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A lifetime of laughter when you were just kids
And all that came after the silly things you both did
Those times are long, long gone like they ran off and hid
Then the world got bigger with other places to play
And getting so caught up in…
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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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from the album FULL MINGO
vocals Ash Reynolds
mastering Dave Storms
fading hard at the end of the day
i'm tired
feeling weak and my eyes are both
on fire
i'm going home
one way sign at the end of the road
i'm dying
every light…
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Can you hide in happiness
Can you disguise the sadness in your voice
Could you play only major chords
Can you hide in happiness
Choose a part of you to show
And no one around you can know
Just how deep the scars go
Can you hide in…
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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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she's got a confident way of talking
knows where she's going when she walks
her fashion sense is never shocking
but it says "she's a boss"
it says "she's on top"
there is no question she can't answer
whether it's secular or trife
she…
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“It’s My Life” was written, recorded, and mixed on February 24-25, for the 2024 RPM Challenge.
"It's My Life" written by W. Ng.
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I needed to keep the streak alive.
15 years of RPM.
But life has been in the way. Considerably. It's not worth getting into, but music is currently so far down the priority list it's not even funny.
But I found time on the 28th to…
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It's a b-side song for RPM 2024, mostly because I needed a second song in order to create a playlist here.
I need a b-side songs for the flip side
A b-side song to prove that I tried
To put in the effort, to get things done
To try to…
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don't ask me out to a movie
cause i'm not gonna go
don't tell me you're having a party
cause i already know
it's an 80's theme
i saw it in my stream
but i didn't accept or decline
i just said maybe
and maybe means no
maybe always means…
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolds
mastering Dave Storms
there's a wolf at the door
and you try to be very still
on the third floor there's a light
burning so bright
soon you can't feel your feet
and the sweat starts…
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolds
mastering Dave Storms
pain in my heart
it's probably nothing
song in my head
it's time to say something
living this life
it's got to be all
the time
chasing the dream
and i'm always…
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Song 8 for RPM 2024...In this one I'm playing around with a bit of chaos. It is also an attempt at creating a song in 7/8 :). I like it weird. I put in a quote from one of my favourite David Bowie songs as the outro.
Oh oh oh oh
All the…
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as far as I can remember
you ruined November
was a weather system I suppose
you wanted the best of me
in a penitentiary
where there's no forgiveness
I don't know
if November's light would stay up past 5
well then I wouldn't mind…
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolds
sax Matt Crandall
mastering Dave Storms
wake up on the floor
with no memory
feel I want to die
in my misery
looking for the phone
always out of reach
feel the darkness come
there's no…
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A sea shanty that I wrote for the collaborative "Mayors" project. Featuring Jarrett Osborn on drums.
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolders
mastering Dave Storms
Here we go
I can't wait for you to show, me the way
and I know
there are places we will go, someday
but i'm feeling inside
that there's thing that we hide
and…
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“It’s My Life” was written and recorded on February 24-25, for the 2024 RPM Challenge.
"It's My Life" written by W. Ng.
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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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VERSE I
I don’t want to wait, till the end, to have you
And I know you’re the one, fill me up, when I’m through
Cause you completely satisfied me even before I’m done
And you’ll be right beside me even when I run
And I know it’s my fault…
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VERSE I
I never thought it'd be this way
I never thought there'd be this pain
Little did I know how things could change
Now I know I'll never be the same
Now I'm the one who is ashamed
I have nothing left to gain
The burden is mine to bear…
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VERSE I
And we, both encased in sweet
And you make sure it all stays all so still
While I, still let it all flow free
Your top, is by far more colorful
And you are beautiful
CHORUS
We are not so different
We rise all the same
Ready…
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VERSE I
This is so different Not what I'm used to
I miss the darkness of the deep
I found the way that you trap me Now all I've known is behind me
Unsure of my fate
CHORUS
Take your time You know just how to break me, just how to break…
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“Party Fears Two” acoustic cover recorded live for an equipment test (cheap and old Rogue guitar, built-in microphone on Pixel 4a cell phone). Piano riff added on GarageBand.
“Party Fears Two” written by MacKenzie/Rankine, originally by The…
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“Shining Light” acoustic cover recorded for an equipment test (Seagull S6, built-in microphone on 2015 iPad Pro gen 1).
“Shining Light” written by T. Wheeler, originally by Ash.
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VERSE I
I come from the cold
I need you to knead me
Stretch me, I take form
Need you to complete me
Pr CH
Cause you, you make
Me all I am and all that I should be
Chorus
With all that you are craving for
I don't know where I fit…
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Everywhere I go, there's so much noise
They try to tell you you'll be fine if you purchase their new toys
But nothing on this Earth I've ever found
Can bring me back to life when the world's run me down
When nothing else can make it right…
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The first lines of the chorus just crept into my head.
I had to write the rest.
ALL IN
You've been holding back for so long now
And I've been losing track of how many times I've written my vows
It feels like you're sleeping behind the…
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RPM CHALLENGE 2024.
WEST
I’m always walking backwards looking forwards
Dragged back to the past
You think i’ve got nothing left but for loving you
But babe thats not all I do
I dream when I am not…
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Song 9 of RPM 2024. Decided to focus on using my electric guitar and bass for this one. Had no idea where it would go...but it was certainly fun playing!
