A solo track from our lead vocalist/songwriter Jason Webb 

                                       Illustrators Welcome......just saying! 

http://jasonwebbmusic.blogspot.com

Traditionnal sound of Mongolia, recorded in Khovd

smweed very kindly thought of me when it came to her wonderful written piece "Summertime", and I was very keen to give it a remix! Turned out to be one of the most difficult remixes of my life! I tried so many different styles, so many different takes, songs, melodies...nothing I felt did justice to the feel of the piece. So in the end, I tried to leave it as raw as possible. One last take, added some Garageband loops of a bass to keep it real simple...and then added some effects of a smoky bar/jazz lounge. This is how I imagined this song being sung...

I just really hope I haven't over done it.

Woo, lengthy explanation.

smweed, thank you for such a wonderful piece of writing, I hope that this has done it some measure of justice..hopefully someone can remix it to make it sound a little less amateur?!

<3

as soon as i posted Beat 714 i began work on finding a lyrical/melodic idea that could work for it. i imagined something like a hip-hop/soul flow for it.

I searched through KamPaign's HitRECord Hip-Hop collection and found RayPerez's "Let's Finish This" RECord and put them together.
I really liked the lyric of there being "no borders between HitRECorders" so I made that the refrain.
I contacted and collaborated in correspondence with mr ray perez on creating new lyrics with this theme in mind.
in the meantime, I really liked what AboutGeorgia and Jay-9 contributed to the beat, and i added them into the mix.
somewhere along the line, i got inspired to write a rap verse and even took the mic for it on the RECording
(my first ever "rap" please don't judge me i'm just trying to laugh while my ass gets down)

now this ain't no final version. if you feel like adding some flow or singing to this, do it! let's get some more voices on this.

*coRegularJoeugh!*

 'scuse me.

;)

a very very very big thanks to mr. ray perez for the awesome collaboration, and to aboutgeorgia and jay-9 for singing along :) <3

There ain't no borders between HitRECorders.

<3 RJ 

*This is a STEREO RECording*

Just added some simple harmonies to the last three verses of Vickie's lovely song made from Rochelle's lovely words <3

I love the new words that Rochelle Boucher added to her Tiny Story! Sadly, my sweet little 3-year old daughter will need lots of practice before she can remember the words and sing along to this longer version, but she knows the 1st verse by heart now, she's even better than me! I'd still love to see a tiny film or animation come from this song or the tiny tune version if anyone feels up to it!

added some harmonica, maracas, and some cardboard box.

didn't care to adjust the tempo, just ran with Marke for this one :)

definitely going to mess around with this some more soon.

<3

I just saw Rochelle Boucher's Tiny Story and immediately decided to write another Tiny Tune with it. My daughter demanded to sit in my lap and sing along, and I thought it was just too adorable not to share. I'll be recording a regular version later today once my kids are asleep, and I'd love to see maybe a Tiny Film or Tiny Animation come from this!

Added vocals over 'Life is but a dream'...When Joe talked about combining the two RECords on the regularity #29, I thought I'd give this a shot!

This is a new mix of The Final Poem, sung beautifully by ChaneleyWelly, with strings performed by hamishramsay. This is an off-shoot of Life is But a Dream (Midnight Mix) seeing as it uses the same chord structure and piano. There are a lot of different things going on here than Life is But a Dream (most notably the absence of Row Your Boat . . . ) Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy this new(ish) piece!

I love the combination in TongueCutSparrow's song between frantic punk mania and the seemingly sweet cuddly subject matter that gets a little dark.  And I really love a bunch of people in different countries meowing together!

I had to add my own cat vox as well.  Mostly I just trimmed it down in length (you know, GarageBand isn't a half bad audio editor for stuff like this) and rearranged some things, not to change it really, but just hoping to accentuate its virtues.

(Also, I'm gonna upload a ZIP of the uncompressed version of this file, plus stems of the song without my vocals, and my vocals isolated.)

Ok this has taken me the last few days and I'm finally happy with it.

This version has a slight alternate ending to Glitch's original because I tried and tried to recreate his ending but its just too crazy xD Kudos to Haus_of_glitch!

Hope you enjoy.

