A short and sweet challenge in preparation for the longer December/January one - this November, keep it short and sweet. [more inside] posted by greenish at 8:53 AM PST - 18 comments

A sampling of my nightly anxieties set to some phony harp. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 10:24 PM PST - 4 comments

bit of a chord sesh

posted by CarrotAdventure at 8:11 AM PST - 3 comments

We need more spoken word breaks in songs these days. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 8:52 PM PST - 3 comments

Acoustic guitar improv with ambient desert sounds. On the guitar I was trying to do bells by letting strings ring against one another. Recorded late Saturday night in the woodshed the the Soundcloud app on my Android phone. The guitar was my National Estralita. The ambient sound tracks are from Freesound - "A can rolling into the wind, in the desert of Atacama (Chile)." by felix.blume. "The Australian Desert at night." by "kangaroovindaloo" felix.blume Chile, desert » A can rolling into the wind, in the desert of Atacama (Chile)

posted by lucasgonze at 2:58 PM PST - 2 comments

This little song that's somewhat about Don Draper sprung to life while rewatching the entire series of Mad Men. This is the audio of a video that's here, if you're into that sort of thing.

posted by jeffxl at 9:33 AM PST - 2 comments

Noisy guitar instrumental. Sort of melancholy. [more inside]

posted by signal at 9:00 AM PST - 1 comments

I figured out how to use the arpeggiator on my op1 (actually the 'endless' sequencer). Brings to mind seeing out from the home village on an epic quest.

posted by kaibutsu at 10:06 AM PST - 2 comments

Getting real with yourself about self-medication.

posted by ajryan at 5:19 PM PST - 1 comments

A little number about that orange-skinned lunatic who's running for president. Please listen. Or watch here.

posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:53 AM PST - 0 comments

I've been cranking out a lot of songs almost involuntarily lately and many of them seem to sort into a genre I think of as "Tragicomic Americana," a traditional mode of American blues, country, and folk songwriting that ruminates on heartbreaks and losses exaggerated to such dramatic extremes, the effect becomes darkly comic, like Hank Williams's "There's a Tear in my Beer," for example. Well, FWIW, here's my latest attempt to make a minor contribution to that grand tradition... [more inside]

posted by saulgoodman at 10:13 AM PST - 0 comments

My good friend and music senpai Jeremy Blake wrote and recorded a song called "My Heart as Your Home" that I immediately fell in love with. I recently got a chance to record a cover of it with my younger brother. He played ukelele and sang the lead; I did all the arrangement, production, and backup vocals. I think it turned out really nicely. [more inside]

posted by Sokka shot first at 7:04 AM PST - 7 comments

My train rides lately have been spent either a) playing with my synthesizer, or b) playing through Super Metroid on my phone. This captures pretty nicely the feeling of wandering a submerged subterranean maze, looking for secret side tunnels while kinda low on life (though with a couple energy tanks in reserve).

posted by kaibutsu at 6:08 PM PST - 1 comments

Post rock with guitar/cello.

posted by Sebmojo at 5:57 PM PST - 0 comments