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Jersey (Cruel and Unusual Mix)
If you like New Jersey, don't hit play. [more inside]
Paranoid: A Chant
Taken from Stephen King's short story collection, Skeleton Crew.
Enigma
On one level, it's about the struggle between good and evil. On all levels, it doesn't really make sense. [more inside]
Tao XLVII + XLVIII + XXXVI
Reading from the Tao Te Ching, sections XLVII, XLVIII and XXXVI. [more inside]
Tao XXXI + XIV
Reading from the Tao Te Ching, sections XXXI and XIV.
Shadows of Tomorrow
Based on a poem by Sun Ra
Auld Lang Syne
A special rendition of an old favorite. [more inside]
The Story of The Man Who Didn't Do Something
"This is a story of a man who sat at home all day and did absolutely nothing."
Our improv group is at it again, this time adding a DS-10 and an old electronic organ's rhythmic presets into the mix.
22 minutes in length.
Pizza
An improv ensemble decides to start improvising as a pizza order is placed. We will not stop until that pizza is delivered. Very experimental and 41 minutes long. [more inside]
Hobbes
Here is an improvisational song written from the perspective of an older Calvin finding Hobbes in a box. It's recorded in one take with Mythbusters on in the background, and the chords are from this comment by sleepy pete. As such, I also tried to write the lyrics in his style. [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]
studio time: 2007-03-25
First thing: this file is 9.98 megs. Score. Second: The track is upwards of ten minutes. It's from a series casually referred to as studio time - hit the jump for a better description. The upshot is that this is me, sitting at a piano, with no particular idea of what to play.
Frazzled Dragon
Happy Hopeful Rock that sounds like The Sun Coming Up. This is one of the first songs our band Miracle Beard ever recorded. As always, everything was made up on the spot as the tape rolled.
Beaver
My second band, Brevator, improvised this for a sound check while recording. We liked it so much we ended up keeping it.
Worse Than Pop - Cell You a Beat for a Nickel
(4:12) In our quest to bring you the lowest in lo-fidelity recordings, this track was recorded over a cell phone, originally for livejournal. Just for fun, I've converted it from a low bitrate .ogg to a low bitrate .mp3. It's not easy on the ears, but then, that's not what Worse Than Pop is about.
This is a little closer to my true sound, though it's not really a full-fledged beatbox. It'll have to do for now. Entirely improvised, just some random beats, and yes, a few slipups (they're meant to be endearing). Hopefully, this will inspire better efforts in the genre to be uploaded to HiFi.
This is a little closer to my true sound, though it's not really a full-fledged beatbox. It'll have to do for now. Entirely improvised, just some random beats, and yes, a few slipups (they're meant to be endearing). Hopefully, this will inspire better efforts in the genre to be uploaded to HiFi.
Hillbilly Disco
This is just an improv jam from a rehearsal with my old band. It's a little bit funky, a little jazzy. Overall it's just a really fun groove IMO. The recording quality is not the greatest but it's not too bad. It features me on drums, my buddy Dan on guitar and another guy named Jonathan on keys.
Enjoy.
Sumomo Mo Momo
Improvised sludge-rock by three people who'd never played together before. Stereo-action guitar pyrotechnics by nylon.
Trees + Herbs Just Got Easier
cloeburner and I used to be in an improv noise rock band called cloeburner. When I listen to this song, I think of a majestic bald eagle, sinking slowly into a pool of lava and contemplating its own mortality. I hope you will, too.
Community Noise
Members of the public were invited to bring a non-musical object to a drop-in recording session. We recorded them making a noise with their thing ('things' included carrots, an umbrella, false teeth, keys, photoflash, adding machine, pints of beer), and then the next day I did an improvised gig using only the collected sounds as source material. This is an excerpt from the gig.