Ray Brigleb Makes Songs For You

Theme song from another fine episode of Unpacking Coffee. Featuring Zoë and Greta Brigleb singing.

Theme song from another fine episode of Unpacking Coffee!

Theme song from another fine episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from this week’s unwieldy episode of the world’s best-dressed coffee show, Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from this week’s unpredictable episode of the world’s best-travelled coffee show, Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from this week’s gripping episode of the world’s preeminent coffee show, Unpacking Coffee.

Guided by Voices – Jabberstroker Butthole Surfers – Creep in the Cellar Tortoise – Eros Prince – Dirty Mind Herbie Hancock – Mega Mix Budos Band – Old Engine Oil Neu – Hallogallo Talking Heads – No Compassion Pixies – Dance the Manta Ray The Ventures – The Mighty Quinn Serge Gainsbourg – Ford Mustang...

Theme song from this week’s stunning episode of the world’s toppermost-of-the-poppermost coffee show, Unpacking Coffee.

It was a fun set with a couple of technical issues. The recording started a bit late, ended a bit early, and there’s a ton of little skips because of the environment! But lots of fun!

Theme song from next week’s thrilling episode of the world’s premiere coffee show, Unpacking Coffee. Special thanks to Eric Lucas, on drums. He wore glasses that covered up his eyes She was suited in a suitable disguise They roasted coffee, mmm the lows and highs Dapper, dapper and wise. If you’re divided, you balkanize If...

Theme song from another stellar episode of the world’s premiere coffee show, Unpacking Coffee!

Theme song from another underrated episode of America’s premiere coffee show, Unpacking Coffee!

Theme song from another fine episode of America’s favorite coffee show, Unpacking Coffee!

Theme song from an episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song I wrote for an episode of Unpacking Coffee!

Theme song I wrote for an episode of Unpacking Coffee. Well me and the lady were spending some time on a beach in Southern Cali on the corporate dime This guy comes up to us says he loves the show I asked him for some coffee and he couldn’t say no He took us to a place on Long Beach...

Theme song from the Thanksgiving episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the La Colombe episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the Birchbach episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the Upper Left Roasters episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the George Howell episodes of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the Bluebeard Coffee Roasters episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Theme song from the Onyx Coffee Lab episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Over this weekend Zoë and I decided to work on a song together. I had her write down five topics and we picked “Chocolate Chip Dip” as the subject. She wrote the words pretty quickly and we put it together. Then we decided what the heck, let’s shoot a video too.

Theme song from the Junior’s Roasted Coffee episode of Unpacking Coffee.

Sometimes, in an attempt to get the kids interested in music, I sing about them while they’re in the room, or coax them into recording some vocals. It’s pretty easy to take samples of them and build a song around it. That’s basically what you have here.

A mash-up of the theme songs from Season 2 of Unpacking Coffee. Twenty songs in 5 minutes.

A much calmer take on the vocals, without the autotune effect and stereo double-tracking. I kept this one around because I liked the lighter feel of it. The guitar part is different as well, I felt like even though I was playing the right part, it kind of sounded wrong, which is why I went...

Meant to mellow things out at the end. I think this was meant to have lyrics to tie it all up in a bow.

Absurd, was meant for an interlude or a video piece in the show we were putting together.

Just pure silliness. I’m not sure if The Frogs or Ween are more to blame for inspiring this.

The idea for this sprang right out of the rhythm. Fit like a glove.

I think I had been listening to The Frogs. That’s probably my best defense.

Just a dramatic break. Maybe you would run to the bathroom or something.

Somehow I talked Kandace into singing this one, and I’m glad I did. She had a cold, and hated me for making her do the vocals, which were sung directly into the laptop microphone.

Needed a track to develop the story on our concept album a bit. Doesn’t sound like I quite finished the lyrics, but it did the job. It doesn’t seem as though I wanted to let the track end.

I’ve never been quite sure where I stole the chorus at the end from but I’m pretty sure it’s been done before. The first half was built onto that, drawing on Guided By Voices for inspiration. Another surprisingly disciplined mix.

A dance track, for people who don’t.

At the tail end of my band days I had recorded a demo of this track and always meant to come back to it. Under the “influence” I laid down some overwhelming noises, and had the good sense to come back and edit it the next day. The result is one of my more disciplined...

Thus begins an unlikely “concept album”… about a river tsunami. And what such album would be complete without a song about a girl?

I believe Michael Paulus is playing the actual instrument. I’m just playing around in the background.

A play on the word heroin, but it was inspired by a gilded statue in Portland that I don’t remember the name of, so this seemed apropos.