HARSH NOISE

The Magpie Pirates community takes a stab at harsh noise. From hypnotic to Brutal, each artist's interpretation varies. The submissions were so numerous that we split the video into two parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzb1Iwez_I8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9M7YB_-xrw

Memory, Reflections

We made some music that had to do with memory, and reflections of the past. Do you recall? Did you have an experience before now? How does it feel to consider it? how long has it been? Can you go back? Here's the album with some video accompaniment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH-4TYw2USk

Music from Magpie Pedals Demo Samples

We made music from the sounds in Simon's demo videos for his pedals.

General MIDI

In this project, we made music with sounds that are part of a General MIDI (GM) sound set. The goal was to make something using sounds from a particular GM device or sound front.

Disco Noise

What do you think of when you hear the term "disco noise"? Is it disco? Is it noise? Is it something completely different? We made music from samples of Simon the Magpies's Disco noise pedal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mroZ598GE

Mreenal Mams Memorial (Even Though Mreenal isn't Dead and Seems to be Doing Just Fine) Make-Any-Music (aka "Show Another Leg")

Introducing the "Mreenal Mams Memorial (Even Though Mreenal isn't Dead and Seems to be Doing Just Fine) 'Make Any Music You Want'" project! (aka "Show Another Leg"). The goal for this music collab was simple: Just make whatever music you want. We all made whatever music we wanted.

Public Domain

In celebration of public domain, we made some music. All of these works use public domain recordings and/or are performances of written works that are in the public domain. Enjoy!

Gabber

The prompt was gabber. Some went the traditional route and some stretched it pretty far. It's all music!

Gold Bee

This is a special project in which we used recordings of Jem's mom playing a piece she composed on her cello. These recordings were made by Jem's mom herself in the late 80's when she was a teenager.

Microsound

The goal with this project was to create music based on, or starting from, small sounds. Granular synthesis, etc.