Piano.
posted to MeFi Music by Wolfdog at 4:38 PM on March 23, 2019 (2 comments)

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe [YT full album link] is an hour of ridiculous, top of the line prog rock that maybe you've never heard of, or maybe you haven't listened to in decades. It's part of the complicated history of the band Yes, but I'm not going to describe that here. Just listen -- it's a lot of fun!
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 2:39 PM on March 16, 2019 (23 comments)

Buckle in and prepare yourself for this Twitter thread of cursed putters.
posted to MetaFilter by DoctorFedora at 10:14 PM on February 26, 2019 (39 comments)

Since then, Hollis’ whereabouts have become unknown. There haven’t been any reformations or hits of reunions. The music—from Talk Talk’s debut single, the absurdly confident romantic synth-stomp of 1982’s “Mirror Man” through to Mark Hollis—is still there, ripe and ready for revision. The work remains, even when the artist is no longer present. And the work, surely, should remain the important thing.

A career retrospective of Mark Hollis, front man of eighties pop group Talk Talk, who twenty years ago retired from pop music, as reports come in he's passed away today.
posted to MetaFilter by MartinWisse at 12:33 PM on February 25, 2019 (57 comments)

I did a cover of my favorite song by Pinback. It's as close as they get to church, I think.
posted to MeFi Music by umbú at 8:14 AM on December 31, 2018 (2 comments)

Loud, obnoxious, a bit chiptune-y. A fun palate cleanser in preparation for the upcoming challenge.
posted to MeFi Music by q*ben at 8:42 PM on February 4, 2019 (1 comment)

The time has come for another big cover version event, and this time we honour the High Priestess of Weird Pop, her Excellency Ms Kate Bush
posted to MeFi Music by greenish at 11:30 AM on January 28, 2019 (25 comments)

Slowly mutating melody with some clicks, bass, and wobbly lead.
posted to MeFi Music by q*ben at 8:57 PM on January 19, 2019

A noisy version of the piece where every instrument is played through at least two overdrive pedals.
posted to MeFi Music by Existential Dread at 8:31 PM on January 12, 2019 (1 comment)

I think a change (a change would do you good) would do you good (a change would do you good)
posted to MeFi Music by greenish at 5:13 AM on January 21, 2019 (5 comments)

Ramon Fernandez, tell me, if you know, Why, when the singing ended and we turned Toward the town, tell why the glassy lights, The lights in the fishing boats at anchor there, As night descended, tilting in the air, Mastered the night and portioned out the sea, Fixing emblazoned zones and fiery poles, Arranging, deepening, enchanting night. Oh! Blessed rage for order, pale Ramon, The maker’s rage to order words of the sea, Words of the fragrant portals, dimly-starred, And of ourselves and of our origins, In ghostlier demarcations, keener sounds. - Wallace Stevens
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 9:33 PM on January 1, 2019 (2 comments)

A song for the new year, about making it through another year, and doing it together, and finding the ways to do it without the folks who didn't.
posted to MeFi Music by cortex at 12:24 PM on December 31, 2018 (8 comments)

"'I will work for honey!' This girl looks at me and goes, 'what?' I go 'yeah, it goes like this.'"
posted to MeFi Music by OverlappingElvis at 11:42 AM on November 15, 2018 (1 comment)

"Gymnopedie" is just a pretentious word for "Barefoot". I made this for DJ Stashu's Homemade Polka Contest on WFMU.
posted to MeFi Music by moonmilk at 8:40 AM on December 21, 2018 (5 comments)

Just some four-on-the-floor.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 10:50 AM on December 1, 2018 (2 comments)

"Space Calliope Noise" is a good descriptor for this, the first "song" from my new la la blah blah dum dum dee dah music thing, Bulbs for Leonard
posted to MeFi Music by not_on_display at 11:54 PM on November 19, 2018 (2 comments)

Trying out a new thing with an honest song about actual life.
posted to MeFi Music by tmcw at 10:02 PM on November 27, 2018 (5 comments)

20 Years On, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is Still Special [Kotaku] “The game begins in Kokiri Village, a training level that is also a masterstroke of simplicity. Rather than a list of instructions and commands, or dropping you in at the deep end, Ocarina begins in an eminently explorable village and tells you to explore it. There are chests to find, people to talk to, a training dungeon – it’s several hours before you even feel a need to look farther. When you do and the world opens its horizons, it is one of gaming’s great moments. Zelda games were always epic, but it was with Ocarina that they achieved a new scale: the central field seems to go for leagues, opening on to a sea, a castle, a fortress, mountains, woods, a ranch. Even the best games hadn’t presented an adventure like this before. If a modern player looks at Hyrule field now, it may seem a paltry thing. In 1998, this was the future.” [YouTube][20th Anniversary Retrospective]
posted to MetaFilter by Fizz at 9:50 AM on November 22, 2018 (36 comments)

Chiptune fun, dressed up with a vocal sample
posted to MeFi Music by q*ben at 3:20 PM on November 17, 2018 (4 comments)

So I feel like I owe a thank you to MeFi Music--this is the first place I started putting all my works in progress, even when it was just iPhone voice memos. Getting a few thoughtful comments was really encouraging and lovely. Then I graduated to better home recordings on SoundCloud and here, and today I put out this "official" first single everywhere. Yet another intense, moody alternative folk song with a real guitarist this time.
posted to MeFi Music by Bluebird Wine at 9:27 PM on November 16, 2018 (2 comments)

Happy Birthday Gordon Lightfoot
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 12:02 PM on November 17, 2018 (2 comments)

Happy Autumn
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 10:32 PM on October 1, 2018 (5 comments)

