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I never saw this Nintendo cartridge before, and why are backwards-talking voices coming from it?
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I've lost my way - somewhere between the dusk and the crack of day.
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Link learned the best method of destroying the Sphinx was a sword attack to the nose.
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Vacant
Erased
Blank Canvas
##Lost Out In SPACE##
Before The Before
Waiting For It To Begin
Knocking On The Door
Why won't you let me in?
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The hand of God [or something?] tore through the fabric of space and time, and reached down, hand enveloped in a neon glow.
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An endlessly-revolving, ever-changing face you show to the world.
Which facade will you wear today? Human, robot, or monster?
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the Seraphim
they would not let her in
when it was her time to die
she tried up from the ground
but could not make a sound
she damn well forgot how to fly
the Seraphim
they said let it begin
they couldn't stand to see her cry
we…
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Song #6 for the 2022 RPM Challenge.
Guitarmonies AND a drum solo? Sure, why not?
This one is okay, I guess. Like most of the songs I am working on this month it's really short and kind of mediocre. Not bad, just not that good. Kind of…
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RPM Challenge song number seven.
Chug chug chug chug... was I trying to make a metal album? There are a couple of songs that sound like an old person trying to remember what metal songs feel like. Oh well.
Not much to say about this one…
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Demo of track I’ve been working with on with Luis of Voltage Agony/Soil To Ash. Going to add a few more elements and make it a tighter mix then it’ll be a keeper for the next release.
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Two EHX devices; Voice Box, and Stereo Memory Man. Original sound is voice only, with a loop created on the SMM and extra vocalisations on top. Submitted to Sound-In "Peace" for 24/2-3/3/2022.
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Waldo meets Carmen in a cafe in a small town. Waldo has never left the town he grew up in and she seems very worldly. This attracts him instantly.
What am I waiting for
I’ve opened up the door
Hey, I feel, something come over me
I’ve never…
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Waldo learns about Carmen's travels and all the places she has been. He is envious of her stories.
I didn’t think about the world
As something to explore like you have
I know I’ve wasted time
Catching up on something so vast
Will be hard…
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While Carmen is supposed to be away for a couple month, Waldo decides he is going to try to gain some travel experience. He feels inadequate and like Carmen thinks less of him for it.
I can’t seem to figure out,
why I can’t measure up…
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Carmen cut her trip short to come home to Waldo faster. She finds his note about trying to see the world for her.
I don’t know why you would leave
I think you feel you’ve got something to prove
I know I was supposed to be gone for sometime…
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Carmen doesn't think she can wait around for Waldo so she takes his travel plans and heads out after him. He didn't leave a set order of where to go so she just takes the route that makes the most sense.
I know all about the world
I’ve…
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Waldo had only made it to the train station be realizing he couldn't leave. Not just because of fear, but also because he didn't want to leave Carmen.
Unfortunately, his timing was terrible. She had already found his note and took off after…
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Waldo has decided to journey out to find Carmen.
The accompanying song is a lovely shanty tune based on "A Drop of Nelson's Blood" Sung by the Mayoral Choir, the CoE presents; Another RPM
Picture Waldo in his first bar getting ready to…
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Waldo finds Carmen in a cafe. They reunite and are overjoyed.
I knew after all was said and done
I would find you here
You followed me following you
but I found you dear
You only had my plans
To guide you
I only had the clues left…
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Carmen and Waldo decide to travel together. See some of the places Carmen loves and then some new place they can discover together.
So now we’re finally together
And all the world is our stage
We’ll create our own show
What are we waiting…
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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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Sometimes life knocks you down and decides to kick a few times for good measure. It can be hard to push though at times, but it’s important to persevere because it can and will get better. This is a song about staying strong and remaining hopeful…
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Since venturing beyond twenty atmospheres, our intrepid explorers were assumed lost forever. Never underestimate the human spirit and instinct for survival, especially when it’s fueled by a defiant shanty.
