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24-hour album.
This album is a collage of several disconnected pieces recorded & mixed over 18 hours or so.
I've left it as a single long track, but here's a sort of navigational guide if you want to skip around:
0:00 - 1:30 = Living…
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Sorry About The Quality of the recording on this one...
A Friend of Mine (64Guitars From Songcrafters. Org ) challenged me to write a song about a subject (a Secret....Lol)....
This was finished 45 mins Later...
Will be Good for me on Open…
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With a 909 drum loop reminiscent of Tears for Fears instrumental fillers, this downtempo tune quickly
becomes an earful of delay, clarinet, and oozing synths.
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A song celebrating the animator for The Teller of the Tale. Music is post-avantgarde neo-progressive rock.
New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010
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The vodka, ahhh. One of 3 that I recorded to a dimming flashlight during a power outage.
One take into the Micro BR hole with some harmony and noodle overdubs.
Vodka
I want the vodka
'Cause I know it's gonna make me play better…
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A billboard is no place for advertising some sort of spiritual message. I call it thieves in the temple if you ask me.
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Had the opportunity to play with sandbags' fabulous Reichatron. This is what happened.
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The first WildGeas and Cave Street collaboration
There ain't nothin' I could buy
that can ever calm me down
So I leave my money at home
when I go into town
I put on my fightin' hat
an' I wear my dancin' shoes
An' if I miss my ride…
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This One was a creation with my friend and gran Master, Kavin. You can fin more kavin´s tracks on alonetone.com/kavin :)
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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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a moody ethereal track. recorded straight from the laptop mic, so not the best, but had to capture it before it faded away.
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Sudara says: Just found this on my iPod.
Basically it was the first full mix of the tune, before it passed back to glu and then back to Sudara for the "original" version.
This is heavier, more energy, less fraility, and in Sudara's opinion a…
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Another song in the key of Glu.
I know I called the theme was [glubot for a day](http://alonetone.com/forums/togethertone/topics/glubot-for-a-day).
Maybe glubot for a week?
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Lyrics:
There’s a pound or two of flesh in my chest yet.
It sits next to the bag that brings me my breath, yes.
A knot of muscle that flex and flex and flexes,
It’s okay—no rest (unless time requests it).
In the bowl above my eyes a gelatinous…
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this song was inspired from an ee cummings poem. it was composed for rpm 2009.
lyrics:
i'll tell you a dream i had once
up in the sky blue everything
flying away a kite on a string
i didn't have anything
i was cool you were warm…
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Growing up is hard.
For everyone.
I once had a Facebook Friend named Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick. A poet, from Midland, Texas, doing advanced studies at Sarah Lawrence. She was so good she could write a hundred pages about how she couldn…
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A fingerpicky tune from the old days.
Tuning is DADF#AD Capo III.
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here we are, for the very first time
is it safe to touch you
or am I way out of line
now it's over, and our embrace was far too sweet
is it safe to fall in love or is this a game that can never be beat
here we are in my bedroom all alone…
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Nice melodic pop song. Mostly guitar instrumental with a roll your top down, feel good outlook.
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3hird Sunday Grackle Improv Jam
Mark-guitar
Miguel-percussion,charango,Peruvian flutes
Kavin-Bass VI, percussion,loops,vocals
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It started as an attempt to make a dream-pop song, but it evolved into a purely instrumental piece with three movements. I felt a need to make something more pleasant and peaceful this month, and to spend as much time as I could immersed in that…
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Making tunes feels like swimming through mud at the moment ... make that quick setting concrete!
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On any other day than this I might recall, the words to make you feel better
and spin the waves of the record known by heart
I’ve tried to fool myself to sleep so many nights I fear I may never wake up
A moonlight trance
I drank the drink…
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interpolates lyrics written by Illogic and Lucid Optics and samples music produced by Lucid Optics
[Hook]
What are you running from?
Don’t wait for tomorrow
In this world, there’s only one of you
The sun doesn’t follow
What are you running…
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(samples music and interpolates lyrics from "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's)
[Verse 1]
Don’t want to lose this
What's it like in San Jose there?
I'm a thousand miles away, but girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Them chicks…
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My mom
What you love most is being our mom
Forces against it seem to pull you down
Out the nest, we still needed our mom
You said I loved to cuddle
I love you more than the stars
Know when you slip away, you’ll never leave where we are…
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Written and recorded for the Record Every Month Challenge in March 2023. I'm thinking of trying to record a single each month this year. This would be the A side for March.
