I BUY GUITARS
One man might buy cigarettes and waste it all in smoke
Another marijuana and share a friendly toke
Another, with more money, might invest in antique cars
I buy guitars
A man might buy a baseball card
Keep it locked up in…read more
I BUY GUITARS
One man might buy cigarettes and waste it all in smoke
Another marijuana and share a friendly toke
Another, with more money, might invest in antique cars
I buy guitars
A man might buy a baseball card
Keep it locked up in…read more
CONNIE'S SONG
Before I knew anything about you, I loved you
Whenever you would show, I stared in wonder
I heard you whisper my name
And as you crossed the sky
I crossed my heart and hoped to die
Under your spell
Yellow gold and silver…read more
CONNIE'S SONG
Before I knew anything about you, I loved you
Whenever you would show, I stared in wonder
I heard you whisper my name
And as you crossed the sky
I crossed my heart and hoped to die
Under your spell
Yellow gold and silver…read more
I BUY GUITARS
One man might buy cigarettes and waste it all in smoke
Another marijuana and share a friendly toke
Another, with more money, might invest in antique cars
I buy guitars
A man might buy a baseball card
Keep it locked up in…read more
WITHOUT THINKING
I do things without thinking
I admit it's true
But I do nothing without thinking about you
I turn a corner
I pump some gas
I fold a pillow case
I wash a glass
I stand in the kitchen
forgetting what for
Remembering…read more
The other day I was having problems
So I called my son
Because he always helps me when I'm in trouble...
When the mouse can't see the dongle
The cursor is erratic.
There's something in the way
Move that chair
Hmh, maybe I Google it…
For a short clip of of a video of this:
https://vimeo.com/214337550/f68cc0c21b
This song made me a professional songwriter when George Sluizer, the director of THE VANISHING, put it in the movie by that name.
SWEET RAIN Key G
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I remember the song Damn this traffic jam how I hate to be late..from my High School 10th grade year..youre the greatest influence in my travels with just your smooth voice..
CONNIE'S SONG
Before I knew anything about you, I loved you
Whenever you would show, I stared in wonder
I heard you whisper my name
And as you crossed the sky
I crossed my heart and hoped to die
Under your spell
Yellow gold and silver…read more
The other day I was having problems
So I called my son
Because he always helps me when I'm in trouble...
When the mouse can't see the dongle
The cursor is erratic.
There's something in the way
Move that chair
Hmh, maybe I Google it…
Yeah, I know.
I can't understand it either.
TESLA
Who invented remote control? TESLA
Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA
Who invented the radio? TESLA
And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA
So, you say now, “Don’t be…read more
It’s a small town event. Woodlake, California. East side of the San Joaquin Valley. 14 miles from where all those “Lindsey” olives you see on your grocery store shelves come from. The Woodlake Echo, says, “In the foothills of the Sequoias…read more
It’s a small town event. Woodlake, California. East side of the San Joaquin Valley. 14 miles from where all those “Lindsey” olives you see on your grocery store shelves come from. The Woodlake Echo, says, “In the foothills of the Sequoias…read more
The other day I was having problems
So I called my son
Because he always helps me when I'm in trouble...
When the mouse can't see the dongle
The cursor is erratic.
There's something in the way
Move that chair
Hmh, maybe I Google it…
THE RAMP
They’re taking down the ramp next door at Rita’s
I’m no fool. I know what's going on
Either she has died or she’s been taken to a home
where she will waste away
The boards are stacked up in the drive at Rita’s
I will help Al…read more
This is all me...
VOICES
There is something deep inside that wants to laugh and cry
Something that would like to tell it's story
There is something deep inside that wants to dance and wants to fly
Maybe you would guess it's called the…
DEEPER
Every day I sink a little deeper
Two steps up. Three steps back.
I'd rather be dead than be a sleeper
I'm not coming back...
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
CAREFUL
You gotta be careful with Love (2)
There'll be days when the sun will shine
The Breeze of Love flow thru your mind
But keep a coat out on the line
'cause you gotta be careful with Love
You gotta be careful with Love (2…read more
I don't wanna go
down to the end of the rainbow.
I could say what I wanted to say now.
I could play what I wanted to play now.
I could take what I wanted to take now.
Of all the above.
Draft of first two sections...
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There's no way out of here
that I can see.
There's no need to fight in here.
Nobody wins.
Why do you want it so bad?
Very cool. Whatever you are doing I want to do too. The blending of voice/words/instruments. Almost subliminal! Very dreamy. The way we actually hear the voices around us or even ourselves.
This is a song from 2018, but I butchered that mix so badly (because of a very bad case of not-being-able-to-hear-the-song-anymore-itis) that it might as well be new.
Capo @ 1 in C
(C) I knew a girl. Her name was Tejas
Shrimping south of Texas (G) City
In her eyes I saw chaos
In her laugh I heard con (C) fetti
In her purse I found the lip gloss
She bought in New York City
When she jumped I felt such…read more
Capo @ 1 in C
(C) I knew a girl. Her name was Tejas
Shrimping south of Texas (G) City
In her eyes I saw chaos
In her laugh I heard con (C) fetti
In her purse I found the lip gloss
She bought in New York City
When she jumped I felt such…read more
I BUY GUITARS
One man might buy cigarettes and waste it all in smoke
Another marijuana and share a friendly toke
Another, with more money, might invest in antique cars
I buy guitars
A man might buy a baseball card
Keep it locked up in…read more
I love that...reading and listening to it..!
Love the sounds...i can feel the amercan poet in the music...and the vocal sound is really full...
