SONG A DAY FOR A YEAR (S.A.D.F.A.Y)

WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012)

2012-12-30T21:04:00.002+00:00

WEEK 52 - SONG 52 - Bouncing Away (1987 - 2012) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

So here it is. My final song of the year.

For this I used a recording of myself, at 7 years old, singing in the kitchen. Performing my first ever original composition, which was completely improvised and totally off the top of my disturbed little brain. My sister filmed this and there have been many years of laughing at the state of me bouncing away until my heart's content.

I thought it was a cool way to end the year, but it's also very odd to remix my childhood self.

The track has a lot of different styles and hopefully my 7 year old self would be most proud of how I bounced his voice to the beats yo!!

Made with Ableton Live 8, Reason 5, Magical8bit plugin and some samples I downloaded from Looperman.com and Freesound.org

It's been a fun year!! Hope you enjoy this last sonic contribution to 2012!!

Happy 2013!!! YEHA!!!!!!

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough)

2012-12-23T23:59:00.001+00:00

WEEK 51 - SONG 51 - The Festive Conversion of Mr. Tinsel (feat. Martin McCullough) - DOWNLOAD FOR FREE @ Bandcamp

OPENING CHORUS

Make the yuletide gay

…aaaaah…

Bah Humbug I say

…oooooooh…

VERSE 1

You can keep your Christmas farce

And stuffing your hand in a turkey's arse

Brussel sprouts, fairy lights

Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ!!

Cracker jokes, they make me moan

Won't everyone just leave me alone?

BRIDGE

What does Father Christmas do when his elves misbehave?

He gives them the sack.

What do you give a dog for Christmas?

A mobile bone.

What’s brown and creeps around the house?

Mince spies.

VERSE 2

Hot mince pies and brandy butter

Panic buying, shops a'clutter

Christmas trees and cranberry sauce

Jingle bells, I couldn't give a toss

Fairytale in New York? Not again, I say

Won't this winter wonderland ever go away?

BRIDGE 2

Narrator:

T'was the night before Christmas

And he'd not given an inch

Mr. Tinsel was still complaining,

Like an old grinch

Until a bright light, yon he did see

T'was the fairy Gaybreel atop his Christmas tree

CHORUS

Why you so like, anti-Christmas?

Has Santa never showered you with his sparkly festiveness

When he spread his good will all through the air

Were you never there to receive your share? Don't you care?

Baby Jesus would cry

At the sight of your misery, Oh my!

Narrator:

And with that Gaybreel waved his big wand

All at once Mr. Tinsel found he was quite fond

Of tinsel and pressies and festive cheer

He exclaimed, "Maybe this is my year!"

CODA

Oh my goodness! Everyone was right

I have seen the sparkly light

Hark the herald! I lost my way

Maybe the yuletide should be gay

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry)

2012-12-16T23:51:00.000+00:00

WEEK 50 - SONG 50 - The Journey of Sturdy Ron Chiclet (feat. Rachel Austin & Conor Barry) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Words:

Jangle
Keynote
Assist
Shorten
Bowling
Farmer
Sinnew
Leisure
Syntax
Fanfare
Amen
Polar
Implore
Undo
Sender
Setdown
Undue
Convoy
Tenpin
Habit
Spindle
Offset
Setup
Recluse
Akron
Chiclet
Forcefeed
Table
Explore
Marvel
Tampon
Sturdy
Hormone
Ponder
Circle
Django
Shellac
Excuse
Scabbard
Rabies

Below is an image of the words that Rachel and Conor used for their vocal parts:

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER)

2012-12-09T15:20:00.001+00:00

WEEK 49 - SONG 49 - Parallel Lines (feat. Amidships & MENDER) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp!

Parallel Lines

I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

Inhaled a few times, tried to clear the lines,

You know my pulse was at it's peak.

There is a parallel line, that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

I've only got four seconds, before I fall asleep.

We never really had a chance to weep.

It only took a second to measure the minute.

Then your face began to sleep.

You know a parallel line decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

There is a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Cause there's a parallel line that decomposes in time, when it's missing there is a problem.

And there's a way that you realise, it's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

It's in the eyes, the eyes, the eyes.

Because I took a lot of heat in the passenger seat,

I only had three minutes to speak.

I inhaled a few times, trying to clear the lines,

Because my pulse was at it's peak.

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi)

2012-12-02T21:38:00.003+00:00

WEEK 48 - SONG 48 - VISUAL RESIDUAL (feat. Chris Allen, Paul J. Fox, Rory McCadden & Szever Peradi) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

I put out the feelers on Facebook and asked friends if they wanted to collaborate via the internet this week. 4 people got involved, sending me audio files via Dropbox throughout the week.

