33 posts tagged with solo by cortex.
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The Human Condition (rough cut)

One of the nearly-finished songs for my almost-done RPM 07 album. Navelgazing lyrics, lush instrumentation.
posted by cortex on Feb 28, 2007 - 14 comments

Twist the Knife

Slow-building kiss-off material, recorded in 2006.
posted by cortex on Feb 21, 2007 - 9 comments

88 Lines About 44 Mefites

An ode to some of the more vibrant personas and memorable events in Metafilter history -- and an homage to the classic tune by The Nails. Lyrics with tremendous amounts of annotation inside.
posted by cortex on Feb 14, 2007 - 93 comments

At the Open Mic

A rough structural demo of one of the songs I've written this month. Catchy, upbeat reflection on the simpler, softer times of my highschool musical upbringing. Imagine this with a dozen people clapping and singing along. And maybe an awesome guitar solo. I've still got three weeks, after all.
posted by cortex on Feb 8, 2007 - 35 comments

You Are My Sunshine

Let's call it EMOldtimey. Or, really, let's not. It's not a damned clean rendition, but with this old heartbreaker you don't have to be. My pre-verbal niece was purported to love it, and that's good enough for me.
posted by cortex on Feb 6, 2007 - 22 comments

Three Dimensional

Absolutely ridiculous synth-and-spoken-word composition I recorded to cut my teeth on Reason.
posted by cortex on Nov 14, 2006 - 5 comments

Despite What Santa Said

Running with the unofficial Christmas Comes Early themea one-off from 2004, perfect for a mythical antichristmas album.
posted by cortex on Nov 7, 2006 - 5 comments

Barista

Working draft of an ode to those green-aproned mistresses of the coffee shop.
posted by cortex on Oct 30, 2006 - 6 comments

Devil Blues

Satan has bad days too.
posted by cortex on Oct 25, 2006 - 7 comments

The Aural Times is Back

The nice thing about a musical website like AT is that when you apologize for a lame failure to update, you can do it in song.
posted by cortex on Oct 20, 2006 - 15 comments

Radio Cure (cover)

A lofi, live, solo acoustic cover of the fantastic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot track, recorded a few years back. Music has been way too slow the last couple days, dammit.
posted by cortex on Oct 9, 2006 - 5 comments

Waltzing In Space

Heavily manipulated wall of vocal harmony, runover, stabbed, and buried in a shallow grave.
posted by cortex on Sep 26, 2006 - 7 comments

Waltz Number Two

I, too, recorded this song! It came out a little bit weird, which is probably appropriate.
posted by cortex on Sep 18, 2006 - 8 comments

Doing the Churlish Pule

The dance craze that's sweeping the nation! Lyrics by languagehat.
posted by cortex on Aug 30, 2006 - 34 comments

A Man in a Boat in the Water

A song about songwriting.
posted by cortex on Aug 29, 2006 - 7 comments

Please Stop The Asshattery

"Please stop the asshattery, love jessamyn" Now there's a song that should be on MeFi Music.
posted by cortex on Aug 18, 2006 - 41 comments

America Online Releases Twenty Million Private Search Records

Pop rock recap of the recent AOL search snafu.
posted by cortex on Aug 13, 2006 - 6 comments

Iran To Pursue Atomic Research Despite Russian Plan

Creepy, moody synthballad about geopolitical nuclear politics, circa March 2006.
posted by cortex on Aug 9, 2006 - 4 comments

NSA Collected Massive Database of Phonecall Records

Pithy titles and me: not talking right now. A catchy little pop tune about domestic surveilance.
posted by cortex on Jul 28, 2006 - 5 comments

I'm Going Away

By god, it's a bluegrass song! Thought of it because of this superlative Williams interpretation.
posted by cortex on Jul 27, 2006 - 9 comments

Dr. Who Goes To (Final Fantasy) Town

Guitar instrumental from several years ago—improvised riff on Dr. Who, a theme from Final Fantasy 1 for the NES, and Pink Floyd's "One of these Days".
posted by cortex on Jul 26, 2006 - 7 comments

Yellow (Mic Test Demo)

An acoustic rough draft—the first thing I recorded after I bought my first condesor mic. Pretty, improvised.
posted by cortex on Jul 22, 2006 - 2 comments

Bush and Koizumi Visit Graceland

Electropop with shades of Postal Service. Diplomacy in action, a-thankyaverymuch.
posted by cortex on Jul 21, 2006 - 3 comments

No Good News Today

Fresh this evening. No good news today, for tomorrow's issue of The Aural Times. Because the news sucks lately.
posted by cortex on Jul 18, 2006 - 8 comments

Stay Away

A short, pretty, desperate conversation about need and rejection. Plus arpeggios!
posted by cortex on Jul 15, 2006 - 5 comments

Things Fall Apart

Singing and guitar and clapping and beerbottle flute and self-reflection. I posted this to the old music.metafilter.com back in 2003.
posted by cortex on Jul 11, 2006 - 3 comments

Amateur

This is the first song I ever wrote. I was fifteen. I've come a long way, baby.
posted by cortex on Jul 10, 2006 - 13 comments

How To Fight Loneliness

Cover of a gorgeous Wilco song. This is an extremely spartan interpretation. You may need to turn your volume up.
posted by cortex on Jul 9, 2006 - 14 comments

German Cat Had Deadly Strain of Bird Flu

A little groove thing about the H5N1-positive German cat from awhile back. Beats via Sheep Beats; newsclips via Google Video; questionable vocals via my larynx.
posted by cortex on Jul 5, 2006 - 6 comments

Happy Birthday Alex

My little brother turned 23 this year, and I'm a cheapskate. Solution: record a song! Can be used for people named "Alice" and also in a pinch "Alan".
posted by cortex on Jul 4, 2006 - 2 comments

Stain on the Sheets

Moody rock narrative about lust and desperation and a broken girl.
posted by cortex on Jul 2, 2006 - 4 comments

matthewchen is spamming

Jangly, wistful guitarpop as requested.
posted by cortex on Jun 30, 2006 - 30 comments

Woman Attack Dog Breeder With Body Of Dead Chihuahua

Of dead puppies and retribution. Originally written for The Aural Times.
posted by cortex on Jun 29, 2006 - 16 comments

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