Needed a break from some other music projects, so here's a little song I put together today that turned out more melancholy than I intended. Hope you enjoy it?

posted by Lutoslawski at 9:56 PM PST - 6 comments

A love song for my guitar. [more inside]

posted by platinum at 1:38 AM PST - 4 comments

A one day recording by The Dan Germans. It's about living in a foreclosed home. Crack a can of cheap beer and enjoy.

posted by Bighappyfunhouse at 8:48 PM PST - 0 comments

The title sound from my forthcoming solo album, "This Is Hollywood," detailing three years on the fringes of Tinsel Town leading up to LA Riots.

posted by Bunny Ultramod at 7:36 AM PST - 0 comments

With a FPP about Fabio After Dark over on MeFi, I figured now was as good a time as any to share my 2008 cover of When Somebody Loves Somebody.

posted by mubba at 11:32 AM PST - 0 comments

A rough version of the first song from my forthcoming solo album, "This Is Hollywood." [more inside]

posted by Bunny Ultramod at 9:54 PM PST - 0 comments

An out-of-phase Strat golden oldie. Sweet. For JI, wherever she may be........ [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 4:52 PM PST - 1 comments

pretty silly, super spooky [more inside]

posted by acyeager at 3:03 PM PST - 0 comments

I've written a bitterly humorous Christmas lyric (see inside) and thought it might be interesting to see what others did with it. This is not an official challenge btw - it's just an off-the-cuff bit of fun. Feel free to add or delete verses etc. Musically I'm very much hearing a rockabilly two-step along the lines of Dylan's Dirt Road Blues. I guess I'd only stipulate two things (a) that the four key lines of the chorus are retained and (b) that you don't upload until we can see the landing strip lights for Christmas. [more inside] posted by MajorDundee at 2:30 PM PST - 2 comments

November challenge: A song never written [more inside] posted by unSane at 9:39 AM PST - 9 comments

This is a cover of one of my favorite songs from when I was a child (it came out when I was ten, to be exact). One of those "story of my life" numbers with a simple and catchy tune. Welp, Internet, I got a wild hair and decided, "let's record a version of this fucker." So I have. [more inside]

posted by grubi at 4:57 PM PST - 0 comments

Another improvised electro-acoustic/glitch tune.

posted by ianK at 2:29 AM PST - 0 comments

Remix of Aha's Take On Me made by intricately, expertly, and precisely scratching a burned CD and playing it in my car's stereo and then recording that from my car speakers into GarageBand and adding "Club reverb". So turn it up! [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 7:42 PM PST - 7 comments

A capella performance of an old Methodist hymn. Just me and some friends. [more inside]

posted by Doleful Creature at 10:34 PM PST - 9 comments

Topical? Certainly! Tasteless? Probably! Pantsless? Unfortunately not. Well fought, revolutionaries. I hope these days are the turning points you so need. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 1:17 AM PST - 2 comments

Orgiastically melodromatic Jacques Brel-inspired version of the strange little ballad I posted a couple of days ago. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 5:07 PM PST - 8 comments

Cowboy Junkies flavored version of the Johnny Cash classic. [more inside]

posted by platinum at 1:26 AM PST - 4 comments

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. [more inside]

posted by davejay at 10:24 PM PST - 8 comments

How well do you really know anyone? [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 1:18 PM PST - 14 comments

Seems that, if it's a Telecaster, you indeed cannot "take it with you"... posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:57 PM PST - 6 comments

Next song in a series of electronic pieces with sampled acoustic instruments.

posted by ianK at 9:51 PM PST - 1 comments

My version of Common's new single "Blue Sky". [more inside]

posted by dapperkoala at 9:20 PM PST - 2 comments

This is a super-rough demo of a song I wrote yesterday for the 'Has Been for Years' song fight. It's a gothic little waltz using a resonator guitar, told from the point of view of a trooper in the 7th cavalry who was killed at Little Big Horn while waiting to be relieved by Reno's troops. Recorded before I put my pants on, for the challenge. Video proof is here. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 12:06 PM PST - 5 comments

Solo oud improvisation, recorded last year.

posted by Angus Jung at 11:42 AM PST - 3 comments

I've been sorta kinda following Cortex and Chococat on Songfight and I think Davejay, The White Hat and Doleful Creature are also on there somewhere although I don't know their handles. Anyone else? And any tips? [more inside] posted by unSane at 8:55 PM PST - 16 comments

Peppy and poppy, though I don't really have a pop voice. Who needs more than two chords, anyway? [more inside]

posted by valrus at 6:39 PM PST - 2 comments

I watched some clips of Staff Benda Bilili and heard the NPR segment. My questions: FIrst, the can guitar thing. How is it made? Second, any cool DYI musical instrument sites you can point me to? posted by cjorgensen at 7:29 AM PST - 4 comments

