Sam was a very articulate and kind friend; he spend way too much of his life in a wheel chair and yet demonstrated a lot of grace.
We lost him just over a year ago.
Among many other unexpected, Christ-like kindnesses, he realized at one point…
Cool bouncing groove, with interruptions that are so interesting they almost interrupt my breath - slippery punchy syncopated chords - all kinds of melody everywhere - the way the sounds sit in and around each other - really, really fun!
Thanks, bro.
Everything I do is recorded with a Boss Micro BR, either plugged in to the guitar jack or using the built in mic for acoustic/vox. Sometimes I'll upload the tracks to audacity for further mixing, but not very often.
The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune.
Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece.
And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…
this was an attempt at making a tune where the vocal melody was nonredundant with the chords (or never found in any of the notes of any of the chords).
Almost succeeded - but it was fun trying.
This is a remake of Samba do Bonde, now with portuguese lyrics. A loose translation below:
Priviledge, the two of us here
to sit, converse, to feel
the warmth of friendship
always too brief
just a give and take between immortals
(close…
Rough sketch of a proposed dreamy 12 string piece that I couldn't pull off on the 12 string so did this quick electric version with vocal pads. Not sure of the recording quality- sounds OK in my cans and kinda crappy on my monitors. Recorded march…
A 3 track improvisation on 7 congas roughly tuned by ear to a chromatic scale.
LYRICS:
I walked a mile with Pleasure;
She chatted all the way;
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne…
Had these backing tracks laying around on my drive for a while and didn't know what to do with them, so grabbed my Ebow and a fretless electric that I built for myself a couple years ago and had a go. My fretless playing is really in its infancy…
A cover of the Cure's minimalist alt-rock classic, an old favorite of mine.
keywords: instrumental, chill, the cure, clock watching, lucky time
Remixed: 12/18/2010
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It's not unusual to chase your girl around with a dull axe, is it? Just kidding - This was 60 tracks and almost a year to finish. I had some help:
Guitars: Tony W
Fadeout Solo: Gnasty
Acoustic/Rhythm Guitars: Me
Phone Message: Tony W &…
It's not unusual to chase your girl around with a dull axe, is it? Just kidding - This was 60 tracks and almost a year to finish. I had some help:
Guitars: Tony W
Fadeout Solo: Gnasty
Acoustic/Rhythm Guitars: Me
Phone Message: Tony W &…
Comments on K. SCOT SPARKS 79+intercessions's stuff
So glad you kept it simple...a touching tribute.
Mysterious butter! And now I feel odder than I already do.. :) Killer track!
I might as well favorite everything you do. This one's a real interesting listen. Nice groove and energy with wonderfully beautiful dissonance.
Cool bouncing groove, with interruptions that are so interesting they almost interrupt my breath - slippery punchy syncopated chords - all kinds of melody everywhere - the way the sounds sit in and around each other - really, really fun!
Another Beauty man!
brings me memories of some retro film noirs from the 50s - and the mismatch with the kid(?) voice is excellent..
Matches my mood tonight. Solid sounds.
really like bass devlopments around two minutes plus. wah wah very sweet.
Thanks, bro. Everything I do is recorded with a Boss Micro BR, either plugged in to the guitar jack or using the built in mic for acoustic/vox. Sometimes I'll upload the tracks to audacity for further mixing, but not very often.
Oh well, I over used slick. That's what happens when you listen before you look :)
Lusciously groovy K. Pretty slick!!
Mighty good, bro!
Hell Yeah! Nice one man!
luvadatdubmon!
Very cool! Love the upbeat energy running through it! Very slick.
nice!
dis is tight g.
Sweet horn lines at about 1:30! Nice one man!
nice one KSS.
Really spooky vox and brass - Hope no offense by saying that? I love it!
Comments made by K. SCOT SPARKS 79+intercessions
yeah! n nice 'ice tea ice cube percussion' section.
...just Beautiful, my bro.
...dig it!
...cool, my dear bro!
...man- beautiful, senor! Thanks for listening.
dig it, snr :)
Thanks much, man!
Thanks much for your kind and insightful comment. ..nice stuff here!
...interesting, friend! Thanks. kss
...'love the groove here, man.
..nice, senor! :)
..and to you, my friend. Thank you. I'm digging ye sounds! :)
Yeah, manz!
:)))
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...gotst'likzitz!!!!!!! yUp!
..yeah, Dr.s!!
AbsolutmOn!!
:))))
Way hip here, man!