Hard Like Algebra

Title: Casio SK1der

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Just a bit more noodling in Garageband.

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Working with digital loops to create music is a really odd form of creativity. Odd because it feels a bit like cheating, and a bit like MAN THIS IS SO AWESOME I MADE A SONG.

Anyway, enjoy some more Garageband tuneage.  I might do something odd involving weird Keynote presentations next. 

Yes, seriously.

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For the first 30 days post, I started learning just how much Garageband has changed since the first version.

It’s me running my guitar through my new iMac and making something.

It’s got two built-in loops tweaked in there, too.

It’s rough around the edges.

It’s  a start.

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Work and life are interesting lately, though I should point out that I’ve been listening heavily to a few albums.

It also amuses me to no end that David Allen keeps popping up on my last.fm artist list. God bless audiobooks.

Anyway, here’s a quick post that will hopefully spawn some discussion.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the most recent Iron & Wine album, the Shepherd’s Dog, for two reasons, really:

1. Erin likes it, which means that she picks it when it is her record player turn; this has made me pay attention to it more, and
2. I’ve been wondering why it was just sort of overlooked by me since I bought it. Why didn’t I check this one out much?

At any rate, today I realized that the song that she likes most (as she would say, Her Jam) and the one that (so far) I enjoy hearing most couldn’t be more different as far old Iron & Wine’s formula goes. I then figured, what’s better than asking the internet something?

NOTHING.

So here you go! Let’s compare these two tracks, and discuss a)which one you like better and b)why. Hate ‘em both? Mention that, too! In a future post I’ll talk about my own take on differing tastes here.

Exhibit A: White Tooth Man

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Exhibit B: Resurrection Fern

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P. S. I&W’s record label mispelled the album as “the Shepard’s Dog” on the downloadable-cuz-I-got-vinyl tracks. Funny, that.