Zombie gangsta rap? (NSFW lyrics) [more inside]

posted by mediocre at 9:41 PM PST - 4 comments

Here's the MIDI playback of a piano piece I wrote for NaSoAlMo back in 2006. I felt cheeky and riffed on Sigur Rós' "Flugufrelsarinn" for the chorus. An actual quote appears toward the end. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 8:47 PM PST - 0 comments

Another true story from my family... [more inside]

posted by LN at 7:01 PM PST - 3 comments

Song I wrote and recorded recently when thinking about how thankful I am for my friends. [more inside]

posted by kingbenny at 2:41 PM PST - 8 comments

"The music starts, the singer screams, there's feedback all to hell. I think I've played this gig before..."

posted by lothar at 10:28 AM PST - 1 comments

Early morning front porch music... [more inside]

posted by Pecinpah at 4:45 AM PST - 2 comments

A new song I'm working on for an EP I plan on recording this year. Roughly (super roughly!) recorded - I need some opinions! [more inside]

posted by pazazygeek at 12:00 AM PST - 5 comments

Aggro-industrial stomping, with just a hint of WaxTrax! [more inside]

posted by Jairus at 8:45 AM PST - 5 comments

Break experiment 109b. This one goes out to all the phreaks.

posted by loquacious at 9:35 PM PST - 2 comments

Just installed new strings and set up my new 3-mic stand; I figured I'd test drive 'em both. [more inside]

posted by The White Hat at 8:55 PM PST - 6 comments

The first time I presented this piece, I had not yet explored the Orkester library in Reason. After I found some very convincing solo strings, I re-recorded the first movement of this string quartet. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 8:48 AM PST - 2 comments

A woozy, detached song that builds. My first ever attempt at recording vocals. [more inside]

posted by kersplunk at 2:07 AM PST - 4 comments

L5 crash and burn [more inside]

posted by doctor_negative at 1:00 AM PST - 1 comments

The title is pretty self-explanatory really. Instruments: piano and reedy voice. [more inside]

posted by Dalton at 8:50 AM PST - 8 comments

This is a song written and played by a friend of mine, Jesse Owens.

posted by 913 at 8:08 PM PST - 1 comments

An attempt at a 70's style outlaw country song. [more inside]

posted by mediocre at 1:38 AM PST - 1 comments

Because The Sound of Music was on TV this weekend. [more inside]

posted by uncleozzy at 6:05 PM PST - 3 comments

Greets MeFiMu. I made this song for Anal0g.org's Wires5 net release. It's CC'd so feel free share and remix. More technical details inside. [more inside]

posted by _aa_ at 7:34 AM PST - 0 comments

An overly long, low quality, self indulgent metal riff-fest demo with no vocals. [more inside]

posted by mediocre at 6:28 PM PST - 3 comments

A song about accepting that bad stuff sometimes does, and will, happen. Written after the untimely death of a relative a year ago. It's not about him per se, but it does make me think of him every time I play it or hear it, just because the song came together at around the time of his passing.

posted by robotot at 4:03 PM PST - 2 comments

After switching from Propellerheads's Reason to Apple's Logic Studio, I went looking for interesting loops and found these. [more inside]

posted by blinks at 9:12 AM PST - 9 comments

The Olivers are on some rough seas right now, but here's something to guide us all to better shores. [more inside]

posted by Navelgazer at 11:36 PM PST - 0 comments

Another very rough mix from Derailleur's Bond Theme Songs project. I can't remember what the official theme song to Octopussy even was, but I'm sure it didn't rock as hard as ours. [more inside]

posted by COBRA! at 7:39 AM PST - 2 comments

I wrote this song last week and started playing with it this weekend. I'm excited about its potential, but I would looove love love some feedback. [more inside]

posted by pazazygeek at 8:18 PM PST - 6 comments

A white-boy sci-fi themed (but trying to avoid nerd-core) hip hop track completed recently with a friend. Part of an ongoing project.

posted by mediocre at 5:22 AM PST - 7 comments

The first track from my forthcoming concept EP. This is a very, very rough demo. [more inside]

posted by Saellys at 7:07 PM PST - 6 comments

im glad i don't live in Africa

posted by BrnP84 at 10:46 PM PST - 3 comments

A folky ditty about a perceived lack of love in the city.

