As fresh as possible, in a slightly different mix than my previous upload, to give some more presence to the tune. The rhythm track was under electronic dust somewhere on my drive. I had recorded it without bothering to turn off the radio, so it is heard at the quietest moments. I've added a melody and a solo, as well as some percussion, but it's still a very tiny addition. Flaws included.
posted to MeFi Music by nicolin at 6:22 AM on June 8, 2007 (5 comments)

I wrote this maybe four or five years ago. No words, just fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Minor, kind of moody.
posted to MeFi Music by danb at 5:09 PM on June 4, 2007 (11 comments)

A poppy ditty about a girl's good fortune thanks to yours truly.
posted to MeFi Music by markulus at 4:24 PM on June 4, 2007 (5 comments)

Mix Master Mike frequently samples the intro to Killing In The Name for his sets. I decided to sample the outro, where Zach de la Rocha is yelling "ALL OF WHICH ARE AMERICAN DREAMS". The bass line is spliced out of Evil by Interpol since Carlos Dengler has got some crazy tone. This is a pretty slow jam, so it borders on the line between hip-hop and dance. Enjoy.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 1:05 PM on May 29, 2007 (4 comments)

It's my usual setup - bedroom recording, loop pedal + Telecaster. This is my more recent sort of loop song, and it has more of a jazzy feel. I run the Tele through a compressor before the loop, too. Yeah, this one's a little long, but I just really, really like it. I recorded it a few minutes ago and was just so happy with how it turned out (I had no idea what it would be) that I'm done for tonight.
posted to MeFi Music by tmcw at 7:01 PM on May 26, 2007 (1 comment)

Disney has a new cartoon series called "Gravity Falls," created by Alex Hirsch who also created The Marvelous Adventures of Flapjack. It features X-Files style paranormal activity in the titular town in Oregon from the perspective of 12 year old twins, Mabel (voiced by Kristen Schaal) and Dipper. While this alone could cultivate a fanbase, it also helps that the show has secret messages and cyphers for viewers to decode.
posted to MetaFilter by mccarty.tim at 8:34 PM on November 28, 2012 (69 comments)

Another Townes Van Zandt cover, though I think this is the best thing I've produced [at home] yet. Amazing what a little compression will do. A beautiful, simple, moving song that I can't do justice to.
posted to MeFi Music by inoculatedcities at 5:41 PM on May 26, 2007 (4 comments)

The new album is more or less finished, so I thought I'd offer you guys another sneak peek. A shoot-from-the-hip rock song - Let's drink to the things that died too soon.
posted to MeFi Music by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:45 PM on May 24, 2007 (16 comments)

An electronic track I did in my room at Ten Thousand Waves, outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Influences include Boards of Canada, Nathan Fake, and a little Aphex Twin. There's a longer description here.
posted to MeFi Music by ldandersen at 6:19 PM on May 21, 2007 (3 comments)

Another track by Selected Letters (my sadly defunct band). Music by J. Sher and I. Ochs, lyrics by R. Witte. Enjoy!
posted to MeFi Music by OverlappingElvis at 1:10 PM on May 21, 2007 (2 comments)

On a sad day last spring, our benevolent dictator banned the blink tag from Metafilter. After a night of heavy drinking I woke up in a canoe in the Andes and composed this eulogy.
posted to MeFi Music by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:07 AM on May 21, 2007 (10 comments)

Elfrita used to be my landlord. She would place giant spiders outside my door so they could crawl into my apartment. It was horrifying.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 1:05 PM on May 18, 2007 (6 comments)

Rough arrangement of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" for the steel-string guitar. I put this together about a month ago, after the SNL "Dear Sister" sketch introduced me to the song.
posted to MeFi Music by The White Hat at 12:47 AM on May 15, 2007 (34 comments)

My internet debut ... what do you think?
posted to MeFi Music by lancer1966 at 10:07 AM on May 14, 2007 (5 comments)

Recorded on New years eve, 2002. 2 incredibly talented musical friends of mine accompanied by 5 marginally talented bafoons attemping to make music out of anything and everything. Included in this track is a 1980's casio keyboard, accordian, kazoo, banjo, beer bottles, bass, clapping, and lots of booze. Lots of booze. I think its kind of catchy.
posted to MeFi Music by jlowen at 9:12 PM on May 12, 2007 (4 comments)

A night long bender on sythohol. Starts out peaceful enough, but once the party gets started control is hard to maintain. An Episode production
posted to MeFi Music by ozomatli at 11:06 AM on May 12, 2007

It's like the label DHR collaborating with the label ECM. Echoing, morphing, gated chords. Sexy, distorted beats. Subwoofer-rubbing bass.
posted to MeFi Music by deusdiabolus at 5:14 AM on May 12, 2007 (1 comment)

