May 2008 Archives (all archives)
May 31
bond
There was set before me a mighty hill,
And long days I climbed
Through regions of snow.
When I had before me the summit-view,
It seemed that my labour
Had been to see gardens
Lying at impossible distances.
posted by 31d1 at 3:58 PM PST - 2 comments
And long days I climbed
Through regions of snow.
When I had before me the summit-view,
It seemed that my labour
Had been to see gardens
Lying at impossible distances.
posted by 31d1 at 3:58 PM PST - 2 comments
Jetlag Beats // Brr Stick Em
Remixing the remix below using only a toothpick. [more inside]
posted by ageispolis at 3:24 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by ageispolis at 3:24 PM PST - 1 comments
Blah blah blah
This is another children's song, and it's even better than the last one. Induces uncontrollable giggling in test audiences - for the young, and the young at heart. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb at 8:56 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by Meatbomb at 8:56 AM PST - 5 comments
t.wo][bRains
a tim burtony/weezeresque lovefest about... brains
here for my pals on mefi first by
the edison carter project [more inside]
posted by bitterkitten at 7:44 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by bitterkitten at 7:44 AM PST - 6 comments
May 29
You Haven't Done Nothin' (Plump Mix)
Stevie Wonder's You Haven't Done Nothin' backed by Plump DJ's Contact 00. Fortunately for me, they were in the same key. Unfortunately, they were roughly 30bpm apart. It's good to finally be remixing again though. [more inside]
posted by ageispolis at 10:37 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by ageispolis at 10:37 PM PST - 1 comments
St. Anne's Reel
A classic. On mandolin. What more could you want? Nice and short to boot. [more inside]
posted by kjell at 8:21 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by kjell at 8:21 PM PST - 3 comments
My Song
Actually, I'm only a arranger, music is composed by computer (software "Virtual Music Composer"). [more inside]
posted by ProEtContra at 2:47 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by ProEtContra at 2:47 PM PST - 0 comments
Thorns on the Heartstrings
Glitchy dark beats, with distorted synth and a little hardcore mixed in. [more inside]
posted by Vicarious at 1:02 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by Vicarious at 1:02 AM PST - 2 comments
May 28
Your Little One Way Street
... you strive to be elsewhere, but you already are, you know ... [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:32 AM PST - 10 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:32 AM PST - 10 comments
May 26
The Book of Love
'Til We're Dead
I think I managed to write a somewhat upbeat song! Well, upbeat if you ignore the title and lyrics. It's got: hammond organ, celesta, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, and some epic "Woo-oo-oooh" back up vocals.
posted by inoculatedcities at 11:01 AM PST - 18 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 11:01 AM PST - 18 comments
Samurai Girl
A really short piece (intro) I was asked to do for a Flash project with some really incredible CGI images of a samurai girl. [more inside]
posted by sluglicker at 12:13 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by sluglicker at 12:13 AM PST - 2 comments
May 25
Difficult elevator entrance
Wave
Lo-fi bossa with apologies to Jobim [more inside]
posted by stubby phillips at 3:00 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by stubby phillips at 3:00 PM PST - 1 comments
May 24
Jam back in the house
Layered solo instrumental using just a guitar and a loop pedal. [more inside]
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:43 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:43 PM PST - 4 comments
Tonight Hit the Bong With Me
A very dumb cover of Tonight You Belong To Me, written by Lee David, 1926.
posted by frenetic at 10:18 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by frenetic at 10:18 AM PST - 3 comments
Ebay tastes like boogers
I sold this song on ebay last week for 1.50$.....actually cost me more to post the listing. The guy wanted it to be about smoking herb and flicking boogers, pretty cheesy but he paid for it.
posted by BrnP84 at 8:02 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by BrnP84 at 8:02 AM PST - 2 comments
Trego Mountain
My first attempt at country/bluegrass. Timing is a little off here and there. Based on many trips out to the Nevada desert. No banks were robbed. Send me a note if you like. Peace.
posted by chiefbluefeather at 12:15 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by chiefbluefeather at 12:15 AM PST - 1 comments
May 23
Teach The Children
Post-apocalyptic metal written by two 17-year-olds in 1987. Band name: HAMMERSCHLAG [more inside]
posted by not_on_display at 6:00 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by not_on_display at 6:00 AM PST - 8 comments
May 22
Money, Money, Money
An Abba cover that I made while experimenting with Audacity. Any suggestions (music, equipment, software, anything) welcome. [more inside]
posted by pantsrobot at 4:11 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by pantsrobot at 4:11 PM PST - 1 comments
May 21
enigmatics II
Well, I'm taking the plunge and releasing a CD. Short-run, nothing too fancy. I already posted the fourth track of this EP, enigmatics, a long time ago, so here's the second track. A Metafilter Music exclusive!
posted by NemesisVex at 10:34 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 10:34 PM PST - 0 comments
Melancholy piece for abbreviated piano
May 20
boing
Red Army, a song for poet Peter Dimitri Golub
This is a first try at a song I'm working on for my friend, poet Peter Golub. There's a reference to this article, a sad cliché...
posted by punkbitch at 11:01 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by punkbitch at 11:01 AM PST - 3 comments
It's Me!
