July 2006 Archives (all archives)
July 31
Signals
I'm not ready to unload any of my instrumental piano music on here yet, so here's another band song—the only song I've ever written for a band. The original version only exists on poorly recorded minidisc recordings of live shows, and I can't stand listening to that version any more because after I brought it to the band it quickly dawned on me that I had just written The Beatles' "Glass Onion" all over again. Oops. So this here's a 70s groove version of the song I just started working on today. My plan is to get a new band together and rerecord it like this.
posted by emelenjr at 8:42 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by emelenjr at 8:42 PM PST - 5 comments
There's a chicken in the house
Just a little chunk of banjo to take your mind of your Monday.
posted by snsranch at 5:13 PM PST - 12 comments
posted by snsranch at 5:13 PM PST - 12 comments
Ringle Bock Jell
A remix of PinkStainlessTail's classic holiday anthem Jingle Bell Rock. I had such high hopes for this when I started, intending it to be even more annoying than original, but I kind of lost the will to live partway through doing it. Consider it then to be permanently incomplete.
posted by nylon at 1:46 PM PST - 20 comments
posted by nylon at 1:46 PM PST - 20 comments
FERB
FERB - 'Funky Electronic Rhythm n' Blues' is a little blues track I wrote and performed for a small class gig we did last year for the sake of putting on a show and having some random musical collaborations. I'd classify this as the first gig I ever did but fortunately I had some incredibly talented guys in the band to make me sound good!
posted by TwoWordReview at 11:52 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 11:52 AM PST - 1 comments
In The Dark
The last song on my first solo record. Very sad melody and lyrics, keyboard and guitar. Get the rest of the record at the MySpace.
posted by pollystark at 7:34 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by pollystark at 7:34 AM PST - 2 comments
Yes & Amen
Through The Rain
This one is really lo-fi as I don't have the master tape and it's a 21 year old rough demo -- and I do mean rough. :) Recorded Spring 1985 in dorm room A-1016, The Evergreen State College. (More inside.)
posted by litlnemo at 4:32 AM PST - 13 comments
posted by litlnemo at 4:32 AM PST - 13 comments
Banksia marginata
Chilled beats, just a little bit prickly around the edges. An old song, but I'm thinking of making an album of tracks with botanical names.
posted by Jimbob at 3:22 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by Jimbob at 3:22 AM PST - 0 comments
July 30
Farside
A visit to a place with many layers, shades of light, colors. Whose woods these are, I do not know.
posted by Twang at 10:29 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by Twang at 10:29 PM PST - 2 comments
Nobex 0.1 (Mechanics)
So, this is another old tracker piece. A little bit ambient, a little bit kick-ass beat. I don't recall the circumstances under which I composed this song beyond that it was a remix of a song I made whilst on meth. For the one and only time. At any rate, it makes for nice background music. And it features my first ukulele, which was eventually lost to an apartment fire.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 12:45 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 12:45 AM PST - 2 comments
July 29
Zoe Aionios
life in the age to come... starts out as da funk, and goes somewhere far, far, away.
posted by quonsar at 8:19 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by quonsar at 8:19 PM PST - 4 comments
808 Guilty Spark
Halo inspired trance for your Saturday night dance party.
I started this one three years ago and finally finished it this afternoon. I don't write for this genre very often, so let me know what you think!
posted by csimpkins at 2:26 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by csimpkins at 2:26 PM PST - 6 comments
glassy house city by vampire deer
a lament of the modern factory rat ... 09 of 12
posted by pyramid termite at 10:43 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 10:43 AM PST - 0 comments
Christmas Is Cancelled (This Year)
Meet Me Tonight At The Landfill
July 28
NSA Collected Massive Database of Phonecall Records
Pithy titles and me: not talking right now. A catchy little pop tune about domestic surveilance.
posted by cortex at 5:30 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by cortex at 5:30 PM PST - 5 comments
Apidae
The bees argue, in their black ball,
A flying hedgehog, all prickles.
The man with grey hands stands under the honeycomb
Of their dreams, the hived station
Where trains, faithful to their steel arcs,
Leave and arrive, and there is no end to the country.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:28 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:28 PM PST - 0 comments
Say Yeah
This is a Red On Strike recording from about 6 years ago, and features a great live intro from Red...
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:16 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:16 PM PST - 2 comments
Farewell To Tarwathie
As sung by The Stevedores, a 5-piece band (concertina, banjo/bouzouki, guitar, bass & drums, 3 part vocals) singing tunes of Land & Sea. Active in Seattle from 1997-2000, we were most liked by Irish dancers, union folks and maritime ethusiasts. This lovely piece is about the brave fishing lads who set off each season for months of labor far from the land.
posted by Aquaman at 9:40 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by Aquaman at 9:40 AM PST - 1 comments
Mrs. Green
Semi-acoustic cover of "Mrs. Green" by the power pop band the Posies. This was done by a 3 piece band (two guitars, one bass) group I was in a while back. (We never could find a drummer, so...) I'm singing lead and also a back up part near the end. The other band members are Chris Otto and Terri Doherty. Chris did lead guitar, backing vocals, and some keys. Terri played bass. I think I did some random percussion and guitar strumming as well. (Please delete when/if covers are determined to be a problem here.)
posted by litlnemo at 1:02 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by litlnemo at 1:02 AM PST - 2 comments
July 27
Bad Taste (Informercial)
Just for fun, here's a track recorded for an electro-acoustic composition assignment entitled 'A Question of Taste.' Not sure there's much else that can be said about it.
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:33 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:33 PM PST - 0 comments
I'm Going Away
By god, it's a bluegrass song! Thought of it because of this superlative Williams interpretation.
posted by cortex at 3:37 PM PST - 9 comments
posted by cortex at 3:37 PM PST - 9 comments
False Waltz
THINGS
This is one of my old instrumental tracker compositions. Man, I miss using trackers. I wonder if'n I can get FastTracker working on this machine. Hmmmm. I don't recall from whence the choral sample has come. But it's pretty. I know that much. (And, yeah, I wasn't really into coming up with song names at the time.)
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:26 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:26 AM PST - 2 comments
Bless
something happened yesterday by vampire deer
July 26
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
A Neutral Milk Hotel cover, and the first studio recording with my new group. Coming soon to your town!
posted by ludwig_van at 10:42 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 10:42 PM PST - 8 comments
Locked in a Garage
Another discarded demo that would otherwise never have seen the light of day.
It's too long, the drum machine is just a placeholder, the guitars are sloppy (DEMO!) and the lyrics are sort of goofy.
Those aren't excuses, they are reasons. It was kind of thrown onto the scrapheap.
But why would I post it? Because I'm addicted to this now.
This one's about a nervous breakdown.
posted by chococat at 5:19 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by chococat at 5:19 PM PST - 11 comments
Love Behind
Cold Cathode
Einmal nahm ich zwischen meine Hände dein Gesicht. Der Mond fiel darauf ein. Unbegreiflichster der Gegenstände unter überfließendem Gewein.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:17 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:17 AM PST - 0 comments
Dr. Who Goes To (Final Fantasy) Town
Guitar instrumental from several years ago—improvised riff on Dr. Who, a theme from Final Fantasy 1 for the NES, and Pink Floyd's "One of these Days".
posted by cortex at 7:48 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by cortex at 7:48 AM PST - 7 comments
July 25
Ana Ng (acoustic)
This is an acoustic cover of the wonderful TMBG song Ana Ng, done on a four track recorder many years ago.
Though I did once see "I don't want the world, I just want your half" painted on a bridge (it was really surprising and cool to discover), we substituted "Homies '88" in its place because we had recently seen that on a bridge and thought it a bit absurd that someone took the time and effort to paint such a doofy message.
posted by AgentRocket at 12:59 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by AgentRocket at 12:59 PM PST - 3 comments
Your Darlin Ain't Done Sh*t Today
July 24
Lightbulb Garden
From Struction's yet to be released full length. Two guitars and drums.
posted by brevator at 5:09 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by brevator at 5:09 PM PST - 4 comments
Atop the Canopy
A quiet, melodic guitar piece I wrote and recorded with the band I had in high school. I tend towards complex rhythms and harmonies these days; this song reminds me how simple (though not simplistic, I hope!) my songwriting used to be.
posted by Khalad at 5:00 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Khalad at 5:00 PM PST - 1 comments
MA:46 - cloud factories
This is an "ambient" song with lots of abuse of delay and reverb, but I made an effort to give it more structure than your typical formless synth-gasm.
posted by thedaniel at 4:08 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by thedaniel at 4:08 PM PST - 1 comments
Ohming
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:00 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:00 PM PST - 3 comments
It Wasn't Me
The result of the production from hell. Another track I did for an assignment in college. The week this was due in I had four other assignments due, and was suffering a creative block, so by the time I'd finally finished mastering the track I'd gone over 30 hours without sleep for the second time that week. Thankfully after I handed it up that morning I was able to sleep right through to the afternoon the following day....good times!
posted by TwoWordReview at 12:26 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 12:26 PM PST - 3 comments
four ewe
So, at the time of the creation of this brief song, I was trying to force myself to write a song a week. Searching for something about which to sing, I stumbled across the Myspace profile of someone who looked an awful lot like someone I used to know. That's the basic gist of it, really. Twas submitted for the MeFi Compilation album, but, alas, I could do little to remove the hiss.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:14 AM PST - 12 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 10:14 AM PST - 12 comments
Running
A song about disappointment and distance, by my band Red On Strike.
posted by InfidelZombie at 7:23 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 7:23 AM PST - 2 comments
random funky
This is less of a song and more of a sketch, but I found it on my drive and I'm going to post it. Much less developed than my other submission. It's more of a half-assed experiment with drum signatures and reverb with some granulation synth stuff tied into the reverb and echoes. Expect little, but it's pretty hypnotic.
posted by loquacious at 12:32 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by loquacious at 12:32 AM PST - 2 comments
July 23
maroon for red
A song from a couple of years back which is still a favorite of mine. This one has heavier drums and more electric guitars than most of my tracks, but it's still a love song.
posted by edlundart at 10:23 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by edlundart at 10:23 AM PST - 7 comments
July 22
Yellow (Mic Test Demo)
An acoustic rough draft—the first thing I recorded after I bought my first condesor mic. Pretty, improvised.
posted by cortex at 10:01 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by cortex at 10:01 PM PST - 2 comments
a moment
An simple instrumental piece I've been meaning to finish up since 2003. MeFi music inspired me to get it done tonight. Enjoy.
posted by csimpkins at 9:55 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by csimpkins at 9:55 PM PST - 7 comments
Salt of Your Skin
sultry love number in the Phrygian mode, with oboe d'amore, pedal steel, and vibes
posted by kellykessler at 6:54 AM PST - 10 comments
posted by kellykessler at 6:54 AM PST - 10 comments
City Walls and Empires
"When our hearts crumble, sunlight filters through..."
