http://lagoy.net/matt/mp3/ Matt LaGoy is now making music with his iPad. He occasionally throws in a banjo. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:40:40 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.lagoy.net/podcast/matt_with_hat.jpg http://www.lagoy.net/matt/mp3/ http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Mars.mp3 I first recorded this song in 2005 when Mars was in opposition. I recorded it again this year with seven years of added technology. Overproduced or still lo fi? Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:40:38 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Cool%20Out.mp3 This is a banjo driven instrumental that has some strings in it. Apologies for my sloppy bass playing. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:26:04 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/We%20Remain.mp3 This is like that last song I just made, but even cornier and more precise. I swear I'll stop with these and get back to the arty stuff. Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:52:21 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/The%20Best%20Things.mp3 For some reason, I just busted out with a little twee indie pop tune. This isn't a Mates of States song, is it? Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:39:50 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Keizaal%20Lovaas.mp3 I just kind of heard this song in the back of my head, so I recorded it. It supposed to sound like a voyage across a wintry landscape near dusk. The title means Skyrim Song in the Dragon language. Geek out. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:20:42 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Red%20Rain.mp3 Here's my take on the classic Peter Gabriel tune. I haven't heard this song in a while, but I always do covers when the song isn't fresh in my head. I recorded the vocals in a sub-freezing stairwell. It was really echoey in there, so the vocals lack presence. I'm using the stairwell conditions as my excuse as to why I forgot the HEEEEEY WE TOUCH lyric. Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:35:34 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Soft%20Snow.mp3 I busted out a short, mellow little ditty on the banjo with some iPad accompaniment. My fancy mic wasn't working for some reason, so the sound quality isn't the best. There was some snow falling really slowly with no wind. I was watching it while I wrote and recorded this. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:08:04 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Thresher-Harvester.mp3 There's a lot of attention deficit going on in this track. I started making a rockin' prog tune and then I suddenly wanted to put a string quintet in there. I haven't really tamed these new GarageBand strings yet, but I will. Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:15:38 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Five%20Suns.mp3 A couple nights ago, I had a semi-lucid dream in which I was listening to a band called Slay. It was kind of doom metal, but a little faster. Maybe you could call it hard post-rock. The CD cover was black with dark gold writing on it. All the titles of the songs were written in wingdings and this particular one had five suns with faces on them as the title. It was like a wall of guitars. I recorded it the best I could remember it. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:09:17 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/In%20the%20World.mp3 This demonstrates the iM2 mic, plugged into the iPad, recording eight tracks with no noise gates or anything. Again, I trapped myself on the porch with a whole bunch of beer, a banjo and an iPad. I just jammed out on the banjo and then recorded seven tracks over that. The percussion parts are stomping on the floor, slapping my leg, hitting the banjo, flicking a beer can and beatboxing. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:14 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Blossoms%20of%20Gold.mp3 I wanted to try out my new mic, so I needed some banjo and vocals, but I was devoid of ideas. I drank a bunch of Genny Bock and used the label on the can as the inspiration for the lyrics. The whole song is in eleven, but it's broken up in different ways in different parts. The scat vocals in the middle part were recorded with the iPad mic, 'cos I forgot to record them with the iM2. The banjo sounds brighter than ever, though. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:49:10 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Fifteen.mp3 This little groove hit me last night, so I laid it down. It's in 15/8. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:16:39 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Gerudo%20Valley.mp3 This is a song from The Legend of Zelda (I think). My brother mentioned something about it tonight, so I googled it, learned the song and recorded this. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:29:36 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Cumku.mp3 This one clocks in at just under a minute. This is part of an ongoing series of songs that I've been making for a few years-- one song for each "month" of the Mayan Haab calendar. Eventually, I'll finish all 20 and put them together. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:49:06 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/More%20Dry.mp3 I took the instruments from Optimum Dry and recorded another song. This one's in seven. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:55:12 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Optimum%20Dry.mp3 I was putting stuff in the dryer when I saw OPTIMUM DRY on a knob and this song hit my ears. I ran upstairs and recorded it as a rock trio. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:00:53 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Tuesday's%20Trio.mp3 I wanted to make another song in 6/8, so I did it again the next day with a instrumental rock trio. