Free music from J. Scott Bovitz

Dance and electronic

Scary ice cream (synthesizers, drums, scratching, and such at 120 BPM)

Song warp (drums, synthesizers, and one trained bull frog, at 70 BPM)

Blackberry preserves (drums, fog horn, one-finger toy organ, synthesizer, electronic percussion, and two power chords on a rhythm guitar at 112 BPM)

Muse to me (synthesizer, hand rubbing, simple guitar accent, super fast ping pong bounce)

Trance paste (synthesizers, electronic percussion, and odd stuff at 142 BPM)

The LAPD will be hiring (electronic drums, synthesizers, a few spoken words, police helicopter, siren, and a car crash at 115 BPM)

Commuter nightmare (pulsating synthesizers, pinhead noise, and piano at 144 BPM)

You make coffee nervous (drums, electronic bees, pizzicato violins at 125 BPM)

Oatmeal arpeggio (drums, guitar, mix-and-match synthesizers, and odd mouth noises)

Climate controlled donuts (drums, synthesizers, and electric guitar accents at 110 BPM, with a long coda)

Never pulled his gun (kick drum, synthesizers, minor vocals, and electronic noises at 132 BPM)

Wishful (drums, synthesizers, and a tape recorder at 148 BPM)

You and what army? (synthesizers, electronics, and bits at 108 BPM)

Camp of the Chuckwalla bees (synthesizers at 120 BPM)

She never answers her phone (drums, synthesizers, vocal bits, a touch tone telephone, and a glockenspiel at 120 BPM)

Leaf in the crosswalk (drums, synthesizers, and alien noises at 65/130 BPM)

Housekeeping (drums, synthesizer, organ, piano, and a tiny little man at 116 BPM)

Puny (drums, percussion, a synthesizer hook, horns, vocals by Biff Nosenchuck, and a sample at 136 BPM)

Power lunch (synthesizers, drums, and a Moog at 60 BPM)

33tt (drums, synthesizers, Moog, and female vocal at 90 BPM)

Sunday night deliverance (drums, synthesizers, and one-string guitar at 120 BPM)

Eyebrow takedown (four on the floor drums, three synthesizers, and one looping lady at 136 BPM)

Guard butterfly (drums and dueling synthesizers at 90 BPM)

Frog house music (big beat, synthesizers, frog vocals, vox snippets, and an accordion style coda on the Moog, at 100 BPM)

Alien romance (drums, synthesizer, electronic bass, a little ticky-tacky percussion, and vocals at 80 BPM)

Tickler (bass, tinkles, and synthesizers at 128 BPM)

Flattery is unnecessary (tabla, percussion, synthesizers, strings, and a spaceship at 120 BPM, more or less)

I can't hear you when the dog is barking (big beat, organ, and odd counterpoint at 134 BPM)

Electro-not (electronic beat and such at 95 BPM)

Slump (drums, electronics, and a pool skimmer at 140 BPM)

Jungle fire (jungle drums)

Rhumba-rhumba (background vocals by BCG recording artist, Janet Bonnefin)

Foam party (drums, fast bass line, and synthesizer at 141 BPM)

Bass-like creatures (drums, walking bass, synthesizers, and a two violins at 90 BPM)

One-one (drums, slippers on a mat, fat bass, synthesizer, a girl, and a boy at 120 BPM)

Dog who could kill with the wag of its tail (drums, percussion, bass, synthesizers, and a few lines about a dog at 130 BPM)

Space slugs (synthesizers and drums at 117 BPM)

Rebreather (thick electronic layers and steady drums at 110 BPM)

Our last song (serious drumming and synthesizers at 115 BPM)

Song 150 (beats and a pulsating synthesizer at 125 BPM)

Judicial admissions (drums, bass, organ, and synthesizer at 110 BPM)

Cleaning without judgment (beats, bass, and electronics at 118 BPM)

Tiggle toggle (ice skating music for Andrew at Red Robin, with electronic drums, synthesizer pads, and a weird bell counterpoint, at 136 BPM)

Bleep-o-vator (deep kick drum and bass at 136 BPM)

Downtown anthem (big beat, electronic counterpoint, and weird trance stuff at 140 BPM)

