30 Songs | 30 Days

30 Songs

2008-06-25T21:34:00.001-04:00

"30 Songs"
Produced May/June 2008
Personnel: Bryan Young
Noise: Martin dreadnought acoustic guitar, Shure SM-57 omnidirectional mic, Boss Digital Delay pedal, thumb drum, desk from Ikea, chair legs, Norton Anthology of English Literature, Steve Madden shoebox, jewel cases, TV, scissors, Samsung cell phone, samples from ubu.com, FreeSound Archive and YouTube
Equipment: Boss 12-track digital mutlitracker, Audacity, Garage Band

Day 1 (D maj.)
Day 2 (Human Science)
Day 3 (Ulises Lima)
Day 4 (Switch)
Day 5 (Pinochet)
Day 6 (Let's From Some Loud Unworld's Most Rightful Wrong)
Day 7 (Agu/Luanda)
Day 8 (Coltrane Pornography)
Day 9 (Mathausen)
Day 10 (Greenwich)
Day 11 (Verfremdungseffekt)
Day 12 (The Double)
Day 13 (Automatic)
Day 14 (Stand)
Day 15 (Metropolitan)
Day 16 (Paper Heart)
Day 17 (Troy)
Day 18 (Nomad)
Day 19 (Pappy Hod)
Day 20 (Profane and Paola)
Day 21 (Ninety-Nine)
Day 22 (Friday the 13th)
Day 23 (Clone)
Day 24 (Air Raid)
Day 25 (Trombone)
Day 26 (The Magnificent Ambersons)
Day 27 (Out of Soho)
Day 28 (Out of Gilead)
Day 29 (Out of Mexico City)
Day 30 (V)

Day 30

2008-06-22T18:57:00.002-04:00

"Day 30 (V)
Produced June 2008
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands clapping, sample courtesy of YouTube

Inspiration for this song was taken from AEM.

Day 29

2008-06-22T18:53:00.001-04:00

"Day 29 (Out of Mexico City)"
Produced Sunday, June 22nd, 6:00p-6:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hitting things

Inspiration for this song was taken from Salif Keita.

Day 28

2008-06-21T14:18:00.001-04:00

"Day 28 (Out of Gilead)"
Produced Saturday, June 21st, 1:45p-2:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Talk Talk / Margaret Atwood.

Day 27

2008-06-20T16:48:00.002-04:00

"Day 27 (Out of Soho)"
Produced Friday, June 20th, 4:00p-4:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Sufjan Stevens.

Day 26

2008-06-19T14:36:00.002-04:00

"Day 26 (The Magnificent Ambersons)"
Produced Wednesday, June 18th, 6:00p-6:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands, the Campbell Storytime Hour (Nov. 8, 1938)

Inspiration for this song was taken from Orson Welles / Tilly and the Wall.

Day 25

2008-06-16T19:19:00.002-04:00

"Day 25 (Trombone)"
Produced Monday, June 16th, 7:30p-8:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hands

Inspiration for this song was taken from "At the Bottom of Everything".

Day 24

2008-06-16T17:51:00.003-04:00

"Day 24 (Air Raid)"
Produced Sunday, June 15th, 3:00p-3:30p
Acoustic guitar

Inspiration for this song was taken from Steve Reich.

Day 23

2008-06-13T17:14:00.002-04:00

"Day 23 (Clone)"
Produced Friday, June 13th, 3:30p-5:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, percussion (courtesy of Garage Band), cell phone noises and weathermen courtesy of FreeSound

Inspiration for this song was taken from The Books.

Day 22

2008-06-13T14:17:00.002-04:00

"Day 22 (Friday the 13th)"
Produced Friday, June 13th, 1:45p-2:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice, banging on table

Inspiration for this song was taken from Passion Pit.

Day 21

2008-06-08T19:49:00.000-04:00

"Day 21 (Ninety-Nine)"
Produced Sunday, June 8th, 7:00p-7:30p (and before)
Acoustic guitar, Casio drum setting

Inspiration for this song was taken from the term "blissful mindfuck".

Day 20

2008-06-08T14:31:00.003-04:00

"Day 20 (Profane and Paola)"
Produced Sunday, June 8th, 1:45p-2:45p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Owen.

Day 19

2008-06-07T18:56:00.002-04:00

"Day 19 (Pappy Hod)"
Produced Saturday, June 7th, 6:30p-7:00p
Acoustic guitar, voice, hitting the top of a Steve Madden shoebox lid on my knee very close to the SM-57

Inspiration for this song was taken from the Clash/Starlight Mints.

Day 18

2008-06-06T20:14:00.000-04:00

"Day 18 (Nomad)"
Produced Friday, June 6th, 7:30p-8:15p
Acoustic guitar, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Saves the Day.

Day 17

2008-06-05T22:22:00.002-04:00

"Day 17 (Troy)"
Produced Thursday, June 5th, 9:30p-10:15p
Acoustic guitar, children laughing, man saying "Yeah!" (courtesy of FreeSound)

Inspiration for this song was taken from Nude Rumours.

Day 16

2008-06-01T11:47:00.002-04:00

"Day 16 (Paper Heart)"
Produced Sunday, June 1st, 1:30p-2:30p
Acoustic guitar, voice, banging on everything (knees, hands, jewel cases, table), Elliott Smith

Inspiration for this song was taken from José Saramago.