posted by TheWaves at 3:35 PM PST - 7 comments

An old Magnetic Fields song, replayed and distorted to sound like a new Magnetic Fields song. [more inside]

posted by escabeche at 1:39 PM PST - 2 comments

I pretty li'l ditty about jelly, pirates, and (of course) true love. still getting my bearings as far as recording in my new apartment. two guits and a glockenspiel for the win? [more inside]

posted by es_de_bah at 10:25 PM PST - 5 comments

Hey Jude in three part (x2) harmony [more inside]

posted by ibfrog at 6:01 PM PST - 3 comments

Song made using the vocals from It's a Fine Day. [more inside]

posted by pwf at 3:05 PM PST - 1 comments

A song about the places that are the most emblematic of your teenage years and the people who you enjoyed spending your time with there. [more inside]

posted by TheWaves at 11:17 AM PST - 5 comments

definitely born under a water sign.

posted by kimyo at 10:29 PM PST - 9 comments

For no good reason, here is a random cover that came out of an evening spent trying to get to grips with multitracking in Cool Edit pro...

posted by freya_lamb at 4:43 AM PST - 4 comments

You know how sometimes you find yourself in a relationship because everyone thinks you just look so damn good together? Me neither. [more inside]

posted by scottandrew at 8:50 PM PST - 6 comments

Because I thought you might need a theme song for your Saturday morning cartoon starring Steven Seagal. [more inside]

posted by uncleozzy at 6:17 PM PST - 6 comments

A little folk ballad from Kristy London & The Other Halves, a band from Brisbane, Australia. [more inside]

posted by johanze at 10:29 PM PST - 6 comments

This is a song based on my favorite poem. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 11:05 AM PST - 7 comments

Here's a peppy little number that goes out to all you fine folks out there in MetaFilterland. Instruments in use (in order of appearance!) are mouthbow, talking drum, bamboo rattle, scraper, bass drum, pitchpipe, little bell, and ukulele. [more inside]

posted by flapjax at midnite at 10:51 PM PST - 16 comments

Trent Reznor, Malcolm X, and George W. Bush meet at last. [more inside]

posted by spiderwire at 7:27 PM PST - 1 comments

This is a tune I wrote in 05. All the instrument sounds come from an emulated SID chip (Commodore 64) and the drums are a sliced up sample. This song was featured on the "I am 8bit" portion of the King of Kong DVD and now I upload it here to share with my fellow MeFites! I hope you like it.

posted by hellphish at 1:57 PM PST - 8 comments

A Nina Simone Remix [more inside]

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

A slow drift through a procedural forrest.

posted by doctor_negative at 11:46 PM PST - 2 comments

My second adventure in electronic music [more inside]

posted by god particle at 10:45 PM PST - 2 comments

Track 10 of 10 from my RPM entry. The vocal melody during the verse-ish bits is maybe a little too simple, but the whole song for me is kinda justified by the breakdown, which is the best I think I've ever gotten my voice to sound when recorded.

posted by sparkletone at 7:11 PM PST - 1 comments

A slightly uptempo cover of Tim McGraw's hit, recorded sometime in late 2004. [more inside]

posted by uncleozzy at 5:57 PM PST - 4 comments

A brief petrological survey.

posted by Espy Gillespie at 10:40 AM PST - 2 comments

This is a new piece our band, Falex9, is developing. We didn't know what to do with it lyric-wise until after we finally got a permanent rehearsal room in Seattle and realized how happy we were that we didn't have to lug our gear around anymore. The song may have a slightly deeper meaning in the future as we refine the lyrics / music. Either way, it's been a fun playing it. [more inside]

posted by augustweed at 2:30 PM PST - 2 comments

Russian DJ a prisoner of the Caucasus

posted by ratla at 11:45 AM PST - 4 comments

A spazzy, ambient Gameboy tribute to Asia [the band?] and Leon Thomas. [more inside]

posted by cloeburner at 6:30 AM PST - 2 comments

One of my two favorites from my RPM entry. I didn't have time to get a good vocal take, so it's a first take. It's not that weak though (the effects I would've put on it regardless). [more inside]

posted by sparkletone at 10:44 PM PST - 1 comments

Island of bad luck

posted by ratla at 9:52 AM PST - 4 comments

About twice a year I'm charged with the task of making music for a Japanese design house's fashion shows. One of this season's pieces, for Tokyo Fashion Week, needed to be "airy and pretty and happy", which is not exactly a vein of musical expression that I normally fall into naturally, but, hey, gotta give the bossman what he wants, right? Anyway, this instrumental piece (5:42) is what I came up with.

posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:32 AM PST - 20 comments

But it was quick and it was painless.

posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:11 PM PST - 9 comments

As with "Untold Demons", this song dates back to the late '80s and was extensively reworked (read: rewritten) in 2006. Duran Duran was a big influence on me back then, so for the update, I tried to imagine a Duran Duran song without Nick Rhodes. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 10:28 PM PST - 1 comments

A real song! I kind of like the way it floats on before that ... off, bottom-of-the-well creepy harmony thing at the end. I dunno. 8 of 10 from my RPM entry.

