Songfighter Album-a-day Thread

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:26 am

woo!

I recorded another Album-A-Day with my band this weekend. It is available HERE. My band is named Theophilus Monk, and the album title is Tries Their Best. (My first one can be found here).

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:47 am

mkilly wrote:woo!

I recorded another Album-A-Day with my band this weekend. It is available HERE.

No it isn't. One too many url backslashes. Try HERE.

My band is named Theophilus Monk, and the album title is Tries Their Best.

Try Their Best, surley?

j$

drë · Post by **drë** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:19 am

so this weekend i finished my 4th album a day. the most challenging one yet, but the best one i think.
it started out as just a guitar & violin instrumental album, but somehow i created a song for this weeks
Honeymoon in Polynesia out of nowhere.

started around 1am Sunday morning and finished around 3am monday morning.. so 26 hours, big deal.
i blame it on the NBA playoffs in TNT.

GUITAR & VIOLIN
Andre was here at midnight

<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... violin.m3u" target="_new">STREAM ALL SONGS</A>

<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _Dance.mp3" target="_new">1 - War Dance (1:10)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _Dance.mp3" target="_new">2 - Fishermans Dance (2:33)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _Dance.mp3" target="_new">3 - Alaskan Dance.mp3 (2:54)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _Dance.mp3" target="_new">4 - Chaos Dance.mp3 (3:15)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... ynesia.mp3" target="_new">5 - Honeymoon in Polynesia.mp3 (3:19)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... nymore.mp3" target="_new">6 - I dont know u anymore (2:38 )</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _uncle.mp3" target="_new">7 - Miss You uncle (2:12)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _Sleep.mp3" target="_new">8 - Go to Sleep (2:07)</A>
<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... hiskey.mp3" target="_new">9 - No More Whiskey (2:07)</A>

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:44 pm

I make no promises, but I am considering doing an AAD tomorrow (monday the 2nd) Perhaps with Rachael on some of (or all of) the tracks.

We will see.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:29 am

Severely angry at myself for falling short of the goal....

At least I got to go see the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy flick, and enjoyed it.

Glenn Case
Tissues and Issues

(10:10 in length)

1. <a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/s ... .mp3">Sick of being sick</a>
2. <a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/s ... mp3">Young as you feel</a>
3. <a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/s ... 3">Fail</a>

<a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/s ... 3u">Stream All</a>

Technically I have until roughly 10AM tomorrow, but I am exhausted as of now. Who knows. I suppose I could still finish it, but it is VERY unlikely.

EDIT: Nope. I failed.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue May 03, 2005 12:54 am

GlennCase wrote:3. <a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/s ... 3">Fail</a>

Awesome.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Tue May 03, 2005 7:44 pm

Heh!

That was an intentional throw-away track, and I figured no one was going to like it. Hell, I didn't even care for it seconds after being done recording, but I was angry for not meeting the AAD goal.

Funny how that works. Glad you like it.

ROCK!

Glenn (DR FUNK)

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue May 17, 2005 9:05 pm

Another AAD from the j$ house of hits

The Six Six Sixties - Get Serious

'Get Serious' - by The Six Six Sixties

1. Party Like It's 1979 2.27
2. Brown River Boy 3.49
3. Born to Run in Straight Lines 2.31
4. Day to End All Days 4.21
5. Man is an Average Machine 6.10
6. The London Times, They Are A'Calling 2.11
7. Forging Michaelangelo's David In My Best Friend's Attic 2.19
8. ON-TRACK 1.47

Total Running time: 25.39
Writing, Recording & Mastering time: 18 hours 54 minutes

STREAM ALL

all the lyrics here

WARNING: For the most part this is industrial folk drone rock. Don't listen if that's not your bag. I appreciate it's an aquired taste!

Track 1 includes sample from Bush Tetras' 'Too Many Creeps'. Tracks 1, 2, 4, and 5 feature some cut-up phrases from Simon Reynold's book 'Rip It Up and Start Again'

j$

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:58 pm

j$ wrote:One of the best AAD's I've heard

Jesus you make good AADs. PLi79 and FM'sDiMBF'sA are my favorites; great sound design on the latter. Also surprisingly serious (hence the title, I suppose). Maybe I'm just used to Tiny Paws of Fury. Good stuff, J.

EDIT: I just noticed that I must watch this thread like a hawk.

EightLeggedOedipus · Post by **EightLeggedOedipus** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:47 am

j$ wrote:Another AAD from the j$ house of hits
1. Party Like It's 1979

I really dig the intro, the way this funky beat creeps up on you.

4. Day to End All Days

This song is just all around great. I dig the ebat, the Cake-ish trebly guitar, the groovy bassline, and the lyrics. "His kidneys kicked him in the kidneys." Awesome.

