LaGoy's Latest

This is some dreamy, spacey pop, I guess. I didn't have any real instruments around, so it's all GarageBand plus two vocal tracks.

You ever drink so much whiskey that you recorded the main title theme of Xena the Warrior Princess? I did.

I've been obsessing so much over the opening track on the new Bad Plus album, I recorded it on the banjo.

I made some acoustic math rock today.

I wrote this little ditty tapping on the banjo in seven. I added instruments and stuff.

I found some vocoder app on my iPhone, so I used it to make this strange, robotic choir.

Here's something ambient. I made this with Scape (the new app by Eno and Chilvers), smart drums from GarageBand, Animoog and a microphone. The shaker noise that comes in around the two-minute mark is actually just an undoctored recording of me rubbing two of my fingers together. That's how intense the Tascam iM2 is.

Have you ever had so much pumpkin ale that you ran down to your cellar to write and record a Hail Mary in Latin? I have.

This was written on the banjo, using all hammer and tap on the fretboard. I felt I should add some other instruments to it, so I did. The playing is quite sloppy, but I just wanted to get it down.

This is a piece of a prog instrumental I have in mind. The timing of this part is 7+7+7+6, with the 6 alternating 3+3 and 2+2+2 feels.

I've been obsessing over this Radiohead song for the last couple days, so I learned it and played it (on the banjo).

I trapped myself on the back porch with a banjo, an iPad and a bottle of corn whiskey. This is the result. I'm not sure what to make of it, but there are a lot of time signatures going on.

This is a four or five iPad jam in seven. This is based on a groove from Jam 13 from the Bungalo Jams.

I first recorded this song in 2005 when Mars was in opposition. I recorded it again this year with seven years of added technology. Overproduced or still lo fi?

This is a banjo driven instrumental that has some strings in it. Apologies for my sloppy bass playing.

This is like that last song I just made, but even cornier and more precise. I swear I'll stop with these and get back to the arty stuff.

For some reason, I just busted out with a little twee indie pop tune. This isn't a Mates of States song, is it?

I just kind of heard this song in the back of my head, so I recorded it. It supposed to sound like a voyage across a wintry landscape near dusk. The title means Skyrim Song in the Dragon language. Geek out.

Here's my take on the classic Peter Gabriel tune. I haven't heard this song in a while, but I always do covers when the song isn't fresh in my head. I recorded the vocals in a sub-freezing stairwell. It was really echoey in there, so the vocals lack presence. I'm using the stairwell conditions as my excuse as to why I forgot the HEEEEEY WE TOUCH lyric.

I busted out a short, mellow little ditty on the banjo with some iPad accompaniment. My fancy mic wasn't working for some reason, so the sound quality isn't the best. There was some snow falling really slowly with no wind. I was watching it while I wrote and recorded this.