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I was asked (told?) to upload something happy. Hmmm, I thought. This will end well...
So, a few days later, I was rehearsing a pleasant little thing I wrote several years ago that has a working title of "She Was…
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Here's the very latest from the broom-cupboard.
I wrote it one dark night over 23 years ago.
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**All I Have To Do - A A J Russe**
There isn’t much time to get this out
You won’t hear me if I have to…
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Okies, so I'm working on some other thing and it's taking a while... drums to do and wotnot. But in the middle of it I'm digging how my Martin acoustic is working out. You probs won't even be able to hear it amongst…
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I wrote this one last September.
Allison Jane Sixsmith 1965-2016.
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**Forever - A A J Russe**
I can see you on your rocking horse now
The one that turned around and kicked you in the teeth
He thought…
I hear you’re drinking at the chocolate fountain
You pulled the handle off the door
But they won’t mind
They’ll be mending it forever..." Great images...
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I wasn't even sure the recording machine was still going to work after nearly five years... Certainly, bits of me don't work anymore... But, surprisingly, I got this done in 24 hours, start to finish... Strange old world…
Featuring the Late Great Jenny Garden - she passed away may 7 - 2017 from kidney cancer - what courage - what a song - it is hers - i am playing epitome slide lap steel - thanks !!
As I have mentioned in other years, I am so very blessed to have some songs come to me in my dreams. Grace is one of them. The specific line "Grace, grace, grace! You don't have to be a lonely child" is what I retained in my waking moments so…
A new Idea for Malignant Inception Song... again, nothing in stone rough draft - Added Bass and Keyboards! Added some panning and volume tweaks on 5/18
Added new BASS EQ and enhancement on 6-7
Added D Standard recording tracks to most parts…
I found a CD with a lot of my old songs on it, many I have re - recorded and are on here. This one I had forgot about. The Good Wife does her bit on it.
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"But still I love the comfort I find in misery…" Great line. Beatle like...and that's always good.
Great guitar sound.
Love this. Beautifully done. Tonight I was trying out a song from that era: Twilight Time...https://www.e-chords.com/chords/the-platters/twilight-time
I hear you’re drinking at the chocolate fountain You pulled the handle off the door But they won’t mind They’ll be mending it forever..." Great images...
Rock on Dude...! Good to listen to some of your tunes. It's been a while. Strange relationship in this song.
like the beat, like the Wes Montgomery lines in the latter.
wow Ben in the sound of the piano and the space it feels like Debussy!
I'm digging this album. I'm getting a lit bit of a Neal Morse vibe from this song lyrically.
I like it! It drifts along comfortably. This would make a great background on one of your videos.
Jenny had such a beautiful singing voice .. and you Scott accompanied her perfectly❤️❤️
You have such musical talent ., it’s always a pleasure to listen to your creations . Thank you.
Pedal steel? Have you been hanging out with Daniel Lanois?
I love it, so eerie. It gave me chills 🙂
Gary, great sound and vibe here. There’s a cool if 60’s were 90’s feel. -Rainey Smoke
Cool
What bass?
High Mayhem calling, wants to know what's on the fx board.
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This one's working for me :)
Love the ambient treatment, tremolo manipulation and combination of swelled vs abrupt sounds. Sounds like a meticulous and detailed composition.