- Title: Trex Video
- Artist: Trex
- Timespan: 1984-2012
- Theme: songs from videos
- Length: 57:18
- Tracks: 24
- Lyrics: 18
- MP3s: 23 play all locally
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Track List
- Blanche Mold Jam
- Candlelit
- Jean Jacket Guitar
- Dubbed Music Video
- Video Medley
- Slouch
- Ferry Eve
- Ferry Eve Coda
- Someone Stole My Camera
- Very Much Enjoyed
- Post-Joy Noodle
- Ok
- You Might Think
- Fairbanking
- Videothon
- Videothon 2
- Xmas Noodles
- Mandolin Serenade
- Childlike Serenade
- We Have To
- Mount Cook Piano
- Potty Request
- Potty Song
Notes
These are songs which were originally recorded as videos.
At some point I might make the actual videos available, but for now you'll have to content yourself with the audio.
The title is a pun on a video rental store that I used to frequent.
Songs
Blanche Mold Jam
- Trex Video track 1
- recorded: 1984-12-29
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:18
- Travis Emmitt - piano
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This is a sloppy piano improv from a home video, with TV, talking, and kitchen noises in the background.
Candlelit
- Trex Video track 2
- recorded: 1987-10-12
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:47
- Travis Emmitt - Ccasio CT-310, talking
- Dave Emmitt - talking
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This was on a home video, right after my play "Candlelighting", which I recorded with my parents. During this clip, I was piddling around the house with some pre-recorded casio music playing in the background.
At the end of the clip, I started "interviewing" my dad.
Lyrics to "Candlelit":
trav: ??? not dad: what are you recording trav: i'm not dad: yes it is trav: it's recording now? dad: ??? trav: then it must have been left on trav: ??? the sign fell dad: well there's no are you dubbing? trav: i've got to interview you dad: no trav: i want an interview ready? dad: no trav: that's you're name, right? say correct dad: yes trav: do you accept the responsibility and the shame of being associated with one travis emmitt dad: no trav: producer of candlelighting dad: no trav: well, guess who's right behind your shoulder
Jean Jacket Guitar
- Trex Video track 3
- recorded: 1987-12-05
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:11
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar
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This was a bad guitar improv that I recorded on home video. It cuts off at the end. Thankfully.
Dubbed Music Video
- Trex Video track 4
- recorded: 1987-12-05
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:49
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, horn, talking
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This was my first attempt at making a music video. The video part was mostly me playing the keyboard and french horn, but then occasionally I walked around and showed different objects to the camera. The audio track was completely dubbed, and was a song I had recorded earlier.
I'm not sure if the audio was recorded (via tape recorder) at the same time as the video and then dubbed back on later, or if the videoed performance was lost forever. Tears streaming down my face at the thought.
Lyrics to "Dubbed Music Video":
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Video Medley
- Trex Video track 5
- recorded: 1987-12-06
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 10:36
- Travis Emmitt - keyboard, vocals
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This was a live keyboard medley I recorded on video. I was sitting in the dining room, with my back to the camera.
The songs were: "Red Joy", "Grapejuice" "Doltish Sonnet", and "Just Stupid".
The performance was pretty sloppy, and the audio cuts out in places, but otherwise this is pretty much par for the time period.
Lyrics to "Video Medley":
1 2 3 4 [red joy] there is one kind of person that i despise she has red joy in her eyes there is one kind of person that i can hate she has that red joy look across her face she had started by killing her mother got carried away, had to commit another commit another that's why she that's why her name is red joy, red joy, red joy red joy, red joy, red joy [grapejuice] my shoes have grapejuice on them there's a puddle of it on the floor mother is screaming bloody murder and then she points to the door hey didn't you know hey didn't you know hey didn't you know grapejuice stains the carpet carpet carpet carp carp carpet let's start this one over again my shoes have grapejuice on them there's a puddle of it on the floor mother is screaming bloody murder and then she points to the door hey didn't you know hey didn't you know that grapejuice stains carpet hey didn't you know hey didn't you know that grapejuice stains carpet dad comes home i'm still outside i'm too cold to talk and about to cry hey you better learn how to grow up hey you better loon soon about to cry he goes inside and leaves me here he greets my mom with "honey dear" hey hey what's he doing what's he doing out there on the porch out there on the porch hey hey what's he doing what's he doing out there out there on the porch actually that's my mom's voice well what shall i do? i feel a breeze without a coat i'm here to freeze hey, you should've thought of that earlier boy you're in for a surprise surprise surprise oh dry your eyes i try the door it's locked, oh no forecasters call for 5 feet of snow oh my god hey now, they're not always right, are they? about to cry my tears are ice my hands are dead my fingers have lost their healthy red hey tough break kiddo tough break kiddo tough break kiddo tough dad opens the door so i rush in i clean up the mess and i am forgiven i clean up the mess so i am forgiven [doltish sonnet] doltish sonnet doltish sonnet doltish sonnet doltish sonnet we though we had it made our hands were on the blade the enemy were dismayed and behind us in the distance a mother's children played our tactics you'd admire our forces you'd desire our purpose you'd inquire and we'd answer there's only one: to control the whole empire to control the whole empire to control the whole empire and then we entered battle on foot and in our saddle behind us all our cattle far away behind the cattle a