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kat330B
by kat3thirty
This site is for music fans who think outside the boxy confines of genre labels. Find here and soundcloud.com/kat330/tracks my originals and covers on anything from felons to lovers, arranged for and performed on a variety of instruments, for sounds ranging from sweet to sassy and reedy to brassy; from lofty to lowdown and soulful to hoedown; from serious to silly and urban to hillbilly.I am so grateful you are taking the time to listen to these self-recordings, many of which required an enormous amount of my time and effort to produce. If I also introduce you to a singer-songwriter you never knew, or if something I wrote or recorded brings a smile to your day, well, that's just the sweet icing on my aim-cake!Hope you will seek out the original artists' versions of cover tunes unfamiliar to you and, please, share my sounds with any like-minded listeners. I also urge you to click on individual track titles to read my production notes and lyrics before or as you push play. Some notes a
Episodes
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IFC (orch. by D. Riba)
It's been a minute since I composed a new piece—over six years as a matter of fact. Intervening was a call to political activism followed by a relocation to a new continent during a global pandemic. And because I had sold every bit of electronic equipment before the move to Finland, I was…
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Up To Me [w/ horns]
Mar 25, 2018: Maybe this is a straightforward "he done her wrong" song. Maybe it's a wider metaphor for how our nation's no.1 confidence man has sold our national pride for personal gain and has dried up the dreams of too many, making it clear we must VOTE him GONE along with his enablers in...
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No Myth
Nov 3, 2017: This hit single was a sweet swing and No Myth (she PENNed with a lisp) for Michael in 1989 and a song that charmed the socks off me at first listen. Hearing it recently shuffled up in my big mix of music motivated me to finally consider some new recording after nearly a nine-month...
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The Lonely Bird (El Ave Solitaria)
July 7, 2017: I have not produced any new track for several months now with my energies, such as they are, directed instead to #ResistTrump efforts like writing myriad letters to Congress and attending protest rallies. Then a few days ago, unbidden and out of the blue, I thought on these two…
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I Disown You
[Mar. 30 update: JT's surprise b'day gift for me here: https://youtu.be/tDDGKSTzBxk check it out!! xxxooo] President's Day for US (2.20.17): Seemed most appropriate to post this freedom anthem on this particular bank holiday. My acoustic Guild is featured here in a performance of the '63 Madara &...
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Help Me After You Die [kat330 mash]
October 18, 2016: (Headphones! :) Serendipity strikes again. These two tracks came up one after the other in my major .mp3 shuffle program, and the similarities were immediately apparent. Not just the key, but also the overall tone, the shambling rhythm and especially the non-verbal groans that...
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Beyond the Planet of DOUGHY WHITE MIDDLE-AGED MEN Is a Major C Change in a Chord with Mother Earth
http://kat330.tumblr.com/post/152947062479/finland-here-we-come-if-i-never-waken-from posted Nov 9, 2016 [Original notes updated August 2016] I recorded this ditty back in March 2015 in the tradition of a 20th C. protest song while having some extra fun with instrumentation and various musical...
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Don't Dust Up Our Love [kat330 Mash-up]
July 19, 2016: I happened to catch Parquet Courts' track "Dust" on local radio recently and immediately was reminded of Richard & Linda Thompson's "Don't Renege on Our Love" from their "Shoot Out the Lights" album. With some editing and a slight tempo change of "Dust," this mash-up was born. I…
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kat330's Lighten Up
July 1, 2016: (Strap on headphones to fully plug into the Kat 3:30 ride here! :) Amused by this LIGO post [apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160615.html] and by my husband's recent dream of us up in a spaceship, I was inspired to create this song of merging black hole G-waves, G-forces and thrust. It isn't...
