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Last of the archives for now. A set of reels from the Last Nights Fun album. I did pipes, whistle and guitar on the last tune in the set. There's a live version of this up here too. This is the studio cut
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Ok, before I go any further, I need to thank Alonetoner Greg Connor. He proposed a song-writing challenge around the theme of "Who Knew" in early/mid December. Many musicians here in the Alonetone community wrote some amazing songs around this…
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He missed you, and though you failed more often than not, you are welcome back home. And there you have it, in all of it's declarations, to ponder, to think about, to question, to wonder. Sonder.
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You gotta have another rocker, because ROCK! And it's all about perspective, and recognizing that sometimes the biggest antagonist in our lives is ourselves.
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This all ends, some days are good, some days you are no further than where you first began, or worse. Have faith. The song started life from the verse gtr. It was actually a variation of an idea from 2014. That idea went on to become the song…
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I think the lyrics spell it all out. Musically, this is what happens when you mess around with gtr sounds and you play a very basic chord prog while testing out stuff, but for some reason, today, unlike any other day, today that prog sound different…
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Do any of us have any idea of what we are doing? Can we ever get it right, and do we understand the importance of blind faith? And again, the antagonist.
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Trying, but now I know what a mess I am, and it seems so daunting and unobtainable. I'm not sure I can do this. It sounds NOTHING like I originally thought it might, but I am ok with that.
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Now that you know, you have try to be more aware, because it is easy to slip, to stumble, to fall. It's even harder once you are aware. And year after year...antagonist...
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Full of promise, fresh, new, worries are far away but still potentially seeping in. The antagonist is never far. The song began it's life when I was messing around with some Wurly and Rhodes sounds. The riff was almost an accident, and has been…
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The roar of the leopard? I haven't heard. In truth, the leopard does not roar, but shhh ... all of a sudden?
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March 29, 2016
Bad Münder am Deister
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A mashup with
Roger Sundström (Drums, Synthbass, Mix/Mashup)
Carla Cryptic (Wah-Diddely-Wah)
Benjamin Smith (Ben.improv.Mar.18.2016)
Steve Moshier (Anchors in the Sun)
Paul Mimlitsch ("031916h1")
for Sound-In 2016-03-18
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Mr. Keith Landry was kind enough to let me have a play around with the title track from his very excellent rpm album.. This was the outcome. If you haven't, check out Keith's album.. Tis truly a thing of beauty
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Things are great, but then the doubt explodes into technicolor fear. Stoicism can't defeat reality, or is it awareness? And still the antagonist is there. Hard to know.... Another TV-time riff (I hardly watch it, but when I do, I always have a…
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Don't tell me how it is, I'm good, I got it, I got it. But are we blind, and are there cracks in a facade? The riff was what came first, probably while watching the idiot box one evening. I am pretty sure it came very soon after RPM '15, and I…
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A song about being self-centered, it needed to be full of angst and antagonism, but also needed the glimmer of something bigger still. Already people have sent me notes, which I am grateful for, but everyone seems to misinterpret the meaning of…
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This song is meant to be the intro, set the stage, and talk about the direction of the album. The riff came to me while I was absent-mindedly noodling on my gtr in front of the idiot box one day. I knew at that point I had an album opener of a…
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Be strong, nothing that is good is easy. Even when everyone seems to be telling you to give up, be true to yourself. This song came to me in a dream. In that dream, I was singing a country song. You have to realize, I am, uh, not really a fan…
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A love song for my wife
Falling in love is wonderful, especially when it’s with you
It happens all over every day, seems the right thing to do
Falling in love is wonderful, especially when it’s with you
I can’t think of anything that I’d…
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The final track on the rpm album, Inosculation, although the lap steel part wasn't recorded in February.
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This one is still a bit rough, but I wanted to share and see if anyone has an interest in adding some guitars, bass, other vocal parts for fun. I left the chords in the lyrics below, in case you wanted to collaborate. I hope you enjoy it…
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--- However... We'll be forever, won't we?
-- Yes, we will! We will again greet the dawn, sit on the porch and drink tea and have fun talking about everything and nothing.
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March 29, 2016
Bad Münder am Deister
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Take 2 of Taxman Blues by Greg Connor & friends. (no harp)
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Forth single off 'The Reborn Mixtape', 'Better Days' which features one of the 'DSG Life' members 'Da Confy', talks directly about things that changed and got better in these days. It is all about the times that changed after a couple of days…
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I wrote this at my dad's urging. He likes it. We sing it together. I have YouTube Video of it up.
EULOGY
He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma
Red dirt back yard, Gramma's place
Honey suckle in a dust bowl
Life as hard as limestone lace…
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A "mamil" is a Middle Aged Man In Lycra. Cyclists who take themselves super-seriously: this song is for them.
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Somewhat autobiographical (well, OK, entirely) with an 80s synth pop vibe.
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Sadly, Annie and Allan are now divorced...
The games are over...
