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I'm a madman roaring down this rain-slicked road
Top down, laughing, rain slaps like the hand of God
Left you barefoot, summer-haired, watching me go
Like a beautiful flower I should've picked
a long, long time ago
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The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around ...
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Some acoustic fun with a looper and too much delay!!
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I threw this one together tonite/early am...yawnnnnn. Not an exact replica but always a tribute to Jimi's music. I was originally turned on to do this by some new free vst effects I found on the net. A cool fuzz face vst that is very realistic…
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I am leaving this week for a while but couldnt resist adding as the third collaborator on this excellent track by Keith Landry and Osckilo before I go.
Added some bass,ambient stings, and of course sleigh bell
Hope you guys like it.
See you…
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Just a spontaneous (and very rough) two hour tune. Written and recorded yesterday, edited and mixed today. I might as well get it uploaded now because I'll be spending the next two weeks preparing to move across the country.
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We…
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Everybody seems to be Beatling about lately. Here's a little acapella.
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electric mandolin on 3 tracks - 2 bowed (right and left) with viola bow and 1 strummed just a bit and mostly ebowed (center)
Washburn bass
voice with effects
drum loops sliced and diced
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This is a song that started as just an idea I had playing live one lovely thursday evening and I just started playing this progression and sang some gibberish over it and I came up with the "chorus" part and and the Idea of asking questions in…
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Written August 29, 2009 and Recorded March 22, 2010
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD, Capo III), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, Audacity...all fingers, no picks.
I don't normally repeat myself, but when I sat down tonight…
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Several years ago I had a short lived duo with an oboe and English horn player named Nat. This is a demo from that period. It's an old old chord progression of mine that never really had a melody and Nat improvised this melody in the studio to…
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This is one from the album "Hide" (2003)I Hope you enjoy it :)
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I've had the backing track to this sitting in MixCraft since I got the program.
This morning was Karaoke time! Oh yeah!
Enjoy xox
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A crazy little song written while considering Ed Robertson's plane crash from a few years back, "Any Landing" is given much legitimacy by Ashley's incredible voice and Kavin Allenson's (Kavin S. Acoustic Church) guitar.
Any Landing
Learning…
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This is really a true story.
No, really...
And our holiday gift to you & your friends. (Feel free to download it and share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it.)
Oh... by the way... acl is finally waking from a very deep slumber…
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Last night I dreamed I was a dancer
In an old off Broadway show
And I danced with the girls in balcony
And I sang to the mezzanine row
It was Tin Pan Alley and Salvador Dali
At the curtain the crowd leapt to their feet
And I bowed and I…
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Glu guides you through an instructional song, revealing secrets along the way.
Instrumentation: Director's comments included! beat boxing, real swords, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum programming, tabla, and tambourine. My apologies…
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More groovy vibes from your friends here in Boston!😘
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Emily Cline couldn’t make up her mind
Whether to stay or to leave me behind
She’s etched in my memory permanently
But she couldn’t decide what she felt about me
They say…
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Now here's a bit of an oldie - the second song I ever wrote. In... 1978!
I think I played it once, or maybe twice, at school assemblies. My musical peers and colleagues back then dismissed it as corny/rancid pop music…
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I am currently working on a Concept album with a good friend of mine and great musician/ guitarist Chuck D. Although this track does not feature Chuck , it was developed based on the chord progression he came up with which opens the song up. We…
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Just checking to see if the Kazoo is playing in tune.
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CROSS-OVER POLYRHYTHMS
This is actually a type of enharmonic polymeter, where 2 rhythms with **different meters** (i.e., a different numbers of beats/measure) are played at the **same tempo**: the measures do not line up each time. These rhythms…
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added a bass. added the chorus, which i'll probably redo. added a bit of an ending. oh, and a smattering of pianer.
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Been away from Alonetone too long....website is still buggy but anyway.....just having fun with some new pickup switching mod's on my guitar.
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A Blues number, and in the past it’s been one of my more popular songs. We’ll see how it does on AloneTone.
MY FAVORITE GUN
Pa had left us on the farm
Ten long years we raised the corn
Then he returned to Mama’s arms
To beat the sons…
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Billy said on his Everyday track he had some space for some words.. so i put a few together .....Thanks Billy
Complete me (Lyrics)
All my days they seem the same
watching the hours float, the days away
dreaming of a different life, a different…
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I spent the day skrewing around with this Roumanian Minor scale again. I am really testing layered drums on this one, Toms mostly.
There's a lot happening. Acoustic, Strat, Bass, 4 Juno tracks, and all kinds of percussion.
