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Midday field. I watch the lark, which serenely rises in circles up to dissolve there, forever. He sees no danger around. Why [should] I care?
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I recall that in childhood we all watch adventure films (or performances), and here the children…
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A strat and a slow minor blues are a go to for an overheard cell phone call.
The tone is pure strat wiggly bar juju. Thanks Robert Cray
Blues lyrics are not required to be politically correct
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Here's the very latest from the broom-cupboard.
I wrote it one dark night over 23 years ago.
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**All I Have To Do - A A J Russe**
There isn’t much time to get this out
You won’t hear me if I have to…
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Prior to recording these Vocals/Lyrics my Microphone died on so i had to use my phone voice-recorder with not knowing how the sound would be. Anyway i had a blast making this Song.
Lyrics:
Broken Dreams on repeat It’s a tie for the Grip…
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a few of us are writing a song using the same base track .
when they are all finished we will put up a play list here is mine
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Here's the first of several versions that you'll see from a collaboration across the inter webs started by Greg Connor. He got us together on the Zoom and then look what happened!!!! Music and lyrics collaborated with the talents of Steve Krell…
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empty club smokey Sunday afternoon t bone style blues
starring the greatest Harp player I know Mark Imsdahl.
Thank you Mark
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from the album "the Machine"
such delight to find you
in my mind moving
around my point of view
press escape, there's no return
once you made the choice
it's yours but you can not refuse
whats your game, once you choose
stack the deck…
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from the album "the Machine"
I am not the catalyst
I'm not the pistol, the stamen, the seed
creation abandoned me
I am not the catalyst
there are books with words i've never seen
which makes me love them even more
I'm not the hero, I…
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from the album "the Machine"
feel, the cold steel
my heart, has no soul
what more, could I ask for
a life with no goal
it's hard to be a total automaton
here we, go softly
into that good night
and press on, the games won
no need to…
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On a resent group meeting of musicians , I was reminded of the love of Latin rhythms. Thank you Bethan.
This is a tune dedicated to a los angeles luthier family ,Candelas, who build old style classic guitars. My fist real guitar was one of…
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This Track was recorded a couple of years ago, and I started thinking about it because of the recent Track "dreaming" that I uploaded.
My friend Lavasir Nordrum (http://www.lavasir.no/portfolio/into-the-mendicant) somehow managed to get us…
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Strange Times is an international collaboration between Roger Harris & myself. Roger initiated the idea with the first verse and chorus along with a chord progression. I added the last verse and took some liberty in producing this version…
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My dad used to play the beginning riff of this song when he could still play guitar. I've always wanted to do something with it. The message in this song is to stay positive even in times of turmoil. And that it is ok to do nice things for others…
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A message to my children to be themselves no matter who that is. I will love them regardless
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This is my 2nd Piece that I "wrote" in a pretty simple fashion. I started with the 2 pizzicato tracks and then Improvised 3 voices on top of that. It started as a test if I can plug in my audiointerface into my phone and it kind of worked out…
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Give me love is a great and dope love songs.
Click and listen
Don't forget to drop your comment.
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Nodding your heads is a good thing.
Industrial rock
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One of the last songs we recorded before the lockdown
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Bingsolex - lead guitar
Erwin B - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar, keys & mix
When you told me I was blind
It almost blew my mind
When you told…
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Korg SQ-1 arpeggiator to Korg Vocal Modular audio into Korg NTS-1 synth - no other effects or devices used.
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A few thoughts on this one....
First.. does that... could it... do you think... Reggae? I wasn't planning on that but it just sort of happened. I'm not sure how but... I think... I think I might like it.
In a spur of the moment thing…
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First off thanks (MTC) jim for letting me play around with this lovely backing track. i just wish i could of mixed it better i'll have to get the books out and actually read them this time, instead of clicking here and there and hoping for the…
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C.S. Lewis once wrote about the concept of "out of simple evil comes complex good." These are trying times, an understatement if there ever was one. As you read this, you have uncertainties and fears for what our current situation means for right…
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Sample & Hold driven sequences with Euclidian Drums
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I wasn't even sure the recording machine was still going to work after nearly five years... Certainly, bits of me don't work anymore... But, surprisingly, I got this done in 24 hours, start to finish... Strange old world…
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I live in a house with a river running at the bottom of the garden so i wrote a song about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz0ygixKAno
When I get down by the river and I watch it flow
I Wonder where the hell it finally goes
Snaking…
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Pure Data sawtooth and sine waves with interactive midified lap steel.
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I had hoped to have this recording done by Good Friday
but ran into all kinds of problems; the biggest of which was the tape
machine used to record the original instrumental tracks no longer
is working. So I made a foundation track using…
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This is a recording from my i phone off my back deck at home in Mill Valley tonight. Everyone howls at 8 pm for 1 minute in solidarity for the healthcare providers during this pandemic with COVID 19. its been going on for over 2 weeks now…
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Kill the Mocking bird
Do what needs to be done
Protect the innocent,
From the Evil that will come
They count on you
The Innocent
Beware the Raven Lord
It taps at your chamber door
It beckons you by name
Speaking some forgotten…
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When I look into your eyes
You keep your love so disguised
It’s just the only way
You keep your feelings locked inside
Will you give it one more try?
To help your feelings come alive
Let your emotions all take flight
And when you do…
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So long ago
Feels like yesterday
But I miss you
Each and every day
What can I say?
You always did things your own way
Never half way
You were there for me
In ways I can’t repay
And now it’s come to light
I can’t believe it’s been…
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You’re looking better, Every day
You’re all together, In every way
Birds of a feather, You and me
Let’s get together, shouldn’t we?
Cause when I see you standing there all alone
I think how would it be
To have you for my own
And when…
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Don’t you know I’ve seen your picture
Staring right back at me
Don’t you know I hear about you?
