WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012)

WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

So here it is. My final song of the year. 

For this I used a recording of myself, at 7 years old, singing in the kitchen. Performing my first ever original composition, which was completely improvised and totally off the top of my disturbed little brain. My sister filmed this and there have been many years of laughing at the state of me bouncing away until my heart's content. 

I thought it was a cool way to end the year, but it's also very odd to remix my childhood self. 

The track has a lot of different styles and hopefully my 7 year old self would be most proud of how I bounced his voice to the beats yo!! 

Made with Ableton Live 8, Reason 5, Magical8bit plugin and some samples I downloaded from Looperman.com and Freesound.org

It's been a fun year!! Hope you enjoy this last sonic contribution to 2012!! 

Happy 2013!!! YEHA!!!!!!

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough)

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough) - DOWNLOAD FOR FREE @ Bandcamp

OPENING CHORUS

Make the yuletide gay

…aaaaah…

Bah Humbug I say

…oooooooh…

VERSE 1

You can keep your Christmas farce

And stuffing your hand in a turkey's arse

Brussel sprouts, fairy lights

Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ!!

Cracker jokes, they make me moan

Won't everyone just leave me alone?

BRIDGE

What does Father Christmas do when his elves misbehave?

He gives them the sack.

What do you give a dog for Christmas?

A mobile bone.

What’s brown and creeps around the house?

Mince spies.

VERSE 2

Hot mince pies and brandy butter

Panic buying, shops a'clutter 

Christmas trees and cranberry sauce

Jingle bells, I couldn't give a toss

Fairytale in New York? Not again, I say

Won't this winter wonderland ever go away?

BRIDGE 2 

Narrator: 

T'was the night before Christmas 

And he'd not given an inch

Mr. Tinsel was still complaining, 

Like an old grinch

Until a bright light, yon he did see

T'was the fairy Gaybreel atop his Christmas tree

CHORUS

Why you so like, anti-Christmas?

Has Santa never showered you with his sparkly festiveness

When he spread his good will all through the air

Were you never there to receive your share? Don't you care? 

Baby Jesus would cry

At the sight of your misery, Oh my!

Narrator: 

And with that Gaybreel waved his big wand

All at once Mr. Tinsel found he was quite fond

Of tinsel and pressies and festive cheer

He exclaimed, "Maybe this is my year!" 

 

CODA

Oh my goodness! Everyone was right

I have seen the sparkly light

Hark the herald! I lost my way

Maybe the yuletide should be gay

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry)

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Words:

Jangle
Keynote
Assist
Shorten
Bowling
Farmer
Sinnew
Leisure
Syntax
Fanfare
Amen
Polar
Implore
Undo
Sender
Setdown
Undue
Convoy
Tenpin
Habit
Spindle
Offset
Setup
Recluse
Akron
Chiclet
Forcefeed
Table
Explore
Marvel
Tampon
Sturdy
Hormone
Ponder
Circle
Django
Shellac
Excuse
Scabbard
Rabies

Below is an image of the words that Rachel and Conor used for their vocal parts: 

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER)

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp!

Parallel Lines

I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

Inhaled a few times, tried to clear the lines,

You know my pulse was at it's peak.

There is a parallel line, that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

I've only got four seconds, before I fall asleep.

We never really had a chance to weep.

It only took a second to measure the minute.

Then your face began to sleep.

You know a parallel line decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Cause there's a parallel line that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

And there's a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Because I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

I inhaled a few times, trying to clear the lines,

Because my pulse was at it's peak.

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi)

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

I put out the feelers on Facebook and asked friends if they wanted to collaborate via the internet this week. 4 people got involved, sending me audio files via Dropbox throughout the week. 

Today I mashed all their offerings together into this ugly beast of a thing! It's pretty dark and menacing in places and it's a fairly abstract composition overall. 

I'm down with this shit. 

It's also got some seriously sexy upright bass playing from Chris Allen. Some lovely textural / pastoral sound scape stuff from Paul J. Fox, field recordings from the set of a film made by Rory McCadden and some guitar riffery by Szever Peradi. Chris also threw in some guitar stuff too (that massive crescendo stuff at the end was his). 

Hope y'all enjoy it.