Came up with the lyrics on the fly :) Thanks to anyone who is out there listening. My…
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VERSE I
I'm tough while I'm alive
I'll soften up with heat and time
I'm fine baked or fried
It's up to you
CHORUS
Cut me up and bury me
Keep me down 'till I grow leaves
I got eyes, but I can't see
I go great with sour cream
VERSE…
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VERSE I
And we waited till night falls
To be fully changed by the fire
But the wait is over now, it won’t be too long
And your pushing to far again
CHORUS
Our Skins turn from the afterglow
And we can’t stay too long
And we don’t want…
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Verse I
I came from halfway around the world
Picked by hands you'll never hold
My only shelter a burlap sack
Now I'm ground into black
CHORUS
Roast me, so you can take my energy
Don't waste me, you can use me when you clean
Hot or cold…
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VERSE I
We have some decisions to make
On how to sustain our lives tonight
I have a feeling you already know
I have some catching up to do
We’ve had better thoughts
Than this bottom shelf idea tonight
The iron is ready go
Let’s get this…
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VERSE I
Lettuce in first
To build a foundation
Everything else is up to you
It these choices
that you make, pour it on
that create the moment you have waited for
PRE CH
These tines, plunging in
CHORUS
And we are all so intricate…
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The RPM veteran’s committee, aka Town Counsel is a group of small town bureaucrats hell-bent on world domination and/or making fun songs. This particular track was a musical game of “telephone” where each counselor added a part to a previously…
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from the album FULL MINGO
vocals Ash Reynolds
mastering Dave Storms
another intentional feeling
that's making me so confused
it's no like I could have predicted
but it's all because of you
because of you
you touch me and lights start…
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from the album FULL MINGO
vocals Ash Reynolds
sax Matt Crandall
mastering Dave Storms
more than a moment and it's gone again
less than a feeling but i'm numb to it
bathed in the sunlight, one more time
we've got to try
hey remember…
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolds
mastering Dave Storms
you're so ever wanting more
so high
you need but the greed is poor
that's right
and now you fall like a rocket
wasting all my time
you never want to believe that…
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No one's left
and I'm afraid
I've got no choice.
I've got it made.
But I've known for a very long time
that I can't consent to the shape
that I've been assigned
without a chance to really define...
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I don't wanna go
down to the end of the rainbow.
I could say what I wanted to say now.
I could play what I wanted to play now.
I could take what I wanted to take now.
Of all the above.
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Turin breaks cover whilst hung over in leeds.
Hangover is a good source of muse.
Move to what feels nice as a rule!
Lol!
Thanks Mike Fife for the booze and production.
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Working through a barrage of songs over two different computers. thought I posted this already but its not on AT. (?)
A little re-tooling on this one today as well.
Enjoy- Reef
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Written early 70s. Recorded early 80s at Rosewood Studios
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Maia was from Georgia. The Georgia that was part of the the USSR. She drew pictures of her sisters. She lived on orange juice and tea. (Horns by my brother, John.)
MEETING MAIA
Where the tram stops in front of the Van Gough Museum, I waited…
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Scratch track made to demo co-written song.
Lyrics and Vocal Melody by Dana Reid.
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Prophet 12 Desk Module
Hydrasynth Explorer
u-he Diva
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New music from *STARDY* a.k.a KingStardo the young talented yoruba rapper, after he dropped *Leave rap* he get back to studio and do a wonderful job *GBTB* GOOD BOY TURN BAD, a new party song for his fans. Enjoy!!
Via @all platforms
Via…
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The only song I've ever had published, by DENNIS MORGAN MUSIC, Nashville TN.
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Nocturne is a drone with some experimental vocals, intended to be relaxing to the point of sleepy time.
It uses a number of synth tracks with random note generators connected with rules about mode (D dorian), and basic timings (though it does…
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Song 6 for my 2024 RPM challenge. Got the guitar and bass out for this one. It's a song with a lot of dissonance and so is kind of weird. But here it is anyways. Definitely not for everyone's ears.
Anything, anything you say…
Anything…
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Awash in cold glow
Of the Neon Light
Moving Too Slow
To View the Dilute Skyline
Of a city that now
feels like a tomb
The few that are left
have checked out of the room
these streetways may've seen better days…
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http://improvfriday.ning.com/
recorded for the Japan benefit happening this weekend (right now) over at improvFriday. Stop by and help or just give a listen.
My father brought a koto back from Japan after WWII, I thought this might be a good time…
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Hydrasynth Explorer with no added effects, using the 37 key pressure sensitive keyboard with the factory Harmonics 1-60 tuning.
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Uses Freesound.org
https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/72572/
https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/sounds/255376/
https://freesound.org/people/TheScarlettWitch89/sounds/417059/
Prophet 12 desk module and Hydrasynth explorer…
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I'm redoing this one even though I just re did it. With more content and absolutely redoing the vocals. Didn't like how they turned out as much as I wanted them too.
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Final version
RPM 2011 - my first track recorded and the opening track for the CD
A kind of Old Time gospel number, which, if you listen to those pre-war guitar playing preachers, are virtually indistinguishable from blues. Except for the lyrics…
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ambient guitar noises recorded for the 2024 RPM Challenge.
Focused on using the guitar pedal tools
Ibanez DE7 Echo/Delay
Line 6 DL4 MKII
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My cover of Gumbo Stu's (Stuart Walker) Blind In One Eye. Originally on his 2009 RPM Challenge Album, and available here on alonetone. Thanks Stu!
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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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