Unanimously pretty satisfactory (drums and bass at 108 BPM)

Electricidad (120 volt beat and drums at 136 BPM)

Nicole's birthday song (big beat, electronica, and low-fi audio at 128 BPM)

Twice is nice (139 BPM, with electronic back beat)

30-second attention span (130 BPM)

If fishes were wishes (weaving synthesizers)

Oh baby (electronic house at 120 BPM)

Spoingy (electronica at 136 BPM)

Rain on the window (dance groove at 115 BPM)

I'm safe (with guest artist Karen Reynosa, courtesy of Fido Records)

126th Street Beat (drums, fat bass, and infectious stutter at 126 BPM)

140 beets and other vegetables (140 BPM slapback)

Electronic pugs (drums, bass, and electronica at 120 BPM)

Spitting lizards (Mr. Buzzy returns at 125 BPM)

State Bar Blues (not a traditional blues song; this is a dance song at 130 BPM, with a chorus of lawyers)

Saturn house party (drums, acoustic guitar, bass, organ, and Saturn's radio transmissions)

Leaky faucet, leaky heart (leaky faucet and heartbeat percussion)

Scratch n' synth (odd vocal samples, synthesized percussion, piano, and bass at 122 BPM)

Mustard nose (scratching, a synthesizer, persistent drumming, and a man from Marrakech)

Squeezy (a salute to disco with a "Moog," Rhodes piano, horns, and 132 BPM groove)

Pizza dough #1 (take-out pizza at 125 BPM, instrumental)

Running flat (groove, bass, organ, and a few odd strings at 132 BPM)

Yo! Mr. DJ (dance and yelp at 128 BPM)

Don't stop dancing (7.5 minutes at 134 BPM)

Dance of the Valentines (big beat with a silly lead)

Seven ball juggler on the party bus ("harpy" dance)

March of the bobble-heads (the bobble-heads are coming)

Engine room dance (hot and noisy)

Percussive persuasion (short house chant at 120 BPM)

Monkey drums (drums for a summer night foam party in Ibiza)

Jammin' in the sky (trance conductor)

Jazz and odd bits

Must go save the broccoli (chorus, beat, and pads)

Piano dude! (piano, drum kit, strings, and flute)

Fried chicken and assault rifle choir (drums, bass guitar, xylophone, Rhodes piano, Georgia choir, and little processing magic at 96 BPM)

No talent (piano, pizzicato strings, and synthesizer bits at 70 BPM)

Graffiti breakfast (found percussion, drums, rhythm guitar, and three seconds of noisy neighbors at 100 BPM or so)

Not true (a weary soldier's march with piano, electric bolts, a middle eastern bridge, and a sharp kick drum at 60 BPM)

Mail order dental school (drums, bass, piano, vocal, and drill at 110 BPM)

I don't need a boyfriend; I need a restraining order (bongos, drums, synthesizer hook, and a very short vocal)

People, pets, pictures, and papers (a fire evacuation song with drums, vocoder vocals, synthesizer pads, and a hook at 95 BPM)

Echo master (slow guitar and one Space Echo)

Doggie wants a cookie (drums, piano, organ, bass, horns, and a little vox at 90 BPM)

Voices in my head (a Prophet 2008 and a short monologue on the creative process)

Marching band sonata (drums, piano, South American flute, and synthesizer at 100 BPM)

Faster (drums, electronic bass, synthesizer, and a groovy break at 60 BPM)

Biff don't do that anymore (drums, disturbed piano, one note organ, distorted violin, and Moog at 95 BPM)

Love hangover (drums, Hammond organ, synthesizers, saxophone, violins, and bells at a jazzy 63 BPM)

Beat me, make me write bad songs (drums, Hammond organ, Juno, finger snaps, and vocoder at 120 BPM) (title suggested by Biff Nosenchuck)

Number 196 on our weekly countdown of the hits, with a rocket (drums, synthesizers, and competing time signatures at 80 BPM)

Slow down, lover boy (an anthem for percussive organ, swirling synthesizers, and odd noises at 70 BPM)

Going to Burbank (drums, percussion, bass, rhythm guitar, and bamboo flute at 85 BPM)

Popsicle kisses (big drums, enthusiastic piano, a little Moog flute, and poetry in two languages at 85 BPM)

