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As If It Really Matters - A A J Russe
Written 16th January 1999
Recorded 12th March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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Crumbs, even this is 23 years old!
We used it as a set-opener in the last band I was in.
I've been trying to make…
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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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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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Nobody likes to have their dreams stop at traffic lights.
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Song #5 for RPM 2023 - half way to the completion of the album! Wrote this after a very long late night walk of meditation.
And the rain came down
It wouldn’t stop
As we made our way to the mountain top
And the rain came down, the rain…
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Here we go..Song 4 for my RPM challenge. This one was a blast to do because of its simplicity. It's a bit dark but with a hint of humour. I never thought I would need to return to nuclear allusions in a song - it isn't 1985...oh well.
They…
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Made it through another year
Still don’t know why I’m here
Make some music drink some beer
Sounds alright to me
Loved ones leave
Friends come then go
Everything can change so quick
Don’t let the bullshit bring you down
Just enjoy this…
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RPMers I salute you
Ice ice everywhere like a skating rink
I don’t wanna go nowhere
I don’t wanna think
I’ll just stay inside press record and sing
RPM is here
it’s 2am what else to do
Make up rhymes strum a chord
Find a good groove…
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Song 7 for my RPM challenge. Thanks to anyone who listens :)
words of wisdom
songs of pride
try your best but you
can’t live the other side
keep it coming
try not to know
remember one day
we will reap just what we sow
do your…
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Okay, RPM Song 3 finished. It's a weird song melodically speaking (yup, that's actually intentional lol). Oddly, it took an extremely long time to produce this one and my eyes are now very blurry. I guess this is an "urban" song (though I…
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Here's a new track called "Slow and Steady"
It goes like this
||: Em | C7 | Em | C7 | Em | G | D | F :||
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When the Wheels fall off your wagon and you find yourself far from what you planned.
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Song #9 for my RPM album. Back to using my bass as the back bone for this one. Vocals were recorded in one shot like a live recording (not easy to catch my breath in between phrases sometimes...eek). Made up a harmony for the last chorus...that…
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Another track from the same Gakken/SMM/RFX system as the previous one. Also submitted to Sound-In, but this time "Conducting Ourselves" 23/2 - 2/3/2023.
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Whatever twisted fate befell those contaminated by the orange mutagen, they began to wriggle, writhe, and squirm their way from the subway, swamps, and sewers, to spread their glowing cheer.
Freesound Samples Used :
192497_murraysortz_bubbles…
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A collab between myself and FAWM user @dreamscuba
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Song 8# of my RPM Album. I love Persian scales and so I wanted to play with that a bit here. I managed to do my own finger snapping through the whole tune and didn't use a loop - I'm known for my rather loud snapping ability.
In another…
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Written with John Bennett - Find more John Bennett music here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8kZ_1SeK4wsNtEoYwlEzCbGVt0XA6ny
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Walking On A Winter’s Day
Sunlight glistening on freshly fallen…
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Found a really old one, must be at least 15 years old, the Good Wife giving me help on the vocals ......
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Music and vox by Gordon, lyrics by me:
That remind-me song was playing
On the juke box in the bar
And on my way to work today
On the radio in the car
Reminds me how you wounded me
And it sure brings back the pain
But I can’t seem…
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Music and performance by Gordon Todd, lyrics by me:
Meditation
2023©John Schofield
Once upon a broken heart
When my life had come apart
I searched for what could cure me
Was it a cottage by the sea?
What could mend the broken me…
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Every day, every day, every day
Every Day, Every Day, Every Day
Look for pleasure and always be kind
Every day, every day that passes by
Every day, every day, every day
Every day, every day, every day
You’ll be remembered by what you…
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Track 9 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg…
The blue of the sky slowly succumbs to the breeze
Those little cloud start to grey and look in need
The leaves start to fall away from…
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Track 8 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
Conscious of the time as life just passes by
I’m Conscious of every hour that goes on the fly
Every second counts
don’t waste the day…
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Track 7 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
I feel it in my body ,I feel it in my soul
Something deep inside, feels so very wrong
Aching in my knees i’m’ burning up inside
I think…
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Track 6 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg…
a sunny day
Its springtime
All the flowers are stating to rise
Another day
Another sunrise
Everybody’s happy in their own way
The…
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Track 10 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
Its time to have a party at the old guys home
everybody knows that there all alone
Its time to have a party at the old guys home
everybody…
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Track 5 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
Somedays are sent to test us to figure it out
Somedays are lonely
Somedays I’m switched on
Somedays I don’t understand what the hells going…
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Track 4 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
The Day has finally come
where my workday is done
Cause I’m real, ready to stop
Ive had enough of the boss
Ive had enough of the work…
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Track 3 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
There once was a time I could shake it all
Baby you got to believe
I was the man in front of the crowd who could dance
Oh mani was fast…
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Track 1 of this years Rpm challenge 2023 covering the concept of age and the effect on poor old Reg...
My heart beat feels like a strangers
It drums to a different kinda beat
The image in this head of mine hangs in defeat
It don’t feel…
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6th song for my RPM album. If you like slow and depressing music...this is for you! I had a blast using my new crash cymbal and brushes...my fingers are not very pleased about playing the bass riff however (ouch).
somehow you knew me
and…
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First song for my 2023 RPM challenge. As in all previous years.....just get it bloody done! Sleepless nights, hours in my basement "studio", falling behind with work....loving every moment. I wrote this first track on February 1st in the wee…
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A song written and recorded for the Record Every Month challenge in January 2023
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In progress recording of "Oh Lord, Why'd You Have to Make Me So Goddamned Handsome?" which is my attempt at creating a ridiculously long song title. This recording still needs replacement vocals (these were always intended to be scratch temp vocals…
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Draft recording, plan to add an acoustic at the beginning and possibly a melodica. The vocals will be re-recorded when I'm not sick. These were always intended to be a placeholder track.
