MeFi Music

Some recent discussion on MeFi about the band a-ha reminded me that I'd recorded this acoustic cover of one of their songs a long time ago. This is actually based on an arrangement by Kings of Convenience, who made some interesting changes to the original song structure. Me on vocals and guitars (nylon-string and steel-string). [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Sep 28, 2019 - 6 comments

Acoustic guitar and voice. Pretty straight as far as my memory of the proper song goes. [more inside]
posted by howfar on Sep 4, 2019 - 4 comments

Improvised acoustic guitar / singing. Recorded on phone. A bluegrass standard, but I'm playing it as a stream of consciousness improvisation. Usually these days my playing is pretty much by the book, but here I was thinking about ecstatic / outside players like John Fahey and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. No patching in. Only one take. No overdubbing. Get it right in the moment. Be real and accept flaws as long as they don't spoil anything important. [more inside]
posted by lucasgonze on Jul 6, 2016 - 5 comments

An quickish acoustic one, with lyrics about my dad, his melanoma, and a couple of other things. Has probably the most acrobatic bridge bit I've ever done. [more inside]
posted by TheNegativeInfluence on May 27, 2014 - 4 comments

My 12-string and I take a fingerpicking stab at the Husker Du classic. [more inside]
posted by COBRA! on May 14, 2011 - 4 comments

You just want an excuse to dance. KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics This is the penultimate entry in a series of outtakes that did not make it onto the album "Damn Poets", to be released soon. (It is implied that the tracks on the album are superior to these outtakes. This is true.) If you like my songs, I would very much appreciate if you'd consider leaving your email. You will not be spammed; you will be among the first to find out when Damn Poets drops.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Mar 26, 2011 - 0 comments

My dearest friend, don’t you know we get older still?

KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Feb 24, 2011 - 1 comment

Educated clowns need no monkey suits to entertain the crowds.

KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Feb 19, 2011 - 2 comments

There was once a girl, but that was long ago. A letter to a past love, recorded in one take with four microphones. KOLN • Bandcamp • Lyrics
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Feb 4, 2011 - 0 comments

Apologies for my absence — again. I will be releasing an album under the moniker Kings Of Last Night this year, and I want to share with you an outtake, a B-side if you will, a sketch of a song that didn't make the album but deserves to be played on the internets. That song is "Pilot", a story of aviation, extended metaphors, the fourth wall, and disaster. External links: KOLN • Bandcamp [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jan 21, 2011 - 2 comments

By chance I just came across this recording I made over a year ago. The song is by the chronically underrated I Am Kloot.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Oct 17, 2007 - 7 comments

On a sad day last spring, our benevolent dictator banned the blink tag from Metafilter. After a night of heavy drinking I woke up in a canoe in the Andes and composed this eulogy.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on May 21, 2007 - 10 comments

At empyrean's request. I needed a break from mixing my own songs anyway, so I threw together this quick & dirty cover of the Counting Crows song in 15 minutes, and uploaded it warts and all - one take off the top of my head, complete with missed notes, words, and chords. Enjoy.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Feb 25, 2007 - 7 comments

A cover of a song by Wilco or Loose Fur, depending on how you look at it. [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Feb 23, 2007 - 2 comments

Acoustic song about the American Dream. Written and performed by Zack Austin. Thanks for listening.
posted by FearAndLoathingInLJ on Oct 3, 2006 - 3 comments