Just passed midnight here in New Orleans, so it was 30 years ago today, my mom started cleaning up my doo doos.  Tonight we sang about it.  Her first time using GarageBand!  Can't think of a nicer way to celebrate.  <3  And we'd both get a huge kick out of it if anybody remixed this in any way... c'mon you gotta, it's my birthday ^_^

I know how you hitRECorders like a project, and here's one should you fancy to get your hands on it. I wrote the lyrics like two years ago, found them a few months ago, but never have time to get a friend to record some guitar or whatever to go with it. Don't even know if the melody was my original one, but I like it reinvented or not. I imagine a pretty simple guitar riff (I cannot play unfortuneately), or even something else to spruce it up. So a plea to musicians, please bring this to life. I might even add to it with some homemade instruments. Here's the lyrics, in case they might be of use or just interest, and guitar interlude suggestions.

I was standing here, wondering why

I was standing here, wishing I could be

(Guitar)

I was wondering would you like to come out and play

I was wondering would you like to come out and smile

It’s a beautiful day, it always is

It always stays this way

(Guitar)

Quiet poundings, gnawing in my head

The rain will beat down, down, down, down

It's telling me don’t be a fool, take the ride

It’s what you always wanted, never safety in this lie

I was wondering would you like to hold me, I’ll fade

I was wondering would you like to take the course I’m done

It’s a beautiful mind set I have me in

It always stays the same

But the sights around me always complain

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh

I'll collect my pennies; I’ll buy you a new thing

Anything, just ask me

If we collect our pennies who can say, we didn’t try

(Guitar)

Well it's all wrapped  up now, wishing we could stop

Give it up, you should get up get dressed this morning

(Guitar)

Ahhh...

Come and play with me,

Come and play with me.

Come with me

Come with me

I decided to try after all. Hope you guys like it<3

So this is something Pasiv and I have been working on - I sent him a vocal track that needed some magic, he provided said magic times a million and here is the result!

(Will upload separate vocals too)

I've got a letter in my head for you I'm sick and tired of playing dead for you I've gotta come back, I've gotta come back to life Turn the clocks back, turn the clocks back, I'm alright My lips are frozen and my hands are numb The cracks are showing but I'm playing dumb I've got jump off, I've gotta let go this lie Let the truth out, let the truth out or let it die

Here is my first stab at remixing Joe's performance at BFI.  A big thanks to everyone that REcorded the performance.

Things have been difficult for me, lately....So I tried to put all my stress and fear into a song wich is a real challenge and that's what I came up with. Thanks again<3

Added some harmonies, hope they are alright! <3

non dimenticare

[don't forget]

non dimenticarmi

[don't forget me]

io troverò

[i will find]

un luogo dove

[a place where]

mi possa ricordare

[you can remember me]

Non perdermi

[don't lose me]

Non sbagliare

[don't make a mistake]

Non sono un foglio do carta che

[i'm not a piece of paper that]

Si può archiviare

[can be filed away]

Non ignorarmi

[don't ignore me]

Sto qui per amarti

[i'm here to love you]

Non sono come il vetro che

[i'm not like glass which]

Puo rompere come il cuore

[can break like a heart]

Non dimenticarmi

[don't forget me]

Sempre ricordare

[always remember]

Io troverò 

[i will find]

Un luogo dove

[a place where] 

Posso vivere per sempre

[i can live forever]

so i just signed up for hitREC yesterday & am still figuring out how this whole thing works, but i had fun putting this little ditty together. clearly i don't have much of a home recording set up. & posting this right after writing & recording it feels a little bit like jumping off a cliff, but that's a good thing right? thanks to gregoryjmrmr! and susan for the picture that says it all!

!-} / <3

A little beat I made for the loop collaboration. The last few bars have a couple of variations to mix it up.

Have at it! :)

Lyrics

Shake off your old suit

It never suited you

And come to my room

I will fashion you a new one

Make me a skin dress

I wear you the best

No I don’t like the cold

So come on and hold me

You be the tailor

I’ll be the seamstress

Wont’ you let down my hem again?

