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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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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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With JS Tolar, as band Visions Of Nell.
My tribute to Anne Boleyn, the first queen to be publicly executed in England. I used some of the poetry she wrote during her imprisonment in the chorus. An innocent, incomparable woman.
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The is a re-recording of a song I wrote 6 years ago, when I had got my first MicroBR 4-track recorder.
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With the electrorgasmic Aged Machine, written and recorded for the RPM Challenge 2012.
Sabotaged by the coffin card girl
Rode out of the cartomancy world
I'm soaking and sick of this
Of being a bee sting because he doesn't know a good…
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With music written and performed by Soundsmith Kamachi.
It was the last day of RPM and he asked me to write a lullaby for a track called Cornucopia. Very much enjoyed how easily this one flowed. That's my mum, Bee Mathis, adding class to the…
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More searching for new sounds. Same setup as the last one. Experimented a bit with paulstretch on the fadeout
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A demonstration of the "glissando" technique of dragging a finger across a conga head.
(Original Lynch song: "Stranger Than Friction")
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With huge thanks to the awesomeinfinity Jake, Wrinkled Shirt, who let me use his gorgeous instrumental track "Gaza".
The sun left the city, from the ground
Moonlight woke up, falling down
Why are you scared, free as a bird
Now that the heat…
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A song about a woman who won't sever ties to friends who beckon her to a self destructive lifestyle that she cannot forebear.
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Thanks Norm for the percussion track, Groove for Saint Michael.
The (Bass perc?) ties the whole thing down-
Now get out there and enjoy the summer>!
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In case you are in the mood today to kick some ass with Mike and me.
Congas, Vintage Bass Cocktail Drum, Bongos, and (of course) Cowbell.
Concept=>Drive=>Plan=>Engagement.
6/8
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And here another version of another classic... Based on the original Julie London, sweet, incredible recording.
I hope you like and/or enjoy this one.
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Its a slow groovy song that expresses some basic reasons for love. "Ja Lo Jo is a yoruba native word which means "let's go & dance"
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Released via CD Baby this past week. The full version is available to stream on my site: www.robertpalomo.com/corporation_blues
I'm embedding the video here below.
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Please be gracious on this one friends. It was co-written by my teenage son Tom, who really does dream of peace...and a million just like him.
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The guitarist started this one out as a love song, but it became something much different.
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The sun in my mouth
the leaf on my back
the crown on my tree
forever let alone
in reverie
can't you see her
a WAV format version of the album is available on soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/brett-warren
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With Big Time Operator, who originally uploaded his awesome music with the offer that anyone can add vocals...too good to miss! Love this music, and had loads of fun wailing. Thanks Chris!
Played on BBC Radio Introducing. :)
http://alonetone…
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First Lie
Chris Tune / Toms Lyrics
I heard you singing from the roof tops
saw you swinging in the trees
tripping on a cough drop
dealing your disease
I watched you watching from the washroom
heard you tumble down my stairs
passed out…
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some video of my trip to Winston-Salem to perform three nights of microtonal music with a cast of excellent musicians and composers. More on that later...
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A collab on lyrics from the other-side......
Before i stumble and fall
Falling back through memories
I don't expect a soft landing
I'm staring at the tumbleweeds
remembering it all
i'm remembering it all
before I stumble and fall
remembering…
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Another live in the cellar....with a little borrowing from Zep...Stairway a song about a beautiful lady who gets old...
Stairway
I've been told the long legged women ain't got no soul
but that ain't gonna stop her finding her goal
She's…
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4 am Words and Music by Jeff Cole ©2012
We’re putting on the Eskimo gear
Our words are turning colder.
Wake me at 4 in the morning
To say I got a problem with you.
You say I look for holes in the fence
I say I’m getting older.
Wake…
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...same for orbiting shuttle as in falling elevator; always accelerating towards earth to as if falling!!! Therefore, you fall at the same rate as shuttle, objects float relative to shuttle, can’t tell which way is up.