posted by sparkletone at 9:40 PM PST - 0 comments

song 10 of 10 for my rpm album, wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 9:34 PM PST - 0 comments

Some simple arpeggios and other guitar improvs [more inside]

posted by ibfrog at 8:22 PM PST - 2 comments

A living room rendition. [more inside]

posted by micayetoca at 12:20 PM PST - 2 comments

Russian DJ

posted by ratla at 6:57 AM PST - 4 comments

Today's forecast calls for a wintry mix of snow and melancholy. [more inside]

posted by scottandrew at 12:58 AM PST - 2 comments

In which I do a bad Liars impression. 7 of 10 from my RPM entry.

posted by sparkletone at 7:00 PM PST - 2 comments

track 9 of 10 from the rpm album wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 2:45 PM PST - 1 comments

Influenced by Afro-pop. Voice, percussion, and a little guitar. [more inside]

posted by strangeguitars at 9:23 AM PST - 0 comments

Here's a somewhat sappy song about a former lady friend in DADF#A (I broke my high E string the other night, so no tuning for that one). I wrote and put it together this morning. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 9:22 AM PST - 5 comments

Hay guys, look, I made a real song for once! It's pretty good too. [more inside]

posted by tehloki at 4:58 AM PST - 8 comments

Uninspired cover of a Radiohead tune. [more inside]

posted by knave at 4:55 AM PST - 0 comments

This is the reaction to my constant enthusiasm about music theory: I strung up my first guitar, a 3/4 size steel-string classical, with a mismatch of electric guitar strings, and tuned it BF#BBBD#. Then just played whatever. It made for an entertaining spring break and a kind of 'endearing' song.

posted by tmcw at 7:52 PM PST - 5 comments

song 8 of 10 for the rpm album wolf moon - tuning dgddad

posted by pyramid termite at 2:19 PM PST - 0 comments

Track 6 of 10 from my RPM08 entry. I think of all the underdeveloped tracks, this one's my favorite. A bit more time/work and it could be quite the heavy hitter.

posted by sparkletone at 4:01 AM PST - 0 comments

More 12-string fingerstyle. This time the tuning is DADDAD. [more inside]

posted by umbú at 8:25 PM PST - 2 comments

In which I squeak, squawk, and warble through a really, really loud cover of a Dan Bern song. [more inside]

posted by uncleozzy at 4:36 PM PST - 2 comments

Wank wank wank wank wank. [more inside]

posted by Evstar at 8:53 AM PST - 1 comments

song 7 of 10 from my rpm 08 album, wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 6:44 AM PST - 1 comments

Yet another track from my RPM challenge entry (5 of 10, as a matter of fact). Named rather literally, as this song isn't terribly developed and was kept around simply because it filled up some space.

posted by sparkletone at 2:18 AM PST - 0 comments

I've had this Regina Spektor song stuck in my goddam head for weeks now + I haven't recorded any songs for months = this sloppy, lots-of-stuff-going-on cover recorded in a rut-exorcising session this afternoon and evening. [more inside]

posted by cortex at 9:26 PM PST - 16 comments

This first time I presented this song, I made a drastic edit to the melody that turned out to be unsuccessful. Also, my singing sucked. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 8:05 PM PST - 1 comments

Old recording from 1990. Music Recorded live, with the middle section and ending being written extemporaneously in the studio, vocals are the only overdubs. Originally 24 track, but this was rescued from cassette, hence the crap quality. I wrote the music and the singer wrote the words and melody. I sang backup. [more inside]

posted by Devils Rancher at 7:30 PM PST - 4 comments

I've posted this song here previously, but I wanted to share the video I made for it with the help of my lovely and talented assistant Jacob Guza. Hope you enjoy. NSFW lyrics/youtube [more inside]

posted by es_de_bah at 12:26 PM PST - 3 comments

Sappy name I know, but just give it a listen and chill the hell out. [more inside]

posted by iamcrispy at 12:10 PM PST - 1 comments

song 6 of 10 of the 2008 rpm album, wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 6:18 AM PST - 0 comments

I have no idea why I decided to choose that name half a life ago. It is a 12-string fingerstyle barnburner played with pinky slide. [more inside]

posted by umbú at 4:34 AM PST - 10 comments

As much of an experiment in Wacky Vocal Effects as it is a proper song, from my point of view. I like the end bit with the keyboard part and the strange cycling. I'm surprised at how many people I've shown my RPM challenge entry to really like this one (It's one of the underdeveloped ones, as far as I'm concerned).