Dramasticate (percussion, odd synthesizer, and effects -- with guest artist, Biff Nosenchuck)

Crush (percussion, B-3 organ, sythesized bass, strings)

In the middle of a wonderful memory (drums, tabla, trombone, a devil dog, and this-and-that)

Voice (drums, a girl, fingernails tapping on the piano strings, and MS-20 pads at 80 BPM)

Bass snoodle (string bass, drums, and a few goodies)

Even a mop can play the piano (piano, mop, rhythm guitar, Moog, drums)

If I'm going 80, please don't tailgate (drums, booty bass, synthesizer)

What the (kick, percussion, organ, and keyboard at 99 BPM)

Triple time boogie (Rhodes, strings, and horns at 93 BPM)

D9-wiggles (piano solo)

Yellow cords of love (jazzy drums at 96 BPM, piano, organ, knock-knock-knock percussion)

Forgetful (pulsing pads, with a cool guitar riff by Biff Nosenchuck)

Please do not disturb the elephant (drums, bass, Wurly, and other at 100.3 BPM)

Mister, don't call me "Honey" (percussion and synthesizer riffs at 108 BPM)

Once more, Mr. Nosenchuck (truck undercarriage percussion, with hypnotic strings by special guest artist Biff Nosenchuck)

Life is a race, but you don't want to finish first (odd rhythm and counterpoint at 120 BPM)

Yeah what (vocal percussion and beat)

Jazzy toy soldier (with guest jazz guitarist, Biff Nosenchuck, courtesy of T-Hunt Records)

She don't talk, but she speaks to me (a short bossa nova)

Rabbit crossing (piano, three synthesizers, drums, and percussion at 89 BPM)

Beatnik bass (piano, string bass, and a broken record player)

I wish it were not so (drums, fat bass, guitar, organ, and a puppet at 85 BPM)

Flat tire polka (hard to describe, exactly)

Thank you, no problem (latin beat)

The time before, before (a bittersweet duet)

How do you spell calliope? (happy interlude with calliope, bed spring, low-fi organ, electronic bass, and traditional percussion)

Funk-bov-itz (strings, rhythm guitar, bass, drums at 105 BPM)

Hypno-tech (house/jazz fusion at 90 BPM, with a guest appearance by Mr. Buzzy)

Lizard walk (drums, bass, horns, and guitar at 85 BPM)

Rod n' Bov (Rod Wilson -- keyboards, bass, and drums; J. Scott Bovitz -- recording engineer, strings, and horns)

Detective show (horns and piano)

Good evening ladies and gentlemen (marimba lead)

Wiggle room (upbeat piano and organ groove)

Murder mystery theme song (television show fare)

Alien angel (a duet with an angel and the devil's right-hand man)

Between the lies (inspired by house music in Puerto Rico)

MacAllister's fantasy (featuring Alice J. MacAllister of the Ashiko Orchestra on drums)

In space, no one can hear you dance (weightless gyrations)

Electric jungle stroll (walking music)

Girl without a D-A-D (never forgotten)

Devil's nursery rhyme (young Hansel in trouble)

That girl can walk, but the kid can count (the devilish walk of a young woman)

St. Thomas love affair (a warm night, full moon, and gentle ocean breeze)

Bongo squirrels (furry creatures on the drums)

Cubana electric (kitchen appliance dance)

Spanish ant farm (a midnight stroll in Barcelona)

Hollywood bass line (big bad bass solo)

Blues

Flat trance recorder blues (pulsating bass, bells, synthesizer, and recorder)

Urgent blues (drums, synthesizers, and an out-of-tune guitar at 120 BPM)

Down and out (a classic blues song -- vocals and guitar by Michael Evans; drums, backing vocals, and popcorn machine by J. Scott Bovitz)

Blues before dinner (synthesizer, acoustic guitar, and "horns" at a comfortable 80 BPM)

Happy puppy ferris wheel (drums, bass, tack piano, organ, and horns)

Hobo stroll (Yamaha acoustic guitar and a folksy vocal)

Doggies in the closet (piano, synthesizer, horns, one door, and two dogs in the closet)

Absence of personality blues (piano, organ, synthesizer, and guitar)

