Skin the Gerbil is a yo-yo trick I created in 1999. I never really thought it needed a themed song, but I wrote one anyways. See the trick here https://youtu.be/uTm69rbJB94

Skin The Gerbil theme song

the Skin The Gerbil theme song

I just found this old cover of Biz Markie's "Vapors" that I recorded back in 1996-ish. Pretty sure it was recorded on my friend Chris Sullivan's fourtrack. He played bass and I sang the song. Thanks to Hipster Z for archiving this file for me.

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Vapors (Biz Markie cover from 1996)

This is the original score for The End Part II, a yo-yo trick video. You can watch it here https://youtu.be/lBFp-AN7fow

Happy ending (music for The End Part II)

As soon as I heard Sarah Palin's "Stump for Trump" speech, I knew I needed to add a beat to it. It's super catchy.

I made a video version too https://youtu.be/Ykthgk4sitg

Right Winging Proud Clinging Palin Remix

Heard this catchy protest chant in a video from the g20 protests in Toronto. So I made a remix. You can watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYNCWDeuZmE

Riot Suit (Toronto G20 remixed)

Sometimes you find yourself at an illegal art show in an abandoned military bunker. 

And sometimes you notice a deep dark room that has amazing audio properties. 

And SOMETIMES you discover that one of your friends is really good at Tuvan throat singing.

This is the audio recording from one of those times.

Throat singing in an abandoned military bunker

Found 7" record full of San Francisco's sounds:

"Side one opens with the famous (though recently replaced) Pt. Bonita Fog horn... carousel organ at Playland-at-the-beach... fog horn on Golden Gate Bridge... church bells of SS. Peter and Paul... "bird-cage" traffic signal (also recently replaced)... traffic medley... ride on the Powell Street cable car... Chinatown: opera at Great Star Theater... St. Mary's Chinese Girls' Marching Band.

Side two opens with some echoes of the old International Settlement... Bocce Ball in north Beach... feeding the ducks at Palace of Fine Arts... Ferry Building siren... Golden Gate Bridge cables in the wind... fishermen on short-wave radio... big ships' whistles... medley of fog horns."

written and produced by Richard Emerson and narrated by Dave McElhatton, a local radio personality known for his own show on KCBS. I purchased this record from Jem and Jetsam on 20th st, which still has 5 more deadstock copies on hand.

Voices Of San Francisco: A Scrapbook for the Ear of Authentic Location Recordings

A collection of daily songs written during quarantine.

Jingle Jangle Jungle (day #7)

Clo Clo Down (day #13)

A friend sent me some sounds of a broken printer and I thought "that would make a neat song". All the samples in this song come from this machine https://freesound.org/people/melack/sounds/13809/?fbclid=IwAR04b2Dnx7YFtIZ9DWIztlWfBHb3mEjPV6dnaXAOnlgR0Sh8BqFcieVSMaU

Printer Not Printing (Day #19)

A remix using reel-to-reel sounds from a K-Mart soundtrack tape from 1988. archive.org/details/May1988ReelToReel?start=3739

Ill In Love (Day #21)

Day 25 of my Quarantine Jams project, I thought I'd try doing something in a much different style.

Come Out Come Out (Day #25)

Today’s track was built around a public domain song in the library of congress. I dowloaded the short song snippets via the Citizen DJ website. http://citizendj.labs.loc.gov.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/loc-edison/remix/?bpm=112&itemId=00694086&itemStart=3971&drumName=Akai%20MPC&patternName=90s%20hip%20hop%20pattern%20I%20%5Bbreak%209%5D

Contains samples of "Oi ya nestchastay (malo Russkaya piesnia)" by Lysenko, Mykola Vitaliĭovych, 1842-1912., Sashko, Alexander. prf, and Iranova, A. prf. Retrieved from Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.

Oi Ya Nastay (Day #26)

Rain Rain Away (Day #27)

I'm not sure if this is synthwave, or just pop, but I love it. All the weirdo sounds you hear throughout this track are from my SoftPop synth. I improvised on it for a bit, chopped up the recording and this is the result.

Late Late Late (Day #28)

I decided to try limiting myself to ten minutes when creating today's Quarantine Jam. It still ended up taking about sixty.

Ten Min It (Day #29)

Today's Quarantine Jam is a shoegazy toe tapper. The acoustic guitar was recorded using a memo app on my iPhone, so it's got a nice lofi buzz.

Twilight Pandemic (Day #30)

The 31st and final track for my daily Quarantine Jams project.

Parts of this song, mostly bleeps and bloops, were created using samples provided by Hainbach as soundpack for his Patreon subscribers. Check out his Patreon here https://www.patreon.com/hainbach/posts

Modulation Station (Day #31)

Doctor Popular is a musician specializing in creating music with mobile devices. You can find him rocking shows with iPhones, iPads, Game Boys, and circuit bent gear, but no laptops.
His most recent album, Beeps And Smudges, was created entirely with iPhones and iPads... and it's fantastic :)

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