May 2009 Archives (all archives)
May 31
It's Summer
The Fauna and The Flora Are Too Closely Allied
I've been meaning to upload this for ages - it's an old one from my band, Institut Polaire
posted by sconbie at 3:55 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by sconbie at 3:55 AM PST - 2 comments
May 30
Chase Scene ala Wes Anderson
Bicycle chase scene in Central Park. Tried to do this like an old time radio gag... [more inside]
posted by snsranch at 7:28 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by snsranch at 7:28 PM PST - 5 comments
reverse vampires under negative rainbows
Recorded in 2003 by my band, struction. Noisy, loud, fast. [more inside]
posted by brevator at 12:42 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by brevator at 12:42 PM PST - 0 comments
May 29
Chester
The final album version of a song that my band usually calls "the loop song" [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 6:05 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by tmcw at 6:05 PM PST - 1 comments
O'er Cresting Phrygian Waves
A return to roots, an experiment with new textures. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:11 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:11 PM PST - 1 comments
River Rise
A song that was sort of spontaneously written just over ten years ago. One of my sad songs about water. [more inside]
posted by Grangousier at 1:52 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by Grangousier at 1:52 PM PST - 2 comments
Arvo Pärt: Fratres für streichquartett
As a personal homework assignment to prepare for writing a string quartet, I've been programming scores of various 20th Century string quartets into Cakewalk SONAR. Here's a recording of Fratres by Arvo Pärt. [more inside]
posted by NemesisVex at 9:38 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 9:38 AM PST - 1 comments
May 28
You Still Look Like You Did Before
I don't know what this is; kind of a pseudo-jugband, neo-bluegrass-ish, Hee-Haw with a whiney singer. [more inside]
posted by chococat at 1:08 PM PST - 26 comments
posted by chococat at 1:08 PM PST - 26 comments
Karawane
May 27
Landlocked Memorial Day Blues
A song for Memorial Day, posted a few days late. [more inside]
posted by kaibutsu at 11:50 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by kaibutsu at 11:50 PM PST - 1 comments
Destruction
Last Orders (aka Tom Waits For No Man)
Another one from an acoustic-based set recorded some time ago now. A giant cliche in a way, I suppose - but it has a kind of addled charm... [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee at 1:21 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by MajorDundee at 1:21 PM PST - 1 comments
May 26
Groove for Tomatoes (A Prayer)
Roto-Tom Synth Improv
My first and only improv drum recording...layered with my boyfriend's (the real musician) synth improv. [more inside]
posted by hellogoodbye at 7:14 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by hellogoodbye at 7:14 PM PST - 4 comments
DNA
A track from my defunct band, Struction.
Fast and loud.
[more inside]
posted by brevator at 11:04 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by brevator at 11:04 AM PST - 1 comments
fender speakers
Too Blue
"This was an improvisation, actually the second take (Blue 2, or "Too Blue"), during which I had the memory of the Monterey Jazz festival firmly planted in my head, remembering the incredible musicians and music I heard all over the fairgrounds, playing jazz, soul, and lots 'n lots of blues…" ~ Laurie Z.
posted by Zebra Productions at 8:34 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by Zebra Productions at 8:34 AM PST - 5 comments
May 25
Distance of the Moon (Albedo Mix)
mandala
This collage, like this one, this one and this older one, has been mostly done through the use of a looping device and a guitar. And some ambient sounds too. Last part designed to propitiate meditation.
posted by nicolin at 6:10 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by nicolin at 6:10 AM PST - 4 comments
May 24
Cambie & Hastings
A more mellowed-out trinket of instrumental dance music for the wistful and introspective; born out of an epic evening of adventure in Vancouver at an intersection of the same name.
posted by CarrotAdventure at 1:36 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by CarrotAdventure at 1:36 AM PST - 1 comments
May 23
Mamy Poco Pants!
