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With JS Tolar, as band Visions Of Nell.
My tribute to Anne Boleyn, the first queen to be publicly executed in England. I used some of the poetry she wrote during her imprisonment in the chorus. An innocent, incomparable woman.
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This is my first collaboration with the talented SLKrell! He had a reggae song called "Rancho Raggae" posted a couple of weeks ago in need of a lyric, so I asked If I could write some for it, and poof whala!! Here it is! Thanks Slkrell for the…
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Well, I'm almost on a roll now - this little love song was written, arranged, and recorded in just a week. I've been meaning to attempt something like this for years, just never got round to it.
I'd actually settled down to finally record a…
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Thank you Greg Connor for putting his wonderful harmonica on this song. Enjoy!!
My little steam train
Rolling down the tracks
My little steam train
Going to take me back
All aboard!
The conductor shouts
Hear that horn blow
Hear…
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Another one and woah I was not going in that direction of the way the song sounds like at all when I set out to record. :)
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A remix in lieu of a cover for the Angie Fights Crime Covers Album. I can't sing in my house at the moment since it either wakes up the 5 month old, or pisses off the 3 year old. So I thought I'd try something different.
The original, is very…
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So Jessica recorded this in one take. It won't be long before I'm just the guy that hits record.
...And she's already working out the harmonies.
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My mother passed away on St. Georges day 2008. This was my response.
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I kissed an activist...
now Uncle Sam is pissed!
She goes around...
tryin' to burn things down.
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Sadly, Annie and Allan are now divorced...
The games are over...
Annie & Allan
Annie and Allan were having a problem
Made a decision to go their own ways
Annie and Allan made an announcement
Not even knowing how it saddened…
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Our rock and roll version of the song from the Phantom of the Opera....less the goofy faces of Sarah Brightman.
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This song's going on 32 years old...
Some 12 years older than I was when I wrote it!!
I borrowed the title from one of my favourite madrigals, The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons:
"The silver swan who living hath no note, when death approached…
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Added some acoustic hammers and harmonics to JC Combs' "Phase Study for Paul Muller"
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My first attempt to work with loops I created using midi.
With Mr Sandbags (reichatron). There's a really cool version with guitar added by Mac somewhere too, but it's weirdly vanished! Will add as soon as I find it.
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RPM 2k15
extra guitars Jeff Treese
i’m tired of waiting for
the mail to come today
it’s obvious your letter’s
not on its way, but i still stay
i’m staring blankly up
into the cloudless sky
don’t ask me why, i’m going blind
staring at…
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Another vocal exercise. Bare with me. :)
It's Supertramp - you know.
Wanna sing it?
E-mail me.
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Melancholy little tune about an ending that we never saw coming.
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My humble tribute to Freddie King... Without him we wouldn't have Eric & without Eric, I would probably have never picked up a guitar.
This is sort of a pastiche of Hide Away & The Stumble & tracks like that :-)
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With Mr Sandbags (beats and reichatron), as band "Elusive Gene".
Played on BBC Radio Introducing. :)
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Just like two sides
Of the same silver dollar
We’re not alike but still the same
And your big life
Makes mine look smaller
I wonder if you know my name
I wait around
You might be calling
A telephone that never rings
End of the day…
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This is the first thing I recorded using the telecaster you can see in my profile pic. It's a one-take jam played over one of those guitar magazine backing tracks. Thanks for the listen :-)
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from the album 'ZERO'
featuring Tess Savigear on vocals
as you wish said the boy
to the girl with the sparkling eyes
so it goes, so they say
he was taken from her that day
and her deep blue eyes went silent
just another sad tale, so sorry…
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Mike Barry sings lead vocal, I'm classical guitar and backing vocals
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D tuning always helps when your in a writing slump I find anyway.
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This is the world turning from blue to gold as the good lord intended. It was once lost, but now it's found.
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hang up
i hear the ghostly sound
faintly
they come
down through the phone lines
bravely
to give you peace of mind
to pacify the masses
i read it all online
the dread the fear the sorrow
we're running out of time
today tonight tomorrow…
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WELL.......
The Fat Lady's song
the nights gone dark, the stars seem like they are a flame
the moon lights the way down that lonely road everyones calling shame
the rivers flows with an undercurrent of dark black black black pain
it’s…
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A lot of songs come to me while driving on trips. I can hear them mostly completed. The song will tell you how it wants to be written.
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RPM 2013
I'm not who I was
don't judge me
on memories and dust
they're nothing
but footprints in my past
forgotten
never coming back
I've lost them
but I'm searching pretty hard
for new life
step out from the dark
into light…
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Two Northumbrian Jigs for Concertina.net theme of the month for March 2015.
Lamb Skinnett is traditional Northumbrian. Wood Nunrich Fair I found in a book of tunes for Northumbrian Pipes.
Played on Anglo Concertina, Tenor Ukulele & Bass…
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A piece I wrote a few months ago when I bought a new acoustic guitar.
