Thursday, August 23, 2007
Friday is Engineer Day!
I never claimed that I didn't take requests! Heck, I take requests with gusto! Murf wondered if I would ever do a new version of the "Engineer's Blues" song. Heck, I decided to make three of them. I guess I couldn't decide how to do it.
Engineer's Blues
Engineer's Blues in the 80s
Yeah, there are only two versions there. I'm still working on the third. It just didn't come out right. But these two popped out pretty much the way I meant them to. And they were fast records, too. This proves once and for all that country (ish) and electropop are the two genres of music most easily attained by the amateur home recorder. Or, at least it seems like those two genres are easiest for me. Maybe I could start an electropop country band and be rad.
Lyrics!
Let's work all night!
Engineer's Blues
Engineer's Blues in the 80s
Yeah, there are only two versions there. I'm still working on the third. It just didn't come out right. But these two popped out pretty much the way I meant them to. And they were fast records, too. This proves once and for all that country (ish) and electropop are the two genres of music most easily attained by the amateur home recorder. Or, at least it seems like those two genres are easiest for me. Maybe I could start an electropop country band and be rad.
Lyrics!
Let's work all night!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Hard luck rockin' in the free land.
Maggie got me a totally sweet Little Big Muff pedal for my birthday. The Big Muff is, in my opinion the all time lord of fuzz and distortion pedals. Classic and eternal, from the seventies to the Smashing Pumpkins, fools, the Muff has owned.
So I obviously need to to grind out a miserably crappy classic rock song entirely for the sake of playing a crappy fuzz solo. I spent almost an hour working on this song, so you best recognize the, um, hour-ness of it. That's just the way it goes when your living and loving is so hard.
Hard Luck Rock Woman
Aw nuts. I just realized that I should have totally ended this song in a fade-out guitar solo. That might have helped the lameness of it. Maybe someday...
So I obviously need to to grind out a miserably crappy classic rock song entirely for the sake of playing a crappy fuzz solo. I spent almost an hour working on this song, so you best recognize the, um, hour-ness of it. That's just the way it goes when your living and loving is so hard.
Hard Luck Rock Woman
Aw nuts. I just realized that I should have totally ended this song in a fade-out guitar solo. That might have helped the lameness of it. Maybe someday...
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Feel the...um, something...
I recorded a new version of a song that's two years old, that no one has ever heard.
About two years ago Maggie went off to a conference for school and left me at home with the dog...and a terrible sickness. I didn't go to work. I could barely speak. I laid in the living room and watched asian movies and anime and talked to the dog and took lots and lots and lots of medicine and drank waaaay to much tea with honey in it. I think I put theraflu in the tea, in fact. At some point I became fascinated with my froggy, croaky voice, and recorded a song on the fly. The song is the song I'm posting here, and I don't think I changed it that much.
So, this song doesn't make much sense. It's weird, but not really funny. Since I was sick, and drugged, and sort of one-taked the words, I guess it's just whatever the heck it is. But for some reason, I have thought about this dumb-ass song a number of times these past two years, so I decided to record it.
The Flames
I thought I was trying something different with the production, trying to be more sparse. I don't know think it ended up that way, but the bass is thumpier, and the tambourine is more prominent, so I guess that's something. I also reveled in the use of my analog gear, so filters and ring mods and analog delay abounds. I'm not too sure about the mix; I might redo the whole thing sometime. But here's what I gots so far, yos.
Lyrics!
Um, yes.
About two years ago Maggie went off to a conference for school and left me at home with the dog...and a terrible sickness. I didn't go to work. I could barely speak. I laid in the living room and watched asian movies and anime and talked to the dog and took lots and lots and lots of medicine and drank waaaay to much tea with honey in it. I think I put theraflu in the tea, in fact. At some point I became fascinated with my froggy, croaky voice, and recorded a song on the fly. The song is the song I'm posting here, and I don't think I changed it that much.
So, this song doesn't make much sense. It's weird, but not really funny. Since I was sick, and drugged, and sort of one-taked the words, I guess it's just whatever the heck it is. But for some reason, I have thought about this dumb-ass song a number of times these past two years, so I decided to record it.
The Flames
I thought I was trying something different with the production, trying to be more sparse. I don't know think it ended up that way, but the bass is thumpier, and the tambourine is more prominent, so I guess that's something. I also reveled in the use of my analog gear, so filters and ring mods and analog delay abounds. I'm not too sure about the mix; I might redo the whole thing sometime. But here's what I gots so far, yos.
Lyrics!
Um, yes.
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