The idea started bubbling up in my head at the tail end of the RPM…
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6th song for my RPM album. If you like slow and depressing music...this is for you! I had a blast using my new crash cymbal and brushes...my fingers are not very pleased about playing the bass riff however (ouch).
somehow you knew me
and…
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The Our Father in Latin and sung a cappella. I don’t really know any Latin but I’ve tried to learn to say some of the basic prayers. For me it’s a really nice way to pray sometimes and frees my mind a bit to focus on God. This melody came to…
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Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters:
. . . . . . . .
Your mission this month is twofold:
1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…
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Sometimes life tends to repeat itself if you're not careful.... Good to find a moment to recognize old patterns and shake them off.
Great help on this one from the MN Coffee Table Gang - Greg Connor on guitar and vocals, and Mark Lofgren…
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Ludum Dare 50 - Dark forest folk waltz to keep the fire alive - wadmeister.itch.io/gone-out
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I’ll never understand those who are famous for being famous, and I honestly don’t care to. Unqualified influencers and fake internet gurus, this one's for you.
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The vastness of the ocean
A darkness in the sky
A lifetime of emotion
How hard you've had to try
To navigate the currents
And the demons in the deep
You have to stay awake
'Cuz they might take you in your sleep
You wish that you could…
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We decided to give the kids an outlet that wasn’t pandemic or lockdown based this February, and made an album as a family for the RPM Challenge 2021. It was just the most precious, funny, brilliant month.
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I recorded the Gibson straight with the SE Magneto condenser mic into the Scarlet and then vocal on seperate track you may hear the bloody dryer in the background if you listen carefully but this one had to be done there and then or i'd forget…
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I wish I could come up with lyrics that make at least a little sense
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Another re-recorded 2014 50/90 song. This one was written on or about July 4th as New England was about to get spanked by Hurricane Arthur. I tend to write about hurricanes a lot. Weird.
The guitars here are all Gibson ES-335. The amps…
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They opened the economy here, but I don't think I feel safe going out more than I absolutely have to... and when I go out, I wear a mask.
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I know we're not supposed to pick favorites among our children, but this is my favorite.
I've been told the initial instruments are a little too bold; I kinda think that's the point, but what do I know?
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sometimes the song just pops up in your windshield
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A PICTURE I CAN'T THROW AWAY Key C
Capo @ 4
(Yes. It's a true story. I changed it to 1st person. It was a friend of my brother, Joe's.)
This audio is missing. I will have to find it in the archives or re-record it some day…
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We got together again around the coffee table and the gang helped me record this song I wrote this week.
Greg- Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Mandolin, Vocals
Colin - Bass, Vocals
Colleen - Uke, Vocals
Hope you like it!
NEXT CHAPTER
VERSE…
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A bit of a mess around on an old Elvis song....
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Haven't been about for a while...been busy doing nothing but i had some time this morning to have a strum and this is what i came up with after a bit of pondering.....Thanks for listening
One and one makes two
two in turn makes one
everyone…
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You're always on my mind
Gotta take you with me
Can't leave you behind
Blind to circumstance
If I can get a little more
Gotta take the chance
Flyin' high again
It's do or die
There's no need to pretend
Runnin' from wall to…
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Folk instrumental titled after a place in Missouri where loved ones lie in rest.
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When it's over, start again and keep on rolling.
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I liked this one a lot more before realizing (after all of the tracks were finished) that the guitar part is awfully similar to a Throwing Muses song from the brilliant House Tornado album.
My plan to double all rhythm guitar and vocal parts…
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More lo-fi noodlings for RPM. Featuring 2 year old daughter let loose on a box of instruments, and then messed with in goldwave. Will be a (poorly) hidden track on RPM album.. when there are actual songs on it.
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Steve (SLKrell) and I have been competing over the same *"IMAGINARY"* girlfriend for years now.
And Yep . . . Steve started it. Well she's mine now, at least until Steve writes the next song. Look for Steve's music here:
http://alonetone…
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Double tracked 2 lead parts together on this smooth blues jam and it sounds out of this world.
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Pleasure boats and fishermen
Tugboat pushin three barges wide
Sit on the banks from morn till evening
Wave to the people as they pass me by
Up in Minnesota she’s fast and cold
Walleye fishing just below the dam
Go and catch em til…
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My new album, my first all-jazz effort, is taking longer to complete than I had hoped, due to my plans to set up a proper isolation booth for recording horn parts (sax, bass clarinet, trumpet). But I've been listening to the rhythm section mixes…
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This demo recording turned out particularly well, especially when compared to how most of my MYTHOPOETICA recordings sound. The lead guitar employs an Eastern Folk scale and style of picking, greased with GEM-style Blues butter.