Those of you who think doing TV commercial jingle music might not drive you insane... THINK AGAIN! [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:15 AM PST - 25 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:15 AM PST - 25 comments
May 22
Count Freaky (Humpin on M.A.R.R.S. Remix)
My friends The Shamblers recorded a song called "Count Freaky." I did an electro remix. The goofy "This is a DJ Knox Overstreet Remix" thing in the beginning is self consciously goofy.
posted by orville sash at 11:55 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by orville sash at 11:55 PM PST - 1 comments
Covered to death?
I had an idea for a Challenge, but I wanted to ask for some help, and also to see if anyone else thinks it's a decent idea... I was thinking, how about a MeFiMu Challenge where we cover a song that's been covered a LOT? I mean, let's take one of the handful of songs that's just been covered in and out and up and down, around and about, by everybody and his sister. One that there just can't possibly be anything new any of us could do with it. Then, of course, we HAVE to do something new with it!
[more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:26 PM PST - 62 comments
The Closer I Get to You
I wanted to hear a post-rock band cover Roberta Flack. [more inside]
posted by NemesisVex at 9:21 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 9:21 PM PST - 1 comments
Chair
Indie rock gone improv and conehead [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 6:19 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 6:19 PM PST - 0 comments
The Company You Keep
A mellow acoustic oldie - worth re-recording? Comments/advice welcome [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee at 4:31 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by MajorDundee at 4:31 PM PST - 8 comments
MeFi Examinations 2009. Applied Bollocks - Stage 1.
"To what extent is recording a science or an art? - discuss".*
*Assume, for the purposes of discussion, that "recording" includes writing, arranging, performing and producing a piece of work [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee at 10:55 AM PST - 19 comments
May 21
Silver Equine Heart
Dark psychedelia from deep within the Karst topography of the Missouri Ozarks . . . [more inside]
posted by barrett caulk at 8:58 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by barrett caulk at 8:58 PM PST - 3 comments
Watch The Flowers Being Bombed Quietly
Revisiting a form we haven't attempted in a few months: ambient.
posted by man vs sun at 4:53 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by man vs sun at 4:53 PM PST - 0 comments
Sensitive Artist
The sad thing is the sheer quantity of people I know who really are this way. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:15 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:15 PM PST - 3 comments
Happy Day
A song about the pleasures and disappointments of meeting somebody new. [more inside]
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:57 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by Astro Zombie at 6:57 AM PST - 5 comments
May 20
Untold Demons (new mix)
I posted this track before, but that mix is a bit outdated. So I'm offering it up again for the first song challenge. [more inside]
posted by NemesisVex at 9:04 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 9:04 PM PST - 0 comments
The Men the Booze the Cocaine and the Grind
Dr. Oppenheimer
The strange but true story of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. It's a bit rough, needs a switch up or two and a new ending, but you get the idea.