Bake me a fine cake

And describe how it tastes

So soft in my ear

So that only I can hear

I will satisfy you

With my own special stew

And the tenderest meat

That you have ever eaten

You be the baker

I’ll be the chef now

Feed me your sweetest offerings

Forge me a strong bow

So that my arrows might flow

Neatly into the flesh

Of our old discretion

And I will cast you a spell

To keep your tough hands well

So they might hold their place

In the space I like them best

You be the blacksmith

I’ll be the white witch

Let the townspeople curse our dark dealings

My first official Accordion Record! Written 1/11/11

If you like this, please check out version 2 that I recently recorded. http://hitrecord.org/records/629281

...

i don't know where i've been

i can't recall if i'm wearing thin

i don't mind if i'm lost

i don't mind if i'm tired and frail and lost

i left a man in my wake

resented him for what he had to say

i don't mind that i'm alone

i don't mind that my heart, it carries stones

my heart, it carries stones

i told it all, unedited

i told it all like i remembered it

they interlocked and then they fled

and met again, but the love they'd made was dead

i am no historian

i'm prone to error in the records i give

i am proud of what i feel

i am proud that my skin is tempered steel

my skin is tempered steel

thanks to Lizzie for starting this, Todd for editing all these voices together, and to everybody who sang.  <3

Just a silly little mix, my first attempt to put together some of the contributions to amferraro's collab (http://www.hitrecord.org/records/385782). It's pretty rough (especially the beginning, because the program I use did some horrible things with the quality when I tried to change the tempo, so I eventually gave up on it), but still, I'm hoping that after listening to it you won't think you just lost three minutes of your life... ;)

Any feedback will be very appreciated <3

Hello everyone! I am happy to present "Down on 42nd Street" to you. I hope you like it as much as I do.

A song by Metaphorest ... with piano.

Lyrics http://hitrecord.org/records/340486

Um, this is so pretty, I had to sing along (hope you don't mind wirrow :0) <3

ps I cited 'Cities' because wirrow did, though I do see the myself singing this song whilst whiling away hours/minutes in the city.

everything flows sweetly when you slow down

unwind all your tapes and dance to ghost sounds

i'm in another world, and you're breaking up

but i'll call you soon.. if i make it back

lava_tornado released a great rockin instrumental called Project 26.  Then Babbish sung her sun baked and neon lit lyrics onto it.  Here, I just added some backing vox.

Metaphorest beautiful poem put to music. The guitar, vocals, cello and shaker were done by myself and the other shaker and the drum was done by my brother Dougie Mackie aka Fameless. Producer: Dougie Mackie Recorded through a radio Mic I couldnt find a shaker around the house so I made one out of a medicine bottle, cocoa pops and sugar. The drum was a big cardboard tub with a plastic lid. haha. Seems really odd. If anyone wants to put a harmony on top you are more than welcome!

This is me singing along with Megan's beautiful piano cover of wirrow's 'the atom song'

first track on album 'spilt milk', but copyright shmoppyrights. right? rights.

and someone asked for the lyrics:  

drag your feet, keep your life strapped to your shoulders.

if you don't carve your age into your belt, you wont get any older

it's a mixed up masquerade, a penniless arcade

every face a frown, oh what a crazy town

hang your head, they'll steal the toes right off of your feet

you're lucky to count all ten, when you're living on the street

its a story thats been told, a body thats been sold

'round and around and around. oh what a crazy town

(see) joy around here comes in a little pink balloon

and if you got out of here yesterday it wouldn't be too soon

it's a cardboard palisade, a pocket change brigade

every way is down. oh what a crazy town

I'd like to point out this whole undertaking has only gone ahead with the approval and support of Rainey [themetafictionist]!

DianeFT asked me if I would sing a long to Blake Fischers "Ukelele=Happiness" to the tune of the ditty I wrote called "The Girl Who Looks Exactly Like Me"..but use her lyrical adaptation of TheMetafictionist's story.

So, here it is! I hope it's OK <3

For some time now he 's been stalking me

 I hurry to get home cos he won’t let me be

 I run up my steps and what do I see?

A brown bag that I open carefully

Ooooh Oh Oh! 

It’s a blue dildo

I sneak in with the package in tow

How will I explain this to my bro?

It’s a blue dildo.

