MeFi Music

This short (1:16) instrumental ditty is what happened when I started learning a new recording platform that came with loops of instruments I'd always wanted to play or include on my recordings: pedal steel guitar (I was super excited about this especially -- I've wanted to work with pedal steel for a really long time), baritone guitar, and mandolin. And did I mention the bossa drums? Not sure if I went overboard but I had fun and liked the result. [more inside]
posted by rangefinder 1.4 on Dec 30, 2018 - 6 comments

My wife had a pessimistic guitar instructor when she was younger, one of those "there's nothing new in music, there's only 12 notes" kind of musicians. So, as a rebuttal to that mindset, here's an in-progress 50+ chord progression that I think is turning out swimmingly so far.
posted by TheNegativeInfluence on Apr 5, 2018 - 4 comments

Kind of a Bossa nova joint for last week's SongFight deal. [more inside]
posted by chococat on May 1, 2017 - 4 comments

A collaboration with nicolin: a bossa nova collage that takes its time. [more inside]
posted by umbú on Jan 31, 2011 - 15 comments

A bossa nova Elliott Smith cover. [more inside]
posted by umbú on Dec 15, 2010 - 7 comments

Antisocially romantic. [more inside]
posted by chococat on Jan 30, 2010 - 7 comments

...the bossa nova version [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 10, 2009 - 4 comments

Just dashed this off on another computer for some Brazilian lady friends, thought some on MeMu might enjoy...a little rough, but it fits! Piano by David Beebee. [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol on Jul 19, 2009 - 1 comment

A short song about falling over. [more inside]
posted by Grangousier on Oct 2, 2007 - 4 comments

A demo from about six years ago. In Canada, the norm is that we don't tend toward the big rah-rah kind of Patriotism that our neighbours to the south are prone to. Ours is a polite, reserved, (Canadian), skeptical patriotism. There's an F-word in this one, if that sort of thing worries you.
posted by chococat on Mar 20, 2007 - 9 comments

Here is a mellow bossa nova flavored tune with a bit of a free jazz outro that I recorded with my friend and principal musical co-conspirator Jeffrey "Hawtlixxx" Gulley. Our friend Zach, who is in a really great band called Telenovela btw, provided the atmospheric guitar drone in the background. This is one of my favorite home recordings so I hope you enjoy it.
posted by GalaxieFiveHundred on Oct 23, 2006 - 5 comments