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Two things triggered the genesis of this one - firstly an enforced absence from work due to a nasty medical 'thing'... and discovering a really nice piano loop that I then chopped around by changing the key and adding some different melodies…
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this is just the audio for a new video I just made ... this song is from thumbjam and release premiered on sound-in event "What are songs made for?"
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“Homesick” written and recorded on the evening of 8/10/2023, for August's 30 Day Songs challenge (30daysongs.com).
“Homesick” is also being submitted to August’s REM Challenge (via RPM Challenge).
I've been displaced from home for more…
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“Geisha Boys and Temple Girls/Let Me Go” acoustic Heaven 17 medley, recorded on the evening of 8/10/2023.
“Geisha Boys and Temple Girls” and "Let Me Go" written by Gregory/Marsh/Ware, originally by Heaven 17.
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Another excerpt from the Electric Eclectics sonic intervention by James Bailey and Matt Rogalsky; after the gong went silent, but the electrobeat remained, plus chatter from passers-by.
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A short excerpt from a recording made by Matt Rogalsky of the two of us playing in a field at the Electric Eclectics (http://electric-eclectics.com/) festival near Meaford ON, at 1a.m. on August 6th. I played a Gakken SX 150 Mk II and he played…
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using the midi from logic for spaghetti illusions I remapped the instruments in musescore 4...
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Spaghetti illusions 2 midi file put into musescore 4 and remapped
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first spaghetti illusion from the ipad piano thing in garageband.
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something I made on the ipad with a keyboard thing on garageband .. and remapped the midi notes into new instruments in logic 10.
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A track from the album "Letting Go".
https://jeffsampson.bandcamp.com/album/letting-go
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voice and live action effects. Blooper, Habit, Mood II in that order. And a touch from Live.
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more effects that distort the words really heavily ---
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The most stripped-down Rush cover in existence. Or, as Tom describes: 'Indigo Girls does Rush.' (<3 Neal)
Tom: guitar
Kat: vocals, harmony
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Cover by Trentemoller feat. Low. (<3 Mimi)
Tom: guitar
Kat: vocals, harmony, keys
Niandra Simone McMurderfeet: backing meows
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Chip Withrow performs my lyrics....
I bumped into my past
It was standing in my way
I couldn’t get around it
It said I had to pay
I said what toll is this
You’re demanding that I pay?
It’s for your misdemeanours
Is all my past would…
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Starting off sounding much different, this has undergone considerable transformation in Audacity to reach the form in which you hear it now. Drone from a window a/c unit and more jackhammering from the other side of our building.
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Ali on Glass (Totally Drunken Monkey Mix)
Created 08012023
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This piece is somewhat programmatic, somewhat expressive. I wanted to tell a story of moving from a dark place of drudgery and powerlessness to finding courage, strength, purpose, and joy.
Created for the Record Every Month challenge for July…
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The "Drunken Monkey Approach" always
2 tracks of the Octatrack
stem from Ali
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July 2023 REM (record every month) .. Challenging month for music ... My Hospitalization didn't help ... hopefully back on track .. with more tunes .. check my YT channel for video.. Thanks for listening
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Mashup of two faves: Here Comes the Rain Again by the Eurythmics and The Sun Always Shines on TV by a-ha.
Tom on guitar, Kat on vocals
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Cover by Low (<3 Mimi).
Tom: guitar and vocals; Kat: vocals, harmony
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Hohner chromatic harmonica and melodica, snare cajon, Koala app
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monochromatic harmonica, melodica, snare cajon, sampled and manipulated with Koala app
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The B-side for my July 30DaySongs submission is a cover of a tune I've loved since it came out way back in 1982. Wilsun has been having a rough go if it lately and I recorded this to hopefully cheer him up for a bit.
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Sometimes a joke gets out of hand. This one is some combination of many many MANY inside jokes from the group on the RPMChallenge slack group, aka Conference of Mayors or Church of England, depending on the project.
The shortest version is that…
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From the Wikipedia: "Hummus (/ˈhʊməs/, /ˈhʌməs/; Arabic: حُمُّص ḥummuṣ, "chickpeas"), also spelled hommus or houmous, is a dip of Arab origin, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic…
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Time was when I used to see you hiding
Your face so clear amongst the crowd
Time was I could sense you in the same room
As if you'd called my name out loud
Don't kid yourself, you've not got ESP
Your face so clear amongst the crowd
I'd…
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Finally got around to connecting several electronic items on my side desk - Kawai R-50e drum machine from around 1995, Fostex X-18 4-track tape recorder from a couple of years earlier than that (I think), a Korg volca keys from 2021, and a handful…
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Another lovely song from Leum. He's prolific, that one is!
It was fun to collaborate on lyrical tweaks for this one, working together to tighten up a solid draft into a rich, compact song.
For recording, we used a couple of condenser mics…
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Mike's fun rockabilly follow-up to Scammers, Spammers, and Cons from a previous RPM Challenge.
We recorded the drums, bass, one rhythm guitar track, and a scratch vocal take live off the floor, then added the other guitar tracks and a clean…
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Song idea number 12 becomes finished mix number ten of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge.
I don't hate it, but the lyrics are laughably bad and there are some really bad pitches in the vocals in the chorus that were copied and pasted all over…
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Song idea number 10 becomes finished song number nine of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge.
Nothing special here other than the time signature being 15/8. I want to play with time in ways other than the normal 7/8 and 5/4 this year, and here…
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Song idea number 20 is finished song number eight of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge.
I really like the vibe of this one, simple and basic with a cool groove, but I HATE the vocals. The melody, the lyrics, and most of all the performance…
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In my head
All the time
Relentless
Tieing me down
In my room
Now and forever on repeat
It won't leave me
I reject those who help me
I'm ashamed:
You think me weak
It's lasting then
Did I mention
It destroys me
All of the time…
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A love rap jazz piece with my pals on wikiloops.com
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I got a saxophone! OK, I know this isn't...let's just say it *isn't*. However it's my first sax improv, so it's one for the books.
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A recording by our Muskegon-area neighborhood bluegrass group.
Despite its upbeat association and recent use in pharmaceutical TV advertising,
this is a rather sad song; but, like most others do, we perform it in an upbeat style.
Marsha Kitchka…
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an older but longer demo which i made about 2 months before i started to "understand" a bit more than basics of music theory
i forgot to add a proper bass, maybe if i feel like it i will add some bass to make the song more interesting
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My music setting of Rosebud reciting one of her poems.
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Lots of loud noise going on with the refurbishment of the condo I live in, so thought I would haul out the horn and honk along. Been away for a couple of weeks working on a 50th anniversary restaging of David Tudor's Rainforest IV in Kingston…
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I've been drifting in my head
After midnight I escape my bed
Misplaced compass I spin around
Shifting pictures they wisp and confound
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