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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Episodes

Episode 53 - The Fool on the Hill

jazz waltz arrangement of a song by the Beatles

Oct 22, 2010•10 min

Episode 52 - Green

Pop tune about money from Kevin's first album, I

Oct 20, 2010•13 min

Episode 51 - Cluster Voices

Free jazz improvisation with Kevin Pike on alto sax and John Kotchian on drums.

Sep 15, 2010•10 min

Episode 50 - so se kwa

Latin percussion w/mandolin, acoustic guitar, sax, flute and vocals.

Jul 11, 2010•15 min

Episode 49 - ria, ria (markome vu)

World music pop featuring slide acoustic guitar and lots of vocal harmony.

Jun 02, 2010•17 min

Episode 48 - Make it a Good One

Here's a jazz duet from 2007 with Kevin Pike on alto sax and Luigi Waites on drums.

Apr 30, 2010•6 min

Episode 47 - BBQ

If an outdoor barbecue could have a soundtrack, this would be it. Podcast contains 2 versions of this feel-good funky track with organ, acoustic guitar and wah-wah bass. Second version adds alto sax.

Jan 09, 2010•13 min

Episode 46 - The Christmas Song

An arrangement of The Christmas Song featuring flute, bari sax and handclaps. With Ellen Struve on flute.

Dec 12, 2009•7 min

Episode 45 - Millennium

3 part jazz suite featuring kalimba, alto sax, funk bass, typewriter and bongos. From Kevin Pike's microjazz album.

Oct 26, 2009•17 min

Episode 44 - Bolivia

Alto sax and baritone sax duet featuring Doug Angelaccio on alto and Kevin Pike on bari.

Sep 16, 2009•4 min

Episode 43 - Winds of Change

Experimental mixed-meter rock with a kick-ass riff on the chorus and saxophone-with-distortion solo in the middle.

Aug 08, 2009•6 min

Episode 42 - Too Late for Goodbyes - Chains of Love Medley

I combine 2 '80s pop tunes into one glorious medley. Features wooden blocks with sand paper on them, triangle and alto sax.

Jul 21, 2009•6 min

Episode 41 - Rocket Man

This is Elton John's classic Rocket Man arranged for alto sax and acoustic bass guitar. I mess around with the time signature on this, throwing in some mixed meter and double-time swing.

Jun 09, 2009•7 min

Episode 40 - All The Time

Quirky little pop tune that features a keyboard with a broken C# key (get your finger anywhere near it and it blurts out a C#), vocal through distortion, a bizarre feedback-esque alto sax solo and a great pop vibe.

May 12, 2009•7 min

Episode 39 - Detour

John Kotchian plays drums and upright bass on this track, and I jam on the baritone sax and add in some handclaps.

Apr 14, 2009•4 min

Episode 38 - Saxomophunk

I lay down a funky bari sax line then layer 3 alto saxes on top, plus a drum beat and some real hand claps.

Mar 24, 2009•5 min

Episode 37 - I Got Legs for This

DIY hip-hop in which I sample my own boombox recording from '89 and layer it with a quasi-rap melody

Mar 17, 2009•6 min

Episode 36 - Falling Into You

pop/rock song featuring brass slide on electric guitar, vocal harmonizer and mandolin string noise

Mar 07, 2009•8 min

Episode 35 - Hippopotamus Rex

microjazz tune featuring guiro, alto sax and organ

Feb 24, 2009•5 min

Episode 34 - ase nascimento

World Music featuring shekere, washboard, mandolin, whistling, bongos, shakers and other percussion.

Feb 07, 2009•12 min

Episode 33 - Blah Blah Blah

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

Jan 15, 2009•8 min

Episode 32 - Mondo Mando

Enter the the funky chaos of mandolin and alto sax.

Jan 02, 2009•6 min

Episode 31 - O Christmas Tree - Angels We Have Heard On High

Tenor, bari and alto sax with shaker, clave and sandpaper.

Dec 05, 2008•5 min

Episode 30 - You Got It

Latin-tinged techno featuring vocal changer effects and my old Boss DR-660 drum machine.

Nov 16, 2008•9 min

Episode 29 - Fanfare for the Silver Horse

My tribute to Horace Silver. I play saxophone, keyboard, tambourine, bongos and egg shaker on this tune. Features Adam Johnson on bass and Ken Johnson on trumpet.

Nov 03, 2008•9 min

Episode 28 - Ode to the Convenience Store

DIY insanity from my album Confessions of a DIY Junkie

Oct 26, 2008•7 min

Episode 27 - Sugar

Stanley Turrentine's Sugar performed as a jazz duet (guitar and alto sax). Arranged by Kevin Pike.

Oct 03, 2008•9 min

Episode 26 - What's Cookin

Funky mandolin feature with harmonica through wah-wah-pedal, electric upright bass, organ and bari sax. In this episode I also discuss my varipitch trick for recording fast licks at a slower tempo.

Sep 18, 2008•12 min

Episode 25 - Balance

I experiment with balancing different musical elements, such as high and low, mixing in the left and right channel, odd and even meters and short and long versions of a musical theme. Features alto sax, tenor sax, flute, recorder, wooden flute, shaker, keyboard and chest thumping.

Sep 05, 2008•7 min

Episode 24 - the theme from Sesame Street

You've never heard Sesame Street played like this before. It's in 5/4 time and a minor key. Featuring saxophone and organ.

Aug 20, 2008•4 min

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