Pick it up first thing in the morning
Looking down when the day is dawning
Takin it along from room to room
Bright icons on a tiny screen
Means more to you than me
I’m hoping you notice pretty soon
It’s clear, and I fear
It’s understandable…
Now appearing in the movie "Going Cardboard: A Boardgame Documentary". See http://www.boardgamemovie.com/
A song about a classic boardgame: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan
Lyrics:
You find a table and put…
Worked with a couple of college interns last year who'd never heard of any band I like. I felt like an asshole bragging about going to shows that happened 20 years before they were born.
Lyrics:
Oldie Bear was there at woodstock
Dancin…
Like the bass line on this one especially. Really fun album, Dave. I like hearing you do different things with your voice. I'd like to hear some more vocal experimentation from you! Excellent RPM!
I wrote this song for my brother, who'd recently had surgery. Yes, I know it's long. I cut something close to three minutes out of it...FWIW it's supposed to butt right up against the next track "Oldie Bear" but you can't really do that in an…
A post on the Facebook RPM group featured a quote from an aging Dave Grohl complaining about Kids These Days and Their Terrible Music, pointing out that the current number-one song was about someone's butt. So, I wrote a song about my butt…
I wrote this from the point of an old person, such as myself, but my vocals came out so bad that I had to get Olivia to sing it for me.
Lyrics:
Looking over a modern meme
It's the worst that I've ever seen
Everything looks a little strange…
There is actually a LOT of goose poop at my office park, but I opted to use the joke title referring to my favorite Beach Boys song.
FWIW, the drum loops came from https://www.organicdrumloops.com/
Woah, this is a woozy little number.... maybe it's the goose poop vapors going to my head. Very Weenish, especially when the vocals come in!! Nice one.
This one is the only track that I am a little disappointed in. I thought it would be a banger and a lead-off track, but I had trouble getting it to exactly where I thought it would be. I think the problem is that I am nowhere near as good a singer…
This song features my first attempt at recording myself playing a drumkit. I only did four takes, sorry.
Lyrics:
They’re gonna say I stole this song
And I knew it all along
They own the copyright on C, G, C, G, D
They’re gonna sue the…
I asked Olivia to name something (in three or four syllables) that causes her consternation. Her answer, "Society". Sometimes she follows my scratch vocal line when I record a demo for her, this time she just let it rip, and it is probably the…
This song is for everyone who has failed at their Assertiveness Training.
Lyrics:
Sittin
Spinnin
Doin evrythin but winnin
Startin to talk but instead I cough
like an angel hell-bent on sinnin
Moanin
Groanin
fightin with my demon…
Wrote this as a thank-you to someone who has been very kind to me, and who REALLY likes photography.
Lyrics:
Waking up on a dreary morn
Eatin a big bowl of flakes of corn
Read a text at 9 am
55 minutes or the chance will end
R…
A post on the Facebook RPM group featured a quote from an aging Dave Grohl complaining about Kids These Days and Their Terrible Music, pointing out that the current number-one song was about someone's butt. So, I wrote a song about my butt…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
MOUNTAIN LAUNDRY (Bohnenberger)
Staying in the mountains a week and a day
running out of underwear is all I have to say
Find an alternative outside the cabin door
And old-fashioned laundromat with a wooden floor
A rusty tank of propane…
THE RAVEN (Winthrop)
Looking far out
Along the distant shore
were we ever here before?
I see a place I’ve never been
So peaceful, so serene
I watch it
such a beautiful scene
But the raven in my dreams
How it really screams
Heard…
ICE CREAM OPERATION (Bohnenberger)
Another day
Sittin round the cabin
Just coolin your feet
We gotta plan
An ice cream operation
let’s get somethin to eat
We're goin out
Sneaking down the pathway
Try to find the way
We find the…
CONSTELLATIONS (Winthrop)
Stars shine in the twilight sky
I wonder and dream away
Constellations I try to find
I can’t find my way
The darkness of the night
Oh what a sight
So beautiful to light blue eyes
Those constellations of…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
It's summer time, I'm at a cottage, I've been listening to a lot of weird electronic music and thinking about the world burning up. I'm playing around with layering vocals - something I love. Thanks to anyone who listens even for a few seconds…
Going through my collection over the years...thinking I'll post some of those old tunes (pretty rough and ready....one take, recorded on garage band I believe). Why not...life is short! Thanks to anyone who listens :)
The final Song for my 2023 RPM challenge!! Dusted off my acoustic guitar (and blistered my fingers) to get this one done. Phew! I love Latin rhythms and so I found a beat and jammed it up. Thanks again to anyone who listens -it's really fun…
A perfect ending to the album. Harmonies so nice. I used some Maracas, Guiro, and Clave this year and I wish I could feel a Latin beat like this.
I wanted to thank you for you support, you helped me so much the last couple of years. Even if I never make anything else, I will still follow.
