Look What I Made - DIY indie music podcast with Kevin Pike

113 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

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 111 - Chippy

March 07, 2024 22:50 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MB

Chip-style groove combining 5-string American banjo, 4-string Brazilian cavaco banjo, alto sax, bass guitar and drums. Crazy funky tight groove.

Episode 110 - C'mon and Get It Now

October 06, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes - 19.6 MB

Funky instrumental track with the unusual pairing of baritone saxophone and banjo

Episode 109 - non kon siefe dui/Astriela

March 23, 2023 16:00 - 5 minutes - 11.3 GB

This song combines child vocals, playing a guitar using a credit card as a pick, alto and baritone saxes, mandolin and glockenspiel.

Episode 108 - Emergence from the Basement

December 28, 2022 22:35 - 12 minutes - 28.8 MB

This song captures the emotion of isolation and then reemergence experienced during the pandemic. It's a combination of free jazz and through-composed music.

Episode 107 - Ain't Over Till It's Over

November 11, 2022 14:30 - 13 minutes - 31.3 MB

progressive jazz featuring alto sax, bari sax, lap steel guitar, electric bass and percussion

Episode 106 - Ctrl Shift Alt

April 15, 2022 14:30 - 10 minutes - 23.4 MB

uptempo frenetic funk featuring alto sax, electric bass, drums and funk banjo

Episode 105 - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

May 28, 2021 18:30 - 8 minutes - 18.5 MB

The Cannonball Adderly classic played as a country funk banjo jam

Episode 104 - For Thee We Do Abide

April 11, 2021 18:30 - 6 minutes - 15.2 MB

sax and banjo in a gospel/roots music treatment of a hymn

Episode 103 - Whatever It Takes

January 07, 2021 18:30 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MB

Imagine Dragons cover on banjo

Episode 102 - Segue

November 07, 2020 18:30 - 9 minutes - 21.4 MB

Groovy little instrumental featuring kalimba, ocarina, flute, wow bell, wah-wah pedals and saxophones.

Episode 101 - Can't Stand Your Funk

October 16, 2020 19:50 - 7 minutes - 17.2 MB

Funky solo banjo arrangement of a tune by John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Episode 100 - O Trem Azul

August 30, 2020 19:50 - 11 minutes - 26.1 MB

My daughter joins me on the podcast for my 100th episode. We perform a sax/piano duet of a song from Clube da Esquina.

Episode 99 - The Rockinest Band

June 09, 2020 19:50 - 6 minutes - 15.6 MB

the ROCKINEST BAND that you never heard

Episode 98 - You Can't Always Get What You Want

February 25, 2020 19:50 - 7 minutes - 16.6 MB

Solo banjo arrangement of the Rolling Stones classic You Can't Always Get What You Want

Episode 97 - Beethoven Pathetique

January 05, 2020 19:50 - 7 minutes - 16.4 MB

Classical Jazz: my jazz ballad arrangement of Beethoven's Adagio Cantabile from the Pathetique Piano Sonata

Episode 96 - Something for Cat

June 28, 2019 19:50 - 8 minutes - 19 MB

Arrangement of a Henry Mancini composition featuring alto sax

Episode 95 - Sweet Emotion

May 23, 2019 19:50 - 9 minutes - 22.4 MB

solo banjo cover of Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion

Episode 94 - Chained to the Rhythm

October 23, 2018 19:50 - 8 minutes - 20.1 MB

cover version of the Katy Perry pop song

Episode 93 - Keep the Pin Steady

September 29, 2018 19:50 - 10 minutes - 23.4 MB

nineties-era groove track updated in 2018 with distorted saxophone and electronic toy sound effects

Episode 92 - nayete

June 25, 2018 19:50 - 9 minutes - 22.2 MB

world music ballad featuring recorder, sax, piano, guitar and percussion

Episode 91 - In The Summer Times

January 05, 2018 19:50 - 14 minutes - 32.1 MB

trumpet + alto sax + bari sax + wah wah guitar = funky jazz jam

Episode 90 - 68940

November 30, 2017 19:50 - 12 minutes - 28.6 MB

triple up sax/banjo/bass on the melody and groove out

Episode 89 - DH Funk

July 28, 2017 19:50 - 5 minutes - 12.5 MB

funky mandolin, funky sax

Episode 89 - Summer Song

July 28, 2017 19:50 - 12 minutes - 28.8 MB

a good time summer song about summer songs

Episode 88 - Crowdsource Waltz

June 12, 2017 19:50 - 5 minutes - 11.6 MB

A waltz made out of crowd noise and middle school band pre-concert warmups

Episode 87 - The Fifth Parallel

May 17, 2017 19:50 - 11 minutes - 25.5 MB

Funky Saxophone Madness, plus drums!

Episode 86 - Mr. Badass

April 22, 2017 19:50 - 14 minutes - 32.6 MB

This piece features tenor sax and a killer bass line. Inspired by the Grover Washington Jr classic Mr Magic.

Episode 85 - The Ol' Ballgame

April 01, 2017 19:50 - 6 minutes - 15.9 MB

I combine the sounds from my old 1980 Sears Electronic Baseball Game with alto sax and dugout noise from a Little League Baseball game.

Episode 84 - Bag o' Tricks

February 27, 2017 19:50 - 21 minutes - 49.6 MB

jazz/funk composition featuring lap steel guitar and flute

Episode 83 - TRASH-80

December 30, 2016 19:50 - 14 minutes - 32.4 MB

a funky tribute to the old TRS-80 computer featuring keyboard and electric bass, plus sounds from the original Radio Shack TRASH-80

Episode 82 - Peace of Mind

November 20, 2016 19:50 - 7 minutes - 16.7 MB

a song I wrote in the mid-nineties, featuring household percussion (scissors, rubber band and key ring)

Episode 81 - That Big Ol Chunka Funk is Back

September 14, 2016 19:50 - 13 minutes - 31.3 MB

funky new version of Big Ol Chunka Funk with more saxophone parts and solos

Episode 80 - Bring It On Home (redux)

August 03, 2016 19:50 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MB

laid-back soul jazz featuring alto and baritone sax

Episode 79 - Home Away from Home

May 03, 2016 19:50 - 11 minutes - 26.7 MB

Saxophone and drums jam over ostinato bass

Episode 78 - More

April 25, 2016 19:50 - 12 minutes - 27.8 MB

I go deep in the vault to find a fun indie pop song I recorded in the mid-nineties

Episode 77 - The Sound of Things

April 11, 2016 19:50 - 28 minutes - 64.3 MB

A contemporary symphony in 4 movements

Episode 76 - Out of the Plains

March 13, 2016 19:50 - 15 minutes - 35.3 MB

This piece combines hurdy gurdy with baritone sax, alto sax and drums.

Episode 75 - Magic

March 01, 2016 19:50 - 8 minutes - 18.7 MB

This piece combines saxophone, music box and fireworks with 2 kids and 2 adults playing handheld percussion instruments. It's about the truly magical events in your life.

Episode 74 - Green Sky

February 06, 2016 19:50 - 12 minutes - 28.4 MB

This piece evokes the power of a storm in the great plains, complete with tornado sirens, rain, thunder and wind.

Episode 73 - A Walk in the Nonlinear Matrix

February 02, 2016 19:50 - 11 minutes - 26.5 MB

A piece about the ever-changing landscape due to population sprawl, combining field recordings of a residential neighborhood with traditional instruments