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Posts from the ‘audio’ Category

an Easter song

Instead of being productive with my Good Friday off of work like I should have been, I messed around and made this song.

I had the melody and little bits of lyrics rattling around in my head for a while so I dusted off the ol’ microphone and laid down a few tracks in honor of Easter.

Sarah, on the other hand, went to watch Titanic 3D. Look who’s spiritual now. Read more

Hello, Owen!

Ever wonder what it sounds like to be mobbed by 50 adoring teens as you hike up the trail to David’s Waterfall at En Gedi? Wait no longer. Read more

come in

“So I fired up the iPad…Refreshing myself on the picking pattern was like crawling inside the attic and finding boxes of old photos from high school.

Weird and embarrassing and fun — all at the same time.”

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Strumming on the ol’ banjo…

Banjo.

It’s happening.

I opened up this banjo, tuned it, and recorded a little sample with my iPad. I don’t know many chords yet, so I picked something simple in honor of olde tyme church….

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sorry, delilah

I picked up this ukulele in Venice about two weeks ago. My roommate was so thrilled that he asked me to always play on the balcony with the door closed, “so my music could enhance the beautiful surroundings.”

Now, I’m using all four glorious strings to ruin favorite songs. Like this one by Plain White T’s. Read more

slurpy samples

One of the things I love about GarageBand for iPad is the ability to record and mix samples. It’s like found art for your ears.

This impromptu audio doodle at Starbucks features some found sound. Can you name that audio?


What exactly can be done with such music…? Read more

what a friend


Sitting around on a Sunday afternoon. Thinking about how things are, how things used to be, and how things should be.

And making lo-fi recordings with my phone.

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