I made this in Logic Pro for a Music Technology class in college.

Logic Jam

This is a song I wrote* and recorded in 2002 or 2003 for a book report in a high school English class in which a song was among the choices of acceptable media for the required final presentation. (The book was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is really good and you should read it.)

The recording is pretty bad, and the lyrics are worse, but for some largely nostalgic reason I am still proud of it (okay, the guitar solo is still pretty rad tbh).

*The chord progression was actually written by a friend, but the melody, vocal harmonies, and everything else was by me.

Disclaimer:
I have unfortunately misplaced the original uncompressed master and only have this 128 kbps MP3 version, but hey, that format is actually very authentic to the time period so just think of it as being "vintage".

Humblebrag:
This was recorded using Cool Edit 96, a simple shareware editor which had no multitrack capabilities, but I basically MacGyvered a (tedious) way to bounce tracks down one by one until all the tracks were combined into a final mix.

The Lyrics (which don't rhyme and have no discernable meter, and also contain *spoilers*):

Arthur Dent was an Englishman
On a small planet called Earth
But this planet that he knew and loved
Was about to be destroyed
Luckily his friend named Ford
Was from outer space
So when the Vogons came they hitched a ride
And escaped the destruction

[Chorus]
Arthur's a man who's been on earth
All of his life and hasn't seen much
Of the vastness of the galaxy and
All the interesting things to see
But as the famous book the Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy recommends
Let's hope he doesn't panic and always
Remembers to bring a towel.

Arthur went to a lost planet and
Met an old man
Who surprised him with some very very
Interesting facts
He said Earth was built in a factory
And was ruled by small mice
But Arthur didn't like that one bit
And went to get some food

[Chorus]

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Arthur Dent

I guess my wife hasn't removed my old work number from her phone which our son plays with.

The Last Voicemail on my old Work Phone

I made this in 2006. It's an a cappella version of the song Let's Go Fly a Kite from the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins.

I think it was a present for a friend, which is why it has the silly part at the end; this friend liked silly jokes. Also it was less work to end the song that way.


image source: http://www.freefoto.com/download/18-21-4/Kite

Let's Go Fly A Kite

This is a birthday song someone asked me to make for their friend, back when I was in high school or something.

Photo credit: https://flic.kr/p/9xYakz

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