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12 string + Electric Fiddle
This is a revised version (the fiddle part on electric violin I just got for anniversary gift :)
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This is a piece I did a few years ago. It's basically an up-tempo instrumental rock thing. I was going for a bit of a "shred" vibe on this track & I nicked the idea of the slow blues ending from Ugly Kid Joe :-)
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A demo recorded live for the band THE BIG BAD DOG
Trevor...Vocal
Jon...Guitar
Gary....Drums
written by The lab rats adapted & performed by The Big Bad Dog
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This tunes was always being played around the house when I was a kid. Heard it recently for the 1st time in ages on a TV show & it sparked some great memories for me. Decided to do a cover of it. Hope you like my treatment of it :-)
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from the album "ZERO"
featuring Meg Radley with Tess Savigear on vocals
tic, of the clock marches forward
wait, for the bell to chime noon
patience, I can't tell when it's coming
think, that it has to be soon
wasting all my time counting…
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from the album "ZERO"
featuring Alex Moody on vocals
you used to be
someone I could believe in
someone much better than me
and now you're no better than the others
i'm sorry to say...
you weren't so smart
locking yourself in your house…
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from the album 'ZERO'
with Alex Moody on Vocals
lover cease
and desist what you say
cause there's a ton of trouble
coming your way
lover be strong
it's gonna be a crazy ride
but when it all hits the fan
i'll be the one with the plan…
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from the album "ZERO"
featuring Meg Radley on vocals
way to go
great escape
such a clever girl you are
made the grade
change the course
all because of what she said
climb up the ladder
release the lion trapped inside
all our thoughts…
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written by Brent Kinder
recorded for the Angie Fights Crime Cover Album 2015
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This is a song that put together three musicians.
The target was to create a music for a presentation as background music, then it became what it is today. Named Soundscape V the nickname is now Three Bottles and an Headphone.. just what was…
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Folk instrumental titled after a place in Missouri where loved ones lie in rest.
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Mother your an a hole
I know cos father said so
when you left for bingo
he said you was a pain in the ass
Father you're a dick head
I know cos uncle mick said
when mum and him were in bed
they said you was a total douche
ah but its…
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The Rod Stewart classic with a bit of a twist....
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A homage to the spy movie soundtracks of the '60s... twangy guitar, weird minor scales & a honky tonk piano :-)
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I like to jam with my buddy Chris, but he gets tired after just a few songs. One day, on his way out the door I started playing this (the original chorus was: Chris is pussin out, he is going home . . .)
*updated audio 1-12-11
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First song I ever wrote, third time I've tried this.
*updated audio 9-21-03
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Another cover of a rare Nirvana song for y'all.
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Yes, there's a new album coming. This summer, actually. LOTS of music.
I thought I'd offer this appetizer . . . . the final version will have lyrics/vocals.
More to come . . .
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Another slice of my jazzy side... this is inspired by John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell. Plenty of key changes - I can't stop myself sometimes :-)
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This is a short sound track conceived for a space scene from the movie Solaris. Sorry, can't link to the video due to copyright laws.
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Seeing that this is my birthday I would like to continue the time honored birthday tradition of Hobbits and give all of you a present. Here it is and I hope you like it!
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I have a video called THE BROKE PIANO on line at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JON_poM_sdY
Ironically, it does not include this song.
Key D
D (figure is D D sus, D D sus)
I am a BROKE PIANO. Got no damper and no keys
G…
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This is my humble attempt at W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 in C major - the Andante section.
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Ambient, building electric guitar instrumental, something like a cross between the late great Gary Moore and some softer stuff by Allan Holdsworth.
Imagine your spacecraft nearing a black hole, and the strain it puts on your vessel. Then, as…
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Two hours before morning light
Highway signs go by all night
Open window to catch the breeze
Helps me clear my cluttered mind
Road noise rumbling through the floor
Been on this road once or twice before
My mind is racing up ahead
Leaving…
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recording my amp on my cellphone through headphones :)
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The obligatory "power ballad". A guitar instrumental inspired by Santana. Dedicated to a good pal of mine who's had a rough time lately.
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This is me doing my best impersonation of Danny Gatton - a bit of a foot-tappin' country guitar workout :-)
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A little jazz-funk for your delectation. My homage to Jeff Beck's 1975 masterpiece album "Blow By Blow". The title is the name of a Lee Child book I was reading at the time I was writing the tune.
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An instrumental jazz guitar track inspired by George Benson. Basically a posh 12 bar blues :-)
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An instrumental guitar tune which combines some flashy rock "guitar hero" stuff with a strong melody. Couldn't think of a title so I just did what I always do in that situation... nick the name of an old movie from the '50s
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Warming up the fingers
Playing out the chords
Hanging in the studio
Keep from getting bored
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written by Marc Poirier
"I am a fool I'm afraid"
RPM 2015
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Lord, I am soooo tired, how long can this go on?
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Lyrics, Vocals, Lead Guitar: Calvin Rainwater
Rhythm Guitars: Dave Patterson & Stefan S.
Bass: Paul Lennon
Drums: Raul Rodriguez
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A new one...
I wrote it on 5th February, and managed to record it in less than a month (a head-cold and lack of hearing in one ear slowed the last lap somewhat).
But seeing as the last one took over 8 months, I think I'm already ahead for…
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A little experiment... what would happen if you took a Gypsy jazz tune in the style of Django Reinhardt & played it with a rock band type line up? I reckon it might sound a bit like this :-)
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A demo recorded live for the band THE BIG BAD DOG
Trevor...Vocal
Jon...Guitar
Gary....Drums
Written by The Big Bad Dog
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Something I missed for many years was singing in a choir. Now that I have multitracking I don't miss it any more.
THE WINNOWING WIND
I feel the wind flow thru me
Oh, please, don't let it undo me.
Let it level and true me
The wind, the…
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A demo recorded live for the band THE BIG BAD DOG
Trevor...Vocal
Jon...Guitar
Gary....Drums
written by Jerry Reed adapted & Performed by The Big Bad Dog
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