A not very cheerful Christmas song I wrote for the RPM Holiday Challenge. Based on the classic Arthur C. Clarke science fiction story "The Star". http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/engl510/star.htm
Light years out and an eternity back to…
in bed - cant sleep
go downstairs to pour a drink
the acs out, its hot as shit
but you learn to get used to it
since you left, its been hard
leavin early from parties and bars
you wont pick up, you're over it
its been a while, im used to it…
Chris Vaisvil sent me over some guitar to see what i could come up with…he also sent it to Phantasm777 to see what he could come up with on the drums and i might add has done a striling job with them….Chris then mixed it and sent it to me for…
not even Dan Folgelberg escapes my ruinious covers.
AS THE RAVEN FLIES (D. Fogelberg)
1972
Intro w/ Lead |: Am C F Em :|
Am C D F
I see the raven's made her nest in your eyes
Am…
A blues noodle that got out of Hand just before the midnight curfew...........trying my hand at a bit of keyboard percussion and the voice through a guitar effect........well you have to try don't you?
If this was a film, at this point indistinct but decidedly menacing figures would be detaching themselves from the shadows and moving slowly but purposefully towards the prey...
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Lovely guitar there Kavin, and enjoyed the beautious sounds.
awesome ashcan guitar. Try a set of GHS super thin strings for it, they cheap but good.
:( Can't get this to play for me. Ah, no, ignore that...it just began after a sticky start. Lovely intricate piece - so many melodic strands!
Hahahaha!
:)
12 string heaven!
I enjoyed this performance and compositional idea a lot - nice one!
HAHA! I needed a good laugh this morning and that was sure it!
Wonderful! Almost sounds like 2 guitars in places
Ha ha ha!! Great fun!
Wow, what a sound. No idea whatever the "About" means, but sounds great to me.
very nice, there's a lot going on here,, takes really listening to not just hearing, and yes i agree it rings out well....
Top sound Kavin very cool mate. Dig the way a 12 string rings out. This is really good guitar playing mate. Excellent.
thanks,,yesss it is pretty funny,, almost fell off my chair,,thanks for sharing
Great slide! Great tune, well done!
Wonderful journey! And I love the reversed part - lends such a great touch.
Ahhhhhh yeah.....beauty song
Nicely done Kavin. Brilliant.
Nice tune. He was and still is one of my favorite authors.
Oh this is nice! Love that twang!!
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Lovely. This is lovely. Heard Sun Kil Moon's "Admiral Fell Promises"?
Rockin' on the Bach! Cool!
Rockin' that cowbell yawl.
Very cool. Like the HAL2000 sample!
Sweet pickin'
Reflections of pain and struggle. Transitions are nice.
Jorma Kaukonen is a hero of mine.
Nice!
Great song and album. Great delivery Chris!
Clever cover!
Sweet pickin'!
Some good growly gutbucket there!
Interesting melange of sounds here.
Great versh!
Alien orchestral! Very Ligeti. Maybe I'll post some stuff I've stretched.
Love the reggae section and the off-kilter rhythms!
Good one JR! Another Jimi favorite. Bring on the Hendrix covers yawl!
very very nice
@Mac : Do It!! @James : standard tuning. thanks all
Ah yes an old favorite. Well done.