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Sounds from the bottom of the sea as the lost diving saucer is found, seemingly lifeless. Is there hope, continue to the next song to find 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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A husband and wife, our good friends, surprised us with their grace during a very tough time for us. This is the song I wrote about that. Acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals.
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2022 RPM Challenge, song number eight out of (hopefully) 20.
I liked this one a lot right off the bat. I even put a note on the trello card that this one might be the winner. I'm not so sure about that anymore, but I do like it. I dig how…
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A funky themed track with vocal hits and scratches featuring Savant aka Stanstro, Dizzy Dustin, JFB and ejay vocals.
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Probably my favourite of the tracks I made for my RPM 2022 album simply because it seemed to come together quite quickly and easily. I love the warmth of the bass and how it constrasts with the sharpness of the horns and trumpets. Vocal courtesy…
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Vocal features Kate Wild and backing vocal Delicious Allstars.
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Probably my second favourite track I made for my RPM album. Features the vocal hits of the wonderful Miss Jocelyn Brown courtesy of the Delicious Allstars Funk Constructor.
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A track that definitely has elements of funkiness, but is also heavily influenced by disco and house. Features ejay vocals.
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2022 RPM Challenge song number nine.
Simple. I like it. It started with me strumming over a drum loop and then developed quickly. I thought about leaving the bass and drums off, but wimped out. It's a little folkie, but not THAT folkie…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 10.
I currently have 10 songs finished and the running time for those 10 songs is 36:22. I could call it complete now and feel good about myself. I still have 10 more songs to mix though, and this one is heading…
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For the people of Ukraine...for the people of this world!
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2022 RPM Challenge Song Number 11.
I'm torn over this one. I like the riffs, I like the groove, I like the melody, but I think I hate the lyrics more than I've hated any lyric I've written in a very, very long time.
This is what I get when…
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2022 RPM Challenge Song Number 12.
This one is okay, I guess. Nothing special. It has eight bars of three part harmony and I always feel good when I can pull that off. I'm not sure if it has what it takes to make the final RPM album, but…
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Well, my entry for RPM 2022 went from LP to (a very short) 4 song EP but this track I think has bags of potential. It was a discarded idea from a few years ago that was lurking in my 'half-baked' Logic folder but something in it ignited my creative…
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A spaceship carrying the last remnants of an ancient alien race travels the cosmos looking for a new home its passengers in deep hibernation. But some catastrophic failure affects the ship's systems. The computer is unable to wake up the passengers…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 13.
I use GarageBand for all of my amateur recording needs. I use the MacOS version for recording real instruments and mixing and adding gobs of echoes and stuff. Sometimes I used the iOS version to kick off…
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A heavy metal track...
Since I don't play the guitar (or any other instrument) , all the guitars you hear were created inside my computer...
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Dan was mucking around with the bass guitar. I recorded it.
Then I took parts of the recording, and quickly added some drums and other parts to it. This one was just a quick job. Nothing too fancy...
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Snapper4298 and me go back a long time (more than 10 years! I couldn't believe it myself!)
Great collab partner!
This is another electronica piece, with a hint of chiptune (among other things).
Don't know why, the piano pat makes me think of…
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Another collab with Snapper4298.
An electronica track with an old school type beat.
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Yep! It's me and Snapper4298 again!
This year, we just kept going!
Melodically I think this is one of if not THE richest and most beautiful tracks I have ever created :)
Sounds so epic!
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2022 RPM Challenge Song Number 14.
The title pretty much says it all. I had more trouble improvising over this stupid little asshole of a song than I've maybe ever had before in my entire life. It was awful. The leads you're left with are…
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Another one by Snapper4298 and me....
There is crazy.... and then there is absolutely, insanely, utterly crazy mad...
Firstly, it's not even an arpeggiator at all, but never mind that. The melody is crazy, wonky!....
