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This is one of my earlier compositions. Both clarinet parts are played live by me.
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a bit techno-like jew's harping. i like this stile of playing because it shows the instruments strength in rythmical patterns and ancient synthesized music.
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Live impro @ Cafestival, Kargadoor, Utrecht, NL Jan 2011
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Ill Drink a little slower
can't make my mind slow down
Im thinking of nothing
at a million miles an hour
makes me burn a little deeper
Chorus
But all my dreams are gone
you were there before it burned away
and all our love is done
im just looking…
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STRICKEN - James Michael Taylor
Boy's Theme (River Phoenix) in River's last movie,
DARK BLOOD.
...none the less, in my broken mind,
some of the false hope leaks thru...
Key D capo @ 2 in C
I've been C stricken. I've been pierced…
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There was this biker bar called The 2500 Club. Just west of Sylvania on Belknap. On a sign outside it says, "The best little biker bar in Texas." Guthrie and Rick and I played there long enough to get to feeling pretty much like family.
EVERYBODY…
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I'm not on top of it as usual, guys. But I did manage to let Greg Brady out of my basement and set him free. This is his testimonial regarding the incident. I hope he can forgive me.
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Unfinished. Got inspired by gated snare and all. I dig the little break, too.
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Kathy Holdway and friends sings my song, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. It is available on a Cd titled PICKIN'IN THE SHED from Shadetree Recording, Athens, Texas..
My version is at https://alonetone.com/jamesmichaeltaylor/playlists/feathers-in-the-wind…
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A song of my friend Darren's which we worked on together.
He's on keys and vox, I'm on guitar.
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From the Disney Interactive game "Nightmare Ned"
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all vocal overdubs made in the studio on my first solo-CD in 2006, Ploing!
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Probably anyone who plays the guitar could write this song....
Someone asked if I was actually in Spain in 2003. Actually, 2000. Working on the movie, THE STONE RAFT with George Sluizer, from a book by Jose Saramago.
Inspired by something Jenni…
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acoustic version
recorded in 2003
sorry for the bad recording quality
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New one from me. It's ended up as a bit of a "crying into yer beer at Bob's Country Bunker" sort of song lol...
I've been sat on these lyrics in some form or another for absolutely years. I first wrote them one very dark night a few years after…
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This is a tune I picked up from alonetone a while back. Johnny did a piano version of "I'd Love to Change the World", and Michael Thomas from Cave Street added the outstanding vocals.
When Michael told me he was doing the vox on it, I wanted…
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"Fail"
Lyrics by Daniel Parkhill, Music by Daniel Parkhill and Keith Landry
There's a price to pay to be the boy who popped out from a storybook
And every single day I find the jury's giving me the alibis.
So let me tell you:
I'm so-so tall…
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"I Was Born"
Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill
Greetings to my only friend, sacrifical lamb.
Ask me where my mind has been, ask me where I stand.
Guess it isn't real, guess it doesn't matter much.
Ash to ash and dust to dust, etcetera and such…
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This is another from my former band 3 Ton Jack. James wrote the first have and I finish the last have. We seemed to be able to do that fairly well on some of our songs. This one actually got some decent air time on the local radio stations.
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Finished my RPM CD.
Headphones and volume knobs required!
Noah and the Guardians of the Sky is a Wildgeas Sci-Fi Ambient project.
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Two Freesound sample used here that's worth noting:
* 97189 epanody_samplescene2
* 18450_zippi1_sound_singing3
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Recorded this as an affirmation that no matter what may transpire I will still want the love of those dear to me. Even in my darkest hour I still recognize that there is a light within all that reminds us of love!
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I wrote this because It seemed like the proper thing to do. I had considered casting it into the abyss, but thought better of it when I heard angelic voices emanating from within its belly.
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This is a tune I wrote to illustrate how silly the state of world affairs had become. Or maybe I was reading too many old story books...who knows...
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This song was inspired by a melody my then 2 year old daughter was playing on the harmonica one day back in 2004. I picked up my guitar and strummed along....I kept playing around with it and "Caught in the Rain" was born.
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I recorded this as a demo in 2004. The song was one of several that I wrote just jamming and singing along. Hope you enjoy it!
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Minister Brad Dassey
The 3 R's To A Better Relationship
1-29-2011
http://www.theprayercloset.org
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Don't give up when things get down, give it another try never,ever give up!
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About life we live in today people are cracking everyday just have the normal things...Best be on yo shit .. Everyday its a job trying not Go OUT MY MIND!
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A Break from the fake world to my real World..... Music
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For the Lady's I Love Them...It's a ALL Nite Thing!