Three guitars, trumpet, sax, violin (me), vocal harmonies and rhythm section. My band Institut Polaire recorded this song in February 2006. While we're freezing down here now, we hope this poptastic postcard from Perth (Australia) can be part of a soundtrack for your northern summer.
posted by sconbie at 6:33 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by sconbie at 6:33 AM PST - 7 comments
Subliminal Criminal
A few years back, I experimented with putting together some electronic dub. I wasn't very good at it - I could never get it quite as mindblowing and deep and luscious as I wanted it to be, probably because I was relying on my own original source material rather than messing with samples. But here's a track anyway. I probably wouldn't call the end result "dub", but it's not bad.
posted by Jimbob at 5:31 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by Jimbob at 5:31 AM PST - 2 comments
July 21
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
I've always loved this spiritual, and I loved recording it as well. It was a balmy evening in New York, and as I was singing, I felt as much in the center of the world as far far away....
posted by barmaljova at 10:29 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by barmaljova at 10:29 PM PST - 6 comments
Jimi's Private Parts
if only i had told you earlier
Fortune Favors The Bold
a song from my old band, New Blind Nationals, really rockish.
posted by drezdn at 10:56 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by drezdn at 10:56 AM PST - 4 comments
sleeping by vampire deer
dreamy symphonic song with a spooky touch ... 7 of 12
posted by pyramid termite at 9:40 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 9:40 AM PST - 0 comments
Bush and Koizumi Visit Graceland
Electropop with shades of Postal Service. Diplomacy in action, a-thankyaverymuch.
posted by cortex at 8:11 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by cortex at 8:11 AM PST - 3 comments
Silent Repeat
July 20
eight minutes till today becomes tomorrow
A subdued synthetic rock/instrumental track by me. If you like Sigur Ros, you might like this.
posted by csimpkins at 1:58 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by csimpkins at 1:58 PM PST - 4 comments
Frazzled Dragon
Happy Hopeful Rock that sounds like The Sun Coming Up. This is one of the first songs our band Miracle Beard ever recorded. As always, everything was made up on the spot as the tape rolled.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 12:26 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 12:26 PM PST - 4 comments
Redline Tango
More concert music: this is a piece that's part tango, part Tool (yes, really), and part just plain fun. Redline Tango is by John Mackey, and this performance by one of my university ensembles is the result of his visit and our rehearsal collaboration this past year. Enjoy! [more inside]
posted by LooseFilter at 10:47 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by LooseFilter at 10:47 AM PST - 3 comments
July 19
Metroid
So, this is how I've spent the afternoon. Constructing a cover of what is, in my opinion, the greatest video game theme ever composed. For your enjoyment. Yes, I know it falls apart a little, in some places. But that's because it's a cappella. And it's a cappella because it would have taken much longer to make were I to have used instruments. Oh! And I'm exhausted. And it seemed like a good idea at the time. Enjoy!
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:13 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 5:13 PM PST - 11 comments
N ⇒ 0136
Splitting Ring
Melodic, slightly proggish, slightly folky hard rock.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:23 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by Wolfdog at 11:23 AM PST - 4 comments
Autumn Fell
Blues Lounge Rock - from my band's 2006 demo.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 9:26 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by OverlappingElvis at 9:26 AM PST - 4 comments
draw your coat by vampire deer
Piece of My Love
I recorded this song two years ago. I wrote it and never got around to finishing it. Like all songs I can't figure out how to end, I threw a neat little instrumental on the end. IMO, I've come a long way since this song - if only my recording equipment made me sound like it!
If there's anyone out there that could suggest a recording mic (at a reasonable price) that would work well with my voice (help: making my voice sound richer) - go for it!
posted by drkrdglo at 12:06 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by drkrdglo at 12:06 AM PST - 2 comments
July 18
And Necessity
No Good News Today
Fresh this evening. No good news today, for tomorrow's issue of The Aural Times. Because the news sucks lately.
posted by cortex at 9:54 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by cortex at 9:54 PM PST - 8 comments
Color of Love
sleep fiction
A pretty catchy melody, I think -- starts slow like most of my songs, but then picks up and becomes more of a rock track. Sample lyric: "Sleeping with you is still fiction, so missing it must be a contradiction." Features vocals, guitars, piano, drums, strings.
posted by edlundart at 5:52 PM PST - 14 comments
posted by edlundart at 5:52 PM PST - 14 comments
Flaming Moe's
Written and performed by my old band - Hooray For Everything. This was included in a Simpsons tribute album that sold a boatload of copies. We recorded this in 1997, I think. We began with the lyrics from the song used in the original "Flaming Moe" episode (http://www.snpp.com/episodes/8F08.html) and then made the song our own...
When the weight of the world has got you down
and you want to end your life.
Bills to pay, a dead-end job,
and problems with the wife.
But don't throw in the tow'l,
'cuz there's a place right down the block...
Where you can drink your misery away...
At Flaming Moe's.... (Let's all go to Flaming Moe's...)
When liquor in a mug (Let's all go to Flaming Moe's...)
can warm you like a hug. (Flaming Moe's...)
And happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...
Happiness is just a Flaming Moe away...
posted by blaneyphoto at 3:56 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by blaneyphoto at 3:56 PM PST - 2 comments
Happiness
This is off of my album "Long Story," recorded in summer 1999. It's instrumental acoustic guitar, with some Spanish guitar touches. If you like it, let me know, and I can post other parts of the album.
It starts and finishes a bit abruptly because, on the album, each song musically runs into the next.
posted by adrian_h at 9:06 AM PST - 12 comments
posted by adrian_h at 9:06 AM PST - 12 comments
"L'estate esiste"
Gionata (www.gionata.net) swiss artist singing italian songs
posted by calvin64 at 4:41 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by calvin64 at 4:41 AM PST - 5 comments
July 17
Wonderwall
Drift Thing
This is the title track of my band, Themasses, new CD. It was originally an instrumental but had lyrics and melody added by singer extrordinaire Sherry St. Germain during the recording process. It was produced by Ben Kaplan and Themasses and recorded at The Farm Studio in Gibsons BC, Canada. Enjoy!
posted by weezy at 3:46 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by weezy at 3:46 PM PST - 1 comments
Lexikon Sonate
A short piano piece in the style of Stockhausen/Webern generated algorithmically by the excellent (and free) Lexikon-Sonate v. 3.1 music generator. Five well-deserved stars on Versiontracker. NB there is no way to write to file so you have to use a utility like Audio Hijack to capture the output. Written using the Max/MSP graphical audio environment, which is also lots of fun to play around with.
posted by unSane at 12:20 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by unSane at 12:20 PM PST - 3 comments
OK Chorale
Something a bit different. Vocal samples (mine) cut up and arranged in a sort of chorale form against a bluesy backdrop.
posted by TwoWordReview at 11:56 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 11:56 AM PST - 2 comments
Zbeat 2
Reprising the first version of this track, with a bit more zip at the end...
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:07 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 8:07 AM PST - 0 comments
Regrets
July 16
Alleyway (The Giant Head Song)
Dark, absurd, neo-cabaret electronica.
I played all the parts and sang on it.
From DavidTarleton.com
posted by MythMaker at 11:18 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by MythMaker at 11:18 PM PST - 0 comments
Augenfarbe
a somewhat dark, ambient space. deliberately abstract. you tell ME what it means.
[for the music geeks: this started as a single wav file (sampled off of a DVD), with multiple loop points (and loop repeat settings), passed through six serial VST/DX effects. All work done in Wavelab 3.0]
posted by I, Credulous at 9:19 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by I, Credulous at 9:19 PM PST - 3 comments
Inspiration for writing
Done on one of those 10,000 instument work stations. I did it while I was writing so that I could take a break without losing my inspiration. Of course the pizzicato stings are looped. This wasn't "written", just flow of consciousness. Check it out.
posted by snsranch at 7:20 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by snsranch at 7:20 PM PST - 0 comments
Ska song about Death Metal.
Written and performed at my request by Andrew over at Songs to Wear Pants to dot com.
posted by blaneyphoto at 2:17 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by blaneyphoto at 2:17 PM PST - 3 comments
pretzel pieces
One of the stranger (and more "polished") results of my recent Song A Day project.