I wonder what it all means
Don’t you know…I’ve waited for you
Don’t you know…That I still care
I dream I have you walking
Right alongside…
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So, this is it
It’s really not your scene
And time proved it wasn’t
What it seemed
Try and imagine
Now listen to your heart
And you will find your passion
Once again
Cause when you try to fake it
There’s a Chance you’ll pull through…
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You can wait a lifetime
And never get another chance like this
Opportunity’s knocking, right now
What are you waiting for?
Are you afraid of what’s in store?
There’s a lot of good and bad, out there…
It’s the chance of a lifetime
Or…
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Passover is a time for redemption from exile and all kind of disasters in our lives. I really tried to make this a happier upbeat track.
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Home from work for 9 days. How is everyone doing? Stay safe and have fun on this weird global time off! got a new FX peddle , super octave, that im using here instead of a bass guitar.
Enjoy! Reef
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Thanks Movement to Contact for the backtrack... I needed the practice for sure!
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Two tracks of the Korg NTS-1 without any additional effects.
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I’ve always liked Isaac Watt’s (1674 – 1748) hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” but have thought the tune, a Gregorian chant, doesn’t adequately emphasize the words. It occurred to me that it might work well with a blues rhythm and I…
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I started writing this on 3/02/20 putting the Jesus Prayer in Latin to my own melody. The words are “Domine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei, miserere mei peccatoris”, which means “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner “.
The…
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This Is a short prayer of petition to Our Lord that translated from Latin means “Lord Jesus, heal me”. I recorded it with my Martin HD 28, capo on the 4th fret.
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Strummed ,plucked and tapped soprano uke version of Five Foot Two. Oh, and a squeaky chair .
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Greek Bouzouki, Clarinet, bass and midi drum track.
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In light of what's going on today my mind has been racing nonstop to digest the situation. I had to put this track into a higher perspective.
-Creation
-Destruction
-Rebirth
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Well it's been a long while (as seems to be the pattern lately) and I was inspired by Greg and Ron's new songs.... Then I saw a lovely note from the Proods saying "I must have been writing during this crazy time" - so I had to respond with something…
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Didn't want to write this song … I figured there were one-thousand songwriters (here in north Texas alone) that were stuck at home and writing goofy songs about the virus. But, it wouldn't leave me alone, so I recorded it to get it out of my head.
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I asked Olivia to name something (in three or four syllables) that causes her consternation. Her answer, "Society". Sometimes she follows my scratch vocal line when I record a demo for her, this time she just let it rip, and it is probably the…
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Something quite sad and Melancholy about this. Could be more tan just sad but that's all up to personal interpretation.
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I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
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This one came together rather quickly -- maybe a total of one half hour total to quickly compose and record each track one after another.
For those with an interest in such things:
The drum track was "played" on a Korg KARMA keyboard workstation…
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
RPM 2020
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
RPM 2020
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Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys! (Not sure where the occasional snare ring is coming from, but I didn't have time to track it down...)
Willis ??? - vocals, guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Bob P. - bass
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording…
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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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1980 called...it wants it's synth back. Keepin' those drums in the pocket...
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I love surf music complete with Fender guitars dripping in lots of spring reverb. This one came out of the clear blue and somehow developed the double-naught spy thing in the process.
Matt plays lead. He's got the surf thing down pat!
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A simple little ballad. I wrote it thinking of meaningful relationships gone south.
The guitar is a Les Paul Studio through a Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator and Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon delay.
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Music By Geoff Cox
Lyrics by Ben Blackett and Geoff Cox
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Music by Geoff Cox
Harmonica by Ben Blackett
Lyrics by Ben Blackett and Geoff Cox
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Haunting/Experimental. Last 3+ minutes slides into obscurity and deepness.
Hope you like it.
Stay healthy.
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Well EVERY album needs a love song!
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU
Doctor says my numbers aren't where they're suppose to be
Gotta change my eating habits and work out more than once a week
I know I tend to get addicted to things that make me…
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Of all the souvenirs, photos, baseball memorabilia, and musical instruments in my study, the item I value the most is one small 3x5 of my sister and me.
3x5 OF ME AND YOU
I sit with my belongings around me on the shelf
Pictures of my heroes…
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The last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers died not long ago. Go look them up if you don't know the story. These were some of the finest men to ever serve.
CODE TALKER
Boys were dying across the ocean
Words were stolen, and codes…
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Just a little instrumental.
HYGGE
/ˈh(y)o͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/
noun: hygge
A quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).
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Sometimes we don't resist the brightest flame until it's too late.
ACETYLENE
Baby, you burn - I never learn until I'm on fire
A dangerous game - the hottest flame I've ever seen
I can't look away from your blinding display, drawn by desire…
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The seeds of this song were sown years ago. If only those who left knew what they were headed for.
BACK TO SHORE
The sky was so high when you set out from shore
The sun at your back, you were longing for more
When it started to pour…
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There's a line in an Indigo Girls song that says, "If you need to know that you weathered the storm of cruel mortality, a hundred years later I'm sitting here living proof." For me, ever since hearing the words "cruel mortality," they have always…
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Welcome to my RPM album. The line "You might not get what you want - You'll get what you deserve" came to me without me truly understanding it.
By the time I finished recording the album, it all made sense.
WHAT YOU DESERVE
Is this what…
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I'll settle for less
Then write off all the rest
But then I'm gone.
Someone once said
that they'll sleep when they're dead
but they've got it wrong.
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We are one.... and this is love. May we encourage one another as we move along.
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A new song
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Hans Nooitgedagt Sr - guitar
Erwin Blokzijl - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar & mix
When it's over, it is done
When it's over, a new phase begun
When it's over, there's no turnin' back
When…
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