74 posts tagged with acapella.
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The Only Load the Lord Has Given Me, with Thanks for His Grace
black farmer who been black farming for over two years and it seemed about time to pen some new negro spirituals [more inside]
Mingulay Boat Song
Trad. sea song, composed in the 1930s by Scots composer Hugh Roberton. I learnt it from a pirate band who used to play at the Maryland Renaissance Fair. [more inside]
Leave Her, Johnny
A sea shanty. Vocals only.
That Lonesome Road
A small a capella piece as part of a community chorus concert. [more inside]
In Western Lands
Sam Gamgee's song in the tower of Cirith Ungol. Words by JRR Tolkien, melody by Stephen Oliver. [more inside]
Gloryland
An old Ralph Stanley spiritual. [more inside]
Fitter Happier
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
German, anonymous, probably 1500s. Still learning to harmonise using GarageBand. [more inside]
Eochaill
A song I did for a competition two weeks ago. [more inside]
The Rose
I'm stuck at home with a cold, so I thought I'd comfort myself with this cheesy old song and learn to sing in harmony using GarageBand. [more inside]
Karma Police
Last minute entry. This was supposed to be, and will eventually be, an a capella/choral twofer with Fitter Happier, but I wasn't able to finish it in time. [more inside]
Only Shallow (only voices)
An a cappella rendition of My Bloody Valentine's "Only Shallow." Inspired by This post in the blue today. [more inside]
The Fire Sermon
For Section III (Track 4) of The Wasteland, I finally take to the microphone for narration, with my own spin. This movement is entirely a capella, and with two small exceptions, all effects were manipulated by me in realtime. [more inside]
Open Eyes (Auld Lang Syne 2011-2012)
Since Demons of Gyrophonia won’t be together to record this year’s Auld Lang Syne, I figured I’d put my own spin on it by…well, combining a bunch of other people’s ideas. [more inside]
O Canada
And to close: you know it, you love it, we love it. That's why we did it properly. Please enjoy. [more inside]
Marcia Pontifica (Pontifical Anthem - Vatican City)
Lower Lights
A capella performance of an old Methodist hymn. Just me and some friends. [more inside]
Nodul Gangbyeon
I am making some (very) short recordings for my grandmother of the Korean folk songs she taught me. I thought I'd put one on MetaFilter. [more inside]
Cock Robin [second take]
A four-part a cappella take on an old English nursery rhyme. The melody is traditional; the harmonic lines were written by my friend Laura, who also sings each line. This is our first attempt at this (her first performing, my first recording/producing) and I'm still trying to think of ways to make it better.
rock and roll
one. two.
beradero
This is my best shot at singing an a capella Brazilian cowboy song. [more inside]
Simple Town
A piece of pop fluff for the a capella challenge. [more inside]
ROYGBIV
November Music Challenge. A cappella rendition of a boards of canada song. [more inside]
Larynges(n+1)
Recorded 2 October, 2010 at the Oklahoma Composers Association Salon Concert in Norman, OK, this is a live improvisation with the aid of our audience. [more inside]
Turtledove Done Drooped His Wings
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack cover)
umbú and I were born pretty close to each other, since this song was also #1 on the week I was born. For some reason, I pictured my version performed by some weird mix of Geinoh Yamashirogumi and Tokyo Jihen. [more inside]
Mask of Anarchy
With respect to Shelley. I wrote this song many years ago and recorded it on garage band tonight. It has meant a few things.
Sierpinski Triangle
Road To Nowhere
All-vocal Talking Heads cover. [more inside]
There Should Have Been Cake
I Am a Poor Sailor
An a capella sea shanty for my pierced and tattooed puppet, Sailor Martin.
Fred Jones, Pt. 2
It's amazing what you can throw together in about 4 hours with nothing but a Rock Band mic, 8 of yourself, and a pair of Stylophones. [more inside]
Open My Ears
A verse from the AVB song Open My Heart (or at least as best as I could remember it) [more inside]
Since You've Been Gone
Continuing the theme of random a capella overdubbed stuff I have in my back catalogue, an old favourite [more inside]
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
"Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal." Text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Setting by Allen McCullough.
Should I Stay or Should I Go
I was inspired to do this quick a capella interpretation of The Clash after reading Ironmouth's opinions on how singers aren't creative since all they're capable of is mimicking things that geniuses wrote. [more inside]
Polyplay
A Capella with a twist. I stitched three melodies together and messed with the stereo settings. [more inside]
O Magnum Mysterium
Tomas Luis de Victoria's version of O Magnum Mysterium was my favorite Christmas song back in the days of high school choir. Here is my own lo-fi rendition. [more inside]
Little Bird
This is an a capella cover Leah Wilmoth (heard here and here) recorded on my laptop. It's a cover of a traditional folk song, as performed by Jewel. [more inside]
Say It (Over and Over Again)
I'm a big fan of Frank Loesser's lyrics and Jimmy McHugh's melodies, so I decided to add a few to my repertoire. When I'm learning new songs, I record myself a capella to see how my voicings are sounding and what I need to work on. It's bare, but I thought this turned out kind of sweet.
Heavy Boy
Possibly the geekiest use of "Nature Boy". [more inside]
You'll Never Know (A Capella)
Me singing the Harry Warren song, without any backing, feel free to mashup/remix, etc. [more inside]
Bring me lil water Silvie
More three part me... Took the arrangement from the Wailin' Jennys [more inside]
Hey Ya
An a cappella arrangement of the Outkast release, somewhat inspired by Mat Weddle's fantastic acoustic cover. [more inside]
Photographing the Deceased Child
I've decided to make lo-fi recordings of old songs I wrote in my 20s and early 30s. Many of these songs are between 15 and 20 years old and have not been preformed since they were written. [more inside]
You are my sunshine
WILDCARD challenge -- again with the three part acapella harmony [more inside]
Grossenschrift S
Adapted from the Sesame Street animated short. [more inside]
Blah blah blah
This is another children's song, and it's even better than the last one. Induces uncontrollable giggling in test audiences - for the young, and the young at heart. [more inside]
Don't Touch My Meal
A song for children. [more inside]
Passionate Surrender
More three part solo. This time even the melody is improvised. The lyrics are a poem that caught my eye online. (link inside) [more inside]
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