Song 8# of my RPM Album. I love Persian scales and so I wanted to play with that a bit here. I managed to do my own finger snapping through the whole tune and didn't use a loop - I'm known for my rather loud snapping ability.
In another…
6th song for my RPM album. If you like slow and depressing music...this is for you! I had a blast using my new crash cymbal and brushes...my fingers are not very pleased about playing the bass riff however (ouch).
somehow you knew me
and…
Okay, RPM Song 3 finished. It's a weird song melodically speaking (yup, that's actually intentional lol). Oddly, it took an extremely long time to produce this one and my eyes are now very blurry. I guess this is an "urban" song (though I…
Well...This is song #10 for my 2022 RPM challenge- the final track for my "album". It's a bit like two songs that found each other somehow. That makes for a very long track! eek. Thank you to everyone who has been listening to my songs...it…
Beautiful. It's interesting that you can look at the visualizer and SEE where they first find each other. Your album is really the highlight of this year's RPM for me.
Some days I'm the preacher with my head up in a cloud
Some days I'm a gentleman who does my mama proud
But some days I'm the creature who just arrived from Mars
And some days I'm the futurist who drives electric cars
Some days I'm the…
Song 5 for the RPM Challenge. Building tunes around an incessant bass line is oddly appealing to me. This is a bit of a dystopian song of sorts. Thanks to anyone who listens!
Take me to the river
and hold me under water
Bow down beside…
Pick it up first thing in the morning
Looking down when the day is dawning
Takin it along from room to room
Bright icons on a tiny screen
Means more to you than me
I’m hoping you notice pretty soon
It’s clear, and I fear
It’s understandable…
1) Be a complementary force to the alignment that they call the change of leadership.
2) Use attraction, alignment and avoidance and extended this with a number of traits.
RPM 2015 Feb. 18 update: I cut a new vocal for this one which is an improvement, but this mix is still not right. Dunno if I'll have time to fix it before the deadline... (This is the full length track as opposed to the truncated version with…
with guitar by Michael "Iggy" McAdams
They Don't Let Go
--
They don't let go
no they don't let go
you think you'll walk away
They don't let go
no they don't let go
no matter what you pay
Don't no they don't
no they never let go…
Ken asked me to add a few words to his excellent track Thats what life is for as he was stumped so ive tried my best hope you like it ken....
Thats what life is for
the singer spoke to me through the speakers of the stereo
i couldn’t see…
Comments on Dweeb's stuff
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This song is legit awesome and DAVE IS THE MAN!!!
Like the bass line on this one especially. Really fun album, Dave. I like hearing you do different things with your voice. I'd like to hear some more vocal experimentation from you! Excellent RPM!
Dave, I think this is one of your best songs & best vocals, love the effect on the guitar break too.
LOL, TMI. I actually wish I could favorite this one twice!
Dude I can totally hear this as a Go-go's song. Another excellent vocal by Olivia!
Woah, this is a woozy little number.... maybe it's the goose poop vapors going to my head. Very Weenish, especially when the vocals come in!! Nice one.
More excellent lyrics, and I actually like the vocal blend. Only halfway though this album, and I'd say it's your best ever!
Great lyrics, Dave! And you play the drums better than I ever will.... keep it up!
Wow, what a great vocal from Olivia!! Great arrangement too, Dave. Definitely one of your best.
This one is really great, Dave!
Nice harp!!
With luck this will get to the top of "kicking ass" ;)
really cool song...fist pumpim' and greasy.
The best track on RET, in my opinion. The vox effects complement the wheedling synth very nicely.
Brilliantly oddball! The Handsome Family meet The Waitresses
Nice blues folk fusion!
Showing off some serious guitar chops here! Nice vibe throughout.
Intimate sounding mix - very lovely.
Compared to Mountain Laundry, Dave sounds completely different in this rocky guise - really cool! Nice synthy solo! A really fun listen.
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Always love the idea of vocals used as part of the rhythm. An age-old method used perfectly here.
Jazz-ma-tazz-tic
A perfect ending to the album. Harmonies so nice. I used some Maracas, Guiro, and Clave this year and I wish I could feel a Latin beat like this. I wanted to thank you for you support, you helped me so much the last couple of years. Even if I never make anything else, I will still follow.
Got me belly-dancing. Thankfully nobody was around to see that.
Awesome. I love playing bass but I don't do it often enough to develop real calluses, so I can relate. Outstanding recording.
Incredibly creative, the break is a real smash.
This is better than most of the stuff I've made while listening
Beautiful. It's interesting that you can look at the visualizer and SEE where they first find each other. Your album is really the highlight of this year's RPM for me.
Great chorus. Is this performed "live"?
Some space, some funk, exactly right.
The whole thing is great, I hope you can make a career out of this
Did a quick fix, it was mastered way too low.
So flabbergasting that my gasts are all flabbered out!
Too awesome. Stop it!
Grooovy!
Creeeepy!
If I forgot to click "favorite" for any of these songs, forgive me, it was a mistake.
T-pain!!
Thanks for making us all seem lame again.
beautiful