Sean Barrett's Public Domain Music Sketchbook, volume 2
Both these recordings and the compositions themselves found on
this page are in the public domain. You can do anything you
want with them without any legal obligation to give me credit,
monetary compensation, or feedback. (My email address is sean
"at" nothings "dot" org.)
The Sketchbook
Like volume 1 from 2003, these are generally
quick, sloppy recordings, generally written and recorded in an hour or two.
They contain glitches and mistakes; some are excessively repetitive. The
instruments are mostly guitars, sometimes too many of them. (I tend to pile
stuff on until I find something good, and never get rid of the pile.)
Recordings are 128Kbps mp3 files.
Favorites of mine and others are marked in bold.
- 2005-06-25: sketch 17 3:12 (3.0 MB) Candified — bells in 5/4, 5/8
- 2005-06-20: sketch 16 2:04 (2.0 MB) In Your Phase — staccato, reverby lead, mysterious sliding notes
- 2005-05-15: sketch 15 2:30 (2.4 MB) Augmented and Diminished — piano with guitar solo
- 2005-04-29: sketch 14 2:21 (2.2 MB) You Can Stay If You Want To — generic hard rock
- 2005-04-29: sketch 13 0:50 (0.8 MB) Wind Rising — harmonized eighth-note runs
- 2005-04-11: sketch 12 3:41 (3.5 MB) The Top — delay-based guitar riff (Gilmour-esque?)
- 2005-04-05: sketch 11 2:49 (2.7 MB) Little Green Wheels — peppy bass riff in 11/4
- 2005-03-31: sketch 10 2:47 (2.6 MB) The Art of Craft — interleaving 8th-note run acoustics a la Crafty Guitarists
- 2005-03-24: sketch 9 3:55 (3.7 MB) Not Worth the Hassle — exotic odd-time backing track with lame guitar solo
- 2005-03-19: sketch 8 1:58 (1.8 MB) March Fourth — guitar harmonics riff
- 2005-03-15: sketch 7 4:41 (4.5 MB) Canada and a Dan — pretty chords, ebow, and lead; then weird chromatic stuff
- 2005-03-09: sketch 6 2:56 (2.8 MB) unfinished synth — strange synth, harmony bass, string outro
- 2005-02-24: sketch 5 1:10 (1.1 MB) All for Nothing — unison eighth note runs
- 2005-02-20: sketch 4 1:43 (1.6 MB) unfinished lead — pretty chorus lead over pretty chorus chords
- 2005-02-14: sketch 3 2:27 (2.3 MB) Wee Control — cycle of minor thirds, extended solo
- 2005-02-07: sketch 2 3:02 (2.9 MB) Disadvantager — moody minor arpeggio in 3
- 2005-01-31: sketch 1 2:56 (2.8 MB) I Won't Shut Up — five vocoded guitars
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