Only a two chord change…
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The Minnesota Association of Songwriters issued a writing challenge this January to "borrow" conceptually from a writer that has influenced our writing to create a new original work of our own. Once you hear this, I think you'll get the idea…
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Product of noodling around. Lead guitars are a combo of UAD's Nigel plugin and the Fractal Axe Fx. Clean guitars are the Fractal. The outro guitars are my Princeton Recording amp.
I played the piano's through my midi guitar and Axon. You can…
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For all the folks who can find the silver lining no matter what the situation may be..
Pardon the clips
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Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
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An intrumental Track I put together when Thinking about my family.
One Guitar represents my son, one my wife and one me......
Two Versions with Vox (Jim Higgins and Geir Alfsen) are also in existance.. not sure how to link to this site…
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Thanks to Roger Harris for the idea!
Here are pictures of Minnesota in Spring 2013. Music provided by Steve Krell - CANYON THAW.
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Messing with a few of my 'oldies' (lol) for my mum's 70th birthday CD :)
Enjoy!
xox
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Here is my attempt at the mile of sorrow hope you like it..........
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Back on the wurlitzer...
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Update: Gene offered to improve the Mix on this song! This is that improved version. Thanks so much Gene! You are awesome!!!
I wrote this song earlier this summer, and had played it a few times with Greg Connor, fellow alone toner, and…
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Oh a lil bluesy feeling one night...so I threw this simple lil number down.
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Dedicated to my furry companion of eight years and counting!
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Come Tomorrow
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I'm like a tumbleweed, got no roots
I'm like a climbing vine, leaves and chutes
Come tomorrow, I might not be around
Come tomorrow
I'm a reflection, you see me in your mirror
A missed connection, so far and yet right here…
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Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am.
Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
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The last couple of years have been soaked in sadness, numbness and loss, and it's not something I've tried to hide, even when making music. But I've come to realize that it's my own responsibility to lay forth the effort to find new happiness…
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And here's another song from 1994, with a sparkling new "Andrew Russe Band" arrangement fresh from the broom-cupboard.
Like most of my songs, it was written with an acoustic guitar, a pen, and an A4 pad. The ones…
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More searching for new sounds. Same setup as the last one. Experimented a bit with paulstretch on the fadeout
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(Em) A legend that the sailors told
Tales shared from long ago
(C) Secrets that are captured in the (Em) air
(Em) It comes to you from far way
Whispered roars that fade away
(C) Answers that are carried on the (Em) breeze
Only (C) heard…
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a pleasant song about being hopelessly in denial
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In Argentina they say "in Argentina everything may change - except the tango", but I couldn't resist adding some percussion to this beautiful nuevo tango by Vincent Voois, composed in the style of Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla.
Check out Vincent…
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Did the guitar tracks first, followed by bass, then drums and vocals last. I wrote this song in a bookstore, after I came home and recorded it, I realized I made the song too short for all the lyrics.
Im talking, she's texting
Im givin…
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Sometimes love can be a hard bargain.
Thanks to Richard Hardrick for the inspiration.
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 15
Written Wednesday 23rd February 2022
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I wasn't able to stop! I really meant to, but... Oh well.
It's still February, so it can go with the others.
IT IS MY FIRM INTENTION TO…
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER
- by Terry Brown, Merry Bear, Greg Connor, and Stephen L. Krell
- Lyrics by Brown (mostly), Bear, Connor
- Chord progression by Brown
- Rhythm and bass guitar by Bear
- Melody and vocals by Connor
- Electric and slide…
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I was looking through my messages and found this collab i did with Kari a while back in 2017 i had forgotten all about. so pleased i found it thanks Kari
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Another Live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen back in 1988 on the NPR show Mountain Stage. This time a piece of Gaelic mouth music followed by 3 reels. Maybe the most complex arrangement of a set of tunes that we ever did.
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the first multi track piece that I actually finished "in the box" in Cubase. An ambient kinda thing that grew out of playing around with the Line 6 DL4. Not sure I like the bow parts, but I may re do it later
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“It’s My Life” was written, recorded, and mixed on February 24-25, for the 2024 RPM Challenge.
"It's My Life" written by W. Ng.
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This is an invitation, with instructions, on how any AT musician can hop a train in the US and get to my house for a jam session. Figured the lyrics needed to mention all 3 of the collaborating musicians home towns cuz they all run along these…
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Got the 12 string out of the shop today where it got a refret and much needed refurb. An improv to test it out. Recorded on the handheld R08.
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This is from years ago, living in santa fe.
I loved driving around in my little 1980s toyota corolla and listening to cassettes. I loved the way they sounded.
So I took a piano song I was working on, recorded it to cassette, dragged mic…
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I couldn't get anything right today so I just mashed through a guitar track and overlayed vocals. But now I kind of like the song so it will have to be redone.
So sit back and relax, don't shower or shave and have a beer!