I’ve got the package safely hidden

What an obscene gift to be given

Despite my terror and horrific offence

I have to save it as evidence

Ooooh Oh Oh... 

It’s a blue dildo

I sneak in with the package in tow

How will I explain this to my bro?

It’s a blue dildo.

It’s time for me to open up and put my shame aside

I’ve done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide

It’s time to ask for help, in my mom I will confide

She hugs me and we laugh, as we both feel a vibe

In walks my bro, who’s not that dence?

“What is that” he asks.  Unsure I exclaim:

“It’s evidence!”

Second track off of 'Spilt Milk'.  Have at it!

lyrics:

Nothing like a good ol' beating

to make a proper fool out of me

I've taken a torch to everything i own

and shamed my family.

I keep a will in my back pocket.

Another one is tucked in my boot.

And if you're lucky enough to see me coming,

don't hesitate before you shoot.

But I'm gonna go to church on sunday.

Make a proper fool out of me.

Lord, let me make it to sunday.

To wash all of my sins clean.

I'm gonna disappear in the evening.

Take flight before the sun bleeds.

And don't ask the sky for no reason,

or shake me down by my trail of rosary beads.

There's nothing you can pray I aint prayed for

nothing you can say I aint heard

no morning I don't wake up shaking

God damn I hate that mocking bird.

But I'm gonna go to church on Sunday

-make a proper fool out of me.

Lord, let me make it to Sunday

to wash all of my sins clean.

maybe i'm doing too many of these songs....but i really really loved this tiny story...so here is another tiny tune...

Ok, this is perhaps one of my wierder records ;D

I was playing around, trying to write a tune for hitrecord and realised the melody I had made was very similar to the MMM themetune, so I randomly made this. Dunno exactly what it could be used for, but hey, enjoy ;D

A short little ditty I just made up, sorry for the bits of distortion.

Lyrics:

"Don't fall for his "romance",

Can you see his words?

Don't shake if you don't wanna dance,

Can you see his words?

(ahhhhhhhh,)

Don't be silent if you've got a voice,

Can you sing your words?

Don't jump if you don't wanna fall,

Are you free from earth?

(ahhhhhhhh,)"

I took a walk that was very inspiring and I played this right after. Again by heart<3

Downtown 81 featuring Jess Larrabee from She Keeps Bees

as per Syoh's suggestion of using this song with the HitRECordettes idea, I made this little REmix of Ally's swingin' take on Metaphorest's lyrics/song

even gave it a little kuzoo intro for kicks ^_^

Happy REmixing!

<3

RJ

A quick, recorded chord pattern in Eminor. I'm gunna make a few of these, can some peeps add lyrics and new instrumental parts?

reboot computer = fix quality

i've been working on n off with this idea since mid-July. finally got some things on it to where i'm comfortable uploading it as a REmix RECord, but still trying to figure the fucker out.

anyhoo. i had some production fun here.
found a nice little panning-distortion effect for the original bass, which set everything into motion, and everything else (besides Pammy's voice, of course) is my contribution.

this is what i have so far.
if you got any opinion/critique about it, i wanna hear it.
if it sucks, tell me why, and i'll make it better.
if you think you can make it better, my sounds are yours to improve upon.

Happy REmixing

and thank you Pam <3

R

*This is a STEREO RECording*

shhh be nice i've never written a song before

I've been working on this song for almost a year. I finally finished the second verse. I'm really proud of some of these lyrics. The lyrics are resourced below in case you wanted to remix this at all. :)

Liking the idea of rhythms made through unconventional means, thought I'd remix some records together to one of Metaphorest's magnificent songs.  120 bpm.

A friend needed something quirky for a short of his.  This is what came out.

(literally handmade;))

Clapping hands, snapping fingers, a few regular hits on the chest and the thighs - here goes my tiny contribution to The Um Song :)

this REmix uses the vocal and drums from Metaphorest's original RECord.

experimented with different variations before settling on this one. 