posted by chiefbluefeather at 12:35 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by chiefbluefeather at 12:35 AM PST - 2 comments
May 19
Down
My Chemical Brain
I don’t know crap about this topic but it hasn’t stopped me from having my interest piqued. Specifically, I’m talking about brain chemistry. Both the mechanics of it and the way we manipulate what those mechanics do these days are super interesting. Even more amazing to me is how people’s emotions (usually negative emotions) can be a simple result of a chemical imbalance in their brain. Wow. I realize the drugs we have today are both amazing relative to nothing and very blunt instruments relative to what we’ll have down the road. And while I haven’t tried any of them, I sometimes wonder what people did before they existed. Mostly suffered I suppose. :| [more inside]
posted by hillelc at 5:05 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by hillelc at 5:05 PM PST - 1 comments
Take Five Take Two
I posted a playalong for Take Five which I recorded a little while back. This is me playing along. I'm kind of new to the sax. [more inside]
posted by motty at 4:49 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by motty at 4:49 PM PST - 2 comments
All Undone
For this month's MeFiMu Challenge, here's a song first written in 1986 and first recorded and released in 1991. This version was recorded earlier today. Rewrote the last verse. The old is new again...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:23 AM PST - 10 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:23 AM PST - 10 comments
NSFW
Big Sound (Rubber Band Box)
A dub remix of experimental music sensation Maru. [more inside]
posted by speicus at 12:05 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by speicus at 12:05 AM PST - 1 comments
May 18
Macapa
A submission to the unofficial "Seven Nation Army" challenge. [more inside]
posted by umbú at 9:49 PM PST - 25 comments
posted by umbú at 9:49 PM PST - 25 comments
Big Fat Love, or: Fast Food Is Bad For Your Heart
This is a song about a guy who works at a fast food place and the girl that loves him. [more inside]
posted by hapticactionnetwork at 8:13 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by hapticactionnetwork at 8:13 AM PST - 1 comments
May 17
Oklahoma, Boston
The first song I can remember "writing." Circa 1986. Re-recorded here for anterity. [more inside]
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 7:44 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by abc123xyzinfinity at 7:44 PM PST - 1 comments
Silver Dollar
Bluegrass song about what sometimes happens with sons and dads. (In a bluegrass/country world.)
[more inside]
posted by snsranch at 6:39 PM PST - 10 comments
posted by snsranch at 6:39 PM PST - 10 comments
Syllogismobile (demo)
Flip
One of my first efforts with the Korg DS-10. Comments/critiques welcome. [more inside]
posted by owtytrof at 5:29 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by owtytrof at 5:29 PM PST - 3 comments
Mr Slug goes back to hell 2009
One of the earliest songs I've ever made (one of the only I could find) remade with slightly better skills and slightly cheaper equipment. File under easy listening holographic lounge soundtrack. [more inside]
posted by fuq at 4:38 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by fuq at 4:38 PM PST - 1 comments
May 16
Little Mattie Groves
My friend Nate sometimes sends me him singing folk songs, just his voice. I really enjoy getting these. I added some guitar to this one. [more inside]
posted by Sreiny at 5:52 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Sreiny at 5:52 PM PST - 1 comments
Spirit Of '69
LSD is Hard to Find
Rough demo of an original country tune. Vocals only, and looking for instrumental collaborators for possibly getting this realized in a more polished state. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb at 3:21 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by Meatbomb at 3:21 AM PST - 4 comments
Chase Scene
One track of face-slapping, three tracks of voice. That's it!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:08 AM PST - 15 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:08 AM PST - 15 comments
May 15
Techno Space Chase
I think I actually covered both challenges with this. It's chase music made out of one of the earliest string quartets I'd ever taken a crack at. [more inside]
posted by dagosto at 4:51 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by dagosto at 4:51 PM PST - 2 comments
Blues for Bozo
October 1996. My wife was gone to visit her folks in France. I was sitting at home with a Boss DR-5, a Fostex four track cassette machine and a twelve pack of Red Dog. [more inside]
posted by metagnathous at 12:04 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by metagnathous at 12:04 PM PST - 2 comments
May 14
Days Are Long
For May's "remake your first song" challenge. [more inside]
posted by chococat at 9:24 PM PST - 20 comments
posted by chococat at 9:24 PM PST - 20 comments
Miss You Much
I tried to picture Alice in Chains covering Janet Jackson, but it sounds more like T-Rex by way of Power Station. [more inside]
posted by NemesisVex at 9:03 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 9:03 PM PST - 3 comments
The ConstruKction of Light
Riverface
Aaahhh, the ravages of time.............
Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee at 3:20 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by MajorDundee at 3:20 PM PST - 4 comments
Imaginary Country
Writing music is a healthy way of coping with exam stress. Although it doesn't really help me study... [more inside]
posted by azarbayejani at 12:12 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by azarbayejani at 12:12 PM PST - 0 comments
May 13
Elemental Fire, 2009 version
When I was 12 or 13 or so, I loved to play around with a MOD tracker I'd downloaded. This is a remake of the first real song I wrote using it. [more inside]
posted by wanderingmind at 4:40 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by wanderingmind at 4:40 PM PST - 4 comments
Emotion Experiment 2
This piece is supposed to represent a story associated with a particular emotion. Please let me know what emotion you think it is. [more inside]
posted by leibniz at 5:51 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by leibniz at 5:51 AM PST - 8 comments
May 11
hypotech
we wrote this song at our space a week or so ago. [more inside]
posted by dobie at 2:56 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by dobie at 2:56 PM PST - 8 comments
Propellerhead's Record in Beta
So Props new product Record is in beta, I've signed up. I'm kinda disappointed that they didn't include any kind of plugin architecture natively. I can handle not having plugins, b/c of ReWire, but it would have been nice to have esp. for tools like Melodyne. On the plus side, the arrangement and mixing additions look very, very nice.
posted by bigmusic at 1:51 PM PST - 11 comments
May 10
3753 cruithne
Continuing with my beat-oriented theme of late. Autechre-like, but they're still 1,000 times better than I am. This one's noisy and glitchy, just the way I like it.
posted by wastelands at 2:03 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by wastelands at 2:03 PM PST - 6 comments
May 9
Summer Jam
How shaved ice saved my life (or not) [more inside]
posted by raisindebt at 4:29 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by raisindebt at 4:29 PM PST - 8 comments
May 8
Hommage a Quelqu'un (2009)
This is a "cover" of the first track I wrote on Reason, after getting my first midi controller. If you're a fan of Debussy, you might recognize the chords. [more inside]
posted by azarbayejani at 9:11 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by azarbayejani at 9:11 AM PST - 5 comments
May 7
Beemer
This is the first demo from my new collaborative project, tentatively caed 'Bring A Guillotine'. Some NSFW lyrics. All comments appreciated!
posted by TheWaves at 2:42 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by TheWaves at 2:42 PM PST - 7 comments
The Lift
Another Sauna Song. Recorded at 4 this morning, and actually sounds more like it was recorded outside than my last song, even though this one wasn't at all. In drop D, but tuned down a whole step. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy at 2:17 PM PST - 9 comments
posted by Corduroy at 2:17 PM PST - 9 comments
One Star in a Million
song I wrote about a friend of mine and his girlfriend
posted by eclectitude at 9:47 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by eclectitude at 9:47 AM PST - 1 comments
May 6
When You're Out of My Mind
A nice little love song, for iterations of "little" that involve a six minute runtime. [more inside]
posted by Saellys at 10:09 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by Saellys at 10:09 PM PST - 7 comments
Settlers
Electro-arpeggiated goodness. Be sure to listen all the way through, the end is worth it. Hasn't been properly mastered or anything, so if anyone has any advice on stuff like EQing or anything else to improve the overall sound I'd much appreciate it.
posted by jdnason at 9:47 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by jdnason at 9:47 PM PST - 1 comments
Natchez
A lazy song about drifting down the Mississippi, written by Rob P, performed by Bone Table. (That's me on the slide.) [more inside]
posted by awfurby at 8:45 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by awfurby at 8:45 PM PST - 0 comments
Creatura (and the sea)
Empires Fall
project for senior seminar. Acoustic + vocal. Poorly recorded, poorly written, poor performed :P [more inside]
posted by eclectitude at 5:38 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by eclectitude at 5:38 AM PST - 2 comments
May 5
cavacavaco
I started with a cavaquinho (uke), but then it spiraled out of control. [more inside]
posted by umbú at 9:03 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by umbú at 9:03 PM PST - 8 comments
Dive Bar
Hey maaan
Lost at Sea
I decided to take a trip back to when I first started writing music on my computer. (No, this isn't a submission to the montly music challenge.) This is a super noisy track, from my Buzz days. Very different from anything I've written lately, but one of my favorite tracks I've ever written. [more inside]
posted by azarbayejani at 1:40 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by azarbayejani at 1:40 PM PST - 1 comments
Gila - CRITIQUES PLZ
All right - second track from my in-the-works EP. Constructive criticism appreciated! [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 12:23 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by tmcw at 12:23 PM PST - 7 comments
How to make an album listenable at one volume.
