PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR WACKY MACHINE-GENERATED VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTIONS TO ME. 
I PUT THEM TO MUSIC. SOMETIMES WITH AUDIENCE HELP.

Last weekend I was at PodCamp AZ (a new media conference) experimenting with something I called "voicemuze LIVE" - creating these songs live with the help of the live audience.

I didn't know what to expect but we had a great time and ended up recording a few new songs for the site. I hope you enjoy this first one - the audience picked which submission I would use, the style I'd do it in and the key.

Here's the original submission from my friend Tyler Hurst:

Yeah, Tyler, this is Mike Tyson summer is going to come. I got a message from Randy that you needed a tea time for sometime next week be happy to do that for you. Justgimme a call at [REDACTED]. We'll take care of it. Thank you. Bye bye.

If you enjoy the beatbox (or beanie) thing, you'll not hate Tomorrow Is Now.

Have your own logic-defying voice transcription? Send it to me here.

Thanks to my friend Merlin U Ward for shooting for me at PodCamp.

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Tomorrow I'll be presenting at PodCamp AZ in Tempe. I'll be serving on a podcasting panel and I'll be doing something I'm calling "voicemuze LIVE"

My plan is to bring some of my backlog of amazing voicemuze submissions (poorly machine-transcribed voicemails), let the audience pick which ones to do, the instruments i use, and the style i do it in. I also plan on sampling some audience memebers for some of the beats.

I don't know exactly what to expect, but I'm pretty excited - it should be a fairly rad time. I hope you all come out and I'm able to get decent footage to share with all of you.

PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR AMAZING MACHINE-GENERATED VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTIONS TO ME. 
I PUT THEM TO MUSIC FOR FUN AND PROFIT.

My good friend, and dapper man-about-town Matthew Petro submitted this lovely Google Voice transcription...

So if you cannot possibly is good. And there's just no way, I will see you. 18 phone calls. Henry you 180 Email It is about. Don't call me back at one more time, alright, thank you bye.

I spent a couple minutes working on what became the refrain/chorus at the end, then hit record. I hope none of you call Henry back, alright? Thank you bye.

And for those of you who want to get to the point, I give you the edited-down audio-only version.

18 Phone Calls (edit) by krysvs

The first live-looping, beatboxy voicemuze: Tomorrow Is Now.

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PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR ODD MACHINE-GENERATED VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTIONS TO ME. 
I PUT THEM TO MUSIC.

A phoenix improviser and designerator named Nina gave me this great transcription...

This is funny houses mother company here. Both to both of you. I'd. Can you please call me. Are you guys going to Michael's I wanna know so that way I can figure thing Jose. So, okay, so please call me here at home, cos I'm about to leave in about 30 minutes okay bye bye.

For whatever reason, i really felt it necessary to channel a certain irish band for this tune... enjoy.

Ok Jose by krysvs

This was a pretty fun one, I hope y'all dig it.

If Ok Jose has you itching for more cultural diversity, check out This Is A Black Woman.

And don't forget to share your ridiculous voicemail transcriptions.

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I PUT THEM TO MUSIC. HILARITY ENSUES. 

Today's rock and/or roll voicemail transcription comes to us from Greg Taylor. 

This message is intended for all. Greg, pedro. Hey, have a second you receive this message. I need you. All, you retain Tony all. Frank it to return the call. The issue at hand He's extremely time sensitive. My name's these Kevin. It is it. See you bought the line to my division is [numbers]. I repeat that [numbers] Full So obviously got this message. You return the call. Now, hey, If you're going to return the call, ought I don't. If you call me on Tony, you know. The only thing I can do is, wish you. good luck. Here's the situation on phones on you goodbye

A lot of content there, but one thing is sure, this guy wants Greg, or pedro, or Frank, or "all" to return his freaking call. Kevin and Tony are flakes, he's not expecting a call from them any time soon. Let's see what Pinking Lark has to say about this...

Return The Call by krysvs  

Maybe next time I'll put it in a slightly lower key. :)

If you like hard rock, you will probably like Absolutely Website.

Have your own gem of a voicemail transcription? Submit it here.

MY ONLINE FRIENDS SEND ME THEIR FUNKY MACHINE-GENERATED VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTIONS.
I PUT THEM TO MUSIC. HILARITY ENSUES. 

I know, I know, it's been a long time.

Just trust me when I say things got nutty.

