Jason Filley - SnakeLegs » Music http://www.snakelegs.org Upon thy belly shalt thou go.... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:12:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Expect More Errors http://www.snakelegs.org/2011/09/23/expect-more-errors/ http://www.snakelegs.org/2011/09/23/expect-more-errors/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:15:26 +0000 Jason Filley http://www.snakelegs.org/?p=571 Will do!!!

]]> http://www.snakelegs.org/2011/09/23/expect-more-errors/feed/ 0 How the Other Half Lives http://www.snakelegs.org/2008/01/18/how-the-other-half-lives/ http://www.snakelegs.org/2008/01/18/how-the-other-half-lives/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:27:41 +0000 Jason Filley http://www.snakelegs.org/2008/01/18/how-the-other-half-lives/ [...]]]> My favorite music, running on decades now, has been instrumental music — electric guitar by Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc., — or at least vocal music in non-English like hippy hare krishna music by Rasa, or new age music by Kevin Wood. I’d prefer to listen to the music without being distracted by the words. However, I have an eMusic subscription and decided to check out the alternative world, with real live English lyrics.

A lot of it sucks; some of it doesn’t. My favorite musician now is Andrew Bird; “Armchair Apocrypha” is beautiful. “Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs” is worth your time. I like Arcade Fire; “Funeral” is a very hummable album. “Neon Bible” has a few I like (like “Keep the Car Running”), but “Funeral” is better. Okkervil River (“The Stage Names”) took a few minutes to get used to, but the songs stick in your craw.

]]> http://www.snakelegs.org/2008/01/18/how-the-other-half-lives/feed/ 0 Sleepers Awake! http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/12/sleepers-awake/ http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/12/sleepers-awake/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:55:43 +0000 Jason Filley http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/12/sleepers-awake/ [...]]]> Here’s a 5-string banjo version of (more or less) Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme – Sleepers Awake! (BWV 140).  The whole cantata is available for free download at the Wikipedia link above (this is from the 4th movement).

I’ve been poking around at this for a while, but nobody else in the family likes hearing me practice.  So, this is from sneaking picking time.  It’s not a full rendition, but the two major themes are there.  And I don’t know why, but the microphone makes me nervous, and all that. Here it is.  Next on my list is Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

Sleepers Awake! (MP3)

]]> http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/12/sleepers-awake/feed/ 0 Kyrie Eleison http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/10/kyrie-eleison/ http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/10/kyrie-eleison/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:34:23 +0000 Jason Filley http://www.snakelegs.org/2007/02/10/kyrie-eleison/ [...]]]> The “Gregorian Chant” CD, from the Monks Of The Abbey Of Notre Dame, is one of my constant companions. Kyrie Eleison is the most memorable piece. Very pretty.

This is a minimalist banjo version, with just a cheap mic hooked up to the computer.  So the sound quality isn’t great — just imagine it’s an old Folkways recording.

Kyrie Eleison (MP3)

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I’ll add more songs as I learn them.

MP3 recording of Bach’s Prelude in C Major (BWV 846) on the 5-string banjo

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