The Yak Himself: stuff and things


Ditty
September 12, 2010, 8:06 am
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Still thinking about the Sunbirds as a concept.

This song utilises the technology of an organ, among other things. It’s called “String of Pearls”. Hope you like it!

Snack



The Sunbirds have flown into town!
August 28, 2010, 11:27 am
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Make this your display pic for high popularity!

If you like ‘slacker rock’ or other 90s genres, and/or are interested in playing in a band of such specifications, then this is the download for you!

The Story Behind the Birds:

After listening to much Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine etc., I decided to make up some songs of my own. I then tried my best to record myself playing all of the instruments for these songs. (I would love to one day play this stuff live at establishments like pubs, listening theatres, restaurants, snack bars). The Sunbirds was thusly born.

A Blurb About the Birds’ First Release, Popular Science:

“Take the poor production/performance values of a demo recording, and couple it with the self-indulgence of an album… wait for five minutes… just wait… and soon enough you’ll have Popular Science by The Sunbirds.” – The Humble Decadence

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mp3 download

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All feedback (except for “the drumming is poor” – I know this too well), is welcome! If you are interested in jamming, casual performances and general relaxation, please let me know.

Print this out at home to make your own cover art! Cut it up into little pieces and you have yourself a jigsaw puzzle! Alternatively I'll probably be distributing hard copies earnestly anyway.

Cheers for now,

Jamie



A few new Yak-tracks
July 18, 2010, 4:27 am
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“Shade&Lighght”

A piece I made for a Uni project.

“Another Morning Tea”

Something I made in SuperCollider, which loops little bits of samples.

“For Relaxing Times”

Not so new, but anyway, I’m pretty happy with this one. It’s made out of a short guitar sample, processed and stuff.



Boys of Summer: Virginia Pride
July 10, 2010, 9:41 am
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Probably the new concept album by the Boys; it is really really really really fun to listen to!

The album artwork for Virginia Pride

Cheers

lyrics

the album – uncompressed (CD quality)

the album – mp3

Us recording the album "Virginia Pride"

Snack Seyfang



for relaxing times…
April 12, 2010, 10:22 am
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a song i made by processing a guitar sample

for relaxing times.mp3

cheers



“It Touched My Mind, Which Caused it to Blow”
March 1, 2010, 3:24 am
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A line from my stand up act.

This is a new track I composed from stuff I had lying around.


here it is?

cheers

Friends Having a Jam



Ethereal Australian Poetry/The People That You Meat
January 20, 2010, 6:25 am
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Milt and J: Masterworks.

Poem 1

“A West End Hero / Thrusting himself along the roads of dust. / Driving into danger / Is an absolute must.”

Poem 2

The People That You Meat Theme Tune

“We’re the people that you meat / We’re the blokes nobody can beat / We’d love to have a meet-n-greet / Just setup an appointment / Thankyou.



More Yak-Tracks
January 20, 2010, 6:19 am
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These are a little more upbeat. Hope you like ’em.

Repetition

MY EYES!

This is the opening act for you.



Monsieur Bringdown
January 2, 2010, 10:38 am
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The Yak Himself: Express Yourself; Engage The Crowd.

The Yak Live Experience that you’ve always longed for lives, now. And to prove it I recorded some of my songs. The demo has been lovingly nicknam’d “Monsieur Bringdown”.

The Type of Music: shoegazey; background; perfect for an opening act; minimalist; one man band (no whistles). Cheers.

Cosmic

Oh, Estelle Dear

No Knees

CD

Close To You

Modern Advice About Whatever

Hire me for your function or event today!

Thanks,

Jamie Seyfang – actor, trumpeter.



Another Tap’d Groove
September 1, 2009, 8:21 am
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Milton was making beats on Reaper, using synths and processing stuff with Glitch. Jacob was using the Wiimote and I was playing guitar and some synth. We added some structure to the then freeform groove and recorded the result onto tape!

28thofAugustgroove.mp3

Rock on!