posted by sparkletone at 12:42 AM PST - 2 comments

Not a leak! No pepsi blue. Just want to say "it was here first" :D [more inside]

posted by [son] QUAALUDE at 10:04 PM PST - 1 comments

collaborationfilter: featuring the unbelievable Harvey Girls. [more inside]

posted by micayetoca at 1:19 PM PST - 16 comments

To rock or to pick? That seemed to be struggle that played out on this old cassette that I recently dug up and digitized. This is another 12-string fingerstyle tune in an alternate tuning (Cc Gg Cc gg gc ce). I played around with tuning the double-coursed strings to different notes.

posted by umbú at 3:27 AM PST - 4 comments

A Gameboy tribute to Charlottesville. [more inside]

posted by cloeburner at 12:16 AM PST - 4 comments

Third track from RPM08 thing.

posted by sparkletone at 11:10 PM PST - 0 comments

An instrumental composed in an electronic music suite. And I barely knew what the fuck I was doing. [more inside]

posted by not_on_display at 10:41 PM PST - 1 comments

A very lo-fi one-take recording by The Grandma Sylvias. Acoustic guitar and vocals only; all apparent distortion is coming from knobs turned very high. [more inside]

posted by escabeche at 9:10 PM PST - 0 comments

Back in the late '80s, I challeneged myself to write a song in a style I usually dislike. Soul II Soul's "Back to Life" and "Keep On Movin'" were all over the radio back then, so I used them as a model. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 8:28 PM PST - 1 comments

Credit to Jimmy Garrison on bass. An old collage of my own samples plus his bass from the live recording of A love Supreme.

posted by Evstar at 7:39 PM PST - 1 comments

Yes, this is an Econoline Crush cover. Yes, it is SUPER CHEESY. [more inside]

posted by tehloki at 4:35 PM PST - 0 comments

after the recent posts from umbu and corduroy, I couldn't resist upping this. I tried... but... Wasn't designed to and isn't specifically related to, but I'd like to dedicate it to the memory of jeff healey.

posted by nicolin at 1:52 PM PST - 3 comments

song 5 of 10 of the rpm 08 album wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 6:01 AM PST - 2 comments

Another fingerstyle tune from the cassette time capsule. This one was recorded on a six-string with my friends backing me up on cello and percussion.

posted by umbú at 1:10 AM PST - 5 comments

A new wave song vaguely in the style of Blondie, with a masturbatory guitar solo at the end to drive the point home. [more inside]

posted by saulgoodman at 8:31 PM PST - 4 comments

Second track from my RPM08 entry, and the first proper song. I find it kind of humorous and rather like the beat (and some, but not all of the heavy vocal processing). I couldn't quite get the chorus right but the creepy-processed-whisper-thing is a not-so-bad substitute. [more inside]

posted by sparkletone at 8:19 PM PST - 1 comments

I unearthed the very first song I wrote in 1986 and flinched at all the clueless chord progressions my 14-year-old self used. But I could sense some potential behind a few of the ideas. So I reworked it extensively and brought out more of the subliminal inspiration that went into: mid-'80s Heart. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 7:44 PM PST - 4 comments

I took a second crack at this not-a-love-song from my 2002 collection "Same As It Never Was." [more inside]

posted by uncleozzy at 6:27 PM PST - 2 comments

Another of my RPM Challenge 2008 songs.

posted by InfidelZombie at 8:20 AM PST - 3 comments

song 4 of 10 of the rpm 08 album wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 5:52 AM PST - 0 comments

Here is a song without words, yet. I've got some questions on the inside. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 7:40 PM PST - 9 comments

A fingerpicking tune I four-tracked way back when (1990). [more inside]

posted by umbú at 7:12 PM PST - 10 comments

This is the fourth (and maybe final) People Will Blink song posted on this page. This one is definitely a prog-rock tune. It's about a day in the life of a superhero who doesn't really.... do anything. But there's an epic battle at the end. [more inside]

posted by rosco731 at 9:05 AM PST - 1 comments

Due to popular demand, here's yet another mix of "Secret Book" with vocals, as originally posted here and here. [more inside]

posted by saulgoodman at 8:04 PM PST - 3 comments

The first track from my entry for RPM08. Not much to say about it. Just a little 90-second mood-setter type thing.

posted by sparkletone at 6:14 PM PST - 0 comments

A happy little song about a very annoying man. [more inside]

posted by InfidelZombie at 5:47 PM PST - 0 comments

song 3 of 10 - for the rpm 08 album wolf moon

posted by pyramid termite at 11:01 AM PST - 0 comments

A twin-size 2-dimensional array of sound. For you.

posted by Espy Gillespie at 10:24 AM PST - 4 comments

jazz tune. also, "jazz" tune. [more inside]

posted by sleepy pete at 7:42 AM PST - 8 comments

Just a song about a girl. [more inside]

posted by Tlogmer at 5:58 AM PST - 1 comments