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Dad wanted me to write him some funeral music. This is it. He's still alive at 91 and sings this song to himself and tears come to his eyes. I have a video of Dad and me singing a duet of this song.
EULOGY
He grew up in Clinton, Oklahoma…
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A beautiful song by our fellow Canadian Bruce Cockburn.
Guitars by Dave Berry
Vocals and Moog synth by Sandy Gritt
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here is my cover of a boy named bri's "some may say" from his 2011 RPM album. the original is here.
http://alonetone.com/boynamedbri/tracks/some-may-say
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Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night with just the coolest tiny idea? perhaps a musical dream? these small pieces are just that,, tiny little musical notes that just seem to break into my normal musical day,, one take suff
think…
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when you wake up
and it feels like its further away
you get discouraged
could it have really gone unnoticed
what you're tryin to find
isn't so black or so white
it's more rooted in faith and less in fate
what you're tryin to find
isn't so gift…
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This dark reggae tune has been hanging around in my "works in progress" folder for a while, but I was finally inspired to complete it when I borrowed a guitar from my friend Joe. Thanks, Joe!
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Time for a little humor. I had my wisdom teeth pulled last year, and the pain was debilitating. When I got the right pain meds, I felt so much better that I wrote this song. Colin added his considerable vocal talents and his harmonica and brought…
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Improvisation is what I love, finding out about things (when there is a little time).
I also post the video where I have used it in. Hedgehogs were here last year in our garden, and now they start coming back from hibernation. Uk, the hedgehog…
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A song about a famous person who falls from stardom to nothing.
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These sounds are dedicated to the Mighty Eagle and its journey on the earth. Synthesizer, Drums and Native American Chanting.
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This song was conceived as a kind of prayer thanking the Almighty for having the wisdom of having me meet and marry such a wonderful woman. Colin Garvey added terrific vocals to take the song to an entirely higher level.
Thank you, Colin, and…
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Radio Edit of I JUST HAD SEX by AKON AND LONELY ISLAND as heard on Nova in Australia, with a slight extended intro, you can speak up to the lyrics of the song :)
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This is a semi dubstep. I am thinking about adding some lyrics to it.
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Reg has been philosophising about life tonight and this is his conclusion............
LIFE IS LIKE A WAVE
The body is the sea and life is the wave
Life is just like a wave
Life is just like a wave
Life is like a wave gaining power
Life is like…
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Lead & BG Vocals - Mimmo
Acoustic Guitars - Bill
Electric Guitar - Bobby
Bass - Preston
Drums - Bobby
"Strings" - Errol
Words & Music - Errol
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A Song I wrote about a friend of mine who used to Jump out of planes a lot.
This is one of the hidden tracks on my new album "Black Cat" which features Beth, Keith and Reewfwalker from alonetone and Geir and Jim from Songcrafters.
Here is a…
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the girl with her piano
this land she's in
clothed in unfamiliarity
these colors blend, fade
and run out of hue
all light has changed
and turned into greyscale
tinted with every shade of blue
this room she's in
suddenly fills with…
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This is a kids song about putting on your socks. I wrote this for my son Owen
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An experiment with different mic's to use when playing live
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Just added my vocals to the bed track I have of this recorded several years ago. I know the original singer is MUCH better but because I do not have his contact details, I thought I'd try my own spin of this song.
Word & Music Errol Chugg…
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One night this lady, unbeknownst to me, on the verge of suicide, asked me to write a happy song for her. Instead of killing herself, she left her husband. Now she's married to someone else and is acting very happy, herself.
UPDATE: She killed…
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"Luna":
Ir, nunca volver al viento sur...
Ni dejar marcas de arena o rastros.
Yo estaré bien en la marea.
Luna, guía mis pasos
encauzados por lágrimas de mar.
Ir, nunca volver al viento sur, perfecto y frío
Surcaré grises cuerpos…
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For a short clip of of a video of this:
https://vimeo.com/214337550/f68cc0c21b
This song made me a professional songwriter when George Sluizer, the director of THE VANISHING, put it in the movie by that name.
SWEET RAIN Key G
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Mixing - Nick T
Lead and BV - Curtis Downey
Bass: Preston Miller
Drums - DigitalDrummer
Lead & Rythym Guitars - Nick T
Words & Music - Errol Chugg
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Trying, and failing, to get through the last Pink Floyd song that means something to me.
