2009 Record Production Month Challenge offering. Very pleased with the collective results. The title came from my friend Zane. His iced tea was in a damaged cup. Thus the title. There are various quotes in the song including some from Mishima…
New collaboration playing a hint of things to come (at least for those experiencing winter right now).
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Same familiar group of people in the new project we're starting. Everything is played live. I totally loved what came out of yesterday's rehearsal and here it is for your enjoyment.
A song that came to me when I was fishing in the rain with some of my Mamainde buddies. The Mamainde is a small endangered Amazonian tribe of 230 people in west-central Brazil. This song attempts to tell their story…
Poor old Reg is feeling a bit insignificant after being unseen by a woman he liked the look of who turned out to be only interested in the material things she could get.....it's a shame but there seems to be a lot of them out there and Love doesn…
Well, the guitar was a good strategy... guitarists always gets the girl! But don’t show up with your bongos:
Q: What do you call a good-looking girl on the arm of a percussionist?
A: A tattoo.
to cheer himself up Reg thought he'd go down the Casino and see if he could find those riches at the roulette table...so he borrowed some money of Big Ed and suited himself up and away he went....but it didn't quite go to plan and now he has to…
OK we lost power at a critical point in recording for RPM. This one was written and recorded the day I had to pack up all my recording gear and borrow a room at a local public business which was on a different power grid. The wind had caused some…
A Dave/Davidsen production:
Dave - acoustic (right side), keyboards, vocal on verses, electric solo - Epi Sheraton (left side), Bass and BR-80 drums in solo section, various sounds and effects.
Davidsen - acoustic (left side), chorus vocals, electric…
This is the fourth song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Michael and I always have something going on, So I'm sure there will be more.
Lyrics and…
This is a piece in a microtonal tuning - but sounds very much like pentatonic in "normal" 12 equal tuning to my ears. But I work in microtonal tunings all the time and may be biased.
How "in tune" does this sound to you?
Comments on Norm's stuff
Well it don't stink my place up....hang on.....er,nope !
reminds me of my trip to Egypt.. some cool street beats. great sounds here
This track takes me somewhere awesome in my mind!
Sweet Sweet Beats bro! faved
I liked this from the off...dunno why just got to me rhythmn spot..." Man Dig that Crazy Beat"(attributable @ Baloo the Bear)
dig em new digs.
Ace percussion. :)
Grade A Fancy! I really dig this one, bro!
SWEET!!!!!! I know how it feels to be in a new studio enviroment. Takes a bit of tweaking to get it right, sounds very good though!
Nice one Norm, i was missing some good grooves. ;)
Beatmaster general. I'm sure I've said that before! Just awesome, Norm.
Nicely done Norm great beat. Thanks for your recent comment mate.
Groo - oooo- ooovy. That's a foot tapper.
You make it sound so effortless. Real nice playing. Good to hear you back around.
@ Chris: Excellent! Good ear - yes, it's a 4vs.6 cross-over.
Normy!!! He lives! Excellent melodic beat - Very tasty to the ears!
Im glad to see you back ! tight rhythm and cool new Fx's. the new room sounds good - almost like cherry wood...
cool rhythm, sounds like some FX on the bass drum too?
I like this one even better - infectious rhythm!
Sounds like a cross-over rhythm? Nice to hear your work again, its been missed.
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I love your long productions... this one is a bit un-nerving.
Perfect listen for what I am doing today. Quite an impressive effort producing a piece of this magnitude. Thanks!
Awesome!
Nice demonstration of the glissando technique on the conga drum.
If I close my eyes I am almost at the SoHo Lounge...
Excellent!
Great to hear some more stuff from you!
Lovely clave pattern on the snare(?). Great song.
You guys are excellent.
Sounds just like Tamer Hosny.
Well, the guitar was a good strategy... guitarists always gets the girl! But don’t show up with your bongos: Q: What do you call a good-looking girl on the arm of a percussionist? A: A tattoo.
You are a high-roller, Reg. Great stuff!
Lots of great imagery and space created with this!
Beautiful!
Dreamy!
A happy ending Reg?
Dreamy chorus.
Strong work, team! Love the keys.
9/10 "in tune".
Merry Christmas Reg.