RPM 2021
Vocals - Ben Parks, Violin - Laurel Morgan Parks, Solo Guitar - Stan Jones
just as the sun
will rise again tomorrow
your choice is made
to live with all this pain and sorrow
what does the world
require from it…
from the album "the Machine"
blinking lights, on my face
so bright, it's a show
inside, and it feels
so right
starless road, and the air's
too cold, makes me feel
so old, but this tales
been told
and I can't ration with my mind
tequila…
from the album 50
vocals Alejandro Olivares
lead guitar Dan Upton
search for so long to belong a place to go thats my own where everything is real the walls are never cold tell you how I feel while I am growing old and I am coming home to…
from the album 50
vocals Matt Ferarra
the canyon walls are closing in the path before us disappears too late to turn around too late to turn around the sun is setting further the darkness soon will follow too late to turn around too late…
from the album 50
vocals Alejandro Olivares
lead guitar Dan Upton
search for so long to belong a place to go thats my own where everything is real the walls are never cold tell you how I feel while I am growing old and I am coming home to…
from the album "the Machine"
it's hard without a heart
pretending to care
watching with greed and spite
you're unaware
you'll never see the ghost inside the machine
you're weak and all alone
that's why you fail
programmed to fix the…
from the album "the Machine"
nothings wrong with me
it's all in your mind
everything's ok
and I am feeling fine
must be some mistake
or you've misunderstood
whatever you might think
everything is good, so good
the power is still on…
from the album "the Machine"
it's hard without a heart
pretending to care
watching with greed and spite
you're unaware
you'll never see the ghost inside the machine
you're weak and all alone
that's why you fail
programmed to fix the…
this is the first song I wrote for my wife. it is an actually step by step of our first date.
she opened the door and stood there smiling
this exchange between us lasted forever
so i took her in my car and went to eat some vietnamese food…
from the album "the Machine"
such delight to find you
in my mind moving
around my point of view
press escape, there's no return
once you made the choice
it's yours but you can not refuse
whats your game, once you choose
stack the deck…
from the album "the Machine"
I am not the catalyst
I'm not the pistol, the stamen, the seed
creation abandoned me
I am not the catalyst
there are books with words i've never seen
which makes me love them even more
I'm not the hero, I…
from the album "the Machine"
it's hard without a heart
pretending to care
watching with greed and spite
you're unaware
you'll never see the ghost inside the machine
you're weak and all alone
that's why you fail
programmed to fix the…
from the album "the Machine"
nothings wrong with me
it's all in your mind
everything's ok
and I am feeling fine
must be some mistake
or you've misunderstood
whatever you might think
everything is good, so good
the power is still on…
from the album "the Machine"
nothings wrong with me
it's all in your mind
everything's ok
and I am feeling fine
must be some mistake
or you've misunderstood
whatever you might think
everything is good, so good
the power is still on…
Listened to the whole album. Excellent stuff. As always, really enjoyed it. Had a bit of a "lighters in the air moment" going with this last track - nice one.
from the album "Sunny, sorta..."
Bethan Mathis w/Brian Bazeley, Paul Lennon Tess Savigear.
the queen on the bed is not breathing so well
better tell her mother, better call the doctor
the queen on the bed so lovely and white
I can barely…
back where i was born
you learn pretty early on to leave well enough alone
just settle in and watch the world around you spin
there's nowhere else to go when you live in a snow globe
i knew this kid who couldn't wait to pack it in
and break…
don't ask me out to a movie
cause i'm not gonna go
don't tell me you're having a party
cause i already know
it's an 80's theme
i saw it in my stream
but i didn't accept or decline
i just said maybe
and maybe means no
maybe always means…
VERSE I
Lettuce in first
To build a foundation
Everything else is up to you
It these choices
that you make, pour it on
that create the moment you have waited for
PRE CH
These tines, plunging in
CHORUS
And we are all so intricate…
I've been obsessed with this song since I watched a Rick Beato video that called out how the awesome guitar solo was criminally buried in the mix. Plus, it's yacht rock, and if there's one thing I love, it's yacht rock. So I set out to record…
You wouldn't know if from my uploads over the last few months, but I rarely record covers, mostly because you hear what's WRONG, not what's RIGHT. But I had a theme of Earth, Wind, & Fire for September, so I decided to take on a huge song…
from the album "Uniform"
she hides her heart under the pillow
waiting for the good fairy to come
replace this worn and broken thing
with a heart that can feel again
she's never sure which night will be her lucky one
but she anticipates…
Hello.