Sorry. ;(
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Recorded 1981
The Ulstafarians were a rock/reggae/R&B band from New Paltz, NY, USA in the early 1980s.
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Music & Vocals by Holger Bremer
Lyrics: Johnny Ace Williams
Arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
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This song was written and performed by Holger Bremer. My only role in it was the mix and master…
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that's second solo complete this is the final track of the album
Just a song
When you put it in perspective
Does it even really matter
It’s only just a song
It’s only just a song
When the sands of time have blown away
And everything is…
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This traditional Cuban rhythm is the well established "go-to" pattern for 4/4 songs. It is perhaps the most commonly heard conga pattern in 4/4 music. The bongo pattern that accompanies the congas is referred to as "martillo" (the hammer…
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A light classical solo piano piece with a touch of humor.
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dub south style hip hop feat joesky and hood rich
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This started out as an acoustic piece that turned out kinda bluesy.
Inspired by current events.
Lyrics:
How many times
How many times
can I wake up in my sleep
How many times
can I walk until my feet are sore
How many times
can I freeze my…
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I think I wrote the music for this in, like, 2002. Then tweaked it bit by bit until I got around to finishing it in 2009 or so.
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Vocals - Kelly A2
Drums - Digital Drummer
Bass - HAZ
Guitars - Clayville
Piano, words & music - Errol
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Mondo, Hojo and GK Rockin' the Free World. Written and recorded in Hollywood California March 18, 2011. Peace and Love........
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Words - Steven Chugg
Music & Vocals - Errol Chugg
Guitars - Nod
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Sam did a great job on this song. Both the lead and backing vocals are hers. The song could use a little editing, but I thought you'd all like to hear it anyway.
Enjoy.
ER
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Recorded for RPM 2011 (http://rpmchallenge.com). Recorded in February 2011 in Tempe, AZ.
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Our lovely cat Minimini is such a nice cat. She loved to go outside with me in the snow. And so I had to make some music and video with her.
This was in January 2010
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Lyrics: Eugene Crider
Vocals: Domenico Mercurio (Mimmo)
All Instruments: Steffen Offermann
Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
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I really love Mimmo's vocals on this song.
Another…
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This is a two guitar sketch I posted to Youtube a while back.
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instrumental written by michael mcguane (reliablebowmusic)
John Fuller : piano/synth
Michael McGuane : guitar
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this is the first track of my 1st solo album "flying solo" don't want to swamp the place with all mystuff so will upload them gradually
written on september the 3rd 2010 this is what i said about the song at the time.....
was saddened to hear…
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A kind of unshaped miniature, happily ended on 'A major'.
I hope you like and/or enjoy this little piece.
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Vocals - Ali-Kat
Piano - Paul D
Bass - BP1964
Drums & Percussion - Smurf
Rhythm Guitars - SnowdogUK
Lead Guitar - SnowdogUK
Words & Music - Chesook.
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This is a Ralph Mctell song , a very underated British singer / songwriter , probably famous for one song , The Streets of London , but in fact wrote many great songs , he wrote this while working on a building site before he was signed by a record…
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Vocals: Tricia Dovidio
Lyrics: Tricia Dovidio
Composed by Tricia Dovidio
Guitars: Mike Woodford
Bass: Andy Gupta
Drums: Stephen Smith
Synthesizers: Steffen Offermann
Arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann…
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A guy I know never shuts up long enough to listen to what I have to say. He is singing it, I'm playing it.
Love you Jim.
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For this one I went for a more honkey-tonk feel. I put away the electric guitars and let the old piano have the center of the stage.
ER
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Vocals - Ali Kat
Guitars - Norm
Drums - JWoo10
Bass - Hazz
Words, Music & Keys - (Chesook) Errol Chugg
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Two ambient guitar tracks recorded independently and stick together. I broke my rule of not using distortion on a BL piece, for the first time, believe it or no.
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gave her the sandy gritt treatement.or maybe the ole catmandonk.
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The (mostly) true story of my friend DAVe and his quest to finish college.
You laid down the challenge
You said you want to hear a song about a donkey again
Well, I'm here to tell you
I have a little story about my friend
He put himself…
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Track 9 / Band: The Anchorage Drift / Album: The Anchorage Drift (2010)
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Slightly rocked up version of this great traditional folk song.
