I’m not really a musician, I leave that up to my little brother. I do get the musical itch every now and then though, and this is where I post my dabblings.

Best Music of 2009

December 31, 2009 – 2:02 pm

For the past 6 or 7 years I’ve been burning a CD with some of my favorite artists/songs that came out that year. Rather than shoot for a certain number, my rule is that all the songs must fit on a single CD. Now that CDs are pretty much obsolete, that rule is a little silly, but I still like the challenge it poses, so I’ve stuck with it.

An interesting side note here - After completing my list I noticed that 10 of the 21 songs were the 2nd song on their respective albums. I don’t know what to make of that but it’s interesting none-the-less.

So… here are the songs on my “Best of 2009″ CD. They are listed in the same order as on the CD which is more of a mix-tape style and not necessarily “best to worst”.

Also - check out my 2008 and 2007 lists.

Name Artist
How Your Heart is Wired Bell X1
Quiet Little Voices We Were Promised Jetpacks
Osaka Loop Line Discovery
Coast of Carolina Telekenisis!
My Lover The Sounds
Moth’s Wings Passion Pit
Shake Shake Shake White Denim
Daylight Matt & Kim
D.I.A.L.O. John Vanderslice
I Say Fever Ramona Falls
Geraldine Glasvegas
Early in the Morning Heartless Bastards
Eye on the Prize Eulogies
Won’t Want For Love The Decemberists
Always Like This Bombay Bicycle Club
Huff & Puff Dat Politics
Golden Sand Republic Tigers
Don’t Haunt This Place The Rural Alberta Advantage
1901 Phoenix
Two Weeks Grizzly Bear
Walking On a Dream Empire of the Sun
Jesse Harding | Also posted in Random Rants |

New Song - Imagine an intense robot chase scene

June 17, 2009 – 9:30 am

So a few weeks ago our buddy Jason was in town. This meant it was time to get the old “band” together and jam on some tunes. I use the term band lightly… and jam… and tunes I guess too. Oh and also song. We have fun on instruments. That’s about right.

Luckily Luke Stoddard rocks on the guitar and is talented enough to pull everything together, produce it and make it sound good.

When we jam, we play a song for 10 minutes or so, record a rough version of it, stamp a name on it and call it gold. The name we gave this song was “Gettin’ It On”, but I like to picture some super special effects movie scene where the hero is being chased by evil robots on a cool future version of a bullet bike. Or something like that. I mean it’s not like I listen to it over and over imagining the movie scene in my head or something… seriously.

Check out the song featuring me on keyboards:

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Jesse Harding |

Best Music of 2008

December 22, 2008 – 10:46 am

Each year I create a CD with some of my favorite artists/songs of the year. Here are the songs on my “Best of 2008″ CD. Also - check out my “Best Music of 2007” list.

Name Artist
Turn Tail The Young Knives
What Would Wolves Do? Les Savy Fav
Resistance St. What Made Milwaukee Famous
Campus Vampire Weekend
Good Arms v. Bad Arms Frightened Rabbit
Nursery, Academy Tokyo Police Club
Tonight I Have To Leave It Shout Out Louds
Each Year Ra Ra Riot
Now Mates Of State
Wrestlers Hot Chip
A Sky For Shoeing Horses Under Why?
Hummer Foals
The Band Marches On Ghostland Observatory
Death to Los Campesinos! Los Campesinos!
Untrust Us Crystal Castles
Lost! Coldplay
Dancing Choose TV On The Radio
Hummingbird Born Ruffians
Journey of the Featherless Cloud Cult
Boneless The Notwist
Gasoline The Airborne Toxic Event
Jesse Harding | Also posted in Random Rants |

Mary’s Bringing it On

July 9, 2008 – 10:50 am

Ok - so it’s not Monday, but I just got this collab music piece back from a friend who was doing the final mixing. The tune is called “Mary’s Bringing it On” (no idea how we came up with that name) and it features me on keys and Luke Stoddard on everything else.

