The Nemesis

A Song A Week 30: The Bad Felt – I’m Sad Because I’m Happy

The Nemesis — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:35 +0000

I was explaining the concept behind The Bad Felt to a friend the other day, and told her that we tend to pick darker songs from Sesame Street. She was surprised that there were any dark songs on Sesame Street. I told her that Count songs and Grouch songs tend to work the [...]

A Song A Week 29: The Hitmaker Algorithm – Search and Destroy (Iggy and the Stooges cover)

The Nemesis — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:48:52 +0000

I liked the sound of the electronic cover of Carbona not Glue so much, that I decided to retoractively call it a Hitmaker Algorithm song, and do a whole Hitmaker Algorithm album of classic punk covers. This will also come in handy when the baby is born, and I need to mostly do songs [...]

A Song A Week 28: The Nemesis – You’re Gonna Die (A Love Song)

The Nemesis — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:06:42 +0000

This song comes off a little jokey, but it’s actually really sincere. This has been one of my biggest fears for almost as long as I’ve been married. Also, not including The Bad Felt, this is the first song I’ve recorded guitars for since May! What?!?

A Song A Week 27: The Nemesis – Too Hot to Rock

The Nemesis — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:41:00 +0000

Between the holiday on Monday and jury duty on Wednesday, this has been a really short and weird week for me. I almost forgot I needed to start a song yesterday. Also, as the song explains, it’s been really hot here the last few days. This ended up a lot closer to last week’s [...]

A Song A Week 26: The Nemesis – Funeral

The Nemesis — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:46:04 +0000

As some of you already know, I flew down to California last weekend and attended my grandfather’s funeral on Tuesday. This is kind of a sound collage, combining the Hail Mary prayer from the rosary service, Ave Maria from the funeral, and Taps from the burial. I wish I could have actually recorded [...]

A Song A Week 25: The Bad Felt – ABCs of the Swamp

The Nemesis — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:22:35 +0000

It’s time for another Bad Felt song, and here one is. This song ended up very different than I originally pictured it, but I’m pretty happy with it. The lyrics are deceptively difficult, but Bren still managed to get a good final take in less tries than it took me to do serviceable [...]

A Song A Week 24: Kristen Wiig – Champion (The Nemesis A Capella Remix)

The Nemesis — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:10:31 +0000

Last week’s remix was pretty much what I expected to do when I decided to do a remix for the contest. This week’s was a last minute decision. When I got all the files for the remix, they included samples of Kristen Wiig beatboxing, making noises, and saying different things. I figured [...]

A Song A Week 23: Kristen Wiig – Champion (The Nemesis 8-bit Remix)

The Nemesis — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:45:04 +0000

This is a remix of the song Champion by Kristen Wiig, from the movie MacGruber for a remix contest on Stereogum. I made this version using three different 8-bit VSTs in FL Studio, and also did another version which I will post next week. Big thanks to Matt Talbot of the Honorable Mentions [...]

A Song A Week 22: The Hitmaker Algorithm – Sad Song Redux

The Nemesis — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:17:06 +0000

Many of you have probably already heard the songs I did for The Hitmaker Algorithm, but if not you can hear the original three songs on myspace. The Hitmaker Algorithm is a character in my comic The Ballad of YFB, which is in turn based on the upcoming tow knee chavez album. The [...]

A Song A Week 21: The Bad Felt – I Want a Monster to Be My Friend

The Nemesis — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:44 +0000

New Bad Felt song… not much to say about it. Once again I’m very thankful that Bren is part of this group, since the songs are always a hundred times better when I hear his vocals on them. My favorite part is when Bren sounds like he himself is the monster.