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I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
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With JS Tolar, as band Visions Of Nell.
My tribute to Anne Boleyn, the first queen to be publicly executed in England. I used some of the poetry she wrote during her imprisonment in the chorus. An innocent, incomparable woman.
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This one came solely as the chorus melody and the basic hook "So I'll sing my song for Carolina" It's all I had for months, but I thought it was a good chorus line so I kept humming it to see if it would sprout further ideas. The mid section is…
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This is a stripped down cover of the excellent Gary Fox song Carolina.
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Ukulele and vocals performed by Jazz, 12.
She's starting to write her own stuff (proud!) but just to get her in the studio for the first time, here is a cover of a song by Vance Joy.
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I have no memory of writing or recording this song. I have no idea what it's about.
CONNIE'S SONG
Em D C B...
(Em) Before I knew anything (D) about you, I (C) loved you
(Em) Whenever you would show, I stared in (D) wonder
I heard you…
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Well it's been a long while (as seems to be the pattern lately) and I was inspired by Greg and Ron's new songs.... Then I saw a lovely note from the Proods saying "I must have been writing during this crazy time" - so I had to respond with something…
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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…
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Now for something completely different from me .......
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Some people will always surprise you with their particular styles of sayin hello..
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Well the virus has my friend and music partner in Krakow Poland sheltering in place but we are using the time to write and record..here is our latest...we tried to write in the style of Motown...check it out ... all music and production by Art…
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The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.
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I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.
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This one came to me as I was sleeping on a plane, delayed on a tarmac. I dreamt that McCartney was singing this, sort of. I came out of the dream abruptly when the pilot said we were finally cleared to take off. I racked my brain to figure out…
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This one started as the verse chords and some rambling vox melody. My demo of just gtr and me mumbling resulted in something vaguely Lennon-esque in delivery, so I kept that aspect and took it further for the mid section. The harmonies in the…
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The word agony and the basic melody for the first line came first. I sat on it for a while, then one evening tried to figure out the chords for it. The verse chords followed very quickly, effectively falling out of the gtr after I had discovered…
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A total gtr inspired tune. The riff came first and I knew it needed thunderous drums. The rest fell into place. I envisioned this one being very Top of The Pops on a Saturday in 1971, or Granada TV in summer of' 70, depending on your point of…
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Have you ever felt like it was YOU who were the problem? If you haven't, then you're missing out on one of the purest forms of self loathing that humanity has to offer. This is dedicated to the fine soul who actually did find something lovable…
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I'll admit it right up front . . . This is the result of an idle mind.
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"I Won't Kiss You Goodbye" may sound like another crybaby break-up song, but we wrote it after I got fired/quit from a career I'd spent too many years at. It's fun listening to the words with that in mind.
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I am not a protest singer. This is my Neil Young tribute.
Em- Esus4 R45 (0202000) - Cmaj7 (032000) - Dmaj7 (054000)
You told what to expect
But I couldn't quite believe
You told me that I shouldn't look BASS
But I had to see…
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Written by Tom Engelhardt and Greg Connor ©2020 All rights reserved
(G)Here come those (D)feelings, (C)Springtime brings the (D)rain
(G)in your eyes I (D)see it, (C)Come to life (D)again
(C)Spring time brings the (D)showers with (Em)flowers…
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Cover off of Letter Seventeen's 2020 RPM album. Tried to do the opposite of imitating him, imitating someone else. This was one of the most time consuming songs I have ever done. I manually gated the Kick and Toms which takes a long time(and is…
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I love Wilsun's 2020 RPM album "Departure", so I decided to cover it (yes, the whole album), but with a twist. I found some bits to be repetitive, so I removed them. I wrote down the lyrics and chords, and promptly ignored the originals, making…
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Dedicated to all musicians who get asked "what do expect to get from making music?"
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TeeJay lekssy is a good talented artiste that will really move the industry,he's here with a new singles title"I DEY VEX"how ever the song was produced by PM...Download and enjoy the vibes of teejay lekssy
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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?