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 2:15 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 2:15 PM PST - 1 comments
Stagecoach
A song about how frustrating it is to really want to be angry at someone, but they keep joking and not letting you be mad. ("you" = "me")
posted by ORthey at 12:56 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by ORthey at 12:56 PM PST - 4 comments
Paranoia
A song about being paranoid - or not if they are really after you.
posted by slothroppia at 11:46 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by slothroppia at 11:46 AM PST - 0 comments
Shameless Ways
Last One
the 'story of my life,' reduced into 2 verses.
the tabla is a loop. i don't know anyone in my neighbourhood who plays tabla. wish i did.
posted by chococat at 12:06 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by chococat at 12:06 AM PST - 4 comments
July 15
Riff
A little acoustic riff I recorded a little bit ago, I want to add it to a song. A little rough around the edges I know! Just bought this recording hardware and I have been testing it out.
posted by pwally at 5:34 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by pwally at 5:34 PM PST - 8 comments
Shooting
A song about all of the violence and hate in this world. Recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of our band was: Tous. I played bass.
posted by augustweed at 5:14 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by augustweed at 5:14 PM PST - 0 comments
Impossible Edge
Done when I was at school a couple of years ago and had access to players. That's me on flute and bass (not at the same time–haven't mastered that one yet!).
posted by al_fresco at 8:28 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by al_fresco at 8:28 AM PST - 2 comments
Stay Away
A short, pretty, desperate conversation about need and rejection. Plus arpeggios!
posted by cortex at 7:31 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by cortex at 7:31 AM PST - 5 comments
Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls (Live Mix)
Nice to interpret Godspeed You Black Emperor! electronically - exciting! Thought it'd be fun to close my first gig with a climactic cover version, so I prepared this. Though I don't think anyone spotted it was a cover, it went down a treat. By Lestrade.
posted by nthdegx at 2:34 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by nthdegx at 2:34 AM PST - 0 comments
July 14
Haunted House
This was recorded to play on our front porch on Halloween night. The kids are using our "low voice" tech and they're improving so it might not make sense during some parts. I think it's fun and I like the music, it's a bit Elfmanesque. Enjoy.
posted by snsranch at 9:24 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by snsranch at 9:24 PM PST - 4 comments
Empty Spaces
Dark ambience with strange, swelling synths. Okay, I admit it, I can't even remember recording this track.
posted by Jimbob at 5:22 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Jimbob at 5:22 PM PST - 0 comments
Seven Years of Bad Luck
Another Dessert Parade track from the same recording where the track that'll be on the forthcoming MeFi compilation CD came from. The songwriter's new band, Turbine, has taken this song and reworked into a song that has a completely different feel to it, but I still prefer this version. (Posted in honor of MeFi's 7th birthday.)
posted by emelenjr at 4:51 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by emelenjr at 4:51 PM PST - 0 comments
Transformer Coolant
Ki(10)z
This song is a few months old. It's about kittens. When it was made, I was trying to compose a song a week. I got about eight weeks into that project.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:31 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:31 PM PST - 2 comments
Prophet
Shimmy Shag
Grab your surfboards, your transistor radios and your beach blankets: it's time for a happy 1950s-style Beach Party!
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 11:26 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 11:26 AM PST - 2 comments
Alone
Recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player.
posted by augustweed at 10:15 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by augustweed at 10:15 AM PST - 1 comments
July 13
Chicken 180
Colonel Sanders may be having a bad day, but that doesn't mean we can't have a good time, or a good ragtime. From Hence the Name.
posted by Durhey at 11:12 PM PST - 9 comments
posted by Durhey at 11:12 PM PST - 9 comments
Bones
A few summers ago, I went backpacking through Belize and made a short day- trip to the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala. Walking around, I began to think about the nameless masses undocumented by hieroglyphics and mythologies— the individuals who cultivated farms, raised children, attended to the basic foundations of their society by simply living unhistoric lives. When I got home, I wrote this.
posted by ronv at 9:18 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by ronv at 9:18 PM PST - 4 comments
N'entre pas
A rough mix of a few languages and my dad's guitarone.
posted by ORthey at 6:38 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by ORthey at 6:38 PM PST - 11 comments
say goodnight
The city outside your bedroom window doesn't care if you're lonely. I guess this song is about the feeling of hopelessness. Slightly more uptempo than my previously posted songs, this one features slide guitar, non-slide guitars, drums, piano, strings, and guest appearances by Riadsala (bass) and kerry and casio (background vocal).
posted by edlundart at 4:56 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by edlundart at 4:56 PM PST - 4 comments
Monsoon
Something sweet and mellow to watch the rain by. Hot off the press.
posted by Jimbob at 3:53 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by Jimbob at 3:53 PM PST - 3 comments
Zbeat
Quiet beats, with details hidden underneath blankets of filters
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:41 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:41 PM PST - 2 comments
YQYQ
Cutmix
An improvised minimal techno song I made last night using a Gameboy and delay pedal, it has been cut down from the original 30 minutes to a slender 7 minutes. Enjoi!
posted by cloeburner at 10:35 AM PST - 9 comments
posted by cloeburner at 10:35 AM PST - 9 comments
Pebbledash
I've produced a few versions of this track, but this one, the eldest, is still my favourite for the skyward tangent just after the three minute mark. A Lestrade recording.
posted by nthdegx at 8:47 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by nthdegx at 8:47 AM PST - 0 comments
The Sexuality of Dennis
I made this. "Dennis" isn't a real person, but that's him in the song (and I'm not him).
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:01 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:01 AM PST - 0 comments
Bleeding Hands
This is a song written by Red On Strike's rhythm guitarist, Camron Gasser, inspired by a particularly bad day at work. Can't you see bleeding hands don't lie?
posted by InfidelZombie at 7:34 AM PST - 11 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 7:34 AM PST - 11 comments
3rd Suite March
This is a concert march by Robert Jager arranged by me for my brass quintet. Just a march, eh? No, it's in 7/4 in the first strain and 5/4 through most of the rest of it.
posted by plinth at 5:07 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by plinth at 5:07 AM PST - 1 comments
July 12
MA:46 - Tunnel Dwellers Anthem
I'm working on a collection of songs of various genres for a concept album about life in a ruined West Coast city sometime in the future. This song is a demo track of a melodic industrial / rock tune about an oppressed group lashing out.
posted by thedaniel at 11:45 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by thedaniel at 11:45 PM PST - 4 comments
Waiting For You
This is the first song of at least 6 that I will release on my first, self-released EP in the near future. I'm currently figuring out how to arrange a live set with my music as everything was played and/or arranged by myself.
I now release my music under the moniker mixedtape. The Freudian Slipper was my old name :)
posted by freudianslipper at 8:39 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by freudianslipper at 8:39 PM PST - 3 comments
Beaver
My second band, Brevator, improvised this for a sound check while recording. We liked it so much we ended up keeping it.
posted by brevator at 8:22 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by brevator at 8:22 PM PST - 2 comments
shout out to cortex
More "rap?" from my kids. They were shy this time because they knew it was going to be on HiFi. Whatever, it's fun and all original. This might be getting old already. I'll be doing something of my own eventually.
posted by snsranch at 8:03 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by snsranch at 8:03 PM PST - 3 comments
Ocean Bottom
An old-timey song about writer's block at the end of the world by The Scarring Party
posted by drezdn at 4:39 PM PST - 22 comments
posted by drezdn at 4:39 PM PST - 22 comments
Next Train
The first track I recorded for my college course (so technically the first track I recorded properly...sort of). The brief was to record a track using layered vocals - 24 vocal tracks in all. I dug out this old song (think I was about 16 or 17 when I wrote it) to do the job.
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:25 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:25 PM PST - 3 comments
Fending Off the Invasion
A week or so ago I embarked upon a thorough kitchen cleaning in a seemingly failed attempt to dissuade the cockroaches from continuing to live in it. Without paying rent. Whatever I used to clean the wooden cabinets, and I don't quite recall what it was, was also, I discovered, removing the varnish as well. And that is what this song is about. And it's (almost entirely) a capella.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:15 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:15 PM PST - 8 comments
Whirlidub
F**K you
Another by my band Evening, this one is more on the grime side of things. Has some pretty nasty lyrics.
posted by grex at 12:53 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by grex at 12:53 PM PST - 7 comments
Welcome to the Jungle (acoustic)
This is an acoustic cover of the very excellent They Might Be Giants song Welcome to the Jungle. As a gag, the beginning instrumental bit copies the Guns N' Roses song Welcome to the Jungle.
Though my old "band" did this, just about every instrument on this track (including the backup vocals) was done by one bandmember.
posted by AgentRocket at 11:45 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by AgentRocket at 11:45 AM PST - 6 comments
Entre chien et loup
Metal/rock with some little proggish ambitions. Features wheedly-wheedlies at the very end, and some truly incompetent drum programming.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:33 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by Wolfdog at 10:33 AM PST - 3 comments
let's pretend by vampire deer
"let's pretend we're going to be a thousand points of light" ... "get the bums out of mcdonalds, keep the tennis pros at home" ... 05 of 12
posted by pyramid termite at 9:22 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 9:22 AM PST - 2 comments
initialize_program_001
My friends and I pretend to live on a space station, and we make raps about it.
This song is about the space station's main computer starting up for the very first time.
posted by clunkyrobot at 8:05 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by clunkyrobot at 8:05 AM PST - 5 comments
Circadia
Another symphonic-electronica piece I made when I was sixteen. Terrifically upbeat compared to almost everything I write these days. Reaches critical mass with the help of the trusty ol' 303.
posted by inoculatedcities at 8:01 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 8:01 AM PST - 0 comments
Luna Iridia
Something mellow and electronic. Soft synths. Sleep music.
posted by Jimbob at 6:19 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by Jimbob at 6:19 AM PST - 4 comments
July 11
Things Fall Apart
Singing and guitar and clapping and beerbottle flute and self-reflection. I posted this to the old music.metafilter.com back in 2003.
posted by cortex at 9:55 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by cortex at 9:55 PM PST - 3 comments
She's confusing (yeah she is)
I kept going on dates with this girl, and whenever people would ask how things were going I'd say, "not bad, but... she's confusing." Finally I decided to throw it down to some music!
posted by ORthey at 3:06 PM PST - 10 comments
posted by ORthey at 3:06 PM PST - 10 comments
HAARP Fan
This is just a random electronic noodling. It was recorded/performed "live" or mostly realtime - all filter sweeps are live, as are on the fly rhythm and melody edits. The style is inspired by Coil's The Snow EP - very early techno/acid. The melody and synth lines were inspired by the HAARP signal as re-encoded for audible spectrum. This sample also plays in the background for much of the song in various permutations, The rhythm signature was inspired by an old crufty-noisy oscillating desk fan. The timebase for the song was an odd and atypical signature to replicate the random rhythmicness of the noisy desk fan. Warning: For some reason a small subset of people have independently complained of having heart palpitations while listening to this song. Something about the rhythm signature, or perhaps the HAARP sample. *shrug*
posted by loquacious at 3:05 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by loquacious at 3:05 PM PST - 4 comments
Swimming Lessons
Requiem for a Kitty
It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb, said, "They all feed one another," and called it good.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:37 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:37 PM PST - 4 comments
the ballad of sorry casino
Another mean spirit'd robots song; this one was never released. It was written on a bus from nyc to philadelphia, on the ticket jacket. Probably the longest MSR song ever, with the possible exception of "the distribution of wealth in this country really sux"
posted by TonyRobots at 8:06 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by TonyRobots at 8:06 AM PST - 2 comments
9V Violence
Picking Black Raspberries
Came up with the main theme while picking black raspberries (also known as blackcaps) on my landlord's property, and finished composing it while suffering from a subsequent bout of poison ivy-induced rash. All tracks recorded at once, normalized but unmixed since my computer lacks adequate power for multi-track recording.
posted by The Confessor at 6:06 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by The Confessor at 6:06 AM PST - 0 comments
July 10
Amateur
This is the first song I ever wrote. I was fifteen. I've come a long way, baby.
posted by cortex at 9:47 PM PST - 13 comments
posted by cortex at 9:47 PM PST - 13 comments
Olivia
Some stuff that happened. A mild case of OCD.
