# Hear (and Share) Dopers Making Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702 "2004-07-18T19:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/21 "2004-07-22T20:21:49Z")
Not me (I retired from music after earning $5 and several thrown full beer bottles), but my better half is an accomplished musician, playing with some other ladies in a grrl rock band called [Clover Honey](http://www.cloverhoney.ca/) as well as doing her own solo thing as Amy Honey ( [mp3 here](http://redcat.ca/amyhoney/about_the_exes.mp3) / [low tech video here](http://redcat.ca/amyhoney/video.html)) ---
**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/22 "2004-07-22T20:33:25Z")
Me and my buddy do a kind-of cheap imitation of Tenacious D…called [Sex Power](http://sexpower.tv) (but we write our own stuff)…we have videos of our first couple of open mics on the web and some mp3s we recorded quickly in my basement. I play most of the guitar. We do this mostly to keep ourselves out of trouble, but somehow we have actually managed to get a couple of gigs that are coming up in the next month…if anyone in Philly wants to check us out live see the website for details: [http:\sexpower.tv](http://sexpower.tv) I am going to check out everyone else’s stuff and comment in another post. This thread is a great idea. * * * Believe it or not, [sexpower.com](http://sexpower.com) was already taken. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/23 "2004-07-23T12:32:04Z")
**slu** - ah, empowered, bitter mullet-head rock - too funny. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/24 "2004-07-23T12:34:13Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > Not me (I retired from music after earning $5 and several thrown full beer bottles), but my better half is an accomplished musician, playing with some other ladies in a grrl rock band called [Clover Honey](http://www.cloverhoney.ca/) as well as doing her own solo thing as Amy Honey ( [mp3 here](http://redcat.ca/amyhoney/about_the_exes.mp3) / [low tech video here](http://redcat.ca/amyhoney/video.html)) **vlmungo** - one of resident music experts, I might add - I clicked on the Clover Honey link and while the logo and stuff were cool, I couldn’t access the Sounds. On a cable modem and everything seems to be working properly. FYI. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/25 "2004-07-24T00:10:30Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **vlmungo** - one of resident music experts, I might add - I clicked on the Clover Honey link and while the logo and stuff were cool, I couldn’t access the Sounds. On a cable modem and everything seems to be working properly. FYI. Thanks for the props! I guess the Clover Honey site is still in transition (off of geocities, and being slicked up a tad). [Here’s](http://www.redcat.ca/Caroline.mp3) a link to one of their songs. So, **Wordman** … where’s your songs??? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/26 "2004-07-24T00:15:08Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > So, **Wordman** … where’s your songs??? Whaddya mean, “where’s my songs?!?” 😃 check the thread this one started with! (see the OP for a link to the original thread, and I expect feedback, dammit!) ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/27 "2004-07-24T04:41:34Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Well - whatever you did worked. I got it easy this time - fun stuff; what is the backwards faerie vocal? This piece sounds like soundtrack music (I mean that as a compliment - like _good_ soundtrack music) to a fantasy movie/cartoon. Heh, I didn’t do anything; maybe my host’s server hiccuped or something. The vocal is actually forwards (see above for the lyrics), and is a friend of mine sped up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/28 "2004-07-24T16:16:05Z")
**Curious Canuck** and I will be recording a proper studio demo of our show, _TRASH!_, hopefully sometime in the fall or early next year. Right now, all we have are crappy home demos (well, not all that crappy) that I did in Sonar. Problem is, there’s no singing, so you don’t get the full effect. The studio demo will have singers, real instruments (along with my many synths), real drums & percussion, and will be properly mixed. In any case, once the studio demo is done, expect much hype here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/29 "2004-07-24T17:10:59Z")
> [@dreamer](#): > > I’ve been trying to get Dopers to listen to my Music for years! 😃 > > [dreamer’s Music](http://jessurun.dmusic.com/) > I am the Vocalist on all the songs listed and my SO played all the Instruments. We recorded and mixed all the songs together in our home studio. I guess it’s gonna take longer than I thought 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/30 "2004-08-08T23:28:45Z")
I’m not all that musical but I do sing. [Here’s my rendition of “Jambalaya”.](http://home.comcast.net/~jelloman68/Jambalaya.wav) Just me singing a capella into my computer at home with a bit of reverb added. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/31 "2004-10-18T07:21:14Z")
A lot of good stuff on this thread. Some stuff from various bands in my angry youth: [The Service of Mankind - Vile Tribe](http://www.quoke.com/music/The%20Service%20Of%20Mankind%20-%20Vile%20Tribe.mp3) - I’m all the keyboards and drums; Jason was the drums and vocals through a megaphone. [Used to Love Her - Wake](http://www.quoke.com/music/Bill-Tom%20-%20Used%20To%20Love%20Her.mp3) - The GNR tune. I’m all the music; Tom is the vocals. [Stand By Me](http://www.quoke.com/music/Stand%20By%20Me%20(Crisp%20Remix)%20-%20Bill.mp3) - My niece was in town from Austin, so I recorded her playing the bass line, then added everything on top. I’m all the rest of the music; Dave is all the vocals. [Goodbye](http://www.quoke.com/music/Goodbye.mp3) - I’m all the music; Heather is the vocals. There’s plenty more where that came from. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/32 "2004-10-18T13:17:51Z")
