Epic 60s janglepop meets Northern Soul, final version of the tune I've been evolving here and on The Music Incubator. All based on a little piano riff, and therefore my August challenge entry too. [more inside]

posted by unSane at 1:34 PM PST - 7 comments

While looking for riffs for the Aug challenge, I unearthed this oddity from about 2003. At the time I was addicted to Boss COSM amp/effect sims, and the results are quite interesting. The track itself is derivative white-boy funk schlock that sounds like the advert soundtrack for a bucket-shop holiday outfit. A load of Balearics, in other words.... [more inside]

posted by MajorDundee at 2:11 PM PST - 9 comments

Another month has swung by and I realize I have totally reneged on my promise to pick someone to hand the Challenge baton on to, mostly because I NEVER GET ANY TIME but anyway unless someone wishes to stage a palace coup, I hereby give you your August challenge: RIFFOLOGY. [more inside] posted by unSane at 4:49 AM PST - 8 comments

Cover of the Nick Lowe song. I just found a CD with a bunch of 1998 recordings, including this one. [more inside]

posted by litlnemo at 2:13 AM PST - 0 comments

A little pop/rock instrumental. I'll probably get around to doing a version with vocals someday.

posted by DiscountDeity at 8:04 PM PST - 0 comments

I wrote a theme song for my Tumbleblog. I tend to write theme songs for stuff I do. [more inside]

posted by Bunny Ultramod at 7:39 PM PST - 0 comments

I've been gone a while, but I'm back now, and I want to say sorry. [more inside]

posted by armoured-ant at 8:12 AM PST - 9 comments

"July" is the promo single from the upcoming Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies EP. "July" is the feel-good song of the month, if not the century. "July" is a tale of love, summertime, and ephemeral youth, told in the timeless language of pop music. [more inside]

posted by ludwig_van at 4:13 PM PST - 9 comments

Electronic. A bit dancey. An exercise in using an arpeggiator for the bass line and gradual build-up over the course of the track.

posted by chimaera at 10:51 PM PST - 4 comments

Here's a sparse, new version of one of the first songs I uploaded here, The Long Trail. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 9:21 PM PST - 0 comments

I'm back after a long absence. Trying to get back in the pop song writing mode. Glad everyone is still making music here! This is my first song in months. [more inside]

posted by tunewell at 8:33 PM PST - 1 comments

The Smoke Benders return once again, to kick out the proverbial jams. Flubbed the lyrics a little bit, but hey, it's only rock and roll. Video here.

posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:42 PM PST - 2 comments

Soundtrack for the Super Mario Bros game that never was. [more inside]

posted by Slarty Bartfast at 3:51 PM PST - 1 comments

A modern sea shanty about a currently-unfolding news story. Video version is here. [more inside]

posted by ZsigE at 12:46 PM PST - 0 comments

I want to put up a website for a number of different projects and I am reaching out to the MeFiMu masses for options on band websites. [more inside] posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 1:43 PM PST - 9 comments

I entered this over at Songfight a few months ago. The song for that week had to be titled "Boron Rod." I didn't know what that was so I had to look it up. [more inside]

posted by chococat at 3:50 PM PST - 7 comments

A concise instrumental fantasy. [more inside]

posted by mubba at 9:37 AM PST - 3 comments

This is a thing Mulp and I just did. HELP!!! [more inside]

posted by reklus at 9:02 PM PST - 3 comments

As advertised, this Shins song changed my life. Now I sit around the house on Sundays recording wistful mandolin tracks on my computer instead of going outside. Thanks Shins!

posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:44 PM PST - 8 comments

More science fiction rap. [more inside]

posted by Rock The Word at 6:12 PM PST - 1 comments

1991 recording of a song by Gavin Guss, performed by Gavin and me. Recorded at Egg Studios in Seattle. [more inside]

posted by litlnemo at 3:55 PM PST - 0 comments

More music for deep space, take your protein pill and put your helmet on. [more inside]

posted by doctor_negative at 9:47 PM PST - 4 comments

A filk dedicated to Andy Coulson and all at the News of The World, may it rot in peace. [more inside]

posted by motty at 5:34 PM PST - 1 comments

cowbells, beautiful summer day, cow goes nuts. it's mad cow meltdown in under 2 minutes. [more inside]

posted by daisystomper at 2:53 PM PST - 0 comments

Hip hop about a lucrative financial opportunity. [more inside]

posted by chrchr at 1:01 AM PST - 3 comments

When you want to feel it so badly but can't.

posted by hanoixan at 7:56 PM PST - 0 comments

Long-form synthetic ambience, with subtlety that will kick you in the face. Bitrate is HORRIBLE because of the size limit, so HBR and FLAC are available. As always, headphones recommended. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 4:16 AM PST - 2 comments

Interesting to explore a phenomenon noted by unSane a while back and wholeheartedly endorsed by me - the "new kit boost" as it might be termed. Every time I take charge of a new guitar I seem to come up with a new track that is noticeably better than my norm. This is, regrettably, an emphemeral effect - a bit like the "Awakenings" movie based on Oliver Sacks' experiments with dopamine on catatonic patients. Now, obviously there's some kind of psychological thing going down here and I'd really like to be able to tap into it (rather than getting into debt every time I fancy writing a decent song!). Anyone else experience the same thing as me and unSane, and how do we explain/utilise it? posted by MajorDundee at 12:59 PM PST - 14 comments

Previously. Previously-er. [more inside]

posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 8:26 PM PST - 2 comments

this is the title track off the first album from a band i've been playing with for a wee while. it's all improvised and recorded live at the bottom of a garden. [more inside]

posted by peterkins at 5:53 PM PST - 5 comments

The lead track from my old band Raftus's only EP

posted by minifigs at 1:48 AM PST - 3 comments