it's summer!

posted by god particle at 8:10 AM PST - 2 comments

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

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

Recorded in 2003 by my band, struction. Noisy, loud, fast. [more inside]

posted by brevator at 12:42 PM PST - 0 comments

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

A return to roots, an experiment with new textures. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:11 PM PST - 1 comments

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

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

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

by Hugo Ball [more inside]

posted by Meatbomb at 12:55 PM PST - 1 comments

A song for Memorial Day, posted a few days late. [more inside]

posted by kaibutsu at 11:50 PM PST - 1 comments

Metal up your ass! [more inside]

posted by not_on_display at 7:29 PM PST - 5 comments

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

A sequel, of sorts. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 10:34 PM PST - 1 comments

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

A track from my defunct band, Struction. Fast and loud. [more inside]

posted by brevator at 11:04 AM PST - 1 comments

Anyone know what these speakers are? [more inside] posted by BrnP84 at 9:19 AM PST - 3 comments

"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

A "cover" of my "first" song. [more inside]

posted by speicus at 10:57 AM PST - 5 comments

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

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

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

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

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

I wanted to hear a post-rock band cover Roberta Flack. [more inside]

posted by NemesisVex at 9:21 PM PST - 1 comments

Indie rock gone improv and conehead [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 6:19 PM PST - 0 comments

A mellow acoustic oldie - worth re-recording? Comments/advice welcome [more inside]

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

"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

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

Revisiting a form we haven't attempted in a few months: ambient.

posted by man vs sun at 4:53 PM PST - 0 comments

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

A song about the pleasures and disappointments of meeting somebody new. [more inside]

posted by Astro Zombie at 6:57 AM PST - 5 comments

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

A song about strippers who blog. [more inside]

posted by Astro Zombie at 6:52 AM PST - 4 comments

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

oh, you know

posted by scottMontgomery at 8:24 PM PST - 0 comments

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

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

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

Lyrics somewhat NSFW. [more inside]

posted by Astro Zombie at 1:52 AM PST - 5 comments

A dub remix of experimental music sensation Maru. [more inside]

posted by speicus at 12:05 AM PST - 1 comments

A submission to the unofficial "Seven Nation Army" challenge. [more inside]

posted by umbú at 9:49 PM PST - 27 comments

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

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

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

Transuniversal love story. [more inside]

posted by doubtfulpalace at 6:33 PM PST - 2 comments

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

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

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

The hippies' lament.... [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 11:35 AM PST - 2 comments

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

One track of face-slapping, three tracks of voice. That's it!

posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:08 AM PST - 15 comments

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

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

For May's "remake your first song" challenge. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 9:24 PM PST - 20 comments

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

King Crimson cover

posted by man vs sun at 8:27 PM PST - 2 comments

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

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

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

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

we wrote this song at our space a week or so ago. [more inside]

posted by dobie at 2:56 PM PST - 8 comments

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

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

How shaved ice saved my life (or not) [more inside]

posted by raisindebt at 4:29 PM PST - 8 comments

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

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

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

song I wrote about a friend of mine and his girlfriend

posted by eclectitude at 9:47 AM PST - 1 comments

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

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

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

Inspired by a friend's photos of the ocean.

posted by Jairus at 8:08 AM PST - 6 comments

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

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

Beers and girls and country music.

posted by markulus at 8:27 PM PST - 4 comments

over the violence, maaan

posted by scottMontgomery at 7:02 PM PST - 1 comments

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

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

How do I get all my songs to have a uniform volume? [more inside] posted by Corduroy at 6:53 AM PST - 18 comments

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

Just discovered on an old unlabeled audio CD-R. [more inside]

posted by metagnathous at 6:50 PM PST - 4 comments

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

Not a cover of that Who song. [more inside]

posted by raisindebt at 9:29 PM PST - 16 comments

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

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

Hallelujah, on a ukulele.

posted by jhighmore at 1:05 PM PST - 9 comments

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

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

A soft soak in a warm bath of electroluminescent air gel.

posted by doctor_negative at 2:26 AM PST - 4 comments

Found an old organ. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 6:43 PM PST - 10 comments

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

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

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

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