Day 15

2008-05-31T17:08:00.003-04:00

"Day 15 (Metropolitan)"
Produced Saturday, May 31st, 2008, 4:00p-5:30p
Acoustic guitar, voice, M24 fire and battlefield noises (courtesy of FreeSound)

Inspiration for this song was taken from Arthur Rimbaud.

Day 14

2008-05-29T21:08:00.002-04:00

"Day 14 (Stand)"
Produced Thursday, May 29th, 2008, 8:00p-9:00p
Acoustic guitar, whistling, thumb drum

Inspiration for this song was taken from Adem.

Day 13

2008-05-27T21:30:00.002-04:00

"Day 13 (Automatic)"
Produced Tuesday, May 27th, 2008, 9:00p-9:30p
Acoustic guitar, delay pedal

Inspiration for this song was taken from something Jewish?

Day 12

2008-05-27T20:51:00.001-04:00

"Day 12 (The Double)"
Produced Monday, May 26th, 2008, 4:30p-5:00p
Acoustic guitar, delay pedal

Inspiration for this song was taken from Yoni Wolf.

Day 11

2008-05-25T14:32:00.003-04:00

"Day 11 (Verfremdungseffekt)"
Produced Sunday, May 25th, 2008, 1:30p-2:30p
Jean-Luc Godard / Serge Daney (interview, 1983), Philip Glass ("Cloudscape" from Koyaanisqatsi), Buddy Rich ("Big Foot [Alternate Take]" from Rich vs. Roach), effects using Audacity

Inspiration for this song was taken from Bertolt Brecht.

Day 10

2008-05-24T16:57:00.003-04:00

"Day 10 (Greenwich)"
Produced Friday, May 23rd, 2008, 7:00p-7:45p
Acoustic guitar, hands, banging on walls

Inspiration for this song was taken from Sufjan Stevens.

Day 9

2008-05-22T17:30:00.002-04:00

"Day 9 (Mathausen)"
Produced Thursday, May 22nd, 2008, 4:30p-5:30p
Garage Band "drum set", banging on a TV, acoustic guitar

Inspiration for this song was taken from György Ligeti (sort of).

Day 8

2008-05-21T20:10:00.002-04:00

"Day 8 (Coltrane Pornography)"
Produced Wednesday, May 21st, 2008, 7:30p-8:00p
Acoustic guitar and voice from the bed

Inspiration for this song was taken from Bright Eyes.

Day 7

2008-05-18T15:43:00.002-04:00

"Day 7 (Agu/Luanda)"
Produced Saturday, May 18th, 2008, 2:45p-3:30p
Acoustic guitar, banging on things, thumb drum, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Uzodinma Iweala.

Day 6

2008-05-18T15:37:00.002-04:00

"Day 6 (Let's From Some Loud Unworld's Most Rightful Wrong)"
Produced Thursday, May 15th, 2008, 6:45p-7:15p
Acoustic guitar, banging on the table, e.e. cummings.

Inspiration for this song was taken from e.e. cummings (obv.)

Day 5

2008-05-18T15:28:00.002-04:00

"Day 5 (Pinochet)"
Produced Tuesday, May 13th, 2008, 7:00p-8:00p
Acoustic guitar, delay pedal

Inspiration for this song was taken from Michael Gira.

Day 4

2008-05-18T15:24:00.003-04:00

"Day 4 (Switch)"
Produced Sunday, May 11th, 2008, 4:30p-5:15p
Voice, acoustic guitar, hands, banging on guitar body, pen

Inspiration for this song was taken from "Sing, Little Birdie" by Shearwater.

Day 3

2008-05-08T22:30:00.002-04:00

"Day 3 (Ulises Lima)"
Produced Thursday, May 8th, 2008, 9:00p-10:00p
Voice, acoustic guitar, left foot, scissors

Inspiration for this song was taken from Roberto Bolano.

Day 2

2008-05-06T21:03:00.005-04:00

"Day 2 (Human Science)"
Produced Tuesday, May 6th, 2008, 8:30p-9:00p
Thumb drum, cell phone, voice

Inspiration for this song was taken from Laurie Anderson.

Day 1

2008-05-04T18:23:00.003-04:00

"Day 1 (D maj.)"

Produced Sunday, May 4th, 2008, 5:30p-6:15p

Acoustic guitar, voice, right foot

Inspiration for this song was taken from Micah P. Hinson.

Introduction

2008-05-04T16:30:00.005-04:00

Hello friends and colleagues,

My name is Bryan. I've been a music lover since I can remember, but I haven't been performing / composing any music since I moved to Brooklyn. I've devised this scheme (it is a scheme) to try and coax myself into recording more regularly. Here is the premise of this site.

RULES

I will record and post one song a day for thirty days, starting May 4th (ending June 2nd).
The song must be at least 60 seconds long.
The song must have at least two elements (i.e. voice and guitar, guitar and thumb drum, etc.)
All sound may only be recorded through one SM-57 omnidirectional microphone.
The song may only be recorded onto two tracks -- that is, very limited overdubbing.
The song must be imagined, recorded and bounced in 60 minutes.
The song must be completed in one take.
The tracks cannot be altered using EQ, effects or mastering equipment.
All sound must be produced using acoustic guitar, thumb drum, voice or banging on things.

Thank you for your help. Enjoy.