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"Tell Me Ma", was featured on National Public Radio's Second Stage. As NPR put it: "Beatnik Turtle is a remarkably prolific and fiercely independent rock group based in Chicago. The eight-piece band includes a full horn section and has been making…
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Mick McGuire was "all that" when he was dating the family's older daughter (who was 40). As soon as he married her and spent all the money, poor Mick was subjected to his Mother-In-Law. Mother-in-Laws have gotten a bad wrap for hundreds of years.
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Another Irish classic. This song tells the story of a group of pub regulars who, upon learning that the pub is on fire, head to the cellar to drink all the booze. You know, cuz it's free that way. What's a few burns?
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This was the song that launched the entire SHAM ROCK album. This is what happens when you turn up the tempo, crank the volume, and add a horn section.
As with most of these songs, we came up with our own music to add to these songs. So, the…
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Have you ever heard a traditional Irish folk song re-worked as a ska song? No? How about with an additional Spanish horn riff? Well, now you have! This song tells the story of an unfortunate guy who hooks up with a girl in the kitchen of her boss…
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We couldn't resist breaking out the traditional Irish instruments halfway through this one and going all Celtic on your arse.
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This old song had a lot of braggin' in it. So, we couldn't resist giving it a bit of the old skool hip-hop flavor.
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This song's extremely popular and so has been done to death. We decided if we were going to re-make this one, we had to try something new. So, we hit on the 7/4 time signature, the melodica (thought it was bagpipes, didja?), and arrangement. By…
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Another ol' Irish song about drinkin' and smokin'. Who knew?
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This is the first public output after going through about 40% of nickstutorials.com sound design series.
All the sounds started off with my sampling myself either saying something, clicking my fingers or clapping. They were recorded through…
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sunshines on waves of grain
purple mountains are turning grey
duck and cover, the theme of the day
as times collide in the USA
spacious skies pourin' rain
Mississippi she's floodin the plains
run for cover, it's comming your way
we…
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Inspired by RFK's Mindless Menace of Violence Speech
Lyrics
Perhaps we can remember
if only for a time
that violence stops for no man
being rich and poor,and black or white
we share the same old dreams
a captive moment in our lives…
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Inspired by New Orleans
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Left from Carolina headed for New Orleans
started west out to Tennessee
bout' then it started rainin' far as I could see
I heard the levys broke and let in the sea
Oh Mississippi flow
flow to the…
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I remember when we were young
I remember waiting for the sun
you said you loved me
you said you need me
you said you want me
and that was forever
I remember the stories of our days
I remember the tears in your eyes
you said…
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Track 9 from the RPM 2009 challenge album. This one is the odd-one-out from the album. I wanted to do something in February to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial. Of all the concepts I had, this is the only one to make it on the challenge…
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I Believe by far my most beautiful instrumental track, much the
opposite of You Forgot Bush's War Crimes. Maybe because I haven't commited any?
I'm growing to accept that most of the time, my instrumentals should be short and
sweet.
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I've never heard "Horse with No Name" all the way through, and i wasn't trying to
rip it off, but i really like the melody i wrote for this and it turned out to fit
perfectly with the sound of the bass. Really proud of my composing on this track…
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This was supposed to be my "folky" track, but I love the way this turned out.
It was originally written Napalm Shoot up but My Chair took it's place on that
album.
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Drinking coffee at my modest kitchen table around noon, after just waking up, I
starred out the skinny window next to my door and saw the back of a stairway. These
Lyrics were partly inspired by Bukowski's style, partly remnants of growing up…
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I don't know if even I can tell, but this is inspired by Captain Beefheart's
Trout Mask Replica. Ok, maybe its not so well hidden. Katie Lawrence can be heard
on this track, recording this having never seen the lyrics prior to.
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A couple months in a metal band called Season's Legion inspired this song. The
lyrics were written in what we (Katie Lawrence Co-wrote) thought would be what
their singer would have written for this type of song. The title was supposed
to be…
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Not much to say about this but that it's one of the first songs I actually
wrote down every note for. I think that makes it a small cut above most of my
instrumental songs.
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Inspired partly by a co-worker who was a great, now lost musician. This track is
somewhat about my five year stint in Gallup, New Mexico (Bob Dylan anyone?). This
was written as a poem before I started writing Slumber Love.