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An inspiration from watching a YT vid by Guy Michelmore has led to this chase sequence idea.....
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Got rid of the last mix for this new mix or maybe a dirge .....
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my solo(Stone Age Cult) submission for rpm2023
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If you don't love Vanadinite as much as I do, something is wrong with you.
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Poor old Reg he's getting older and has started to lose his friends he's come to realise if he lives long enough all his old friends will be gone and he will be alone unless he starts to make friends but the older he gets the harder he finds out…
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Click your heels three times and say; There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
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RPM day 2
Now I ain’t no groundhog baby
I can barely see my shoes
If I see a shadow it’s cos I’ve got the blues
If you want a weather forecast
I suggest that you watch the news
But I tell you something I can predict
There will be 6 more…
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Broken Crystal Blues
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Once I was a crystal, and they admired my facets and the sun's rays through me, twisting me in their hands this way and that. Now splintered, they think I'm just a bunch of broken glass. Although look - it's me, the…
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highlights from the Grackle 2econd 2unday Improv Jam. The theme was acoustic, but turned into percussive!
Mark Watson - percussion, bass
Kavin. - percussion, cbg, bass
Matt - percussion, bass
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Here is my answer to the latest Song Writing Challenge offered by Minnesota Association of Songwriters ... Challenge Prompt: “Photograph”
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Time it seems just keeps rambling on
Days turn to night and quickly are gone
Someday we all become…
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Song #2 for this year's RPM album....another one from the basement in the middle of the night. Experimenting with minimal lyrics and a lot of repetition. The song probably has something to do with how we left our home of many years last February…
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Thought I'd share something from my looper pedal. One fun aspect of having a multi-effects pedal & a looper on the pedalboard is the ability to quickly create a couple of simple loops & replicate them across several memory slots, then…
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From our 2020 RPM album
Written by Damian Lethbridge
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Well....this one can't really count towards my RPM as I completed it just before February. Thought I'd post it just for the heck of it. Thanks to anyone who listens! It's a song inspired by listening to a lot of fun guitar riffs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mVx_GpU_V0
The latest release from Sunset Dadeze.. "Never Please" written by Ron Rouch, lead vocal by Lindy. Lindy and Bob came up with the background vocals as well and both play acoustic guitar. John on…
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Stranded in a desert; had to shoot the horse with no name.
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This is an Afrodancehall song inspired through a love story.
Slashpeeraggaboy ft 6stringz... ENJOY.
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This is an afro/dancehall song inspired through a love story..Slashpee featuring 6stringz..ENJOY!!!
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Some more experiments basing on JI frequencies and using random objects to control in Pure Data. I'm also using a voice sample from a Freesound.org user, Adharca. Planning to remix this a few times, this is one for new event on Discord.
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Was listening while making dinner to David Beardsley's 'The Forty Six Steps' which is in Just Intonation. I'm continually fascinated by this alternative approach of creative composition and have been trying to understand off/on for years. To…
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Haven't touched synths in about six months, now feeling the pull again. I'd really like to create some things with parts, a beginning, middle and end. Though this is none of that I'll take it as a baseline to measure against in the future.
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Oh Baby its just not the same,
I can hear it when you call my name,
When you call my name,
Oh baby its just not the same,
I can feel it when you don't come home,
When you don't come home,
Oh Baby its just not the same,
I did feel…
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Another French folk song that I thought I’d have a go at recording today. It’s a lovely little tune about gathering around the table with friends. I learned this one from one of Marcel Bénéteau’s CDs.
Lyrics:
Y a encore dessur la table une…
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A dangerous game of "How Many Synthesizers Can I Use Before The Computer Catches On Fire?"
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Been a while, lots of ups and downs...Glad to be back!
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Voice into EHX Voice Box on Unison/Whistle setting, into EHX Stereo Memory Man. Submitted to Sound-In "Within and Without the Loop (of Time)" for 8-15/12/2022.
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A soundscape that used Newbold's "This Thought Is Long" as a launch point.
Bill's original track: https://alonetone.com/newbold/tracks/this-thought-is-long-1
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improvisations on decent sampler's 'red clay guitar' sampler - stretched and reworked
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uthemandi's, vocal track by thetworegs remixed with Will I Ram's "Keepers Sun Backing Track" KS Backing Track.
moody!
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back in 2013 I wrote this song for The Solutionists about two canidates running for something that would go neck and neck ruthlessly for what they were running for. The track was called "eVilansidoubt". Now in 2018 for my failed rpm album I re…
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I AM NOT A MACHINE
GOD MAKE ME A PERFECT MACHINE
SO I CAN PLEASE THOSE FROM ABOVE
WHO FORGET ABOUT LOVE
I AM NOT A GLOVE
THAT CAN BE SHOVED ONTO FINGERTIPS
AND WRAPPED UNDERNEATH YOUR THUMB
GOD MAKE ME A BEGGAR NOT A BUM
SO I CAN COME
AND GO…
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What do you title a song that you don't have a title for? You call it what it is.
I hit on the concept of the chorus and a bit of the verses sometime in 2016 or 2017 (I think). I was gifted a Rickenbacker 330/12 in late '17 and knew it would…
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Written using a mix of Virtual and Analog instrumentation.
Arranged, Sequenced and Looped within Ableton Live.
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Original, featuring shred by Al Hughson out of Scotland and lead guitar by Artneuro and myself.
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Recorded live during a church service probably in the early 2000s.
CREDITS:
Written by Project X and Tammy Borden
Project X: Bass
Scott Wilson: Lead guitar
Tim Thompson: Acoustic guitar, backing vocal
Craig LeMieux: Drums
Tammy Borden…
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