Whose blues and the voodoo hop (blues and voodoo)

Hitchhiking dogs (a work commissioned by a patron of the arts, Scott F. Gautier)

Limousine shoes (piano, fat tone bass, drums, synthesizer, freeway noise, and tubular bells -- mixed in a limousine)

Baseball stadium organ blues (baseball music)

52-second baby blues (52 seconds of 12 bar blues)

Unfinished jellyfish blues (almost traditional blues)

Perfectly "loverly" (Ibanez electric-acoustic guitar and vocal)

Angry bee rag (piano, bass, horns, and one really big bee)

Girlfriend in pinstripes (sung in the style of Hound Dog Engel)

Hummingbird blues (arpeggio blues)

Mayalin's song (vocals and lyrics by Alan Ramos)

Biff's teeny-tiny Texas boogie (Biff's guitar licks, sampled and remixed by Bovitz)

Rock and the weird

Walter -- big strings remix (folk music, lyrics -- a true story! -- and haunting performance by Lindsay Ransford; production, engineering, mixing, and mastering by J. Scott Bovitz)

Registered contrarian (drums, bass, found percussion, and psychedelic guitar)

Note to self (drums, rhythm guitar, synthesized accents, and vocal)

Funky headphones (drums, buzzy bass, electronic piano, scratching, synthesizers, and vocals from Biff Nosenchuck)

Karen's everlasting love (lyrics, vocals, and guitar by Karen Reynosa; synthesizers, horns, dripping noises, and engineering by Bovitz; additional vocals by the kids; guitar technician and production by Biff Nosenchuck)

Shatter remix (lyrics, vocals, and guitar by Karen Reynosa; drums, synthesized tidbits, and mixing by Bovitz; guitar repairs and production by Biff Nosenchuck)

1969 forever (distorted bass, drums, six string guitar, and rock organ at 85 BPM)

Odd harmonics (electronic bass, twin Moog leads, mini-drum kit, and vox)

In the key of Olga (drums, synthesizers, bass, and a little organ -- with guest artist, Biff Nosenchuck, channeling ELP)

Colonoscopy song (a cappella rendition of a gastrointestinal traditional)

Auto shop dance (empty oil drum, air wrench, oil can, and one customer at the tire shop on a Saturday afternoon)

Duck duck goose (guitar percussion, fretted bass, synthesizers, and a toy piano at 85 BPM)

Spooky patch (drums, funk guitar, clarinet, and alien choir at 112 BPM)

Hip hop cemetery (percussion, organ, and acoustic guitar)

Call me when you get the message (big beat, scratching, bass, synthesized saxophone, tick-tick-ticking percussion, and strings at 100 BPM)

What has happened is happening (again) (electronic synthesizers and a little piano)

Tragedy down at the clown school (60's organ, drums, and bass)

God made me pretty, so I will always get a second chance (theme song for a Hollywood actress, at 93 BPM)

Lime green is the new blue (drums, percussion, organ, clavichord, and whatever)

Crowded solitude (drums, bass, organ, piano, a cat's meow, and a crowd)

What if Jimi played the violin? (drums, bass, piano, and a Jimi Hendrix wannabe on violin)

Prison riot fugue (drums, bass, synthesizers, and a prison riot)

Disco hair (percussion, bass, strings, and a voice box)

Absolutely maybe (drums, organ, and guitar at 80 BPM)

It wasn't about you (slow, sad, end-of-relationship rock song)

Humpback whales in orbit around Pluto (slapping bass in a spaceship)

Urban pirate ship (drums, bass, strings, processed vocals, and a creaking pirate ship)

It reminded me of you (guest vocal loop and a few riffs by Mark Sharf)

No, no, baby, please don't go (she didn't mean anything to me)

Mr. Robot bangs the pipes (and Mr. Robot sings)

Stunk (guest vocal loop by Sofia DeMarco)

Hands off the B3 (70's organ and guitar funk)

Princess groove (hypnotic dance)

Lovers' Kung Fu (classic rock anthem)

Pig and fox sprinkler dance (playful dance tune)

Synco-vision (jazz-rock fusion at 96 BPM)

Congo (drums, organ, and a few buzzy guitar riffs)