baby shook his rattle but in the end we failed our valiants retreated frailed their faces bloodless and paled and somewhere in the distance a lonely child wailed waa waa waa waa waa we though we had it made we though we had it made our hands were on the blade our hands were on the blade the enemy were dismayed the enemy were dismayed behind us in the distance a mother's children played our tactics you'd admire our tactics you'd admire our forces you'd desire our forces you'd desire our purpose you'd inquire and we'd answer there's only one: to control the whole empire and then we entered battle on foot and in our saddle behind us all our cattle far away behind the cattle a baby shook his rattle a baby shook his rattle his rattle far away behind the cattle but in the end we failed our valiants retreated frailed their faces bloodless and paled and somewhere in the distance a lonely child wailed last one last one [just stupid] a 1 a 1 2 3 fat cat sitting on the window sill she topples over, falls off, and stays still skinny dog lying on the front porch steps breathing really slowly like the last will be next jessica dancing at the top of the stairs suddenly she slips and falls unaware of the danger the danger of being clutzy lazy or just plain ugly travis tries to strum a tune on the guitar he got from who knows whom mother is shutting the door to his room when all of a sudden down falls the moon with the danger the danger of being clutzy lazy or just plain ugly the world is not a perfect place especially for the human race this is awful
Slouch
- Trex Video track 6
- recorded: 1997-05-12
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:35
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
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I recorded this piano improv for a home video. I was slouching when I played it. It's pretty bad.
Lyrics to "Slouch":
i'm going to subject you to some awful awful awful happenings i gotta slouch in order to be seen i don't have anything to play so i'm gonna wing it oh yeah allright i'll play for real i gotta slouch ok trust me i don't usually play like this see if it doesn't sound good it's because of the microphone and your inability to assimilate all the fancy chords i'm playing
Ferry Eve
- Trex Video track 7
- recorded: 1997-07-03
- location: Bellingham
- length: 3:34
- Travis Emmitt - piano
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I recorded this piano improv (which was a video) in a practice room in Bellingham on the day before hopping on the ferry to head up to Alaska. It's not too horrible. I guess I was in a good mood.
Ferry Eve Coda
- Trex Video track 8
- recorded: 1997-07-03
- location: Bellingham
- length: 0:36
- Travis Emmitt - piano
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More piano noodling in Bellingham. Doesn't really work.
Someone Stole My Camera
- Trex Video track 9
- recorded: 1998-03-06
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:35
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
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I recorded this guitar-based song shortly after getting my video camera back after it had been stolen on a school hike. I recorded it with the camera itself.
Lyrics to "Someone Stole My Camera":
someone stole my camera but that's ok someone stole my camera but i got it back today someone stole my memories but that's ok someone stole my memories but i got them back today i got them back today yeah right you'll be amazed by the amount of sound that can come out of one string someone stole my camera but i got it back today
Very Much Enjoyed
- Trex Video track 10
- recorded: 1998-03-17
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:12
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
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This was a short guitar improv I recorded for Jess on my video camera.
Lyrics to "Very Much Enjoyed":
hi jess this is monday night just a brief hello anyway i very much enjoyed here i'll put on some background music i very much enjoyed visiting you at your school what am i saying you're not at school i am i very much enjoyed listening to you play your tunes what am i talking about i must be flying i very much enjoyed spending the week with you what am i talking about i spent it with my books i very much enjoyed spending the week with you don't you like brotherly communication
Post-Joy Noodle
- Trex Video track 11
- recorded: 1998-03-17
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:01
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar
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This was simple guitar noodling I recorded after "Very Much Enjoyed" (on the video for Jess).
Ok
- Trex Video track 12
- recorded: 1998-03-17
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:09
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
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Silly improv on guitar, recorded on the video for Jess.
Lyrics to "Ok":
ok i'll think of something to say ok i'll think of something to say o i'll i can't play loud 'cause all my suitemates are asleep otherwise i'll just blow the house down man
You Might Think
- Trex Video track 13
- recorded: 1998-03-17
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:50
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
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Lyrics to "You Might Think":
isn't that entertainment at its finest you don't think so well how about this come one stop wasting our time that's not true you might think that i'm wasting your time but i'm not you might think that i'm wasting my time but i'm certainly not you might think that i'm wasting my life but i'm not you might think that i don't have a life but i do i know that's pitiful but at least i can sing better that you [scat] all right i have to go to school bye bye
Fairbanking
- Trex Video track 14
- recorded: 1998-11-01
- location: Fairbanks
- length: 2:04
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
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I recorded this piano improv on video in a practice room at the university in Fairbanks, AK. It was extremely cold outside. In the middle of the improv I stop and comment about the cold.