Today I mashed all their offerings together into this ugly beast of a thing! It's pretty dark and menacing in places and it's a fairly abstract composition overall.

I'm down with this shit.

It's also got some seriously sexy upright bass playing from Chris Allen. Some lovely textural / pastoral sound scape stuff from Paul J. Fox, field recordings from the set of a film made by Rory McCadden and some guitar riffery by Szever Peradi. Chris also threw in some guitar stuff too (that massive crescendo stuff at the end was his).

Hope y'all enjoy it.

WEEK 47 - SONG 47 - IMMERWAHR (feat. Amy & Adam McCausland)

2012-11-25T21:07:00.001+00:00

WEEK 47 - SONG 47 - IMMERWAHR (feat. Amy & Adam McCausland) - DOWNLOAD NOW FOR FREE AT BANDCAMP.

In chemistry these things are very clear to me
I collect these poisons and store them safely
Subservient to his ideals,
Can't he see what will become of these things?

The cloud of smoke advanced like a yellow wall,
You were there when 6000 choked
Nothing slowed you down when my heart tore

In twelve years, your son follows my lead
Suicide in the dark, like a poisonous cloud
Hitler's scientists planted the seed

Or the death of all you know and love
My heart was pierced by your military pistol

WEEK 46 - SONG 46 - Bard's Sic Now

2012-11-18T10:00:00.000+00:00

WEEK 46 - SONG 46 - Bard's Sic Now - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 45 - SONG 45 - GOING TO CHURCH

2012-11-11T17:17:00.003+00:00

WEEK 45 - SONG 45 - GOING TO CHURCH

WEEK 44 - SONG 44 - Basically Your Bass Is Basted

2012-11-05T00:12:00.000+00:00

WEEK 44 - SONG 44 - Basically Your Bass Is Basted - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 43 - SONG 43 - Citrus Exhibitionist

2012-10-28T23:39:00.001+00:00

WEEK 43 - SONG 43 - Citrus Exhibitionist - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 42 - SONG 42 - Aching Shark (Life, The Universe & Everything)

2012-10-21T21:19:00.003+01:00

WEEK 42 - SONG 42 - Aching Shark (Life, The Universe & Everything) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 41 - SONG 41 - STILL SWEATIN'

2012-10-14T14:12:00.002+01:00

WEEK 41 - SONG 41 - STILL SWEATIN' - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 40 - SONG 40 - Sunday Bus Sleep

2012-10-07T11:54:00.000+01:00

WEEK 40 - SONG 40 - Sunday Bus Sleep - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 39 - SONG 39 - ANYWAY

2012-09-30T17:56:00.002+01:00

WEEK 39 - SONG 39 - ANYWAY - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

LYRICS:

When you're young all you need

Is someone to come along

And light a path through the trees

I recall the blackest nights

But sunny seashore days

Sand in shoes, torch in hand

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong

For the world.

But when the world

Far from here

Teaches you new codes

Teaches you to behave

All I feel is a lack of being prepared

And all the time it would save

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong

For the world.

Is it hard not to blame?

It's not a bad thing anyway

Trying instead to see the light

To get it right, brighter days

CHORUS: Anyway

Home again, sun or rain

Left to fend for ourselves

In a way

Home alone, made me twice as strong

For the world.

WEEK 38 - SONG 38 - Employee of the Month

2012-09-23T17:56:00.000+01:00

WEEK 38 - SONG 38 - Employee of the Month - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

LYRICS:

When you walk into the office

Realise you haven't pulled up

Your zip has exposed your modesty

Must be quick to deflect the attention of your coworkers

You look around and beads of sweat are creeping out of your forehead

Don't look down. Don't!

Sneaked a peek now they see…

Tried and failed to make it a dance

Employee of the month: No chance!

Forever a fucking loser

And now indecent exposure

Bargaining

Smile and shrug and shudder in shame

Fight or flight

Window or stairs?

Fire extinguisher, through the 5th floor window.

So sad.