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I'm not usually good at mixing two of my songs together, but i think this turned
out great. Maybe a little too Velvet Underground. Maybe nothing is ever too
Velvet Underground... Written just for Abide.
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Supposed to be the biggest joke on this album, Candle turned more into an actual
like-able song. I was trying to make fun of Sonic Youth stuff, but it ended up
growing and becoming an instant Mud Octave classic track. The Lyrics were written…
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This is one of the songs I wrote for Filthy Time that's been hiding
in the back of a notebook waiting for music to be chugged out. I'm
really glad I let this seep for a while before letting loose.
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This song is one of the few i wrote just for Abide. I've been listening almost
non-stop to Dylan's latest release and this is what I got out of it. I mean no
disrespect to Bob, just trying to sing my songs.
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1, Intro to the arduous task of facing one's personal wall.
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2. "This Wall Within Me" exposes the struggle to overcome one's own limitations during the RPM challenge. Story (and struggle) by Mick, music by Alan Hall
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3. This is the "preferred" track from the 2008 challenge, and I think it stands well by itself. It is the narrative climax to the piece. Thanks, Mick!
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4. The prog album's musical climax, with full orchestral treatment. I did NOT get the London Symphony to come to the session, alas.
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5. The 'Hidden" track, appears after a lengthy pause on the CD version. The little artsy trick that all prog albums must have at the end.
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Self-titled opening track from Dead In The Water. Part one of the Format Sea suite.
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Part 3 of the Format Sea suite. Probably the closest thing to honest-to-goodness electronica here.
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Format Sea - Part Four. The outro.
(One of the spots where I actually think I got the vocals fairly okay.)
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Sorry - I forgot to take my medication when I came up with this one.
It began as an exercise in strange sound effects, and developed into this exploration of headphone space.
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There's some kind of Tool/Pain Of Salvation vibe to this one, albeit murked up by a lot of electronic ambience.
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MMi's Voices
http://alonetone.com/mmi/tracks/voices-3
MMi wrote the song. I programmed percussion, recorded tabla and vocals.
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This is a song that I wrote. Once again I am playing all of the instruments and doing the singing. The style has been described as a mixture of Depeche Mode and the Human League, but I don't know why anyone would think it sounds like the Human…
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This is nothing to do with what I've been doing.. The truth is I was bored and turned on my roland juno-d and I started mixing up some sounds and well this is it, I know its not my musical area but wanted to try...
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instrumentation:
synthesizers, nylon acoustic, electric guitar + violin bow, tabla, voice
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this is the slow version of a 6/8 over 4/4 idea repetitive thingy...
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Friday evening. No plans. Life is good.
No major trickery to describe. Just three tracks and a whole lotta reverb.
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Just a little political tale from the dark side. another quickie.
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Instrumentation: Acoustic guitar, synth, tambourine, kitchen sink.
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true hiphop!!! from melatone's free downloadable ep (Pay Attention)
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true hiphop!!! from melatone's free downloadable ep (Pay Attention)
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true hiphop!!! from melatone's free downloadable ep (Pay Attention)
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From Brazil: the title music from Animal Crossing.
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something i found on my pc that i never put bass to, never sorted out the clipping samples on, and that I now no longer have in any form bar this file. shame
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A sample tune from my 2006 cd "Texas Tonefreak" . Commercially available in all the usual places.
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a beautiful thought during a dark hour.
nylon acoustic, electric piano, electric guitar with bow
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this is a reworking of a tune i made a while ago which was a bit boring....
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A tale about true love found on a web site. Or is it!?
Originally written & recorded (simultaneously) in Octobert of 2008. Re-recorded in July 2009.
Lyrics:
Hey you
I saw you on your webpage
Hey you
I want to get to know you
Hey you
Your…
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This is a remixed version of the title track from my 2008 RPM album, to be included on an as-yet unnamed compilation album I'll be releasing later this year.
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a fragile little piece.
Instrumentation: broken harp, kitchen sink, electric piano, drum programming, vocals, and loads of wine.
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this is a speeded up remix of this tune i made a while ago (which is actually a remix of a remix and is now remixed.......mad eh?) improved kik performance with some new crash samples and a bit of 303... have fun num
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This is a partial piano demo of the (still) unfinished "tornado warning" vocal song.
Some day I swear I'll finish it!
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A minimal piano piece to start off "50 songs in 90 days"
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Another silly a cappella.
I have all these toys but no inspiration
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