Supertramp's classic, covered for the 'uncool' challenge. Featuring resonator guitar in Open G, pump organ, polka accordion and Ayn Rand. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 1:30 PM PST - 11 comments

Off of my combo's demo, this is a 12 bar blues I wrote in college, the changes are a little... non-standard. [more inside]

posted by Gygesringtone at 9:17 AM PST - 4 comments

Folky electronic music.

posted by ianK at 10:45 AM PST - 5 comments

The second in my new series, Songs of the Mundane. It's written specifically for a video, which is, of course, viewable at YouTube. The version I'm posting here features vocal and dulcimer only: thought I'd start posting alternate mixes here to MeFiMu since I almost always link to a video version, and why not make 'em different, right? The version you can hear with the video has several percussion tracks, and, of course, a butterfly...

posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:45 AM PST - 2 comments

I was recently reminded of good times on the Cape. Thought they deserved some hard rock. [more inside]

posted by erikgrande at 12:04 AM PST - 0 comments

Work in progress for the next songfight.org topic, which is "has been for years." I recently learned about songfight and thought it would be fun to try it out. [more inside]

posted by Doleful Creature at 11:08 PM PST - 8 comments

This could be kind of interesting... check it out. posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:39 AM PST - 13 comments

Sort of a spare, dirge-like rendition. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 2:05 PM PST - 33 comments

This song, the start of a new series called Songs of the Mundane, was written and recorded specifically for this video.

posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:57 AM PST - 9 comments

Pirates For Sail covers the B-52s classic! [more inside]

posted by Faint of Butt at 12:07 PM PST - 6 comments

Slept late while the wife and kids were out of town, woke up and wrote and recorded this. Without pants, naturally. [more inside]

posted by Doleful Creature at 11:43 PM PST - 7 comments

Here's a new recording I made last night. It's a song of my own composition. I feel like it's a strong interpretation, and I think my style is becoming more personal. [more inside]

posted by koeselitz at 10:11 AM PST - 1 comments

this song was birthed of an experiment to compose a Folk-style song and then doing it electro-style instrumentally and vocally. so the result is a folk-ish drum beat and accompaniment (and chord progression in the chorus) with electronic actual drums, synth bass, electric piano and electro vocals. enjoy, and never love again.

posted by dacre at 1:30 AM PST - 0 comments

I'm ducking out of the woodshed for a moment to meet this month's "pantsless" challenge. I recorded this with no warm-up, first thing after waking up. It's a take on the Miles Davis standard "Four." [more inside]

posted by koeselitz at 8:47 AM PST - 3 comments

Kind of experimental...starts off very synthy. Not a song exactly but probably enjoyable. [more inside]

posted by snsranch at 6:31 PM PST - 4 comments

A few weeks back, I bought an acoustic-electric guitar. I want to go back to the songs where I faked guitar parts and replace them with real ones. I posted this cover of The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove" a long time ago. This new version changes the strumming style enough to necessitate the addition of a bass part. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 6:08 AM PST - 0 comments

For the October Pantless challenge. This is a hair away from extemporaneous. [more inside]

posted by Maaik at 4:41 AM PST - 2 comments

this is a tune I wrote over 11 years ago. Ive posted it once as "Marra Wanna be like me" The Version is a rare 4:19 mix. [more inside]

posted by american caesar at 10:32 AM PST - 0 comments

Pantless snarky powerpop for the October challenge. Video proof. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 12:06 PM PST - 7 comments

What are some good exercises to develop better rhythmic cohesion as a band? [more inside] posted by baniak at 8:45 AM PST - 18 comments

Another one for all you punctuation lovers out there. We wrote this one wistful evening and the next day joined forces with some Brazilian friends of ours (on the pandeiro, jambe and rhythm guitar) and managed to get this recorded in one 5-hour session. Note: song starts 6-seconds in. [more inside]

posted by pedmands at 2:15 AM PST - 3 comments

Slightly dubstep-inspired, named for the closest star to the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy (S2). The star is a young star and the fastest-moving massive object in the galaxy, and by metaphor, the song expresses the hubris and beauty of youth.

posted by dacre at 1:42 AM PST - 1 comments

A shoegazey take on the Who's classic rock radio staple.

posted by Et En Arcata Ego at 3:35 PM PST - 1 comments

Another acoustic guitar thing. [more inside]

posted by ianK at 12:10 AM PST - 1 comments

A short song about a lazy morning made today in a state of undress for the music challenge. [more inside]

posted by chrchr at 2:16 PM PST - 1 comments

OK we're gonna do this. My old shit. [more inside]

posted by Hoopo at 12:06 AM PST - 1 comments