How do I get all my songs to have a uniform volume? [more inside]
posted by Corduroy at 6:53 AM PST - 18 comments
May 4
Breathing On Another Planet
One of the first songs I ever wrote, remade in a multi-million-dollar studio by a band that broke up shortly after it was recorded. The original version is here. [more inside]
posted by Saellys at 6:37 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Saellys at 6:37 PM PST - 1 comments
May 3
Dispatch from Sector Ten
Just discovered on an old unlabeled audio CD-R. [more inside]
posted by metagnathous at 6:50 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by metagnathous at 6:50 PM PST - 4 comments
White Feather
Slightly absurd to try to describe music in words - have a listen and let me know what you think.
posted by MajorDundee at 4:02 AM PST - 19 comments
posted by MajorDundee at 4:02 AM PST - 19 comments
May 2
Teenage Wasteland
D.I.D.
When I was in high school, I loved industrial music. I still do, but secretly. This was an attempt to sate my inner angst-ridden teen. Some NSFW lyrics at the very beginning. [more inside]
posted by ford and the prefects at 5:41 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by ford and the prefects at 5:41 PM PST - 0 comments
Burning December
A song I recorded outside today, except for the vocals which I will explain inside. This is another one I would especially appreciate thoughts on. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy at 5:06 PM PST - 9 comments
posted by Corduroy at 5:06 PM PST - 9 comments
Hallelukulelejah
Faithfully (polka version)
Because I have no shame, I have used an accordion to cover Journey. [more inside]
posted by uncleozzy at 6:11 AM PST - 20 comments
posted by uncleozzy at 6:11 AM PST - 20 comments
Restoration of Water
From my duo SKIST's (previously ) 2nd release, Taking Something Somewhere. I've posted this here for you "logged in members" to download if you so desire, but I highly recommend listening to it the first time with the accompanying video, cause the video looks like the song sounds, and I'm proud of the video, and most of all cause I think the visual reference will help to decipher and delineate the somewhat obscure structure of the song.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:43 AM PST - 13 comments
posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:43 AM PST - 13 comments
Matica
A soft soak in a warm bath of electroluminescent air gel.
posted by doctor_negative at 2:26 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by doctor_negative at 2:26 AM PST - 4 comments
May 1
Road Organ
Seven Nation Army [White Stripes cover]
Thanks to the inspiration from a terrific link about this song today, I decided I'd give this bad boy a try for myself. Let me know if you like it. And rock on!
posted by grubi at 6:38 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by grubi at 6:38 PM PST - 8 comments
Blind
Should speak for itself I guess. Perennial tale of wronged love, worm turning, vengeance etc. [more inside]
posted by MajorDundee at 11:41 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by MajorDundee at 11:41 AM PST - 5 comments
Monthly MeFiMu Challenge thread - May edition
Thanks to everyone who submitted a tune for the April Challenge! If you have any thoughts on it, points you'd like to make, whatever, feel free. Also welcome here: ideas for future Challenges. Also, I'll go ahead and post the May Challenges (two this month) here, and they'll also be in the usual spot very soon. Looking forward to hearing what everyone comes up with for this next round. Fire up the recorders!
[more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:15 AM PST - 19 comments
Nathaniel Hortense Bardsley versus Her Majesty's Loyal Brigade of Cosmic Oscillators
I guess this basically sort of sounds like Riverdance if it was played on a bunch of crazy synths. [more inside]
posted by CarrotAdventure at 2:51 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by CarrotAdventure at 2:51 AM PST - 4 comments