Igor
Bad Münder Diaries
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I hate when I write the ending first...This is the 4th "bit" written in "The Room Over The Garage" or simply, "The Room" 2 minutes of pretty much the same progression...but it will coax out the rest of the tune. We write in "bits" or "pieces…
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arpegg/alt tuned improv for ImprovFriday 10/9/15
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Another vocal exercise. Bare with me. :)
It's Supertramp - you know.
Wanna sing it?
E-mail me.
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If your interested, this one gets a bit complicated.
I would be happy to send you the chord progression.
E-mail me anytime
wildgeas@hvc.rr.com
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With 6LA8, from their brilliant album "Follow the fanatic" at https://6la8.bandcamp.com/album/disc-1-follow-the-fanatic
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Meditating on the beauty of nature / natural beauty.
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A collab with LJ. You may have heard it with a Burnley accent. This is a softer version.
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A little ufo fun! Vistors are all around us. Keep your eyes peeled or you will miss them!
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An old song of mine recorded fresh at Winterland studios.
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This tune is one of my top ten favorites of all time.
It's originally performed by The Mike Curb Congrigataion and used as a music track for the movie "Kelly's Heroes" starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Salavas, Caroll O'Conner, Don Rickles, Donald…
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Here is my humble tribute version of this classic ELP song.
I hope you like and/or enjoy this one.
Cheers!
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ALPHAOMEGA - ALONETONE MIX
Clumsy Universe 2015
Karma King
Agent of the Heart
H20
Soletude
Time to Reflect
Navigator
Poeta
Last Amps
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Naya is a year old Border Collie puppy who drives us all crazy! Which is why we love her so much.
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Written in pieces back in 1994 and 1995 during my "arrangements that are to complicated for humans to actually play" phase. Recorded in January 2015 during my "Ancient History Revisited Volume 2" phase. Mixed in September 2015 during my "I actually…
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sheepmandance
in my dreams I hear her calling from somewhere far away
I don't even know what to call her but I think it sounds like rain
so I took a train ride to the other side to see what I could see
and wound up here at the dolphin hotel and…
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star
just a star on a sheep on the side of a car
and the picture in your hand from a distant land
with a story can't believe this is happening to me
another mediocre man trapped in a master plan
it's really not the star but the dream inside…
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RPM 2011
Used to feel the same as me
So warm inside
Used to care too much to see
The other side
You’re so far outside the lines
Your shapes distorted, undefined
Your color choices too
A wash and blurry, through and through
Visualize, love saves…
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RPM 2011
Wait for the room to focus
Feeling around for closure
The whiteness of my skin
The pale reflecting eyes
The beaty of total darkness
Move to the door and open
Room after room of sorrow
Breathing through your mouth
Flooding from your eyes…
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rpm 2011
Taking taking all her money
Taking taking all her sweat
Taking taking all her money
Taking taking all her tears
What do you give back? (shark attack)
Taking taking all her love
Taking taking all her life
Taking taking all her love
Taking…
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from the album the Vulnerary Songs
shame on me
let you preach
your foolish lies
have to try
expose the truth now
the big surprise
hey now, you listened quietly
you never questioned, once
the hate behind his eyes
as if the venom wouldn’t spread…
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from the album the Vulnerary Songs
sick in my soul
sick of who I see
had all the world
laid out before me
then I got into some trouble with the law
and I sold my soul for wishes on a star
the sky went black the wishes blinked away
taste my…
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Music: Steffen Offermann & Calvin Rainwater;
Lyrics: Calvin Rainwater
Drums: Francesco Corrias;
Vocals: Calvin Rainwater;
Bass: Alberto P.;
Guitars: Jeff Chalpan, Frank Zax
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There is a whole galaxy out there. I played this cold and made some mistakes on the inversions, oh well. I will re-record it when I get a chance.
