A mix of cultures often results in something beautiful - interesting art, world views, beautiful babies and intriguing music. And you don't have to be from either of those cultures to appreciate how wonderful this can be. This song represents a melange of two cultural infusions - from Canada and Ukraine. This is Ummagma. Enjoy. [more inside]

posted by Brodyaga at 9:11 AM PST - 2 comments

Sam Gamgee's song in the tower of Cirith Ungol. Words by JRR Tolkien, melody by Stephen Oliver. [more inside]

posted by Pallas Athena at 12:55 PM PST - 4 comments

An upbeat alt-countryish number I wrote in 2002, brought back from the dead and revived (with some cheap rhymes preserved). [more inside]

posted by jeffxl at 10:47 AM PST - 1 comments

This is one of those "let's drift away" songs... hazy gazey spacey and dreamy all in one… If one is prone to daydreaming or aural hypnosis, this may not be the song for you :) Just the same, this is definitely worth a listen to all others. This is Sounds of Sputnik.

posted by Brodyaga at 5:16 PM PST - 1 comments

Anyone interested in collaborating on short punk/rock versions of Star Wars themes? Please hope me, Obi-Wan. [more inside] posted by TheSecretDecoderRing at 2:58 PM PST - 1 comments

There is always that belief out there that musicians often self-create bad situations in their lives so that they have something to write about. ;) Well, here is one track that actually was written as an apology after a lovers' quarrel :) Oh yeah... [more inside]

posted by Brodyaga at 10:45 AM PST - 7 comments

There were originally 23 metaphors but it was 8 too many. [more inside]

posted by Sportswriters at 8:23 PM PST - 3 comments

Acoustic guitars, a little slide, singing, breathing room. [more inside]

posted by erikgrande at 7:48 PM PST - 4 comments

Pensive piano interspersed with electronic outbursts and a broad, burbling middle section. [more inside]

posted by Wolfdog at 3:37 AM PST - 3 comments

I've been having trouble sleeping lately. This is a brief, improvised lullaby I made the other night to help with that.

posted by invitapriore at 7:57 PM PST - 2 comments

luv

posted by dagosto at 1:49 AM PST - 5 comments

A little tune riffing melancholily and finger-snappingly on Tonight You Belong to Me [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 1:10 PM PST - 2 comments

An extremely hasty rough draft of a They Might Be Giants cover.

posted by cortex at 5:51 PM PST - 11 comments

Mississippi John Hurt- and John Fahey- inspired fingerstyle guitar tune. [more inside]

posted by gorbichov at 9:23 AM PST - 6 comments

Spidey sense tingled. Dashed this off.

posted by uncleozzy at 4:13 PM PST - 10 comments

Birthday song options. [more inside]

posted by erikgrande at 11:27 PM PST - 1 comments

Calling all MetaFilter musicians! The time has come to pay tribute to one of the greatest albums of all time: They Might Be Giants' Flood! [more inside] posted by Faint of Butt at 10:49 AM PST - 205 comments

The lyrics to this song are from a postcard dated 1965-1966, where John Lennon wrote lyrics to a song that he never recorded. I read about it a couple of years ago and wrote music to go with the lyrics. This is how it turned out. [more inside]

posted by jeffxl at 9:15 AM PST - 3 comments

I play mandolin and haven't written anything new in entirely too long. Today I remedied that while also facing my fear of writing/playing in the key of F.

posted by mikeo2 at 4:52 PM PST - 5 comments

Ever hear a sound that falls and rises at the same time? This is NOT a song that captures the feel of No Shave November. [more inside]

posted by TheNegativeInfluence at 9:56 PM PST - 2 comments

I went to Alaska cruise several times and one day, I sat in the library and looked out the ocean from the window. It was such a thrilling moment and I created this music with my little laptop computer. I tried to describe the massive and spiritual scenery of Alaska and its vanity as well. Its "Gold Mining" starting in 1870, which was mainly all about fantasy and led so many people to tragedy, was expressed in this music.

posted by Sojie at 10:12 AM PST - 0 comments