Check it out:

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Jesse Harding |

Music Monday: Reboot, Reload

March 16, 2008 – 10:00 pm

For this week’s Music Monday I took a tune by my buddy’s band Bleaog and threw down some DOPE lyrics over it. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure this is the first time Eric Meyer and Jeffrey Zeldman have ever been mentioned in a rap. I’m using the term “rap” very loosely here by the way.

Listen to the song here:

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And if you are interested, here are the lyrics:

stacks in front
usb around back
plug in the cable with the label
or connect on the WAP

data transfer
fast like cancer
cause we didn’t want to chance ‘er
802.11b or bluetooth is the answer

MySQL is lethal
explosive like torpedos
I smell like I was homeless like chili-cheese fritos

Reboot reload refresh your code
viewing my source is like looking at gold (X4)

Reboot to the level
shout at the devil
whining on the mic like my name was Aaron Neville

I’ve got the ill styles like my name was Top Lite
Cascading like Niagra falls
my barrel has its top tight
And when it’s time to shop online I’m rocking New Egg all night
My rhyming is in Teras and your rhymes are simple kilobytes

I’d like to thank Bill Gates for all he did for us
I print so many documents you’d think I own the forest
I can delete the recycle bin like I was chuck Norris
War driving in your neighborhood in my black Ford Taurus

more divs than a spelling dropout diver
clever with my work-arounds like my name was MacGyver

Reboot reload refresh your code
viewing my source is like looking at gold (X2)

I can C++
like a sailor can cuss
I’m object oriented like chinese on a bus
Head hunters on my tail like my skills were a tusk
my php’s so sexy that I don’t where musk

Too wired on caffeine no time to relax
I’m relentless like a DOS attack
Eric Meyer and Jeff Zeldman are the miggidy macs
Don’t flame me in a forum or your whole crew is wack

Reboot reload refresh your code
viewing my source is like looking at gold (x2)

Reboot to the level
shout at the devil
whining on the mic like my name was Aaron Neville

Reboot to the level
shout at the devil
whining on the mic like my name was Aaron Neville

Reboot reload refresh your code
viewing my source is like looking at gold (x4)

Jesse Harding | Also posted in Random Rants |

Music Monday Song 5

March 14, 2008 – 12:16 pm

Music Monday on Friday! Hooray!

Listen to the song here:

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Jesse Harding |

Music Monday Song 4

March 10, 2008 – 10:04 am

Here is this week’s Music Monday. It’s a fun little tune. Like most of my others, it’s a little rough and ends abruptly.

Listen to the song here:

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Jesse Harding |

Music Monday Song 3

February 24, 2008 – 9:05 pm

Listen to the song here:

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Jesse Harding |

Music Monday Song 2

February 11, 2008 – 6:17 pm

Listen to the song here:

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Jesse Harding |

Music Monday Song 1

February 4, 2008 – 6:17 pm

Here is my first installment for Music Monday. I guess eventually I may give names to these songs, but for now this is just “Song 1″.

Listen to the song here:

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Jesse Harding |

Best Music of 2007

December 28, 2007 – 9:52 am

Each year I create a CD with some of my favorite artists/songs of the year. Here are the songs on my “Best of 2007″ CD.

Name Artist
Tokyo Athlete
Moving To New York The Wombats
Sea Legs The Shins
15 Step Radiohead
Good To Sea Pinback
Waiting On The Stairs Pela
Green Gloves The National
Believe The Bravery
When Your Mind’s Made Up Glen Hansard
It Keeps Me On My Toes Small Sins
Why So Looking Back The Most Serene Republic
Kids MGMT
Take Me To The Riot Stars
Debbie Architecture In Helsinki
Hours That You Keep Maritime
It’s Not Over Yet Klaxons
Burying Luck Minus The Bear
Books From Boxes Maxïmo Park
Bones Editors
Setting Forth Eddie Vedder
Jesse Harding | Also posted in Random Rants |