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Generalized Anxiety Zone Act 1

Stumbled into a Sonic-the-Hedgehog-esque bassline and cobbled this together over a few hours. (The song as a whole doesn't really sound like Sonic music -- it's just the bass in the chorus that's kinda Sonic-y.) [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Feb 5, 2024 - 2 comments

Exactly How It Appeared

It was a mind working against me. [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Dec 18, 2022 - 1 comment

Space Pirates

Someday in the future, we'll be space pirates together. [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Oct 27, 2022 - 4 comments

Sunset Intrigue

A short instrumental with chill vibes and a hint of mystery.
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Sep 17, 2022 - 3 comments

Journey of the Earth Probe/Thanks for the Introduction

In an attempt to introduce themselves to their interstellar neighbors, the denizens of the human planet launch a series of long-ranged probes broadcasting information about their cultures, histories, technologies, and sciences. [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Jul 2, 2022 - 2 comments

La Sed

another lil uke song for to practice my spanish while i'm out here herding goats in the desert [more inside]
posted by youarenothere on Jan 25, 2022 - 2 comments

el tiempo se mueve demasiado lento

to two ends: improving spanish (little by little) & lessening longing (bit by bit)
posted by youarenothere on Jan 1, 2022 - 1 comment

when i grow up i'm gonna marry me a wilkesboro boy

been lucky enough to discover one of the purest aural pleasures in the world: middle-aged men from the middle of north carolina gossiping in that cornbread and turnip green twang. wish i could hear it forever but alas: i live in the desert now. [more inside]
posted by youarenothere on Aug 24, 2021 - 6 comments

The Wandering Life Is A Difficult One But It Is Not Without Its Pleas...

Had a homie on the last goat farm who asked me to write her a song about bouncing around the country taking care of goats and green things, asked me to call it "Hard Out Here for a Nomad" but that is not the name of this song, the name of this song is "The Wandering Life Is A Difficult One, But It Is Not Without Its Pleasures; For Example, Today I Saw A Cardinal." [more inside]
posted by youarenothere on Jun 8, 2021 - 1 comment

DIARRHEA BUM BUM

Rainy season and the goats are poopin' hard. Turned the tagline of the (human) kids into a small song. [more inside]
posted by youarenothere on Oct 29, 2020 - 2 comments

Best Booty on the Farm

Recently met a dog with a mighty fine behind. [more inside]
posted by youarenothere on Jan 20, 2020 - 1 comment

Strictly Germ-proof

Arthur Guiterman wrote it. droplet posted it. epj suggested singing. I was powerless.
posted by AxelT on Aug 11, 2017 - 1 comment

Postcards From Nowhere

This is one of the first songs I've written--a new wavey pop song about a girl who's in love with a guy who may or may not be a serial killer. The song is an exaggerated account of a long-dormant toxic friendship; I was inspired by the Enigma Variations compilations, as well as the podcast My Favorite Murder and the urban legend of Debbie Harry and Ted Bundy. [more inside]
posted by pxe2000 on Jun 4, 2017 - 1 comment

A Simple Song (in Troubled Times)

An original song, just written and performed on the ukulele, recorded on my cell phone.
posted by Shmuel510 on Mar 4, 2017 - 4 comments

Under the Christmas Tree

those boxes they lead lives you don't know about. [more inside]
posted by AxelT on Dec 11, 2016 - 2 comments

Objective Truth

For Leonard.
posted by Saellys on Nov 11, 2016 - 2 comments

The Greatest Pleasure My Body Knows Is To Bathe With Old Men

Quick and dirty recording of a song about using the proximity of other people in the bath at the gym as a substitute for relationships. [more inside]
posted by AxelT on Sep 25, 2016 - 1 comment

Halle Hula - live from Hāpuna Beach

Sat down yesterday with my new uke, at a beach on the west cost of the Big Island, to revisit my Cohen/Elvis parody from several years ago.
posted by cortex on Sep 22, 2016 - 4 comments

Young Blood

A short song on a new ukulele about a thing I saw from a helicopter in Hawaii. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Sep 22, 2016 - 6 comments

They Though He Was Part of the Ship

This song highlights one of the possible dangers of crashing one's ship on a planet inhabited by a totally alien species. I recorded this a few years ago, deciding only recently to mix it down. It features a reklus-modified Korg DDD-1.
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Apr 29, 2016 - 12 comments

The Himalaya Sheri, Jalna & Brass Band

Or what happens when a Deccani wedding band loses the trumpet and discovers the blues. [more inside]
posted by the cydonian on Sep 18, 2015 - 3 comments

Always On My Mind (cover)

Resonator and baritone uke, trying to channel Willie Nelson though maybe via John Darnielle a little it turns out. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jul 24, 2015 - 5 comments

Dark as a Dungeon

An old Merle Travis song that I learned years ago when I first started getting into bluegrass. Another chance to break in the new resonator guitar, and do some fun chorus harmonies. [more inside]
posted by cortex on Jul 16, 2015 - 4 comments

