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such a clusterflock
clarification of title.
in America, we do not have a 'justice' system
we have a 'legal' system. know the difference.
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Some more good fun with Brian Bazeley and Jarvis.
I added some drums and some horns to Jarvo's noodling.
There's probably room for vocals if anyone is feeling froggy.
Thanks Brian and Jarvis
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Keyboards: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Written/Recorded: 2006
Another short piece I threw together when I had access to a keyboard. If I ever have any extra money, I need to get a keyboard. Though I'm technically inclined, sometimes…
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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/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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Over at improvFriday Bruce Hamilton took my piece and mashed it up, also featuring Shane Cadman.
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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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This is the song that's responsible for the creation of this band in the first place. It was originally intended to be used with another band of mine, but kept growing and changing, until it no longer suited that band.
Since then, I have a full…
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Written and Recorded June 7, 2010
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD, Capo VII), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity.
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More Garageband compositions... just nice to play while the kids are doing homework.
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Written & recorded in February 2010. Featuring live bass and acoustic guitar by Mr. Marc Halikas.
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Hokey! It's a silly song. But it was still fun to put together.
I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for stopping by!
Doug
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This one has been sitting around for a while but I feel it's the best or most interesting of my most recent posts. The inspiration came from listening to an old CD I have of a great band from the 90's. If anybody can name the band that I gained…
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got a sound hole pickup finally. no more lo-fi!
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A song that has it all. Two chords, great energy, positive lyrics and a punk meets reggae vibe. This is a cover of Stiff Little Fingers version. Original was written by Bunny Wailer after he left Bob Marley's Wailers.
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another sneak peek at my next album which I'm thinking will be titled "Cryptical Condition"
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Dark, moody and a little weird - German indie artist Black Henbanbe with his version of the mother of all English folk songs. Recommended if you like the song, drone low vocals, gothic folk ambience and psychedelic gimmicks.
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A story I made up to explain some of my dog's behaviour.
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the second in a series of works,made for an experimental film project
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my second vocal track...i am really happy with the way this came out...its just about forgetting to breathe when that special someone is around...
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Is this years' fillertrack. I had started this backingtrack to fit with a lyricidea I had but I decided against the lyric and turned it into an instrumental. I needed an extra tune since two other tunes I put quite a lot of time in were going…
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this one is our longest..many nights it has sung us to sleep..the format is FFF..so listen intently..you may find yourself on a windy shore..flanked on three sides by the army of B..BLAM also works as a description..i warned you..
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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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instrumental . notes drawn on a chalkboard then lightly erased . gentle decimated guitar . rather pretty in that me sort of way
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Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, the opening melodies to this song found their way into my head... A song of hiking, love, and life... Won't you come with me on the trail?
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this song is a wild ride out of key. very accoustic rythmyc, and mysterious...
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another lively instrumental with mirth and subversion.
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This one is named after the resident cat who loved me dearly when I was a visitor. Now that I've moved in I'm pretty much only good for adminstering food and occasional petting- on the cat's terms of course!
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My first ever GarageBand experiment. Not a good mix. Contains a sample of Bob Baker - please don't sue me! From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do
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Believe it or not, this song was written while swimming laps in the high school pool (I had to have the life-guard kid write down lines for me every time I returned from the deep end). Oddly enough, the first line I came up with was "Swimming…
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Track 12 on Tarbosaurus Antagonist. Written and recorded from February 2009- January 2010.
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Started with three blind mice clav bassline. Added RS9 strings, vocoder. same strange loops...
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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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Title is a reference to a 2009 RPM album's title. It is a song about leaving Chicago.
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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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Second piece for RPM.
This is my RPM preferred track!
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This is a pretty emotional track for me, that was just the feel of it. I actually had someone mix and master for me, I think it sounds pretty good, What do you think? ... no seriously
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the scrunching crunch is from a messed up audio pixelating skype conversation with my brother.