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:57:04 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Monday's%20Waltz.mp3 I see that GarageBand supports 6/8 time now. I felt compelled to make something in 6/8, so I recorded this last week. It's all acoustic and pseudoacoustic instruments. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:50:55 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Mr.%20Ramanujan.mp3 I wrote this song over five years ago, but I never played it; I just heard it in my head. I wrote it when I worked at EDS. This is about the sys admins over in India that did the needful for us when things went wrong. It's a reggae song with "do the needful" in the chorus. What more could you ask for? Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:22:44 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Curtains.mp3 I seem to recall trapping myself on the back porch with the iPad and a bunch of beer the other night. It turns out I ended up recording a song. This is pretty mellow and jazzy. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:44:17 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/At%20First%20I%20Was%20All.mp3 This is quite sloppy and pretty silly. It's a bunch of loud guitars and Cookie Monster style screaming. I was hesitant to post it but I think it's kind of fun. It's a companion piece to "...But Then I Was All". I might put them together to make one track, but I'll probably rerecord them first. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:44:11 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Phoenix.mp3 This is a pipe organ jam from a couple nights ago. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:29:49 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/So%20Fast.mp3 I was thinking about neutrinos while I was washing the dishes tonight. This is the song that came out of it. This is an epitomal indie rock song in the Matt LaGoy style. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:15:32 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Dirty%20On%20the%20Nasty.mp3 This is a really sludgy song I just busted out really dirty on the nasty. It's an instrumental trio (overdriven guitar, string bass, drum kit) playing in four. Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:23:31 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/50.mp3 I wrote this one on the banjo tonight. It's very short and very busy. It's mostly in 50/8 (interpreted as 14+13+12+11 with a lot of triplets). It was really hard to play, so it's sloppy. Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:38:48 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/I%20Aint%20Gonna%20Work%20Tomorrow.mp3 This is a sludgy take on a traditional bluegrass song. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:30:57 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Iddle%20Diddle.mp3 This is just a little acoustic jam. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:11:52 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Gentle%20Breeze.mp3 Of the three songs I recorded today, this one is my favorite. This is just straight up two-finger picking on the banjo with some string bass and drums to support it. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:52:01 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Up%20Til%20Four.mp3 I couldn't get to sleep, so I made a song with four instruments playing four chords in 4/4. It's just another jam. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:00:19 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Just%20Changing.mp3 I just busted out a mellow little acoustic ditty tonight. Nothing too groundbreaking here. A temperate tune. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:08:29 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Mow.mp3 I wanted to mow the lawn this weekend, but it kept raining, so I couldn't. I got this song in my head as I stewed over this. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:31:41 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Alpha%20Tauri.mp3 I was listening to a bunch of Zombi tonight and I had the strong urge to combine a bunch of synths with a driving rock beat. This was the result. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 05:47:04 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Dog%20Porch.mp3 I recorded a little riff on my kid's toy banjo and then accompanied it by hitting various things on my back porch and humming. I played the window blinds with a ball-point pen. I found a neat, metallic, clanking noise from a step ladder. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:32:03 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/Happiness%20is%20a%20Warm%20Gun.mp3 I feel like this is the archetypical proto-prog song-- for me, at least. This is the song that shaped me as a youngster, probably more than any other song. The fact that it had crazy changes and strange time signatures really opened my mind and it has never shut since then. Anyways, yeah, it's hard panned, Beatles-style. It just really makes me want to hear Martha My Dear. Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:35:58 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/But%20Then%20I%20Was%20All.mp3 I got this idea to make a two-part song, the first half being technical death metal and the second half being new age. This is the second half of that song. This is the first iPad song I've recorded with apps besides GarageBand. This one uses Air and Seline along with GarageBand. Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:07:41 GMT http://lagoy.net/mp3/ipad/A%20Neuf%20et%20a%20Neuf.mp3 I decided to break my two-week hiatus with a short, progressive instrumental. Yeah, it's in nine. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:58:14 GMT