MeFi Music

This song came from a thought that had been kicking around my head for several years, but then turned into a song all at once when I stumbled across the bassline. "When I was a kid I thought the nerds would take over and things would get better. That was half right."
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly on Nov 25, 2024 - 0 comments

"Won't shake it at the Mardi Gras, why don'tcha come home and shake it all for me!" Americana and Second-Line rhythms combine in a character piece about a bayou boy skeptical of the charms of the Big Easy. The upcoming album, Tales from the Crescent, is a New Orleans-themed song cycle that crosses multiple genre lines in its quest to musically capture the complicated creature that is the Crescent City.
posted by soundacious on Feb 9, 2020 - 0 comments

Super rough demo channeling my inner Janis Joplin. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Jun 23, 2013 - 2 comments

My first deliberately-written country music song. Or is it western? Or roots music? Can't tell, as I cheered for the winning side in the Civil War. ;-) You can detect a few inadvertent influences, to be sure, but let me know what you think. [more inside]
posted by grubi on Jul 12, 2009 - 5 comments

a remix of The Roots' song "Criminal" [more inside]
posted by god particle on Oct 27, 2008 - 2 comments

Another song from yet another band I'm in, The Eric Weiler Band. Generally the quick-and-dirty go-to description many people find for us is along the lines of "Tom Waits singing for the E Street Band." Make your own call. I play the Hammond.
posted by sourwookie on Feb 11, 2008 - 2 comments

Inspired by the Gullah singers of the Georgia Sea Islands, with their marvelous a capella style. My friends and I sat in a half circle in my living room and as each singer took a turn leaning in to sing the lead, the others all around filled all the little spaces with harmonies.
posted by kellykessler on Sep 2, 2006 - 11 comments