Lyrics to "Fairbanking":
ewww ewww the microphone's busted i wonder if it's permanent or not oh well too much cold i guess all clumbsiness is due solely to the cold
Videothon
- Trex Video track 15
- recorded: 2001-07-08
- location: Yukon
- length: 2:39
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals
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First came "Marathon" (the piano track, recorded in Bellingham). Then came "Days Like These" (the first vocal track, recorded while driving on the Kenai Peninsula). And now we have the third and final track: vocals recorded while driving in the Yukon.
For simplicity, the lyrics listed below are the second layer of vocals only.
Lyrics to "Videothon ":
[scat] the kenai river is blue blue green the kenai river is blue blue green [scat] the kenai river is blue blue green the kenai river is blue blue green [scat] anyway that's 3 tracks of audio man heh heh heh this is called the poor traveling man's recording studio the piano was recorded in bellingham the first set of vocals was recorded on the way to homer and then of course right now it's recorded in canada it's a music video too [scat]
Videothon 2
- Trex Video track 16
- recorded: 2001-07-08
- location: Yukon
- length: 3:15
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals
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This is the second, faster part of "Videothon". I've separated it from the first because the tempo change and the fact that the background vocals contain a little profanity.
For simplicity, the lyrics listed below are the second layer of vocals only.
Lyrics to "Videothon 2":
[scat] ??? getting to the end of the tape ??? getting to the end of the tape gotta get to gotta get to gotta get to the end of the tape gotta get to gotta get to gotta get to the end of the tape gotta get to gotta get to gotta get to the end of the tape gotta get to gotta get to gotta get to the end of the tape [repeat]
Xmas Noodles
- Trex Video track 17
- recorded: 2001-12-23
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:07
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
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This is from a video of me noodling on piano while my family (and the TV) talked in the background. My one contribution to the conversation was to ask whether the stores were open, for some last-minute Christmas shopping.
Lyrics to "Xmas Noodles":
jess: ??? still there? ??? see all the presents ??? go ??? ??? kinda goes ??? ??? what mom: ??? jess: yes it is mom: ??? jess: ??? mom: ??? and all their other activities ??? jess: see this is much more condusive to an indoor space than to a hula hoop ??? right here mom: well miss jessica are you ready to go trav: you think the stores will be open today? mom: oh yes jess: yes, it would be ridiculous mom: travis was at the mall yesterday at fashion square boy jess: ???
Mandolin Serenade
- Trex Video track 18
- recorded: 2009-05-06
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:24
- Travis Emmitt - mandolin, talking
- Giovanna - talking
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This was a mandolin serenade that I captured on video.
Lyrics to "Mandolin Serenade":
giovanna: denali's gonna perform a roll trav: i'm the rock she's the roll ???
Childlike Serenade
- Trex Video track 19
- recorded: 2009-05-06
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:02
- Travis Emmitt - mandolin, talking
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More serenading on mandolin. This one doesn't sound improvised.
Lyrics to "Childlike Serenade":
want something more childlike? yay
We Have To
- Trex Video track 20
- recorded: 2009-10-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:42
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
- Giovanna - talking
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Lyrics to "We Have To":
trav: we have to encourage her we have to even if it results in repeated failure we have to pretend she's close to the desk even if she's not we have to encourage her ??? little bit of hurting though she's not hurting we have to say yes more than no 'cause she's slow we have to encourage her to be around art and make her own special artistic augmentations we pretend that it increases the value of the picture not that it ??? we pretend she's a little ??? drummer ??? something that's catchy and sellible and then one day she'll upgrade to tupperware and gymnastics more like electronics and probably photography giovanna: say bye trav: bye bye giovanna: bye
Mount Cook Piano
- Trex Video track 21
- recorded: 2009-12-19
- location: Mount Cook Village
- length: 1:25
- Travis Emmitt - piano
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We were exploring a hotel at Mount Cook Village and I found a piano. I recorded this quiet improv on video.
Potty Request
- Trex Video track 22
- recorded: 2011-07-05
- location: Dunedin
- length: 0:17
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar
- Giovanna - talking
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I don't often get requests. This one was captured on video.
Lyrics to "Potty Request":
let's sing about the potty song about going in the potty that one that you were singing earlier was so amazing was superlative
Potty Song
- Trex Video track 23
- recorded: 2011-07-05
- location: Dunedin
- length: 1:55
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
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This was a short, pre-written song about toilet training, captured on video.
Lyrics to "Potty Song":
all right this is like take 10 poopie poopie poopie in the potty no more diaper duty for mommy you've got to poopie poopie poopie in the potty listen to your mommy; don't be mommy every time you poo you can see what passes through poopie poopie poopie in the potty yes i'm talking to you denali you've got to poopie poopie poopie in the potty no more stinky diapers for daddy ooh p u who little poopie oobie ooie you that stunk
North Road
- Trex Video track 24
- recorded: 2012-05-06
- location: Dunedin
- length: 1:15
- Travis Emmitt - acoustic guitar, vocals
Another acoustic guitar improv, captured on video.
I had to censor this. Sorry!