A neighbourhood mom played the violin.
posted by chococat at 9:33 PM PST - 82 comments
posted by chococat at 9:33 PM PST - 82 comments
Slush Spell
Cuz I rap like this.
This is my son "rapping" to original music that we made together on a Korg Triton LE. I don't think the levels are normalized and after he finishes rapping it just drones on. It's cute, and the background music isn't bad. It's funny because the music is really morose and dark but there's a little kid voice working it. Enjoy.
posted by snsranch at 8:35 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by snsranch at 8:35 PM PST - 11 comments
Origin of the Speakers
This is a stereo fold-down mix of a track written for a 5.1 surround sound setup. The idea was to show the evolution of blues/rock music in parallel with the evolution of musical space going from mono to stereo to surround. Still works fairly well in stereo though!
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:01 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:01 PM PST - 6 comments
Eponymous 4 - enigmatics - IV
In 1998, my first MIDI workstation was stolen in a burglary. It was covered by renter's insurance, and I was able to upgrade. This instrumental track is the fourth 'movement' of a project I called enigmatics. I was trying to get familiar with the new equipment.
posted by NemesisVex at 2:15 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 2:15 PM PST - 1 comments
Futz
Like a lot of people, I suppose, the first thing I did when I opened up Garageband for the first time was to throw together some loops. This was the result... obviously has too many ideas for its own good, but a certain Propellorheady charm about 1'15" in... (oh and sorry about the silence at the beginning too)
posted by unSane at 1:24 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by unSane at 1:24 PM PST - 3 comments
Cascade
Protein deformation and signal transduction in exponential cascades.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:09 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:09 PM PST - 1 comments
Black Feather
July 9
A Face Among the Rest
Another song from my 4-track college days. Beware! Moody folk music ahead. Yes, it's about a girl. Isn't every song? (More Info.)
posted by fraying at 11:44 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by fraying at 11:44 PM PST - 2 comments
joe's last mix
And Now For Something Completely Different: This is a piece of concert music, played by a large ensemble of instrumentalists. I'm a conductor, and I often collaborate with young, up-and-coming (and often quite brilliant) composers, by commissioning new works and premiering them. This is one such piece, played by one of my university ensembles. joe's last mix, by Tanner Menard (who mainly composes computer/electronic works), uses as a point of departure the ways the DJs construct mixes--this generates the large-scale form as well as some of the ways he manipulates the musical motives.
(My favorite moment is either the Latin-esque groove about 3:30 in, or the amazing transformation of texture about about 4:30.)
It's an unusual piece, that I think rocks, and I'm very interested in your feedback--what do you think of these sounds? (Also, I recommend headphones--there's a lot of ear candy going on in there!)
posted by LooseFilter at 11:36 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by LooseFilter at 11:36 PM PST - 11 comments
Solitude
A tune my band The Visitors recorded around 1995 or so. I played an acoustic bass to get a really nice, fat bottom end on it. Matt and Andrew's solos are pretty tasty. After all this time, I still dig this one!
posted by black8 at 11:22 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by black8 at 11:22 PM PST - 2 comments
Jonestown
A 21st Century answer to Dylan's "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augestine" with NSFW lyrics (presuming your workplace frowns on the F-word).
posted by nanojath at 10:49 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by nanojath at 10:49 PM PST - 3 comments
The ballad of the chipmunk and the monster
the long lost light
A slow and sad song I wrote and recorded after a breakup/separation a few years ago. Features a falsetto chorus and acoustic guitar, including an e-bow undercurrent.
posted by edlundart at 4:22 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by edlundart at 4:22 PM PST - 3 comments
When it Hits My Blood
Cover of a John Vanderslice song about Requiem for a Dream.
posted by ludwig_van at 4:05 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 4:05 PM PST - 6 comments
How To Fight Loneliness
Cover of a gorgeous Wilco song. This is an extremely spartan interpretation. You may need to turn your volume up.
posted by cortex at 3:22 PM PST - 14 comments
posted by cortex at 3:22 PM PST - 14 comments
Let's Go Get Stoned
A little taste of a cover of Let's Go Get Stoned, although this version sounds a lot more like a live recording of Adrian Duke I have. It takes much longer to record a song when you're on your own. I start these kinds of projects now and then, using GarageBand and an M-Audio MIDI keyboard to record songs without using any of the built-in loops, and rarely finish them because it takes too long. (I did loop a simple drum track when I first started working on this, but after I got the bass and keys down, I went back and rerecorded the drum track live to the rest of the instruments.) The guitar wankery was the most recent addition... not a real guitar, but one of the MIDI instruments in GarageBand. Just goofing around, really. Nothing else to do today...
posted by emelenjr at 12:45 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by emelenjr at 12:45 PM PST - 3 comments
little flower by vampire deer
strange reggae dub song i wrote ... i have no idea what it means ... song 4 of 12
posted by pyramid termite at 8:26 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 8:26 AM PST - 0 comments
I am a demon and will swallow your soul!
My band, the Christian Science Monitors, will be playing it's last show on the 16th of July in Montreal. We recorded a few songs that we were pretty happy with, and will eventually finish an EP. Let me know what you think.
posted by dobie at 8:06 AM PST - 15 comments
posted by dobie at 8:06 AM PST - 15 comments
Bagel on the Malecon
A very New York-bred outlook at old-time Cuban music, recorded entirely with .. violas! This was my attempt to create asymmetrical but memorable melodies, clear textures crammed with material, and experiment with multitrack viola as a concept, an ensemble. The sound of the classic Cuban bands had all that - except the violas, that is. This track appears on my newly released CD, the VJOLA: WORLD ON FOUR STRINGS
posted by barmaljova at 12:03 AM PST - 20 comments
posted by barmaljova at 12:03 AM PST - 20 comments
July 8
In the Smoking Section
Exhausted, on an all-too-brief lunchbreak this past Friday, I was smoking a cigarette, watching an ant cart around a dragonfly corpse. And I thought, "Damn. It's a good thing they aren't big enough to carry cigarettes. And that they don't smoke."
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 8:52 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 8:52 PM PST - 8 comments
Who Will Venture?
In the Box
Triumvirate
Some electro+rap made by Evening. Contains some pretty foul language
posted by grex at 12:20 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by grex at 12:20 PM PST - 4 comments
The crazy stories
Basically two songs merged together that had the same open C tuning. It involves banging on the desk and clinking a glass.
posted by ORthey at 11:35 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by ORthey at 11:35 AM PST - 4 comments
Easter Woman
One Last Glimpse At That Bright Light (As A Bug Hits The Zapper)
Back in High School, I used to play around using Buzz Machines and FruityLoops and make some electronic music. I haven't been at it in a while, but I'm considering getting back into it. (This time, though, I plan to get a keyboard and not just program it in with mouse clicks.) I'd like to get some opinions on what I have so far, though. Of the few songs from high school I didn't delete, I think this is the strongest. It's... evocative, at least, though I don't really like the percussion.
posted by SansPoint at 3:28 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by SansPoint at 3:28 AM PST - 0 comments
July 7
Mixed Bag
Enjoy one of the classics of 19th century adventure fiction as re-envisioned through Playskool turntablism. (w/ bonus fable!) From Hence the Name.
posted by Durhey at 10:56 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by Durhey at 10:56 PM PST - 2 comments
Eponymous 4 - Revulsion
I know enough guitar to get me in trouble, but not enough to do me any good. That doesn't stop my from writing on the instrument, then letting Reason cobble my ideas together. This is me trying to sound like Number Girl. All synthesizer, but I try to make it sound live.
posted by NemesisVex at 10:41 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 10:41 PM PST - 2 comments
In the Rain
Written last year for the sole purpose of having an easy, super-poppy song to learn to play the crappy used drum kit I had just bought in Kensington Market.
This song wanted to go in a Beatle-y direction, but sadly I think it came out sounding more like The Oneders.
It is what it is.
posted by chococat at 2:16 PM PST - 23 comments
posted by chococat at 2:16 PM PST - 23 comments
Scratchdance
Outta My Way
One of my first attempts with GarageBand. "Outta My Way" is the title song of what I envisioned would be an "album" chronicling my decision to move from Washington, DC to rural Vermont. This particular song was intended to be about my work day.
posted by terrapin at 11:37 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by terrapin at 11:37 AM PST - 6 comments
Arboretum (Anthem of my 19th Year)
Washboard beat, acoustic guitar, a little piano, some singin'. Listen for my dog bark in the background.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:59 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:59 AM PST - 7 comments
Blackstrap - T.G.I. Doomsday
Wrote this few months before the Iraq invasion, as it became obvious what was about to happen. America's favorite restaurant.
posted by bendybendy at 10:49 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by bendybendy at 10:49 AM PST - 5 comments
Preachin' to the Choir
Travellin' preacher meets System of a Down. Nice n' loud!
posted by TwoWordReview at 10:05 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 10:05 AM PST - 3 comments
Scooby Doo
Surreal, ridiculous improvised mouth noise collage I made with my little brother several years ago. Inspired to post this by this Eideteker track.
posted by cortex at 9:58 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by cortex at 9:58 AM PST - 2 comments
Drone - 2005.03.29
Here's one of my earlier experiments in drone music. It's electric guitar, played live through delay, fuzz and volume pedals.
posted by soplerfo at 6:47 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by soplerfo at 6:47 AM PST - 4 comments
Take it Down
Remember MODs? Trackers? I still like to compose in them sometimes - it can be fun to work within the constraints of the format, and see how much music you can fit in a tiny file. The source file for this glitchy track comes in at 58k.
posted by Jimbob at 6:15 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by Jimbob at 6:15 AM PST - 2 comments
July 6
Eponymous 4 - Our Best Wasn't Enough
And now for something slightly more urban ... I was channeling ACO's "Yorokobi Saku Hana" when I wrote this one. At the time I wrote the lyrics, a lot of people I knew were going through break-ups. I'm still not a singer. Vocals are rough. Sorry.
