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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]
Exactly How It Appeared
It was a mind working against me. [more inside]
Space Pirates
Someday in the future, we'll be space pirates together. [more inside]
Sunset Intrigue
A short instrumental with chill vibes and a hint of mystery.
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]
La Sed
another lil uke song for to practice my spanish while i'm out here herding goats in the desert [more inside]
el tiempo se mueve demasiado lento
to two ends: improving spanish (little by little) & lessening longing (bit by bit)
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]
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]
DIARRHEA BUM BUM
Rainy season and the goats are poopin' hard. Turned the tagline of the (human) kids into a small song. [more inside]
Best Booty on the Farm
Recently met a dog with a mighty fine behind. [more inside]
Strictly Germ-proof
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]
A Simple Song (in Troubled Times)
An original song, just written and performed on the ukulele, recorded on my cell phone.
Under the Christmas Tree
those boxes they lead lives you don't know about. [more inside]
Objective Truth
For Leonard.
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]
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.
Young Blood
A short song on a new ukulele about a thing I saw from a helicopter in Hawaii. [more inside]
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.
The Himalaya Sheri, Jalna & Brass Band
Or what happens when a Deccani wedding band loses the trumpet and discovers the blues. [more inside]
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]
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]
(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.
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.
Lucky Ball & Chain (feat. Margalo Epps)
Agriculture Report
A spur of the moment composition inspired by rice farming activities. [more inside]
When John Drinks
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).
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]
Very Narrow
A quick little song inspired by Jessamyn's comment at the two-minute mark on Podcast #88. [more inside]
On The Day
A short little love song for the woman i married this weekend. [more inside]
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]
Take
Pretty sloppy/quick recording.
[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]
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]
Resistor -- All I Wanna Do Is Strum My Ukulele
A simple electro-ukulele ode to solitude and song. [more inside]
The Song That No-One Hears
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]
the lines
I made the bulk of this in Loopy. [more inside]
Couch
Another ditty for the baritone uke
will you still love me tomorrow (cover)
I like this song, so I sang it in a room by myself.
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.
Hardly
This is the first song I ever wrote. It's also perhaps the saddest?
you
Sorry about the whistling.
teeth
This just sort of happened.
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]
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]
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]
kids (the island dance party version)
That song you've heard everywhere. [more inside]