May 2012 Archives (all archives)
May 31
(Hermione Granger) No Stranger to Me
First time I tried to 'write' a song. It's just a silly jokey nerdy number with a few fluffed lines and a sub par singer. At least I didn't go with the rap idea I originally had... and yet some of it still lingers for some reason. Anyway, just a bit of fun, I hope some of you enjoy it.
posted by Elmore at 3:42 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Elmore at 3:42 PM PST - 4 comments
Stride
"Know" via The Sweet Language
May 30
Midnight improv
Turn off the lights, hit record and just play. [more inside]
posted by Doleful Creature at 11:49 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by Doleful Creature at 11:49 PM PST - 5 comments
Kenora
One of SMUT's earliest tracks. A tribute to the best little town in Ontario. [more inside]
posted by 256 at 8:04 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by 256 at 8:04 PM PST - 1 comments
Sibs + Ribs
In which I go wubwub with the braaaaaaaaamp and the skreeeeeee. (Mind your speakers.)
posted by uncleozzy at 7:47 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by uncleozzy at 7:47 AM PST - 4 comments
May 29
Frostbite
I did the RPM Challenge back in February. It went okay. This is the first song, a bossa nova-type thing that came out unsettlingly close to smooth jazz. [more inside]
posted by danb at 6:56 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by danb at 6:56 PM PST - 3 comments
If We Were Boxes
Blank Text File Hell
A simple death/thrash song about a certain kind of unpleasantness. [more inside]
posted by ignignokt at 9:28 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by ignignokt at 9:28 AM PST - 0 comments
May 28
Resistor - David the Gnome
This is an electro version of the theme song to the children's show "The World of David the Gnome," which aired in the US on Nickelodeon from 1987 to 1995. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van at 8:23 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 8:23 PM PST - 2 comments
1E99 Feat. Gretchen - I'm Cool (DangerLegs Remix)
Trying to capture a Deadmau5-style beat. Discovered the vocal sample quite serendipitously and was quite surprised at how well it meshed with the existing track. I had to modify very little to make them work together - didn't even have to change the key, a nice coincidence.
posted by CarrotAdventure at 1:02 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by CarrotAdventure at 1:02 PM PST - 2 comments
May 26
You've Got To Titan Up Your Kuiper Belt
Astral Funk from my improv trio, Carbon 7. This is what happens when you let the drummer set the theme of the jam. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:48 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:48 PM PST - 3 comments
May 25
we have to leave
May 24
2nd moment
Unseen Ring of Fire
Another Improvisational thing from my new band Carbon 7. This one's a bit long, at 19 minutes. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:56 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:56 PM PST - 0 comments
A brace of future challenge ideas....
1 - The Great American Songbook. Main parameter - absolutely no rock and/or roll. So at a total guess it's a period roughly between 1920-something and 1950-something. We're talking George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the like. Although rock and roll songs are excluded, that doesn't mean that a classic pre-r&r song can't have a rock and roll treatment. A punk treatement of "You Do Something To Me" could be....er....interesting.....
2 - a few years back we had a whale of time covering the entire Velvet Underground and Nico album Well............how about doing the same with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' "Damn The Torpedoes"? Or maybe another classic album.......
posted by MajorDundee at 12:49 PM PST - 57 comments
you
May 23
lace-making for the single guy
Intricate filtered organ and cello sounds. [more inside]
posted by daisystomper at 11:16 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by daisystomper at 11:16 AM PST - 1 comments
If I Had a Million Dollars ($500 Edition)
What would you do with about $500 (USD) to spend on a new music something? [more inside]
posted by Doleful Creature at 10:54 AM PST - 13 comments
egg loops
A wonky, drifting experimental collage of recordings and processed loops. [more inside]
posted by jchgf at 2:34 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by jchgf at 2:34 AM PST - 0 comments
May 22
Turn out the lights
On a glorious Sunday morning I took my guitar down to a grassy patch beside the sea, and proceeded to write and record this song. There's a bit of wind, and birds singing along in the background - but it all adds to the charm. [more inside]
posted by channey at 4:12 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by channey at 4:12 PM PST - 1 comments
May 21
Bill Cheatum
Latest dispatch in über-short traditional clawhammer banjo songs. [more inside]
posted by tmcw at 3:22 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by tmcw at 3:22 PM PST - 4 comments
May 19
Eagerfail
May 17
No Life
At long last, more Men from the Manly Planet, recorded live at the University of Chicago Lab School cafeteria, circa 1983. [more inside]
posted by stargell at 10:26 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by stargell at 10:26 PM PST - 1 comments
May 16
John & Tanya - Werewolf Night
This is from our JUST released album, The Story Is Everything. We're trying to beat a crazy deadline and sell 17 CDs before the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). If we do it, we can bring physical discs to the Kerrville Folk Festival next weekend.
Here's the link, should you happen to feel generous. Thanks for listening!
posted by soundacious at 8:05 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by soundacious at 8:05 PM PST - 1 comments
Eleanor Rigby
I've was in a bit of a Beatles mood last weekend, and recorded this as well as my previous post of "And Your Bird Can Sing". It's been fun to redo the songs with my arsenal of sampled orchestra, etc. I'm not the greatest singer, but I've learned a lot listening to the original, and working with my own voice.
posted by Disbro at 1:52 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by Disbro at 1:52 PM PST - 3 comments
May 15
In C
A live version of Terry Riley's piece "In C". [more inside]
posted by sleepy pete at 8:45 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by sleepy pete at 8:45 PM PST - 2 comments
Still
For the last song on my record "Innocent Explanations", a trip down memory lane... [more inside]
posted by fingers_of_fire at 11:37 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by fingers_of_fire at 11:37 AM PST - 1 comments
May 14
When The Morning Comes
Ever get up in the morning, only to learn what happened last night? From our new album Her Own Little World.
