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This is a bonus track of sorts for the mock EP It takes a village. I had the verse chord chages around for many years but just until last week the song and lyrics came together really quickly. I thought I heard a band arrangement originally but…
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Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
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my own damn take on this song
a bit different you could say
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Geas sent me over this one to see what i could add ....and so i added hope you enjoy and thanks Geas for a great mix and excellent backer.......
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Inspired by a perfect morning watching the Sun come up over Lake Superior.
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Thru this together this morning. A lil Jimi tribute before I change these strings.
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Inspired by those “music everyday” iphone commercials.
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The idea was to create something with a bit of the flavor from Bach's Passacaglia in C Minor (and especially the orchestral transcription by Respighi). I didn't quite hit the mark, but it was a really fun project.
Remixed: 12/18/2010
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Got a guitar for my birthday... I have been trying to learn how to play it. This is a cover of an old Smiths song I tried to tackle for Lesson 10 "Finger Picking."
12.10.2013: rerecorded at slightly faster tempo; added small amount of distortion…
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This song is inspired by the struggles currently going on in Syria....here are the lyrics:
Out in the streets, an awakening has begun
You brandish posters, they point a gun
Scrawled on the pavement with blood and tears
Says we the people…
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Hey all, which Greed version do you prefer? :)
Lead guitar, organ, and drums added by Vic Lyn. He did a great job - extremely talented and insightful with music. Thanks so much, Vic. (Check out Vic's website: www.avlstudios.com
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Written & Recorded: July 1-2, 2011
DADGAD
First time I've picked up a guitar since February. Still not feeling it, though...
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Bob Dylan tune, but this is the George Harrison version.
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This one is from 2013's RPM Christmas Challenge. I imagined a few Irish friends helping out with this one. ;)
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Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad
If you listen closely at 47 seconds you will hear a "swoosh" sound - it was my wife moving something around upstairs. It adds something extra that works somehow. A breath, a sigh, a surprise...
Hope you…
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Baby can you here the thunder tonite?
Baby can you here the rain coming down, down?
Lately Ive been dreaming of you lying next to me and I realise your gone
And I cant seem to find
A way to stop these tears, from bleeding out this heart of…
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Unfinished rough draft from March 2012.
I envisioned a series of quick solos in the instrumental section — an aural equivalent of "seeing the sights."
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It Regs birthday tomorrow and he's in party mood already getting it on in the cellar....with James and the crew....ooooh yeahhhh!!!!!!
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"The Bridge" was written for the 100 year celebration of the Ariel Lift Bridge in Duluth MN.
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"Hey Motorman" was written for the 100 year celebration of the Ariel Lift Bridge.
The bridge was originally built in 1907 with a gondola that went from side to side carrying passengers and vehicles. It was later replaced with a lift system.
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A Bluesy, Psychedelic Folk version of the Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osbourne hit, PARANOID.
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Another one from the archives....this was a piece that I wrote for a Sports Network - it was used for a floor hockey video. It was also my first real foray into Guitar Rig - being a vintage amp buff, it bordered on the blasphemous for me! All…
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What can I say? I just always feel this way this time of year. Done with the Goodall fitted with a Sunrise pickup and the usual toys and loopers.
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An attempt at carnival shoegaze. Yes, Violet, it's a freakout.
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A loving ballad for loving lovers everywhere of all sexy ages.
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I was passing by a darkened church this evening, as the wind danced through the trees, looking though the a window, i noticed a single candle lit, flickering on the alter step, casting a shadow within.. as i pressed an ear to the dusty glass…
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Messin' about in Open G tuning & this popped out. Actually, as I tune all my guitar's half a note down I suppose it's in Open Gb !?!?! Do that exist !!! Any way, hope you enjoy it.
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Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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In the mean time
In an alleyway downtown
In the mean time
In Afganistan
In the mean time
In your back yard
In the mean time
Knockin' at your door
It could…
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Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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You're livin' hard
And I understand
You have my word
I won't make demands
There's a feelin'
I got about you
And we'll soon find out
If the feelin's true…
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Here's a recording of Jailbreak it isn't that great of a recording but at least it's a record of the1st gig and another tick off the bucket list.....
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Recorded this after watching an excellent instructional video by the great jazz guitarist Emily Remler (R.I.P.)
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Reg playing with his Cry-baby.........Hot Stuff!!
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Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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Here comes my life again on the upswing
feels like I've been down
for so long
like a carnival ride
I'm not scared of the heights
as much as the ground below…
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Geas has done the hard yard with this track... i'm responsible for the Lyrics and a bit of lead..Geas added the magic sauce to the mix...Thanks Geas
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Just one of those things where I sat down and started recording and this stuff came out. Hope you like it.