SUPER YOU…
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No more sin or sorrow foolish fancy to a fault
No more dirth upon the land that withers under the assault
No more Babylon behavior bobbing up and down and up
until we drown away each memory scattered from a shattered cup. No more crying for…
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Another song from old pre-garageband RPMs. The arrangement stayed the same this time. I just added some vocal harmonies and added some goofy effects.
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Who says that I define you?
Who says I should label you?
Who says I should shelter you? Who says i should restrict you?
Who says I should limit you? Who says i should hold back you?
There is no user guide.
There is no yellow brick road.
There…
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Have some fun, dance a little, dance some more.
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After a comment, I had to do a quick version of this - includes harmonica sol (but, not so low so that you can't hear it - sorry!)
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Ok, this is the full length version, so far, until the new tweaks have been done, but it's a nice reminder of cool things that can come from improv and jamming. Bass (Pete Burke, i.e. myself) and drums (Marty Boot) recorded from a jam to level…
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Imagine the open road, stretching out before you, your bike or hotrod rolling over the hot pavement as the sun beats down. Times couldn't be any better. Until the engine starts to cough and shudder. Fortunately, you roll into the shade of an…
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For UK people who liked the Testcard in the 70's. Youtube vid attached. Started as a project, sent to Lady Jane who did her magic. Ummed and Arrred about it, and eventually thought "just upload". Enjoy.
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No excuse here.... I just love the Good Wife's voice on this one. From my point of view I tried to get a 50's/60's feel to the song.....
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This is from the Gospel of Luke.
Ave, Maria
Ave, Maria
Ave, Maria
Ave, Maria
From heaven flew Gabriel, angel of God
You were in awe and afraid
Hail, full of grace, he said, you have found favor
To you shall be born the Savior…
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Noodling with the "art guitar" in DADGAD tuning in the Serra sculpture Vortex at the FW MOMA. No fx added, all natural reverb/delay inside the structure.
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I've been teasing Steve (SLKrell) about Rose, from Las Cruces Nevada, ever since he wrote a song about her for Valentines Day a few years ago.
Rosie is a figment of our imagination. I wrote a song about stealing her away from Steve:
http…
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A first alonetone collab! (thats not MMI), featuring amazing guitars by Movement to Contact.
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In 2001 my most recent band, Hoss Williams, recorded a four-song demo, and each of the four bandmembers contributed one song to it. This was mine. It's loosely about growing up in the country and being a teenager ripping around in clapped-out…
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Title track of my new project, as my other group? The Seven Spiders. This song is experimental dub influenced chamber music, I am exploring the possibilities of humour in music trying to make the music itself amusing ... if that makes any sense…
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Apocrypha is a progressive rock song in the sense of Rush more than ELP or Yes. I had come up with the guitar and via my GR-20 the strings - everything else you hear was performed by my long time collaborator Frank Miller (Phantasm777) - so that…
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I was listening to Jesmiaus earlier Trick of your love (RPM2012) and it gave me an idea for my first RPM this year...so thanks Will...... hope you all enjoy this....i did doing it...they say smoking weed can make you schitzophrenic but i’m not…
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Now can you imagine it, it’s Christmas eve and there is no one to give us Christmas as Father Christmas has died and there is no one to take is place what are we gonna do????? What would life be without a Christmas song???
No-one to sing the…
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I have just received the little black songbook through the post and couldn't resist having a go at this one...
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from the album "Que Vive!"
which is circumstance and which is fate
the child with nothing or the one with hate
one may see wrong from right
but the line is hard to follow
even with the right design
where do miracles go when the world’s in…
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In memory of my cousin Mike, nicknamed Shovel Head, because of the Harley Davidson Shovel Head motorcycle he drove.
Lyrics
I can feel the wind blow
Lean into that winding road
Setting Sun against my skin
Shift into that high gear
Get…
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Photo by David Shankbone CC BY
Details here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1392
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Merengues are fast arrangements with a 2/4 beat, originating from the Dominican Republic. The traditional instrumentation includes a "güira" (guiro), which is a percussion instrument that sounds like a scrapper. The Merengue güira is a cylinder…
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A song for a wet day in Sheffield Thanks Johnny.......another one for the Zep album.........I will have to sort out that first verse..........but i hope you enjoy..........
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