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norm, brian, me - needs leads. My hand is hurting and I need to perform tomorrow - handing this off.
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2006
Nothing special, the last track I wrote and recorded for this unfinished CD.
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Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A set of reels (the first being "For the Sake of Old Decency," picked up from a Michael Tubridy album of the same name) I put together one evening. You…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2006
An old English/Scottish folk song. It's very well known, but has a great melody and I'm not ashamed to play it...
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Pennywhistle, Low Whistle, Bar Stool (w/ drums ticks): Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Set of traditional Irish jigs. Don't ask me the names of them, I don't remember (are you seeing a pattern here…
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Guitars/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A couple of nice reels played on guitar, the first is The Cup of Tea, can't remember the name of the second one. Unfortunately my midi flute scratch track got added in the mix…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Low Whistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Irish song, also know by its English title, "For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name."
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Bodhran: David Shaughnnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
Set of three tunes I wrote in 2005. Well, I guess they're hornpipes of sorts...
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Guitars/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of jigs I wrote after spending time on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.
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Guitars/Keyboards/Shaker: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
I believe there's a demo version of this tune that I've already uploaded to alonetone. Originally written as a piano piece.
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Guitar/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Composer: Turlough O'Carolan
Arrangement: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of Planxties by O'Carolan. For the life of me I don't remember the names of them...one may be Charles O'Conor…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
This was my "signature" track several years ago. I wrote this on guitar in the mid-90s while I was getting divorced, but later renamed it and recorded it…
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More stuff from the ancient archives rescued from the same cassette tape as Last Nights Fun. This time a set of 3 Irish reels Live at a concert back around 1992
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Rumba Columbia is a traditional Cuban pattern in 6: the "go-to" pattern for 12/8 - if you have only heard one Afro-Cuban rhythm in 12/8, this is probably it. As an energetic Afro-Cuban dance, Rumba was often suppressed and restricted because it…
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WARNING! ADULT CONTENT or goofy great........
After a week of computer crashes, I finally got my gear all back to normal. I got my drum kit hooked up yesterday and did a test run which led to this bit of Saturday morning fun that only
proves…
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i had the idea of having a strong drum track through something...a drum track that built up through the track...but then i started to mess with the track and ended up with three different versions that i am rather attached to...other versions…
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Over at improvFriday Bruce Hamilton took my piece and mashed it up, also featuring Shane Cadman.
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Uploaded this one yesterday but it was a bit scrappy. So I've fine tuned it a bit. Left it a bit basic in case anyone wants to add bongos or zephyr. ( Is that the right word?).
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I wrote this one about this guy I worked with in a two man show. Do I feel guilty? Meh.
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I wrote this song for the first person I ever fell in love with to tell her that I loved her. I figured that if she didn't feel the same way, it would be less awkward. Win!
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For the indignant lover who won't walk away in all of us...
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I had some lyrics describing a late nite cake baking experience kicking around. If I have a lot on my mind, dirtying every dish in the house seems like the right thing to do.
I stole some cool percussion from Norm and went to work. I also…
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Party 2 Nite is a song about you and your lady.
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another one take that resulted in the previous song slav-o-tage
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last eve there was a beautiful moon
dancing in a blue black sky
outside my piano room, it called to me
this tune is a one take playful moment, loosely based on the main theme from the 2nd mov of my piano sonata,,, i only toned down about…
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two loops. incongrous and paired. ridden all the way out. through metaphorphoses. and motion
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Archival stuff from my distant past with former bandmates in Scartaglen. A set of traditional Irish tunes. Rescued from a cassette tape done at a concert back in the early 90's. Myself on Uilleann pipes and whistle. Mike dugger on guitar and fiddle…
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Live improvisation using a MicroKorg and Roland SH-01.
Mixed with Live 8
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An improv with Bleep!Box app and Harry Partch's Eucal Blossom.
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Quick live recording on my buddy Jim's guitar while visiting him in Portland. The song hopefully speaks for itself. Eastern Europe gets me every time...