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Turn Off Your Phone (Ion & Kathleen)
[May 24, 2016: Dedicated to our true heroes—classroom educators—and to parents around the globe!] Ion Bodi's wonderful guitar instrumental inspired me to write a set of lyrics based on his very relatable title. When I sent them to him, he asked if possibly we could make it a pop piece together.…
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Thing Called Love w/ Finn & Gary
[April 26, 2016, a global collaboration that's indeed a thing called love—of music!] So honored to have worked on this Hiatt à la Raitt cover with these greatly talented folk (and even greater souls)! Finn Bårdsen (Autopilot Club): https://soundcloud.com/finn-slide-guitarist/tracks Slide guitar...
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kat330 LOVE REIGNED remaster
March 30, 2016: (headphones please :) A remaster of LR was in the works for a while, but it seems now is the right time to post this given recent world events. A birthday wish of mine is for everyone on the planet to have a "rocky shore experience" ultimately allowing love to reign over all hate....
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Michael from Mountains
March 14, 2016 This is my remaster of a track posted originally on October 24, 2013: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/michael-from-mountains Headphones always recommended as my production tweaks are usually on the subtle side. I first heard this sweet and cheery song where I found so many other gems…
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St. Teresa
Leap Day 2016 I always "Relish"ed this song the most from Joan Osborne's breakthrough album. It's the music that pulled me in since I can't resist a waltz tempo, especially in a minor key. The lyrics, just vague and mysterious enough to be out of easy reach, were secondary to my enjoyment. I…
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Downton Files [kat330 Mash-up]
While most of US tuned into that ball-maul Bowl Sunday eve, JT and I caught up with Scully & Mulder's latest reincarnation followed by the newest Abbey episode. If not for this viewing serendipity, quite possibly my keen ear would never have connected the dots—dots as ♪♪ in this case—to produce...
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kat330's Nice to Be Naughty
[see full LYRICS below and hear joerxworx's wonderful saxophone addition here: http://kat330.bandcamp.com/track/nice-to-be-naughty-featuring-joerxworx-on-saxophone ] Kim of My Hot Air Balloon challenged me to do Eartha Kitt's "I Wanna Be Evil." As much as I enjoy Kitt's delightful performance…
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Getting Real
[Originally uploaded @kat330 in 2014 during the Polar Vortex hitting US. Deleted there for more account time and remastered here November 11, 2015] These are my original production notes. While playful Kat's warming up outside in the cold distance, a wild Kat did growl: This prose poem was…
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E St Louis Blues (feat Damien on piano)
Here is yet a new mix, this time removing my lame melodica track so Damien Riba's marvelous piano is showcased far better. Damien, merci beaucoup for making my fantasy of being part of a combo come to life! Your piano contribution is so lovely and fits like a glove here! And love your artwork…
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Gregorian Chance
October 7, 2015 [Lyrics below and headphones strongly recommended] 'Tis the creepy season of Halloween chills and, to mark the centennial of its publication, here is my sonic version of Franz Kafka's notorious tale of hapless Gregor Samsa in "Metamorphosis," greatly abbreviated here in my words…
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Candy Man (remaster)
Please see original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/candy-man-dave-van-ronk Cover Design by JT Lindroos: http://pinterest.com/jtlindroos
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East St Louis Blues (remaster)
Please see original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/east-st-louis-blues-1 (cowbell layer removed per request of JT/ "Philo" https://soundcloud.com/philo-gristle :) Cover Design by JT Lindroos http://pinterest.com/jtlindroos
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Frankie's Blues (remaster)
Please see original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/frankiesblues (NOTE: at 1:09-1:15, you'll still hear the truck on wet pavement passing by our living room--just pretend it's ambient barroom noise. :) Cover Design by JT "Philo Gristle" Lindroos…
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Fixin' (remaster)
[Originally posted February 2013 @kat330 / deleted there for upload time / retained listener comments below] While noodling on a newer toy (Epiphone Special II) in my musical instrument array, I decided to record myself back in early February 2013 strumming a rendition of "Fixin' to Die." The…
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Busted Rhymes: A Nhyming Narrative (must read notes!)
