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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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So I was locked in the broom-cupboard, checking out some old songs that need recording.
I'd just picked one and then suddenly this thing came out of nowehere. It started with one of those guitarist doodles that other musicians love so much…
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With a little help from some of the lyrics of the Doors descriptions of the uncertainty of the 60's Reg has decided to do a kind of Punk song from both sides about the trouble in England which seems to be igniting the youth to set light and loot…
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Dedicated to my furry companion of eight years and counting!
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This song was inspired by a long walk....
Lyrics:
Down by the river, down by the shore we go
The moon above cast a beautiful glow
We walked around talking through the night
I can’t help but think how it felt right
Hey Constance, don’t you feel…
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I can only listen to Mustang Sally so many times. But Genghis has the most incredible tone. I can't keep my ears of it!
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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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I heard MTC's track Rusty nail and just had to add a vocal Thanks Movement for letting me play.......
SINGING TO ANOTHER MANS SONG (Lyrics)
I walk in the front door and i hear the back door slam
I know its the back door man
I walk blind…
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Lyrics:
Don’t you bow, to kings and queens
Rise above, everything
If the devil beckons, and the angels sing
Don’t listen to, anything
The time has come, to raise your hands
C’mon everybody, take a stand
Higher, Higher, Higher, Higher…
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Lo-fi garage rock inspired by Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Joy Division, Monster Magnet, Masters of Reality.
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Track 2 from The Wait EP. Had a little fun with this melody. The instruments are bass, guitar, drums with some flute and strings towards the end.
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At the crossroads, with the only loved. Where art thou, mein lieber Augustin? Will we see you again?
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Für Fenella Humphreys, a classical artist.
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Wrote this song to go with the "Woman At the Well" story in the Bible. Got some buddies from the bluegrass band to play with us.
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The best music is always created in a burst of emotion, when the passion is still hot and your heart burns with fire. I finished this song in just one night, in my frantic attempt to capture the emotions I felt then.
"The only shelter I had…
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This is an excerpt of 'Dead Cat Bounce' recorded at a live performance of counter)induction at the University of Pennsylvania.
Program note:
A “dead cat bounce†is an expression used in financial circles to describe a brief and temporary…
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Carnagie creepers jeep flipchart geranium. Evil streaking beakers leak bacon on a cranium. Lay low bilbo, said bag it mr. super, i shoe horn my corn fed friends with sally hooper. My time is 5 later, my eyes are radiators, my fingers are side…
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LYRICS:
With Or Without You
Try to get along but it takes two
It’s a Whole lot of me and not much you
Working myself right to the bone
Thinking that I am all alone
Just like a monkey up in the tree
Throwing your feces straight…
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One of my better Psych Folk recordings. Intro voice and keyboards by Starry Nightmoth. BG rhythm/drums generated using a Yamaha E313 KB. Lyrics, music and all other instruments and vocals are my fault.
BEHOLD THE BREAD (Unleavened)
All of…
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Based on a Yoruba Obàtálá pattern, which I hope Greg doesn't find underhanded.
Congas and cowbell.
4/4 160bpm.
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GOOD-BYE
I don't want to say good-bye
But I have to go
Catch the train that's heading West
Do another show
I don't want to make you cry
There's no other way
Give your weary head a rest
Carry on the day
- Don't know how to say good…
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An Irish slow air played on a Sindt A pennywhistle
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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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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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Not an overall bad recording, and I’m quite pleased with the lyrics of this Psychedelic Folk tune.
FUTURE BOUND
Should I take the left or should I pass it by zoom?
Lost my faith in maps, so how will I decide zoom?
Spirits crying to be…
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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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Lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, and acoustic bass by Merry Bear. Fabulous and greatly appreciated harmonica performance by "Minneapolis" Mark Imsdahl.
MINNEAPOLIS MARK
He's Minneapolis Mark
He's got that magic spark
-- Makes…
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Pleasure boats and fishermen
Tugboat pushin three barges wide
Sit on the banks from morn till evening
Wave to the people as they pass me by
Up in Minnesota she’s fast and cold
Walleye fishing just below the dam
Go and catch em til…
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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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OK peeps here's my slice of Cherry Pie,cheers Greg enjoy!
