November 14
Your Light, Again
Back at you with another anthem of self-doubt, really letting that inner critic go to town. There's not a parade in the world I won't rain on if you give me the opportunity! Try me!!! [more inside]
Crosswalk
Country Music Box
A kinda generic old fashioned country music tune, as if played on a wind up music box. Another one from the looptober project.
November 11
Bach Sinfonia No. 4 in D Minor BWV 790 (synthesized)
One of Bach's three-part inventions, arranged for and played on a Waldorf Blofeld synthesizer. [more inside]
November 10
Frog and Toad Do the Dishes
A little trio for Frog (vibes), Toad (bass), and Crab (drums). It ends abruptly because it's intended to be looped - because I made it for Looptober last month.
October 15
New MeFiCoFo board elected
The 2025 election for the board of the MetaFilter Community Foundation (MeFiCoFo) has ended and the results are in this MetaTalk thread.
October 7
MeFiCoFo Board of Directors election is halfway through!
Vote for the MeFiCoFo Board of Directors here. Election timeline. How we got here. Discuss. [more inside]
September 11
Candidate Statements: 2025 MeFiCoFo Board Election
The MetaFilter Community Foundation ((MeFiCoFo) is holding a board election. Today begins the campaign period, when candidates can share their vision, plans, and approach with the community. The campaign period will last two weeks (ending September 26th at 11:59pm ET), followed by a few days for administration. Voting will kick off on October 1st.
If you have any questions about the election or voting process, please post them in the MetaTalk post that lists all of the candidates.
August 5
(I Wanna) Live On The Block
August 4
Synth Preachers
August 1
Tunnel through the Earth
a song I made in garageband a few months ago, finally finished it up today. sort of an indie electronic thing I guess, I'm not sure how to categorize it.
July 6
JOHN FAHEY'S GHOST
Just fucking around a while back under the influence of Tequila. That first part is a bit of a Minutemen song. [more inside]
July 4
Time Trial
In honor of the Tour de France, which starts this weekend, here’s a little techno track i made featuring samples from race commentators Phil Liggett and Bob Roll. Good workout music.
July 1
Matte Beige
A song about a time when I felt incapacitated by my own anxiety, but like, make it fun, kinda. [more inside]
June 21
Stupid Babies Need the Most Attention!
June 19
Prep Time
June 17
dangorma (kora tune played on guitar)
I loved the song dangorma as played by Malian kora player Sanjally Jobarteh, so I arranged it for nylon-string guitar. [more inside]
June 14
Inky Fingers
The repeating bassline is either stolen from or inspired by a performance by Wet Ink Ensemble that I was watching last night (thus the name). It got stuck in my head so hard that I had to stop the livestream and start working on this instead.
Unmarked State
June 11
Dreaming Of Me
June 9
Ain't So
June 7
Final Exit
Based on a harrowing incident my Wife and I experienced once. Also, Ford sucks.
June 6
Never Leave the House
This is another chiptune song played on the Sega Master System. I made a little music video for this one. The song title wasn't intended to be "Never Leave the House," but I liked the way the words looked in the title scene in the video, so that's what it's called now.
May 25
Pattern Fraud
DERSERT FLOWER
A little art rock jam inspired by the posts on the Blue by chariot pulled by cassowaries.
May 17
Wither (NIN + Bill Withers mashup)
Experimenting with Logic Pro's stem splitter tool and Flex Pitch tool led to this unlikely mashup that I heard in my head this morning and then decided to see if I was right.
May 14
No Signal Blu
Something a bit different, working on recording stuff and developing material with a friend. So instruments pre-recorded and I jump on vox only. [more inside]
May 9
Dirty Jeans
Like something that I could have made with my kid’s Casio RapMan back in the day.
May 6
(o)possum
umbuzinho and I gave ourselves a 45 minute limit from coming up with the idea, to recording this vaguely goat simulator-y ditty. It was as good a way as any to pass the time during his Spring break from 7th grade. Until he told me, I had no idea that possums and opossums were different animals.
May 1
Sumer is icumen in
For May Day, a medieval song; the manuscript source dates from the 1260s. The original earworm. Extremely twee. There is a tambourine. [more inside]
March 18
Lea
Something we recorded a bit more properly than we usually manage in the rehearsal room at the start of the year [more inside]
March 13
Waiting Room (Yanni's version)
I woke up this morning and weighed my options. Should I do some work, or record a Yanni-style version of the Fugazi classic Waiting Room? I chose the latter. [more inside]
March 11
Check The Drain
Back with some new modular action - pretty simple patch with a delay as a sound source. [more inside]
February 24
Dotted Lines
A weird shambolic mess of a song about so-called real life intruding on my attempts to appreciate the miracle of existence, the wonder and improbability of life including my own, the majestic splendor of the natural world, blah blah blah [more inside]
February 17
Hungry Eyes / I Want the End of the World
Little bit of angry background folk punk. Quick and dirty. Double feature, today. Mostly recorded while lying down and being sad. Lyrics in fold. [more inside]
February 9
Tomorrow Is A Highway
My a cappella cover of a 1949 folk song ("Tomorrow Is A Highway" -- words by Lee Hays, music by Pete Seeger) that I love. [more inside]
February 2
The sun has got to shine through all this rain
When joy is so close to the surface, when love is right there sitting too, the road to love another is so short, the path of the heart so true. [more inside]
February 1
I Thought You Knew
Here's another song from the new Coffee Sergeants album Racing Shadows.
The drums, bass & guitars are live, take 2 or 3, no edits. Keys and vocals overdubbed the next day. [more inside]
January 30
Grandhorse
January 7
Wanda's Vision
"Everyone is watching Wandavision but only the wise are listening to Wanda's Vision"
- Waikiki Wanda