This post made me feel a bit less self-conscious about doodling away at music with bugger-all technical skill. So I thought I'd chance your ears with a short shouty number. [more inside]
posted by freya_lamb at 2:54 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by freya_lamb at 2:54 AM PST - 3 comments
May 19
Live or Let Die
Aaaaand it's another nugget from Derailleur's alternate-Bond-theme project. We found that flipping from "and" to "or" gives you a completely different take on life. [more inside]
posted by COBRA! at 7:04 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by COBRA! at 7:04 AM PST - 3 comments
May 18
Take On Me (a cappella cover)
My entry for the as-yet-unannounced Do An A Cappella Cover Of A-Ha's 'Take On Me' On A Dare From Your Wife challenge. [more inside]
posted by cortex at 6:19 PM PST - 21 comments
posted by cortex at 6:19 PM PST - 21 comments
Generic synth arpeggios
I uploaded this to share with friends. It's really not much right now - just some straightforward arpeggios that anyone with a Korg and 5 minutes can do. The chord progressions are definitely usable, though they've both been done to death.
posted by LSK at 5:14 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by LSK at 5:14 PM PST - 0 comments
May 17
You'll Never Know, Dear
This may be the most covered song on MuFi. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy at 2:38 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Corduroy at 2:38 PM PST - 4 comments
May 16
Things I Used to Know (demo)
"Our minds are permeable to forgetfulness; I myself am distorting and losing, through the tragic erosion of the years, the features of Beatriz."
-- Jorge Luis Borges [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van at 6:09 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 6:09 PM PST - 6 comments
Don't Touch My Meal
May 15
Fault Lines
Verse 1:
I heard a whisper on the waves
From across the galaxy
A tyrant dashed children on the rocks, I heard a rumor
Of genocide so far away [more inside]
posted by chimaera at 7:33 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by chimaera at 7:33 PM PST - 2 comments
Rock n' roll song (about rock n' roll)
I was inspired by Cortex's argument here that "songs that explicitly talk about how great rock and roll are rarely rock." [more inside]
posted by umbĂș at 4:47 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by umbĂș at 4:47 PM PST - 8 comments
Steel Trap Attacks
The third and final song off the O Captain! My Captain! EP. It's about the dark alleyways of a crazy, lustful mind- and the fruitless help proffered. [more inside]
posted by pedmands at 12:38 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by pedmands at 12:38 PM PST - 0 comments
May 14
Kingsfold
The English folk tune Kingsfold rendered very simply in synths. Incidentally, it is also the tune to the hymn I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, and almost identical to the Irish folk song, Star of County Down. The melody occurs elsewhere in European folk music, I believe.
posted by nthdegx at 3:39 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by nthdegx at 3:39 PM PST - 5 comments
Royal milkshake (demo)
May 13
Go Home Metronome
An exhausting afternoon called for extensive multitracking and math-rocking minus the thinking part. [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 7:38 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by tmcw at 7:38 PM PST - 2 comments
Duckblur
Scrooge McDuck reminisces about former love affairs, smokes a cigar on his gazebo.
posted by degoao at 2:57 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by degoao at 2:57 PM PST - 1 comments
May 12
Movin' On Up
The lazy cracker, banjo-infused version of the Jeffersons theme song. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy at 7:13 PM PST - 13 comments
posted by uncleozzy at 7:13 PM PST - 13 comments
May 10
Playground
Recorded live to 24-track digital at our most recent show. My band The Dukes of Simpleton is an XTC tribute project, so no we didn't write it, but I'm pretty sure we're the only people playing any XTC songs live in a 1000 mile radius. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:53 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by Devils Rancher at 12:53 PM PST - 8 comments
Speedy noodles
spacewreck
No one was really sure how I could've crashed in space, which is by nature, mostly empty. And when they found me, I had gnawed of most of my leg in order to survive, and not in much of a state to explain the events. [more inside]
posted by 31d1 at 9:31 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by 31d1 at 9:31 AM PST - 2 comments
May 9
Venezia
This is my little ode to that most absurdly beautiful and unlikely of Italian cities. This tune, once again, features the mouth bow (otherwise known as the poor man's wah-wah) plus lots of percussion and whatnot. The mix could probably use a bit of tweaking here and there, but I think it's basically presentable... [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:32 PM PST - 13 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:32 PM PST - 13 comments
May 7
The Song of Sailor Martin
The theme song for Sailor Martin, my pierced and tattooed ventriloquist dummy, a melancholy Hawaiian number about a hut on the beach occupied by a certain drunken sailor with a large number of naughty tales to tell. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:45 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:45 PM PST - 4 comments
Chester v3
First mix of fer-realz recording of one of my songs: Chester. Per my last AskMefi post, please critique it! [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 8:19 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by tmcw at 8:19 PM PST - 3 comments
All The Things... (...I've Stuck up my Arse, Ode to an A&E Nurse)
May 6
Tell Yourself
I suppose this is the equivalent of my last yay new instrument song. Banjo, 'lectric guitar, 'lectric drums, singin. [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 4:48 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by tmcw at 4:48 PM PST - 2 comments
May 3
Shady Grove
For Jessamyn, who's been listening to many versions of this song. Here's another. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display at 3:20 PM PST - 10 comments
posted by not_on_display at 3:20 PM PST - 10 comments