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

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 21st, 2009 - 4th track. I worked on 3-4 songs last week. I got caught up writing a song about a wooly mammoth and thought I would finish that today. Instead I finished this one. Forgive the insincerity. "Give a Shit" is closer to Arby's than to your heart. My band wants to play this though and has asked me to finish it. It may grow. More soon.

Give a Shit

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

April 13th, 2009 - Third song. This was one I started years ago, but never said "Hey I'm done". If you like it, pass it on. If not, there will be another soon. Hopefully you like it too. 
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Greg Gibbs writes, records and posts one song a week.  He began this project in April, 2009.  Listen as he explores his sound and weaves his way through genres and life.
  
  Greg Gibbs is performing in the band Scary Spider out of Chicago.  Download his albums for free at http://www.gregpoop.com/
  
  Also find him on Last.Fm - http://www.last.fm/music/Greg+Gibbs

Campus Raygun

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

Blowout

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

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

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)

1+0=10 (Acoustic)

One of many songs dedicated to reason.  This one on my Hemoglobin EP - released on the Bi-Centenniel anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.

Hemoglobin

A song from my Hemoglobin EP.

Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOPbCcRzs8

The photo is Snowflake by Andrew Bracey.


Snowflake

Bumpy Bathtub Ride

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/