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…
I was dreaming one night, and this song came, it was part of what I was going through in the dream. I woke up with the emotion, the words, and the melody still going. Got out of bed (Like 4AM! ugh!) went down to the studio and recorded the melody…
Nice rhythm! BTW, I've found a perfect way to get that "Slightly Intoxicated" sound...but it involves drinking. It's a great warmup for the "Severely Intoxicated" sound, though!
Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
“Melodious compositions in dancing style for YOU!” - A.W.E.
My first album «ZigZag» (2010) :
http://www.rhapsody.com/awe/zigzag
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zigzag/id339433974
http://www.amazon.com/Zigzag/dp/B002X39FFI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8…
Figure Out- There are about 4-5 takes of this song, all different. The song started off in the key of D, but I couldn’t hit the notes in the chorus. I then tried it in A, but it was lacking drive and energy. I tried it in G, but I couldn’t get…
Matter Of Fate- This song started as a riff I was doing while tuning my guitar. It sounded cool, so I happened to record it on a small dictation recorder I have so I wouldn’t forget it. When I listened to the riff it just screamed Sticky Fingers…
Nothing like the sound of a strat through that classic "brown" sound. Gritty, driving, crunchy, lovely tones...This is my welcome back, did you miss me, RPM 2008 opening track.
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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Nice experimental groove!
Hope everything worked out for you!
Rippin' groove!
Too Cool!
Epic. Seems a bit VU as well.
Very nice Neil Young-style tune.
Very nice R&B groove! Great vocals and production.
Nice rhythm! BTW, I've found a perfect way to get that "Slightly Intoxicated" sound...but it involves drinking. It's a great warmup for the "Severely Intoxicated" sound, though!
Beautiful playing, and an interesting stereo effect.
Spectacular!
Beautiful playing. Thank you.
Love the ref...
An even cooler groove here!
Very cool groove here.
This album is incredible. I'm thrilled to be reviewing this for the RPM challenge.
OK, it IS gonna be another kick-ass album...
What, is this gonna be ANOTHER kick-ass album??
This too...I guess it's good to have a role model.
This is pretty much what I wish I could do...thanks for doing it!
Ridiculously cool!