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Just a short reprise of the first song on this years RPM album. Something to tie it all off so it doesn't keep bleeding.
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I'm really not this bleak... I was just looking for an excuse to use that VU/JAMC/The National drumbeat!
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Bit of a waltz.
Everything I know about dancing I learned from watching.
This is my piano debut.
Bethan deserves some of the blame for this one somehow. Thanks.
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Low-frills bass and piano piece. Not my usual fare (whatever that is), but still fun to create.
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At the 23rd hour we consider whether we've made the right decisions.
Written and recorded less the 48 hours before the end of the RPM challenge deadline. I wonder why.
Is this our 23rd hour
Sixty minutes to go
Are we counting the seconds…
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A silly song questioning the value of using songs to get a message across. Just say 'sorry' - don't write me an opera about it.
Incidentally the note choices in this song really did hurt me.
New lies
Written like you cared for me
A…
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Self-consciously pet-soundsy guitar solo, a teen angsty lyric and an cappella ending and. Who say's I listen to too much Beach-Boys?
Why don't we walk away while we still have the chance
Why do we dance
with blood upon our hands
Messy…
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Standing, waiting, shivering, waiting, hoping, waiting, crying - all the while being cruelly mocked by the passage of time, and my analogue watch. It was not a very nice night.
Peter Fedofsky plays the piano on this song.
If you could…
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A nasty little story wrapped in a very short country song.
When I took your tiny hand it struck me cold
And I though cool hands warm hands warm heart is what I've been
But I know that wasn't
When It came to one like you
So I signed that…
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Written for the "My First Sing-A-Long Dictionary" RPM 2010 project.
See myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/
Daddy's away
Posted abroad
Sending home pay
All he can afford
Mummy pretends
But I notice that something has changed
The letters…
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Part 3 - Appeal and Backstory (reprise)
Appeal.
In which Johnny puts his side of the story.
Backstory (reprise)
In which Julia re-appears and more evidence is revealed.
Yours is
The body in the bath
That keeps me overflowing…
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Part 2 - Courtroom and Sentencing.
Courtroom.
In which Angela cross examines the accused and his accomplice.
Sentencing.
In which Judgement is passed.
Call the first witness
Make you take the stand
Raise up your right hand…
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Finally a good cut of this one. Named after Daniel Burnham of Chicago's Burnham Plan, this song is about the downfall of western capitalism. I'm completely unprepared for it myself -- I have no idea what I'll wear.
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Inspired by the David Brooks book "Bobos in Paradise" and an article I read on the so-called "Prosperity Gospel", which is one of the weirder religious movements I've heard of.
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This song is about George Washington, and how politicians in the *cough* future world this album inhabits *cough* could perhaps use a bit of his character.
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Jess wrote the lyrics for this one, and unlike when I write lyrics, they speak for themselves.
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Again, Jess' lyrics speak for themselves. Man, distorted guitar is tough to mix around.
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This song is a meditation on the concept of freedom.
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The *cough* future *cough* mayor of Chicago holding court with his corporate backers.
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Title is a reference to a 2009 RPM album's title. It is a song about leaving Chicago.
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Homage, in various ways, to Bowie, Arcade Fire, Airborne Toxic Event. I wrote most of it while out running on dirt roads near the Cody landfill.
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Part 1 - Hotel & Backstory.
Hotel.
In which Johnny tries to betray Angela, whose suspicions are raised when Jenny calls.
Backstory.
In which we learn about Julia's involvement in the affair.
Lyric -
So Jennifer sits…
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En Francais.
English lyric:
I don't know why there is not another girl for me here
Or near here,
But over there are plenty of girls for him
What a shame - what a shame
Every day I watch the men and boys with girls on the beach…
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Stumbled across this in the vault. Some cool summertime nightnoise from Hico, Tx. Listen close you can hear the coyote calls. Feel free to use it.
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A song for/about Charles Manson.
If you think you've found an answer
Inside a 45
You need another needle and indeed you needed Beatles to realise
Speaking on the record
Backwards just to you
First the curses then perverted verses…
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We have an old and senile cat with a dodgy thyroid gland who is a total pain in the bum. I know she can't help it but god she annoys me, so this song is therapy. It's a love/hate thing. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A song about the five stages of grieving, as devised by the (late) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Unfortunately knowing these stages does not help you get over them.
You've been managing expectations
Consultations end in tears
Even if you're optimistic…
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A stupid love song. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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Is it possible to think too much? I think it is. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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It appears I have issues! Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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I know there are more important things to worry about, but I HATE junk mail. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A song about Lisa Kelly from Ice Road Truckers. She's cool. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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Unfortunately, it's time to Rock Against Racism once again. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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*EXPLICIT LYRICS* Not meant to offend, just a statement of preference! Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A song about bad drivers. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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Overpopulation - it's big and scary and on the way! Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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This is from the live recording last night, which will comprise my submission for the RPM Challenge.
Ross Reitzammer, flute
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For String Orchestra. First performed in Grassington in North Yorkshire, a place of outstanding natural beauty.
This version is computer generated I'm sorry but it sounds ok!
Thanks
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Lyrics @ http://wave.transmit-music.com/sinkingdrowning.html
Wave 2010 (RPM)
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Lorelei reaches her breaking point after years of abuse — via a failed attempt at an homage to Ennio Morricone (had he been Mexican).
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In Manila, waiting in the U.S. embassy line for a tourist visa back in 1999 was a 2-day affair in sun or rain, day or night. This is a 7-min. ode to the torture of waiting for the unobtainable.
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From RPM 2010. It's entirely analog synthesizer, drum machine, and my voice. Effects, too, of course. It's pretty repetitive, but I find it kinda catchy.
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For me, one of the side effects of unemployment is insomnia. I am the kind of person who worries about things, and often that worry extends into the night time hours. I sang this after a particularly difficult night. The vocals aren't the best…
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Of course, the title also reeks of jealousy because I couldn't create an IDM track even if I tried. So instead, here's a heavy, layered electronica track that reeks of faux glitchery and IDM-ishness.
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So I just figured out that the EXS24 sampler instrument in Logic Pro (the DAW I use) can also import SoundFont2 files, which I happened to have a bunch of from a previous life as a Cakewalk user. All the tracks in this tune were played using old…
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Welcome to your first lesson in post-apocalyptic ballroom dancing for Martians and Manhunters alike. The track is not really cha-cha, but more like futurejazz, or 1960s mood music done by robots and mutants. 1-2-cha cha cha!
First draft in 2006…
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