See sig. ---
**Author:** ![cryptic\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@cryptic\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cryptic_j)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/33 "2004-10-18T13:27:09Z")
I’ve been waiting for a thread like this… I am part of a hip-hop Duo - - called organized rhyme you can access our homepage via my signature - - but here is a direct link to an mp3 hosting site where I’ve put most of our music from the last three years… I’m interested to hear any feedback - as seemingly no-one who has visited the web-page or listened to the tracks wants to give any!! [http://www.musicv2.com/artist/organized](http://www.musicv2.com/artist/organized) by the way in the picture you get on this page - I’m the one on the right 🙂 As soon as I get a chance at home I’ll check out some of the other links on this thread - - sadly I’m at work and without a soundcard!! ---
**Author:** ![cryptic\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@cryptic\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cryptic_j)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/34 "2004-10-18T13:38:52Z")
oh yeah - - thought I’d better add… being that our music is hip-hop there is a fair ammount of bad language scattered through the songs… ( especially F Hip-Hop 2 and What It Takes (part 2) which both have the dreaded F-word in the chorus! ) the newer they are the less frequent - - it’s amazing how when you start to concentrate on writing something well you seem less reliant on filler words… also, I don’t just make hip-hop music - although that’s all you will find at that site - - I ought to upload some of the stuff I have done for my friends Student films - and some pop that I made for my sister and other friends… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/35 "2004-10-18T16:54:30Z")
“Shelly’s Got Friends” is very cool, **Big Bad Voodoo Lou**. FYI, the other song links seem to be down. “Rich Man” is my favorite by Yell County, **An Arky**. “Zombie FlapJack” gets my vote for Most Unique, **Already in Use**. Cool. All the Fenster tunes are excellent, **dnooman**. Very Trent-ish, **interface2x**. I like them both. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/36 "2004-10-19T04:21:13Z")
I’ll jump in, assuming this zombie thread doesn’t get closed (or die a second untimely death). 🙂 Here’s [some stuff I did](http://misnomer971.home.comcast.net/music.htm) with my first band, about 5 years ago. I wrote the lyrics to everything but the Shawn Colvin cover, and all of the lead vocals are me. The sound is really crappy: a friend videotaped our gig, I copied the audio from the videotape to casette, then to my computer. I did attempt to do some cleanup with a cheap audio application, but “really crappy” might be an understatement. 😃 Some people say that they can’t make out a single word I’m singing, so lyrics for the originals are provided. I _have_ been listening to the other stuff here, I just have no time to post my comments at the moment. I swear that I will…are the people who posted the songs still around? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/37 "2004-10-19T04:24:34Z")
(Ok, yes, I know that the thread isn’t _technically_ a zombie. I didn’t bother to do the math before I posted my previous message. :smack: 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/38 "2004-10-19T18:30:53Z")
Ok, here are my comments (for what they’re worth): **Big Bad Voodoo Lou** - I was able to download _Shelly’s Got Friends_ but I couldn’t get it to play. Windows Media Player didn’t like it, and iTunes wouldn’t import it. On a separate note (heh), I looked around your “bachelor pad” and stumbled upon the Visited States/Countries stuff…very cool! **An Arky** - Yell County is great! _Rich Man_ and _Gonna_ remind me of Cowboy Mouth, which has been my favorite band for the past 6 years. Too bad there’s no official Yell County site for gig info. **dnoorman** - I like ska, so I like Fenster. _Hello_ made me smile, but I think my favorite was _Meltdown_. **pulykamell** - I’m a sucker for pop, and really liked _Amber Willoughby_. **DooWahDiddy** - I’m not a big fan of contemporary instrumentals, but I love the piano (I’ve been a pianist myself for the past 25 years) and you definitely have some solid piano chops. I genuinely enjoyed listening to your clips! **slu** - Holy crap, _My Woman Done Me Wrong_ made me laugh out loud! Excellent little tune, and – please don’t be insulted – I was surprised at how good the singing/harmony was. **Bruce\_Daddy** - I like Edentrap! I think my favorite clip was _White Lies_. A bit of _Cheat_ vaguely reminded me of the Doors…maybe just Jim Morrison. In a good way, anyway. I listened to everything here (which is why I didn’t have time to post all of this last night); if I haven’t commented on your stuff, it’s because the music just wasn’t my style (though **cryptic\_j** , I must say that I like the name “Organized Rhyme!”). My style or not, though, I definitely didn’t hear anything “bad.” There are some powerful talented Dopers hereabouts! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/39 "2004-10-20T00:08:56Z")
Thanks, **Misnomer** (**Bill H., too)**!..we’re working on getting a site soon. Next gig is ::cough:: Iota ::cough:: 12/18 ::cough:: 9pm ::cough:: Damn! Must have something caught in my throat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702/40 "2004-10-20T00:30:50Z")
Iota…nice. You should see someone about that cough. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hear-and-share-dopers-making-music/255702.md?page=3)