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Tag Archives: piano
Memo To My Son by ORthey
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on 2013-10-21
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Memo To My Son is ORthey’s second cover from Randy Newman’s 1972 album “Sail Away,” in his pre-Pixar-soundtrack days. It’s hilarious and sincere, with pretty music. Here’s the original version.
14 Candles by Jon-A-Thon
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on 2013-09-30
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14 Candles is a lovely, slow, and lush acoustic pop song, and I love the vocals and the piano.
mermaid by peterkins
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on 2013-09-26
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mermaid is a lovely and sedate jazz song. Picture seeing a chanteuse in a lounge.
I Talk To Myself by Jon-A-Thon
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on 2013-09-02
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I Talk To Myself is a bouncy pop song, a repurposed cell phone commercial soundtrack. So, lots of phone puns and references and audio filters. I like the “la la” bits.
Broken, soundtrack for the future. by blinks
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on 2013-08-12
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Broken, soundtrack for the future. is an instrumental electronica track, all tinkly piano. It builds with loops – some soothing strings, and a slow groove bassline, and the piano, and it’s soothing and hypnotic.
The Undiscovered Country Song by saulgoodman
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on 2013-07-18
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The Undiscovered Country Song is an acoustic laid-back alt-country song, about closeness and separation.
I have a soft spot for the piano, and I also love the cello here, and the layered chaos that wraps it up.
modified block format by ropeladder
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on 2013-06-26
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modified block format is a head-nodding sort of electronica song; it’s instrumental, with an eerie synth, piano, and glitch as percussion. It has a nice build.
Affording Good Beheadings by cortex
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on 2013-06-24
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Affording Good Beheadings is a poppy song in part about ritual suicide, backed by a ukelele and with backup singing also by cortex.
It’s Mefi Music song #4000!
YOU ARE EVERYTHING by The Audio Invasion
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on 2013-06-21
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YOU ARE EVERYTHING is a mellow and pretty rock song with piano, a wash of synths, and guitars.
Headless Horseman by Corduroy
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on 2013-05-29
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Headless Horseman is a wistful ballad, driven by banjolele and guitar. It’s a bit more rocking than the original version by The Microphones.
This is shaping up as a week of remixes and remakes!
Say When by Karlos the Jackal
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2013-05-27
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Say When is a poppy tale of mismatched yet scrappy love, with upbeat music including the lovely autoharp.
Happy Memorial Day!
A Plankton Affair by gmm
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on 2013-05-14
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A Plankton Affair is some awesome chill-out instrumental electronica – piano over a sometimes stuttery bassline.
Springtime, All At Once by pts
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on 2013-05-03
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Springtime, All At Once is an instrumental piece, starting with a syncopated orchestral feel, and building to more of a rock song.
It’s the first time pts has appeared on the podcast!
Catastrophes by cortex
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on 2012-12-27
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Catastrophes is folk rock – a cello and a piano backing some earnest and defiant singing by Brian Rozendal.
Over My Shoulder by saraswati
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on 2012-12-03
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Over My Shoulder is a pretty and sad song, a woman singing over a piano about a love moving on.
If you’ve noticed a pattern among the recent songs, I know, and it’s not you. My guess is that winter 2009 wasn’t a happy one.
History by saraswati
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on 2012-11-28
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History has a piano-backed woman plaintively singing about her romantic history repeating itself. I guess it’s piano pop.
It’s saraswati’s first posted track to Mefi Music and to here!
O Superman by cortex
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on 2012-11-12
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O Superman is a non-electronic and mostly acoustic cover of the experimental Laurie Anderson song. This is fairly unusual and experimental in its own right.
Reason #3 by itchylick
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on 2012-10-29
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Reason #3 sounds purposeful and has momentum, and it’s dedicated to, well, noodling along happily.
