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2nd moment by jchgf

jchgf — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:06:19 -0800

A blurry offbeat ADD mix with piano and vocal samples.

Unseen Ring of Fire by Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:56:52 -0800

Another Improvisational thing from my new band Carbon 7. This one's a bit long, at 19 minutes. Music for coloring your hair, mowing the lawn, or piloting a doomed starship into the sun to save humanity. When we started this project up, I envisioned it to be psychedelic, but this seems more like science fiction soundtrack, to me. We stepped out onto Dennis' patio to see if we could catch the eclipse on Sunday evening, but it was down behind the trees, (hence the title) so we went back inside and made this, instead. Spontaneously composed -- Ron suggested the key of F# and away we went. I'm playing my '64 Thunderbird.

you by topoisomerase

topoisomerase — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:23:47 -0800

Sorry about the whistling.

lace-making for the single guy by daisystomper

daisystomper — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:16:09 -0800

Intricate filtered organ and cello sounds. From the old blog project of mine, www.clangjingleclang.com. I was feeling nostalgic and thought I'd put this track I made about a year ago online. If you're interested in how the whole song-a-day-for-a-year thing worked out, check it out. There's also a "Best of the Blog" page to catch the highlights.

egg loops by jchgf

jchgf — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:34:16 -0800

A wonky, drifting experimental collage of recordings and processed loops. (Ongoing work-in-progress.)

Turn out the lights by channey

channey — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:12:34 -0800

On a glorious Sunday morning I took my guitar down to a grassy patch beside the sea, and proceeded to write and record this song. There's a bit of wind, and birds singing along in the background - but it all adds to the charm. I wrote the song for my good friend who I was staying with at the time - we only get to see each other every few years when the stars align (different continents), and this song is about turning off all the nonsense in our lives and focusing on the important, and brighter, points

Bill Cheatum by tmcw

tmcw — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:22:49 -0800

Latest dispatch in über-short traditional clawhammer banjo songs. Played on my fretless bowlback banjo, recorded through an NT1A into Logic with a M40 Reverb as its only effect.

Eagerfail by mandrewtronsays

mandrewtronsays — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:49 -0800

Sample chopping exercise

No Life by stargell

stargell — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:26:51 -0800

At long last, more Men from the Manly Planet, recorded live at the University of Chicago Lab School cafeteria, circa 1983. We were going for a Gang of Four-Public Image type sound, ambitious given the lack of bass guitar or drum kit.

John & Tanya - Werewolf Night by soundacious

soundacious — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:45 -0800

This is from our JUST released album, The Story Is Everything. We're trying to beat a crazy deadline and sell 17 CDs before the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). If we do it, we can bring physical discs to the Kerrville Folk Festival next weekend. Here's the link, should you happen to feel generous. Thanks for listening!

Eleanor Rigby by Disbro

Disbro — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:26 -0800

I've was in a bit of a Beatles mood last weekend, and recorded this as well as my previous post of "And Your Bird Can Sing". It's been fun to redo the songs with my arsenal of sampled orchestra, etc. I'm not the greatest singer, but I've learned a lot listening to the original, and working with my own voice.

In C by sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:35 -0800

A live version of Terry Riley's piece "In C". Recorded at Ella St. last summer with cortex on his bass/bari uke (thanks, cortex!). This was the first part of the tune. The second part didn't quite work out, but was fun. You may not believe it, but we were reading the music.

Still by fingers_of_fire

fingers_of_fire — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:37:43 -0800

For the last song on my record "Innocent Explanations", a trip down memory lane... ...both literally and lyrically. Shortly after writing this, in the summer of 2008, I quickly recorded a rough demo, which I then posted here. After several performances and various studio incarnations, I'm happy to present the finished product. Close listeners will hear that I implemented some of the suggestions from the comments on that last post. This song is about falling in love in Brooklyn, and about how the memory of love, while not nearly as great as the real thing, can be a pretty good companion if used appropriately. Lyrical twists and turns inspired by Andy Partridge. Vibe inspired by Leon Redbone. That's a '64 Strat through a '65 Deluxe mic'd by a Shure SM57 - a more meat and potatoes set up I defy you to find!

When The Morning Comes by InfidelZombie

InfidelZombie — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:36:50 -0800

Ever get up in the morning, only to learn what happened last night? From our new album Her Own Little World.

