Big Joe Silence

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For a Ray Wilson (MFOS) tribute album. Performed on a Korg SR-120 beatbox and a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak analogue synthesizer.
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Rough mix of a work in progress that has been gestating since late May 2013. still working out the lyrics/vocal parts. dunno if there will eventually be keys and/or synths.
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"Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns." synths used: - Korg DW-8000 - Roland D-50 - Emu Proteus 1000 the last time i will EVER do this much tedious MIDI sequencing. so over it…
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this is me working out the opening and chorus of a new song for a band i just kinda rejoined. figured i'd post since there's a certain rockness to it that i find appealing. i'll post the completed tune later, but first i gotta reorganise my…
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Written in the mid-90s and recorded several times. this is the last one from 2002. i played all of the instruments and Tom Higgins did the vocal.
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Dreamy, dirty, synth echoes over a CR-78 beat.
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Just a brief bass, guitar, and electric piano vamp.
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Free the bubbles at the bottom of your stein. The world is counting on you.
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Minimalistic dubstep: drums, bass, atmospherics.
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A trip to Disneyland.
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A trip to Disneyland.
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METAL. Drums, guitar, bass, and distortion.
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Drums, upright bass, and electric piano in 7/8.
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Straw Drawing improv jam at the Grackle Joe Blair-12 string elect. gtr. Mark Cook-Warr guitar Kavin.-gtr Darryl Wood-electronics Darrin Kobetich-dobro
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Recorded in 2006. Joe Silence - guitars, beats, vocals Mark Cook - fretless and 12-string basses Originally written by Russell Cowser. New arrangement and additional material by Joe Blair.
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Guest said

I wrote and recorded the original extremely low-fi tape at home in 1984 on a Tascam four-track.. Its flattering to have others recording their own versions. Its also interesting how different people hear the lyrics differently. For example the line sung here as "spotlight on a wake" was actually "spotlights on a wig" as i wrote it. Lol. Thanks for covering my greatest non-hit.

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Recorded in 2005. The keyboard sound in the second half is a backwards electric piano processed through a triggered filter (kind of like a Mutron III). Muted the vocals cos I'm not too pleased with the lyrics or performance.
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kavin. said

Has kind of a demo quality at the beginning, but develops nicely!

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Rough mix of a work in progress that has been gestating since late May 2013. still working out the lyrics/vocal parts. dunno if there will eventually be keys and/or synths.
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Galileo's Cough Drop said

I dig it. Has an epic feel.

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Rough mix of a work in progress that has been gestating since late May 2013. still working out the lyrics/vocal parts. dunno if there will eventually be keys and/or synths.
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Andrew Russe said

Wooo - I like what you've got so far

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"Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns." synths used: - Korg DW-8000 - Roland D-50 - Emu Proteus 1000 the last time i will EVER do this much tedious MIDI sequencing. so over it…
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Guest said

...yes, the night the dead are raised to dance their macabre dance - not a piece for guitar, I think. Nicely done.

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I’m a fan of spaceship noises and haunted planetscapes.

I love phase shifters and long, sarcastic walks on the beach.

I’m also half of the electromechanical ambient duo Oil On Canvas and was previously a member of King Ink in the early 90s.

These tunes generally represent my more pop/accessible side.

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