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There's the you you show the world - and the hurt that lies beneath
Insisting you're no good - damaged beyond belief
But you don't - see what I see
You're a treasure to me - and I'll make you believe - in a love thats greater than your wounds…
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Well I started this with a little guitar groovin' thing I was playing with and laid it down to a click track thinking I was going to just keep it just guitar , bass and vocals and off it went.
This song really is just all about life moving by…
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If i never get a cold again it wont be to soon!
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I ruin it again - but in a different way.
This is the harpsichord that was sampled.
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Wooden Sam
Mike Basil: Lead Vocal
Gary Miller: Rhythm Guitar
Mick Lovering: Lead Guitar
Andy Gupta: Bass
Todd Vierra: Drums
John Scunziano: Lyrics
Composed by Steffen Offermann & Mike Basil
Mixed & Mastered by Steffen Offermann…
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Mindaugas Rex Lithuaniae is a piece for string orchestra – Mindaugas was the only King of Lithuania.
details and a picture
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2267
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Recorded this afternoon at my place. A big "Ey up" to The Reprobate who went with the idea and played some cool lead - man that guy can play!
Hope you enjoy!
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Wow, 3 months since my last upload.
I need to get it in gear!!
Congratulations RPM'ers, sounding good out there!
re uploaded without the trap
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K.G. had a moody theme going on some of his tunes this year. love his words. this song is very easy on my ears. hope you agree.
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This is a reading of one of my favourite books, that I read for my children, they are always totally absorbed not only is the story superb but the artistry by Axel Scheffler is also fantastic. During the telling of the story i must cover every…
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Rough draft Gustav Holst's In the Bleak Midwinter. Debating whether to ruin this with a vocal part or not.
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Vaisvil sent me this great Blues tune and so i threw it down the cellar and Reg jumped all over it with his point of view on love being a Four letter word..........
FOUR LETTER WORD (Lyrics)
Love
oh Love
it's not just a four letter word…
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Please see the blog page for the complete blow-by-blow description of this collaboration with drummer / composer Peter Thoegersen
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1361
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The other Reg has put his lounge suit on for this one, he's desperate.........and some might say a fool....but is as bigger fool as Reg.............
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I declare my ADAT 8-track to officially be a dinosaur. Welcome to the 21st Century.
This is the first completed song written and recorded entirely in GarageBand. I started it last night and finished it this morning. The rhythm guitar is my…
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After almost 3 months of work (collectively throughout this entire year) I've been working on something, really really working on something. I mean REALLY working. Now... a few months AFTER the 25th anniversary, I give you, The Legend of Zelda…
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Norm and I in a room at his house. See the video for the reason for the name.
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Back to basics here. recorded with the Yeti mic.
Ramblin' round your city,ramblin' round your town
I never see a friend I know
As I go ramblin' round boys
As I go ramblin' round
My sweetheart and my parents I left in my old hometown…
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This is a captured and then edited live performance using the Sonar Matrix view using various samples - some of which were paul stretched.
I'm liking this - if only they had the possibility to change the pitch live it would be like sticking…
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the collaboration team
Norm percussion
Reefwalker bass and voices
Chris 12 string and vocal
john lennon wrote it - coda by paul
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Lucy of the species Australopithecus looks into the distance of Awash Valley in what is now Ethiopia and feels the future of what can be.
Performed in Charles Lucy's 0b5s tuning
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A 7/8 improvisation on a set of 3 Bata drums, accented with afucha, tube shekere and cowbell.
The number 7 is a symbol for perfection or completeness: 7 colors in a rainbow, 7 musical notes in a scale, 7 days = a week, etc.
In Cuba, the…
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...for they do not have to face another tomorrow...
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD
Blessed are the dead for they shall not be lonely
Blessed are the dead for they will not be sad
Blessed are the dead for they shall have no longings
Nothing lost…
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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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A collaboration between Norm Harris and myself from 2009. At this point I wish I had the percs up louder.
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It's Wednesday night lets all get F................
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If you ever spent any time in the Whiskey well. You know it's a place you never want to revisit......