posted by NemesisVex at 10:08 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 10:08 PM PST - 1 comments
Juju Sparkle
sparkling and uncategorizable, like my friend madamjujujive.
posted by quonsar at 8:17 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by quonsar at 8:17 PM PST - 4 comments
Lay Down Sally
Sung by Mavis Farr, another track off of the "How Long Have You Been In Love?" album. See here for the details I posted in the previous thread/track if you happened to miss it.
posted by edgeways at 7:43 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by edgeways at 7:43 PM PST - 3 comments
Women Drinking Whiskey
Cowgirl campfire song, lead-in to a solo CD I did in February. Thanks to Eideteker for the file conversion.
posted by Miko at 7:23 PM PST - 21 comments
posted by Miko at 7:23 PM PST - 21 comments
4 Sale
This song was rendered from a camcorder video recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed.
posted by augustweed at 6:10 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by augustweed at 6:10 PM PST - 1 comments
Bela's Hut
Fragrance
Oozing, wistful, nostalgic - a forgotten memory impossible to let go, impossible to hold
posted by Mr. Six at 4:11 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Mr. Six at 4:11 PM PST - 0 comments
Sara K, Birthday Song
Birthday song written for my good friend Sara on her 19th birthday. Banjo and Vocals.
posted by The White Hat at 9:50 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by The White Hat at 9:50 AM PST - 2 comments
Gargoylehead (Acoustic)
Gargoylehead is a silly song about a statue in a family's house that comes to life when the family leaves for the night. It trashes the house and eventually falls asleep while watching a movie on cable. The family comes home to a great surprise.
The song was performed by the band I was in in high school (we are long-defunct now) and this recording was done several years ago for fun. I hope you like it.
posted by AgentRocket at 9:47 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by AgentRocket at 9:47 AM PST - 3 comments
The Wedding Song
A song I wrote for the wedding of a couple friends; performed by my brother and me five or six years back.
posted by Nahum Tate at 9:24 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by Nahum Tate at 9:24 AM PST - 6 comments
Ocean
"Ocean" is an instrumental track from my recording project, James, Not Jim. It's a smooth, melodic, jazz/fusion piece that features electric bass guitar. Some more extensive recording/performance notes are here. Hope you like it. If you do, there are two more tracks over at myspace.com/wheatdesign.
posted by wheat at 7:39 AM PST - 9 comments
posted by wheat at 7:39 AM PST - 9 comments
Mark Foo's Last Ride
Mark Foo rewrote the rules of big-wave surfing and turned it into a high-stakes, high-profile thrill show. So when the biggest, baddest new surf break -- Mavericks -- started to churn out 40-foot waves in December 1994, it was inevitable that he'd be there. This tune celebrates his last ride.
Previous tunes here and here.
posted by unSane at 7:20 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by unSane at 7:20 AM PST - 8 comments
Monkey Monkey
Join Sir David Attenborough and I as we imagine spying on a simulated digital troop of capuchin monkeys in South America, whispering in hushed, yet excited British tones about their adventures in the tropical simulacra...
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:01 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:01 AM PST - 3 comments
R'lyeh/Human Grease (Instrumental)
Edmonton's Baffin Island Party. Cthulu rises from the waves. Wish we'd recorded the vocals...
posted by alex_reno at 2:15 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by alex_reno at 2:15 AM PST - 3 comments
July 5
You Spin Me Round
A remake of the same song by Dead or Alive, only much better!
Disclaimer: I was the producer of the album this is off of, not a performer. (MI)
posted by edgeways at 7:36 PM PST - 34 comments
posted by edgeways at 7:36 PM PST - 34 comments
Worse Than Pop - Cell You a Beat for a Nickel
(4:12) In our quest to bring you the lowest in lo-fidelity recordings, this track was recorded over a cell phone, originally for livejournal. Just for fun, I've converted it from a low bitrate .ogg to a low bitrate .mp3. It's not easy on the ears, but then, that's not what Worse Than Pop is about.
This is a little closer to my true sound, though it's not really a full-fledged beatbox. It'll have to do for now. Entirely improvised, just some random beats, and yes, a few slipups (they're meant to be endearing). Hopefully, this will inspire better efforts in the genre to be uploaded to HiFi.
posted by Eideteker at 5:39 PM PST - 6 comments
This is a little closer to my true sound, though it's not really a full-fledged beatbox. It'll have to do for now. Entirely improvised, just some random beats, and yes, a few slipups (they're meant to be endearing). Hopefully, this will inspire better efforts in the genre to be uploaded to HiFi.
posted by Eideteker at 5:39 PM PST - 6 comments
already lovers
A quiet, pretty song about online dating. Features guitars, vocals, and pseudo-orchestral touches.
posted by edlundart at 5:11 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by edlundart at 5:11 PM PST - 3 comments
Absurd Phony Lie (A Boyish Plunder)
I assembled this track for the Sonny Bono is Dead compilation, which looks like it's never going to see the light of day. The title and subtitle are anagrams of the original piece of music which would have fallen into public domain had the
Mickey Mouse Protection Act not passed.
posted by starkeffect at 3:47 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by starkeffect at 3:47 PM PST - 0 comments
And Thus Was Founded the First RoboChurch
Have the robots become sentient? What will all the robots think when they watch us humans go through our daily lives? Will they know I was very drunk, alone in my band's creepy practice space? Will they still like me?
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:35 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 3:35 PM PST - 3 comments
German Cat Had Deadly Strain of Bird Flu
A little groove thing about the H5N1-positive German cat from awhile back. Beats via Sheep Beats; newsclips via Google Video; questionable vocals via my larynx.
posted by cortex at 3:32 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by cortex at 3:32 PM PST - 6 comments
Africa!
This song was recorded in October 1986 at club Chez Mimo in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed. The Tarzan part on this song was kind of weird to me at first, but the crowd seemed to enjoy it, so we kept it.
posted by augustweed at 2:20 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by augustweed at 2:20 PM PST - 3 comments
Green Eggs & Ham
I just felt the need to contribute. Recorded twenty (...my god) years ago in a basement hallway with a boombox by two actual musicians and 5 or 6 people who had no business being there. Lyrics are copyright Theodore Geisel, as if that weren't obvious.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:03 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:03 PM PST - 8 comments
Drunken Brawl
by Felonious Bosch -- “Never got drunk, as you can see, I'm (hic) perfectly sober...”
posted by omnidrew at 11:58 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by omnidrew at 11:58 AM PST - 3 comments
Still In Love
I'm here to move your booty. (From 1999 Planet Vinyl album - booties were moved and the band had nothing left to do.)
posted by imposster at 11:22 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by imposster at 11:22 AM PST - 5 comments
Two Giants
I made this track when I was sixteen and just getting into music production. I can't bear to listen to very much I produced in those days, but I do still enjoy the cinematic quality of this one. A nice little modulation at 2:15 or so.
posted by inoculatedcities at 10:08 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 10:08 AM PST - 0 comments
Eponymous 4 - Speechless
Piano and some weird percussion thing. I'm not a singer, so I'm choosing songs where my voice annoys me the least.
posted by NemesisVex at 9:48 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by NemesisVex at 9:48 AM PST - 1 comments
The Geminids
Another new one from the new Ice Cream Creatures EP. Vocals with a strong beat. Love gone bad. But Love is good.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:46 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by Espoo2 at 9:46 AM PST - 5 comments
tracing bone
song 3 of the vampire deer album ... this has a complex african feel to it with a hollow sounding slide solo at the end
posted by pyramid termite at 9:01 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 9:01 AM PST - 1 comments
Balkan Red Alert, Part I
Balkan-tinged surf-rock ode to Gavril Princip from Cesare Gorgeous & The Strange Attractors. That's me (Cesare) on, um, everything. Previously in the same ilk: A Theory of Everything. More to come.
posted by unSane at 7:03 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by unSane at 7:03 AM PST - 8 comments
Blackstrap - Home Security
Our tribute to telemarketing and other forms of surveillance.
posted by bendybendy at 6:30 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by bendybendy at 6:30 AM PST - 6 comments
Sleep City Limits
Take 1 part Philip Glass, 2 parts Orbital, add a touch of Hans Zimmer and stir.
posted by inoculatedcities at 5:07 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 5:07 AM PST - 4 comments
Eastern Movement
From the same record as "First Steps into Metropolis". More downtempo than pure cinema this time, but I seem unable to shake the latter.
posted by secret about box at 3:50 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by secret about box at 3:50 AM PST - 2 comments
Call 0600
July 4
Fireworks School
This is a song by The Forget about a fireworks factory blowing up and killing a bunch of people. Not that we're into that sort of thing.
posted by dhammond at 10:37 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by dhammond at 10:37 PM PST - 2 comments
Anxious Hands
A track from my band Red On Strike (though not the one on the forthcoming MeFi Comp)
posted by InfidelZombie at 10:12 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by InfidelZombie at 10:12 PM PST - 4 comments
Blue Shuffle
5
I stayed up way too late recording this song the night before my daughter's fifth birthday party last year. When all her friends came over for the party, we had them all sing the chorus part and then each of them got to sing the lead part solo. Then we feverishly burned a bunch of discs and each kid got a CD of their performance in their loot bag.
Neighbourhood moms are still coming up to me and singing this, which I'm intitially flattered about but then notice the look on their faces which says that they've heard it over and over and over and over...
posted by chococat at 8:57 PM PST - 17 comments
posted by chococat at 8:57 PM PST - 17 comments
The Writing's on the Wall
"In the fires of Mount Doom, was forged our mighty song."
My band's ode to itself. Check out the fake-out ending, and that's a real cello in the coda.
posted by pealco at 8:41 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by pealco at 8:41 PM PST - 4 comments
Instant Lady
Testing 1-2-3
A number of mic in tracks are people testing their microphones, and since many of those people use "testing 1-2-3" for their mic checks, I decided to make a waltz out of them.
By the way, the guy singing "testing 1-2-3" is not pitch-shifted. He sang the phrase a few different times in his mic in track, and I cut-and-pasted his 1's, 2's and 3's to make a semi-melody.
posted by starkeffect at 4:55 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by starkeffect at 4:55 PM PST - 4 comments
My Dream
Song from the band I used to play in, Go On Red. Rock and Roll song with a ska edge.
