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There is a noticeable lack of weird time signatures in this year's RPM Challenge. I think this is the only 7/8 song. There are a couple of 6/8 but that's nothing too unusual. There is an 11/8 which almost made my brain explode, but that's another…
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When I was a boy, I would ring my nan on the telephone
Numbers in the holes
Spin it round then let it go
Nowadays..
I carry a phone in my pocket
Oh stop it!
Oh where will it end?
When I was a lad
Used a notepad when I wrote thank you…
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Tie your laces up and around
Step outside without making a sound
Just breathe in time with your feet touching down
Bird of prey way up in the sky
If you ran fast enough, could you fly?
Just breathe in time and pray for the high
Running…
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For Kristen...
We were immortal, you and I
Alongside my sea, beneath your sky
No need to fear tomorrow
Now I see our time was borrowed
I'll sit here rhyming by your side
And play till we see a lower tide
Lay out the course we'll travel…
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The last wood of the season burning
Another winter - see you on the other side
After everything has died
The last leaves of the season falling
Soon the air will be filled with dark and doubt
And the fire's going out
The last night of…
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Another cold night in Harbortown
They gather in the snow with fresh tracks in their hands
After daylight has long gone down
They find the warmest room just like they always planned
Brothers in arms, another battle won
Raise a glass for…
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Here we stand beneath the sky
Take my hand as time rolls by
Here we stand, nobody else around
Did we land on solid ground?
Along the ledge
Side by side
So near the edge
Of the great divide
For Heaven's sake
I have no doubt
The steps…
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One of the first songs I wrote for the album. The lyrics are stream of conscience that I don't think mean anything at all. I don't know, maybe they do.
It ends the album purely because the lyrics say "It's over..."
* Disclaimer: I understand…
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My 90's punk attempt. Interrupters/Rancid feel.. What does any of that have to do with Mark? Not a gosh darn thing... I just liked the name A Relative Term.
* Disclaimer: I understand that most of the songs on this album are pitchy and hard…
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Castaway. The Tom Hanks Movie.
* Disclaimer: I understand that most of the songs on this album are pitchy and hard to listen to. I recorded all of the vocals on Feb 27 and 28th as single takes. Most of them stream of conscience nonsense.
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Still meta... but with the realization that I can do RPM no matter what my hinderance is. I did this whole album with an Ipad, my acoustic, a cheap microphone and a pair of headphones. All the songs were written hastily in minutes with no real…
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The most non meta song on the record. This one is about a women I knew once. Sought the attention from everyone. Would burn you the moment you didn't agree with her. Her name happens to be Angie and really thought she was everyone's saviour…
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I feel the keys and pop feel of this one screams of Tim's influences.
Like if we both listened to the same song, this would be my take away vs his.
Lyric content? You guessed it... Meta.
* Disclaimer: I understand that most of the…
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This Wretched Vessel has a lot of post hardcore, Pop punk, punk, and leaning toward metal guitar riffs... but they have a shoegaze side. The only reason I even own a pedalboard is because of their guitarist.
The lyric content is more meta…
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Well, some of the songs were kind of inspired by the person they are titled after. It is not that I could hear Gary playing this, just he is who I was thinking about when I made the arrangement.
The lyric content is about why I got into…
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The song titles have nothing to do with the lyrics. They were just cool placeholders...then they ended up staying the titles.
* Disclaimer: I understand that most of the songs on this album are pitchy and hard to listen to. I recorded all…
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Glitter and unicorns destroyed my recording device. I used an Ipad from a friend and used garageband to record the whole album with a cheap $5 microphone.
I could have done it on my Iphone as well but my eyes aren't what they used to be... the…
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Music from sample that was recorded from clock spring.
Daw- Bespoke synth
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My lyrics; music and performance by Gordon Todd.
I want to share my journey with you
2021© by John Schofield
I want to walk upon the old silk road
Where oriental traders strode
And I want to go to Kathmandu
On my way to Timbuktu…
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"Always (Again Remix)" recorded in February 2023 for the RPM Challenge.
New recording of an old song with different arrangements. Originally started as a joke in response to Tim (of Letter Seventeen) asking AI to write a song (not) about airplanes…
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"EBMS" recorded in February 2023 for the RPM Challenge.
Basically an extended instrumental remix of a song from my other 2023 RPM Challenge project.
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A song to myself. I’ve often felt like an unnecessary appendage in the circles I end up in. I’ve had some real crazy experiences in my life, and I tend to exaggerate to try an instill the grandness I felt in each story. Sometimes, I’m annoying…
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I like Bad Religion. The first album I heard, I remember thinking that it was amazing that there was a smart punk band. Also, I like the way that their songs could work with an acoustic guitar, and still stand.
I thought this had a similar…
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I was thinking this was going to be the longest song, but then the next song happened.
Anyways, title says it all. Don't let this be what you judge my abilities on. I can do better. Just go listen to my other albums, but maybe after you finish…
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Hey, look! A short song, and it's kind of gross. It's easy to write about gross stuff. It's hard to put effort into songs when you have two days to write and record everything.
This one was fun to make.
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RPM2023. February, the month of concessions. I didn't have the time to put into the original idea that I had for this year, so first concession, put that on the back burner and instead do something a little, or a lot, simpler.
A collection…
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I guess we have a title track. I'm not sure if I created it, or if it conjured itself into being.
Freesound Sample Info :
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This is an excerpt from my 2023 RPM Challenge album, where I hit all four types of submission (Single Track, EP, LP, and Boxed Set) with a single, almost 102 minute track. For the full piece go to http://geekidomusic.com.
And if you actually…
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I now have 10 songs mixed for this year's RPM Challenge. There's still more to do, but if I wanted to I could stop right now and call it a win. Allow me to pat myself on the back for a second or two.
I like this one. I think. I would like…
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If I had more of a pool of songs to chose from this year, then this puppy would be going straight to the dropped list. Can you say, "padding?" I feel like I could cut 75% out of this song. I like the chorus and I like the strummy guitar solos…
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This is the eighth song for this year's RPM Challenge and it nearly broke me.
I had this riff in mind. It was in 6/4 time. Something dark and evil possessed me as I was working out the bass line in GarageBand and I was infernally inspired…
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A muted vocal trumpet does the melody line for this chord progression.
I play by ear so I just do what sounds good to me. I know they are some weird jazz chords.
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Were you guys aware that I'm a Beatles fan? Because, well.... I am.
I don't want you to come too close
I don’t need you to break the rules
Don't try to play my game
It’s not what you should do
I don’t think we can be friends
I don…
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A large portion of this record was written with my friend Wilsun in mind. If anything, this is an album to amuse him. To ensure I achieved that goal, I tried to write a song that reminded me of "Life In A Northern Town", although it actually…
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