Broken Math

Reasons

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Wedding Toast

In a hotel room. Had to mix on Macbook speakers. 

This was made for Stone Throw Beat Battle No. 420: http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=26756

Production rules :
1. no time limit 
2. outside drums - allowed (see rules)
3. keys/synths (VST) - not allowed
5. outside bass (only monophonic sub) - allowed
4. acapella/skits - allowed
5. cuts/scratches - allowed
6. outside sample - allowed (given sample should dominate the mix

SPECIAL RULE:
You must not use more than 5 kick hits in an interval of 4 bars and only 1 snare in 1 bar.


Groove 151 (STBB 420)

Lyrics:

I know a man: 
a most ordinary man
or so I thought.
see him walk, 
talking on the phone.

Playing guitar
sometimes in terrible bars
where folks like us don't go.
Hear him sing 
a brand new song he wrote.

	Long after ten
	when all decent folk are home in bed
	he sits at his desk 
	thinking 
	now's my chance it's time to pull ahead

	At 5:15, 
	when the sun begins to hit the street
	[he] falls fast asleep 
	with his 
	tiny book tucked behind his head

I met a chap.
Struck me as terribly naff.
Perhaps you've seen him here, 
drinking beer, 
clearing out his mind.

I must admit
he almost had me convinced,
but what lies in his heart?
For that part,
what's inside of mine?

	He's coming in fast
	He's hoping to make a hit
	'Cause when you're in love
	you gotta make use of it

	How could I know
	if this is really it?
	As soon as you see,
	you're both just following script

	He's coming in fast
	he's hoping to make a hit
	'cause when you're in love
	you gotta make use of it

	How could I know
	if this is really it?
	the sooner you see,
	you're both just following script 
	(following script...)

Awkward Island

I Know A Man

I Know a Man


----Lyrics----

Verse:

Old Cambridge is dying
since they let my kind back in
now I lament the state of things

Charles River has flooded
there's running on the banks
a mile of cars with empty tanks

	Chorus: 

	Down falls the wrecking ball
	on the street where I grew up
	I can't wait to see what comes
	And if I should cry
	won't you play this song for me
	show me I knew better once

Verse: 

The steeple churchbells 
told us when to come
alas, they've all but been unrung

The zombie bookies, 
calling in their debts
too late we've all be repossessed

	Chorus: 

	Down falls the wrecking ball
	on the street where I grew up
	I can't wait to see what comes
	And if I should cry
	won't you play this song for me
	show me I knew better once

Bridge:

I can take the Green Line
to a different place
see how things are going
in Jamaica Plain

Return To Ithaca

Dream Sequence - STBB #471

This is the first single off @Manwomanchild's forthcoming record, "Awkward Island".

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Lyrics:

I been shooting for distance
I would settle for time
I been shooting for distance over time
time to turn the record over

I been thinking 'bout high school
Try hard to forget this mess, yeah
I been thinking 'bout high school. I don't know why...
won't you come and change the channel?

	We are the criminal class
	you tried to push back to the edge of the map
	They tried to chase us with cars
	but there wasn't no star who could get us all back

	I'm at the end of my rope
	just like a joke that nobody wrote
	you are a talented man, 
	but as far as a plan well I haven't much hope
	in your follow through

I been looking for lifeforms
I been some carbon dating
I been looking for lifeforms in the past
Time to turn the record over

She been looking for profits
Trying hard to make a commission
She been looking for profit margin, yeah
Won't you come and change the channel?

	We are the workshop elves,
	the ones who went back to the scene of the crime
	They tried to bust us for fraud, 
	but there weren't no laws against these rhymes

	We're both cut from the same piece of cloth
	the apple fell far from the base of the tree
	I tried to make you a scarf, it's hard, and
	the project go the best of me

I have this feeling that this venture will succeed, 
and I can't contain the thoughts.
Here, with my coffee, and my notebooks full of words. 
So many lists of things to change.

	We are the workshop elves,
	the ones who went back to the scene of the crime
	They tried to bust us for fraud,
	but there weren't no laws against these rhymes

	I've been assigned to your case
	Make no mistake the pleasure is mine
	'cause it's just like your mama once said
	if you do that again, you're better off dead
	now go make your bed
	

Change The Channel

This track was made for the Stones Throw Beat Battle No. 489. It uses a bunch of samples from the Four Tops' "Ask The Lonely."

Ask The Lonely (Four Tops Remix) (STBB 489)

This was created as part of Stones Throw Beat Battle No. 508. Link: http://www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showtopic=27813

Reverse Prism - (Beat 210 - STBB 508)

Good For Me (Beat 242 - STBB 555)

Beat 263 - $ka B3at

We've Only Just Begun (STBB 560)

Floyd's Theme

Spellbind (STBB 566 Beat)

Filmmakers & game developers: use this track in your project! 
This music is made available for free under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which means that you can use it in your non-commercial film as long as you credit Manwomanchild.

Austin 1 (Instrumental)

Brand new single released on March 6th, 2018.

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Memory Leak

This track was written for inclusion on the Indiecator Records compilation, "An Indie Music Companion To World Cup 2010."

Chile La Roja

This song started as a challenge: I found two metal cups in a giveaway box on my street, sampled them and turned them into an instrument I could play. I challenged myself to write a rock song using the sound of the bells instead of the guitar.

Bellwether

Space

Louis XIV

Formed in Providence, RI in 2008, MANWOMANCHILD's music merges strong melodies with 70s-style glam rock swagger and a unique lyrical sensibility, and their sound has been compared to Lou Reed’s solo work as well as early Bowie. Other major influences include T. Rex, The Modern Lovers, and the Soft Boys / Robyn Hitchcock.

In 2009, MANWOMANCHILD recorded its first full-length at Machines With Magnets—a studio best known for its recent work with Battles, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Lightning Bolt, among others. The completed album finds singer/guitarist David Child joining forces with bassist Craig Gifford and drummer Mason Neely, yielding dynamic yet tightly crafted arrangements that underscore the jaunty guitar hooks and ever-so-slightly gritty vocals. 

In February 2010, MANWOMANCHILD put out a self-titled EP featuring three tracks that will appear on the forthcoming album. MP3s can be found online at the official EP release site: http://ep.manwomanchild.org

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