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the clock on the wall is watching the window
the shades are at half mast for what i do
there are regrets just over that horizon
but i know i know i can count on you
i think of a time when i was unwilling
the dark days i counted with a mark on…
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A love song....about this world of wonder that i am so fortunate to have found, or it found me.
yea we climb from the rubble
of confusion and some pain
we are the wonder of the world
and many streets we walked of bitter pills and rain
and we…
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a season in hell by rimbaud,samped and signal-processed,se to music by wordless poem,composed on the roland MC 505 groovebox.
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Reg has got a little soppy since he met his new girl, the widow Desirea. His pretty sure she's the one but the old fears keep rising. He knows he has to put the past behind him if any relationship is ever going to stand a chance of working…
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A tale of keeping your head above the water, or not...
Recorded Jan-Feb 2011.
I wrote it many years ago, never thought I'd ever do anything with it.
I intended to record this with just an acoustic and my new EDB (electric upright bass…
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Acoustic love song. Written and recorded between Christmas 2010 and the New Year.
I'd just finished recording Elizabeth's Room and was tooling up to record a pop-rock song when this little beast popped out of nowhere, almost perfectly formed…
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This is a live cover of a Ralph Mctell song , telling the story of a coach tour to the seaside town Brighton just before World War 1 , thinking the war would be over in weeks
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Acoustic tale recorded Christmas 2010.
I wrote it years ago. Even tried rehearsing it with the band I was in at the time. But I couldn't play it properly. It took several weeks of practicing DADGAD (never really used it in anger before) until…
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AK wrote this after seeing a photogragh of an American Marine giving cookies to Iraqi Children
Done live
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Recorded Oct 2010.
It was meant to be a full band pop-rock song. But I started overdubbing on the original exploratory demo I'd done to work out the arrangement (with no click track). I kept coming back to it intending to start afresh... but…
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A cover of Justin Currie's Sleep Instead of Teardrops. Recorded 2010.
It has always been one of my favourite Del Amitri songs. I was strumming away at it one day and my missus said I should record it...
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I’ve seen the trimmings you destroy
The kindness that you avoid
Our subtle ways our sad affairs
Our vagrant airs dissolve to noise
What do you contemplate you're standing still
Your posture motivates the scene
You still don’t understand…
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Linda spins without a care
Idle thoughts twirling in the air
Never quite a mystery
Never choosing what she wants to save
She escapes substantial loss
By adding interest to her cause
A little death a shallow say
Never paying for her shallow…
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Falsely
You call me
Desperately At least when it's my turn
quickly
You agree
You're killing off the ways that you could be
Someone who's willing
to live Or willing to learn
Falsely
You call me
Desperately At least when it's my turn…
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You know I'm not perfect
But I admit when I am wrong
I know how to ask for favors
One too many times from you
But I can be a kinder soul
Far better than a polished fool
So when you find me falling, ask for grace
Don't despair again…
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There's still a way you rise at dawn
Before I feel I don’t belong
Before we lock into the worries of the day
Yet every morning brings romance
A short reprieve a second chance
With every heartache comes the hope that I am wrong
And…
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You’re painting a dead end
Capturing traces
Of throwaway faces
You memorize lines
You smother your fire
To better appeal to the maddening crowd
I'm aware
Setting you dead to rights when it's easy to blame you for finishing fine
When…
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You are beautifully taken when you have the upper hand when you're in high demand
A Lady in Waiting but steady when cloying, precious toying precocious with hunger
“Beware†but nobody hears
Your wilting complaint "aren't you petty but…
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Old school art rock
Red clay still shot
White board wet rotting fall away
No time on the clock
It's over mop it up
A little left for a holiday
Well it's time to stop the routine
You might say it just another phase of the game
But now…
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Enervate what's in your head
No time to talk? A leak instead
And yet you wait and yet you wait
A break a drain a mottled stain
You're Clouding over ambered pain
Standing still you're standing still
You're never tempted so you've never…
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Inform your decisions
All your conditions (But what is the spread, what a sure excuse)
desert your ideals
For what appeals (So easy to stay undercover girl)
Heal Thyself is what you say
Lost in thought in the self help section
The closer…
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Written & Recorded: Feb 26, 2011
GADGAD Capo III, DADGAD Capo III
This is probably my last track for this year's RPM Challenge (leaving it incomplete for 2011). I'm kind of worn out and not feeling super inspired this year and I sort of…
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A major thing, This began as I sat down to lunch and did some musing about my old wind-up gramophone, as food poisoning set in I spent the rest of the day lying in bed thinking of lyrics, getting up to type them in, throwing up, and going back…
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Ok, Who HASN'T had the fantasy about the hot librarian?