REmix production, arrangement, Synthesizer, 808 programming, Guitar: meeeeeeeeeeee

Hope you enjoy, and happy REmixing

<3

RJ

and many thanks to Sarah for making such a wonderful and REmixable song (and the stems too!) <3

Written on a Nintendo Game Boy.

recording of flowers in winter :)

I really loved "Slow Like A Bunny" by Metaphorest and Megan Carnes, and I thought that Ozie's wonderfully wonderful piece was more than suitable for a similar remix. But hey, I don't have Metaphorest's voice. So I reaaally did my best, and I hope you'll like how I revisited this hitRECord classic ! :)

Oh, and I was thinking that some strings, like a cello (!!!) or a violin would fit perfectly with this. But if you play triangle and you want to make a contribution, please do !

LYRICS:

let's play pretend
until the end, 
whenever that will be.

we'll dress in gowns 
and dance around 
and jump into the sea.

we'll float and fly 
straight through the sky 
in our hot air balloon,

and then we'll race 
to outer space 
and steal ourselves the moon.

let's make believe 
and never leave 
our own fantasy land.

we'll sing love songs 
forever long, 
now wouldn't that be grand?

and even though 
inside we'll know 
nothing is as it seems,

as long as we're 
together here, 
who needs reality?

sang my lyrics over wirrow/gwen's amazing song. um... i hope this isn't terrible. <3 be sure to check out metaphorest's song for these lyrics (resourced) - it's the cheerful version. this is the melancholy version...

i took some liberties with the structure of this one... hope you like! :D

gwen's loop of lala's and breathing is the most amazing record ive heard on this website. i'll definitely be making more things out of this.

the title is my nod to the wonderful sparklehorse. "it's a sad and beautiful life" r.i.p

we can be star-ways upside down-ways any way you like

we see moons n suns where others see the city lights

i know you like the fear, ive seen your eyes light up

when theres a human sacrifice

i know you like to panic and ring the alarms

but we are superloving creatures and we mean you no harm

you're never alone you know

it's a wonderful life

Sara asked me to contribute - how could i not ;)

the melody is mirrored and so is the arrangement.

ps: 70ies spymovie reference is semi-intentional. it kinda evolved into this.

pps: yes dystopian - i am putting an end to this silly dissonance in: utopian and dystopic. now it is utopian and dystopian or utopic and dystopic whichever you prefer.

a not-so-tiny tune for wirrow.

thanks to megan's beautiful piano additions and rob's absolutely spot-on mixing, this song has finally come to life after about a month of hard work. this is by far the hardest i've ever worked on a song, and i hope you all enjoy it.

i truly love this community, and i love the friends i have made from it. this song encapsulates how i feel about life, hitRECord, just...everything.

so anyway - thanks, everybody.

Best listened to through headphones.

thanks for listening!

First thing that came to mind...such beautiful words and beautiful music.

I know the melody isn't very exciting..but I thought I would let the piano and the words take centre stage ^__^

<3

Song written by Jacquelyn Wells. vocals and piano-jacquelyn wells

Introduction for the fall formal if one is needed :) Also a little suprise from the Hitrecordettes (just me) afterwards xD

I don't know what to say about htis one. I don't really know how to write music that well but I think I may have stumbled onto something cool with this one. Or maybe it's horrible and this will get deleted off the site.

It could use some vocals. Also it could use a good mix down. If anyone wants the stems for remixing just let me know and I'll put them up.

The song consists of ukulele, toy piano, xylaphone, harmonica and an acoustic guitar used as a bass.

I wrote it with headphones, so you should listen to it with headphones ;)

EDIT: There are a lot of awesome REmixes that take this song to a whole other level, go check them out!

I loved wirrow's "things" tiny story and illustration, so I used it to write another tiny tune. I would love love LOVE to have this remixed, harmonies, instruments (especially where the vocals have just ended) oohs and ahhs, background noises, whatever you feel like doing. If anyone's interested, I could try to get a better recording without so much background noise. And stems. Just lemme know :)

CHORDS are G and B Minor

I made this around 2-3 months ago. While composing this, I had a story of a soldier in my head who just saw his family get killed in front of him, and now their memories are keeping him from fighting for whatever his cause is, but at the end he decides to use these memories to make him stronger rather than drain the life out of him.