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 4:22 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Doublewhiskeycokenoice at 4:22 PM PST - 4 comments
Summer's Ending
Now that the summer's ending, there's a cold wind blowing in / So we've got to build some shelter, before it rains again
posted by ludwig_van at 3:04 PM PST - 20 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 3:04 PM PST - 20 comments
Greebo
A song I did while learning the ins and outs of Fruity Loops. Would appreciate input/feedback.
posted by willc at 11:41 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by willc at 11:41 AM PST - 4 comments
Lovely & Charming (Live in SF, 2002) - Audiosports
Oh, you have so many secrets!
for more see http://www.albertoforero.com
posted by pantufla at 11:07 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pantufla at 11:07 AM PST - 0 comments
Beat 2 (Live in SF, 2002) Audiosports
Everybody seems to think it's so important that you have to grab for money all the time. Seems to be the main goal in everybody's life.
posted by pantufla at 11:00 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by pantufla at 11:00 AM PST - 1 comments
No Question (Live in SF, 2002) - Audiosports
Downtempo track played live with improvised noise bits and fx. For more, see http://www.albertoforero.com
posted by pantufla at 10:38 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pantufla at 10:38 AM PST - 0 comments
Her Favorite Records
"In the dark she fakes another little death, and says she thinks that it'd be better if he left. With ashes floating on her breath, she lights another cigarette." Down-tempo alt-country with a cello. From Pocket Novel Mystery's "Eight Days in the Life of Grace."
posted by saulgoodman at 9:39 AM PST - 14 comments
posted by saulgoodman at 9:39 AM PST - 14 comments
Black and White Explosion
A new track from my band, Ice Cream Creatures. sliced and diced female vocals, acoustic guitar, glitchy beats. Good for the soul.
posted by Espoo2 at 9:39 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by Espoo2 at 9:39 AM PST - 7 comments
Happy Birthday Alex
My little brother turned 23 this year, and I'm a cheapskate. Solution: record a song! Can be used for people named "Alice" and also in a pinch "Alan".
posted by cortex at 9:11 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by cortex at 9:11 AM PST - 2 comments
I fell down in the shower this a.m.
From 1993-1998 I was the Mean Spirit'd Robots. Here's a little song from '96 or so. Hope you like!
posted by TonyRobots at 8:54 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by TonyRobots at 8:54 AM PST - 0 comments
wunda 1
A productive nights flailing realized this tightly sloppy thing that says "bramph".
posted by 31d1 at 8:46 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by 31d1 at 8:46 AM PST - 1 comments
Sea Demon
From my band, Steel Tigers of Death. I'm told we sound like and old SST band. You decide.
posted by lumpenprole at 8:36 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by lumpenprole at 8:36 AM PST - 4 comments
Story Yet Untold
Straightforward riff rock with maybe a hint of a memory of Jethro Tull.
If you can sing this better - and believe me, you can - drop me a note.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:01 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by Wolfdog at 7:01 AM PST - 6 comments
The Earthquake was a Disaster
Picture yourself experiencing an earthquake in slow motion. The eerie calm beforehand leading up to the main event itself. Relax and let yourself live through this instrumental story all the way to the finale.
Sprinkled with memories of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
posted by csimpkins at 5:45 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by csimpkins at 5:45 AM PST - 0 comments
Somewhere In Between
Before the web, before I left college, I wrote songs. Lots of songs. This is from a tape I recorded in my apartment somewhere around 1993 on a shitty Tascam 4-track.
posted by fraying at 1:00 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by fraying at 1:00 AM PST - 2 comments
July 3
Wulne
Discrete Tasks
Toronto
In Toronto, around February/March, being at home with kids 24/7 can make an embittered ex-film student feel sorry for himself.
posted by chococat at 5:47 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by chococat at 5:47 PM PST - 4 comments
Sold Sign
Once upon a time, there was a band named Thred. It imploded because our manager was hot and three of the guys in the band couldn't keep their hands off her. We recorded this one for a benefit CD that never materialized, in a studio where I eventually found myself working, learning how to use ProTools. I mixed most of this myself, just for the hell of it. (The song takes aim at local band Carbon Leaf, whom we didn't think were deserving of the praise they were getting. I just can't see a penny whistle on the MTV except for R.E.M., and you ain't them...)
posted by emelenjr at 3:57 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by emelenjr at 3:57 PM PST - 7 comments
Pick up the Phone
punchy, tuneful and melodic - written by a quiet phone in London. Brrrr Brrrr
posted by zzzcantona at 1:59 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by zzzcantona at 1:59 PM PST - 0 comments
Like There's No Tomorrow
This is a mid-tempo groovy electronic tune of mine. For fans of Air, Boards of Canada, and any other psychedelic-tinged chill music. Quite good with headphones! [commonly under pseudonym "Stereopattern"]
posted by blastrid at 1:47 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by blastrid at 1:47 PM PST - 3 comments
Flutetronica
An ambient-ish piece composed entirely of processed flute samples. I go by the name Tx-Rx for the electronica type stuff I do occasionally 'cos, you know, it's fun to have multiple musical personae.
posted by TwoWordReview at 1:04 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 1:04 PM PST - 2 comments
Rocking Chair Cut
Structured on Hoagy Carmichaels 'Rockin Chair', but not so subtly different.
Lyrics by Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church and a Champion Livestock Auctioneer. Comments welcome, even risible ones.....
posted by fcummins at 12:52 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by fcummins at 12:52 PM PST - 0 comments
Champagne Jam (Part 2) - Audiosports
This track is part 2 of a 23 minute mega mash up with a steady beat and some obscure samples. When I played this set live, I was happy to see people breakin' to it. Cool! http://www.albertoforero.com
posted by pantufla at 12:02 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by pantufla at 12:02 PM PST - 0 comments
the Clockmaker's Daughter -- by the Notes and Scratches
Another song from our record, it's a quiet sad folky love song. I'm singing and playing the acoustic guitar.
posted by verysleeping at 11:21 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by verysleeping at 11:21 AM PST - 5 comments
down in the flood by vampire deer
02 of 12 of my solo project ... this one's kind of swampy
posted by pyramid termite at 11:05 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 11:05 AM PST - 0 comments
Champange Jam (Part 1) - Audiosports
This track is part 1 of a 23 minute mega mash up with a steady beat and some obscure samples. When I played this set live, I was happy to see people breakin' to it. Cool! http://www.albertoforero.com
posted by pantufla at 10:51 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pantufla at 10:51 AM PST - 0 comments
Macintosh Girl
Just your average romeo and juliet sort of love song, with the protagonist finally realizing that because he uses Windows NT things will never work with the Macintosh user he just brought home from the bar. The WinNT dates it to the late 90's, when i recorded it one night while drinking at work. Now, before you Mac fans get all riled up, I use both, then and now, and much prefer my G5 and my wife's Macbook to the PC i'm using to type right now. So there.
posted by th3ph17 at 10:31 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by th3ph17 at 10:31 AM PST - 4 comments
Circus Maximus
Another song from my college band, this one part of an aborted concept album concerning the Planet of the Robots, the Software of Sentience, and other sorts of robot-related stuff. Recorded in the basement of one of Cooper Union's buildings with a small "in studio" audience shouting "hooray!" at appropriate times.
posted by interrobang at 10:07 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by interrobang at 10:07 AM PST - 3 comments
First Steps into Metropolis
The opening song on a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. I've only had the balls to show my friends so far, so I figured I'd let you guys listen. Please don't be too brutal. (Unlike my first HiFi post, this isn't a sampling experiment.)
posted by secret about box at 9:24 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by secret about box at 9:24 AM PST - 8 comments
Bad Dreams
Glass Eye
Off the album released in January, here's a blues written almost two years ago featuring Colin Keller on the Drums.
posted by The White Hat at 8:52 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by The White Hat at 8:52 AM PST - 5 comments
My Mouth Slowly Fills With Blood
This is a song from my solo project. It's got beautiful harmonies, a brutal beatdown, piano improvisation and spoken word. More songs at the website.
posted by pollystark at 8:51 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by pollystark at 8:51 AM PST - 0 comments
the Hours -- by the Notes and Scratches
A cluttered and messy rock song from our record Uh-Oh. I play guitar and sing in this band (and play the singing saw on this track!).
posted by verysleeping at 8:35 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by verysleeping at 8:35 AM PST - 4 comments
Woman Reads A Beauty Magazine
Live improvisation on a Korg MS2000 with no editing, outboard effects, mixing, etc. Be warned: it's more than a little frightening.
posted by inoculatedcities at 7:16 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 7:16 AM PST - 2 comments
Territorial Imperative
Complex Reasons
A hauntingly mellow groove highlighted by Sylvia Plath's "Mushrooms" as performed by the poet herself.
posted by csimpkins at 6:46 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by csimpkins at 6:46 AM PST - 3 comments
Useless
I made a record, then I had a kid. I don't get to play much anymore, and I sure would like to get rid of some of my hundreds of CDs I have left! :) Mellow, mopey, been described as Chris Isaak meets Coldplay...
posted by madscene at 6:19 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by madscene at 6:19 AM PST - 4 comments
Feeling Down
Space 2
A Song I Sing About Her
Demo from my band's upcoming album. It's short, sweet, and sappy. Hope you dig it.
Instruments:
Guitar, Fender Rhodes, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Floor Tom, Snare, Ride Cymbal, Beaded Curtain, Violin, Trombone, Cornet, Prepared Clarinet
posted by so1omon at 2:58 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by so1omon at 2:58 AM PST - 1 comments
Tokyo election day reminder, 2001
Tokyo public address system "Please do not be alarmed" - last field recording as requested. Seeya.
posted by strawberryviagra at 12:27 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 12:27 AM PST - 4 comments
July 2
Hillbilly Disco
This is just an improv jam from a rehearsal with my old band. It's a little bit funky, a little jazzy. Overall it's just a really fun groove IMO. The recording quality is not the greatest but it's not too bad. It features me on drums, my buddy Dan on guitar and another guy named Jonathan on keys.