What the Thunder Said/The Purification Ritual (Epilogue) by askmeaboutLOOM

askmeaboutLOOM — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:27:58 -0800

After writing/arranging, recording, and mixing the first five sections of The Wasteland, I found myself a bit spent, and struggling with the final movement, so I took a few days off to back away from it. I finally returned to it tonight, and, renewed, even managed to squeeze an extra track from it. Thus concludes the tour. Enjoy! See if you can guess which instruments are samples, which ones are real, but effected in post, which are completely dry with no post effects, and which are synthesized! Mouse over the instruments for the answers! INSTRUMENTATION: Timbill Corder (me) - Tank drum over timpano, Korg MS-10 "Wind" and "Thunder", Italian/French Vocals, composer, arranger, engineer, producer. Kerry Folsom - Snake rattles, Banjo, Mandocello. J. Benton Gross - Narrator Program notes: Yes, I changed the "co co rico" line--blasphemy, I'm sure. Had Eliot ever actually seen a chicken? The Epilogue track starts at approximately 7:24. I didn't want to split the tracks here because they flowed into one another in a way that wasn't practical to split, in this instance. Once the Bandcamp release is up, they'll be split there. The bits that became The Purification Ritual were originally supposed to be the main instrumentation of What the Thunder Said, but they were recorded in reaction to my own demo vocal recording, which had a very different feel than the narration eventually delivered by Ben (my narrator for this section). I couldn't, for the life of me, get it to fit at all, but I thought it would be a damn shame to throw out such beautiful string work, so man vs sun suggested I make them their own separate track--another interlude, or an epilogue, like I did with Death by Waterphone. Turns out, it all worked, and the other parts I recorded for this track worked on their own, to better suit the ambience of the vocal delivery.

And Your Bird Can Sing by Disbro

Disbro — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:13:41 -0800

Beatles cover from "Revolver" I felt obliged to do this cover with a loving new millennium technology.

I'm I Am by chrchr

chrchr — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:16:52 -0800

Rap song. It's pretty short, so just listen to it. Mind your subwoofers.

In Your Eyes by InfidelZombie

InfidelZombie — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:52:58 -0800

This song was inspired by our singer's video chats with her long distance beau. It is on the new Red On Strike album Her Own Little World, now available for download on Bandcamp. This is also a late music challenge entry for March, because it started off as me strumming the four chords on an acoustic (switched up a bit to C F Am G). Once I had the idea for the lyrics I knew Red had to sing it, and once we did it we knew it had to be on the new album, so it took a little while to get it posted. I've posted two songs from this CD previously - Lover's Slide and BP Song. The CD is name your own price through at least 5/20/12, after which we'll probably ask 5 bucks or something for it.

vigilant always by sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:48:01 -0800

One Swirlies cover. Around 2009 or so, we were asked to record a Swirlies song for a tribute comp and since we're big Swirlies fans, we said yes. Sneaky Flute Moods finally came out in April and there's lots of great music on there (whether you know the Swirlies or not) all for free. Oh, there is one curse word in the lyrics.

Hold On To Love (simplified version) by unSane

unSane — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:05:46 -0800

I decided to rearrange this song that I posted before to take out some of the crazy modulation and make it more straightforward. What do you think? This is just a one-take acoustic version to think about the arrangement. I kept one modulation in the final chorus, but I'm thinking about putting it in the second chorus, like it is in the earlier demo, but dropping the second modulation.

teeth by topoisomerase

topoisomerase — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:46:45 -0800

This just sort of happened.

Anything For Her by fingers_of_fire

fingers_of_fire — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:17:34 -0800

The penultimate track from my record "Innocent Explanations" is a Mick Taylor-era Stones-inspired romp with a nod to the harmonic sophistication of Andy Partridge. In case any one has been following along, in literally every song on this record there have been some kind of interruption to the drum tracks over the course of the song - some kind of stop. That was part happy accident, part deliberate - I just wanted to orchestrate drum tracks pretty specifically. (It also gave us the luxury of sticking the beginning of one take on to the end of another take, if necessary, although come to think of it, I don't think it was.) Anyway, for this song, I just simply asked the drummer to stop playing at the beginning of verse two. He came up with a great re-entrance fill a la Charlie Watts, and there you have it - problem solved!

Electric Eel (work-in-progress) by balistic

balistic — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:02:32 -0800

Chippy aquatic electro-funk. Somewhere between P-Funk and Drexciya. This is still pretty rough, but after giving my ears a rest for a few days and coming back to it, it's not quite as jagged as I'd feared. Needs smoother transitions and about a minute more length, but it might take me a while to get around to that. Any critique, harsh or otherwise, is totally welcomed.

Yesterday's Karma Perpetuates by Devils Rancher

Devils Rancher — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:49:29 -0800

A spontaneous composition by my improv trio, Carbon 7 This is one where we actually intended to be somewhat melodious. We listened to each other well, and the interplay makes me happy. I like the motion. This is music for long-distance night driving, kitchen scullery, or perhaps making a rich, dark roux for gumbo - it's about exactly the right length to get it to that old-penny copper brown. I audibly burp at the beginning, and Ron says "Nice belch, Broski." It ends not long after the Prophet 5 blew a fuse.

Goin' Up The Country by cmoj

cmoj — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:45:30 -0800

First semi-organized attempt at recording. Garage Band, one mic (a USB Guitar Hero one!), one track, me, and a nylon guitar. Sorry, Country Joe.