nearly there!! running out of time and could i get this recorded to a click??! Hell no, so i did it live and it shows. ah well, it has a certain charm!
I remember hearing this on the RPM player a little while ago and it really caught my attention. I love simple, elegant songs like this - so much more effective that huge, songs that drone on.
Sounds like it could be a Ray Davies demo - and that's about as good as it gets!
Thanks too for the kind words about my work.
nearly there!! running out of time and could i get this recorded to a click??! Hell no, so i did it live and it shows. ah well, it has a certain charm!
That bass is waaaay better! :-)
This is bloody great. Really impressive; the vocalizations for the percussion worked really well. Thom would be proud... But so would Danny Ash (Slender Fungus, anyone?) ;-)
This is really a true story.
No, really...
And our holiday gift to you & your friends. (Feel free to download it and share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it.)
Oh... by the way... acl is finally waking from a very deep slumber…
This is my big production number from my 2009 RPM Challenge album "Relative Polyphonic Mutiny" that features Philly rapper Marvelous. It's a rockin uptempo affair that has a beat you can dance to.
Like Rob and Laura, I can't believe that this album is the product of a month's work, fantastic stuff. And this is the standout song for me. And really nice cover too, maybe I'll stop praising you now! :-)
somewhere around 3 minutes you should here the sound of people chopping down a tree in the Peruvian Amazon turn into the beat of the song. This song was somewhat influenced by Kim Hiorthøy.
Great drum programming, great feel to the electronica sounds, and then through all that an organic whistling which is at once out of tune and possibly the most beautiful melody ever! Fantastic track.
It aint like no ones done this before
But how can you tire of beautiful chords
In the fifties
In Tenessee
Where my love
was born
Two young men upped and
crossed the yard
both cold cos it was rainin hard.
One of them turned said…
This one was inspired by Wen's mom; and is therefore dedicated to all those musicians doing RPM, and all musicians who toil away at home to make their music despite what their friends & co-workers might think of their efforts.
love this! and yeah, the surf guitar was cool. uhh uhhhh uhhh uhhhhhh uhhhh like its so cool. uhhh hhhhhh uhh uhhhhhhh (don't you just love Beavis and Butthead?! Reminded me of them)
This is maybe the first track written entirely by This Caustic Autumn as a group effort. I'd been to see Sigur Ros play at Massey Hall in Toronto the night before we wrote this, so that's where the idea for the bowed Les Paul came from. Other…
This is the first cover song I've ever really recorded in my 15 years of playing and recording.
The guitar and voice are each full continuous takes, I didn't want to do comping (copy and pasting), though the vocal harmony parts were done in…
Wow, thanks for everyone's comments and thanks for the link Rewind, listening to it now. I went to uni in Glasgow for a year and loved it and always love going back. If you spend any time there it reeks of atmosphere. Good luck with your homage, look forward to hearing it!
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It's like you channeled late 60s Cat Stevens and Donovan at the same time (and again I hear the beauty of the Kinks)!
I remember hearing this on the RPM player a little while ago and it really caught my attention. I love simple, elegant songs like this - so much more effective that huge, songs that drone on. Sounds like it could be a Ray Davies demo - and that's about as good as it gets! Thanks too for the kind words about my work.
You have a really nice voice, reminds me of Damon Alburn :)
Charm is right. This is remarkably warm and personal sounding. I quite like it!
Lovely melody, stripped down to its essentials. I love the moment when the organ comes in.
Love it: absolutely great work. I love the focused randomness of it. the keyboard "solo" at 1:10=beautiful.
I like your record. This song sort of reminds me of Big Audio Dynamite.
perfect couple of feelings. Mi bipolar mind is greatful and say: EXCELLENT!!!
Nice and laid back :)
Beautiful...
This track just beautiful. I can't wait to here the finished album.
Uplifting and gentle - like drinking white wine in a garden on a Sunday afternoon, just a few minutes away from the traffic.
awesome. love the feel of this
Close harmonies! NICE!! Gosh, it's all so tinkly sunny melancholic. And a ghostly spiritual indeed! Good job :-)
That bass is waaaay better! :-) This is bloody great. Really impressive; the vocalizations for the percussion worked really well. Thom would be proud... But so would Danny Ash (Slender Fungus, anyone?) ;-)
I LOVE THIS TRACK!!!!!
great feel to it
Love this one, the playing and the sound.
Pretty cool.
sound is innocent and youthful. like it very much.
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Great tune! Does this mean you made it? Well done!
lovin' the groove on this one, really impressive for being on the micro br. great job.
I am only really on alonetone to upload a song, but I thoroughly enoyed this! Glad I hung around. :-)
Hey, thanks for your kind comments! And love this song, the harmonies are very Beatlesy, praise indeed!
Fantastic! :-) hehe
Guitar and keys play off each other beautifully, and then the vocals sweep in..... lovely!
choir sounds are fantastically 80s FM synthy. i love that. great mood piece.
cheers for nice comments alex! and to mr guest, how can i make it less crap if you don't tell me how i can improve it! :-)
What a great tune! Still buzzing round inside my head...
I love the singing style, and really nice fingerstyle too. Beautiful in fact.
Like Rob and Laura, I can't believe that this album is the product of a month's work, fantastic stuff. And this is the standout song for me. And really nice cover too, maybe I'll stop praising you now! :-)
Great drum programming, great feel to the electronica sounds, and then through all that an organic whistling which is at once out of tune and possibly the most beautiful melody ever! Fantastic track.
Stunning! The time of song I would been happy if it carried on for 10 minutes or so.
Hey well done on completing the rpm challenge! Love the sound of this, fantastic track.
love this! and yeah, the surf guitar was cool. uhh uhhhh uhhh uhhhhhh uhhhh like its so cool. uhhh hhhhhh uhh uhhhhhhh (don't you just love Beavis and Butthead?! Reminded me of them)
Amazing!! Love it. Reminds me of Mogwai. Or Lift to Experience. Praise indeed....
A really lovely song. My only experience of Iron and Wine was their album with Calexico which is amazing so will check out more!
Any analog gear involved in this? The beat is gorgeous and oh so simple!
Wow, thanks for everyone's comments and thanks for the link Rewind, listening to it now. I went to uni in Glasgow for a year and loved it and always love going back. If you spend any time there it reeks of atmosphere. Good luck with your homage, look forward to hearing it!
This is brilliant! Are these samples? Very impressed.