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Words & Music: Errol Chugg
All Instrumentation: Nick Testa
Vocals: Bill Heinowski
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Louis was back in the cellar last night and he was telling Reg how Blue he was and they got to jamming...............This morning i arrived at the cellar to find Bon was passed out in the corner....Dave was right with his guess....He could never…
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Vocals, Words & Music Errol Chugg
Piano: Paul
Guitar: MLC
Bass: Preston Miller
Drums: Jman Word
Mix: Curtis Downey
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Get on your bellbottoms, and get out on the floor. There's more to the song than you realize, but just dance baby, just dance.
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Originally meant to sound more Hendrix-ey, this one informed me that acoustic was the way to start. As always, the song was right, I was wrong.
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Songs sometimes are best left to the listener. This is one of them.
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It's about a few folks, some known, some known to me. I liked the chunkiness of the chord that starts it, but wanted to do something a little more 'spacey' than a pure rock number. It's all true too.
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This song started as the riff on my Strat while fooling around with some FX. I knew it needed to be a big dance number, and then realized there is a great story about the power of music and dance, which I hid in the lyrics. See if you can figure…
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This one started as a the title line while driving in my car. All I had was the line and it's melody. I built the song around that about 6 months later. The lyrics are self explanatory.
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New one from me. It's ended up as a bit of a "crying into yer beer at Bob's Country Bunker" sort of song lol...
I've been sat on these lyrics in some form or another for absolutely years. I first wrote them one very dark night a few years after…
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My contribution for Johnny with Norms excellent percussion. I've given it a bit of an Indian twist.......
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For the lyrics I tried to "paint a picture" rather than tell a story or make a clear point. I was thinking of Caroline No by the Beach Boys about a girl who suddenly lost the glow of youth. The lyric is not quite succesfull but... it will have…
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This song is all about everyday life. working all week and living for the weekend.
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This is a collaboration with a prolific chap called James Higgins (oldrottenhead on songcrafters.org), based on an instrumental of mine from a couple of years ago: http://alonetone.com/andyr/tracks/muletide
I was quietly minding my own business…
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Every thought
words/music: Geir
'in the home late at night
just as I turn out the lights
I hear a voice from the wall
it says it has heard it all
it holds the secrets of the home
every thought that needs a throne
in the middle of…
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While writing music for Ron Wyman's film "Agadez" (featuring Bombino!) this sweet little Kalimba part had to get recorded... It sat on a drive for a while forgotten until RPM 2011 shed light on it... I'm thrilled at how well the Kalimba came out…
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Lyrics: Paul Dempsey
Guitar: Billy Playle
Bass: Andy Gupta
Drums: Alex Zulaika
Composed by Steffen Offermann & Tricia Dovidio
Arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
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Mentally Blocked from coming up with lyrics. Changed directions and pieced together an instrumental.
RPM 11
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Simple Plan
T Boudreau
Wandering soul, do as your told
and come back inside it's getting cold
I've been waiting here with hope n fear and my hands on the wheel til you decide to steer
Mr. Hollowtree you're a mystery to me you stand tall…
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Final version
Day 28
Anyone else still writing songs?
this is the result of trying to listen to too many mixes in one day. Sometimes it's just easier to record something else.
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Goodbye Blue Monday
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Goodbye blue Monday
There's nothing else to say
We always knew
we would part this way
Time comes to say goodbye
To pause perhaps and wonder why
Why we always had to be
So blue, so blue
I can see that life…
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AK wrote this after seeing a photogragh of an American Marine giving cookies to Iraqi Children
Done live
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This was a performance at a place called the Ranchbowl in Omaha, Ne nd yes it was a bowling alley as well. We had some friends in the crowd in this one, you might be able to hear them. :) I believe this was the first and only time we performed…
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This was a short singer break (where I do some soloing) in one of our first shows for a Birthday Party out of a garage. We called it Funky Chick for a lack of a better name afterwards. Entirely improvised there on the spot. A this time the line…
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This is another from my former band 3 Ton Jack. James wrote the first have and I finish the last have. We seemed to be able to do that fairly well on some of our songs. This one actually got some decent air time on the local radio stations.
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This has probably the least effert i've ever put into a song , i was sat at my computer falling asleep , when i had the urge to sing this beautiful George Harrison song , i could'nt be asked to get up and change guitars , so using my PRS Singlecut…
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Another Apple Garage Band session. I thought this had a little bit of a Joe Satriani feel to it so called it Satcheroni. :)
I'm nowhere near the level of the guy, but he is an influence.
Just me plugged in to the laptop again, using the Garageband…
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