This was originally intended to be sung by a friend of mine with a much higher range, but a massive earthquake disrupted the schedule. I wound up singing it down an octave, trying to do…
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This was originally a much longer gospel style song about meeting the devil at the crossroads and selling him my car, I got discouraged when I put down the scratch vocals and realised that no ammount of overdubs could possibly make me sound like…
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I had a go at channeling Ray Charles for this one, I just forgot to channel his talent.
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This was the last piece recorded for the album, I wrote it over 10 years ago after the death of my Grandmother. The events of February 22 in my homw town of Christchurch, New Zealand, the earthquake that broke our city, put me in a similary sombre…
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I like to play 'hard to get' with people who arn't all that interested in me.
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This is for everyone who ever gave a hand when they were needed.
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Aw, we tried to make this a bit more pro, but sometimes the really fun moments in life are fleeting. So here it is warts and all. But don't mind that - just get out onto the dance floor with Reg! It's ok: he's up to date on his shots.
When…
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A small tribute to "Alien" (a horror movie from 1979 directed by Ridley Scott")
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This was a performance at a place called the Ranchbowl in Omaha, Ne nd yes it was a bowling alley as well. We had some friends in the crowd in this one, you might be able to hear them. :) I believe this was the first and only time we performed…
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This was a short singer break (where I do some soloing) in one of our first shows for a Birthday Party out of a garage. We called it Funky Chick for a lack of a better name afterwards. Entirely improvised there on the spot. A this time the line…
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Another song James and I wrote together almost exactly half and half.
Vocals: James Johnston
guitars/backing vocals: Me
other guitars: JC Leach
Bass: John Schrader
Drums: Kevin Corum
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This is another from my former band 3 Ton Jack. James wrote the first have and I finish the last have. We seemed to be able to do that fairly well on some of our songs. This one actually got some decent air time on the local radio stations.
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this is the first warm-up part to the lifeless b and lifeless c parts of lifeless a that were cut and layered as well we decided here it sounds extraterrestrial crickets in space 1.
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This has probably the least effert i've ever put into a song , i was sat at my computer falling asleep , when i had the urge to sing this beautiful George Harrison song , i could'nt be asked to get up and change guitars , so using my PRS Singlecut…
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This wsa a collaboration with Launched , who added Bass , Drums and backing Vox
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This is a synopsis of Reg's favourite movie put to music. Sorry about the length but what can you do, when you have a story to tell, you can't cut it short can you? This is one to download for the car to listen to on that boring journey or when…
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This is a band I was in for almost 9 years. We were called 3 Ton Jack. Played mostly around the Council Bluffs, IA - Omaha, Ne areas.
Singer: James Johnston
Guitars/backing vocals: Me
Guitars: J.C. Leach
Bass: John Schrader
Drums: Kevin Corum
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Drums by Richard Chouinard. Odd-Rock with a slice of avante'-weirdo.
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Part spoken word, part electronica, part art-rock, but just plain weird!
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Another Apple Garage Band session. I thought this had a little bit of a Joe Satriani feel to it so called it Satcheroni. :)
I'm nowhere near the level of the guy, but he is an influence.
Just me plugged in to the laptop again, using the Garageband…
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Kind of a dark song. Acoustic guitar and vox with a weird synth part.
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Blues Rock with a twist. Wouldn't mind some production pointers on this one.
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Written about 26 years ago, re-recorded for RPM.
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This is just a clip of me messing around with Garage Band software. Running my guitar into my laptop using the built in effects.
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i didn't think that this had uploaded last night so it was a nice surprise to see the four lovely comments :) thank you...
its hard to describe what this is about...a very personal moment...sometimes it replays in my memories...
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a bit smaller in length, a bit more up lifting, at least it makes me feel like lifting my arms up into the air when i listen... WN is a dialogue between two sides, so i suppose this is the section where the angles get their say,,,, dedicated to…
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this is the extended version of lifeless c where lifeless c is a cut out of lifeless b probably will not be a lifeless a as that the lifeless a source has about and hour extra recorded that would need to be considered .. maybe with a different…
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I tries to wake the dead. Oh if your not dead then adjust the volume at different times..
It took an hour of continuous performance before I settled down and recorded this and did excerpts and layered it here.
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Reg has decided that he doesn't want hurting again so he has decided to be up front about what he wants.................. Love me for who I am........
Love me, Love me, for who I am
Love me, take me for what I am…
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a season in hell by rimbaud,sampled and signal-processed,set to music by wordless poem,composed on the oland MC 505 groovebox.