August 18, 2015: Hope you enjoy this word puzzle I constructed as a challenge to myself. Squeezed into the 19 couplets below are fully 39 pairs of words that are spelled as if they should be rhymes but are pronounced differently, sometimes even quite so (like "tamale" and "pale" :). If there is a...
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El Preso Numero Nueve
Please see original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/el-preso-numero-nueve It was used on PBS here: http://www.pbs.org/food/original-fare/season-3-episode-2-childhood-search-puerto-ricos-lost-pepper (Muppets have left, but Kat crawled in ;) What you'll hear missing compared…
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After the Gold Rush (remaster)
Please read original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/after-the-gold-rush ☼
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Catch the Wind
Find original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/catch-the-wind An early track benefiting from my mixing and production learning curve, separation in vocals, etc.
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Since You've Asked (remaster)
Find original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/since-youve-asked-judy-collins
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Colours
Find original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/colours-donovan See Mr. Gristle's video backdrop (to the original version) here: https://youtu.be/dDqkUJq4HJw Much better separation on this remaster, and D/Ling can now resume anew! :)
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Major Melon Farmer
[Find lyrics and production notes at:https://soundcloud.com/kat330repost/major-melon-farmer
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Bipolar Vortex Boogie
Please check out this droll dude's podcast, "Ragbag," which intersperses quirky music with snarky observations on e-human behavior: https://soundcloud.com/frank-burton-912417543/ep2-triangle-house Find lyrics and production notes at:https://soundcloud.com/kat330/bipolar-vortex-boogie-drrrama ]
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Player v Player (remaster)
[Find lyrics and production notes at https://soundcloud.com/kat330/player-vs-player ]
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Richland Woman Blues (remaster)
July 28, 2015: Another in my remaster series, Original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/richland-woman-blues A Mississippi John Hurt cover as I learned from Maria Muldaur's version. I tweaked a lyric in verse 3 -- just made sense. The rooster artwork is by Tony "Doc" Shiels....
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Someday Soon (remaster)
Cool original artwork of her abusive, halfway house biker by JT Lindroos [kiitos, Kulta!] July 28, 2015: Another in my remaster series, still with the sarcastically cynical lyric changes as sung by an older (yet not at all wiser) woman. Original production notes here:...
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Hard Lovin' Loser (remaster)
July 28, 2015: Another in my remaster series. Original production notes here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/hard-lovin-loser-richard-fari and Mr. Gristle's YouTube edited cartoon visual here: https://youtu.be/nc1BuhBxY6E No getting rid of the Korg's "buzz" when it was plugged into my laptop and…
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Waltz to a Wood Thrush (Lyrics+Lisa Lilts)
[see a video using this track here: https://youtu.be/UlJGyvCFRkc ] July 27, 2015: OK, the 4th and final variation on a thrush theme, whew! This is my vocal version with the lovely lilts of Lisa West (Faerytale on SoundCloud) https://soundcloud.com/faerytale/tracks and here:...
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Sisters of Mercy (remaster)
Nov 11, 2016: Leonard Cohen, R.I.P. ♥ July 23, 2015: [headphones suggested] Here's the 5th in my "remastered for downloading anew" project. You'll also find a few DL-maxed tracks at freemusicarchive.org/music/Kathleen_Martin (excluding my covers of active artists). Somehow I had mastered my…
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Waltz to a Wood Thrush (inst. w/liltings of Faerytale)
This instrumental variation includes the lovely lilting of Lisa West (Faerytale on SoundCloud) https://soundcloud.com/faerytale/tracks and here: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Faerytale Thank you for adding your pure vocal instrument to my composition, Lisa! xxxooo
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Waltz to a Wood Thrush (instrumental)
July 16, 2015: How appropriate that my probable "swan song" over at kat330 was inspired by a bird a couple of weeks ago, a talented wood thrush to be specific! From his 6-note song, I heard a waltz melody in my head and began writing lyrics to fit. It was an unexpected yet joyous journey getting...
