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3rd Song for RPM. Getting this done was filled with late night torture.
You tried so hard
You tried so hard
But you’re not there
You’re not there
You’re not there
You’re not there
You made your way
Oh you made your way
But…
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Trying out a new strat: not letting myself work on details on the computer until the skeleton of the song is complete. Result is a lot of variety in songwriting, but a bit rougher arrangement/mix.
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Yesterday I made a friend.
Someone I…
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It's now 12:00 am....so Song 2 for RPM is as done as it will be!
In this tune I'm experimenting with vocal layering and using my analogue synth (my guitar and piano are giving me the skunk-eye). Thanks again for anyone listening out there…
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Another one from the archives! Collab with glu from 2009 - I took his original guitar track and added vocals, then he remixed and made about four more versions, but this is my fave.
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This is the first track from RPM 2024. See you in March with the rest of the album!
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The only song I've ever had published, by DENNIS MORGAN MUSIC, Nashville TN.
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RPM 2013
see the bloodlust rise
in your watchful eyes
you're taking aim again
will you pull me close
to better reach my throat
you wolf in woolen skin
I know far too well
how you kiss and tell
you sing your siren song
but these…
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RPM 2013
Searching for the words
To let you know
I consider you
A perfect work of art
Studying the curves
And the brush strokes
Every inch is
Easily my favorite part
Trying to be smooth
But you shake my spine
I am coloring outside…
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Female vocal and piano - tuning Pythagorean
The maidens came
When I was in my mother's bower;
I had all that I would.
The bailey beareth the bell away;
The lily, the rose, the rose I lay.
The silver is white, red is the gold;
The…
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built 20240210
will be part of a larger work someday
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Billy wanted a project for the 2023 Christmas holidays and asked some of his extremely talented musician friends to play on this track.
Matt Smith: Guitars & backing vocals
Paul Matthews: Pianos & organ
Naomi Daulby: Lead & backing…
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Punny title to hint at the sound origin; the sounds left on a reel of tape (or in this case, two different ones) after it has undergone a bulk-erase procedure - placing it on a device that creates a strong electromagnetic field that scrambles…
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Poppa
INTRO:
Praise The LORD, Lift His Name On High.
VERSE ONE:
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and remember all the things He has done.
Glorify His name, yes, my soul; don’t forget all the good things He has done.
There’s none like…
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I Call Upon Your Name
VERSE ONE (Richard):
I call upon Your name, for in You my peace is found, You’re the owner of my heart.
I call upon You, LORD, 'cause You’re all I've ever wanted, Yes, You’re all that I need.
Before I was born…
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A song I wrote for my good friend Debbie Hall who taught me how to weave willow.
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Created and performed at the whim of the tyrant Michael John Keegan
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Rasta Pirate pleas with colonial hottie to guide him to her treasure vault. Rough demo for now.
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My Pirate song. Sounds more like a polka band, but what the hell. I had fun doing it.
a song for Gumbo.
we sailed the angry seas
til we found a neutral port
we rowed the ship to shore
to go and find a fancy whore
down at the Buccaneer inn…
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Another song I worked on for Bethan Mathis. She had come up with this funny song, and asked for some music to go along with it. I got a bit carried away, but I think it all works. Since Bethan has recently removed her account, she gave me permission…
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Sometimes writing a song is the very best and only thing you can do....
Cold Winter Moon
Oh cold winter moon
And the wind that blows
Bring me a change
For my weary soul
Take away this longing
That fills my heart
Something is over…
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Sassy Nation version!
Sister Savage and Mr Sandbags collaborated on the original of this wonderful heartbreaker of a song. I've been playing it on the guitar the last few days and it always seemed to come out with a grittier tone, so i asked…
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First Day of the 2024 RPM challenge .... so here is Song 1
I'm experimenting with my old analogue synth (Prophet 6) this year
Thanks to anyone who listens! A gloomy song for gloomy times. Onward!
One day
You’ll find
It’s over, it’s over…
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This was an RPM track back in the day, and I've been playing it various ways to find a setting for it within the band repertoire. This doesn't sound much like our band would do it but it came out nicely, so i thought i'd share it.
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Random Memories - my lyrics, music/performance by Gordon Todd
2024©JohnSchofield
Candlelight paints quick shadows
As the gale blows off the moors
Rain batters the windows
Wind rattles the door
Reliving those sweet moments
In this old…
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There was a time when
We'd be scuttling, running hard
Cops on tail
And grins on faces
There was a time when
We'd be aching
Bleeding slow
All worth the time incarcerated
They said we wouldn't go far
Looks like they got it right then…
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Sometimes I like to play a little jazz/bebop stuff.
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Put a guitar improv over Mr. Newbold's "Roland 606+909 a 2"
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Song I wrote using a slide on my old Silvertone Archtop guitar. Has its own sound.