I can remove the acoustic guitar lead form this in case you want to add your own (can be any instrument which you think suits here), I'd love that actually! But as I just joined and this is my first ever RECord, I'm confused how do I upload that version here? Do I put it up as a new RECord? Let me know in the remarks please.

after having a quick little listen or two, this is what i heard in my head.

and since i'm without my guitar tonight, i used my synthesizers instead.

~hehe, that rhymed~

<3

Beautifully sung by eaneikciv! And Robo J's REmix just put me in this state that these instruments started playing in my head, so I quickly arranged and sequenced them before i forgot the melody.

Trying to build on the other masterpieces, I added a guitar track and two synthesized french horns to add to the lushness of the orchestra.

And now for something completely different... :P

Lyrics

I’m putty in your hands

Putty that sticks in your pocket

Cos you forgot it

I’m a ragdoll waiting to be tucked in by your side

Wouldn’t it to be nice to go outside?

Wouldn’t it if be nice if I didn’t have to hide in your basement?

In your basement

You got me in a living trance in this flawed romance

Although my brain says no well my mouth says oh oh oh

I’ll be your doll if you want it

Love you all night long if you want it

I’m begging you, baby please don’t deflate me I’m a little superficial but please don’t hate me

I’m your polythene honey

I’m a lover dropped off by the mailman

On sale, man

I’m your permanent partner, my heart will never degrade

Wouldn’t it be nice to go outside?

Wouldn’t it be nice if I didn’t have to hide in your basement?

In your basement

You got me in a living trance in this flawed romance

Although my brain says no well my mouth says oh oh oh

I’ll be your doll if you want it

Love you all night long if you want it

I’m begging you, baby please don’t deflate me

I’m a little superficial but please don’t hate me

Oh oh oh

Continuing my journey through unchartered musical territories...

This sort of happened by accident..when you've got one thing playing on iTunes and one thing playing in a browser.

So yeah, decided to play with it..me rapping is hilarious but oh well! ^__^

<3

A song about a one-sided chipmunk relationship. Trying something...err...different!

(Ps. I can upload the non-chipmunk version too if anyone wants!)

Today he wore purple, my favourite shade

And that was my favourite song that he played

I know that he winked at me when he walked by

Although you say it was just dirt in his eye

His friend's sister's boyfriend said my hair was lovely

And that's how I know that he loves me

We're like Romeo and Juliet

And just cos he doesn't know my name yet

Doesn't mean that we're not meant to be

It's so easy to see that he loves me

He wrote me a letter, anonymously

Put it on the internet for all to see

He's so understanding, he knows that I'm shy

You ask why he left out my name – well that's why

He likes to be cryptic, so he writes me stories

And that's how I know he adores me

You gotta look between the lines

He'ssending me love letters all of the time

If you just read the seventh word in every tweet

You'll see that he's swept off his feet

He could call if he wanted, but phones are passe

And, anyway, he talks to me every day

In our own secret code only we understand

Us modern day lovers don't need to hold hands

See he threw a big party and I was invited

So I know that my love's requited

Wanna dance like all the cool kids that are too cool to dance? Listen to this song then. 

a remix of my favorite song in the whole wide universe. :]

i used to fly with peter pan in videoland and i saw people coming out from underground. gather up you silent searchers and lets go loudly into quiet churches lets surround the walls of guarded buildings and make our sound. lets invade palaces, they are always around when we sing out their anthems but not when we drown in video lala

It's rough, but I hope you like it and that someone can make it into some kind of video!

Any animators out there - hope this can add something to one of your creations :)

Found this sound here:  http://www.freesound.org/people/Heigh-hoo/sounds/19433/

I read through the site and it's my understanding we can use the sounds from this site for stuff like the fall formal.

Et voilà, mes chéris....Imagined during economics class, composed with a high amount of tea in my veins. Again by heart <3

Found this sound here:  http://www.freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/86773/

I read through the site and it's my understanding we can use the sounds from this site for stuff like the fall formal.

Found this sound here:  http://www.freesound.org/people/ltibbits/sounds/16248/

I read through the site and it's my understanding we can use the sounds from this site for stuff like the fall formal.

A short clip I cut from some timpani sounds I found.

Found this sound here:  http://www.freesound.org/people/spt3125/sounds/24810/

I read through the site and it's my understanding we can use the sounds from this site for stuff like the fall formal.