Daily Refrain » Meta Songs

#43: “Portents”

Gwilym — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:28:06 +0000

Hmm.

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#37: “Cranberry Horse”

Gwilym — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:26:10 +0000

A song about the lesser-known “no horses” conspiracy theory.

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#35: “No Birthday Song”

Gwilym — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:49:31 +0000

Happy Birthday, Dawa! You’re disappointed in me!

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#34: “Maintenance”

Gwilym — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:28:58 +0000

Goddammit, YouTube. All of these songs are rushed, but this song is super-rushed; done in about ten minutes when I saw YouTube was going down for maintenance, and would not be back up before I left for work.

When it was done, YouTube had already gone down for maintenance. Oh well.

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#33: “Inspiration”

Gwilym — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:22:43 +0000

In which I turn last-minute laziness into a learning experience!

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#32: “Happy Birthday, Shane”

Gwilym — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:46:02 +0000

And now this, which science has proven to be the polar opposite of yesterday’s song in every conceivable way.

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#27: “The Clapping Song”

Gwilym — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:30:04 +0000

Real instruments? In my Daily Refrain? It’s more likely than you think.

This is a happy song about clapping.

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#25: “Wayward Muse”

Gwilym — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:27:15 +0000

I really couldn’t be bothered today. You can probably tell.

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#22: “Harmonies”

Gwilym — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:21:13 +0000

(whilst hearing #21)
Nate: harmony
Nate: that part is so amazing
Gwilym: there are no harmonies
Gwilym: it’s all unison
Nate: oh you semantic jumble
Gwilym:
Nate: ok here is your theme for tomorrow: a song with a whole lot of harmonies about harmonies

I’m not sure this song actually works. Thanks, Nate. Thate.

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#20: “Unexpected Microsong”

Gwilym — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:13:01 +0000

Time is a cruel mistress.

edit: some people have asked what “that 2012 bullshit” means. If you haven’t heard about it, consider yourself lucky, and then read this, and then despair. Or laugh. It’s ridiculous, really.

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#18: “Microsong Wednesday”

Gwilym — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:33:26 +0000

Remember when I asked how to give myself time off this project? And gave three options? I ended up settling on ‘none of them.’ My friend suggested microsongs, and remembering the greatness of TMBG’s “Fingertips,” and just about anything by Bob Drake, I liked the idea.

So I think I’ll divide up each week’s songwriting with a microsong every Wednesday. No more weeks off. Like all my plans, this is of course subject to change massively.

In hindsight, Headphones should’ve been a microsong.

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#15 “Cover Me!”

Gwilym — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:07:35 +0000

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#13: “The First Song (Reprise)”

Gwilym — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:27:06 +0000

Kind of a game-changer, this one. Hope you’re not disappointed.

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#8: “Cold”

Gwilym — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:24:10 +0000

I have a cold. This song started off as about that.

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#7: “Happy Birthday, Dennis Mott”

Gwilym — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:17:20 +0000

This is a song about Dennis Mott.

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#4: “Brevity Apology”

Gwilym — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:49:50 +0000

This began as a silly apology for yesterday’s short song, then went all metaphory and ended up about… I have no idea, actually.

Were it not for the bizarre bridge section, I could almost call this the first non-comedic song I’ve recorded. Oh my.

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#1: “The First Song”

Gwilym — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:38:49 +0000

The first of many! This song is mostly an introduction to the project.

From here, you can either listen to the next song by clicking the button at the bottom of the page, or you can head to the Archives and be more selective.

I should mention that while this song pretty well represents my lyrical style, musically the project goes all over the place. So even if you hate toe-tappy stage musical swing, you’re bound to like something here. Browse around.

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