Apologies for the use…
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Dave has been around with his guitar a few times. This will be the first time one of our collabs makes it to the RPM challenge.
We left it quite last minute (Dave had all sorts of other things going on), but managed to get him on Friday 25th…
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Look, it's not a Letter Seventeen record if I don't end it with something like this. Plus, I spent way too much time playing with orchestral libraries all summer to not use them somewhere.
It started off so nice
A time for you and me
Taking…
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I attended Ronan's Mountain Recording Retreat this past year and one of the mentors was Michelle Shocked. We had nightly jam sessions with the participants and she would jump into the middle of us and just make everything so much fun. She also…
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I developed a strong obsession with the building blocks of pop songs and tried to craft one. Unfortunately, I wrote it in a key that was high enough that the combination of the rapid-fire words and the pitch nearly made me pass out while singing…
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Another song idea from a meme. Or, more accurately, a movement.
The term “Birds Aren’t Real” refers to biological “Birds” no longer existing on United States soil. After the government forcibly made the entire species extinct in the 20th century…
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A tale of two songs and a unicorn. The funky instrumental meets the jazzy bits and then Megan joins in on the singy bits.
I've spent years searching for the proper female singer for my songs. I've referred to it as my quest for a unicorn…
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For the first time in 13 years Grant sent me some lyrics. I added a verse and then spent the month of February waiting for the song to give me a direction. It did on about the 24th. Originally this was sunny and upbeat.
Keep it quiet kids…
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Grant and I became obsessed with maj7 chords and that led to a lot of jazzy sounds. The title came before there were words and it seems about right.
Megan really made this one shine.
Backing vocals by Megan Kleven https://megankleven.bandcamp…
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This started out as a joke from a meme and then, well.....
Wilsun did his best imitation of Bruce Dickenson in the bridge
Dan Upton played the heavy guitars in the bridge and the solo you like
Time to self-assess
You still want to be so…
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This is what happens when the drummer sends you a bunch of jazz chords.
Backing vocals by Megan Kleven https://megankleven.bandcamp.com
Can’t stop falling down
Can’t stop falling forward
Whenever you’re around
I struggle for the right…
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Based on the show "The Great" on Hulu. Yeah, I know. You've never heard of it...
Lead guitar by Anton Samford
Backing Vox by Megan Kleven https://megankleven.bandcamp.com
You got the moves, you carry the cachet
Always used to having…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 15.
Not too bad. I can live with most of it. The vocals are kinda spotty and I don't think I'll ever use the setup I used for the first guitar solo again (vibe after fuzz? Not this red head!) but I'm mildly…
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RPM 2k22
it's all you know
so why don't you show me
just how it's done
i'm mesmerized
the way that you lie
mostly to yourself
as if you're someone else
it's killing you
these things that you do to
simply remain
not breaking ground…
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Some work with a new collab partner: Wendingo24 from Freesound.org
One of 2 remixes I have created based on some earlier recordings by Wendingo24.
He provided the acoustic guitar at the start of the track (which I also manipulated to sound like…
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RPM 2k22
kiss me softly in the evening light
and like the breeze, i'll be blown away
linger longer if you have the time
and whisper truly that you want to stay
how long, oh eternity
doesn't seem to ever last
forever's just a word it…
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RPM 2k22
farewell my concubine
there's no need to get the door
but i'm bored
waiting for your big surprise
I can't wait for tomorrow
for a heart to appear
my dear
and by then you know i'll be gone
there are no words left
no convincing…
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RPM 2k22
this night if we are sober
we'll deny that this over
and before we slip away
to sleep and dream of better days
this night if we are sober
we'll decide if this is over
and slip away into a dream
that will tell us, which direction…
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RPM 2k22
down goes the champion
disappear into the past
his glory fading out
know it would never last
faced with reality
just a shell remains
nothing to fall upon
and no one else to blame
raise your white flag
and hope that you get…
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RPM 2k22
you can't remember anything tonight
cause you lost the feeling, lost the feeling
the tide is turning, the shoreline is in sight
but you've lost the feeling, lost the feeling
whenever all seems hopeless try
to remember all…
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RPM 2k22
down goes the sun
so lay down your head
and follow it
the penitent one
cries in his sleep
cause there's no release
tear down this wall
piece by tiny piece
faithful through it all
but there's no release
so little revealed…
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RPM 2k22
been so long, without your touch
been so long, I want so much
to finally feel anything at all
to finally feel anything at all
as I brush against you walking down the hall
soon all my waiting will be over
patiently await the…
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RPM 2k22
never need to convince myself
I always knew
surrounded by you
I am at peace where I am
can you say it too
the past is a clue
stop waiting, for things to change
just change, anything that you want
change, anything that you…
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so glad there is a single song category for RPM. we got the band together for this song written by Kent Good. recorded 2-26-22 live at KG's Place.
