Music for Web & Video:
Mountain Pipes
© 2008 Nesmith/TNC
Motivational soundtrack music produced for Nature Conservancy video, "Bison at Broken Kettle Grasslands." Upbeat and driving piece, evocative of open-air countryside. Recorded and produced in Pro Tools.
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Creatures of Habit
© 2004 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Hopeful, dynamic instrumental piece used as a soundtrack for the Potomac Conservancy video, "Survivor: Minnie's Island." Produced in Soundtrack and Pro Tools.
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Snowman
© 2008 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Electronic piece produced as soundtrack for "Snowman" video. Music produced in Soundtrack, Pro Tools, and SampleTank, using an Apple text-to speech reading from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "Oryx and Crake."
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Cityscape
© 2005 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Jazzy, loop-based piece produced for a website splash page. Evocative of modern, urban settings. Music produced in Soundtrack and Pro Tools.
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Ghandispeak
© 2008 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Electronic piece produced as soundtrack for "Unseen" video. Music produced in Soundtrack and Pro Tools, layered with snippets from Mahatma Ghandi's 1931 London Kingsley Hall address, "My Spiritual Message."
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Get the Funk Off Me
© 2003 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Funky, retro piece produced as background music for TripFilms' "DC SmarTrip Card" video. Music produced in Garageband and Pro Tools.
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Malfoy (I'm A...)
© 2006 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Harry Potter-themed parody of Kid Rock's "Cowboy." Someone actually downloaded it and made a Draco Malfoy slideshow/video for this song. Someone else transcribed the entire lyrics and put them up on YouTube. Malfoy's got a (very small) cult following!
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Lying Sack of...
© 2004 Dawson/Nesmith/Air America Radio
Jingle produced with Adam Dawson for The Stephanie Miller Show. This song got heavy circulation on the radio, and has since been covered by bands around the country, led to numerous spinoff jingles, transposed into MIDI ringtones, and appeared in the Washington Post.
Written by Adam Dawson | Performed by Adam Dawson and Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Written by Adam Dawson | Performed by Adam Dawson and Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Jeff Nesmith Songs:
Lucky (Siena Kaya's song)
© 2007 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith, with Jarrett Nicolay, Paul Ottinger, Paul Chun and Toine la Rocke | Recorded at Rotary Club Studios, VA
Performed by Jeff Nesmith, with Jarrett Nicolay, Paul Ottinger, Paul Chun and Toine la Rocke | Recorded at Rotary Club Studios, VA
The Magician
© 2008 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Sweet Dreams, Katie
© 2006 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Call to Prayer
© 2003 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Dark, exotic piece, produced as a soundtrack for future video projects. Contemporary theme, evocative of social issues in the Middle East. Produced in GarageBand and Pro Tools, layered with Egyptian singing and samples from an Islamic call to prayer at London's Central Mosque.
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Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Performed by Jeff Nesmith | Recorded at Gypsy Studios
Worry Stones Music:
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The Lizard (LIVE)
© 2001 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Written by Jeff Nesmith | Performed by the Worry Stones | Recorded at the Lion's Den, NYC
Maybe (Rain on the Snow) (LIVE)
© 2002 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Written by Jeff Nesmith | Performed by the Worry Stones | Recorded at the State Theatre, VA
Hurricane (LIVE)
© 2004 Jeff Nesmith [ASCAP]
Written by Jeff Nesmith | Performed by the Worry Stones | Recorded at the Nightclub 9:30, DC