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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…
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I’m very pleased with how the lead guitar break came out on this Political Folk song. The rocket being launched at the song’s intro is Apollo 11, carrying Neil Armstrong and company to Luna.
GOING TO TAKE A LOT
I’ve been watching for some…
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Whiling away a few of hours with this ditti. Can't say who this was about, but no-one on this site knows her.
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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"
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Steve (SLKrell) and I have been competing over the same *"IMAGINARY"* girlfriend for years now.
And Yep . . . Steve started it. Well she's mine now, at least until Steve writes the next song. Look for Steve's music here:
http://alonetone…
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Psychedelic Folk. Ever meet that special someone in a laundromat? Ever do it on top the dryer? Either way, you’re sure to dig this clean groove. Compilation by Stephen L. Krell and Gene Eric Mann.
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#RPM 2015#
. . . . And We're off . . . First song of the RPM Challenge
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Lyrics & music by Greg Connor. Lead and slide guitars by Gene Eric Mann. Copyright © 2012 Greg Connor.
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from the album 'ZERO'
featuring Tess Savigear on vocals
as you wish said the boy
to the girl with the sparkling eyes
so it goes, so they say
he was taken from her that day
and her deep blue eyes went silent
just another sad tale, so sorry…
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A piece I wrote a few months ago when I bought a new acoustic guitar.
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Pitchforks glow reflecting torches held in hand by the town’s folk
Eyeballs gleam beneath the balls of flame puffing out the stream of smoke
Rumors grow, they’re telling of the child who was flung in the lake
Gnashing teeth, they scream…
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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.
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Wrote this song today as my first in the RPM challenge! A universal theme that came to me as I drove across the beautiful Mississippi River this morning watching the sun come up.
Here are the lyrics:
Change Is Calling You
© 2015 Colleen…
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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…
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Blues. My way of playing “Rollin' in My Sweet Baby’s Arms,” ‘cuz I’m a Soul man. See the Soul-patch? Dig. Be cool, cats, and stay dry!
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Combined words of homeless men across America the night of the Winter Solstice in 2010 when there was a full moon, a lunar eclipse, and a meteor shower. Baby grand piano performed by Starry Nightmoth.
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Inspired by “Peter Pan Syndrome” by Dr. Kyle. “Gr'ups,” which means “grown ups,” comes from an original series Star Trek episode.
PETER
NA NA NANANA
NANA NA NANANA
PETER!
YOU’RE SCARED OF YOUR MOM, YOU HATE YOUR DAD
YOU BETTER GET…
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A Blues number, and in the past it’s been one of my more popular songs. We’ll see how it does on AloneTone.
MY FAVORITE GUN
Pa had left us on the farm
Ten long years we raised the corn
Then he returned to Mama’s arms
To beat the sons…
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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…
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Psych Folk. I earned my PTSD. Growing up traveling about America, I met bad babysitters, bad cops, bad ministers. Early on as a runaway I learned to not hitchhike but to rather move in the shadows alone. Etc. Starry Nightmoth on KBs.
SO MANY…
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OK, so it’s a creepish song about Death, but how about my happening bass lines? This Psych Folk funeral dirge features Starry Nightmoth on KBs.
LOOK
Look in the mirror
See me standing there
Look out the window
See me everywhere…
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Political Folk tune featuring Starry Nightmoth on baby grand piano, pan flute, KB “strings” and intro voice. About the blatant environmental destruction humans are committing against Mother Nature/Earth.
Curse of Eden
Why did you heed the…
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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…
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"Play what you know and then play above that."
-Miles Davis
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Political Folk song featuring Stephen L. Krell on the Chicago-style Blues-harp.
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Blues. Lyrics, vocals, harmonica and harpsichord by Greg Connor. All other instruments by Gene Eric Mann. Arrangement by Greg Connor and Gene Eric Mann.
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The morning after JP Morgan Chase Bank donated $4.7 million to the NYCPD, police began terrorizing the OWS protesters, beginning with Officer Antonio Bologna macing an innocent woman. This song is about that event:
TONY BOLOGNA
Liberty Park…
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EPIPHANY
Life, it is but a dream
In the back of my mind
I can plainly see
What’s in the future
What’s in it was for me
Feel revolutions
Surging through my soul
I can feel a spirit
That is hard and cold
In the back of my…
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ADAM’S PLAGUE
And those not killed by Adam’s Plague
Repented not the work at hand
Their search for truth was strangely vague
They spread their lies across the land
They clung to things of stone and wood
Which cannot see nor hear…
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Have a problem with TV evangelists? You won’t have a problem with this number! This Psych Folk tune features Starry Nightmoth on church organ. The rhythm/drum track was generated using a Yamaha E313 KB, the rest is my fault.
COME UNTO ME…
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Golden Days
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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
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Hold The Nighttime
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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…
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Grateful Dead cover by Throwing Bones live rehearsal.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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A blessing of rain.
improv on fretless junk strat
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Inspiration ? Simples people, the Good Wife.
It's in Open something tuning, could be A !!!!
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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.
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Here's the first track that I've written/recorded for RPM 2015.
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Took inspiration from Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five' instrumental. It's in 5/4 time. Thanks for listening.
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As I can't access my old account here, my as well put some of my old ones on here !!
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An instrumental reflecting my summers in Manitoba at Molson Lake Lodge when I was young. Number 2 for the RPM Challenge.
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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......
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Another DEMO that could be stretched into some heavier guitar work and drums.
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My cover of the 1967 Velvet Underground song Venus in Furs.
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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
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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…
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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…
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An edit from the library gig the other night Feb. 2, 2015
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instrumental improvisations... a tribute to the work of francisco guerrero marin
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Song written by fellow Songcrafter, Jarle, covered by me as a part of the Tributerfest.
The first version was only two and a half minutes long, and was too short in my opinion. This version is nearly double the length.
It's a bit Proggy
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Revolution number 9
'Cover' of the Beatles 'song'
Made using sounds captured from toys
And a drum machine
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Since the group split up I've been working on quite a bit of random music, however I've neglected my AloneTone friends.
This particular track was inspired by my first trip to an area of Tampa Florida called "Hyde Park". The Hyde Park cafe…
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This track took a bit longer than expected to complete, however it's been one of our favorites in a while. It all started on night after leaving gig and we'd needed a little something to spice it up on the dance floor. Hence, we began something…
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NOTE: I accidentally uploaded a mix down that didn't include any of the keys and about 5 additional channels. Oops! "should" sound a little better now. Mixed it down a little better, so hope you get a chance to hear what I think is a better…
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The first one for the RPM........THE REG SAGA CONTINUES.....
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