In July
Another cool song made in the Kompoz community, with Mike Patterson at vocals (without willing to underestimate the rest of the participants). I really like Patterson’s style.
This is something I’m going to miss when I’ll be in Exeter, because it’s not feasible to take my instruments with me.
It’s probably I’ll get an ukelele. I know it’s not the same than playing guitar (electric and Spanish), bass guitar, mixing voices, etc; but it’s fun and you can use it to stress you out.
I have two weeks before leaving Spain, so I’ll try to play as much as I can. I don’t think my neighbours are going to miss me ;).
Link: Kompoz: Online Music Collaboration
Kompoz is a very interesting project if you play a musical instrument, but you’re not in a band (thus, you play alone).
You know that I like to record stuff from time to time (I usually synth the battery, and I own a guitar, a bass, etc). OK, so that’s the ultimate spin of that hobby, because you can start projects (songs) and ask/wait for others to collaborate (adding the instruments or stuff you can’t add, like nice go-go’s :D).
Here’s an example, from 6 different users spread all over USA:
Very cool website (and I like the song!).
These are the days it never rains but it pours!
She needs energy, and there’s some. The cover is average (at best!), but… the mission was accomplished and the energy delivered!
PS: you can laugh at me, I don’t care. I didn’t mean to imitate Freddy or David anyway :D.
She Totally Confused All The Passing Piranhas!
There’s been some time since the last record of the band. Bah, it’s just me. But this time is different because Alex gave me a pop filter (she’s so nice and cute :*, and I like the pop filter too).
I used to have a competition in my Spanish blog called ‘adivina la canción’ (guess the song), but after the time spent recording the song its name’s so obvious, that isn’t worth it (if don’t know the song, you’re probably from Mars… or don’t have music taste heh).
I must say I’m a very bad singer, and I’m more heavy than post-grunge-somewhat-punkie, so the song sounds different from the original (although the spirit remains the same).
It has been recorded with Ardour with guitar, bass, mic and a little 4 channel mixer. The battery has been tracked with Hydrogen. All together with my shiny Fedora 11, enjoy!
Update: there’s an ogg version of the song, just in case you don’t like Flash.
Joy to the World
I have this song in my head since I watched the Simpson’s episode: Lisa’s Date with Density, in which Nelson plays the song with his guitar.
After a little research, it seems it’s a humorous children’s song popular in USA, parody of the Christmas song Joy to the World
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This is my first try to record *ehm* something since I moved to Fedora, and I’m pleased with the packaged applications: Hydrogen 0.9.4-svn and Ardour 2.8.
Both applications are great and high quality software. It’s a pity I’m not such good musician, but I had fun recording this *ehm* version of the song.
PS: some feed readers won’t show the flash player, so you’re safe because you can’t listen to the song.
How to Waste an Evening
You need:
- An electric guitar: check!
- A bass guitar: check!
- An analog mixer: check!
- A microphone: check!
The bass sounds horrible, this is the first time I play the song and I can’t sing like Bono. Besides that, I don’t know how to sing it. Nevermind, the point was to waste the evening.
Love is a temple. Play it loud.
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home,
every now and then…
Oh, have you ever seen the lights?
Have you ever seen the lights?
I sing like hell. But the song is very difficult and I recorded it Live, so I have a pretty good excuse.
Today I was playing the guitar, trying to (I said trying to) compose something, and after jamming with three chords I got blocked with the lyrics.
Then I read an old mail in my Evolution’s inbox, and hey! it sounds good:
Hola J J
Te mando unos pocos enlaces, que la mayoría tendrás, como por ejemplo el primero, pero sobre todo voy a buscar unos tutoriales de youtube de esos “para torpes” y encima en castellano, para que no suponga un esfuerzo.
http://www.xatakafoto.com/
creo que lo del filtro+objetivo lo saqué de este vídeo precisamente (hay muchos más, pero este es el primero)
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=OBOMEQdNkxYAdemás tienes la página de Nikon, yay!
RAW (in English pitinglish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUpy4Y2Ge4M&feature=related
Yo me sé alguien que no va a dormir jugueteando con su cámara nueva!Buenas noches, yo cierro la paraeta.
Alex
My friend Alex sent my this e-mail when I adquired my new Nikon camera. Good lyrics Alex!
Link: Severed Fifth's debut album: Denied By Reign
The album was written, performed, recorded and produced entirely by Jono Bacon. You may know him from his work on KDE, LugRadio or as Ubuntu Community Manager.
If you like old-style death metal, Denied By Reign is worth a try (The Lake is my favourite track, althought I don’t like the kind of voice). The album was released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license.