Enjoy.
posted by jahmoon at 11:23 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by jahmoon at 11:23 PM PST - 1 comments
Entropy
I love evolving a feeling or a story out of feedback. This uses the free DFX Transverb plug with Ableton Live, where I set up various send channels to feed on and eventually destroy each other.
posted by Mr. Six at 10:24 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by Mr. Six at 10:24 PM PST - 5 comments
Stain on the Sheets
Moody rock narrative about lust and desperation and a broken girl.
posted by cortex at 9:54 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by cortex at 9:54 PM PST - 4 comments
filmcrewjob
I was a boom operator for a while. Working in "the industry" killed, burned and shit on any happy pipe dreams I had of actually being creative and making my own films. Funny how that happens.
Kind of sad 'n' whiny.
posted by chococat at 9:25 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by chococat at 9:25 PM PST - 3 comments
Worse Than Pop - We Can Clone Knight Rider Fans, We Have the Techno
I am a lonely man, with only Audacity for company.
This is my first attempt at a multitrack recording. I don't have a real microphone, so it's really lo-fi. I also apparently have no clue how to master, so the levels will scare you. I welcome suggestions, death threats, etc.
posted by Eideteker at 9:20 PM PST - 10 comments
This is my first attempt at a multitrack recording. I don't have a real microphone, so it's really lo-fi. I also apparently have no clue how to master, so the levels will scare you. I welcome suggestions, death threats, etc.
posted by Eideteker at 9:20 PM PST - 10 comments
Slathered
Worse Than Pop - Foreign Robot Porno Story (extended segue mix)
This is what happens when you give me a microphone.
Worse Than Pop was founded on the principle that if you record an album every week for the rest of your life, eventually, something you record will be noteworthy. I haven't actually gotten to that point yet.
posted by Eideteker at 8:11 PM PST - 7 comments
posted by Eideteker at 8:11 PM PST - 7 comments
Man -- by Tous
This song was rendered from a camcorder video recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed.
posted by augustweed at 7:27 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by augustweed at 7:27 PM PST - 1 comments
Life -- by Tous
This song was rendered from a camcorder video recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed.
posted by augustweed at 7:25 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by augustweed at 7:25 PM PST - 0 comments
Blue Fog --by TOUS
This song was rendered from a camcorder video recorded in March 1987 at the 8 1/2 club in a town called Pinetamare, Italy, otherwise known as Villagio Coppola, Italy. The name of the band was Tous, and I was the bass player. I spent all of my free time after school and on weekends during my senior year at Naples American High School rehearsing and performing with the band. The guitar and keyboard players Pierpaulo and Gianni are italian, and the drummer and singer Marco and Mike are italian-american. This is one of several songs we wrote and performed.
posted by augustweed at 7:21 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by augustweed at 7:21 PM PST - 2 comments
Transcelestial Unification
Started out as a shakedown cruise/tone demo for my PRS McCarty Brazilian, but it turned into a pensée on loose women from other galaxies, as all my songs seem to. Samuel Johnson's horse applies.
posted by ikkyu2 at 7:13 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by ikkyu2 at 7:13 PM PST - 4 comments
Turning Water Into Funk
this is my favorite piece from a little electronic thing I do under the name DJ Dialtone.
posted by drezdn at 5:04 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by drezdn at 5:04 PM PST - 1 comments
"Air" from Water Music Suite in F Major (HWV 348)
A quick, amateur GarageBand recording I made a couple years ago to amuse some friends. Punk-rock Handel with power chords and electric guitars! (Upload inspired by this and this.)
posted by danb at 3:58 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by danb at 3:58 PM PST - 3 comments
Ineffable Obstruction
Bed Concours
A song recorded with composer's own girly operatic vocal loops and swelling orchestra—in the vein of Steve Reich and Philip Glass
posted by Jenna Roadman at 2:44 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by Jenna Roadman at 2:44 PM PST - 6 comments
Sumomo Mo Momo
Improvised sludge-rock by three people who'd never played together before. Stereo-action guitar pyrotechnics by nylon.
posted by nylon at 2:37 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by nylon at 2:37 PM PST - 3 comments
Pachelbel's Canon
A rock version of the old chestnut, as performed by Edmonton's Baffin Island Party. Gets pretty fast toward the end.
posted by alex_reno at 2:18 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by alex_reno at 2:18 PM PST - 2 comments
Saw that Wood
Fun little remix I made with DoggieBox for OS X, based on files from this thread about 1940's sex education reels.
posted by squirrel at 1:17 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by squirrel at 1:17 PM PST - 0 comments
Screaming Mute
Breaks + strings + wurlitzer + Rumsfeld = Sleep City Metalworkers
posted by inoculatedcities at 1:13 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by inoculatedcities at 1:13 PM PST - 5 comments
When percussionists attack!
This is what happens when three percussionists get bored of the rest of the band taking forever to set up and tweak...
They attack!
posted by itsjustanalias at 1:03 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by itsjustanalias at 1:03 PM PST - 2 comments
5/4 by Quemada
We were young, it was 1989 and the 9 of us crowded into the studio in Leeds. Quemada were in the house...
The originator of the band, the base player, wanted to play "bastard hard funk" and we came up with this one which sounds a little like a dance tune but is in 5/4 time and used to confuse the hell out of everyone... enjoy!
posted by itsjustanalias at 12:52 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by itsjustanalias at 12:52 PM PST - 5 comments
Original Blueprint
MeFi hip hop heads stand up! Semantics on the microphone, me on the boards.
posted by Alexandros at 11:16 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by Alexandros at 11:16 AM PST - 7 comments
Open Letter to God
We used all of our money to rent some studio time back in 1999 and didn't have any left over to do anything with the recordings. We also seemed to end up writing power-ballads...
posted by stevengarrity at 9:38 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by stevengarrity at 9:38 AM PST - 0 comments
The Distance Between Us
Dark and moody. Written during an omg Massive Attack rulez! phase circa 2000.
posted by zerokey at 9:06 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by zerokey at 9:06 AM PST - 2 comments
Humpty Dumpty (Rock Version)
It's all there in the title! I was inspired to upload this one thanks to Buriednexttoyou's use of the HumptyDumpty Tag in this excellent track!
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:59 AM PST - 6 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:59 AM PST - 6 comments
Two Part Invention in D
Yearning
I lived a lifetime in someone's eyes in my head while recording this.
posted by zerokey at 1:21 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by zerokey at 1:21 AM PST - 0 comments
Fez Dispenser
Pawn shop accordion 303 twiddlin' attention-deficit toytown junglism. Yes, it uses the amen break unapologetically, but it was '98 and I was too young to realize how played it was. Hope you enjoy it.
posted by Durhey at 12:20 AM PST - 3 comments
posted by Durhey at 12:20 AM PST - 3 comments
July 1
magic bullet
Small sad song about seeking a quick fix. This and other texts here, music here.
posted by nanojath at 11:47 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by nanojath at 11:47 PM PST - 4 comments
Bone Music
Is it melodic? Is it percussive? Is it industrial? Is it ambient? It is a mystery! A noise-filled mystery.
(For further mysteries, look here.)
posted by Jairus at 11:24 PM PST - 11 comments
posted by Jairus at 11:24 PM PST - 11 comments
Aoyama Japan 5pm Broadcast 2000
5PM daily Minato-ku broadcast - Tokyo public address system
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:07 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:07 PM PST - 1 comments
Tokyo pollutant warning message, 2000
The calming Tokyo broadcast (public address system) - "don't be alarmed... there is no disaster"
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:05 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:05 PM PST - 5 comments
Cap Antibes, France, swimming 1999
Scaled the cliffs of an abandoned embassy, sitting on a broken concrete jetty, looking out to the Mediteranean. Kids playing around me in the water.
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:02 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 11:02 PM PST - 1 comments
SkyTrain
A sketch of a sunny, bouncy ambient-ish track I Fruitylooped a month or so ago. I may actually completely rewrite it, or something similar, now I have access to a Jupiter 8, and can take my Boards Of Canada / Kraftwerk thieveries to more convincing levels....
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:00 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:00 PM PST - 0 comments
Gili Air, Indonesia Beach 2005
Standing on a pebbly beach, after dinner in the dark - small waves wash up the beach and around my bare feet.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:59 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:59 PM PST - 4 comments
Portland, Australia Thunder 2001
On the porch of my parents' house in Portland, Victoria. The familiar sound of an electrical fuse box buzzing in the rain and pluvers (birds) in the distance.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:57 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:57 PM PST - 1 comments
Normandy, France Pond, 2000
Distant rolling thunder, a country lane, a pond and some ducks - a still, warm day with light rain, a stroll after lunch.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:53 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:53 PM PST - 1 comments
Tokyo, Aoyama Rain 1999
Recorded from a bedroom window during rainy season in Aoyama, Minato-Ku.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:47 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:47 PM PST - 1 comments
Tourrettes-sur-Loup Rain, 1999
Recorded from the 4th Floor window of a medieval villa in the village of Tourrettes-sur-Loup. Distant thunder and Summer rain falling on the Grande Rue.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:42 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:42 PM PST - 1 comments
Nikko Rice Paddy 3
Late at night in the dark, next to a rice paddy, in the forrest - frogs and water.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:40 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:40 PM PST - 1 comments
Nikko Rice Paddy 2
Late at night in the dark, next to a rice paddy, in the forrest - frogs and water.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:39 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:39 PM PST - 1 comments
Mamonaku
Nikko Rice Paddy 1
Late at night in the dark, next to a rice paddy, in the forrest - frogs and water.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:36 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:36 PM PST - 1 comments
Baveno, Italy 2000
On a winding, dirt road above the Maggiore lake, Baveno, Italy 2000.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:35 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:35 PM PST - 1 comments
Bern, Switzerland 2000
In a lush park in Bern, Switzerland, Spring 2000
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:32 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:32 PM PST - 3 comments
Engine Soundtrack
An early (circa 1999) experiment with fuzzed out guitars and a super-compressed mix, pushing ambient towards industrial. Psycho-shoegazer?
posted by Jimbob at 10:31 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Jimbob at 10:31 PM PST - 1 comments
Southern France, Summer 1999
In a field, on a mountain, near a village above Nice, 1999
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:28 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:28 PM PST - 1 comments
Cromwell
Written to weird out my history teacher, this song is about Oliver Cromwell and the decapitation of King Charles I of England.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:27 PM PST - 10 comments
posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:27 PM PST - 10 comments
Nikko Forest, Japan (track 01)
Atmospheric recording of birds and crickets in the Nikko forest.