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Kooling on Marz parking the ship on Pluto....Fun Muzik
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I'm surprised I forgot to post this collaboration with Norm and Char.
Char performs the reading
Norm performs the percussion
Chris did choir, sax, bass, FXs
Poem - Edgar Allen Poe
Annabel Lee
It was many and many a year ago…
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WATCH THE VIDEO -- it'll make more sense (and I apoligize for "yelling")
Lyrics:
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Narrator:
So pretty
You deserve everything
all you want
for free
Demon:
Take what you need from me
What that gets you... you'll see
Thief…
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from the album Getting Through The Dog Days Of Summer
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Kinda rough. I'm uploading this mainly to share a guitar technique I've been working on. I'm wearing a slide on my picking hand and using it to alter pitches in single line phrases. There's a lot more can be done with this technique that I've…
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On Christmas Day
So glad that you are here with me
On Christmas Day------ On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day------
And here's to those so--- far away
On Christmas Day------ On Christmas Day
So far away----------------
Long…
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jpeg is Centaur 2 by SnowSkadi
A while back Kraig Grady, the author of the JI tuning "Centaur" asked me to transpose my piece Centaur's Pasture composed in his tuning to different "keys" in order to hear the different character each transposition…
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Check out the video, it'll make more sense that way.
This is the first part to a collaborative project I am conducting with an old friend who happens to be an amazing artist, Mr. Rich Gibbs. He is putting together a story through comics that…
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Randy Brown and I did a little co-write this evening and this is what we came up with...
I MISTOOK IT FOR THE MOON Capo @ 2 Key D (Play in C positions)
I was coasting across West Texas/Had my top down, it was late at night
I caught a coyote…
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Recorded in 2001.
Tom Higgins - vocals
Joe Silence - guitars
Mark Cook - fretless bass and beats
This track sounds kinda fuzzoid for a reason: It was originally recorded to a Roland VS-880 hard disk recorder, but then mixed to cassette…
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the first done song from "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals from Keith Martin.
If you’re waiting for the fall
If you’re pushing on the wall
If you’re listening for the call
It’s not coming
If you’re pushing on the wall
If you…
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From my birthday! Thanks evurybody!
(sorry about the out-of-tune guitar)
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Collaboration time. I got some music that needs a voice and lyrics. Drop me a line.
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Written and recorded by Daniel Horrell and Demallion 2007
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Lullaby for Josephine - written by Laura Kepner-Adney
Now it’s time to go to sleep
Send my love to your dreams
Now it’s time to say goodnight
Kiss you once, hold you tight
Stars falling wherever you are
Send my love to the stars…
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Ring of Fire - lyrics by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -1963. Slightly modified.
This wasn't meant to be Ring of Fire but that's how it wound up.
I have been wanting to trash Ring of Fire and the words just seem to fit this simple 1-4-5…
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Don't go to the streets
Where they put you to the ground
Where they put you to the wall
And they steal your broken heart
Don't go to the streets
Where they say that it's ok
Where they've seen it all before
And they put you to the wall
The hand…
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Playing with some melodies over a piece for a video game.
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Fan music, plain and simple. I did this a few years ago, excited about the prospect of Casino Royale...
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Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece.
WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER!
My friend Kokou "Alex" Yemey called me a few days ago with some urgency in his voice: "I must record this before…
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do you: know how beautiful you are in that precious, precious twilight, wisps of hair floating around your face like a brunette halo, cheeks suffused with a delicate blush - because I took the time to touch your heart. When I looked into those…
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Alright!! This is some kickin' tune right here. I wanted to mess with this one when Jarvis first uploaded it. Then Brian Bazeley added this great bass line to it. At that point, I had no choice but to add some more veggies to this stew…
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My submission for the Woody Project.
I started this jam in A minor then found out it was in C. So I figure I got as close as a guess can get.
I left it as is because it's a jam, and this tune should be jammed 300 million ways.
Enjoy Woody…
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I love you. And I'm watching you... :)
All one take into the Boss MicroBR hole and cleaned up a little. I'm the red headed stepchild of recording...
Love You
Some people want to know you
Wanna put their arms around you
Buy you a drink…
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My mom is 91 and still holding on.
The people that help her make it thru
each day have learned that there is no
sense in arguing with her about who they
are or when it is...thus the song.
MAMA HAS A TIME MACHINE key - Em
Mama has a…
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This is the first of several songs in a collaboration with Laura Kepner-Adney. Laura has a beautiful voice and a gift for arranging music. It is an exciting project with more to come.
Featuring Ryan Anderson on harmonica.
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As a boy…
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...Tim Conway and Don Knotts, in the Woody, as the Wookalar lurks silently in the back of the wagon, don't expect a thing until its inhuman roar splits the silent air. As the creature lurches into the front seat, the car careens out of control...
