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Ocean

craig — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:22:02 +0000

Bill and I did this for a songfight-esque contest, but as of posting this the contest site has not been updated. I hope you enjoy. I like the lyrics.

update: here are the lyrics

the ocean is alive
and the tide is its heartbeat.
and the water’s more than wet,
it’s also wise.

the ebbing and the flowing
is the essence of knowing
and i will wade in the water
where the waves (where the waves)kiss the skies
the waves kiss the skies

oceans…
deep and blue…

the horizon, with a digital sheen
synthesized swimmers and binary birds
created by man, and then by machines
this ocean is a sea of words

and here i will stay
with a corpus and a queue.
i will learn more than i’ll say.
and then i’ll turn — i’ll turn to process you

oceans…
deep and blue…

Onomatopoeia (cover)

craig — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:41:19 +0000

We invited our wives and kids to join “The Brainpipe Family Singers” and covered this quirkfest by Paco del Stinko, for his Hxaro Lovefest.

I command you to enjoy it.

Party People

craig — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:48:56 +0000

Bubs,

This is not a new song. I just felt an urge to replace the ‘latest song’ on the front page, so I dove into the archive of unposted material.

This particular song dates back to when I used to call myself CRT and use Reason (the whistling distortion on some of the drums is a dead giveaway). It’s a schizophrenic track — probably not technically good, on the whole — but I think it reflects at least one or two decent ideas.

Enjoy?!

I’m Outstanding

craig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:47:32 +0000

This is a brainpipe songfight entry from back at the start of june. I forgot to post it!

The Blitz

craig — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:58:07 +0000

Here’s my entry for Round 3 of Nur Ein 3.

This time the non-optional challenge was “use of choral voices”.

Hope you like it.

Unnatural Disaster

craig — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:28:24 +0000

The entry for Round 2 of nur ein.

The non-optional challenge was “use of backward recording”.

Sleepwalking

craig — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:12:17 +0000

For Round 1 of Nur Ein 3.. a songfight! sidefight.
Check it out here.

Contest rules obliged this song to have a crescendo.

Kick Start

craig — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:08:13 +0000

For Round 0 of this year’s “Nur Ein” .. a songfight side-fight.

The non-optional challenge was to include a significant name-drop of an actor or actress — hence the awkward line about Sylvester Stallone.

Information on past nur ein’s available here.

Squirm (Demo)

craig — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:46:25 +0000

Hey, remember last summer when I kept talking about how I was recording a Starfinger album?

Well, as of now, I doubt that this will happen any time soon, so I thought I’d say a few words about my idea.

The intention was to do a concept album weaving together the plots of some noteworthy movies. I had lyrics for ‘Andromeda Strain’ and ‘Squirm’.

The only thing I ever got around to recording was a demo for the first half of Squirm. Check it out.

Blood Music (Parker Street Cinema Remix)

craig — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:48:27 +0000

My first RemixFight win! Huzzah.

The source material was the Parker Street Cinema’s instrumental mood-fest Blood Music.

Check out all the remixes here.

UPDATE: this remix has been included on the Parker Street Cinema Blood Music EP. If you came here via that, please say “Hi”.

Also note, the CD track listing is wrong (at least on the initial printing..) My remix is actually track 5, though listed as track 6. Hold on to your copies of this, because I’m sure that misprint will make it valuable one day.