Old Woody Guthrie tune that's probably been covered a couple hundred times. This is me breaking in our new upright bass.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 10:28 PM on May 10, 2007 (16 comments)

hi, what about a trip to southern France, with an occitan traditional sung by a choir ?
posted to MeFi Music by nicolin at 10:15 AM on May 9, 2007 (9 comments)

My favorite jazz standard, done as a solo acoustic guitar piece. Apologies for the audio clipping at 2:02. (For some reason, the MeFi audio preview is playing it in a lower key and slightly slower; I'm not sure how to fix this, so I'll leave it as is.)
posted to MeFi Music by adrian_h at 8:24 PM on May 6, 2007 (7 comments)

My neighbor got mad at me while I was making this. Contains low frequencies.
posted to MeFi Music by 31d1 at 7:04 AM on May 5, 2007 (8 comments)

What do you get when cross Notorious B.I.G, Geeshie Wiley, and a subsonic dnb bass? You get The Biggie Blues my friends.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 12:49 PM on May 4, 2007 (7 comments)

A pop-rock song about bypassing the supermodels and going straight for the solid girls. Tried to write it catchy, melodic and rockin. Feedback would be much appreciated.
posted to MeFi Music by markulus at 8:11 PM on May 1, 2007 (13 comments)

Lots of sampling, but I'm so seriously stoked by this piece. You will be, too.
posted to MeFi Music by Mach3avelli at 5:20 PM on April 30, 2007 (5 comments)

hi, here's the sequel to my previous post, lo-fi vamp. During a jam with a friend, I unearthed the two chords vamp from my memory and we noodled a little bit around it. He recorded my rhythm guitar part and a solo, and said he could be working on it in order to add something more orchestral to these basic tracks. Well, he's got craft but my vamp now sounds like a soft porn movie soundtrack to my ears.
posted to MeFi Music by nicolin at 10:44 AM on April 30, 2007 (2 comments)

Actually this song is not my own. I was just wondering... may I point to a beautiful song by providing my own rendition here ? It was written by Silvio Rodriguez.
posted to MeFi Music by nicolin at 3:57 AM on April 28, 2007 (5 comments)

My version of the train, only at night and inside of it. Got the idea from watching Animatrix, the scene where Trinity shoots the dick and then jumps out the window.
posted to MeFi Music by sluglicker at 8:32 AM on April 27, 2007 (4 comments)

Listen and download quick, before the Paramount lawyers send the Cease and Desist letters. By the way, I cite "Fair Use" for my "sampling". You may also notice that I don't have a musical bone in my body and don't risk my own voice for the lyrics, either. What a wienie!
posted to MeFi Music by spock at 2:08 PM on April 26, 2007 (3 comments)

A Metafilter exclusive! This is the studio version of my contribution to the meficomp. It's the second track from my new album, which is available now.
posted to MeFi Music by ludwig_van at 8:18 AM on April 24, 2007 (8 comments)

The drum track is a 4 or 5 second sample from a Steinberg library named "Rabbit Dance". A couple of samples from old-time radio, me an my Casio and there you have it. I tried to do something in the first section with lead guitar ala Santana, but I came up with nothing. Anyone want to add a track to that?
posted to MeFi Music by sluglicker at 12:54 PM on April 20, 2007 (3 comments)

An unapologetically cheesy Michael/Janet Jackson style 90s epic pop song. I just got a new main synthesizer (Yamaha Motif XS) and per tradition, when I get a new piece of gear, I write a new "demo song" with it. Everything you hear is coming out of this insane keyboard in one pass, no external processing! DON'T hit play if you're opposed to sugary Teddy Riley style swing, you'll be nauseated. I'm an equal opportunity nostalgist! :(
posted to MeFi Music by jake at 7:33 PM on April 15, 2007 (13 comments)

Tasha's full name was Natasha Von Baddenof. A rottwieler that I raised from puppyhood til death. I was going to sing on this but it's better without it. Enjoy.
posted to MeFi Music by snsranch at 7:25 PM on April 12, 2007 (7 comments)

4/10/07 rehearsal recording in LA. Trying out some new repertoire... well, new for me. This adorably sweet little song was written in 1928. I decided not to put any kind of modern spin on it, but to just sing it slow and straight. (Guitar by the always adorable Barry Zweig.)
posted to MeFi Music by miss lynnster at 1:16 PM on April 12, 2007 (13 comments)

A little noisy, a little groovy. It's got breakbeats, wailing guitars and nasty feedback. It reminds me of a cross between Moby and Flying Saucer Attack, hence the name. There are a lot of interesting automation things going on here.
posted to MeFi Music by chillmost at 4:50 PM on April 11, 2007 (2 comments)

This is a little something I did (obviously unfinished) that I'd liek to get some reaction for. Any thoughts? It's a pretty straightforward power pop/rock song, complete with ahhs, claps, shakers, and tambourines. Rawk.
posted to MeFi Music by grubi at 11:36 AM on April 11, 2007 (9 comments)

