Look What I Made - DIY indie music podcast with Kevin Pike
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Look What I Made - DIY indie music podcast with Kevin Pike
Experience the unique world of Kevin Pike Music. Experiments in DIY recording. Jazz, Funk, Rock, Classical, Third Stream and more. Composer Kevin Pike picks one song per episode and explains how it came about and what instrumentation he used in the arrangement.
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Episode 113 - Backyard Squirrels
Contemporary Classical composition for saxophone quartet and banjo
Episode 111 - Chippy
Chip-style groove combining 5-string American banjo, 4-string Brazilian cavaco banjo, alto sax, bass guitar and drums. Crazy funky tight groove.
Episode 110 - C'mon and Get It Now
Funky instrumental track with the unusual pairing of baritone saxophone and banjo
Episode 109 - non kon siefe dui/Astriela
This song combines child vocals, playing a guitar using a credit card as a pick, alto and baritone saxes, mandolin and glockenspiel.
Episode 108 - Emergence from the Basement
This song captures the emotion of isolation and then reemergence experienced during the pandemic. It's a combination of free jazz and through-composed...
Episode 107 - Ain't Over Till It's Over
progressive jazz featuring alto sax, bari sax, lap steel guitar, electric bass and percussion
Episode 106 - Ctrl Shift Alt
uptempo frenetic funk featuring alto sax, electric bass, drums and funk banjo
Episode 105 - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
The Cannonball Adderly classic played as a country funk banjo jam
Episode 104 - For Thee We Do Abide
sax and banjo in a gospel/roots music treatment of a hymn
Episode 102 - Segue
Groovy little instrumental featuring kalimba, ocarina, flute, wow bell, wah-wah pedals and saxophones.
Episode 101 - Can't Stand Your Funk
Funky solo banjo arrangement of a tune by John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Episode 100 - O Trem Azul
My daughter joins me on the podcast for my 100th episode. We perform a sax/piano duet of a song from Clube da Esquina.
Episode 98 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Solo banjo arrangement of the Rolling Stones classic You Can't Always Get What You Want
Episode 97 - Beethoven Pathetique
Classical Jazz: my jazz ballad arrangement of Beethoven's Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Piano Sonata
Episode 96 - Something for Cat
Arrangement of a Henry Mancini composition featuring alto sax
Episode 93 - Keep the Pin Steady
nineties-era groove track updated in 2018 with distorted saxophone and electronic toy sound effects
Episode 92 - nayete
world music ballad featuring recorder, sax, piano, guitar and percussion
Episode 91 - In The Summer Times
trumpet + alto sax + bari sax + wah wah guitar = funky jazz jam
Episode 88 - Crowdsource Waltz
A waltz made out of crowd noise and middle school band pre-concert warmups
Episode 86 - Mr. Badass
This piece features tenor sax and a killer bass line. Inspired by the Grover Washington Jr classic Mr Magic.
Episode 85 - The Ol' Ballgame
I combine the sounds from my old 1980 Sears Electronic Baseball Game with alto sax and dugout noise from a Little League Baseball game.
Episode 83 - TRASH-80
a funky tribute to the old TRS-80 computer featuring keyboard and electric bass, plus sounds from the original Radio Shack TRASH-80
Episode 82 - Peace of Mind
a song I wrote in the mid-nineties, featuring household percussion (scissors, rubber band and key ring)
Episode 81 - That Big Ol Chunka Funk is Back
funky new version of Big Ol Chunka Funk with more saxophone parts and solos
Episode 80 - Bring It On Home (redux)
laid-back soul jazz featuring alto and baritone sax
Episode 78 - More
I go deep in the vault to find a fun indie pop song I recorded in the mid-nineties
Episode 76 - Out of the Plains
This piece combines hurdy gurdy with baritone sax, alto sax and drums.
Episode 75 - Magic
This piece combines saxophone, music box and fireworks with 2 kids and 2 adults playing handheld percussion instruments. It's about the truly magical...
Episode 74 - Green Sky
This piece evokes the power of a storm in the great plains, complete with tornado sirens, rain, thunder and wind.