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from the album xChange
performed by Tess Savigear
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First things first, many, many thanks to Greg for adding Bass and a Great Harp break. Don't tell my mate Dave, my normal Harp buddy, he's been ill with Flu.
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This is one of the many songs going round my head from when I was young. No idea whose version I heard and used to sing along to back then, but it was written by Larry Collins and Alex Harvey.
(EDIT: Done some research. It was Dottie West's…
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Song by Nick Plagakis
Lyrics:
I don’t care for love and happiness
I got myself a yacht and a mansion
I don’t believe in God and religion
I got myself sixty four billion
Greed, greed, greed is what I need
Greed, greed, greed is what…
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from the album the Vulnerary Songs
porcelain figure, with a pain in the head
isn’t feeling so well
better give it some air
this warning is clear, that’s a frown not a smile
isn’t turning around
better give it some space
there are rules in this…
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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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from the album xChange
performed by AM/FM Dreams
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Our latest single is part of the Angie Fights Crime project XCHANGE. AFC wrote 12 songs for 12 of us, and we each wrote a song for him. He recorded our 12 songs and we each recorded one of his songs.
V: F - Am - Bb - G (Bb - Am - C)
C…
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billy boy where did you go
sittin in a pile of snow
come on down its gettin cold
for the time is getting old
well we made our way to the old wigwam
frozen lake and wind was calm
standing bow did strike a deer
to feed the tribe…
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And now for something completely different...
Well, friends, I think I may have over-banjo'd myself the past 3 years. It's not abandoned totally or permanently, but since the weather turned I've been feeling the need to turn to something else…
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Thought I'd have a go at a soul number. FDR did some lead but the song was left all alone on my comp until today when I landed on it's lyrics while driving home. Thought I'd have a plumb at auditioning for the 3rd Reg, lol.
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full title:
"input output smoothnews standstill on frog pond"
ImprovFriday (8/27/10) mashup featuring Jeff Fairbanks (US), Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (Finland), Todd Lainhart (US), Steve Moyes (UK), & me w/the psychedelic vocals & bass.
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from the album xChange
original words & music by Tess Savigear
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Two walkie talkies
Pull over the cops
Paid our monthly fees
Then the money stops
Tiny makeshift farm
Cabbage, turnip greens
Germans built this barn
Fit for royalty
Tumble in the weeds
Hummingbirds and frogs
Naked bumblebees
Multi-coloured…
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Found this old track while backing up my hard drive. It is an alternate tracked played at a slower tempo. I added a quick drum track and ruff remix this morning.
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How you gonna sleep when you're never sound?
How you gonna keep you fever down?
Your an eyeful
How you gonna walk when you never run?
Chip off the block your father's son
You're an eye sore
And I wonder if I'll bend under
The weight of…
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Asthma is thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. In other words, they don't know what's causing it. And haven't been able to come up with a cure either.
- to princess...
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Songs from Nowhere wrote this, I remixed it for him and added a little guitar (twiddly bits). Kind of pink floydish but better of coarse!!
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A tune for Halloween.
I wanted to do something creepy. It works.
All Alone
I turn your knob
and throw Spot a bone
I palm your panties
when your not home
I turn the lights off
and cut your phone
I feel your fears
when you all…
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Composed by Dick Glasgow { 29/10/2013 } & played on Fiddle, Mandolin & English Concertina.
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I wrote this song, Rathlin Ferry, in memory of Tommy Cecil "The Ferryman" of Rathlin Island, who sailed the ferry from Rathlin to Ballycastle for many, many years & carried thousands of passengers safely, to & fro.
Sadly, Tommy Cecil…
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This soundscape is an experiment in MIDI echo among three evolving percussion tracks. Lead, ambient and bass parts are sprinkled sparingly throughout.
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A friend of mine is a director/scriptwriter, and asked me to do a version of "John Barleycorn Must Die" for his documentary on the Appalachian Trail. Instead of doing a cover of Traffic's version, I came up with my own version based on the original…
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Recorded live at the Encinitas Library Concert Series, Encinitas, CA in October, 2012. (note--this track is NOT included on the "Sophistry" CD.)