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I locked myself/was snowed into a cabin for a month on the shores of lake Michigan, and turned it into a one man studio. Piblokto is a form of hysteria mainly found in eskimos, sometimes triggered by isolation during which the victim will find…
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This is a microtonal Jazz-ish piece produced with some newly developed techniques.
Norm Harris provides the excellent percussion. I probably could have made it easier on myself by not being so chromatic… but there it is.
The piano, bass…
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(Bowers, Rainbowtruth) from the LP "Over the Counter and Through the Woods" circa 1997.
Barnett: Lead vocal/guitar
Osborne: Drums/backing vocal
Bowers: Bass/spoken vocal
Duff: Guitar
One of my favorites. Don't be fooled, the sampled snare…
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Ten Years After cover performed live by Rainbowtruth @ Irish Brigade Fredricksburg, VA circa late 1990's.
Barnett: Guitar/lead vocal
Osborne: Drums/back-up vocal
Duff: Guitar
Bowers: Bass
Cool high-energy take w/ plenty of guitar solos. Decent…
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(Cotton, Williams) Live radio performance on James Madison University's WXJM in Harrisonburg, VA circa 2005.
Osborne: Drums
Cotton: Vocals/Guitar
Williams: Vocals/Guitar
Capponi: Keyboard
Small part of a larger musical work w/ nice dynamics…
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Being as I am in something of a musical trough of despair (it's not as much fun as it sounds) right now I thought I'd try messing with my TMA-2 Reaktor instrument and try and coax some better results from it.
From a promising beginning TMA…
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rabbits eating your toes because you own a lawnmower.
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Dedicated to a true and courageous Freedom Fighter in the spirit of Dr. King and Mahatmas Gandhi, Rachel Corrie, who gave her life in the highest tradition of St. John 15:13.
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/
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Short but sweet. A Metallica inspired little diddy. Due to computer malfunctions the timing is iffy toward the end, but still a song I'm proud to share.
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The first song done on new album. Featuring Roy Sample on guitar.
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a crowning noise triumph of guitar and microprocessor.
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oh god, the hilarity..dont be scared of this mouse..dont give it power..the mouse is powerless, unless you empower him..that's how im doin'
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It's a 100 degrees F in the shade here.
Covering a John Fahey tune, which was inspired by Charley Patton.
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They recon if you go down any mine in the world you'll find a Cornishman there working.
Colin did the vocals and twelve string
Matthew did Balron, whistle, backing vocals ect.
I did the acoustic and backing vocals.
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this is a random song i made when i was bored hope you like it
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this song is about the world and its beauty it was the first song i ever wrote
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well, i really took to both pieces. I decided a mashup should be without permission, otherwise its just aremix. Hope I made something new, Incidentally structure is based on theory heard on alonetone.
Just add 4/4 and go!
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This is a 3/16 Bembe on tuned congas, played with mallets. I've arranged it (at the very kind suggestion of Vaisvil & ReefWalker) in a verse/chorus/bridge/capo fashion to get away from a straight pattern - I think this sort of arrangement…
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7 1/2 minute space dance jam. Full of marquee rhythms if marquee is even a rhtyhm term.
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Anything that is uploaded by Louis I have a compulsion to add a bass line too.
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Softer more positive vibe. The "radio friendly" sound.
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I wrote this in anticipation of seeing my wife after a long absence. The heart had grown fonder . . .
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Kind of dramatic song, from one extreme to the other. Enjoy.
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Another instrumental that came from my twisted imagination. Enjoy! -Mike
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The newest track featuring Shaun Barter on Bass.
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Guess I've been away a while - something a little difference - distinct parts in harmony, perhaps... or just me experimenting ;-)
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the only comment i recieved about this was "sound like there's a fuckin' waterfall behind me"
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Just another time traveling love song from your ole Uncle Paul.
Mostly MIDI synths and some analog bass and screaming Ibanez.
Drum loops too. I was going to drum it, but these two loops really kinda drive it along.
Enjoy.....
filled…
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