E-40 + Kamaiyah + MJ
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 2:55 PM on September 30, 2018 (2 comments)

In the spirit of drawing attention to all the great stuff on this site, I thought I'd remind people of the amazingly talented people who hang out on MeFi Music. (Yes it's a place!) I thought that it might be an idea for people to link to playlists they're created or songs they've favourited, and we can have a whole thread of all the great tunes people have created and shared FREE OF CHARGE ARE YOU KIDDING ME with all of us. Never been to MeFi Music? Never created a playlist? Now's your chance! Let us celebrate the coolest of all subsites - here's to The Black.
posted to MetaTalk by billiebee at 8:15 AM on June 25, 2018 (27 comments)

There's a MetaTalk post at the minute asking people to link playlists and favourite MeFi Music posts, so I'm over here shamelessly drumming up interest. Come and join in, promote your stuff, fanperson all over your MeFiMu idols...the possibilities are several.
posted to MeFi Music by billiebee at 3:56 PM on June 25, 2018 (2 comments)

A couple of covers by my band The Phone Calls
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 10:32 PM on April 17, 2018 (4 comments)

My wife had a pessimistic guitar instructor when she was younger, one of those "there's nothing new in music, there's only 12 notes" kind of musicians. So, as a rebuttal to that mindset, here's an in-progress 50+ chord progression that I think is turning out swimmingly so far.
posted to MeFi Music by TheNegativeInfluence at 10:47 PM on April 5, 2018 (4 comments)

well, i forgot to number the first two songfiles - but there's only 4 songs, which figures for a bunch of jammy instrumentals - this is more like when there's a little chill in the air and the fires are getting low
posted to MeFi Music by pyramid termite at 3:15 PM on November 26, 2017 (1 comment)

A quick, old tune
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 8:22 PM on November 19, 2017 (3 comments)

I know the 2107 eclipse over the U.S. has come and gone, but hey, there's always another one.
posted to MeFi Music by AppleSeed at 10:32 AM on November 12, 2017 (3 comments)

i guess it's about getting old...
posted to MeFi Music by thedamnbees at 10:05 PM on August 2, 2017 (5 comments)

Renaissance music on synthesizer. I think Wendy Carlos would be offended if I called this an homage.
posted to MeFi Music by shapes that haunt the dusk at 7:05 PM on March 3, 2017 (12 comments)

The Dreamliner effect. That’s a better way to fly.
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 9:39 PM on February 27, 2017 (2 comments)

A little more accessible than my last. Aqua lake zone ascending
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 10:09 PM on February 16, 2017 (1 comment)

Uh, yeah, that way, float on the track like a Segway
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 10:02 PM on January 16, 2017 (4 comments)

[Cover] Sentimental and simple, but a good reminder of what matters.
posted to MeFi Music by BlackPebble at 5:09 AM on December 9, 2016 (7 comments)

Challenge: Do what scares you? I'm scared of death and the concept of eternity. While I'm NOT about to DO that, I could write a song distilling my fears about said subject matter, yes? Yes. OK, it's a deal, then.
posted to MeFi Music by not_on_display at 10:23 PM on January 10, 2017 (3 comments)

Triste! Onwards to 2017...
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 9:49 AM on December 31, 2016 (3 comments)

Q: What scares you? A: Freddy Kruger
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 11:39 PM on December 21, 2016 (4 comments)

My home is cold right now
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 1:51 PM on December 7, 2016 (4 comments)

A song about love
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 2:57 PM on December 9, 2016 (5 comments)

Fun with drones and LFOs. Could probably pass as an Enigma tribute, thus the name.
posted to MeFi Music by kaibutsu at 4:44 PM on November 26, 2016 (5 comments)

Ambient bell arp single take performance phase music
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 10:26 PM on September 26, 2016 (4 comments)

On Monday Night Football's late game between the San Francisco 49ers and the LA Rams, a teenager ran onto the field. Although television cameras were quickly turned away from his antics, Westwood Radio announcer Kevin Harlan provided a colorful play-by-play call until the runner was tackled by security at the 40-yard line. The 16-year-old boy who ran on-field wrote his phone number on his chest, so Deadspin called him for an interview.
posted to MetaFilter by palindromic at 12:11 PM on September 14, 2016 (60 comments)

I work at BigCorp, which is having an internal contest to build songs for its hold music. This has finally given me the impetus to figure out how to actually make songs (rather than random sketches) with my newish OP-1. This one was built with an OP-1, along with a couple Pocket Operators (Arcade and Rhythm).
posted to MeFi Music by kaibutsu at 11:46 AM on September 11, 2016 (5 comments)

Yesterday, MeFi's Own chrismear and greenish got married! Huzzah! Shadchen Jessamyn officiated. Songs were sung. The minister's RV was pushed out of the moor, if you catch my drift.
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display at 10:18 PM on August 28, 2016 (60 comments)

At 0:32 I start ripping off a Goblin riff and I can't find the song that I am ripping off. It's not off of Roller or Profondo Rosso... Any insight would be appreciated.
posted to MeFi Music by dagosto at 6:57 PM on August 11, 2016 (1 comment)

MeFiMusic Podcast 3 is ready, featuring some July By Women challenge songs! Check it out on Soundcloud.
posted to MetaTalk by greenish at 6:02 AM on August 11, 2016 (12 comments)

John Cruz; ambient; experimental; techno
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 7:00 PM on July 6, 2016 (3 comments)

Windows 2000 logoff sound and Phife Dawg
posted to MeFi Music by ageispolis at 11:23 AM on June 22, 2016 (4 comments)