A lot of birds out there sound like dial-up modems, but not many have cool vintage lazer sounds like this guy. In phoneticized bird, he’s saying “purdy purdy purdy – whoit whoit whoit.” Sometimes, he says “wheet” instead. Here’s the full song. I took a lot of artistic license with this one. In reality, birds […]
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The Mourning Dove
This little guy is so good. He sounds like a panflute. He flattens the decay on each of his notes. His song is in the key of C# Mixolydian, but he often changes key. The second phrase modulates down a half step, but it isn’t a perfect transposition to C Mixolydian. Instead of hitting the […]
Chickadee
This is my new jam. Boird Band. Go see the myspace yup. It’s ‘free punk’ renditions of classic bird songs. That above boird you’re looking at is a black-capped chickadee. He’s got a nice little song – verse chorus verse. The verse consists of a two-note melody: B ► A, and the killer chorus takes […]
The Oldest Song
This cover of the Oldest Song was sequenced using triangle waves, casio drum kits, synth voxes, a toy Chinese piano, and some wind samples. It was originally a hymn written for two voices, maybe a lyre too. This cover is more akin to the original alien’s version, that lost some of its fi, when imparted […]
Major Sevenths
Hello, and welcome to the Los Doggies blog! This is the very first post, so I’m writing about my favorite chord — the Major Seventh. Check it out on this crappy out-of-tune guitar. It’s called the Chord of Love. To understand why, let’s take a look at the 4 beautiful notes that form a Major […]