Kent Good guitar/vocal
Martin Fox guitar
PLMcDaniel drums
Mitch Davidhisar keys
Jason Koenig bass
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...and this is version #2, a completely different take on remixing an earlier piece by Wendingo24. This one is much more in line with the initial piece.
Although I still wanted to include electric guitar, this piece is mostly acoustic. Very cosy…
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Rework/Remix of a pre-existing piece by Wendingo24.
The previous piece contained all the melodic drones and many of the noise and field recording layers.
I added additional sound layers and also concentrated on using a number of techniques for…
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This is how these things start
My sad excuse for a work of art
Put in the effort, set the pace
Hardly anyone listens anyways
Years of this takes its toll
Only few ever know
All this work done in haste
A whole month gone to waste
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If I'm out of words
to brighten up your day
All that's left of us
is rust and decay
Remember these moments
more than just alive
Think of these
times when we thrived
If the sun ceases to shine
forever runs out of time
If we're all out…
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If we take a moment Ignore what divides us two
Just take a moment What would we see
Would I see a brother Might I be your friend
Might there be more that binds us hand in hand
Between you and me are the same old songs
Between you and me…
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It's easier to abandon hope
It's easier to walk away
It's easier to win this fight
By turning around and running away
If we try this time
We just might find a way
To make it happen
We just might find
We have the words to say
You were…
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You gotta work long hours, Grind that stone
Work your fingers to the bone
Gotta make that money while you can
Before retirement and old age sets in
Do what you can for the company and
The boss 'll take care of you
Forget about vacation…
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Broken things on my window sill
Remind me every day
Of my constant lean towards failure
Always getting in my way
Perpetual disappointment
I never follow through
Can't count on me for nothing
I'll only disappoint you
There's a war in…
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I know sometimes things just ain't right
Like oil and water we survive
Y'know I don't hate you
Maybe we're too much alike
Push and pull
We'll survive
We're not getting younger these days
And we're both sure and set in our ways
We fight…
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If tomorrow you find yourself far away from me
Running to another city
If you don't have the time to hide away with me
Disappear into the scenery
Am I no longer worth
The effort to search
For the life we were dreaming
For the love we…
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(COVID Salute)
You can pick 'em, you can lick 'em, you can roll them in a ball
You can stack 'em up like waffles 'till they're forty feet tall
You can wipe on your sleeve, you can flick 'em at your friends
You could blow them in a tissue…
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I can still taste the pain of how you made me feel
Your only concern was to break my will
Whatever doesn't kill makes you stronger than
My imagination's running how to get vengeance
But at the end of the day, I don't care anyways
You're…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 16.
This one is all right. I'm not quite ready to say it's a lock for making the final album but it's close. If nothing else, the rhythm guitar part is fun to play and the vocals are nice and shouty.
I used…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 17.
Now we're talking. I like this one a lot. My self criticism are valid, the melody in the verse is too la di da sing songy, and I shouldn't have used a Big Muff fuzz pedal on the rhythm tracks (too much bass…
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