These Three Weeks この三週

Loop Ideas

2009-06-04T03:17:00.000-07:00

Below are a few short samples of the musical sketches I did in preparation for this show. Click to play or download the mp3s.

Track 01, Track 02, Track 03, Track 04, Track 05

getting frustrated

2009-01-03T02:15:00.000-08:00

i'm done. from _explosions on Vimeo.
i get worse and worse as i try to get my part down.
i love how i totally fling spit across my room without thinking twice...

smooth.

i rode the train from narita

2008-10-24T08:43:00.000-07:00

a first draft song, with a little video to accompany it.

i can't wait to record it with a real violin and bells.

i rode the train from narita from _explosions on Vimeo.

idea 3 gets reworked

2008-06-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

so... idea 3 was losing focus and starting to unravel.
it continued in it's original direction, but became muddled and chunky.

i decided to play the chords on the glockenspiel and idea 3 moved in a different direction
(an admittedly detektivbyrån direction- fine by me)... but most importantly, it moved.
i'm happy with these changes.

info: 6/8 92bpm

idea 3 from _explosions on Vimeo.

the river

2008-06-06T17:30:00.000-07:00

short rough... click here to listen/download the river.

everyone's calling you a hero.

'cuz you pulled that boy
from the river.

you'll get Christmas cards
from his mother.

for as long as she
can write.

and I heard the mayor say,
that they'll put a plaque that day...

where you stood and
saved his life.

米塚山と　Komezuka to

2008-06-06T17:18:00.000-07:00

this one has been mulling around for a bit, but i'd like to start getting it tighter, maybe more concise? it's got a cheezy computer string section in it now, i'll have to enlist the help of friends for that one.

it's long, but i enjoy it.

but i have four blogs about myself... of course i enjoy it.

info: 6/8 90

that's right, i said 6/8, deal with it.

any takers for the drum-track? please??

Click here to listen to/download Komezuka to 米塚山と.

day seventeen 三番週の十七番日

2008-06-06T00:40:00.000-07:00

a very short rough on acoustic... click here to play.

The regime's leader, General Than Shwe, rebuffed repeated attempts by the United Nations' secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, to speak to him by telephone. Admiral Timothy Keating, the head of America's Pacific Command, and Thailand's prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, both visited Yangon to try to persuade the regime to let in a big international rescue mission like the one assembled after the 2004 tsunami. Neither succeeded.
- the economist 2008/05

day sixteen 三番週の十六番日

2008-06-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

a little guitar line, that seems to say something like the end of summer, or end of something dear...
i'd like to expand on this one quite a bit... probably going to ruin it by making it too heavy.

4/4 84

the end of something dear from _explosions on Vimeo.

day fifteen 三番週の十五番日

2008-06-03T21:58:00.000-07:00

idea 5 (these three weeks theme) from _explosions on Vimeo.
info: 4/4 178bpm

day eleven 二番週の十一番日 - 2

2008-05-30T18:39:00.001-07:00

here's another idea... let's call this one idea 4.
(my titling system is a shining monolith of brilliance... i know, i know)

info: 3/4 160bpm

also, i feel really really vain doing this.. but, i'm having fun.

i hope you are too.

idea 4 sketch from _explosions on Vimeo.

day eleven 二番週の十一番日

2008-05-30T18:09:00.000-07:00

another rough sketch for idea 3 showing a secondary chorus part.

4/4 160

idea 3 - piano sketch 2 from _explosions on Vimeo.

day ten 二番週の十番日

2008-05-29T17:09:00.000-07:00

here's another beginning piano sketch... super super rough of course.

idea 3 piano sketch from _explosions on Vimeo.

day nine 二番週の九番日

2008-05-28T14:12:00.000-07:00

here's この電車 (This Train).

the earlier sketches are here and here.

i'd like to hear it with a drum track... ahem...
maybe another horn in there?

Click to download or play この電車 (This Train).
[kono denshya]

day four 一番週の四番日

2008-05-23T01:02:00.001-07:00

... and here is "一番キスとコーヒー", (First Kiss and Coffee).

i was going to call it タル　ラッテ, (tall latte) off the sample at the end, but i like this more. i referred to it earlier here and here as "小さいうた" (small song).

John Ngo was kind enough to play drums for me on this one.

We had a line in our japanese skit "でも、レテュムがないんです。" (But he doesn't have any rhythm.) Every time that line came up, i thought of the face Gaelan makes when i try to play drums.

man, i just want to have an army of people playing that toy glockenspiel. think of the album artwork! "The Glockenspiel Army".

Click to download or play 一番キスとコーヒー (First Kiss and Coffee).
[ichiban kisu to ko-hi-]

day three 一番週の三番日

2008-05-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

day three from _explosions on Vimeo.

Shinguku Park - Morning

2008-05-22T01:45:00.001-07:00

i sort of like the way this song pairs with this video... i hope i'm not alone in that thought.

Shinguku Park - Morning from _explosions on Vimeo.

more day two 一番週の二番日のもっと

2008-05-21T18:57:00.001-07:00

day two 一番週の二番日

2008-05-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

a rough sketch for 小さいうた.

day one 一番週の一番日

2008-05-21T03:28:00.000-07:00