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Title Track - RPM 2013
we all clap our hands to the beat as the beat goes by
jazz & poetry in the fifties almost died
Rock n roll became the goal as people slicked back there hair
Rock, Rock and roll , the parent were in despair
Elvis was…
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The Sound of Kerrera: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12185
Maurice Duncan's trip to Ballycastle: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12170
Gylen Castle: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/12186
McCaig's Tower: http://www.thesession…
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This piece is a long excursion, one chord with a lot of subtle maneuvers. I like to think of the long jams as 'music for driving.' Seriously, this music is great for a long road trip...or a long psychedelic trip. If you have the time to listen…
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Keep your Hair on, you purists. I know I played the Sax solo on a keyboard but I don't know any proper Sax players to contribute.
Am I sounding too defensive? It still works doesn't it?
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from the album xChange
original words and music by Alex Moody
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Movin' On
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Whatever thoughts we had
of any home we once had known
were cast off way back down the road
we're movin'on
I know we've gone too far
to ever see somethin' that's new
but that's a price I'll pay
to stay this close to you
There may…
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January Town
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With the snow coming down
in this January town
how could I not think of you
Oh the words that you said
still echo in my head:
When one dies one is born anew
In the parking lot of the graveyard
a stranger walked up to me
he said…
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Honest Man
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I went down to the riverside
Way on down where the water's deep and wide
I stripped right down to my naked skin
I jumped in the river and hoped I'd learn to swim
Cause I knew the river would take me
or I'd learn
And whether I live…
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for brass
a video the is a literal of the title go to my blog
http://chrisvaisvil.com/mirror-to-the-sky-brass-in-adaptive-ji/
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Photo of a “Super Moon” from my bedroom window that caught a jet liner by serendipity.
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This is a new song I wrote about two weeks back, and am FINALLY able to perform (I wrote the guitar part first, and it was too hard initially to sing and play. Even now, the timing is off in a few spots- that'll change as I perform it more). I…
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A field recording of an improvisation on a baby grand incongruously placed between an entrance and coffee hut via my phone. My good friend Jim Goodin converted the AIFF I emailed him and he posted it for me. Thanks Jim!
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Well summers well gone the clouds are blocking out the sun and the rains coming down like stair rods.......ho hum :)
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The first of an album of collaborations with Freight Drive Reprobates. I'm interested to see what we come up with next. Enjoy!
Music: FDR
Lyrics/vocals: LJ
Space marquees
They made a marquee on the Moon
They filled it up with candle…
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Finally getting back to the piano and recording. I wrote this song as I reflected on my life in Europe.
[By: Andrew Sweet]
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It seems i haven't had a moment ...life is very busy when you have a baby that doesn't want to sleep, i have found........I had a little time tonight to mess about and i came up with a little tune, then i saw this word "Bastardized" and thought…
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A protest against the conditions of poverty in the developing world .
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This is the original version before I messed it up with Maxicraft :P
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Ok, this is the full length version, so far, until the new tweaks have been done, but it's a nice reminder of cool things that can come from improv and jamming. Bass (Pete Burke, i.e. myself) and drums (Marty Boot) recorded from a jam to level…
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This is a piece inspired by J.D. Salinger's short story.
My friend Stasya's doing the vocal parts.
Credits for klankbeeld at freesound.org for seashore sample http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
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www.grantsharkey.com is where to find this young man.
G:)
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A song about sunrises.
7/8 time. Enough said. The prog side of Robbie's brain is pleased.
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The year was 1989 and my high school rock band, Tempest Fero, was feelin' proggie! I can't remember who wrote what for this one. I do know we were quite stoked to have the little 4/4 to 3/4 to 6/8 thing at the end of the quiet parts. I also…
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This is a request from Gene Eric Mann
one of mine and Andy's older ones...we envisioned this a a soundtrack for a horror movie....Andy thought of the story because his son likes to go into the woods near his house and brng back sticks!!
this is…
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Heres a cover of the Eagles life in the Fast lane with Frank on drums, Gene putting together the rest of the music & yours truly on vocal..........