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And your gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through
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Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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It's amazing what they'll tell ya
When they got somethin' to sell
Their mama shoulda told 'em
It's a sin to tell a lie
But it's too late now
So I guess they can…
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..."the world is alive, the world is dead, the world may last forever inside your armored head" ...
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Yeah, I know, it's early. But the Banjo Hangout is having a contest for banjo renditions of this tune, and I decided to toss my hat in the ring, so to speak. Might win the 6-string banjo first prize, which I can't imagine having any use for, or…
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Musical piece about the fairy adventures of toys on and around the Christmas tree, and all that.
For us, the boring adults realists, such a story is ridiculous, but not for them - for children who listen to tales with bated breath. For them…
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Of course something a little different,a mixing experiment. Don't touch that dial!!
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A VERY rough live recording. Posting mainly for archival reasons.
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A little ditty that came out of playing with the new step sequencer function recently added to the Ableton Push.
Additional processing provided by some Nomad Factory plugins I recently picked up. See here for more info:
http://www.dontcrack…
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I hardly ever cover songs, so this one was really fun to record. What a great little ditty, Macca!
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A very Merry Christmas to you all ....Thanks for listening...i got me a cry baby she's still not tamed but a lot of fun so i had too try her out and this is the outcome.. hope you enjoy!!
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Have fun and remember to practice safe shamanism.
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All sounds on the track are made with Synplant (from Sonic Charge).
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Just me and my acoustic.
I've just learned how to record both at the same time.
I didn't know this song the day before this recording.
It was done in one take, with dodgy guitar playing, wrong lyrics and sore throat :)
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This was the first time I ever tried doing a Christmas song (December 2008), so I figured I would do one in an older style, with psychedelic tinges. I added some Dickensesque material to the front, complete with old radio show style sound effects…
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From 2011... If the Beatles did a Christmas song. I decided to have some fun with the intro, sort of a 1940's sound and then...off we go! Then some Christmas psychedelia at the end. Ear candy, I suppose. ;)
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Remastered using Ozone 5 Mastering Software,
Thanks to Robert Palomo and his new software. *Thanks Robert*
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No Idea where this one came from . . . .
Gone
I left you a note on your pillow
You will…
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Have some fun, dance a little, dance some more.
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She had a beer and I drank water
Rectangle pizzas cut in quarters
But to me none of that mattered
She was the Woman At The Well
We ordered appetizers
Four bucks apiece it's Happy Hour
I couldn't take my eyes off her
I drove the car. She…
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Our contribution to the 2012 RPM Holiday Challenge
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My contribution to the 2011 RPM Holiday Challenge.
I want to be your Santa's elf
I want to build your toys
I want to be the one who makes
Presents for the girls and boys
I want to slide down your…
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my entry into the 2008 Sidedown Christmas challenge.
I tried the original Mel Torme chords and version and it just didn't fit for me, so i came up with my own chords and arrangement.
this was done around the same time as g=gone so it's a…
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Here's a little ditty about riding a Harley. I wrote it to play with a group called "the Roaming Coyote's" I just re-tubed a 1975 Hiwatt Custom 50 and tracked the guitars straight amp using a Wolfgang
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A stripped down version.......
My Baby forgot she love me (Lyrics)
i been living this fantasy life
i’ve been living it most of my life
i know that things just ain’t right
when my baby don’t love me at night
ooh my baby say she forgot she…
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How you gonna sleep when you're never sound?
How you gonna keep you fever down?
Your an eyeful
How you gonna walk when you never run?
Chip off the block your father's son
You're an eye sore
And I wonder if I'll bend under
The weight of…
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Here is a little love song about drinking Tequila featuring the one and only Chuck Jackson of Downchild on Harmonica!
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An afternoon playing with some pads and heavily treated guitars led to this Hammock-esque piece.
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Now this is in Open G !!!! An old song re-jigged.
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Inspired by the local Farmers Market in my community.
YouTube video is attached.
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The best songs always have an element of truth in them.
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Written for a song challenge to bring awareness to the flooding this past Spring in Australia.
The song was required to have the phrase "water is rising".
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Dedicated to the pastime of watching birds.
YouTube video attached:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_x2C-uq4M&t=30s
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Recorded at the V.I.P. Pizza & Pub in Superior Wisconsin
7-23-11.
Two Original Songs:
1. Mini Van
2. Hey Motorman
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In memory of my cousin Mike, nicknamed Shovel Head, because of the Harley Davidson Shovel Head motorcycle he drove.
Lyrics
I can feel the wind blow
Lean into that winding road
Setting Sun against my skin
Shift into that high gear
Get…
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Lyrics:
Crazy people, wander round all night
Looking toward the Heavens
At little specs of light
Dragging round their telescopes
And Binoculars
All the tools they need to gaze among the stars
Crazy people, look at what they do…
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Bottle Neck Fender Stratocaster
and Fender Jazz Bass
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