posted by InfidelZombie at 8:36 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 8:36 AM PST - 2 comments
May 13
What the Thunder Said/The Purification Ritual (Epilogue)
After writing/arranging, recording, and mixing the first five sections of The Wasteland, I found myself a bit spent, and struggling with the final movement, so I took a few days off to back away from it. I finally returned to it tonight, and, renewed, even managed to squeeze an extra track from it. Thus concludes the tour. Enjoy! [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:27 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:27 AM PST - 4 comments
And Your Bird Can Sing
May 12
I'm I Am
Rap song. It's pretty short, so just listen to it. Mind your subwoofers.
posted by chrchr at 1:16 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by chrchr at 1:16 AM PST - 1 comments
May 11
In Your Eyes
This song was inspired by our singer's video chats with her long distance beau. It is on the new Red On Strike album Her Own Little World, now available for download on Bandcamp. [more inside]
posted by InfidelZombie at 11:52 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 11:52 PM PST - 2 comments
May 10
vigilant always
It sounded funny when they said it but...
Years ago, when I was young, I was in a band for a bit, playing bass. One day, at practice, the drummer said he was listening to some of our stuff and this one song, he had this idea for a guitar solo at the end of the track. So he starts explaining it to the guitarist/singer/songwriter (and the only one with any real talent in the band). So he kinda goes "doo da doo, do do doo da doo" and makes this litle wiggling montion with a crabbed left hand. Well I laughed my head off, as it was completely untuneful and the little hand movements were hilarious. What? he asks. Sorry mate, its the little hand movement your making, it just made me laugh. Guitarist laughs and drummer says, yeah, I know what you mean, but then, I am a drummer. So the guitarist says "Do you mean like this?" and plays a bit, and the drummer goes "thats exactly it." [more inside]
posted by marienbad at 10:22 AM PST - 4 comments
Hold On To Love (simplified version)
I decided to rearrange this song that I posted before to take out some of the crazy modulation and make it more straightforward. What do you think? [more inside]
posted by unSane at 8:05 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by unSane at 8:05 AM PST - 4 comments
May 9
teeth
Anything For Her
The penultimate track from my record "Innocent Explanations" is a Mick Taylor-era Stones-inspired romp with a nod to the harmonic sophistication of Andy Partridge. [more inside]
posted by fingers_of_fire at 2:17 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by fingers_of_fire at 2:17 PM PST - 2 comments
May 7
Electric Eel (work-in-progress)
Chippy aquatic electro-funk. Somewhere between P-Funk and Drexciya. [more inside]
posted by balistic at 9:02 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by balistic at 9:02 AM PST - 5 comments
May 6
Yesterday's Karma Perpetuates
A spontaneous composition by my improv trio, Carbon 7 [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:49 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:49 PM PST - 1 comments
May 5
Goin' Up The Country
Death by Water
The penultimate movement of The Wasteland, this one keeps it short and sweet. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:17 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:17 PM PST - 2 comments
Base Three Chakra the Deadly Head
A somewhat atonal, arhythmic meditation on something, we know not what. Carbon 7 in an ongoing experiment in collaborative improvisation. [more inside]
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:07 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:07 AM PST - 3 comments
Willow Pond Waltz
Music for strings, inspired by a beautiful place and a beautiful afternoon.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:28 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by Wolfdog at 7:28 AM PST - 3 comments
May 4
cancle in the window - vampire deer
song 10 of homeland and the final one [more inside]
posted by pyramid termite at 12:52 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 12:52 PM PST - 1 comments
the degenerate case
A trace of various examinations of questions I have had about melody, beauty, tradition. This is not the degenerate case, but rather it is about the degenerate case. [more inside]
posted by idiopath at 2:16 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by idiopath at 2:16 AM PST - 0 comments
May 3
The Fire Sermon
For Section III (Track 4) of The Wasteland, I finally take to the microphone for narration, with my own spin. This movement is entirely a capella, and with two small exceptions, all effects were manipulated by me in realtime. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 8:46 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 8:46 PM PST - 2 comments
Black Diamond Girls
Bellwether
Ethereal and Haunting, but you can dance to it. [more inside]
posted by tunewell at 8:43 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by tunewell at 8:43 AM PST - 2 comments
May 2
Death by Waterphone (Interlude)
Next on order from The Wasteland comes something completely different--no effects, no text, no processing, apart from a tiny bit of compression, and track normalisation. It's one instrument, center channel. Nothing but one man, one mic, and a room. That in mind, headphones could not be more highly recommended. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 5:27 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 5:27 PM PST - 2 comments
May! Evacuate all the schoolchildren!
May Challenge [more inside]
posted by dubold at 7:14 AM PST - 10 comments
May 1
I'll Be Seeing Her Tonight
From my new record "Innocent Explanations" - a really fun acoustic guitar riff made all the more fun by the fact that I got to record it on a 1963 Martin D-18... [more inside]
posted by fingers_of_fire at 10:27 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by fingers_of_fire at 10:27 PM PST - 4 comments
Miami Dice
My girlfriend said this would make a good theme song for a new Miami Vice reboot. I'm both proud and terribly ashamed of this notion. [more inside]
posted by tunewell at 3:34 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by tunewell at 3:34 PM PST - 3 comments
A Game of Chess
The sophomore track/movement in my concept album/piece, built around The Wasteland. Finalizing the mix took a bit longer than expected, so I didn't get it in before the deadline for the challenge. Boo. Nevertheless, Expect some surprises. [more inside]
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:29 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 11:29 AM PST - 7 comments