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La Chanson des Vieux Amants
June 23, 2015: [headphones suggested and, please, no need to ♥ / repost / comment again!] Another in my "remastered for downloading anew" project. You'll also find a few DL-maxed tracks at freemusicarchive.org/music/Kathleen_Martin (excluding my covers of active artists). I tightened up the...
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Black Crow Blues (Remaster)
[see JT's Betty Boop visuals for this track here: youtu.be/BezN4R-WZRI] June 20, 2015 [remaster]: I tightened this up a bit, esp. in the "Hit it, gals!" instrumental section, and used new master settings to hopefully improve and increase the overall sound. Here are my original production notes:...
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I Shall Be Released
June 18, 2015 [remaster]:I haven't tweaked this significantly, but I did tighten it up and used new master settings to hopefully improve and increase the overall sound. Here are my original production notes: Sisters and brothers, saints and sinners in the congregation of the Everlasting Light of...
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Brass in Pocket (remastered)
June 15, 2015: [headphones suggested!] Please, no need to ♥ / repost / comment again. I posted this to offer resumed downloading because after "El Preso" (which still can be downloaded at freemusicarchive.org/music/Kathleen_Martin ), "Brass in Pocket" was my most downloaded SC track prior to...
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Major Melon Farmer (in Jersey City)
June 14, 2015: Serve a dish cold? Fahgeddaboudit! Nothing beats a brand new hot creation for venting one's veritable vexation. Listeners of a certain age will immediately recognize the "Ad Lib"ing vehicle, but I take this parody out for a very different spin here. My arrangement / performance is...
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Swamp Guinea [Remaster]
This is a remaster of the original Sept. 19, 2013 release. Please see original info here: https://soundcloud.com/kat330/swamp-guinea There's a kantele driven break in the middle, and please listen all the way for the surprise at the end. :)
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Kat's paJAMas
Haven't done such a lo-fi, raw test track since 2012, but felt I had to post this while still my birthday. The photo is of my morning gift from my husband: a cigar-box guitar he made himself for me! [Kiitos, Hunaja!] This recorded tryout of the instrument has plenty of sketchy moments, but it's a...
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Beyond the Planet of DOUGHY WHITE MIDDLE-AGED MEN Is a Major C Change in a Chord with Mother Earth
[Original notes updated August 2016] I recorded this ditty back in March 2015 in the tradition of a 20th C. protest song while having some extra fun with instrumentation and various musical allusions. At that time I could never have suspected—not even in my wildest nightmares—that a template for…
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Plenty Of PA (A To Z)
March 1, 2015 February 2015 was brutal locally beginning midway through, but colorful seed catalogs put me in a reverie of spring planting and summer's bounty. And whenever I think of homegrown vegetables, my mind returns to a ditty I performed at age nine in Knob Knee high school's production of...
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Transistor Sister (remastered)
Many thanks to Alfonso Llorente Sardi for offering to make TS "sound big" and for doing so! My initial lower-fi, shorter version is here https://soundcloud.com/kat330/transistor-sister and check out Alfonso's sounds here https://soundcloud.com/abogllm Also a free .wav download of this longer...
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This site is for music fans who think outside the boxy confines of genre labels. Find here and soundcloud.com/kat330/tracks my originals and covers on anything from felons to lovers, arranged for and performed on a variety of instruments, for sounds ranging from sweet to sassy and reedy to brassy; from lofty to lowdown and soulful to hoedown; from serious to silly and urban to hillbilly.I am so grateful you are taking the time to listen to these self-recordings, many of which required an enormous amount of my time and effort to produce. If I also introduce you to a singer-songwriter you never knew, or if something I wrote or recorded brings a smile to your day, well, that's just the sweet icing on my aim-cake!Hope you will seek out the original artists' versions of cover tunes unfamiliar to you and, please, share my sounds with any like-minded listeners. I also urge you to click on individual track titles to read my production notes and lyrics before or as you push play. Some notes a
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