(I'm Gonna Drink A) Fifth Of July

Twitter joke that turned into an actual country song an hour later. I'm in Huntsville with nothing but my ukulele, so this didn't get the full band treatment I'd otherwise do, but it works pretty well like this.
posted by cortex on Jul 4, 2015 - 8 comments

Hot Cha

It's They Might Be Giant's Hot Cha for the MetaFilter Flood cover album. And, yes, it goes a bit strange at times.
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Jan 10, 2015 - 12 comments

Lucky Ball & Chain (feat. Margalo Epps)

A cover of the song by They Might Be Giants, for the Flood tribute album. [more inside]
posted by mbrubeck on Dec 17, 2014 - 8 comments

Agriculture Report

A spur of the moment composition inspired by rice farming activities. [more inside]
posted by AxelT on Nov 5, 2014 - 3 comments

When John Drinks

Cover of When John Drinksby AstroZombie For all the Johns I know. [more inside]
posted by AxelT on May 26, 2014 - 5 comments

Ringfinger (by Nine Inch Nails)

This was my submission to a project in which various artists covered songs from Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine using at least one circuit bent or modified instrument (Soundcloud link). This one uses a reklus-modified Korg DDD1 and Monotribe (along with a sweet ring modulator he built).
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Apr 10, 2014 - 2 comments

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

In memory of Pete Seeger, a two-uke rendition of one of his best-known tunes. Video here if you're interested. [more inside]
posted by ZsigE on Jan 29, 2014 - 0 comments

Very Narrow

A quick little song inspired by Jessamyn's comment at the two-minute mark on Podcast #88. [more inside]
posted by davejay on Jan 8, 2014 - 1 comment

On The Day

A short little love song for the woman i married this weekend. [more inside]
posted by BlerpityBloop on Oct 8, 2013 - 3 comments

The Ballad of Boo Radley

My sister had to put her beloved cat, Boo Radley, to sleep. He was a wonderful cat and companion. not_on_display and I wrote a song in honor of him. We both did the lyrics and n_o_d did the uke part. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Jul 13, 2013 - 6 comments

Take

Pretty sloppy/quick recording.
posted by pugh on Jun 11, 2013 - 7 comments

[unfinished and untitled]

This song has been sitting around for most of the past year or so, unfinished and untitled, waiting for possibly a little more instrumentation (it's definitely a missing electric uke solo), some lyrics, and a re-recording of the drums with a real kit. I'm not good at playing fake drums. [more inside]
posted by The Great Big Mulp on Apr 27, 2013 - 2 comments

Through The Fire And Flames (acoustic cover)

You've probably heard DragonForce's highly entertaining power metal piece de resistance before (maybe in Guitar Hero III). This is like that, only not. [more inside]
posted by ZsigE on Mar 24, 2013 - 2 comments

Resistor -- All I Wanna Do Is Strum My Ukulele

A simple electro-ukulele ode to solitude and song. [more inside]
posted by ludwig_van on Oct 22, 2012 - 2 comments

The Song That No-One Hears

Inspired by this MeFi post, this is a song about the world's loneliest whale. [more inside]
posted by ZsigE on Sep 23, 2012 - 0 comments

Evolutionary Love Song

This a love song about the first two creatures to evolve from out of the sea to live on land. Quickie recording - link to (possibly better) video inside. [more inside]
posted by jrengreen on Sep 18, 2012 - 0 comments

the lines

I made the bulk of this in Loopy. [more inside]
posted by topoisomerase on Aug 7, 2012 - 3 comments

Couch

Another ditty for the baritone uke
posted by pugh on Jul 6, 2012 - 0 comments

will you still love me tomorrow (cover)

I like this song, so I sang it in a room by myself.
posted by pugh on Jul 5, 2012 - 5 comments

a song with wah ohs (because the lyrics don't mean anything)

Inspired by this comment on the blue. Thirty whole seconds of annoying C-G-F-Am ukulele and kazoo action.
posted by topoisomerase on Jun 14, 2012 - 0 comments

Hardly

This is the first song I ever wrote. It's also perhaps the saddest?
posted by pugh on Jun 3, 2012 - 5 comments

you

Sorry about the whistling.
posted by topoisomerase on May 24, 2012 - 1 comment

teeth

This just sort of happened.
posted by topoisomerase on May 9, 2012 - 3 comments

Knock Upon The Door

My submission for April 2012's music challenge: a small, short song based on a small, short portion of T. S. Eliot's poem The Wasteland, without modification. [more inside]
posted by davejay on Apr 11, 2012 - 4 comments

Chin Up, Cheer Up

This is a cover of a Ryan Adams song off his album Demolition. Unashamedly cheerful and bouncy, even if I have no idea what it's actually about. Video is here. [more inside]
posted by ZsigE on Mar 14, 2012 - 1 comment

I Love The Sun

ColdChef's daughter Georgia wrote a great poem about the sun. I am learning the ukulele but am not particularly creative. I took her poem and set it to my version of music. It's the first song I ever recorded. Thanks ColdChef and Georgia! More details. [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Feb 25, 2012 - 9 comments

kids (the island dance party version)

That song you've heard everywhere. [more inside]
posted by topoisomerase on Feb 19, 2012 - 2 comments

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