Well Hello!
Hello Pillow,
How do you do?
I'm doing mighty fine thank you,
How about you?
Fancy a snooze?
Let's go to sleep right now x 3
Right now. Night now.
Hello.
Hello Pillow,
And what a shitter of a day.
Never…
My dear friend Brent Kinder asked for some covers of his AFC songs, and this is my attempt at covering the excellent song Sideways from his Orange album, which is available on Alonetone in its original form. I'll include the link here, but I'm…
Brent wrote a song. A really good song.
I asked for his session file. I replaced his drum and keyboard sounds and remixed things.
I added a second guitar and some strings.
I created an odd percussion track.
Then I recorded my own vocals…
“Shine” by Wilson Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge.
Outtake from the 2022 RPM Challenge Sessions. Just one of those songs that doesn't seem to work. Wanted to recut the vocals because they were basically scratch…
“Shine” by Wilson Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge.
Outtake from the 2022 RPM Challenge Sessions. Just one of those songs that doesn't seem to work. Wanted to recut the vocals because they were basically scratch…
RPM 2022. I finished a song.. does that count?
Well the early bird
Catches the worm
Eats it up
And shits it out
Onto the lawn
And into the dirt
Where the worms crawl
And use the soil to form
To be eaten once more
By the early birds…
When the shivers go right down your spine like a river
Or the whiplash from turning your head to the coast
Brace, the stormfront breaching outside,
Every tree, bends like a dragons tail
We lean our bodies toward the headwinds
turning our…
When the shivers go right down your spine like a river
Or the whiplash from turning your head to the coast
Brace, the stormfront breaching outside,
Every tree, bends like a dragons tail
We lean our bodies toward the headwinds
turning our…
Can you feel it, in your teeth
It is hiding, smoldering
In the shadows, of your mind
Where there's smoke there's surely fire
Are you evil, in disguise
Feel the acid, start to rise
Ever shameful, hide the guilt
Always lapping at the flames…
Cross my heart, and hope to live forever
If we’re wishing we might as well jump
Bittersweet, sepia tones rolling down the canyon,
Turning my head
So long this long refrain
So long we’ll meet again
Flying past though leave no trails…
For the first time in 13 years Grant sent me some lyrics. I added a verse and then spent the month of February waiting for the song to give me a direction. It did on about the 24th. Originally this was sunny and upbeat.
Keep it quiet kids…
We decided to give the kids an outlet that wasn’t pandemic or lockdown based this February, and made an album as a family for the RPM Challenge 2021. It was just the most precious, funny, brilliant month.
We decided to give the kids an outlet that wasn’t pandemic or lockdown based this February, and made an album as a family for the RPM Challenge 2021. It was just the most precious, funny, brilliant month.
Comments on angie fights crime's stuff
*zippo in the air*
I really enjoyed this one good vocal guitar mix
great song, vocal and lead!
You're making me drift back to the '70s .....
Ooh, I do like this alot ....
This fires up a treat
Well, you've got my attention. Some great stuff.
Ooooh crunchy! Love
Beautiful.
This makes me nostalgic for underground 80's music...It's so RICH and imaginative.
I like the rhythm to this one - it has a very distinctive [chugging?] sort of motion to it.
The Machine works for me Bravo!
Digging this album
Tool-ish vibes!
Listened to the whole album. Excellent stuff. As always, really enjoyed it. Had a bit of a "lighters in the air moment" going with this last track - nice one.
GREAT album! It just keeps getting stronger and stronger and closes with this outstanding track. Well done!!!
Nope. I lied. New favorite, this one.
Yup, this is my favorite song on the album (well, at least so far - I've got three tracks left)!
Too good...I like this song.
Hi kids, Your ole' Uncle Paul here just checking in on you. Hope all is well with all of you. Drop me a line sometime. Geasjustice@gmail.com
Comments made by angie fights crime
great album, as usually, love you guys.
this has a beatles feel to it love it.
you should add lyrics to your works. i love this btw.
love
one of my favorites
i think sometimes, this was a challenge, and i succeeded.
love it
so awesome!
Love it!!!
this is better than all the other things you did this month.
i love you wilson, but you're trying too hard to make people not like you
amaz-balls
i take it back, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be my friend!!!!!!!!!! THIS SONG!
i hate you, you are my enemy from here on out.
this is a miracle
JESUS CHRIST THAT GUITAR SOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice
so many words
the best, sleep in on Sunday indeed.
i'm noticing a theme with Matt's songs, is he ok?