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Sitting on a bar stool thinking about Jane
I wonder if she still remembers my name
It’s been a long time as you might guess
Last time I saw her it was quite a mess
She called me names and made it clear
She blew me a kiss in the rear view…
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Gates
w/m Nate Houge
(c) 2015 Lutefist
(Each line is 4 bars – song alternates between four bars of G and four bars of C)
G///G///G///G///
C///C///C///C///
G
Open up the gates, let the people in
Let the drinkers drink another pull of…
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Another dirty mp3 sent 'round the world. Kind of like a musical chain letter :) A song I wrote about out of body experiences. It showed up finished in my email one day - No kidding!!!
Another song entirely created by the Boss Micro BR…
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15 minute track from album "The Etheric Body"
what do david bowie, sean connery & queens have in common?
I don't know but it smells like this
KMA
The Mask & Zombie Condom's hair of the dog that bit you conditioner it's a…
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With lovely Keith Landry. Unfortunately, the studio I had at the time was on its last legs and the recording is a terrible quality, but I've never been able to get the vocal to sound better. Probably because I'm now over the awful thing* I did…
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Four different tracks of Roland SE-02 controlled via MIDI by a Casio DH-100. Choosing different voices on the Casio causes settings to change on the Roland, which were then tweaked a little. Submitted to Sound-In "Roleplay Improv" for 1-8/2/2024.
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A friend of Billy's asked me to sing on this classic track.
Guitars & Vocals: Matt Rowland
Mixed & mastered by Billy.
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Young Talented Artist *STARDY* releases Another official single titled *“LEAVE RAP”.*
On this mid tempo jam, *STARDY* talked about what he likes doing most
The song *Leave Rap* has an addictive tune that makes you want to listen to the song…
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Trial run after rearranging some electronic doodads on my side desk, most notably the pictured Drone Stack and HypnoDrone from Kaiser Electrical Instruments in lovely Duluth, MN. Recorded at the end of a rare week-long ice event in north Alabama.
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The final Song for my 2023 RPM challenge!! Dusted off my acoustic guitar (and blistered my fingers) to get this one done. Phew! I love Latin rhythms and so I found a beat and jammed it up. Thanks again to anyone who listens -it's really fun…
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Teejay’s WRLD_-_No Gree For Anybody Lyrics
No gree for anybody no be joke
Puff puff pass shey bii na smoke
I dey my dey, my life no be ur own
Dey play dey play no go try near my zone
Toba ru eh loju ole jego sori
Na my vibe make unna…
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Last song before RPM challenge starts! Working on adding emotion to the vocal performances from Octavia, my new vocal database. She has a good powerband that comes out at the end of the tune. I'm trying to get her to not sound like a disney princess…
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for sound in abstract noise constructions - all abelton live
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Guitars: Matt Rowland
Billy was mixing this track for a friend (Matt Rowland) and as it was a track I know well (I must have sung along to it a thousand or more times) I thought I'd like to record the vocal. So here it is.
Mic used: SM58…
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The same track at 250 BPM - the harp harmony stands out
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Teejay’s WRLD_-_Gran Numero Uno Lyrics
Grace, Grace Shanni koko
Sùn mo lorùn, Tori ishe Kolon dowo
Tio baa sholaa kadara toh shoo joro
Gbo Gbo wa obaa mama Laagun kato lowo
Imagination be like sobo
Listen to my music, it fit take away…
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Thinking of the unfortunates this Christmas with a little help from Les .........all of it of the cuff...Hope you enjoy!!....Happy New Year..........
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This is not a White Zombie rip-off. It's an homage to Mortal! Loving our new software!
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my own damn take on this song
a bit different you could say
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Made in AXS Tracker, no VSTs, QWERTY Input only. No post process other than trim & convert....
AXS remains to date a crashless Tracker!
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Instrumental Track from Goada Bull, a Philadelphia area based project in which was created and maintained by Bill Ramsey.
Some collaborations with musicians included Eric Shurley of Ketosis/Mesmeria/The Solutionists, Tom Amey of The Unknown/The…
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i think my alonetone is broke
so that's the description
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Another Minnesota Coffee Table Song! Written and recorded “live” in one evening.
Memories: Written and performed by John Bennet, Joe Passofaro, Mark Lofgren, Colleen Dillon & Greg Connor. Listen to Minnesota Homebrew Radio w/ Carl Unbehaun…
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After Greg Connor wrote this for me a while back, I kept listening to it every time I was feeling tired of winter, which at this time of year is several times a day. Somehow every time I listened to it, it reminded me of my dad. I know he would…
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Uploaded just in time for the 2013 peak of the Perseid meteor showers of 2013, which I definitely won't see, as our autumnal "maritime" (i.e. sh**ty) climate is doing its thing.
This is my arrangement of a wonderful romantic tune by the inimitable…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindalee_Operational_Radar_Network
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From a brief set performed at St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, 21 January 2024
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Inspired by a gift from my Cousin Danita, a bird whistle.
