Music: My Favorite Stuffs

So here is a draft of a new tune. I call it "My Favorite Stuffs".

Note the difference between "My Favorite Things" and "My Favorite Stuffs". My song's title does not require of that which counts as my favorite that it should be discrete in time and space. I do like puppies, and mittens, but I also need a song that celebrates my love of paste, tofu, and other non-discrete substances.

I fear I have been warped by philosophy.

Scary Tune #2

OK... I am not altogether on board with the zingy synthesizer sounds of the 1970s... that is to say: sometimes I think they are great and under-appreciated; other times, I am a little embarrassed to have them in my songs... sigh.

So I stripped out (almost) all the zingy synths and replaced them with a more chamber-music-y sound. Also, I took the Nutcracker-Suite-on-acid melodies from the end and made them the center-piece of the song.

I am pleased as punch and think the new version is much better -- creepier, more interesting, possessing more ...quality.

You're welcome world, by the way.

Here it is, then... I call it: "Could you clean your dishes up next time?"

You'll enjoy it.

Music Blog: Scary New Tune

So I had a truly phat beat and the core of a similarly funky bass line. I thought I'll make this one genuine make-out music. However, the synthetic strings I decided to play with for this tune just added tension; not sexy tension, mind you, but, rather, the-walls-are-bleeding-(again!) tension. Sigh.

Anyway, this changed things, and I've put together a little tune that makes me think of nothing so much as zombies. So I'll call this one "The Zombie that Followed me Home".

Here it is, then. I hope, dear reader, that you enjoy it.

PS: I'll be tinkering with it a bit in the next few days.