Annie & Allan
Annie and Allan were having a problem
Made a decision to go their own ways
Annie and Allan made an announcement
Not even knowing how it saddened…
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Here's a recent one written down in the islands. Trying out my new Seagull acoustic on this and a few other things... Hope you like it, even though is still rough.
TAKING BACK WHAT'S MINE
© 2016 Colleen Dillon All Rights Reserved…
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Just ukulele, bass, and drums. Nothing too special, but i like it.
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A tune i revisit every few years. (First came up with this chord progression about twenty years ago now...)
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I earn my daily bread with a company that makes software than can help auto makers, and other companies rushing headlong to make internet connected products to do a better job on the software engineering side.
There's more software in the average…
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Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar: Olivia Winthrop
The fields are plowed
the stones are drawn away
and the seeds are sown
under the light of day
We feed the ground
reaping our return
and the sun in the sky
will always brightly burn…
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Another ol' Irish song about drinkin' and smokin'. Who knew?
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I’ll make my exit on the wind
Nevermore to pretend
That I’m fine
Yeah, I’m good, so good
At doin’ everything I should
To convince you
That I’m okay for today
An’ I won’t crawl out of my skin
I’ll just pretend
Some days…
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Words, Music and Lead Vocals: Olivia Winthrop
You’re like a ripple in the water
Always changing never knowing where to go
What’s this place that I don’t know
What are these feelings
feelings that show
I thought that you could hold the…
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My fuzz box is on the fritz
Right now it sounds like shit
I used to sound real good
now I kinda wish it would
Can’t figure out what is wrong
But I need it for this song
I go and rip the battery out
And I stick it in my mouth
Refrain…
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Damn cold days and wintery nights
There's nothing green and living in sight
I'm bundled up and eatin my stew
Turnin up the heat to seventy two
Take the extra blanket for the cool morning
Keep that extra blanket for the whole day
February…
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Heard you lost your job last year, nothing else to do
I understand that it takes some time just being you
Sitting at home by yourself and feeling lonely
So you figured you'd come by doin' the same at mine
Feelin' Feelin' at home, sittin…
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Backing Vocals: Olivia Winthrop. Acoustic Guitar: Steve Phillips
Im thinkin bout what I said
it popped right outa my head
howd it get itself in there?
catchin me unaware
It was only a minute ago
and the time begins to flow
the past…
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Standing in the center of the lonely universe
look around and realize it could be worse
Focusing now upon a single galaxy
a little spiral one as cute as it could be
A billion stars are there, spinning all around
Arranged in arms just…
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Words, Music and Lead Vocals: Olivia Winthrop
You used to love me, now it’s a lie
And now I feel like I could die
Cause our love was a lie
oooooooh ooooh, ohhhhh oooooh
You felt our love, was so strong
I was feeling you were wrong…
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Moving out of our living room
Exploring space
Looking for a last-ditch way
to save the human race
Leading the passengers
Ordering the crew
like I always do
Trying to find
The perfect planet
just for me and you
The chance failure…
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I wear this clothing on the outside
It tells you nothing 'bout the rules that regulate inside of me
I wear this clothing when I'm outside
is that the only thing you see?
A complication has arisen
communication is the problem that is plaguing…
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I dedicate this little instrumental to all those people who spent Sunday morning in bed!
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11/12/15
Felt like loosening up and making something simple and pleasant.
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Thank God! Just one project left for the school year!!!!
A nocturne is a song of the night, an aubade one of dawn.
Scored for flute and piano.
By the way, if you are wondering about the chords in the first section, I adapted some of the…
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A little improvisation. Part 1 of a larger piece.
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Our rock and roll version of the song from the Phantom of the Opera....less the goofy faces of Sarah Brightman.
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Kari was lookin for a collaborator and after listening to the track i jumped at the chance of working with him...Thanks Kari
BURN
I hear your voice
through the darkness
i hear your words and they
Burn
i see your look
i feel you be
i just…
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14 years ago I felt underneath myself and wrote this song. Now I know why.
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Just a little song about another hopeless romantic. Actually, I just really like the name Svetlana.
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Come join me on this sonic joyride...I'm Saved
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Here's a new one I've been working on for the last few weeks... time to say "done!"... Trying to push some of my limits again and try some new things. Hope you like it!
Reassurance
© 2015 Colleen Dillon
Sometimes we sigh, we cry
We fall…
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Written almost exclusively from Brent's posts on Facebook
Trying out new names and every one is taken
You think this is easy?, Well my friend you’d be mistaken
Every combination ends with the color black
From A Drop Of Joker all the way…
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Featuring Bob Sorace on vocals.
Stay still, this won’t hurt a bit AD
I promise you won’t feel a thing ad
It’s all in your head, at least that’s what she said AD
Stay still she said, This won’t hurt a…
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Annie Taylor was the first to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel back in 1901.
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and you, again
a WAV format version of the album is available on soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/brett-warren
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So glad you could make it.
a WAV format version of the album is available on soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/brett-warren
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One can hear a lot of interesting things in the silence of the night (particularly when their plumbing freezes).
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