"Gilligan's Island" was (pick one): (a) the stupidest sitcom ever produced; or (b) a brilliant piece of absurdist theater.
The correct answer may be (a), but if you chose (b), there is a good argument there. No matter what (and despite the number…
Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
Another workshop project. "Write something beginning in the future tense." Not perfect, but it was a fun exercise. For anyone trying to count it, the time signature is in 8, but the 1, 4, and 7 and 8 are accented. Then for the chorus the feel…
Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
this song i recorded about 4 yrs ago and have since remastered it , all brass / strings /played on my keyboard , bass/ rthm /lead guitar . vocals backing vocals / mandolin , played by myself. thanks for your time .....cheers tony cee
this song i recorded about 4 yrs ago and have since remastered it , all brass / strings /played on my keyboard , bass/ rthm /lead guitar . vocals backing vocals / mandolin , played by myself. thanks for your time .....cheers tony cee
Dude, that's killer. I'm a hack horn player and most of the time, keyboard horn sounds feel cheesy to me, but between the quality of the synth sound and your deft handling, they sound great here!
Online songwriting workshop tossed me a fun challenge -- write a winter holiday (read "Christmas") song. I am no fan of Christmas songs, neither traditional nor pop, so this kinda pagan thing came out. :-)
If you don't know who Daniel Johnston was, start with his Wikipedia page, then be sure to find the "Jeremiah the Innocent" street art -- a stalk-eyed alien frog who asks, "Hi! How are you?"
Dave Smith passed away this week. His Desktop Evolver was the first hardware synth to capture my imagination and it's a core part of my instrument today. RIP Dave.
Burning Eyes is the precuel for Four Walls it tells the story of crimes of this man and how he doesn't recognize himself once he looks his own reflect in a puddle of water... enjoy!
**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 13
Written Saturday 19th February 2022
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UPDATE: 8 Hours after posting I just spotted that I listened to and favourited a song called... um... "We're Done" by oldfolks2 - check it out…
There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods
A barred owl called and I understood
Nocturnal presence flew silently by
I tried…
There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods
A barred owl called and I understood
Nocturnal presence flew silently by
I tried…
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.
Comments on EstudioChispa's stuff
Cool live vibe here. Sitting 'round and jamming' with some friends. Oh, I vote for "c", both :-)
👍🏻👍🏻
10. Like a Nickel in a World of Dimes 3:05 goes hard!!!
Nice! - my favorite Baja singer songwriter!!!
Like the energy and spirit of this song. It's a keeper!
I like it! 😊
another catchy tune ,......cheers tony cee
nice work catchy tune .......cheers tony cee
Could definitely benefit from a bass line, yeah?
Love this song! Being an August baby in hot Texas, I can relate.
sounds great , love the rythm , great vocals , and lyrics .......cheers tony cee
i enjoyed this tune ......cheers tony cee
Oooof! This is a rough rough recording. Sorry! I'll try to re-do this SHORTLY!
This is now a new version of this track. Original 165 bpm was terribly slow. This one is better, IMHO, at 190.
Like this one too....
Again... nice song!
Nice one for the studio!
Well done Russ!
You continue to hone your craft. Bravo!
Great folk song
Comments made by EstudioChispa
Could definitely benefit from a bass line, yeah?
Also, very nice work on the solo. "Just the right amount of notes!" <= if you know what I mean!
Dude, that's killer. I'm a hack horn player and most of the time, keyboard horn sounds feel cheesy to me, but between the quality of the synth sound and your deft handling, they sound great here!
Awesome!
Oooof! This is a rough rough recording. Sorry! I'll try to re-do this SHORTLY!
This is now a new version of this track. Original 165 bpm was terribly slow. This one is better, IMHO, at 190.
Great groove, brilliant instrumentation. I'd be interested -- two tracks? Guitar and mandolin? Sounds great!
If you don't know who Daniel Johnston was, start with his Wikipedia page, then be sure to find the "Jeremiah the Innocent" street art -- a stalk-eyed alien frog who asks, "Hi! How are you?"
Definitely diggin' it. Here's to Dave Smith!
Great slide sound!
¡Puros choyeros metales! Saludos del centro histórico -- ¡me gusta el tiempo tan rápido!
Muy padre.
Love the vinyl crackle... :-)
Groovy!
That's a good song. I like the "acoustic demo," but do you also envision this as a rocker (2 guitars, bass, and drums)? I think it'd kill.
Oh, and GREAT PIPES part!
I like the "leave it at that for now" intro! Let the listener fill in the background; you've sketched out the foreground quite nicely.
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
A story song; everybody needs a story song in the repertoire.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.