7. Forging Michaelangelo's David In My Best Friend's Attic

A tough listen, but the story (which I don't understand) is really intriguing.

Often it's easy to critique an AAD negatively. It's rare that compliments flow so naturally.

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed May 18, 2005 6:19 am

Thanks guys!

Puce - yeah, it's different from TPoF - it was going to be a third TPoF but the mood didn't really take me

There's a little bit of the original TPoF idea left in the titles. I was going to come up with song titles by melding together classic third album titles - Man is an Average Machine - is Kraftwerk's Man-Machine and OK Computer put together, The London Times They Are A'Calling, The Clash & Bob Dylan .... I ran out of good ones, got frustrated and this is the result

I'm pretty chuffed with the way it came out, for the most part. Maybe I'll do a TPoF later in the week ....

8LO, As for 'Forging...' well it's a litle piece of autobiography. As usual, I subconsciously obscure my personal pieces - I am way too private, obviously! Everything on that song is played live, one take (except the bass)

j$

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed May 18, 2005 6:43 am

well, no wonder certain people think you're spending too much time doing music! ha, anyway, have downloaded, will listen when i'm done with remixfight.
-bill

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:59 am

fantastic!
i'll have to listen again to pick out my favorites, but i liked it a lot. good work, j$.
-bill

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed May 25, 2005 6:23 pm

I've put all three of my AADs on a single page

Streams, lyrics, artwork and in the case of the Six Six Sixties, a bonus track - 'hit you with a brick' recorded one evening a while back for the guitar orchestra sidefight ...

j$

feldspar · Post by **feldspar** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:15 pm

Hey hey!

Im an attempt to beat the hell out of some writer's block, I just completed Feldspar's epic sixth album-a-day.

It's called <a href="http://www.crushfeldspar.com/albums/par ... html">Park Reverse Neutral</a> and check it totally out!

drë · Post by **drë** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:51 pm

i did another Album a day, this past Memorial Day weekend.
FINE,FINE,Fine is probrably the most enjoyable song.. cheers.

Before the Breakdown

<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... akdown.m3u" target="_new">Stream all tracks</a>

01. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... iracle.mp3" target="_new"> Waiting for my miracle </a>
02. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... nefine.mp3" target="_new"> Fine,Fine,Fine</a>
03. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _mouth.mp3" target="_new"> Shut your mouth </a>
04. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... le_pet.mp3" target="_new"> Little Pet </a>
05. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... iminal.mp3" target="_new"> Criminal</a>
06. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... _a_lie.mp3" target="_new"> Walk me a lie </a>
07. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... 7-stay.mp3" target="_new"> Stay </a>
08. - <a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/aad/ ... love_u.mp3" target="_new"> Son, I love you </a>
total time: 21:42

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:09 pm

So on Saturday I did another AAD - in 'honour' of my 100 songs I chose my 10 favourite songfight titles from before I found songfight. However I ended up only using 9. Go figure.

it's a neat mix between all out garage punk and kooky weirdy pop songs and it's a concept album. There may be other AAD concept albums but I'd wager this is the first one about transexual gay incest murder triangles.

1. Man of the Year 1.20
2. Experimental Fashion 2.14
3. Dad, I'm changing 3.58
4. It's Invisible 1.46
5. Totally Digging Yr Mom 3.08
6. Why Are You Making Me Kick You Out? 2.53
7. Dinner for One 2.09
8. Stuck Down A Mineshaft 2.35
9. I Was Only Joking 2.38

STREAM ALL

LYRICS

The unused 10th song title was, of course, 'Husky Youth'.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:43 pm

j$ wrote:There may be other AAD concept albums but I'd wager this is the first one about transexual gay incest murder triangles.

Now there's a thought to ponder (no point using a small font btw. your rep's quite safe here). I like the manip you did on your self portrait for the cover.

I'll potter off and have a listen.

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:16 pm

this is pretty great.
yeah, "fine fine fine" is a highlight.

-craig

dre wrote:i did another Album a day, this past Memorial Day weekend.
FINE,FINE,Fine is probrably the most enjoyable song.. cheers.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:05 pm

j$ wrote:So on Saturday I did another AAD

Fantastic. Or do I mean fantasick.

I would really like to hear this if you spent the time and produced it properly, which is obviously not the brief for an ADD.

Great stuff mate.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:05 am

I finally got around to listening to blue's AAD. I recommend "Playing D&D At the Local Library."

Also I'm halfway through "A Case of Octothorpe." It is fantastic. "Dog Boy Hits the Skids" is great, and Bite Size and Rainy Day are pretty cool too.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:08 am

I did one of these once, but it's not on the internet so you'll all just have to never hear it! It's called Texas Messes. It's really good too, probably one of the better releases of '04.

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