I’ll Stab You (for Sumru) by cortex
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on 2012-10-03
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I’ll Stab You (for Sumru) is a parody of Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called To Say I Love You,” with lyrics about a specific game of Diplomacy. If you haven’t heard of it, Diplomacy is a board war game of intense scheming and two-faced political alliance-building and backstabbing. The game seems smart and challenging and highly recommended, with some really big caveats.
Where was I? Oh yeah. The song is a decent mimickry of an earnest song, with a piano and nice synth strings in the background.
First Snows of Summer by cathodeheart
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on 2012-09-10
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First Snows of Summer is a lovely and lush electronica. I love the textures of the drums, piano, synths, and cymbals. It’s spacy, meandering, and soothing.
Floating by csimpkins
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on 2012-08-30
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Floating is a lovely, contemplative and downtempo song.
In Your Name by TheWaves
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on 2012-07-16
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In Your Name is melancholy, slow-paced indie rock.
[Oops! I previewed but didn’t hit publish. Let’s call this the song for Monday & Tuesday.]
Sparks by Sir Mildred Pierce
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on 2012-06-21
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Sparks is another brilliant piece by Sir Mildred Pierce; it’s laid-back and mellow, a bit loopy. This samples an artist that Sir Mildred Pierce discovered from a a movie – so, it’s fitting that the video for the song samples that movie.
Overload by blinks
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on 2012-05-24
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Overload is an instrumental piece with piano and strings, like the soundtrack for someone deducing what is really going on.
Too Late to Sleep by Karlos the Jackal
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on 2012-05-17
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Too Late to Sleep is a dreamy track. It’s an alt-pop song, with a hypnotist,a filtered autoharp, a violin-uke, and a Stylophone.
Afternoon Date by blinks
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on 2012-03-12
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Afternoon Date is an instrumental piece – it’s laid-back & mellow, but with an lovely & slow build.
Some Time To Myself by toekneebullard
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on 2012-03-01
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Some Time To Myself is a chill, slow-moving ambient track. The repetition is sorta hypnotic & soothing.
Secular Humanist Love Song by Dalton
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2012-02-14
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Secular Humanist Love Song is an alt-rock* ballad (note: one nsfw word in lyrics).
Happy Valentine’s Day!
* or maybe indie pop, I don’t even know
The Coat Hanger Song by rosco731
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on 2011-12-21
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The Coat Hanger Song is an eclectic sort of song, shifting gears often – from a woodwind and a drumbeat, adding intricate guitarwork, to a hefty dirty guitar and a singing pirate to a cappella harmonizing. I love the many styles thrown together like this.
on and on and on by edlundart
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-12-06
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on and on and on is a political, minimal, melancholy, and ethereal song.
Misty by chrismear
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on 2011-11-18
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Misty is an oft-covered jazz classic. This is a lovely take on it, with a piano and an alto sax.
Edit (2012-12-05): The MP3 wasn’t attached. Fixed it, belatedly.
I’ll Never Forget You by coaster
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-09-20
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I’ll Never Forget You is a lovely piano ballad.
sorrow by ikebowen
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-08-09
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sorrow is a pretty song. I love the expressiveness of the piano.
Dreaming of the Sitar by lancer1966
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-06-21
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Dreaming of the Sitar uses a flute, piano, & sitar to make a simple, pretty composition.
Synthoholics Anonymous by ozomatli
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-06-17
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Synthoholics Anonymous is a sometimes cheesy, sometimes pretty chiptune romp.
Acidspit13 by ageispolis
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-04-08
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Acidspit13 is an excellent dancable electronica track, with multiple layers of rhythm.
An Urgent Intimacy Awash Their Hearts by phylum sinter
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on 2011-03-03
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An Urgent Intimacy Awash Their Hearts has acoustic & glitch traits. It’s a canon, somewhat meditative in its repetition.
This is the second track I’ve posted from phylum sinter – see his tag here for more.
a moment by csimpkins
Posted by Pronoiac
on 2011-02-16
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a moment is a soothing, instrumental piece.