Swill A Beer
I sit…
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I was asked (told?) to upload something happy. Hmmm, I thought. This will end well...
So, a few days later, I was rehearsing a pleasant little thing I wrote several years ago that has a working title of "She Was…
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And then came a lion...
Conga / Harmonica (key of D) improvisation.
4/4 90bpm
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This tune was written on the day I bought my vintage Yamaha CP-25 electric piano and returned to hear that Dennis Hopper had passed away. I fired up the gear and cranked this out. The sound of the piano made me feel like Ray Manzarek...thus the…
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Starting out as a simple and awe inspiring invention, progressing to a more chaotic and demanding machine driven future. - people becoming enslaved to these devices. Feeding the machine.
Phone samples were recorded from the output jack of my…
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This one is dedicated to my dear friend John. Thanks for changing my life for the better....
Also a big thanks to our own Greg Connor who helped me get the chords for my own uke accompaniment, and who kindly played the beautiful guitars…
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Well obviously it was meant to be a song but I ran out of time.
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One of my better Psych Folk recordings. Intro voice and keyboards by Starry Nightmoth. BG rhythm/drums generated using a Yamaha E313 KB. Lyrics, music and all other instruments and vocals are my fault.
BEHOLD THE BREAD (Unleavened)
All of…
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Thru this together this morning. A lil Jimi tribute before I change these strings.
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Improv lead over some random home grown acoustic looping. Bass bumpin' old west style.
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3 guitar tracks followed by a track with the trap set. A lot of alt tuning lately posted on AT which I like. This guitar was tuned to an open G. After I did it, I thought the sound was more like a backwoods, hillbilly song.
Unfortunately…
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The coffee table gang helped me round out this one that I shared earlier. I love this version with Mark Lofgren and Greg Connor's wonderful talents on the backup vocals and guitars. I like how my ukulele blended in on this version.
Sometimes…
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A saucy little ditty from the Jip and LJ laboratory. The first thing I've sung for 3 weeks (been resting a very strained voice - eek!)
I'm having a party, I'm inviting everyone
There'll be much frivolity, booze flowing, so much fun
I may…
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This is a remix of this song.
It was recorded in 2010, and I was in a hurry to post it elsewhere because I'm so fond of the song itself. But I've always hated the old mix - I lost the essence of the guitars and choirs during mastering because…
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Maybe I missed a career scoring for no budget spaghetti westerns, because this is what this reminds me of. Done live a couple weeks ago with the Taylor and a floor full of toys and loopers.
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I got me a new Cajon.
This is the first time recorded it (or played it for more than 30 seconds to be honest. My son keeps telling me to be quiet, then jumps on to it himself... ).
Thank you G man for Playing guitar on this. Luv ya bro…
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I had no time to participate in the RPM challenge this year. But today at around noon, I decided I was going to come up with something. So this what I came up with in a day. It's obviously unfinished...more of a framework for a song than a full…
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Robbie had recorded most parts to a song and asked Kenny to come up with some lyrics.
Robbie Robinson – songwriting, guitars, background vocals
Kenny Tannehill – lyrics, lead vocals
Margaret Bibb – background vocals
Kevin Craig – drums…
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Robbie’s thoughts on ways to spend a Saturday.
Robbie Robinson – songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars, recording
Kenny Tannehill – bass
Kevin Craig – drums, recording, mixing
When the rain is coming down
On a cold and dreary Saturday…
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Robbie’s ode to Date Night.
Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead vocals, background vocals, guitars, bass, recording
Kevin Craig – drums, recording, mixing
Just For Two
I wanna get close to you, I do.
When I come home to you, it…
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Y’all know Judy, right?
Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead vocals, guitar, bass, recording
Margaret Bibb – vocals
Kenny Tannehill – background vocals
Kevin Craig – recording, drums, mixing
Red Headed Judy
Red Headed Judy coming…
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RPM 2026 - Song about a bee I tried to unsuccessfully save
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rpm 2k26
All over this troubled land
There is peace inside our heart of hearts
I think you understand
We reject the nobility
We escaped from all the kings and queens
From european monarchy
We fought for this democracy
There’s no way…
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"No Good" written, recorded, and produced for the 2026 RPM Challenge.
"No Good" written by M. Ferrara/W. Ng.
Performed by M. Ferrara (programming, keyboards, strings, horns, percussion, voices), W. Ng (guitar, programming, voices).
Produced…
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2026 RPM Challenge idea number nine becomes finished song number 15.
I should have left this one unfinished.
All guitar parts are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. No pedals this year, just plugged straight in.
A…
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a nice acid-ish song with a funny vocal sample by my friend solana
lyrics:
finlix acid, what the fuck?
Finlih hape, mida kuradit?
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