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My first Sonic the Hedgehog remake. Please comment and tell me what you think I'll make more if I see it getting good reviews!
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remix track of a track hopefully on my next release.
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When it's wet outside, jam this tune. It'll still be rainy but at least you can still rock. Made with Cubase 5.
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Mega Man 8 wasn't known for it's great music, but heres my attempt at making it a little better.
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Live rehearsal Sept. 17,2015. He's Gone by Grateful Dead (Lyrics by Robert Hunter, Music by Jerry Garcia).
Dedicated to Jacques Amann, R.I.P.
My uncle Jacques introduced me to this music as a young child - he was a huge influence…
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From Mega Man 8. Hardest one that I have done so far.
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Well . . my last (latest) recording. I know it's self indulgent, but I wanted to end my Instrumental Observation recordings with something moving !? I had already sold my bass, so I used a bass/synth patch for the low end and tried to utilize…
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More testing. An improv demo for the Breaking Light project for the RPM Challenge.
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After I'd stopped performing, I began recording idea's and theme's I carried with me for years. This is from CD #2 ("In the Shade of a Shadow") and I began incorporating more sounds and colors with a Roland GR-55 gtr/synth system.
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As I began working with the Roland GR-55 system, I wanted to try creating more of a soundscape than the traditional guitar-based sound.
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After recording "A Return to Twin Peaks", it was announced the show would return in 2016. I became inspired and began recording tracks that I added to my CD "In the Shade of a Shadow".
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Yes, another song in tribute to the TV show 'Twin Peaks'. And yes, I used the Roland GR-55 to create the non-guitar parts.
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An improv inspired this evening by the thought of the title when it came to me.
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This tune began my Instrumental journey and starts my 1st CD "Escape to Clifford". Using acoustic guitars and voicings, I hoped to create a musical soundscape.
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by W. Axl Rose and Chris Pittman. Sample from the "Black Hearts" and "Blue Bird" episodes from the TV show "The Mentalist."
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"Sympathy for the Devil" by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
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Samples acoustic instruments combine with classic subtractive analog synths to bring you this space jazz exploration in search of the fruits of Pluto!
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i’m just a twisted guy whose fallen from paradises sky
i’m curled into a ball
of fury and fire
cause i want
your love
give me give me your love
i’m demanding your love
i’m twisting and turning baby
i cant let it out
i need you…
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Got three songs left to finish on the album.
In the meantime, here's the result of my first school assignment. Had three weeks to write something relevantly avant garde for alto saxophone and vibraphone.
I was shooting for at least an A. :)
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strangers in a strange world we seek hooks to hold onto
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Before I began my recording projects, I had put down a drum track, along with a bass track and walked away. Months later, I was recording with a Roland GR-55 gtr/synth system and started picking out sounds that I felt belonged in the theme and…
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filtered chord drone thing for ImprovFriday 9/11/15
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one take open tuning noodle with a bunch of guitar lines thrown on top... a little on the long side and pretty rough but has some nice moments about 3/4 of the way through.. reminds me of sitting on our porch during the summer evening in the…
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One of the keyboard sounds here is actually a heavily manipulated recording of me dialing my cellphone. I also had some fun with strange mouth noises ala my side project AwESOME MOVIE SOUND NOISES!!!.
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John and i are in the process of trying to write a blues album and here is our first attempt to throw at your ears. Hope you enjoy! Johns musicianship is Bloody excellent i just hope i can keep up...
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I really like Sonny Sharrock's approach to the guitar. It's hard for me to play totally "free" like he could.
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From the Jan 2015 issue of Guitar World magazine, arrangement by Jimmy Brown. I didn't do his ending, but I did add a couple solos in the middle.
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Two acoustic tracks recorded through a sure 58 duct taped to my table
GB grand piano ... GB thumb bass ... addictive brush kit and a whole bunch of vocal tracks
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This one is cool - as the bass and organ never change. :)
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