Another Square Waves song for your enjoyment. The plan is to put this song (and the other one I posted last week) out on a 7" (double A side).
posted to MeFi Music by Quartermass at 9:18 AM on April 11, 2007 (4 comments)

Folk metal rock boogie instrumental, driving down the highway throwin' the horns.
posted to MeFi Music by Wolfdog at 7:43 AM on April 10, 2007 (6 comments)

See here and here and here. I'm posting this to music because Cortex insisted.
posted to MeFi Music by buriednexttoyou at 11:49 AM on April 9, 2007 (31 comments)

This is the closing track of my debut LP, Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies, to be released 4/20/07.
posted to MeFi Music by ludwig_van at 3:32 PM on April 8, 2007 (14 comments)

A parody of A Day in the Life, penned earlier today by the highly overrated gentleman known as It's Raining Florence Henderson in response to disturbing revelations. Apologies to John. Paul can stuff it.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 9:08 PM on April 6, 2007 (34 comments)

Back from the dead! Original description: A quick-and-dirty first attempt at combining circuit bent instruments with acoustic guitar. I know some people frown at the idea of forcing bent instruments into measure and meter but there's a 24% chance that those people are no fun. Did it work? I dig it. Any suggestions?
posted to MeFi Music by RobertFrost at 1:18 AM on March 30, 2007 (6 comments)

A new song from a new band I am in called The Square Waves. This song is sure to be a hit on the Canadian charts, or at least a podcast intro or something (hint hint).
posted to MeFi Music by Quartermass at 9:59 PM on March 29, 2007 (6 comments)

Going back to my roots: Here's a techno-diddley straight outta Air Deutschland.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 2:35 PM on March 22, 2007 (9 comments)

This song was inspired by: Dean Moriarty, Coldplay's "We Never Change," the last shot of Fight Club, and global warming. Just ignore the vocals; I can't sing for crap today but it'll sound great once I redo it in a studio. Hohner-Gruhn guitar, AudioTechnica microphone, and GarageBand.
posted to MeFi Music by Saellys at 7:15 PM on March 17, 2007 (2 comments)

In the late '90s, I was the main guy behind an electronic art-pop band called Science Park. After suffering a nervous breakdown in the winter of 2000, I disbanded the group and retreated from the music industry for six arduous years. Now thirty, I've just issued a 15-year retrospective of my life in sound and have re-committed myself to my life's work with a raft of new projects. "Ascension Island" was first issued on a Japanese 7" single on Motorway Records in 2000, and later on my album Disinformation (Obscure-Disk). A tale of love, espionage, and violence always just out of sight, it features my trademark drifting electronics, shortwave radio interceptions, and cool, clean singing. Enjoy.
posted to MeFi Music by mykescipark at 9:26 AM on March 7, 2007 (15 comments)

<cortex> jimbob you are under orders to post something to Music
<jimbob> cortex, will do, give me...12 minutes
<cortex> Jimbob, it's been twelve minutes.
<cortex> Chop chop.
<jimbob> o shit
posted to MeFi Music by Jimbob at 5:41 PM on March 2, 2007 (5 comments)

I forget why Tony Danza was in this song title, but man have you ever seen that guy naked? This is another rockist song from my old band New Blind Nationals. It's got the three guitar attack but with a pulsing disco bass line underneath. I'd like to pretend that Franz Ferdinand stole their best ideas from me while I was sleeping.
posted to MeFi Music by drezdn at 2:13 PM on March 2, 2007 (3 comments)

The second song to post from our new EP. (Previously) This is my band with Afroblanco and some other guys. We're called The Olivers, and are giddy for your comments, snarky or otherwise.
posted to MeFi Music by Navelgazer at 1:08 PM on March 2, 2007 (12 comments)

I can't believe it never occured to me until tonight to post what is by far my most famousest song! This is not actually the recording I made back in August '05. This is a somewhat improved version that I made about a year ago. The improvements were really just redoing the vocals so they weren't as bad, and putting in the electric guitar part. It's funny-ha-ha.
posted to MeFi Music by sparkletone at 1:23 AM on February 27, 2007 (5 comments)

electronic dance pop thing - another one recorded in same 6 mo period as "when your lover has gone" (prev post), this one was sorta more where I was at stylistically at the time. Utilizes killer slowed-down Prince sample from 'my name is prince' to chug throughout, periodically sprinkled with horn samples from Bernstein's "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs" as well as some other stuff (kronos quartet?). Not entirely sure about the recording process here, but it also went to ADAT, and I think I used a boss dr rhythm for the main hat. The string sound was from my poor old ensoniq VFX... it freaked out all the time for no apparent reason, but man that poly-key pressure is STILL the best system to date for emotive midi controllering. I don't know why nobody else seems to have it in their boards.

Finally, not sure what I was thinking with the wacky instructional tape sample at the very beginning, nor the instrumental breakdown at the end, but here ya go.
posted to MeFi Music by bitterkitten at 1:37 AM on February 25, 2007 (2 comments)