**** Jan 17 2015 - Remixed. I was always kinda disappointed with what the original mix sounded like. Listening to it the other day I realised what it is - I'd mixed the vocals too loud. This reduced the "stereo" and killed off a lot of the life…

Track 2 for the RPM 2015 album Cold Ground Was My Bed "Yesterday was a den of sorrow, today is a bright mystery, the future a dim dream or ancient history"

#RPM 2015# . . . . And We're off . . . First song of the RPM Challenge

Keyboards (bagpipes) performed by Starry Nightmoth. Lead guitar by George Harrison. Vocals and all other instruments performed by Gene Eric Mann. Thunder and rain by Mother Nature. Lyrics by John Lennon.

. Full moon, full of mystery Full moon, shadows thru the trees I can feel your spell, I’m beggin at you please So long I been straight and true No wrong has come into view I can feel that dark side, all because of you Way down…

A creepy/gloomy with a bit of a stab at electronica and a slightly more aggressive stab at techno in the center. That mood seemed to fit the poetry. Falling Autumn leaves sound like this in my head. CAN'T RESET The many poems I’ve…

A fun little Blues jam. The BG rhythm/drums were generated with the Yamaha E313 KB. All other noises are my fault. FIND YOUR WAY You’re crying on my doorstep Say you want to come inside You’re lying through your teardrop No one gets…

"Play what you know and then play above that." -Miles Davis

Golden Days -- Golden days, golden days are ahead of me Goin' where the wind don't blow so cold Endless Summer, soothe my soul Where the streets are lined with gold Golden days, golden days are ahead of me

Hold The Nighttime -- Hold the nighttime just as close as you can. Get to know it. Yeah, make it your friend. Taste the darkness and you'll understand. The moon reflects the light on the land. But not everything is what it seems... in this dream…

Something for RPM. This piece of filler features a transaction between myself and my 2 year old daughter at her pretend shop. I was the 'custer', she was the 'shoppy keeper', and I was encouraged to ask her 'howzamuchit?'

For Gene's challenge. Keeping always in mind the K.I.S.S. principle. (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)

Well look what Gene started... I decided to put my own thoughts on this one, and look what weirdness popped into my head this fine evening.... Thanks for the fun idea Gene!!! Here are the lyrics: How To Assemble An Android © 2015 Colleen…

for Gene's contest...great title and inspiration!! “How To Assemble Your Android” Yesterday a box of parts came to my front door I thought she came assembled, ready to be my whore Tore the box apart and to no one’s surprise I was missing…

Here is my contribution to Gene's Challenge. Find it here: http://alonetone.com/koehl/tracks/songwriting-challenge-1 How to Assemble Your Android How to assemble your android With pitfalls that you should avoid Like send in the…

As requested, here are the lyrics. On the night stand is a clock counting down the waning hours 'til the fiery fingers of the dawn come crawling through Burning eyes in morning sun the engine turns more slowly now driving down a silent…

More lo-fi noodlings for RPM. Featuring 2 year old daughter let loose on a box of instruments, and then messed with in goldwave. Will be a (poorly) hidden track on RPM album.. when there are actual songs on it.

THERE, I SAID IT The more you got, the more you got to lose From the top of your head down to the bottom of your shoes The things you love. The things you abuse It's enough to give a white boy the blues I said it. There, I said it It might…

HOW I've got a friend. He is in trouble But he just stands there in the rubble It seems each day his sorrows double He needs to know. He needs to know How do you keep your hand from shaking How do you keep your fear from waking How…

I CAN'T TELL I can't tell if it's morning or evening I can't tell night from day I can't tell if I'm arriving or leaving Doesn't mean a thing to me Since you went away I can't tell if it's sunny or raining I can't tell if it's…

This version has better vocals: http://alonetone.com/cavestreet/tracks/turn-a-blind-i-1

A Sea Shanty with a bit of Psychedelic seasoning. Guest artist Starry Nightmoth performs the “harmonica” on a Yamaha KB as the song fades out. 37 SAILS Thirty-seven sails be a full rigged ship Open up ye hatch and pour ye spirit down…

My attempt at writing a bluegrass tune and an opportunity to try my hand at some flat pickin' ... loosely based on a friends experiences growing up in a small town in the prairies ... where everything is flat ... you know, a place where you can…

Rock n Roll inspired by Hunter S Thompson.

A classic, guitar-driven blues tune.

A song with a long story (born in 1995, go figure!). Perceivable influences: Doors, Notting Hillbillies, Animals... Such long making combines, I think, my serious melancholy of those old days + a few thousands of hours of practice and 'stay cool…

Dude stole my guitar so I wrote a song about him... BICYCLE EDDY Bicycle Eddy, he rode at night Had no fenders on his bike Had a brown streak up the back of his shirt Eddy don't care. "It's just dirt." Bicycle Eddy, he slept all day…

The old Steel Guitar Rag. A two-channel experiment on the new Seagull. Left is bridge pickup, right is LR Baggs soundhole pickup.

What with all the great Zep covers posted by Tworegs and Chris Vaisvil, here's mine, I enlisted the vocal of the man himself, thanks Reg! Also note my new fretless strat as second guitar here.

A blessing of rain. improv on fretless junk strat

Inspiration ? Simples people, the Good Wife. It's in Open something tuning, could be A !!!!

Strange one this, came back from a funeral of a very dear old friend, and this popped out ??? Thanks to my mate Dave for the Harmonica.

An ad libber getting drunker.......

Here's the first track that I've written/recorded for RPM 2015.

Another old one.

Took inspiration from Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' instrumental. It's in 5/4 time. Thanks for listening.

As I can't access my old account here, my as well put some of my old ones on here !!

An instrumental reflecting my summers in Manitoba at Molson Lake Lodge when I was young. Number 2 for the RPM Challenge.

an Ambient duo midi piano experiment

by Joshua Tillman (aka Father John Misty)

He gone and lost his belief in love ..........for No4............ Thank god we've drank all the wine ...only sleep left!! I lost my belief in love....adlib......

Another DEMO that could be stretched into some heavier guitar work and drums.

My cover of the 1967 Velvet Underground song Venus in Furs.

This song is for my work as an English teacher. I train up primary school children and then record them singing it. if all goes well, I give them an mp3 with their vocals in it and cut mine out. Thom

seem to forget nothing i had is all there is to regret lost since my youth in spite of it too my dreams will come true all this time that you will find i believe that i will fly across the world for you now you will see all…

The first song completed for the 2015 RPM Challenge. This is historic for me in that it's an RPM song that used a real amplifier instead of a software simulator. It's not my cool Marshall, it's my Fender who once took a bath in gasoline (long…