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Here's a collab with Reg & Freight Drive Reprobates who's crazy good backer steals the show.....
The Latex Man (Lyrics)
In the dark of night
everything can sometimes look bizarre
somebody somewhere is in trouble
somebody is having thoughts…
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Geas sent me this great backer over ..... Elvis had been lounging around the cellar for days bored but this one sparked his interest and he thought he'd have a shot at this one....i got Les out to try the solo...cheers Geas
I'm Lost (Lyrics)
I…
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Well it's funky Friday down here in the cellar and James has forced me to get it on…well he hasn't exactly forced me i was willing so here it is for Funky Friday………...
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Frank Medford playing this one take wonder, recorded by Tiggy Acworth 2013...Valve mic.
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Last night I dreamed I was a dancer
In an old off Broadway show
And I danced with the girls in balcony
And I sang to the mezzanine row
It was Tin Pan Alley and Salvador Dali
At the curtain the crowd leapt to their feet
And I bowed and I…
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So you stopped coming round
Your heart buried in the ground
It's a shock, it's a scene
You never say what you mean
Emotional landmines
You can see the stop signs
But you're not slowing down
One foot on the trip line
And the words fly…
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Oh my sky
What has come between you and I?
One million tons
Of chloroflourocarbons
Saw it in a movie
Watched it with the subtitles on
But my heart has overdrawn
Can I owe you some?
Oh My Sky
We’ve forgotten how to fly
What have we done…
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From the CD "Sophistry", available at http://www.sligorags.com/shop
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From the CD "Sophistry", available at http://www.sligorags.com/shop
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This one is an uplifting melodious track I created some time ago. The melody is lead by piano and accompanied with various orchestra instruments, including percussion.
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Mark Treefrog - percussion
Michael Thomas - guitars, processing
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Reg is spending too much time in the cellar watching the news on TV, reading the papers and conspiracy theories on the internet. He's started to get Paranoid…he's come up with his own conspiracy theory…i keep telling him he's just paranoid…
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The long legged woman ain't got no soul
Well the one that's just left Reg in the lurch hasn't anyway……….
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Tiggy Acworth 130922
Originally penned 20th September 1998!
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A simple song. An hour to write, half an hour to record. Scares me sometimes !!!! or it's rubbish !!!!
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My mate Dave did his Ringo bit for this one. He came with some songs title's. I was messing about in Open A (I think ) and came up with this. Thanks to Dave for the Harmonica.
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Ok, this came out while messing around with the original, which one I like best, I can't make my mind up. As always sure you guys will put me right !!!!
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Ok I need a lay down now. Been meaning to revamp this for years, still in DADGAD tuning, original sounded to much of a dirge, come to think of it, hope this don't !!!!!!
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Crow!!! i love em,we got loads of em at work,they make me laugh,thanks once again to the lovely Lady Jane for the backing crows :)
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This was recorded in the summer when it was red hot,the sweat poured and the shit was flying!
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used to do this song by budgie back in the late 70's, 80's and 90's.
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Sometimes I just get fed up, and it starts showing.
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Rose tinted glasses time. A re-write of a song that's already posted here. It's in the tuning of DADGAD.
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Sometimes, all you need to do is decide that you're gonna save yourself.
COMING UP OVER THE RISE
So low I couldn't see the skies
The shadows had me hypnotized
Climbing high, sun in my eyes
I was down, but now I'm coming up over the rise…
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hOLY hIP hOP FOR THE MOST HIGH GOD'S CHILDREN IN PERSECUTION....beat not mine
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Justin Otter Guy (just another guy) and Gene Eric Mann (generic man) are the same musician. My originals are penned as Gene tunes (alonetone.com/mythopoetica) and my covers are uploaded as Justin tunes (/redshirt).
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I don't remember a whole lot about this one. I wrote it along with two others in my bedroom at my parents' house, probably in 1993 or 94. I know the idea was to write stuff that I might be able to sing and play at the same time. This was played…
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from the album xChange
original words and music by Matt Parker
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from the album xChange
original words and music by Reg Smith
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