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Recorded November 7th 2010 - Em C D Song
Kind of Leonard Cohen sounding vocal.
Cool Roger Waters like Lyrics.
Cool guitar solo.
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Folk/Blues I suppose, inspired by the US slander of Julian Assange
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I tried to get the vocoder to work. It didn't in so many ways....
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Hi - thought I'd throw up an older piece today while I have time (doing work at the new house later). This is an improvisation with my Fender Mustang / Roland GR-20 combination retuned on the fly to 9 notes per octave "Sorog" tuning. I think…
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A good friend of mine Harris Kidd filmed a short piece of work starring my other great friend (and my drummer) Zay Brignall, anywaaays he asked if I could make a soundtrack for it soooo I sat down and watched it over and over and started plunking…
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this is a cover done for the french hiphop band, IAM, because although highly political in content, saldy most of what they say is true. - note that the clip was never aired on tv or radio, due to official decision.
lyrics in french (right…
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One day my husband was describing someone as a floosie galore. First I cracked up; then I wrote this song. Do you think I have to share royalties with him? :) I recorded all the vocal parts on this several years ago at Boyd Recording Studio…
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I Love the fact that No man is an Island.
These Guys Made me a Very Happy man By covering one of my songs.
I am Still Over the Moon!!!
Thanks Bro's!!!!!
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This is the first tune I wrote using an actual loop pedal. I really like the rawness of its form. The sound is sharp, it kind of attacks your ear.. but then after it loops around a few times, it calms down and sinks in..
I expect that there will…
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a stripped naked version of the classic song from our 2010 new crop RPM album
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I almost forgot I had this one lying around. Written for (RPM musician and composer extraordinaire) Michelangelo's January challenge, I had to use two random words out of the dictionary... So this little bit of foolishness (using industry and…
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My opus. By far the longest song I've ever recorded. I tried to make it shorter, but it just didn't work. Sorry. :)
"The Water-Carver" uses a sample from Stereolab's "Changer." (Gane/Sadier)
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A little rough but I loved making it.
My friend Dave had bought a Roland GR-20, so it was critical he did the solo in the middle and end :)
Oh, all made on the Boss Micro BR. Love that thing!!
This was fun to make!
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Song I did for me and my youngest daughter Jenny to dance to at her wedding. She loves watching the birds flying as they Ride the Wind!
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Interactive audio walking tour, a collaboration with artist Kianga Ford.
The Story of This Place is a series of site-specific narratives that offer a portable audio soundtrack that guides the listener through a site with a fictional narrative…
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Li Bao's lament, ‘Fighting South of the Ramparts,’ was probably written in 751, a year of significant military defeats for the Tang Dynasty, which was approaching both its cultural and political peak and soon to face the rebellion of An Lushan…
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After several weeks without playing, I sat down one night at the piano and this simple melody immediately came out of my fingers. Composing sometimes feels like rediscovering a cherished old memory.
Copyright © 2009 Tiago Castro Henriques…
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This is another old melody. I dusted it off, gave it some clean clothes, and sent it off into the world.
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My cover of Gumbo Stu's (Stuart Walker) Blind In One Eye. Originally on his 2009 RPM Challenge Album, and available here on alonetone. Thanks Stu!
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How could I have been so blind, so stupid . . . and so human?
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Publicado Bajo Autorizacion y Sin animo de Lucro. www.carranga.org
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Sunday aftnoon (11/09/08) took the reso down to the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum and recorded some doodling inside the Serra sculpture Vortex. No effects added, all natural reverb inside the structure.
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Thanks to Sister Savage for letting me add a guitar part to her track.
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Recorded at Coldbath Rd. Moseley, Birmingham. I don't remember many warm days in that house. Cups of soup, rolled cigarets, and the luxury of new strings by the sounds of it.
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Written and recorded for the Record Every Month challenge in July 2025
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Reg had some terrible news that would break any man ......
How it rains down on me
In the early morning of the 14th April
Two days before the rain
Took the smile from my face to turn it to pain
Taking my smile from my face…
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Softly they have touched —
frost and a timid feeling,
the quiet light of dawn.
