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For some reason the first upload of this plays faster than it should, hopefully this will play at the correct speed, I will leave the other up as some people seem to like it
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This is the finished version of Trance-Indental. the second half has come out very different to what I thought it would, but I like it. Give it time to build as it progresses.
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This story is a poem sent to me by Lesley Sawyer from a blog on her MySpace site and I put it to music and am posting it so she can hear it and maybe see if it's alright. We don't know who wrote the poem. If anybody does please tell me. j mt
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This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it!
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An old time fiddle tune without the fiddle, or the tune, really, so the vocal has to carry it, and it has that lovely raw propulsion. Written and recorded in an hour.
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I'm not sure if this is rockabilly or late 40s jump R'n'B. Dance music though. I had fun with the lyrics and the backing vocals.
This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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A grief song. You know this place. If you don't then move on while you still can. Seriously. Don't click ..
This is a tidied up version, I managed to get rid of some of th noise and rebalance the vocals 18/3/09
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A happy song about being left by your no-good spouse. There's a word for the attitude in this song but I can't think of it right now ...
this is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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It's about getting lost in the big city, about knowing the way through, and about the Last Chance Saloon.
This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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Those stark Moonlit nights have something of a reputation, but there are other things lurking in the moonlight.
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Banjo and Guitar and Vocal. Sometimes you don't want to look back.
this si now a tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.
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There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.
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Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change.
This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.
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she turned to me and asked in her broken english, 'How old are you?'
'25'
She made a motion of a plane taking off with her hand.
'Your plane has already left'
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'All dinosaurs for all time will know of your shame. They will tell
stories of your transgressions. They will tell their children of your
sins but from this point on, no one will ever speak your name again.'
With that, the giant stone was rolled…
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It was the briefest of looks, but from that moment (in that
discustingly dirty kitchen, no less) it was a certainty that you would
be mine.
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I looked around at the dark store fronts as we made the long trek back
to her car. It was errie.
was thos really going to happen again? As we approached her car my
heart was pounding against my ribcage.
I led her towards the backseat and kissed…
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'Everyone I touch turns to dust.'
'Like Midas!'
'No idiot, that was gold. At least that would have been useful'
Of course I thought she was crazy. I asked her to prove it. She had no
problem. She reached out and touched my hand...
I cannot…
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We finally got back to my car at about 8:00am. We fell asleep in
separate seats. When I woke up I checked my wallet. The budget for the
entire trip was gone in one night.
'I think I gave that driver a hundred,' I said.
You just groaned and…
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She sat across from me on a couch. It was Paris at 2:00am. Among the
beauty of the french women, her homelyness stood out.
'do you find me attractive?' she asked.
'no' I replied.
'the feeling is mutual'
I got up to leave.
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The e-mail was quick in explaining all details. They had married as
soon as he found out he was being shipped out. They had less than a
month together.
She explained that his father had pushed him towards military service.
That he was told that…
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walter had just turned 71. He had made his fortune through his robot
factory. His favorite had been the one created that he called Bobby.
He was one of a kind.
'Bobby, be a friend and make an old man happy. My eyes are growing
dim. Take me to…
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The darkness was all encoumpassing in the west fork of Oak Creek
Canyon. The party cougar visited us that first night. He drank all of
our whiskey and stole all of our women. The party cougar cares only
about himself.
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I watched as she walked back across the border. There was no one
waiting to question her. she turned back to look at me from the other
side of the fence. I couldn't decide which side of the wall I was on.
Goodbye my Penelope.
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I'm still sort of working on this and may upload a revised version
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A song about the insecurity of a relationship.
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I should mention I was thoroughly tanked on sangria when I made this one. It just seemed appropriate...
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A song all about the passing of time, the seasons, love and life
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Written by D. Oettinger, this performance by Helen Sventitsky is different from any version we'd recorded --& is better
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Ambient. Electric Bass Guitar. Ebow + Acoustic Guitar
Sometimes a new instrument is all it takes to inspire a nice little piece.
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A chance gtr line turns into a big production. This is a song I wrote for myself, meaning it's probably too long, it probably has too many parts and it probably has too much going on in it. YET, I don't care. I wrote it for me. Oh, and I am very…
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This song sounds best if you can drive through Hollywood Hills, or anywhere in Southern CA. Funny how I happen to live in NH, eh? Another song that came from a simple gtr line (the intro).
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Stripped down, I almost did this one as a live, one take vox and gtr "on-mike" bit. I did the song, kind of liked, but decided to do a tracked version, just to see what it would sound like. Ended up liking it more.
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Bouncy, with ear candy. Wanted to do something different with this one, keep it from being too predictable. I think I succeeded. I also happen to really like my "squawk, squawk" gtr stabs in the verses.
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The closing track of Dearly Departed. I will come back, but I don't know where or when. Open, ethereal, a departure in terms of tone, and for me.
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Wanted to make this one drive. It's meant to be listened to as loud as possible.
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I am Ironman.
With this one, I purposely kept it stripped down. I could have lavished it up, but I wanted the tone to match the stark clarity of realization. Sometimes this one sounds thin to me, but stark clarity sometimes has the same: "That…
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This is a track of serendipity (is that how you spell that?) I was hours from deadline, lots of mixing left to do, and this track was FAR from done. I love the congas in this one. In general, this is a fun one for me. For once I actually don't…
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Eerie, mournful, beautiful, but so, so lonely.
These are the words of a friend listening to it. When you make a conscious choice as to who you should be, what you were meant to be, what you have failed to be, until now...
This one is meant…
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This is a song for my RPM 2009 album. An echoey ambient piece with Tibetan bells and piano in deep space
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It reminded me of early Leonard Cohen so I took it in that direction with the finger picking and spookiness
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It seemed to be a meditation on everyday life so I decided that I'd whistle for the solo as it's the kind of thing I do when walking down…
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This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.
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reading too much sci-fi makes you paranoid and using too many effects pedals can make your songs repetitive, loud, and long.
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i don't know. another paranoid delusion, i guess.
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loop pedal + fuzz pedal + wah-wah = instrumental noise madness.
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