Life is long beyond your own death

Dry your eyes and take a deep breath

WEEK 37 - SONG 37 - Pocket Composting

2012-09-15T10:12:00.000+01:00

WEEK 37 - SONG 37 - Pocket Composting - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Pocket Composting

I like to smell new shoes all day

I like cafe au lait and hairspray

My spandex handbag has a leopard print

And I freshen up with bags of mince

A Hamsa shawl and a rugby tackle

Temper temper metro-sexual

Continental breakfast and cancer stick

A real man knows how to suck …

I close my eyes and pretend it's my wife

This tragic drama, this double life

Oh my love you wouldn't understand

The virtues of man

I close my eyes and pretend it's my wife

This tragic drama, this double life

I am a very petty man

I am a very petty man…

WEEK 36 - SONG 36 - Three Five Six Seven (feat. Niall Kelly)

2012-09-09T22:06:00.001+01:00

WEEK 36 - SONG 36 - Three Five Six Seven (feat. Niall Kelly) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 35 - SONG 35 - The Doors of the Cliffs

2012-09-02T22:58:00.003+01:00

WEEK 35 - SONG 35 - The Doors of the Cliffs - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

LYRICS:

Come wild heresay

I'm a loner

Fold it up, fold away

When I'm older

If you could free their petty eyes

I don't know if I would

I don't know if I could say "hey!"

Into the blue mould of the cold rain

I don't know what I mean

I don't know what I said before

And all that salt in the semen

It came from soy sauce

Please get me a glass of water

Amoured tanks roll into bedlam

I guess it saves them

I have a gun

Pitfalls absorb the Earth for a while

For a while

Abyss turns inside out for a while

WEEK 34 - SONG 34 - DONKEY DERBY

2012-08-26T21:09:00.002+01:00

WEEK 34 - SONG 34 - DONKEY DERBY - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

WEEK 33 - SONG 33 - APOPTOSIS

2012-08-20T00:16:00.003+01:00

WEEK 33 - SONG 33 - APOPTOSIS - FREE DOWNLOAD @ BANDCAMP

WEEK 32 - SONG 32 - Lysandra Bellargus

2012-08-13T00:31:00.001+01:00

WEEK 32 - SONG 32 - Lysandra Bellargus - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

LYRICS

Fate it snores another glass house

Radical shapes into the galactic debris

Hounds wailing at me

Scream forty livid candles enamoured

Iridescently

The crawling of the willow

The first turnover wonder of the afterglow

The spawning of azaleas

Faithful yawns and potions without

Radical smells as far as I can see

Universally whispering to trees

Another load of bobbing heads and bodies

Like volatile steam

The crawling of the willow

The first turnover wonder of the afterglow

The spawning of azaleas

And reflections in woven eyes

Crystal foxes clawing at the dawn

Sleep in a quasar orchard

Rest your fuzzy head on featherweight infinity

Worship of Adonis Blue

Many trails of pollen dizzying the tubes

WEEK 31 - SONG 31 - Pruritus

2012-08-06T11:40:00.000+01:00

WEEK 31 - SONG 31 - Pruritus - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 30 - SONG 30 - Dextrose

2012-07-29T23:42:00.002+01:00

WEEK 30 - SONG 30 - Dextrose - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

WEEK 29 - SONG 29 - PARADISIACAL (feat. Conor Agnew & Amy O'Connell)

2012-07-22T23:24:00.001+01:00

WEEK 29 - SONG 29 - PARADISIACAL (feat. Conor Agnew & Amy O'Connell) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Guitar, Bass, Drum programming - Conor Agnew

Vocals, Lyrics - Amy O'Connell

Additional drum programming, Synths, Arrangement, Production - Martin Byrne

--- PARADISIACAL---

Crazy days are on me now

Can't shake this sense of doubt

This world is not mine

No, I feel so out of my own time

Which is the face I show,

To you,

You don't want to know...

Crazy days are on me now

Can't shake this sense of doubt

Crazy days are on me now

Can't shake this sense of doubt

Though I am alone I'm strong now

Nothing can destroy my right

Twist and turn through the storm

but never stop this endless fight

WEEK 28 - SONG 28 - MANNEQUINS (feat. Edwyn Butler, Andy Harrison & Hannah McPhillimy)

2012-07-15T17:52:00.001+01:00

WEEK 28 - SONG 28 - MANNEQUINS (feat. Ed Butt, Andy Harrison & Hannah McPhillimy) - FREE DOWNLOAD @ Bandcamp

Lyrics, vocals & original chords by Edwyn Butler

Produced / Remixed / Rearranged by Martin Byrne

Guitars by Andy Harrison

Violin by Hannah McPhillimy

Mannequins

He often made mannequins Happy

In those charming Ways

Children smoke consider life a joke

The audience guessed the next rhyme he said

Beside the mind shaft

The Gun shooters

Are all so negative

He kicked up his heels

For the fire had died

Lived for the freedom

He may of just lied

Then there is a man whose touch was so gentle, it was a hard hand to hold careful to mould your temptations and fights that cross beyond time.

He went in to lions dens

Puts his hands on girls hair felt flames in his finger tips

He kicked up his heels and the fire had died lived for his freedom he may have just lied

Kicked up his heels