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Track 2 of my failed RPM... just a quiet acoustic ramble.
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Who Is My Neighbour - A A J Russe
Written sometime in 1992
Recorded 12th March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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I wrote this 30 years ago when I was 29. There were a bunch of people killing other people. There were refugees.
By the…
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Everybody's looking for a savior
To tell them how to live before they die
As if they can't control their own behavior
Or trust what they can see with their own eyes
Mindlessly believing what you tell 'em
When everything you tell 'em is a…
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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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Song 1 for the RPM Challenge. Wanted to feature an incessant base line inspired by The Smoke.
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Written and recorded for a promo video for Jasper Guitar Company, LLC, a boutique guitar manufacturer based in Green Bay, WI.
Jasper guitars use bodies that employ unique, patented technology that increase sustain, enhance harmonic overtones…
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I originally recorded this track to test out settings on my EHX Grand Canyon delay/echo/looper in 2020. In late 2021, I had Jasper Guitar Company, LLC do a custom build for me that was a combination of their Olam and Deja VuDoo models. I call…
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When the kids are in bed
That’s the best part of the day
When the kids are in bed
What more can I say?
we're going to watch game of thrones
episodes till half past three!
we say but by a quarter past nine
Well we've all but fallen asleep…
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My girl friend from Los Cruses, just got outa jail . You bet, that did not please
my wife. This catch and release program is for the Gov'ner not me!
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First track of my, now defunct EP RPM challenge effort. It has not gone well :)
Week 1 - road being resurfaced outside.... noise noise noise!
Week 2 - got some tracking done
Week 3 - Bad tooth infection needing extraction for week 4
Week…
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Brent wrote a song. A really good song.
I asked for his session file. I replaced his drum and keyboard sounds and remixed things.
I added a second guitar and some strings.
I created an odd percussion track.
Then I recorded my own vocals…
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An epic song about bathroom remodeling. Written and recorded by request.
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So many things are going wrong
It’s been getting worse far too long
I cannot bear to look at you
You cannot do the things you used…
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Well, I don't remember writing this or recording it ...... can't make up my mind if it's a dirge, or a love song ..... C'est la vie ....
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I found a CD with a lot of my old songs on it, many I have re - recorded and are on here. This one I had forgot about. The Good Wife does her bit on it.
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First completed solo project after a years-long home recording hiatus. Recorded into BandLab running on an old iPhone, which is a surprisingly fun way to work.
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Co-Written with John Bennett. Look for more of John's music here: https://mnsongwriters.org/members/john-bennett/mediapress/
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ALL I WANT IS YOU ©2022 by John Bennett and Greg Connor
I’ll put it to you…
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Improv on baritone ukulele. Inspired by Ralph Towner recently.
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A little celestial inspiration for this song.... I started it and Greg and Mark helped me finish it and then record around my kitchen table. Feel free to howl if you like it!
Blood Wolf Moon
VERSE 1
Blood wolf moon this January…
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More EHX Voice Box vocoder controlled by a Gakken mini-synth into an EHX Stereo Memory Man. Submitted to Sound-In for 17-24/3/2022.
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sometimes a man needs finger snaps.
Letter Seventeen's original is here.
https://alonetone.com/letterseventeen/playlists/half-time-show-(rpm-2022)/lightning-rods
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Cover version of "So Here We Are" by Lane Sullivan, from the album Where Have You Been All My Life.
https://alonetone.com/Lanesullivan/playlists/where-have-you-been-all-my-life/02-so-here-we-are
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Last Snow Strom for the Southern U S,
a lil porch tune here comes spring
we wish you some long awaited sunshine
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Act 1 Scene 1 The Disco - this is music from my musical, the opening scene which is set in a disco (nightclub - if you are under 40!!). It explores the different perceptions of the club in a pseudo-political and economic view. Mr Evol - the…
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This song is dedicated to my wife Karen, remembering back to when first we danced.
This is our submission to the March 2022 Record Every Month (REM) Challenge.
Dan Will - Keyboards
David True - Bass
Tony Gallo - Percussion
Written…
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Kind of a jam with myself... My intention was to develope this one further, but... you know.
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Well, this is... just what it is. Plain and simple as usual. May be some of you could enjoy it. Cheers.
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Picture an old tavern just up the way, and music spilling into the street.
My first REM submission! Put in for April.
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Another silly little tune, this time about the world's favourite stout! (Edit: uploaded a new version. Fixed a few mistakes.)
Lyrics:
When the sun is up high, in a bright blue sky
And you're walking around in Dublin town
You got nothing…
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Sound source is The Crutch (gotta think up a better name, but that'll do for now), which is an old wooden crutch where the bottom part can swivel, and a guitar string is attached going from one of the height-adjustment screw holes up to the hand…
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Put together a quick one this week. Had a section of guitar and bass that I liked almost all week, and dropped most of it at the last second, then inspiration took over. Had some lyrics ready to go.