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Been a while since I posted anything...(working on a secret project) anyway been feelin the blues lately so I decided to record this old blues tune...the lead guitar was recorded in one take so please dismiss some clams and relentless wanking…
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Dedicated to the Winter that never seems to end.
New Moon
G I’m making my way down this C old muddy G road
Em Clay and the C ruts slow me D down
And a G thin sheet of ice oer the C puddles so G cold
Em I’m making my way D down this G…
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I wanted to record something funky. I hope you like it.
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we went for a few days holiday up to the lake district and stopped in a Wigwam by Coniston Lake the weather was great it was relaxing and being surrounded by beautiful scenery it was the perfect break.... i recorded this on the MBR and then had…
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Second side opener by Martin fox
This chord progression came to me in a pre-rpm jam and we instantly nailed the feel. The words came easy too. Another five piece number. The words are about my loved ones i have lost and my feelings about our…
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A tad ambitious but still a lot of fun playing Drums Bass and Keys...for the John Lennon Jukebox fest on the otherside...........
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This is a snippet of acoustic guitar recorded a year or so ago which was already loaded with effects. I ran that through paulstretch and came up with this. It created almost orchestral or choral sounds in places.
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I've always loved this song. Here's my rendition of "Moon River" Cheers friends...
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I heard Johnny's backer over at the cool lab looking for a vox so of course i dragged it down the cellar and jumped all over it ....Thanks John
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Jip and JB in the Jipster studio, sitting down with guitars and a few beers, and many laughs. It was almost abandoned at one point, but we pressed on. Here's the result. I don't think the mouse has a name.
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This is the only track where I played all the instruments you hear. Otherwise I just stick to singing and playing my lame guitar. Also, this is another first in the sense that I have kept the original song mechanics intact in one of my covers…
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I recently discovered three songs we had recorded in 1993 or 1994 shortly before breaking up. These tracks are the only ones (that I know of) that have our new player, the only personnel change we had in over 10 years.
The title is obviously…
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#2 for the Goodin/Kavin delay project.
Takamine steel string thru DL4 delay modeler
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my freestyle to SpeakerKnockers "Lonely"! R.I.P and Respect.
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Song about idolising people. Mr Supercool is anyone we think deserves our idolatry - could be a him, or a her, or even oneself. Mr Supercool cares nothing for anyone. He has no love.
Anyway - glad to be back messing with music again after…
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Continuing the delay project of the last several nights spun off by Sunday's inspiration. This piece recorded on 12-string, heavy delay and overlay. Stay tuned for where I'm going...
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THIS IS IN A KEY I CANT SING IN. TRIED MY BEST.
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MY FOLKY SONG. WANTED TO WRITE ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF OLD JETHRO TULL, BUT THIS HAPPENED.
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Collaboration with my sister. Figured I should put it in. Have you ever felt like you were bad news for those that dated you? Well this song is about that feeling. (All songs are a work in progress)
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Title track from my ''Dead Man's Shoes'' album 2008
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Wrote This last summer messing with my gameboy and an amp.
Bits sound very buzzy hence the name plus it was the season for wasps!
enjoy.
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A piano piece that I wrote some years ago and have just re recorded.
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A Blues recorded by the side of the road, of course! I pinched the words from an old Bob Dylan tune. I sure hope no-one minds... :D
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This is a love song to God.
The One
I watch the world turn round and round
How everything is upside down
Oh and if not for you
I would be wand‘ring too
Just waiting to be found
I breathe a deep sigh of relief
The love You give…
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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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The final song in the MF Omnirocker EP. This was a quick finish with a very satisfying result.
Lyrics:
Shelter breaks
Life hits hard from every side
Innocence
Mine got sick just now and died
Memories burn
I sit back and watch the lights
But you…
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This one is a little sloppy. There's a bum note in one of the guitars in the chorus that got copied and pasted a whole bunch of times. I don't have time to go back and fix it though.
Lyrically, I haven't mined the endless source of inspiration…
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This time with actual music in it!