Underscore (music for film)

Dropout madness (just synthesizer)

250 quartet (just strings)

Clock tease (orchestra, audio tick tock, children's toy, and synthesizer)

In "Yhsoes" (kettle drum, flute, cello, and whatever)

Fido bits (14 women and one drum -- with Karen Reynosa of Fido handling all 14 parts)

Spaghetti western theme song (metal cistern percussion, snare, an old guitar with two strings, and a few seconds of a jet engine)

Secret fishing hole (Prophet, theremin, and synthesizers at 120 BPM)

Robot chat room (robot drone, lush pads, and a funky drummer who dropped by from Studio B -- two songs in one)

My favorite part (percussion, square wave bass, synthesizers, a few odd noises, and a robot voice at 85 BPM)

Slow, sad movie soundtrack (violin, trombone, synthesizer, two-string guitar, and a vaguely foreign vocal)

Tension (alien chorus, Cuban percussion, bass, Bach-like keys, and odd space noises)

Crystal clear, my dear (crystal xylophone, processed strings, slide whistle, cow bell percussion)

Guitar for sale, never used (the last, sad song from an old acoustic guitar with a broken back)

Biff whip -- the Bovitz mix (a little of this, a little of that, at 108 BPM -- with Biff Nosenchuck on vocals, drums, and counterpoint)

Flamenco moment (just acoustic guitar)

Halloween dance party (horror film music -- drums, bones, marimba, scary organ, and a lonely horn at 104 BPM)

Come to visit (drums, strings, and weird noises)

Wouldn't it be fine (slow, gentle guitar fantasy)

Dinner waltz at the local haunted house (big organ, played by a pirate)

Electric bells (bass, bells, and electric shock therapy)

I can't breathe (big kick drum, hi hat, a little electric guitar, and processed strings at 95 BPM)

Toenails too close to the skin (xylophone and synthesizer -- a song about life's transitions -- with Biff Nosenchuck)

Victim of capitalism (kick drum, percussion, electronic bass, synthesizer, and horns at 70 BPM)

Suspicion of happiness (fat electronic bass, underwater drums, and a few notes from an old cello at 136 BPM)

Mercy kitchen (an all electric kitchen)

Wind and water (slow, bass-driven song)

Woodpecker song (woodpecker, strings, and synthesizer)

Tap dancing over a misty rice paddy (chopsticks on a pan)

Prince Snake Charming (distorted rock guitar, bass, snake charmer's flute)

Bachy two (simple acoustic guitar and synthesizer duet)

March of the snow bells (a December march at 120 BPM)

Pizza-cado (at the stroke of midnight, minstrel ghosts wander through a medieval town in Italy)

Surfing on a cloud (an old record evokes a lover's daydream)

Butterfly with a mission (organ gone wild)

The wind speaks to me (sax and drift)

Farewell to a Pope (a few words in Latin)

U.S. Trustee trance (electronic beat)

24-string symphony (12-string guitar duet)

One-eyed Bill's dog and cat circus (I am confident that no dog or cat was seriously harmed during the recording of this song)

Underwater holiday (happy fish)

Those ladies can dance! (thump and bump)

Laser light show (music for the planetarium)

Ice giant (a winter walk)

Mixing bells (rhythm and bells)

Mountain meadow picnic (a flute on the breeze)

Sunday showers (soft rain and a hot shower on a lazy Sunday)

Blue moon gypsy caravan (slow dance of the veils)

Chalcedony and iolite (acoustic guitar stuff)

Flight of fancy (a duet for piano and clouds)

Lunchtime in Tangier (snake charmers, merchants, and locals in the Kasbah)

Circus 27 (drunken circus band waltz)

Deep forest 49 trance (headphone test)

Spring thaw (laughing Larry's last ice fishing expedition)

Circus dream (was it a dream?)

Rap

Cell phone song (hip hop beat, big kick drum, cell phone, and rap vocals at 85 BPM)

Pizza dough #2 (take-out pizza at 125 BPM, "vocal remix")

Stingers

Church organ (horror film phrase)

Um ha ha (candidate for world's shortest song)

Nasty two bar groove (a two bar bass and drum loop)

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260 songs from J. Scott Bovitz and friends