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I open my eyes to the first morning’s light
The Birds sing outside my window
And the stars are all gone from the previous night
They…
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...and suddenly I realise it's Christmas Eve, and it's The Day Before. Years have passed and you don't expect anything special for a long time, and at least in Lower Saxony there is no snow, at all. But the magic of the childhood is still there…
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I remember years ago there was a book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Though I loved motorcycles I never really saw a spiritual connection and didn't read it. As I've gotten older, though, I realize there is a lot more to the lifestyle…
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Another that came very quickly while having a tinkle on the ivory's .
Console me
I don’t know what to say to console me
I don’t know if I can
The words that were said have now been opened
There out in the air
There out in the air
Sticks…
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collaboration between Eric Shurley and myself.
Eric Shurley is on distorted guitars.
check him out on reverbnation under "ketosis" or "ketos"
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My first attempt at a whammy-bar blues rock style instrumental tune.
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Part instrumental composition and part vocal lyric song. A testimony to survival in the modern world.
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Hold my hand get through this
I dissect your iris
And behind the lens there is an omen
Here I thought I knew you
But I’m stuck on preview
You were hiding in my peripheral vision
In my dreams, reaching forward, falling backward, out my…
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Lost half of my castle, we dug the moat, we built the walls
But the waves don’t care, they’re busy shushing us senseless
It’s a wonder, forever building here in the sand
How the universe don’t care
The pen to the page, part and parcel…
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It’s the scrape, in your face, every morning, all it’s glory fades
You’ll go numb, weak the knees, targets training, always hold this pace
Take it all away
Pull it all away
Peel back all your skin
Show your scars
Take it all away…
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Hey y’all let’s go tanning, under the new fake sun
Let’s spin the brand new single, if you can’t hide we run
From the safety of knowing
Look outside it is snowing
Who knew it got so cold, who knew it got so cold,
And now I caught the…
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Brian from A Beautiful Scene sent me the lyrics to his song and said "Do what you want." The lyrics really intrigued me, and I wanted the song to have the rainbow tone palette of colors and sounds that I suspect is the backdrop mentally to his…
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Broken things on my window sill
Remind me every day
Of my constant lean towards failure
Always getting in my way
Perpetual disappointment
I never follow through
Can't count on me for nothing
I'll only disappoint you
There's a war in…
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This is how these things start
My sad excuse for a work of art
Put in the effort, set the pace
Hardly anyone listens anyways
Years of this takes its toll
Only few ever know
All this work done in haste
A whole month gone to waste
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I like Bad Religion. The first album I heard, I remember thinking that it was amazing that there was a smart punk band. Also, I like the way that their songs could work with an acoustic guitar, and still stand.
I thought this had a similar…
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Written and recorded for the 2021 RPM Challenge.
Wilson Ng - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards.
Andy Samford - Guitars, Bass.
Brian Wood - Vocals, Guitars.
Gareth Banks - Drums.
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As I have mentioned in other years, I am so very blessed to have some songs come to me in my dreams. Grace is one of them. The specific line "Grace, grace, grace! You don't have to be a lonely child" is what I retained in my waking moments so…
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We're so quick to judge others. We really shouldn't.
This one follows the tone of It Mattered To No One Else. I actually had a lot more song ideas like these two that I thought would end up being the whole record. But it didn't happen that…
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And now a complete change. I like variety, and this introduces a new feel to the record. Until the mid-section, when the spacey connection returns, though in a subtle way.
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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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Lyrics: Joel Sattler
Guitar: Nicola Offidani
Bass: Jean Lui Toudou
Drums: Davis Raborn
This is a preliminary version of the song with an AI voice (Synthesizer-V "Natalie"). It sounds ok, but could be much better with a real voice. So I am…
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All Rights Reserved to fresha beats productions
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Who needs a DAW anyway? The recording is me pressing foot switches for looper memory location number nine; guitars were recorded thru my pedalboard's various effects into my Boss RC-500.
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Three different versions of a similar line created using the onboard sequencer on a Roland SE-02. the different voices were created by changing settings on a Casio DH-100 digital horn attached via MIDI, and playing the horn. Submitted to Sound…
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I'm working on a series of new pieces for an electro-acoustic album. As this one is most are done using Pure Data as a somewhat compositional playing in the process. I'm capturing real time playing to loop tables and then laying them into an…
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Just for the sake of clarity, this is observation, not faith.
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Upon the stage of cosmic tragedy,
When sun, once gentle, rages in its spree,
A red giant's dance, a tempest's cruel play,
Consumes the earth in its relentless sway.
No realm untouched by solar fury's ire,
As embers of our world begin to…
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from a work in progress album I started recently after getting some new inspiration from my midi setup and enjoying playing keyboard again. So far none of this is sequenced. Looping but playing the segments.
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