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done back in april and originally intended to become a jemima's kite song but we got sidetracked so for now it stays a solo venture. my inner puppy needs to let it be aired.
Take my hand
And count to ten
And count to ten
Then let go…
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A driving blues rock production showcasing Terry Evans' powerful yet familiar voice. He bemoans living in the "big city," and pines for his Mississippi country home.
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Reg was having another conversation with Elvis and Elvis told Reg what his Mama told him...............
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Tried composing a love ballad sort of sad
with a 60 s flair and a kenny g sound. hope
u like this .......................best regards
NEIL SWANSON
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Reg was down the cellar earlier chatting to Elvis and he told Reg he was just having one of them days ..........so they made a song.............
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Reg just had to watch her leave ......it was all his fault......he couldn't blame her.........
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This song talks about to be a real person, to don't be a faker one! always go in life with your head held high proud about who you are!
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A lot of fun recording this on ukulele with acoustic bass and guitar.
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Recorded around a fire while running from the law with my partner in crime.
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This is Donna and my knee-slapping take on the Rammstein classic, replete with slide guitar and a ukulele solo!
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I am always interested in mixing genres and musical cultures. I have been for years.
This was a spur-of-the-moment song written in my studio during a bored Saturday afternoon.
I played piano, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, native american…
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Every single sound you hear on this song was done with an app on my HTC Evo android phone.
I recorded the sounds into my recording software to line them up, mix them, and give them some general effects to make them sound better... but the creation…
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Despite the fact that some of my music friends call me "Jazz", I know very very little about jazz music.
This is me fooling around with a blues progression done with jazzy chords.
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a stream of consciousness type lyric with my modus operandi as a songwriter outlined in the chorus.
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Guess who came down the cellar last night......Johnny's tune was playing on the juke box and nobody could stop him.......Thanks Johnny......
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Instrumental version of the song "Border Patrol" by the Wetband.
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Final song in the Goldenbridge Orphan Trilogy. This was meant to be a song of healing. It was inspired by the memoir "Freedom of Angels" by Bernadette Fahy which tells of her life growing up in the infamous Goldenbridge Orphanage, and of her…
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First try with the voice recorder i am using for my music
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Along with her magnificent harmonizing vocal tracks, Inge sent me one track which was crashed by her 2-year old son Willem. He pretty much takes over the whole operation at about 3:00.
In the background you can hear the original rough vocals…
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This was another one of my more popular pieces that I had up from SoundCloud. I can't remember the story of how I wrote this. I was probably just messing around.
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I saw discussion of Bleu tuning on the yahoo tuning groups – all of which were tempered to a pure octave. Embolden by Andrew Heathwaite’s 88 cent guitar I decided to try the tuning without tempering to make the octave pure. So I made a scala…
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Sadly, an unfinished track I recorded about the time I ran out of money. Back when I was writing four or five tunes a day. Played guitars, mandolin, keyboards, and I'm guessing it's my original keyboard drum and bass parts that I did at home…
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Written & Recorded: July 1-2, 2011
DADGAD
First time I've picked up a guitar since February. Still not feeling it, though...
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This song was made in the month of June 2011, and is supposed to be a sort of frenetic fusion of styles.
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Been awhile since I've done some decent remixing, so I give you another NES classic. Castlevania. a game created for the NES by Konami back in 1986, with great music composed by Kinuyo Yamashita, was one of very few classics I managed to beat…
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This is a picture of my daughter
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"Mobius Waltz"
Born of a snowflake
What new form will I take?
Must we shift our shape
as pressure fluctuates?
Are we the product of stardust and fallout
gravity wells from which there's no way out?
Selecting memories from a silver platter
Thoughts…
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its a song about who s got balls and where are they?
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this is a song about the postcodes of two shity towns that we live between in country australia . the only thing they ve got is a pub and post office and a dirt road betwen?
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Norm set me these drums for Dancing on my own a while back but Reg went and dumped the file so we couldn't use them. So i'm using them now, while Reg gets Gone.........Thanks Norm
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Reg was getting a little sentimental after going to yet another friends funeral and it got him thinking of the loss of the one left behind and how they deal with it................
