Archive for September, 2010

A Song a Week 38: The Bad Felt – Subway

Monday, September 27th, 2010

This was the second song we ever talked about doing, and the one that made us decide to do a whole band of Sesame Street covers. I’m not sure what took us so long to choose this one to actually record.
I started working on this song a little over three weeks ago. Then [...]

A Song a Week 37: The Nemesis – The Pain That Causes Confusion

Friday, September 17th, 2010

If you couldn’t guess from the title, this week’s song is a sort of sequel/ companion to last week’s. It’s another instrumental, and to add an extra challenge I decided to only use the same instruments from last week.
The Pain That Causes Confusion by thenemesis

A Song a Week 36: The Nemesis – The Confusion That Causes Pain

Friday, September 10th, 2010

I didn’t feel up to recording guitars or vocals this week, so I did an electronic instrumental piece. I had originally planned to do a sad, contemplative song (I think this might be my first song in a minor key), but it didn’t quite work out that way. I’m still pretty happy with [...]

A Song A Week 35: The Nemesis – Library Books (Upside Down Cat cover)

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

I’ve been avoiding covers for a while but I got the new Upside Down Cat album last weekend and had to cover a song off it. It was a tough choice, but I decided Library Books was the most like something I would have written. The original is keyboard driven with female vocals, [...]