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I'll settle for less
Then write off all the rest
But then I'm gone.
Someone once said
that they'll sleep when they're dead
but they've got it wrong.
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I wrote this song while out hiking some awesome trails in Zion National Park... gave me some excellent inspiration. I also tried some different stuff with the mixing and using my keyboard... so trying to push a few of my envelopes...
Here…
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Here is a cover of Matt Ferrara's song "Obey" - Had this song stuck in my head for a good chunk of February, so I figured I would put it to tape. A little slower than the original with a similar feel.
I really wanted to see if I could record…
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Through a Skylight (for Anne Frank)
When the night closes down, and sorrow comes around
And memories walk the floor, and fear stands by the door
Keep your dreams in sight. Follow them shining bright
Through a skylight, through a skylight…
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This is a cover of fellow RPMer Ienne Lynn's song "Holes" She easily is one of the best performance on RPM 2020 - with a raw sound and perfect lyrics that are so easy to relate to.
This was recorded with the bare minimum of equipment.
The…
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Ok, so I'm just a percussionist, and if your only tool is a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. I get it. And I also get that our songs are our children, so we should be very careful about whom we let them play with.
When I first heard…
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My post-RPM Challenge plan is to just keep going. Here's my first March 2020 Challenge song.
I am trying to go much more raw and low-fi than usual. One guitar straight into one amp. No doubling, not extensive overdubs. Same with the vocals…
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The second song for my ridiculous post-RPM Challenge album in a month yet again thing.
I was working on a guitar part for another song when I played the riff for this by accident. I dropped everything and made sure I had it recorded. I was…
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With Soundsmith Kamachi.
Lyrics heavily based on a poem by Sir Henry Wotton, "Queen of Bohemia".
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With the electrorgasmic Aged Machine, written and recorded for the RPM Challenge 2012.
Sabotaged by the coffin card girl
Rode out of the cartomancy world
I'm soaking and sick of this
Of being a bee sting because he doesn't know a good…
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With music written and performed by Soundsmith Kamachi.
It was the last day of RPM and he asked me to write a lullaby for a track called Cornucopia. Very much enjoyed how easily this one flowed. That's my mum, Bee Mathis, adding class to the…
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"Castaway of Love" is a song by Brian, one of our guitar players who until now has been shy about sharing his talent. When he told me the title of this song I was expecting a 1920's style megaphone crooner melody, but was happily surprised by…
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From a series of pieces done a few days ago working with my latest Pure Data patch for interactive live performance. Baritone Uke and PD.
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An angry little tune about the pres(id)ent situation.
EOB strat>russian big muff pi>guitar disruptor>ibanez DE7 delay
Isolation
Quarantine
But people all around
The sickness of not caring
No empathy to be found
Bail out banks…
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from the m4a file converted to this.. :) enjoy === really weird stuff. IMO..
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Morphed Futuristic Electric guitar soundwave stratosphere.
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This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it!
This is now…
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An old time fiddle tune without the fiddle, or the tune, really, so the vocal has to carry it, and it has that lovely raw propulsion. Written and recorded in an hour.
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I'm not sure if this is rockabilly or late 40s jump R'n'B. Dance music though. I had fun with the lyrics and the backing vocals.
This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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A happy song about being left by your no-good spouse. There's a word for the attitude in this song but I can't think of it right now ...
this is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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Banjo and Guitar and Vocal. Sometimes you don't want to look back.
this si now a tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.
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This one started as the piano piece. I was messing around and thought it had a vaguely Eddie Harris sounding vibe from Plug Me In (which is a killer record, absolutely killer). Anyway, I decided to develop it, since it sounds a little different…
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A Valentine's Day song for my sweetie. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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Are you trapped in an endless emotional-steamroller of black-hole phases and need that extra second to glorify a unified reason to escape the soundscapes of darkness?
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from my tapes from 2009 it is part of three tapes digitized ... :) the high resolution is here
https://soundcloud.com/h92o/sets/tape-archives-set-one-new-recorder-high-quality-all
I put most of the audio tapes on video too.. and uploaded…
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