Projects posts tagged with indie

The Atlantic Ocean Comedy & Music Fest (aka Boatparty.biz)

YoungAmerican — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:49:23 -0800

I've been spending the last few months putting together this festival-on-a-cruise-ship. It's three nights in the Caribbean, and three huge shows. Two comedy, one music. The music show's got John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Nellie McKay, John Roderick and Dan Deacon. The comedy shows have (among others) John Hodgman, Al Madrigal, Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Nick Thune, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler and Josie Long.

D I C K H A N D

jake — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:22:42 -0800

For the past few years, I have been trying to learn how to do all the various creative and technical things that go into making a video game - programming, graphics, interface, writing, gameplay design - in addition to music and sound, which I do for a living. The 2013 Global Game Jam was this past weekend, and over two sleep-deprived days I completed my first solo project: A game for OS X and Windows where you punch spaceships with your dick. (Probably safe for work, unless your boss considers it inappropriate to see a pink laser beam with a boxing glove on the tip which shoots out of a giant robot's groin.)

Raging Titter Radio

SinisterPurpose — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:17:36 -0800

This is probably as honest as I’ll ever be about what I’m trying to accomplish with my podcast, Raging Titter Radio. I have always had a lot of thoughts and I’m often overwhelmed by them. Since I was a kid, I imagined my thoughts as balloons, too many comic books I suppose. Anyway, I try to chase them down and grab them before they float away forever. The easiest way to hang onto them is to tie the strings together. If I can tie enough balloons together, I can float away. That’s Raging Titter Radio. Oh and there’s always a top notch indie band playing a great song that's thematically relevant. The episodes are generally "brought to you by" a craft beer I'm trying out or a drink recipe I've either discovered or concocted on my own. Sometimes I'm funny. Sometimes I'm reflective. Sometimes I do voices. Sometimes it's all a total wash. Episodes are released weekly and are between 10-20 minutes in length. I hope they will never be longer. Also, I'm always looking for new artists, so if you know any or are one, get in touch.

"World Made of Words"

drjimmy11 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:04:23 -0800

Words and music by Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide. Video by me. Recently I was lucky enough to work with one of my favorite contemporary songwriters, Eef Barzelay. I sent him some background on my new film, "All Earthly Constraints" (background on film) (pdf of script), and he wrote this song, then went into the studio in Nashville to record it. This is a video of the cast and crew listening to the song. None of us (besides me) had heard the song before.

Content Content a new album by The Celebrated Workingman. (FREE)

j03 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:38:20 -0800

My band is releasing our latest record for free on bandcamp today (for a limited time only!)

Bullet in a Quiver

DNAshwood — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:47:09 -0800

Just self-released my debut LP, Bullet in a Quiver, and thought that fellow MeFites might appreciate it! It's a completely DIY affair, recorded at home in Minneapolis and in the Harvard Lampoon's semi-secret castle headquarters while it was drained of people for spring break. It's a sort of a concept album about cats, hues, prime numbers, alien invasion, and subprime lending, so if you are interested any of those things, however vaguely, by all means, check it out and pass it along! It is free, so ⌘C/⌘V away.

"The Picnic," a short film.

drjimmy11 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:54:50 -0800

"The Picnic" is a 15-minute short film, written, directed and self-financed by Ryan M. Moore (aka drjimmy11). The film was shot over three days at Malibu Creek State Park outside Los Angeles with a Canon 7D DSLR and three lenses. The only lighting equipment was a single reflector. The film was inspired by, and is an homage to, the films of the French New Wave, particularly Agnes Varda's "Le Bonheur." You can also watch the trailer visit the Facebook page for updates look it up on IMDB or visit the director's website for more info. Thanks for watching!

Radiant City by Good Old Neon

Cantdosleepy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:12:29 -0800

Radiant City, the second album by Good Old Neon, is now available as a free download from our website in a range of formats. Tracks are published under Creative Commons, so feel free to use them in your own non-commercial works. It's electronic indie/pop/rock - Katamari meets Tango-era Fleetwood Mac, or Brian Eno jams with Yeah Yeah Yeahs after Karen O gets on the wrong plane. Something like that. Good Old Neon is a transatlantic band I am in with a good friend. I live in London, he in LA. We make all of our music over the internet in a Postal Service fashion. We made our first album (also free to download) as part of the RPM challenge in 2008. We enjoyed making it, and there are two or three tracks that I still really like, but it definitely has that NaNoWriMo roughness to it. Radiant City is a project we've been working on for five months. One of our songs featured on a video that went sort-of-not-quite-viral this year - Helping Johnny Remember (Youtube / Vimeo). It got something like 150,000 views overall. We're very proud of this album and would love the folks on Metfilter to listen to it and use parts of it in their own noncommercial projects. Thanks for listening!

Ruins: A game made in a month.

hellojed — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:23:50 -0800

A top down, 3rd person, 3d shooter game coded in one month for the TIGSource "A Game By It's Cover" competition. The Independent Games Source is a website that, on occasion, runs contests among indie developers to craft a game in a painfully short amount of time. Contestants were tasked with making a game based on prior artwork. Post Mortem posted on Mefightclub sister site Full Glass Empty Clip. Special thanks to MeFightClub for cheering me on during the ordeal. Send bug reports to me.