Music Artist

Bud Melvin

Blending cutting-edge 8-bit music with Americana smarts, banjoist/programmer Bud Melvin is an unequivocal original, even among the sonic renegades of the Game Boy scene. Though bending Nintendo's devices to unintended ends offers an inherently techno-political commentary, Melvin is something more: a good, old-fashioned songwriter. Discovering that the warm, staccato bleeps of a vintage handheld–sequenced with special software–were a perfect match for high, lonesome Scruggs-style fingerpicking, the Albuquerque-based musician invented a new vocabulary for himself and the world.

Links: Official site · FMA profile

Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

10

Albums

3

Total audio

40m 51s

FMA listens

9,420

Favourites

50

Avg bitrate

243 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Electronic1
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 8
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 1
  • Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 1

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Sun Salutation657,64420013m 50s3,181
The New New Real Real Folk BluesChip Music Is Dead20074m 30s1,036
Funky Conveyor Belt657,64420011m 58s987
1 plus 1=1 plus 1Numerology20054m 52s919
Gajanana657,64420012m 12s772
These are the Best Days657,64420012m 32s658
Baby Brother657,64420016m 30s567
The Strife of Love in a Dream657,64420011m 51s489
Perpetual Dolesome Machine657,64420018m 50s429
Devika Nandana657,64420013m 46s382

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
1–3 min440%
3–6 min440%
Over 6 min220%

Release Timeline

8
2001
1
2005
1
2007

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  6. 73 Gorowski tracks
  7. 64 Anitek tracks
  8. 63 transient tracks

Track Catalogue

10 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
The New New Real Real Folk Blues [297] Chip Music Is Dead 2007 Electronic 4m 30s 1,036 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
1 plus 1=1 plus 1 [10, 15, 296] Numerology 2005 4m 52s 919 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Sun Salutation [58, 297] 657,644 2001 3m 50s 3,181 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Funky Conveyor Belt [58, 297] 657,644 2001 1m 58s 987 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Gajanana [58, 297] 657,644 2001 2m 12s 772 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Perpetual Dolesome Machine [58, 297] 657,644 2001 8m 50s 429 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Devika Nandana [58, 297] 657,644 2001 3m 46s 382 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
These are the Best Days [58, 297] 657,644 2001 2m 32s 658 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
The Strife of Love in a Dream [58, 297] 657,644 2001 1m 51s 489 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Baby Brother [58, 297] 657,644 2001 6m 30s 567 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.