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Happy New Year, everyone!
Updated on Easter days. Happy spring to all!
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Travel back with us to 1962…the Place, the shores of the River Mersey.
Umbrella Book is a song about a book….eh, I’m not gonna explain it to y’all.
Slap on a pair of drainies and some Italian heeled boots and you’re on your way to some nostalgic…
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A nice a soothing Drone Mix of Ambient Electronic Music for a lovely September of Sound and Colour .. Created for the Record Every Month 2024
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A day of from the gardening and my first go at organising drums in Easy drummer that funnily didn't turn out to be so hard . I'm playing the Tele with the Kemper and Boss Me-90 Thanks for listening
You shook me from my middle
And you…
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This might have been the fastest mix I've ever been a part of. That might be because there's nothing really going on here. I probably should have raised the vocals a smidge though, but I am really down on my singing ability these days.
All…
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(interpolates lyrics from “Something” by The Beatles and “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles)
[Chorus 1]
Mother Nature really knocks me out
I leave the death behind
It’s how you move makes me scream and shout
And I don’t want to leave Her…
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(beat produced by Dr. Dre, from the song "My Name Is" by Eminem)
[Verse 1]
I’m a state away from my family tree
Fuck Alex D
I’m gonna change my name to Randy V
Fuck having children
I’m gonna stick a baby inside of my abdominal cavity…
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tennis balls in the dryer for beats.. this is that recording of .. if anyone wants to set down tracks with these "beats" go for it ...
This is actually 3 tennis balls and a pillow in a dryer that is spinning at a kinda normal speed. ---
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A little break, and now back with another drama/film/game trailer type short....! Hopefully enjoyably atmospheric.......
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Based on a riff brought back to life after many years, and remembrance of a childhood fever dream. Wrap this in the context of the past two years and this is the musical result.
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Guess I just needed to say something ......
Well, the line's been drawn, we'll ignore and we'll invade,
It's best if you run, or get on your knees and pray,
After midnight, bullets…
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"Begin Again" by W. Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge.
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My gut is telling me that when I listen to this version of this song back to back with the one I did this summer I am going to prefer this one. That's kind of the goal for these re-recording projects I'm forcing on myself. Just make things a…
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I think this was the first song I worked on in the 2021 50/90 (one of the first ones at least) and it still might be my favorite. This is pretty comparable to the first recording from a few months ago. I think the vocals are probably worse here…
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Cool envelope I found and tweaked over two oscillators being initialized with random frequencies 0-1400 hz. Built two loops into the patch and it's soup! Credit inspiration from Paris Young with reminding me about PD's randomizer object!
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A combined collaboration project with Project-X (David Webster) & Nemo Marxism (my other self)
More to come...
Late night stars
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Been working a lot since getting back to work a few weeks back, haven't had much time to focus on music or anything mind-relaxing. This is something i had cooking in the back log burner for a while...
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Whistling a tune, I walk up to the house and meet a cat on the doorstep. We are going to have supper, and at this time a blizzard begins. April.
05.04.2021, live recording.
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The good folks at the RPM Challenge came up with a year round game for us to play. Record Every Month. One song each month. I'm game, but I don't think I'll stick to just one. I was trying to get 10 done in March 2021 but here I am on the…
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When I was tracking the rhythm guitar I was feeling the groove on this in a major way. When I was tracking the vocals I thought it was better than my usual terrible. Somehow I was wrong on both fronts. The guitar sounds like mud and the vocals…
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No bells or whistles on this, just one take. Any good ? Well it's out there now.
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Was messing around this afternoon and came up with this .....
let the love come out and play
Now you tell me you’ve nothing to give
Yeh You tell me, you can’t get that hit
You tell me that you want it
You giving me nothing you don’t want…
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Another song from The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project. This one originally came from my failed 2010 RPM Challenge. I liked this one at the time, and the riff is fun to play. The lyrics are about a very stressful drive from Massachusetts to…
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Just fooling about with arpeggiators and apps, what else is new?
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