Again i'd love some feedback
I like the feel and the mix
do the lyrics work?
recorded t'night in an hour after trying all day to get the verse lyrics rammed into another tune
this is one i have to stop tweaking - six versions and i still don't get what i hear in my head
would love some crit for this one as it's doing my head in
thanks
I unleash my secret weapon!
Guest vocalist Shaka brings the icing to this rather haunted version of the first chapter of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier!
Cave Street posted a track recently, their contribution to the Woody Guthrie Project, organised by Akron Family.
http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/W.G.A..html
I wanted to take a shot at this too, so here's my demo. It was really just half…
Cave Street posted a track recently, their contribution to the Woody Guthrie Project, organised by Akron Family.
http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/W.G.A..html
I wanted to take a shot at this too, so here's my demo. It was really just half…
Again i'd love some feedback
I like the feel and the mix
do the lyrics work?
recorded t'night in an hour after trying all day to get the verse lyrics rammed into another tune
one of those 'it was written even before i started' songs that just rolls out like magic
i tried to keep it simple so as not to destroy the vibe
first finished (if unmixed) track for RPM 2010
Cave Street posted a track recently, their contribution to the Woody Guthrie Project, organised by Akron Family.
http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/W.G.A..html
I wanted to take a shot at this too, so here's my demo. It was really just half…
Cave Street posted a track recently, their contribution to the Woody Guthrie Project, organised by Akron Family.
http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/W.G.A..html
I wanted to take a shot at this too, so here's my demo. It was really just half…
Excellent version! Did you send it in to the Akron/Family? For anyone who is interested, my version is [here](http://alonetone.com/cavestreet/tracks/woody-guthries-america). The web page where the various versions are being posted is [here](http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/Splash.html).
Anyone read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr - my daughter lent it to me - teenage Faery novel about addiction - pretty creepy at times.
This is the one act musical version.
I wanted a 'deranged in our neighbourhood' kind of feel to it.
sat nite we got together and played thru our rpm album and then listened to your rpm and some others. i was so inspired by your music.amazing, earthy and real. i have officially given up mainstream music! keep doin it gumbo!-MF
Again i'd love some feedback
I like the feel and the mix
do the lyrics work?
recorded t'night in an hour after trying all day to get the verse lyrics rammed into another tune
OK it's the morning after the party at the China Quay, and our hero is waking up. What has happened?
Influenced by about 6 different doowop tunes (great for hangovers!)
Again i'd love some feedback
I like the feel and the mix
do the lyrics work?
recorded t'night in an hour after trying all day to get the verse lyrics rammed into another tune
one of those 'it was written even before i started' songs that just rolls out like magic
i tried to keep it simple so as not to destroy the vibe
first finished (if unmixed) track for RPM 2010
This is great like a hangover.
I have a hangover.
I had a great night. I remember what fun it was and bits of it make me burst out in a big grin. And yet i feel very different today. Slowly, warily i get on with my life, bits of the past intrude without being asked, and I'm sort of unbalanced.
If things are too quick it almost hurts so I trust to the slow things.
Pictures. Songs.
Beautiful.
This tune was sounding so dramafree and happy-go-lucky that I decided to write some (uncharacteristically) dramafree and happy-go-lucky lyrics. The sound at the beginning is from my Nokia-phone which I also use as my alarmclock. I was then reminded…
Featuring a sweet reference to the Loretto Chapel's mysterious staircase and the most wonderful mylar balloon ever manufactured (with allusion to secret promise attached).
I mostly wanted to make music with a funky clav line I'd come up with, so this is it. For the voiceover, I unabashedly used an awesome monologue by Ken Nordine.
I came up with the main bass riff on my electric bass, but after recording it I was unhappy with the tone, so I used a sampled upright bass. On top of that is a layer of doodling "lead guitar" (played on my bass), a dreamy semi-harsh organ sound…
This instrumental song is about the rabbit in the moon. Fact: the ancient Aztecs measured drunkenness in number of rabbits. Like, "Oh, cheg out Bill, he's 300 rabbits." "Dude, I was like 230 rabbits last week and I got kicked out of the Florida…
Oh, I had such big plans for this song. Acoustic guitar, tin whistle, maybe go and drag the bagpipes out of storage (cough, or as the case really would be: fire up Logic, so I can use an external plugin).
I went to storm spotters training instead…
Comments on Gumbo's stuff
If they sing good, they are good. I'll be singing 'this ain't the road and it's not the way it should go' for a while. Love that perplexity.
Just stopped by for a listen. I like your approach to blues. It's simple, accoustic, and very enjoyable. ER
Shaka has the voice of an oceanic angel. More please!
Re. RPM - This would be my choice for your preferred track - FWIW. :-)
wow. really nice. powerful stuff.
If I was, then you were definitely Woody in a previous life!!! This is great (like all your other stuff)
I think the lyrics work great - I love them. Amazing song all around...in my favorites.
Excellent album gumbo! I enjoyed each and every song. Mighty fine indeed.
Lovely song, absolutely lovely! Love your stuff Gumbo!
Yeah I sent it in - haven't heard back yet. I told a few friends about it too.
Excellent version! Did you send it in to the Akron/Family? For anyone who is interested, my version is [here](http://alonetone.com/cavestreet/tracks/woody-guthries-america). The web page where the various versions are being posted is [here](http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/Splash.html).
cool cool cool
love this sound.its like del mccoury did a mid-sixties pop song.
sat nite we got together and played thru our rpm album and then listened to your rpm and some others. i was so inspired by your music.amazing, earthy and real. i have officially given up mainstream music! keep doin it gumbo!-MF
Love the brushes line!
like this alot. i bin on the wrong road for five.. making my way back now though with this playing
Still really dig this one!!
I think the lyrics work fine with this, amigo. ER
Nice light little tune you have here, Gumbo. Liked it a lot. ER
I really love the pace and feel of this. Beautiful song!
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Cool - you can slur! I love slurring!
This is great like a hangover. I have a hangover. I had a great night. I remember what fun it was and bits of it make me burst out in a big grin. And yet i feel very different today. Slowly, warily i get on with my life, bits of the past intrude without being asked, and I'm sort of unbalanced. If things are too quick it almost hurts so I trust to the slow things. Pictures. Songs. Beautiful.
Gorgeous!
mesmerising - this is very well done!
Wow that's pretty pro sounding Very Cool!
Hey you do happy songs really well!
You mean it's fictional? Aw - you sounded so happy, too .... Groovy track!
love the title - and a nice gentle track - thanks
Gorgeous!
Another nice surprise! You don't don't have any genre issues at all! Beaitfully sung and played.
great rhythm - very cool
O YEAH!!
very cool! he's got great tone that Nordine fella!
Beaut!
faved! i ain't mad at yous you're too far out and groovy
Whoa! Ain't you got something here!
Love the way you hold the space in this it's time well spent - thank you!
Woo! Cut to the chase!
Cool Beans! This is funkin FUNKY!!
Lol Happy belated Paddy's Day Sláinte