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I C see it all Em happen on the F evening C news
Am Someone G started C something G
C Running for Em cover, F crying the C blues
Am Your world is G just a C crumbling
C It was bad Em before and it’s F getting C worse
Am You think you G…
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Song #3 for the RPM Challenge 2021. A reflection on being an amateur musician and loving it. Thanks for listening. Onward!!!
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word is out I ain’t talking no more
word is out I won’t be there for sure…
the photo is supreme, tells me what i need to see
suddenly i can see what’s in store
word is out and I walk through the door
what lies ahead why did i bring a…
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do I wait?
walk away
in the rain?
another idea
stay, hesitate, remain
harmless
start to fade
telephone the number and be right
altered state
harmless
by Sudara Williams & Ben Montgomery
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Night Falls
Capo 5th fret
Intro
G C/G G Gsus ://
G C G
Night falls into day
G C G
Gone now, yesterday
D Em
The sun rising
D…
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Another Minnesota Coffee Table Song! Written and recorded "live" in one evening.
Memories: Written and performed by John Bennet, Joe Passofaro, Mark Lofgren, Colleen Dillon & Greg Connor. Listen to Minnesota Homebrew Radio w/ Carl…
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Recorded out in Capitol Reef Natonal Park with a portable cassette in 1986
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from his amazing RPM 2k22 album
https://alonetone.com/distinctkickingmotion/playlists/everything's-portable
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Vocals - Astral (Ashley Woods)
Music Arraignment - Wrinkled Shirt
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This song was created using Endlesss and arranged in Ableton. Contributions from Dead Kousin, Fry and NJlang
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“Unfinished-1” by Wilson Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge.
Outtake from the 2022 RPM Challenge Sessions. Meant to have lyrics but had writer's block and ran out of time. Remains an unfinished instrumental.
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america is a state of micro-managed fascism.
its many laws are the product of overpaid lawyer, judges, politicians, police, and pundits.
compulsory schooling streamlines personality traits,
departmentalized careers collapse cognition.
CIAFBIDHSNSALPD…
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I wrote this one morning but gave up tryin to sing it . then I asked my buddy Steve Schostal to do vocals . His Canadian accent was perfect for this . Notice how he leads the beat ‘wow perfect.
I love Colabs
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I always wanted too go all swamp and live free from all that nonsense
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A collage of random bits of awesome guitar work in F and G by my friend Dave Robbins ("avantyarde" on alonetone).
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Can you feel it, in your teeth
It is hiding, smoldering
In the shadows, of your mind
Where there's smoke there's surely fire
Are you evil, in disguise
Feel the acid, start to rise
Ever shameful, hide the guilt
Always lapping at the flames…
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I can still taste the pain of how you made me feel
Your only concern was to break my will
Whatever doesn't kill makes you stronger than
My imagination's running how to get vengeance
But at the end of the day, I don't care anyways
You're…
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No-one To Blame - A A J Russe
Written 1st January 1988
Recorded 6th March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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Nearly forgot to post this one! (it's been a busy week at work)
I was 24 when I wrote it. What more can I say…
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Lyrics:
Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day
C Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day
Cause F it’s the only Irish thing to C do
A F twinkle in the eye of every C I Em rish Am man
Will D leave you with a better point of G view
C Everyone is…
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(Em) A legend that the sailors told
Tales shared from long ago
(C) Secrets that are captured in the (Em) air
(Em) It comes to you from far way
Whispered roars that fade away
(C) Answers that are carried on the (Em) breeze
Only (C) heard…
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Just in time for St Patrick's Day . . . . And with any luck we might have a bonus "LIVE" Leprechaun track coming soon. The Minnesota Coffee table met and recorded a fun version last night.
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I was…
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Digital Sea is an ambient generative music piece written in the Pure Data programming language. It is constantly changing, circulating, and flowing.
The program written to record this piece is capable of generating a unique, endless performance…
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Demo #17 for FAWM ’22. A collab with FAWM member @dreamscuba. Lyrics and vocals by @spazsquatch Music by @dreamscuba
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Demo #18 for FAWM ’22. Written and produced for a 1 hour challenge based on the prompt 'life's a ghost'.
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Demo #19 for FAWM ’22. Written and produced for a 1 hour challenge based on the prompt 'medicine'.
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Written for FAWM '22 as a collaboration with @colgoo.
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Demo #19 for FAWM ’22. A collab with FAWM member @dreamscuba. Lyrics and vocals by @spazsquatch Music by @dreamscuba
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