Greg Gibbs - Song a Week 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 12th - Target Rats - Seventh song. Tuesday is my day off. Halfway through my first cup of coffee this morning, someone rang my doorbell. I was still in my underwear. It was the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation going door to door to check properties for rats, and to bait them with rodenticide. Yes it is a word. It helped me round out a piece I was working on and couldn't find a direction for. I was just looping and layering with a new looper.

I sampled generously from the following youtube videos:
"Rat in Toilet" - maddyca - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Vi5p3EKBE&feature=related
"Rats as pet" - thenewwrinkle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWCoKvqMhHM
"Rat at the Minimart" boxofbc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqlmgcZNwQ
"Rat Problem Plagues Sacramento Theater" - kcratv - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhEBWuZmIJc
"Rat Laughter" thegoodreverend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0kxmfSGCaE
"Rats take over KFC/Taco Bell" - wwekrazy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0U37w2tws
"Rare Foods - Eating Rat" - NationalGeographic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvCjKh1h29Y
dark days - Mr. Rusty does eat rats.. - lorax2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI54kNJI9oI


Target Rats

May 20th - Song 8. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, that is if you believe in hell. Oh well.

Wasted Plans

June 3rd - Song 9- "Hillbilly Feet" - an asinine pseudo existential dance track.   

Hillbilly Feet

June 3rd - Song 10- "Spell"  - We actually watched the National Spelling Bee finals one day last week.  This song has nothing to do with that. Goofy stuff, but I have no shame.  Thanks for listening.

Spell

June 9th: Song 11 - "Blowout"
    
    Just fiddling around. Tons of jangly guitars and cheap-ass percussion. Hope you likey.

Blowout

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks.  I created and recorded everything in about 25 minutes, but couldn't turn it into a "song".  I decided to structure it as a soundtrack for Rusty, the rat eating/chasing cat that lives in the NYC subway system.  I have been looking for him all week.  Very harsh at times.  Tons of guitars, synth track and a subway train.

Music for Mr. Rusty

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)

The Nibbler  - July 7th - Song 14
      
        I threw this together today.  I'm not sure if anyone is really stealing my beats, but I really hope so.  Egos can be so fragile.  More soon as I'm playing catch-up.  Remixed on 2/25/10

The Nibbler

Monkey Cage - July 20th - Song 15
        
      I had a lot of fun making this track and trying to make idiotic lyrics sound acceptable.  Really sloppy demo, but some good times.

Monkey Cage

Tampon For Your Mouth - July 22nd - Song 16  I'm a bit behind and playing catch-up.  I threw this together a few months ago.  The entire song is just two instruments.  A turntable and a guitar triggering a vocoder.  All of the beats were scratched in from different tracks off of Raincoat.  The scratched in guitar is actually from "Raincoat" the song.  I think the bass drum is from "Vanilla Coke & Vodka".

Tampon For Your Mouth

Ants On The Moon - July 30nd - Song 17  One day there will be ants on the moon.  I probably wont be around to see it.  That's the rumor.  I'll probably remix and edit this to make it more lovable.  This is it for now. 

Ants On The Moon

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

Never Be Afraid To Change Your Mind - September 9th - Song 19   I'm playing catchup.  Sorry.  I had this melody stuck in my head for about 3 weeks.  It started as a birthday song for a friendm but I didn't want to ruin anyone's birthday this way.   Just decided to pile the rest of the junk.  More soon.  

Never Be Afraid To Change Your Mind

Shark Food - September 18th - Song 20 - Still playing catchup.  I wrote this earlier this year, and refined it last night.  Hope you enjoy the jaw harp.

Shark Food

Young Erotic Naughty People - October 22nd - Song 21 - Okay, so I got a lot sidetracked with life.  I'm going to start again.  This song actually started as more of a recording experiment.  I set up drums and an amp in the CBA basement and played the guitar and kick drum at the same time.  I was just trying to get the feel down.  Kinda a big mess.  More soon.

Young Erotic Naughty People

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/