A funky tune about my step-dad. This is an out-take from my RPM09 effort. I used the rock version for the cd, though in retrospect I think this version is better! Oh, well...
A funky tune about my step-dad. This is an out-take from my RPM09 effort. I used the rock version for the cd, though in retrospect I think this version is better! Oh, well...
wanted to thank you for telling me aboout Fred Eaglesmith. i sure do relate. ocationally folks will say i remind them of captian hook. i could hear that as well with fred. when i get some money i will down load some of his stuff.
you have a very diverse pallette.
nice work rob
tim
well i have a special spot in my heart for arizona. i also have headphones that fade in and out at times so your mix is messing with my head. i realize it is you and not me. i see the heat has effected you as well. the horns work well. the choral thing at the end is sweet
thanks
tim
Another angry song. My boss once handed me a spreadsheet about cost prices from vendors and said "I don't like the way this looks". I wondered if the upper management looked at salary costs the same way, and that led to this song.
One night I was seated in a lounge chair in my back yard when the thought ocurred to me. This is nice, but is this all there is? Is this the reason I work? Is this the reason I pay bills and worry about the future and make sure my kids do their…
The vodka, ahhh. One of 3 that I recorded to a dimming flashlight during a power outage.
One take into the Micro BR hole with some harmony and noodle overdubs.
Vodka
I want the vodka
'Cause I know it's gonna make me play better…
Thanks for your kind comments on my RPM effort. Love this tune, nice guitar work on this (and Bodybag) but I especially like the lazy, atmospheric vocal. Nice one
Lyrics by Brian McCloskey in somewhat of a suprise collab. Musically a kind of feel-good soul-pop. I quite like how this turned out, and nominated it my prefered RPM-track this year.
New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.
Part 2 - Courtroom and Sentencing.
Courtroom.
In which Angela cross examines the accused and his accomplice.
Sentencing.
In which Judgement is passed.
Call the first witness
Make you take the stand
Raise up your right hand…
This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
this song was inspired from an ee cummings poem. it was composed for rpm 2009.
lyrics:
i'll tell you a dream i had once
up in the sky blue everything
flying away a kite on a string
i didn't have anything
i was cool you were warm…
I heard someone say to an undergraduate class, 'you're on your way to everywhere' and I loved that line. This is sort of a Beatle-esque tune. My friend Mike Levine stopped by while recording a showed me a new jig on the mandolin. I recorded…
this is the slightly sparkly version of my version of Moschell's "Boxes and Strings" from his 'Circus of Freaks and Fools' RPM Challenge CD. I recorded it as a video last night and redid it in the studio (unfinished sauna) today.
Comments on rob mills's stuff
Great song-writing!
wow this is fun!
Feels good...good energy...I'm a big fan of the tambourine.
A great relaxed feel and richly melodic...a real memorable track!
Love it! Bluegrass with a British accent! Oh that's right, Americans are the ones with the accent.
Amen!
I felt the same way about my 86 Buick!! (sniff)
hey rob, love this tune. it hits me in just the perfect way.
Great rhythm, similar sentiments to it aint too late. Excellent. Thank you.
Let's hear it for fred. Another entertaining song.
Like the harmonica, and the harmonies. Good one.
Good all round song. Nice sound.
I must have heard this somewhere else, Rob. Faved.
Great harmonies. I laughed a lot at this.
Love these lyrics, Rob. Fred sounds like a cool codger.
Love the keys in this one!
wanted to thank you for telling me aboout Fred Eaglesmith. i sure do relate. ocationally folks will say i remind them of captian hook. i could hear that as well with fred. when i get some money i will down load some of his stuff. you have a very diverse pallette. nice work rob tim
love this one. love has a way of turning things inside out tim
well i have a special spot in my heart for arizona. i also have headphones that fade in and out at times so your mix is messing with my head. i realize it is you and not me. i see the heat has effected you as well. the horns work well. the choral thing at the end is sweet thanks tim
hopefull tune. this whole album is a great self reflected blessing good work tim
Comments made by rob mills
Brilliant lyrics. Beautiful song
Yep, it's official, I'm a CPO fan.
Another winner. Man, I like your sound! Hits me in the right spot
Great tune. Love it
Love your lyric writing, ER. Very engaging vocals too. Excellent RPM album.
Definitely not where I want to be, but I guess I'm stuck here along with most others! Fab horns in the middle section.
Fantastically shambolic! Made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Brilliant
Thanks for your kind comments on my RPM effort. Love this tune, nice guitar work on this (and Bodybag) but I especially like the lazy, atmospheric vocal. Nice one
Fine tune, nice harmonies on the chorus. Shame the great guitar work is a little buried in the mix, but a winner none-the-less.
Great guitar sound. Neat slide break. Funky harp. Heartfelt vox. Winner all round!
Lovely feel to this tune. You've a great voice Mr Srtummindude.
Hey Gumbo, pleased to hear yer still on top form. Lovely little tune this.
Great tune. Lovely harmonies! Beach Boys meet early Genesis - no bad thing in my world.
Gonna click the heart, add it to my faves, gonna click the heart and add it to my faves...
Great song! Had me laughing for ages. So true, so true...
Excellent. Made me laugh. Always good. Not often you hear a dual kazoo break!
Do like your laid-back vibe. Reminds me a bit of Iron and Wine but better! Good stuff
Sgt Pepper meets Wilco! Excellent song, beautifully done.
Great feel to this tune. Love the mandolin and lazy vocals. Nice one. Faved it!
Must be rpm jukebox, ain't up anywhere else. Another fine tune, by the way!