Greg Gibbs - Song a Week 2009

This is a collection of my favorites from the Song a Week project I tried last year.  A few are from my February Hemoglobin album. Campus Raygun is just a misfit toy.  They're free to download if you want any.

I'll start up the songs again as soon as I'm back in the spare bedroom:)

My Favorites from 2009

2 Come Undone - December 9th - Song 26 - Just another song breaching doctor-patient confidentiality.  Mostly true except for the synthesizer part.

Remixed on November 3rd, 2010.  Download it again if you like it more than the old one. 

2 Come Undone

May 5th, 2009 - This is the sixth song I'm written for my song a week project.  I remixed this on 2/23/10.

Slow Down

April 8th, 2009 - This is the second track. I've been a bit scatterbrained recently, like since the 80s. This track popped out after I posted the first one. I figured I'd just post them as they are done as long as i average one per week and never really get behind. Orwellian Soccer Blues is, much like Ultrasonic Range and Campus Raygun, simple melody and trying to find a nice harmonic and aesthetic setting. Simple songs. 

Orwellian Soccer Blues

June 30th: Song 13 - "The Lights (Gryllidaen Rights)"
Mixed again November 3rd, 2010
              
              Crap pile of tracks.  I was imagining I was in one of those open air military helicopters - think Platoon.  We were flying low over tropical forests in Central America, running drugs for the good guys.  I was having an existential moment in all the noise, staring at the sunset, imagining the villages below.  For those of you who know me, seriously that was what was going through my head.  Half a bottle of wine.  
              

The Lights (Gryllidaen Rights)

Most Guitars are Made of Trees - August 12th - Song 18   This song was started in April of 2008.  Like I lot of things I do, it was never finished.  Thanks to chiding from friends and mrsbrak, I finished another showcase for my ADD.  

Most Guitars are Made of Trees

I remixed this in November 2010.

What I Had in Mind - October 29th - Song 22 -  This is not the song I had in mind when I wrote it, but it's as close as I could get. 

What I Had in Mind

Ground Loop (How I fixed the stereo at work) - November 6th - Song 23 - I fixed the stereo at CBA on Wednesday.  It sounds much better now.  I was just trying to harmonized over three consecutive semitones.  This is just a cycle of three chords.  The bacon part is true.

Ground Loop (How I fixed the stereo at work)

Radio - November 16th - Song 24 - Short and junky.  Next.

Radio

More Clear Now - November 24th - Song 25 - Here's a dance track for those times when you're stuck on hanging roller coasters and you just want to rock the chair you're in because you're tired of just hanging there while some mechanic/technician is deciding whether or not to call his superior or just see what happens without the bolt.  Seriously, this is that song.  A bunch of drumsticks on my lap, desk and keyboard stand.  Herky jerky angle jangle.

More Clear Now

I'm a home-recorder/songwriter from Chicago - by way of Roswell, New Mexico.  I record in my home office.   If you'd like to remix any of my tracks, let me know.  I can send raw files.

Buy one of my CDs: http://www.greggibbs.com/