Sumit Basu's Music

NEW (05/27/2000):

I finally finished my first album, under the band name deepoceanblue! It's called "eight twenty-nine six" and is available at mp3.com as http://www.mp3.com/deepoceanblue. All tracks are available for free play/download. If you have the bandwidth for it, please play it directly from that site/download the songs every time (I get "points" everytime that happens, which brings me that much closer to the mp3.com alternative top 40 :)

I hope you enjoy it. I'm especially proud of the first two tracks, "Pretty Pretty" and "Jackie." As always, feedback is greatly appreciated. If you like it at all or can think of anyone else who would, please inform your friends/enemies far and wide!

OLD:

Here's a self-indulgent little page about my music. I'm actively seeking band members at the moment, so if this stuff grooves with you and you'd like to join forces, drop me a line! I do keyboards, vocals, and a little bit of guitar.

This is just a small sampling of what I've done - there are 22 other songs in the works right now!! (though most are probably better left in the works)

• The Galvactivator Theme Song (10/99 - 44.1kHz stereo mp3, 0.76M) This is a goofy little jingle I wrote for my friends in the Affective Computing Group for the galvactivator , a hand-worn device that measures skin conductivity. It was originally meant to be part of a campy, 50's style commercial that introduced the device, which explains the musical style. Unfortunately, the commercial never got shown, but the theme song was played in Kresge Auditorium to an audience of thousands of Media Lab sponsors (though they didn't exactly come there to hear the song).
• Condom In My Pocket [UPDATED VERSION AVAILABLE AT MP3.COM (click on the title)]
• Elaine (1/98 - 16kHz mono, converted to 44.1kHz stereo mp3, 3.9M) This is a song about the famous Galeria Bus story from January '94. The singing isn't great (I was trying to keep my voice down so the neighbors upstairs wouldn't thump on the floor and destroy the recording altogether). All in all, it's kind of a monotonous song and I don't like it very much, but there's a bit of cool piano at the end, and I love telling the story so I had to have a song about it.
• UnderGroove (2/97 - 22.05 kHz stereo, converted to 44.1kHz stereo mp3, .57M) This is a swank little groove I came up with on a Sunday morning (with a bad hangover!) It's still raw, but I think it's got potential.
• Minuet I (Winter 95 - 22.05 kHz mono, converted to 44.1kHz mp3, 1.37M) This is the first classical piece I've written and one of my personal favorites (but again a poor recording).
• Winter's Cold (Summer 92 - 8 kHz mono, converted to 44.1kHz mp3, 4.17M) A little song I wrote back between my freshman and sophomore years. Times have changed. Most notably, my vocals have gotten a lot better! Unfortunately, this piece is only recorded at 8 kHz 8 bit, which makes it all the worse...

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