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:17 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by strawberryviagra at 10:17 PM PST - 5 comments
take this pain
It's a slow starter, and once it gets going it's incredibly repetetive. But, uh, I like it that way. Features moi on vocals (through a simulated guitar amp) and all instruments.
posted by edlundart at 9:50 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by edlundart at 9:50 PM PST - 6 comments
Warning-Archaic Audio
Simple punk from HTI, circa spring of '85. We were kids and actually played a couple of shows with stuff like this. Go ahead and tell us how much we sucked 20 years ago. I played guitar and vocals and My Friend played bass. He was the only real musician there. This may be unlistenable (and rascist-we were influenced alot by the Sex Pistols) and this was pulled from early Sony vid cam recording.
posted by snsranch at 9:49 PM PST - 5 comments
posted by snsranch at 9:49 PM PST - 5 comments
Infetu - Anaesthesia
A cinematic soundscape featuring spatters of noise and vocal presence detailing an extra-terrestrial probing session.
Featured on Infetu's three track EP 'Simulacra' released under Creative Commons on Enough Records.
More tracks on Infetu.com and Enough Records.
posted by k1ng at 6:57 PM PST - 1 comments
Featured on Infetu's three track EP 'Simulacra' released under Creative Commons on Enough Records.
More tracks on Infetu.com and Enough Records.
posted by k1ng at 6:57 PM PST - 1 comments
Jane's theme
Superheroic theme song I wrote for my girlfriend. (warning: cheaply synthesized, as I do not know how to play any horns or woodwinds)
posted by equalpants at 6:02 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by equalpants at 6:02 PM PST - 3 comments
Chomp
Moody, deep and spacey. This is one of the first tracks I put together in Garageband going by my solo name "SysOp". I love the low bass notes that rattle the speakers. All original loops.
posted by Wiggo at 5:54 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by Wiggo at 5:54 PM PST - 1 comments
Tear Dat Shite
Just one of many abandoned jam / wank sessions. This particular one with a Drum and Bass flare. Mostly an exercise in intro wankery. Good chunk of a body that was intended to be built upon/deconstructed...maybe one day.
posted by mnology at 5:35 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by mnology at 5:35 PM PST - 0 comments
Waltzing with a Jamaican Hypnotist
It's not strictly a 3/4 waltz, but its steel drums help it sweep gracefully across the floor...
posted by Mr. Six at 3:32 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by Mr. Six at 3:32 PM PST - 4 comments
Revelry
Recorded on my Kawai K-4 synthesizer when I was about 22 and deep in my "new age" phase. I still have about 100 copies of this tape, shrinkwrapped, packed away somewhere...
posted by starkeffect at 2:58 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by starkeffect at 2:58 PM PST - 1 comments
Jam
Jamming on a keyboard, with a few patterns running around in the back
posted by Mr. Six at 2:43 PM PST - 3 comments
posted by Mr. Six at 2:43 PM PST - 3 comments
Mission Implausible
Edmonton band Baffin Island Party. Instrumental version. Lesson learned: pay the singers after the recording. Fast, verse is in 5.
posted by alex_reno at 2:28 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by alex_reno at 2:28 PM PST - 2 comments
I Miss You
Another mic in track track, built around an audio love letter sent to some girl named Holly. You can hear the original letter (done in two takes) at the above link. Look for "I Love You Holly"; it's about two-thirds the way down the list.
posted by starkeffect at 2:24 PM PST - 1 comments
posted by starkeffect at 2:24 PM PST - 1 comments
Tram
A sleepy ride on a tram in pre-reunification Dresden, waking with sudden clarity
posted by Mr. Six at 2:20 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Mr. Six at 2:20 PM PST - 0 comments
Think of Me
This is the opening song from my Comfort Stand EP, "mic in track," consisting of songs created from anonymous personal recordings that were (unwittingly) shared on p2p networks. You can hear many more examples on my homepage.
I used FruityLoops (FL Studio) to make the music, GoldWave to make the samples, and AudioGnome (primarily) to find the original mic in tracks.
posted by starkeffect at 1:14 PM PST - 13 comments
posted by starkeffect at 1:14 PM PST - 13 comments
cassiopeia
kind of an untraditional sea shanty about the end of the world and being thirsty. from my band pocket novel mystery's first full length, 8 days in the life of grace, which will finally be released (now that most of the original lineup has dissolved) on august 29th through our new record label, cloud 13 records.
posted by saulgoodman at 1:06 PM PST - 6 comments
posted by saulgoodman at 1:06 PM PST - 6 comments
Fleets
Up until last fall I played guitar in a band here in the D.C. area called Cartel. (Later we changed our name to Cedars because of trademark issues.) This song was from our demo, which was recorded by Jason Caddell of the late, great Dismemberment Plan.
I'm no longer in the band and they trudge on without me. But it was fun while it lasted -- we opened for some pretty cool bands such as Stellstarr*, Giant Drag, Sea Ray and Trash Can Sinatras. In case you're wondering, that's not a keyboard in the song, just my guitar and a pretty odd delay.
posted by Heminator at 12:54 PM PST - 2 comments
posted by Heminator at 12:54 PM PST - 2 comments
Naked Jane - Accident
SeaSong
Cultural Amnesia is a group that I was in during the early 80s and a quarter of a century later we are still, occasionally, doing it. SeaSong is a track we recorded in 2004. We did record some songs earlier this year, but they're not fully buffed up for release yet. There will be a vinyl record of our old stuff released later this year.
posted by Grangousier at 12:42 PM PST - 0 comments
posted by Grangousier at 12:42 PM PST - 0 comments
The Cool Road to Hell
This was my band in college, a surf-instrumental-spy-rock four-piece: bass, drums, guitar, and violin. I'm playing bass in this song.
posted by interrobang at 12:17 PM PST - 8 comments
posted by interrobang at 12:17 PM PST - 8 comments
I've got something
Recorded 7 or so years ago with a friend. It's missing something in the middle, but I like the way it disintegrates towards the end. I've no idea what genre it is, but I guess it shows influence from all the country/folk/lofi music I listen to.
posted by ericost at 12:08 PM PST - 4 comments
posted by ericost at 12:08 PM PST - 4 comments
Sweet Honey Sucking Bees
Shakuhachi player meets Roberta Flack, Redd Foxx and John Wilbye in a bar. "for if one flaming dart come from her eye,
was never dart so sharp, ah, then you die, you die."
posted by pantufla at 11:00 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by pantufla at 11:00 AM PST - 4 comments
Attaché
A short noir soundtrack. by Audiosports (http://www.albertoforero.com)
posted by pantufla at 10:50 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by pantufla at 10:50 AM PST - 4 comments
The Road
Ooh, bop bop, ba-ooh, bop bop. All I know is the road and I love you.
posted by ludwig_van at 10:28 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by ludwig_van at 10:28 AM PST - 4 comments
We Have the Technology
My band recorded this for a Song Fight. It's quirky casio acuostic rock, with just a hint of out of tune accordion, and percussion supplied by a djembe. That's me singing.
posted by potch at 9:54 AM PST - 9 comments
posted by potch at 9:54 AM PST - 9 comments
No Reason (broken Casio mix)
birds flights
this is a track from my old band noumena... instrumental and moody. give it a listen and if you like you can download a lot more (for free) here: ohler homepage. Note: a lot of people say that they like to make out to this song.
posted by n9 at 9:15 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by n9 at 9:15 AM PST - 0 comments
I Will Disappear
Beatles inspired guitar pop from a band I used to be in.
posted by gfrobe at 8:58 AM PST - 8 comments
posted by gfrobe at 8:58 AM PST - 8 comments
Man Made Inside Out Planets
Half of My World
It's a Demo I recorded last summer at home which is probably one of my better ones. It's also the first song I recorded under the stage name 'Teebor'.
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:29 AM PST - 0 comments
posted by TwoWordReview at 7:29 AM PST - 0 comments
we all have disguises (live edit)
This is a song that was done live on 6/26/2006 at an afterparty here in detroit. the venue was stucco's warehouse. Listen as my audio buffer dies at the end. A proper version will probably come out someday.
posted by phylum sinter at 7:04 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by phylum sinter at 7:04 AM PST - 4 comments
mundane circus
a song by vampire deer (which is me and my computers) ... strange glossy psych ... 01 of 12
posted by pyramid termite at 6:45 AM PST - 1 comments
posted by pyramid termite at 6:45 AM PST - 1 comments
sinxitweten
This is an experiment in audio loss. The idea: If you destroy audio with low-bitrate encoding, how far do you have to go before it no longer sounds like a badly encoded song, but something intriguing again? [more info]
posted by secret about box at 5:16 AM PST - 7 comments
posted by secret about box at 5:16 AM PST - 7 comments
21 (office)
harsh noise directly inspired by an ISO of Microsoft Office (salaryman track #21)
posted by beerbajay at 4:09 AM PST - 4 comments
posted by beerbajay at 4:09 AM PST - 4 comments
Take It Easy
It's okay - I was a student when I wrote this.
And yeah, I suppose it's spoken word.
posted by armoured-ant at 1:43 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by armoured-ant at 1:43 AM PST - 2 comments
(End of the World) Big Fall
Indie acoustic fock. Written and recorded some time in 2002.
Sorry the vocal's a bit quiet.
posted by armoured-ant at 1:32 AM PST - 5 comments
posted by armoured-ant at 1:32 AM PST - 5 comments
Red Sky
A fading red sun and black trees. Written in a fleapit of a kitchen under the glare of a striplight in West Ealing. Be patient and wait for the drums to kick in.... ...the song got us all our gigs in 2005
posted by zzzcantona at 1:14 AM PST - 2 comments
posted by zzzcantona at 1:14 AM PST - 2 comments
Heliopolis
A journey through ancient lands to the city of the sun. Boom bap in the tradition of the Lost Children of Babylon and Jedi Mind Tricks. Clockwork on the boards.
posted by Alexandros at 12:57 AM PST - 9 comments
posted by Alexandros at 12:57 AM PST - 9 comments
Dress You Up
"I don't think Madonna is going to care if quonsar wants to dress you up in his love, all over, all over..." - mathowie
posted by quonsar at 12:27 AM PST - 9 comments
posted by quonsar at 12:27 AM PST - 9 comments