Daily Refrain » Miscommunication

#23: “Hiding Behind the Metaphor”

Gwilym — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:38:05 +0000

Apropos of nothing at all; I just like the term. And wrote a song about it.

Is it actually a term? I heard it somewhere, I think.

#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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#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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#16: “The Lateness”

Gwilym — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:18:33 +0000

Usually I’m good about replying to e-mail, but sometimes I’ll take between a million years and an eternity to respond – and it’s almost always for the exact same reason. This song is for those who have suffered this terrible fate.

I’m sure that someday I’ll get over this whole ’super-dramatic song about trivial thing’ schtick, but that day is not today.

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#9: “Bunnysong”

Gwilym — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:49:41 +0000

“now make one about bunny rabbits or possibly random foreign people texting you out of the blue” ~ansgaros (10 Jun 2009)

It appears that I now do requests! I might add a ‘Suggest Song Ideas’ page to the site, but in the meantime feel free to let your imagination run wild in the comments section.

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