I decided to go the live improvised route for this entry from my man Evo Terra.

He submitted 4 funky transcriptions at once, but I chose the following two.

Hey and I am Hi, I'm just jumping on think the gotten on country fun and on my way, so I need to know where I'm going. Love you bye.

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I also money is. Love you, Mom. 

Really, these things sing themselves. :)
Behold the video!

[edit] It turned out longer than I had intended. The audio version below has been trimmed down quite a bit, but still includes all the elements.

Love You Mom - (song only edit) by krysvs

If you like the beatbox (or beanie) thing, you'll probably enjoy Tomorrow Is Now.

Have your own voice transcription madness? Send it to me here.

Thanks to my friend Mike Jones for designing the lightbulb for my shirt.

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I PUT THEM TO MUSIC. HILARITY ENSUES. 

Today's epic voicemail transcription comes to us from Lxndr. And it's fairly epic.

Got her Jason, Shelly chariots are probably Hensley, gimme a call back. Please. Please, please, please, please gimme a call back okay.

I mean look at that. It's short, but includes CHARIOTS and a rather impassioned plea. The only thing that would make this more epic? Falsetto harmony.

Chariots (Are Probably Hensley) by krysvs 

I was a little lopsided on this one, spending the vast majority of my time in the last half, which meant the verse was basically improvised after I finished the chorus.

Fond of electric guitars, dude harmony, and a fairly nonsenical chorus? You will also enjoy Absolutely Website.

Have your own awful voicemail transcription? Submit it here.

PEOPLE SUBMIT THEIR ODD MACHINE-GENERATED VOICEMAIL TRANSCRIPTIONS TO ME. 
I PUT THEM TO MUSIC.

My friend and moustache enthusiast Brian sent me this stellar voicemail transcription (featuring the strongest opening line yet).

This is a black woman. I want to Sue will, connect with you And ask you some questions about certain information that should go in the visualization I would like to. If you get this out. The Date possible because you know that to kind of to cover the designed rating. But I think she's day next weekend. Stef I sent. So, please gimme a call when you get a chance.

I usually don't concern myself with what the actual voicemail contained... but I remain curious about that opening line.

I hope you like my treatment - click below to play.

This Is A Black Woman by krysvs

A couple things about how this song came to be...

When I first received this submission, I thought I might go with a more soulful sound... but I went a slightly different direction.

In my last post, I mentioned that I like to try to keep things improvisational when I can. I was able to do that with this one - I picked up the guitar, fumbled my way through it once to get an idea for what I might do, recorded some leg pats for rhythm, then recorded acoustic and vocal on one mic. There's something wrong with my guitar. You can hear the wood rattle.

If you like the more improvised feel, check out Tomorrow Is Now - It's largely improvised as well.

And finally, thanks to my friend Matt Butson for being a good sport about being the cover art for this track :)

A quick note about my process.

People submit poorly transcribed voicemails.

I look through all the submissions for stuff that hits me just right. This is usually a combination of ridiculousness and a phrase that I think would make a good hook. I try to set a few aside during the week.

Then on the weekend, after my kids go to sleep, I get all my gear out and set it up at the kitchen table.

I bang out as much as I can in a couple hours. So far, it looks like it will yield 2-3 songs.

I try to improvise as much as possible. Sometimes I obsess over a section or concept a bit more than I should, but my goal is to go from concept to completion in one sitting. 

This means the tunes aren't perfect, but it keeps it fun for me. And it works as a sort of forced-creativity excercise which has its own benefits.

I hope y'all dig it and share your favorites.

thanks!

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I PUT THEM TO MUSIC.

My boy Mark Dudlik submitted this delightful Google Voice transcription.

"Yeah, hey buddy. It's call. Have a very good. Whatever, it's sold out of something that's really willing to balls, Hello, this is local. Some of those sorts of when you can wait, Roebuck. Bill some level, so let me know that. Where's. How are you. I don't know what's up dude like black and white one go up so I don't know there's something wrong with call matt. She's."

the phrase "Have a very good whatever" grabbed my attention, and seemed to need some heavy synth backing.

Next thing I know, I've dragged my lovely bride into it...

She was a good sport, considering most people don't generally sing nonsense words. :)

please enjoy the track below.

A Very Good Whatever by krysvs

If you dig the electropop vibe, check out Shane, my very first voicemuze track.

Previous Voicemuze - Tomorrow Is Now