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Meg's 50/90 Tunes

Songs for the faint of heart

Links:

songfiles: where I store all teh songz.

This webpage contains songs written from July 4th to October 1st, 2008, as part of the 50/90 challenge.

"This is a group whose purpose is to challenge members to write 50 songs in 90 days. Between July 4 and October 1 of any year, in the company of others, you can engage in some harmless songwriting mayhem. The prize is the pride in writing songs that may never have been written otherwise." - from the 50/90 homepage.

Songlist:

Song 1: This is Not My Song

mp3 here: murder.mp3

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Song 4: Taking a Break

I cannot tell a lie. This song is the product of sheer and utter laziness. Instead of learning to create my own music on GarageBand, I spent far too much time fiddling around with loops making this song. That being said, it's the first song of mine that actually has a demo so far, and the ending (you'll know the part I mean when you hear it) is something I'm particularly fond of. Enjoy!

Link: 04TakingaBreak.mp3

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Song 5: Writer's Block (collaboration with Tim Wille)

This was really exciting for me; I've never had anyone set my lyrics to music before. And luckily I was in very good hands.

mp3 here: Writer'sBlock
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Song 6: Alone on the Rocks by the Lighthouse

Man vs. nature? Whatever happened to man + nature = <3?

the lovely and talented rose deschamps set this to music: AloneOnTheRocksByTheLighthouse.mp3

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song 8: world at war

product of video games and action movies.

mp3 here: 08worldatwar.mp3

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song 9: porcelain garden

So I tried to make a demo of this song and failed miserably. I'm at a loss as to what to do with it.
I am totally digging these lyrics, though, even if I have no idea how they should sound. it's amazing that just two words strung together can germinate for a few hours and blossom into a fully-formed story. pun intended.

[EDIT] The not-nearly-as-clueless-as-me Josh Belville recorded a lovely demo of this.

mp3 here: 11PorcelainGarden.mp3

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song 11: he's not mine

mp3 here: 09HesNotMine.mp3

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song 12: dear doctor

mp3 here: 12DearDoctor.mp3

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song 16: rock paper scissors

The fantastic Helen's Evil Twin recorded this in perfect punk fashion. I could have not asked for more attitude. I love this!

mp3 here: rockpaperscissors.mp3

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song 19: dear so-and-so

tried to create a demo but my sample just wouldn't co-operate.

mp3 here: dearso-and-so.mp3

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song 20: dear ben

my ex-boyfriend's name is ben, but the only thing he has to do with this song is me thinking, every time i see the title, "wait, is this song about him?" when it is not. oh well.

mp3 here: dearben.mp3

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song 21: remedy

trying to make myself feel better on a string of bad days.

mp3 here: Remedy.mp3

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song 22: far too far

just one of those nights. let's just say the past few days have been pretty rough on me.

The amazing and prolific Billy Sea recorded a folksy demo of this.

mp3 here: 72-FarTooFar.mp3

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song 25: summer feeling

mp3 here, recorded by the incredible John Crossman: SummerFeeling.mp3

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song 28: winter parting
song created by myself and Monty - he supplied the guitar track and I provided lyrics and vocals. It was a very pleasant and fun collab. Thanks Monty!

mp3 here: WinterParting.mp3

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song 34: Pants

Lyrics by me, vocals and ukelele also me. I pity your poor ears.

mp3 here: pants.mp3

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song 39: Kick in the Pants/Record Button

mp3 here: RecordButton.mp3

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song 51: disgraced

mp3 here: Disgraced.mp3

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