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Another old song that got a little country twang when it became obvious that the horn section wouldn't be showing up on my doorstep any time soon.
"You fools don't know what's going on inside her head"
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"There are still some tribes that will forever hold
You give a picture of your eyes, you give away your soul."
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To get ready for every baseball season, my father used to pitch tennis balls to me in the backyard. He had invented a pitch that defied the laws of physics. To this day, I have no idea how he threw it. The damn thing would spin like crazy like…
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Written for my youngest when she was very little, almost everyone who's had a kid that just would rather not sleep can identify with this song. Originally, there was a line in there about "Staying up this late at night makes me consider drinking…
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I used to cross over railway tracks on my way to the ballfield in college, and though I never knew why, I was always tempted to just start following them.
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The song that really kicked off this second album of 2009.
"In time all the stars will fade away
Our kind won't get to see it anyway
No shine, just endless black between the gray
I won't be going out in that way"
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A song written for a great girl who'll be getting married next year...
"You'll always be this young if love comes first
And you stay filled with life."
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Wrote it over a decade ago, rewrote it five years ago, recorded it last year with the help of little sis Karen.
"I'm not supposed to be down south. Take me north."
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Sometimes the most profound statements come out of the mouths of babes.
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Some places (like Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts) are just sacred ground.
"This tide rolls out and in my life."
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The sweet little girl I can't seem to get
Out of the back of my mind
Isn't quite sure what she's looking for yet
And I worry about what she'll find
Working so hard looking out for herself
I know there are times all alone
She's always had…
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I set myself the challenge of making a track this evening. I've uploaded it with 2 minutes to spare.
I started out with a wind chime instrument in Kontakt. I sequenced it using the PX-18 sequencer and then fed three different version of it…
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Final remix project for my studio techniques class.
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i remember the exact moment my tears fell...
this song was written for my dad...it sums up the loss i feel...i dealt with my emotions in the only way i know how...
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This is fresh out of the oven and not perfectly shaped but I wanted to share it straight away.
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I hope the emotional content will outweigh the technical deficiencies... this is the sound of me singing with a broken heart and a killer sinus infection. I guess this one is 8 or 9 years old by now; another one from the trunk-full of songs that…
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The first track from 2009's "Where I May Have Been." More uploads from this album to come!
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This track is an edit of an improv I did during one of those many TMY demo sessions.... We listened back, had a laugh & I never played it again! - Michael
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swiggitty. one of these instruments is over 300 years old. gong bowl.
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starts with a loud roar. otherwise instrumental
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if i can just hold it together a little longer..just long enough to get that promotion..then all that money..ill be fine...
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in which our heroes make a song which sounds uber cool
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minimal, haunting drone...with a flavour at the end...
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light piano...drone...then i allowed the drums to take over the song...
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a haunting drone written for a special someone...
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Another two doodads stuck together.
apps:
Bebot
Soundpond
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Free Jazz!! This is my answer to anyone who wanted to play death metal just to annoy their parents. Try this one at top volume you rebels!!
(this appears on all the printed cd's as the special hidden track, 42 seconds after 'Remember This' finishes…
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I've had this song kicking around for ages. I wrote it for a songwriting competition in 2001 and never managed to get a decent recording of it till now. Due to it's subject matter I couldn't just let it go, you'll see why.
The vocals were done…
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A song about the need to take a break, look at life objectively, and correct only where nescessary.
Sung by Petrina Mclachlan
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This is me in 'funk story rant' mode.
Guitars by Damien Taylor
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This song speaks for itself, from a real life experience just prior to making the album.
Sung by Petrina Mclachlan
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I'm not sure if this is a song about the pointlessness of war, or about me getting turned down for a job at a local radio station....
Possibly both.
Guitar by Damien Taylor
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The story of a hunter who becomes hunted. The french references all seemed to fall into place by accident.
Sung by Petrina Mclachan, Guitar by Damien Taylor
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The title track, completely insane.
Guitars by Damien Taylor
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Idea for a Circus themed series of tunes. Bring in the clowns.
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From a series of effected guitar pieces arranged round a Sci-Fi theme.
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In New Zealand we have a major problem with gambeling addiction. It destroys lives and blows families apart and nothing's being done to stop it. We have a small casino in every bar and while the companies that run the machines give some of their…
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Everyone who ever got picked on in school unite! You'll get you own back, and how!
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I've been experimenting with writing instrumentals in 5 - 4 time for years, this is the first time I ever got the lyrics to fit properly. Not only do they fit, they're scathing...
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My cover of Sister Savage's Europa. I lovely little song about one of Jupiter's moons. I really enjoyed working with this.
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at the bar, I order two
glasses of johnnie walker blue
I need a picture with you
and people who are cool too
so when you go home and pull me
from your book of faces
you can see that back in ’93
I never tied my shoelaces
stamped with ink forever…
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Stumblin' at the first word
Fallin' at the last fence
Always in a mess
Stumblin' at the first word
Fallin' at the last fence
god knows I tried
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First of a series of songs based on the story of someone who has unaccountable rages. Some who've heard this find it calming, others it disturbs?
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Gothic-Doom metal from Russia, all the tracks in this album are instrumental.
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Gothic-Doom metal from Russia, all the tracks in this album are instrumental.
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Gothic-Doom metal from Russia, all the tracks in this album are instrumental.
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Gothic-Doom metal from Russia, all the tracks in this album are instrumental.
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Another in the iPod series.
Apps used:
Sound Pallete
NLog synth
Bebot
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written when i was writing my first album after discovering a new way of working...a drone that turns into something else...written for someone special who sleeps while i create.........
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something slightly different to the drones i normally create...has a slow 'groove' to it...
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My interpretation of "Shoot the Nuge" of Tim's 2010 RPM submission.
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Housemate Tim (first verse, chorus) joined us for an attempt at a Bette Middler classic. AND THEN WE AUTOTUNED IT...
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Housemate Tim (first verse, chorus) joined us for this attempt at a Bette Middler classic. This is not autotuned.
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The Music tells the story. we all carry our true selves inside, and experience those who would tell us we are someone else. take this home, light a candle, dance widdershins, blow some smoke to the six directions.... and be free
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Used as the soundtrack to Katie Coble's 2008 collection this whopper includes sound by the following: Emilie Simon, Holy Fuck, Chemical Brothers, LCD Soundsystem, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Sneaker Pimps, and yours truly.
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Recorded in Hawaii, acoustic guitar and early morning trades through the trees. Keyboards and Bass track added by my brother Greg in Durango Colorado. Took Tess's (Sister Savages) advice and removed the percussion!
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The cover I did off Uglifruit's 2010 RPM submission. The drums are a pair of hotrod sticks, that I made, hitting my keyboard table. The "kick drum is the stick hitting the pop screen while the mic was on.
I still need to fade...
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Lyrics
Chorus--
I just cant seem to satisfy her, she insatiable//And she just cant seem to get enough of me, she insatiable//And I love her for it//
Verse--
She wakes me up in the morning//Right…
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We need love!
While being a bartender for two weeks, I came across some women who were really "pressed", meaning the type that always had to dress to impress, excessive makeup and jewelry, etc. They served as my inspiration for this song because…
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