram (both linked from my profile).


September 26

some hero of the beach

Been trying to post more, because I have a lot of unfinished tracks and bringing semi-finished stuff to mefimu has always served me well. Please criticize. One more dirge in Em while I'm working on something more chipper. Would welcome notes on the (lyrics in description) [more inside]


September 2

Mile Swim

Generating melody and rhythm out of a linear pattern. [more inside]


August 13

E-Lane

Thick pad from the JX-8P makes a warm analog bed for vocoder vox and swirling delay-soaked arpeggios above...


August 11

Chord

Raucous, shoegaze-y thing from Sredni Vashtar. [more inside]


August 6

Moon Arp

Mellow vocoder sesh


August 5

RadPad341

Triggering all hardware synths using FL Studio now... couple tracks from today with the new & improved setup


July 16

Afraid of Seven

Acoustic interlude


July 6

Three Halves (Inside Problems)

A short, conflicted song somewhat in the style of my (much older) Headphones. This one's about having too much of things. [more inside]


July 4

Octopus in Boots

This is a song I just completed. It's about being converted into an octopus and moving into the ocean. I played all the things on this: drums, guitars, keys, vocals, bass. Hope you dig it.


July 3

City of Bummers

About 10 years in the writing, here's a lazy folky summer thing for you. Might add some sfx/synth. Notes always welcome. Lyrics inside. [more inside]


July 2

White Boy Summer

It's here


July 1

top hats

Synthy slow jam


June 29

Splitting

Modular composition with a generative sequence, some tuned noise, and filter feedback. [more inside]


June 8

Quick Dark Place

Here's an original I'm working on for my new album. I play all the parts and try to sing.


May 22

Hidden Window (high version)

Redid an old tune and then sped up the master file for a hyper-pop style result


Sounds of

Haven't posted anything in more than 5 years. Figured I should try and get back in the habit. Been workshopping this demo with the band. Suggestions very welcome. [more inside]


May 19

vampire deer - 03 - we paint the wind

this was done with a bunch of softsynths being loaded and played through a frippertronics like effect - totally improvised and i didn't know what kind of sound was up next - done in 2003


May 17

vampire deer - 02 - sad clown waltz

another long, long instrumental


May 16

vampire deer - 01 hill city jam

a long drone like jam - first of 3 for the new album, project 51


May 8

Piano Improv

Piano Improvisation


May 5

pravdup

Bass: Roland JD-XA Chords: Roland JX-8P Riff: Roland SC-88 Drums: Korg Drumlogue


April 28

The Ash Grove

It's the melody to an old Welsh song that I'm particularly fond of. Haven't been able to lose my fascination with it for thirty years.


April 18

Hoverbike

Uptempo synth w/synth lead


April 7

The Stars By Day

Dedicated to tomorrow's solar eclipse. [more inside]


Punchin' Machine

My friend* is way better at side-scrolling beat 'em ups than I am. [more inside]


March 28

Mystery at the Broken Robot Factory

Starting in my teens, I had a series of dreams about living in the ruins of a subterranean post-apocalyptic society. In one of these dreams, a friend convinced me that we should take over the old broken robot factory to see if we could get it up and running again. It has never been clear if this was a broken factory that made robots or a factory that made broken robots. [more inside]


March 11

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

I took Mary Poppins' classic "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and mixed it with Andy Rehfeldt's metal version. The original song was downtuned a few semitones; and a few snips were made for the sync to be maintained. And I added a slight channel separation so it wasn't a flat mash of noise.


February 25

10 - used to be a runner

this is the last song of the album - which is my 50th album here [more inside]


February 24

09 - shadow blues - vampire deer

shadows are interesting [more inside]


February 20

Arp and Piano

Improvising on piano over a synth arp


February 19

flowers of edinburgh

an old scottish tune


Skyway to the Aerial Fortress

Flying along the Cloud Cascade Skyway, approaching the Aerial Fortress. [more inside]


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