This season found me in the midst of a little personal crisis and I was sitting idly around the house for long hours. Like me at the time, this doesn't travel too far from where it starts. Just a little underproduced thing I tossed up in Garageband in 20 or 30 minutes. The percussion's all loops. Less

Another short Garage Band track that includes the sound of me repeatedly popping the base of an old stock pot in and out. Less

Today cortex and Hoopo wrote, recorded and posted quick songs done with their Mac's internal microphone and GarageBand, a couple of hours apart. I've decided to make it a trifecta. The lead vocals and uke were done in a single take through the internal mic, and the backing vocals are three more internal mic tracks. The rest is GarageBand internal synths and effects, quick and dirty the way you know you like it. Less

A short, sloppy no-editing-or-do-overs track made in less than half an hour with Garage Band, 2 glasses of stale water on my coffee table, a dirty spoon, a jar of change, internal mic, and likely one drink too many. Less

It's also about Firefox 3 and Download Day 2008. (We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!) About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots I downloaded Firefox 3 because all of the people I obsessively read were doing it too, not doing-it doing it 'cause that would mean taking their hands off their mice I downloaded Firefox 3 because I heard they want a world record for most-downloaded browser as if a browser is the right tool for keeping up with fights between Scoble and Eric Rice And then I learned about:robots, about about:robots About:robots (the one with the colon in between) About:robots, about about:robots About:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots (the one with the colon in between) About:robots, about about:robots About:robots I downloaded Firefox 3 because I wanted to see how well it performed on my PC Then I saw it really was a mess, kinda slow, really not a success (all right, I'm kidding) I downloaded Firefox 3 because I didn't want to be left behind with an unpopular browser The kind you use to access the Net in my cubicle when I'm learning About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots The one with the colon in between The one with the colon in between Put it in your browser, see what I mean About:robots, about about:robots About:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots About:robots, about about:robots About:robots The one with the colon in between About:robots, about about:robots About:robots Robots may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Robots have seen things you people wouldn't believe. Robots are Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With. Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten. Step one: open up a Firefox 3 browser Step two: Type the word "about" and then a colon Step three: Type the word "robots" Step four: Hit return, and learn! Shout out to all Bay Area nerdcore crew Doctor Popular MC Slutsky I see you I'm'a see you And we have a plan. Seen! Less

Another acoustic, instrumental tune. This is the first track I've made in GarageBand (my Ubuntu machine died hard last week). Less

Original composition and performance by Ivan Chew; “live” guitar and bass, apple drum loops (heavily edited). Please see CC license and attribute to StarfishStories.wordpress.com or MyRightBrain.wordpress.com. Appreciate if you drop me a comment or email if you like the song! :) Less

Rock guitar instrumental; original composition. Recorded, mixed and engineering with GarageBand (still not happy with the sound.. may want to remix later). I’ve uploaded both the Test Track (#10) and the “final” version for comparison. Please attribute to MyRightBrain.wordpress.com or StarfishStories.wordpress.com Less

An original composition; a largely guitar instrumental piece (recorded, mixed and engineered with GarageBand) from this piece: www.archive.org/details/JustWannaBeWithYou Less

Music: Ivan Chew Recorded, mixed and engineered with GarageBand. Lyrics, adapted with permission, from Betty and Huiling. Details at: http://tinyurl.com/4cvq8f Less

Original composition. Recorded, mixed and arranged using GarageBand. An ambient soundtrack inspired by words written by Regina De Rozario. Details at http://tinyurl.com/2gxbus. Comments welcome at MyRightBrain.wordpress.com Less

This is the second version of the simple salsa track that I posted earlier. This time, I chose to go with a more ‘Salsa Celtica‘ kind of sound with a Violin salsa solo. I also used the Cajon as the background drum beat (instead of the regular Cowbell and Congas). Your feedback is always welcomed! Feel free to use download and distribute, I have placed the track on a Creative Commons license: PS. I love Garageband! Less

This is the second version of the simple salsa track that I posted earlier. This time, I chose to go with a more 'Salsa Celtica' kind of sound with a Violin salsa solo. I also used the Cajon as the background drum beat (instead of the regular Cowbell and Congas). Your feedback is always welcomed! Feel [...] Less

This is the second version of the simple salsa track that I posted earlier. This time, I chose to go with a more 'Salsa Celtica' kind of sound with a Violin salsa solo. I also used the Cajon as the background drum beat (instead of the regular Cowbell and Congas). Your feedback is always welcomed! Feel [...] Less

A beat I made in Garageband featuring trombone. All the music parts are loops of me, on keyboard, trombone, and bass. The scratching is Mic Santi, my roommate. Less

Wherein I discover you can lyrically abstract and obscurely rearrange an interpersonal situation, but you can't make it blink. <small><em>Who are you when I'm not around? Does someone else make you laugh? Some other boy, some other girl you conjure from a photograph? I hear you through apartment walls Spirits high as plans proceed apace with some other boy, some other girl you'll soon encounter face to face Our paths will cross now and again So say odds and probability and some other boy, some other girl one day may meet in another reality</em></small> Less

A short instrumental, played over an old tape of me reading something in French as a kid. Doing this felt very nostalgic, both because it was me as a kid and because I so rarely play audio cassettes. I have no idea what it is I'm reading! Less