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Acoustic tale of revenge. Recorded 2010 on a Boss BR1600CD.
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**The Knife - A A J Russe**
A dark and star-less night
Probably driving rain
That's what they think became of me
A foolish walk along the cliff when he was drunk…
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THIS IS THE OLD YEURGH MIX - THERE IS ANOTHER ONE HIGHER UP THE LIST NOW, FULLY LOVED BY AR. THIS ONE IS LEFT HERE AS A MONUMENT TO SOMETHING OR OTHER (AND IN CASE YOU PREFER IT)
Acoustic ghost story. Recorded 2010.
Easter 2010 I decided…
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Pop-rock tale about a character in a novel that I fancied. Recorded in 2009 on a Boss MBR.
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**Sooner or Later - A A J Russe**
Theres a crazy girl
Looks about my age
Hiding out on the second page
Waiting for the story to unfold…
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Pop-rock song. Recorded 2009.
I wrote this several years earlier and rehearsed it with the last band I was in.
The recording was my first "serious" project on my Boss MBR, I was stunned that you could do something like this on a little silver…
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A cover of Larry Wallis's fine ditty (it's always been one of my favourite Dr Feelgood songs).
This was my second recording with my Boss MBR, recorded early 2009. It confirmed for me that I was a "standalone recorder" kind of guy, and there was…
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Rock instrumental. Recorded Christmas 2008.
I'd struggled with a DAW. I'd stopped recording. And then my lovely wife got me a Boss MBR for Christmas. I thought this little thing the size of a fag-packet would be a nice "scratch-pad" songwriting…
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This is an oldie. Recorded in 2005. It was the first recording I finished on a DAW, but I'd played it a lot in the last band I was in (around the turn of the century). I think it was written in the mid 90s. It's about one of the casualties of…
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A pop-rock thingy recorded in 2006. Can't remember too much about it except that it was a new song then, I spent an inordinate amount of time on the lyrics and arrangement, and wasn't that happy with it when I was done(!).
I quite like it now…
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Acoustic blues. Recorded in 2005. I was trying to record something else, can't remember what, and the missus was going out. She had cyclist Lance Armstong's book, or was talking about it. Sounded like a great title for a song as well as his book…
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Electric blues. Recorded 2007. I was learning how to use my DAW and trying to figure out how a one-man-band could get to sound like a bunch of old bluesers in a sweaty bar...
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**Rabbit Boy - A A J Russe**
Well she don't mind crying…
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A song about my wife. Recorded 2005.
I'd just taught myself how to play piano (badly).
I'd always wanted to be Freddie Mercury when I was younger... still got a bit of a ways to go.
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**Now It's Done - A A J Russe**
I said it…
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Inspired by our good friend Geir Alfsen , who wrote a song titled Oil , this highlights the plight of seabirds trapped in the recent oil spillages
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A nice solid punchy classic Prozac offering. Love the bass on this song. Also from the basement.
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Another basement practice song as you can tell by the initial hiss. Mostly beautiful, kind of self-indulgent and a little longish in parts. I also don't remember what this one is called.
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RPM 2011
Wait for the room to focus
Feeling around for closure
The whiteness of my skin
The pale reflecting eyes
The beaty of total darkness
Move to the door and open
Room after room of sorrow
Breathing through your mouth
Flooding from your eyes…
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RPM 2011
I sail northward against the wind
My hope erased by the wages of sin
I have no way to break the ice
I’m frozen with chains of tomorrow
I have no fear of getting through
The feelings I lost without starting
It’s our little game not…
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RPM 2011
No explanations left to give apologies over
She wanted more than the story, but nobody told her
I hear the insane are hardly worth the medication
But she'd like the story just the same, for when she gets older
It's not the end…
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RPM 2011
You say the world is too complicated
You say close your eyes forget it all
Nobody sold me a bridge in the desert
Nobody remembers with our eyes closed tight
You say somedays just a point of view
You say someones not much different
Nobody…
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RPM 2011
Used to feel the same as me
So warm inside
Used to care too much to see
The other side
You’re so far outside the lines
Your shapes distorted, undefined
Your color choices too
A wash and blurry, through and through
Visualize, love saves…
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RPM 2011
Seasons start to change without much worry
Ordinary days no reason to remain
The clouds will force the rain realize its glory
Nothing keeps us sane better start to hurry
Slow monkey cabin fever
Free clinic dirty needle
They’ve gone…
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RPM 2011
So wide awake the hands are still
Too tired to keep them silent
It barely pokes above the surface
It hardly registers among the crowd
So long and waves the farwell
We’d better tell the authorities
Goodbyes are so beautiful
Disappear…
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