Speech samples by acclivity over at freesound.org

You know when you just become so familiar with your daily coffee place, or lounging area, that you just draw comfort at the sight of familiar faces? And when they're not there it irks you? Also, anyone who draws a smiley face on coffee cups before…

I mope about my problems, and then realize how insignificant they are compared to people who aren't as well off. And that my life is relatively excellent. Then I end up feeling really bad, but at least not whiny.

...You know. There.

I ended up using so much of the Chef's Surprise track by MMI that I wouldn't feel right without putting the name in the title as well :)

You'll never find, as long as you live Someone who loves you tender like I do You'll never find, no matter where you search Someone who cares about you the way I do Whoa, I'm not braggin' on myself, baby But I'm the one who loves you And…

made entirely of samples recorded in one room, all delays handplotted, no DSP or VST effects applied.

the mother of my son said he dnt sleep just like his dad :~) so i wrote him a song...#ToMyUnbornChild Jaiden Reed Johnson

Acoustic folk song. Double tracked vocals in the verse where I'm singing 1 octave apart. This is the first time I attempted vocal harmonies like that.

ambient When I was a music major one of my friends had a family which ran a funeral home - a well paid profession seeing that they had several cars, maids and butlers - and spent a few nights there. (We tended to stay up to the early am debating…

Itty bitty

Going back to 1986 with this one.

Quick acoustic take

Quick rough demo. I'll probably give this song a real treatment eventually

another quick little acoustic take

A demo thats a bit more fleshed out than what i usually do. Sort of a companion song to turn your back.

2011

for rpm challenge 2012 http://soundcloud.com/lucyferjones/sets/real-science

Collab

What happens when superheros age? Will Wonder Woman drive an Invisible Golf Cart? Will the Flash get bad knees? This is an old track from my cassette format 8 track studio I had in a spare bedroom in the 90's I wrote this back when Newt Gingrich…

kind of old, could use a remix, especially the drums, but I still think this one has some potential to not suck

Gettin' the groove on before hittin' the town.

I fell in love with Miss Muffet. This may not be my best vocal effort, but it's all I can do with it. I'd be happy to let someone else try it. Any volunteers from the studio audience? (c) 2012 T.A. Beckett Let me help you. Let me calm…

"the game that never made it" that never made it

Lyrics: Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day C Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day Cause F it’s the only Irish thing to C do A F twinkle in the eye of every C I Em rish Am man Will D leave you with a better point of G view C Everyone is…

This was the last song recorded for the album. The ambition I mention ("to read every book in my flat") is a true one, you can hear my reading from several of these on the track. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012…

Another contender for my favourite on the album, featuring synths and ebow. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress". More of this sort of thing at www.facebook.com…

An upbeat song about staying up far too late, featuring dueling stylophones! Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress". More of this sort of thing at www.facebook.com…

Quite possibly my favourite song on the record, this one features a Android sequencer (Blip Synthesizer) and some slide guitar. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress…

A collaboration, this started out as a jam, with Jen on thumb-piano. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth & Jen Howell during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress". More of this sort of thing at www.facebook…

More synths and strings. I particularly like the middle 8. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress". More of this sort of thing at www.facebook.com/roghildreth

This one features a backwards sample of one of my older songs, something I've been meaning to try for a while now. Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012. Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress". More of…