Translation of the lyrics:
Don't you tread over my ball, woman
Don't you tread over my ball, yikes
Don't you tread over my ball
because
We must live
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One of my very first songs ..... loneliness is a cold cold place.
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2010
Depeche Mode lite
I was going to hire Meatloaf for the ending but it turns out he will NOT work for pancakes... which is what I had heard.
This is one of the prime examples of (early on) being WAY more ambitious than what my ability…
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One of my favorite songs of all time and one of my favorite voices.
Thanks M.T.
My Skin
Some days I’m fine
Yeah some days I feel sublime
All the time
But then there’s days
I wanna crawl out of my skin
And leave it in
A…
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Badman is song about every girls dream and every woman's nightmare. The bad man inside the good guy. The bad boy on the Harley, in the club sitting next to you.....in disguise!
This song is a tribute to that man. It is produced purposely in…
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This is a song about being rescued. There's more to it than that, and I'm not sure where this one came from, but it's a song that is redemptive and not sad. I'm glad that this came out after writing the last one (The Lepers and My Lord) which…
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17 edo guitar lead and drone via loop station
12 edo 5 string bass
drums from a box of cracker jack
Just something I felt I had to do tonight.
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A bit a space there for vocals whoever wants to take a shot at it.
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This song is about doomed relationships, the ones we can't avoid. (all recordings are a work in progress)
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A view on ghosts. Used my tenor recorder, guitars, and bass. Bizarre how once song writing starts, it seems to write itself. Hope you like.
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Well it had to happen sometime, he couldn't go on living the way he was, even with those full throttle hands there was no excuse, he was guilty....... guilty as charged........RPM2011
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A fingerpicky tune from the old days.
The different guitar voices (nylon string classical and Guild 12-string) were attained using a Line 6 Variax 600 modeling guitar. Great for recording, but I returned it because of some minor issues.
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About no one in particular, just a figment of my imagination.
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This isn't a "peppy" march. It was written for a guy on my floor, whose nickname is Peppy. Just to clear things up.
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I decided to challenge myself by requesting some beats from a beat producer, Ant 'Brave Toaster' Hughes. One of the beats was named Popcorn Chicken.
I added a few bits and pieces with my virtual keyboard (including a little Blondie tribute…
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A Doc Watson inspired piece.Although some obvious double entendres leave the interpretation to the listener.
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Just a slide tune. More about the sound of the National than the vocals.
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I wrote this song for a benefit I played for the Yellowstone wolves. It is the true story of the reintroduction of the wolves in
Yellowstone Park . It's an ongoing controversy between the out laying rangers and environmentalist
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I was reading a book in my lounge and started to feel as though someone was watching me. It was silent in the room, the TV was switched off as was the radio. I noticed the web-cam on top of my computer but that was switched of too so i couldn…
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Some time ago whilst YouTubing, I stumbled across several videos of old seafaring songs or sea "shanties". Unbelievably, that triggered some very ancient RAM of elementary school music classes wherein we were taught several of these songs. And…
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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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Reg heard this collab (Quarter of a 60th Djörk (M.T.C.) and thought it brilliant, the music made it so easy to put the words to, a story of holiday romance.......with a bit of Tom Jonesing going on..........Thanks Djork and M.T.C for letting…
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An EVH-inspired instrumental. I couldn't come up with a fancier name, so Boogie Train it is! This is straight up Hard Rock 80s style. No dabbling in other genres to mess up this song. Heh. Leave some comments if you please. Believe it or not…
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I've given this a bit of a twist ....Big E sat on the settee bored so i got him to work..hope you enjoy...another for the John Lennon Jukebox on the otherside....
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Just a mellow track I created. I spent a lot of time on the production of this piece. Instruments include acoustic guitar, strings, chorus, and ambient synth.
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the full title of this song is: "the crux of the matter as a matter of fact is that the facts are fucked and the crux is cracked the flow got blocked when the clocks went back and the quarks are nothing but the quirks of quacks"
i heard my…
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I have no clue what the lyrics are about. I guess maybe it's about not wanting to go to work on a Tuesday morning and looking for some existential way out? I don't know, something stupid like that.
The music to this was written while I was…
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