That song just makes me want to buy an old guitar....i keep lookin in the second hand stores around here...but theres no guitars...i dream that someday i’ll walk into anthony o hallorans second hand / antique shop, and there’ll be some old gem of a six string , archtop maybe, or a rusty old tele...full of mojo...waiting there for me to find...! I check every time im passing his place....i think i’ll never stop waiting....
But yes...thats a great track....you should send that out to dream guitars shop...in ashville....paul huemiller owns it....or some such shop....i bet one of those places would love that song for a website....im doin my website at the mo....id love to put that track on my instruments page...!
Then people could send pics of the old guitars they bought and i could post those pics too...wouldnt that be a bit of craic....fun...we all buy guitars....a choir of guitar pickers could sing it....we buy guitars..✌️
Also...i never saw the link between telescopes amd guitars before....but i do now...its a cold night here...and a clear sky full of stars....Matt
OWIE!
When I get an owie
I want to tell somebody
When I get an owie
I feel so alone
When I get an owie
I want to show somebody
When I get an owie
I run strait to mom
When I get an owie
It's better if it's bloody...
Great groove and lyric. This might be the best GC song I've heard. You have all your images working. A total success. Vocal, production...all fully realized.
This is my contribution to the Song Writing Challenge: Write a song about "First Date".
Written for Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show / Pioneer Radio 90.1 Thief River Falls.
This is my contribution to the Song Writing Challenge: Write a song about "First Date".
Written for Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show / Pioneer Radio 90.1 Thief River Falls.
Maybe I take that challenge. But my song would be about Patti Meadors who transferred to my school in the middle of my senior year and tho she ate lunch across the street at the elementary school cafeteria with me just a few times and then transferred away before the year was over I will never forget her and...we never had that first date.
Another Minnesota Coffee Table Song! Written and recorded "live" in one evening.
Memories: Written and performed by John Bennet, Joe Passofaro, Mark Lofgren, Colleen Dillon & Greg Connor. Listen to Minnesota Homebrew Radio w/ Carl…read more
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This is a gem! I’ve been a member of the 12 step Guitar Buyers Anonymous for years.
Oops... just ordered another one....
Mrs R loves this one too :)
Still love this one. Pity I can't favourite it twice...
Yep... My name is Andrew, and I buy guitars
This one touches me.
Still good!
I remember the song Damn this traffic jam how I hate to be late..from my High School 10th grade year..youre the greatest influence in my travels with just your smooth voice..
Oh this is utterly wonderful.
You've got me in falling off the sofa with laughter here! Love it.
Hahahaha! BRILLIANT
It is about time someone honored Tesla with a song. Good for this songwriter/singer!
Patrick Oliver this is fun! i love your love of nature!!! you sound a bit like Neil Young too!!
Jim Farmer JMT...I love this song. Great recording and beautiful harmony.
I love it . . . .especially the part where the fly is stuck in the kitchen.
You got me laughing on your last comment and now found this treasure! It’s a good life.
Cool! - Wade
Ohm. Very out, yet very in. Love it.
didn't think you could get it done in 23 seconds...hot dog!
This is my new theme song.
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Totally "SPRINGTIME" ringing out in the music...
Fun track!
"We went away to find ourselves and came back to someone else." Great line. This track is not what I expect from you.
There you go again. This begins a new phase in my production. Probing the almost...
Very cool. Whatever you are doing I want to do too. The blending of voice/words/instruments. Almost subliminal! Very dreamy. The way we actually hear the voices around us or even ourselves.
Cool. Interesting instrumentation! Makes me trap my feet. Crazy vocal.
Great track.
The lyrics are so descriptive and visual, such as the lipstick from NYC. Did you read about a suicide or make up the song from scratch? Jeff P
"Your songs are so heartbreaking sometimes. I love it. Don't change a thing." Violet
I love that...reading and listening to it..! Love the sounds...i can feel the amercan poet in the music...and the vocal sound is really full... That song just makes me want to buy an old guitar....i keep lookin in the second hand stores around here...but theres no guitars...i dream that someday i’ll walk into anthony o hallorans second hand / antique shop, and there’ll be some old gem of a six string , archtop maybe, or a rusty old tele...full of mojo...waiting there for me to find...! I check every time im passing his place....i think i’ll never stop waiting.... But yes...thats a great track....you should send that out to dream guitars shop...in ashville....paul huemiller owns it....or some such shop....i bet one of those places would love that song for a website....im doin my website at the mo....id love to put that track on my instruments page...! Then people could send pics of the old guitars they bought and i could post those pics too...wouldnt that be a bit of craic....fun...we all buy guitars....a choir of guitar pickers could sing it....we buy guitars..✌️ Also...i never saw the link between telescopes amd guitars before....but i do now...its a cold night here...and a clear sky full of stars....Matt
This sounds to me like a musical washing machine with rocks in the dry cycle.
Always up for a test crash,
That really rocks...clean.
Harriet is a school nurse. She says this is a good song.
So BOLD! Love it.
Great groove and lyric. This might be the best GC song I've heard. You have all your images working. A total success. Vocal, production...all fully realized.
SKATING is another of my suicide songs. I must do a trip to your coffee table group sometime.
Maybe I take that challenge. But my song would be about Patti Meadors who transferred to my school in the middle of my senior year and tho she ate lunch across the street at the elementary school cafeteria with me just a few times and then transferred away before the year was over I will never forget her and...we never had that first date.
Very nice! I like the way you’ve composed this song; it is musically expressive of the central metaphor. Jenni Mansfield Peal
Great harmonies!