When the musics over
The nights are lonely but the dreams…
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This time the ants win. Hold on to your sandwich!!!
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under the influence of fine cheese and alkyhol oldrottenhead didn't care anymore
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Berceuse (means cradle song - or lullaby) by Chopin Op. 57 midi recorded by Ron Lubetsky, M.D. in 1997. And indeed I can tell from the midi file this was a real performance. I ran it through pianoteq in Sonar X1. I hope you enjoy it.
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Another Bowie cover. This time stripped down and played live.
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The berimbau is a Brazilian instrument associated with Capoeira, which is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native…
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I hate you when you breathe. Could you stop?
Waking up is hard to do when sleep never comes
But your ugly faces woke me up...
Callous sycophants
I know you too well to rest again
I'll stay up forever. I'll be ready
I've seen…
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This was the first song we ever wrote. This is the second version of this song. Blah, blah, blah.
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Giving descriptions of these songs suck. I just realized that. If you want something profound you're shit out of luck. This song is fun to play.
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This is another song, written and recorded in 2008. I wish we could have afforded a drum set or someone to record drums. Oh well....one day perhaps.
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This song was written and recorded in 2008. This song is probably the most fun to play especially with a salt shaker. I love salt shakers.
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This song was written by Jeb and was recorded in 2008. One of my favorites.
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I was listening to a lot of radiohead and dolorean when I wrote this song. After I played it for Jeb he immediately recorded his vocals for the song and I'm pleased with how it came out.
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Your lips are inches away but I've been hurt too badly too recently--and the last thing I want right now is to fall in love!!!
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He has an old houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle--but he doesn't want to live there without her....
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He overheard a couple breaking up--and it sounded a bit close to home for him...
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They broke up once before and he was miserable--and now that they're back together he wants to keep it that way!!!
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This is one song of mine I hope will some day be played at someone's wedding reception!!!
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I tried to catch some of the defiance, optimism and spirit of being young as told through the voice of someone who no longer is!!!
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Sometimes it's hard to imagine how to make it through a cold and lonely night.
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The whole world could be falling to pieces but it really doesn't matter because WE'RE IN LOVE!!!!!
(I was especially happy to throw in a line about 2012 and the Mayan Prophesy!!!)
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This is the most autobiographical song I've ever written. The idea of the song: The past was a lot of fun but my life today is even better.
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A FILM SCORE I COMPOSED USING
26 TRACKS AND ROYAL FREE SAMPLES
BESIDE VST EFFECTS AND FX . BEST
REGARDS HOPE U LIKE IT ...NEIL
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Eh meri zohra-jabeen, tujhe maalum nahi
Tu abhi tak hai haseen aur main jawaan
Tujhpe qurbaan meri jaan meri jaan
Eh meri zohra-jabeen…
Ye shokhiyaan ye baankpan,
Jo tujh mein hai kahi nahi
Dilo ko jeetne ka fan, jo tujh mein hai kahi…
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This very monumental thing happened in my life, and I had to write a song about it. This one is for Mike, Desmond, Claudia and the rest of my siblings I've yet to meet.
* updated audio 1-10-12
LYRICS:
The craziest thing just happened…
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dedicated to a pretty girl I know... :P
also note there is a meager attempt at video for this song!
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smile for me, pretty girl
smile for me, please
i'd do anything you want
to get you to acknowledge me
but i breathe…
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i think its evolutionary. let the listener decide.
the orignal title was 'idont want a relationship, i just want to make music with you'
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After a month long break, here are some more home studio recordings of our repertoire. Still in Russian, but the beautiful melodies are sure to make you feel good :)
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Added a little more to this nice little change of strumming patterns played as an excuse to write a little love song.
I FOUND LOVE
You know I love you more than I
Ever thought one simple man could
You know I need you more than I
Ever…
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hmmmm.... that should be "origami neuborgspout
ers"
thanks to all (once) at neub.org
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first song I wrote for my wife... it is a little raw.. haven't written and recorded in a while...
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