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This song came about a couple years ago as an acoustic piece, recorded without being fully written. It went untouched and almost forgotten until we started piecing the album together and were looking for a good driving tune. I think we greatly…
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From Music for MOBA: a collection of pieces inspired by paintings from The Museum of Bad Art.
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Partly about the wars in the Middle East, partly about a dream I had when I was 8, partly about all sorts of random other stuff.
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This track is off the third CD. The title is related to playing style which is centered around tappping. Recorded with my Huss and Dalton MJC in open D tuning
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sumire
she's in love with a woman, calls me at 3 am to tell me that
and her French is getting better and she's dressing like a lady
too bad it's wasted on a married woman, with no desire either way
did you ever see anyone shot by a gun without…
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shell
this place is where you started from, nowhere
I hear it's really beautiful when the snow falls
this is where you hide away, miles away from the world
this is how to forget it all and everyone is kept far away
you cannot touch, you cannot…
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Life session: Your Life Is My Punishment play their new track 'Negative/Positive'
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This song is based around a sample that I took of my dish washer. The sample starts out simple enough and then gets more chopped up at the end. The song evolved from there. Also in this song is a new pedal I got that is a photo theremin. You…
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Backstabbers is a great song depicting the problem we all have with unloyal people and unloyalty in general. Inspiration for the feeling in this track came to me from the halloween beat I made remixed at the instrumental
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Abstract sound collage. I attempted to combine multiple layers of different guttural depths as well as higher frequencies to complete a range that creates a dark and humid atmosphere. The tracks were recorded sounds that were then cut up and organized…
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A piece of experimental whimsy. I took a nice piano loop from the Logic library and utterly destroyed it with The Finger. What's interesting about this to me is that I was not playing the MIDI driving The Finger but using Elysium to do so. Here…
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This is not my usual style. This tune is a pisstake of all the generic dubstep that's about!
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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Wrangled in the string band to a play a pleasant little toe-tapper.
Instrumentation
Resonator Guitar
Resonator Bass
Banjo
Guitar Case
Clapping
Serrated Knife
Voice
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This is a remix of Mason Proper's tune Safe for the Time. Check out their other music here:
http://masonproper.com/
It is a dark piece of Basic Channel techno dub-itude
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An ode to quarreling lovers everywhere.
instrumentation:
clapping
drunken singers (3)
clarinets (2)
banjos (2)
piano
resonator bass
harmonium
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Recorded by Ger in our manky cellar at the end of May 2005
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Turn Me Loose from this heartache and pain, from my conflict of heart.
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I like to have fun with music and keep it just that..music. Hope you like
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[2003] Full Scale Nature of Equanimity & Inner Trepidation
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This is the first part of a theme that my dad composed for piano and and I orchestrate it.
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I have a thing for flutes. I guess this is where it all started.
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Inspired by Ironik's chart success, Rob and Steve unleash their latest musical assault on the world of pop music (warning: contains rap). Rob accuses Pink of nicking from BBC quiz show theme tunes, and Steve Gardner's Question Time sees a man…
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Wade Hampton High School (WHHS) Singers:
Conductor: Warren C. Martin
Spring 1995
(School Year 94-95):
Track 1
Notes on this song:
(Brahms Motet: Movement #1)
Notes: This is the year that we were invited to perform a solo concert at Carnegie…
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Close your eyes, and come with me. It is a warm Autumn eve in the Black Forest. There are ancient folk tales about this magical wood... how late at night it comes to life with mischievious fairies and wood nymphs. Any mortal who hears the unusual…
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This is the first of my 3 states of water: Liquid
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from Live at KXCI Tucson, AZ studio session:
When I was in the 7th grade, I used to skip school on Wednesday mornings so that I could watch the Nat King Cole show on PBS. I was mesmerized by his music. I could feel his vocal influence as I wrote…
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An older (very old indeed) song that tells the story about that old Reaper that likes to come around.
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Album: How the Aviator Sees the Rainbow
Year: 2008 (RPM Challenge album)
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