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Another drum mic test mangled and re-used. Keys via MIDI clips in EZKeys plugin, and vox/words via Microsoft Word narrator and Inspirobot.
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Another drum mic test, re-purposed and mangled in Reaper. Added bass and guitar for even more fuzz.
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Me trying out my new MIDI keyboard controller in Reaper (EZKeys plugin). Drums via Superior Drummer, and vox (as usual) via Microsoft Word narrator and Inspirobot.
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This one was me trying out my new MIDI keyboard controller in FL Studio. Also finally realized I could open Superior Drummer in there, so here we are...
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Me on guitar and bass. Drums arranged in Superior Drummer 3 plugin. Vox via Microsoft Word narrator, and words via Inspirobot. :)
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Added snide words to a funky little burp. There really is no point.
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Me on drums, bass, and borrowed classical guitar. Recorded the drum part to test the mic setup in my rearranged drum room. Added the guitar and bass a week later, between watching David Byrne's performances on SNL.
Not ecstatic about any of…
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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox via Microsoft Word narrator.
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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox courtesy of the Microsoft Word narrator. :)
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This one's mostly MIDI clips in the Superior Drummer 3 and EZKeys plugins in Reaper. I fumbled along on my new MIDI keyboard controller to add the bass part using a sound from SampleTank. Pretty happy with it except for the abrupt end of the last…
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Something that never got lyrics...
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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Me on my Squier Strat and Peavey T-20 bass, both going through Amplitube 4 in Reaper. Drums courtesy of the Superior Drummer 3 plugin.
It's a little long without words, but still puts me in a pleasant mood. Hence the name. :)
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Well I did try and get an RPM challenge done after last years fail, but I'm still lacking enthusiasm or creativity.
Hence the uninspiring title of 'The Fifth', as this was the 5th track I was working on and the only one that came close to completion…
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Not quite a rap "battle," but definitely inspired by Brennan's interest in such things.
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This would be cool with piano, right? And maybe Bruno Mars singing it instead or something?
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Gilronan made this up to sing this to his girls as they played dress-up with cold weather accessories.
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Jessie kindly contributed her voice to this recording
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Brennan proposed the title of the song while looking at a bottle of Dust Off by the computer.
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Garys tune and lyrics, vocals guitars, Tom Bass, Johnny Keys
YOU GO IN CIRCLES TO GET WHAT YOU NEED
YOU LIKE TO CUT THEM DEEP THEN WATCH THEM BLEED
A MEAN MISTREATER
ALWAYS A ACE UP YOUR SLEEVE
YOU NEVER LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY
YOU…
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Chris’s tune lyrics, vocals drums, bass and acoustic guitar, Toms electric guitar, Johnnys Keys
Vibe
Fix me baby, give me a fix
Open up your bag of tricks
Build it up now, lay the bricks
Sugar on top, then stir the mix
All that rhythm…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris Drums
Johnny Keys
I’m Not Saying
An old expression goes
“The more you learn the less that you know”
Now i’m not preaching but perhaps we’ve been teaching it wrong
And it grows old in…
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris Drums
Johnny Keys
Why’d You Have To Go
BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS
WASHED AWAY SOME PAINFUL TEARS
MET SOME FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
SOME STUCK AROUND SOME WENT AWAY
BUT I STILL THINK…
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Chris’s tune, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
Toms Mandolin
Johnnys keys
Grey Matters
Pale grey.. my blanket of birth... For what it’s worth
No one can say
Frozen hue.. bequeathed to me..
The powers that be
But what colors…
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitar
Toms bass Chris drums
Johnny Keys
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GIRL I USED TO KNOW
AS SPARKLING FRESH AS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
A HEART TURNED TO STONE
SO SYNICLE AND ALL ALONE
TIME WONT HEAL THE PAIN
ONLY EMPTYNESS…
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Tom and Chris’s tune, Toms lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, mando, banjo, harp and some keys
Chris drums - Johnny Keys
Poor Mans Paradise
I was born in a thunderstorm
Rolling down highway one
With the poor mans tax upon my back
Before…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, mando,
Chris drum / back vocal
John Otto - Penny Whistle / great keys/ Spirit
Ummmerica....
Well my girl n me got a front row seat
To the next world war
We stood in line for quite some time
Its…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris drums Johnny Keys
You Were There
You were there
With yellow flowers in your hair
And the summer air seemed to get us high
The county fair
Was lit up like a caution flare
And it was there…
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This is the band mix of this song:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/playlists/rpm2020---finished-mixes,-so-far/good-people-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
The only note worth making is that unlike almost every other song I worked on this year, the…
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Sweet Christmas, this puppy is a mess....
....and I LOVE it!
There is actually two mixes going on at once here. I set everything for the beginning and end sections without even listening to the middle. Once I had the two mixed where I could…
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This is a last minute bit of guitar goofiness. I own three Gibson guitars and have been wanting to write a silly instrumental that includes all of them. This is it. The rhythm guitar is my '79 ES 335 Pro, the lead on the left is my '18 SG Standard…
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So it has been a while since my last RPM. I felt this song was the best was to reintroduce myself with the insane process that is the RPM Challenge....
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A simple little tune that got stuck in my head. I hope to revisit this one soon and add a couple more layers.
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Waste not want not....finished the final lead take at about 3:45am this morning...almost killed me...
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Laying on your back losing yourself to the stars...
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1980 called...it wants it's synth back. Keepin' those drums in the pocket...
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Haven't felt like this in a while...it's good to be back.
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Whatever "it" is.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
I Got It
Well I woke up this mornin
Water all around
If I hadn’t raised my head good god I woulda drowned
Now I got it
I got it
Yeah I got it and I just can’t give it away…
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You peer out from the diner and see nothing. The further out you gaze, the more dilated the light becomes, leading to an infinite band of seamless white nothing.
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What kind of twisted infinity loop have you managed to get yourself stuck in? Time seems to weave in and out like some kind of Gordian knot.
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The CB Radio in the corner echoes with an idle static, but something sounds peculiar - it's no noise you've ever heard before. There's something intelligent about it, like it's peering out of the speaker and looking right at you.
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I'm not a trick of the shadows. You're the trick of light.
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Well, it tasted like Creamsicle. Perhaps the giant radioactive insignia on the outside of the flask was meant to be a warning or something. After your sixth beer, you tend to ignore stuff like that.
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You're hitchhiking, with no recollection of how you came to be here. A route with an irregular number has never been a positive sign.
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Yeah - don't even think Houdini could get himself out of this mess. Ever tried picking the quantum lock on a wormhole?
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