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Quiet piano beginning, picking up tremendously around :45. Big, sweeping, orchestral victorious kinda thing.
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Thanks to Sister Savage for helping us debut our new project. As busy as she is, Sister managed a bit of time and some great Jovian vox for us.
This piece or art is unique, sublime, and psychedelic.
Lyrics:
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2010 Savigear-Reyes-Lennon
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Enjoying a few tracks on this site with Indian flavor lately. My brothers legs were so red from slapping them to get the perc sounds in this track, I had to laugh, That alone was worth doing the song ;)
Enjoy # 92
Spicy percussion provided by Norm
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I'm singing lead on this. It was recorded to 24 track, 2 inch tape, I'm thinking. I have those somewhere, but they've turned gooey. Sadly, it seems to go into the red during the chorus, but I can't fix that now. I have more stories about the…
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As the song says, this is a song I wrote for the RPM Challenge. I simply took my actual experience beginning at 12 midnight on February 1st, and a couple or three hours later I had my first song. The player takes away the intensity of this track…
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There's always a "but" isn't there?
God Loves Me But...
Music and Words by Demetrius Hill
©2010 Demetrius P. Hill, All Rights Reserved
It's been made painfully clear, that life's not fair
The rich get richer –– the poor poorer –– no one…
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A little scratch track from a few months ago. A song about the trials and tribulations of being 11 years old. Watching Six Million Dollar Man, dodging bullies and pretending our bicycles were Harleys.
I was at a friends house and saw a little…
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I was collecting 4th of July samples and recorded a jewel. By chance, I recorded my 4 year old girl, and you can hear her thought process...wondering how the fireworks were so high in the air - perhaps the fireworks were dropping from the sky…
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Norm played the percussion first, which is a Bembe pattern; I couldnt help playing a melody and creating lyrics for this perc track. Thanks for the listen, Enjoy!
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based on the "clique" project first introduced in a long lost forum post on the RPM Challenge forums, the rules were to record a track that was in relation/response to the previous track before it. performers were: jazzsequence, Pugilistas, The…
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the method was to record a percussive track (or not) at 110 bpm. it was not required that your track be percussive, but if it was, it needed to be 110 bpm. participants included jazzsequence, Pugilistas and project was orchestrated by The Chaos…
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At the lake we were crawling around
til our knees left bloodstains on the ground
licked our wounds and the pain went away
fell asleep at the end of a day
we dug holes and carved signs into trees
made ourselves a bed out of leaves
and in the…
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This composition is a remix/reincarnation of a [previous tune](http://alonetone.com/gcd/tracks/seven-flavors-of-milk) I wrote a while back. I wasn't ever quite satisfied with it and had neglected to incorporate a nifty additional bit of melodic…
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Experimentation with taking quiet sounds and compressing the hell out of them. Drum fills courtesy of Chris Thomas.
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I've gone more acoustic for this piece with bass and guitars courtesy of Jaz Arwand and the lovely, airy sound of Jess Spencer's voice. The song is about empathy or lack thereof.
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My attempt at being the male version of Sister Savage. I apologize in advance if you think it sucks.
As requested, the lyrics...
"She"
Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill
She's ripped the fabric of my world with harsh intention.
She…
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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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Just a basic dance track because its just fun to bounce around sometimes. Also another excuse to use a growly bass sound... a "60 Hz Hum Bass" soundfont I had clearly neglected for too long.
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Lorelei reaches her breaking point after years of abuse — via a failed attempt at an homage to Ennio Morricone (had he been Mexican).
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This is a bonus track as it didn't make the album
For those of you who know my stuff - does this sound like it works? or is it too much like filler - the vocals are effected, there's a drum loop - the guitar is just chopped out of a jam - i…
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I came up with the main bass riff on my electric bass, but after recording it I was unhappy with the tone, so I used a sampled upright bass. On top of that is a layer of doodling "lead guitar" (played on my bass), a dreamy semi-harsh organ sound…
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Part one of a mini-musical within the album, that never quite felt finished...but we love the first chapter!
*update* this is now an official track on the album...poss. our feat. track!
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I came up with the initial rhythmic riff on my bass, then looped it to create the basis for this track. Then, I layered another "lead" bass track on top of that, added some percussion, and finally topped it off with an electric piano-ish sound…
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Least favorite of this year's RPM output so far...
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To everyone missing.
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I found silver in your mouth
on a holiday
found stories in your eyes
beautiful as mould
6000 miles away
I finally recalled
the secrets on your skin
in scars and birthmarks
open wounds
secret stories of…
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