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The sound of a creaking door closing very, very slowly.
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In memory of my dog, Pablo, who died a few years ago (no, he's not the dog in the photo - although he's buried not far from where I found that skeleton).
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Jonathan Thomas looks at the last part of Jesus' prayer and opens up the issue of unity
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Dark little piece of something that ended up working out nicely as a prelude to moderately sinister 'No Words'
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After being in a war you understand what the Flag means and stands for. Thats Why the song is called
She Stands Because she stands for much more than people ever think about.
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A love song that shows love can cross mountains, water, and travel through time a Treasure Box
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This is a bit out of my comfort zone, but I gave it a shot.
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The sounds recorded for this piece represent some of the oldest known musical vibrations combined with some of the most modern electronics: the iPhone.
Featuring Mark Treefrog
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In the morning, when we awoke, there was nothing. There were no ashes from the fires of the previous evening. The time for decisions was past. "Yes" was the answer to all questions; and none was the knowledge retained. Wisdom laughs at such folly…
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Two American classics, a custom acoustic guitar and reverb........Enjoy!
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It was originally written for 4 guitars to be played in the classical style... It was called "Violões que Choram 1", something like "Crying Guitars"... As my friends didn't want to play it (maybe because it is to much syncopated...) I made an…
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The last track from my RPM Challenge album, "The Loudest Silence".
The story is loosely based on something I read, but there's a lot of poetic interpretation involved. It deals with people who spend a lot of time staring at the stars - like the…
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My first rock song. Yay.
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Don't tell me you want flowers
Don't tell me what to do
You're special and you know it
So here's what I got you
It's another god damn love song
Another chance for me
To woo you
You're outta my league and you know…
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Alternative grunge inspired, Alice in Chains like, about shitty pop music and how we can't get rid of it.
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About landing on an alien planet. re-recorded from my acoustic rpm of 2009.
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Love is a slippery beast.
Just when you think you've got a firm hold of it, it squirts out of your hands like a piece of wet soap and ends up somewhere in India on a spiritual quest for an obscure guru.
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“Donar”, a title that’s an obscure shoutout to the German Reason users.
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This one could use re-mixing, but I'm going to leave it as is for now. This should be track 6 on "They Are Killers."
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A track for a relaxation CD that evolved into something just a little different.
Thanks to Sue Yencken for her lovely voice.
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Lyrics @ http://wave.transmit-music.com/removemysoulsdecay.html
Wave 2010 (RPM)
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Lyrics @ http://wave.transmit-music.com/seethrough.html
Wave 2010 (RPM)
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How good it is when I feel whole, complete, not lacking anything at all.
And i feel this way when I am with you...
nothing needs to be said, i can just sit and be still.
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Unaccompanied Bebot. What is Bebot, you ask? It's an iPhone app, and a great one at that!
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That's as in Metheny and Mays, of course. And they I am not. But I still give it a go. These are the first two instrument tracks I recorded in this improv extravaganza: electric piano and electric guitar.
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This is what the music majors do in their spare time. Electric piano, bass clarinet and djembe.
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Not an upright bass or, if you prefer, bass viol. This is two instruments: electric bass and bass clarinet. Not electric bass clarinet.
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This is where the adventure began: the unaccompanied electric piano part I recorded first.
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Toughest thing to mix on the entire album. Synthesizer music for the attention-impaired.
If you don't like the current melody, wait five seconds.
Song name comes from my workplace addiction - I was going through a bag of cough drops weekly…
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This is sort of a skeleton version of this song...I have an intro in mind, but don't have time to write it right now. So named because it's primarily in 7/4.
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This is the most hopeful of the songs on the new album. I just decided one day to say "to hell with it, they're not gonna get me down!".
ER
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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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Lyrics @ http://wave.transmit-music.com/softlikeyou.html
Wave 2010 (RPM)
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One of my favorite and most interesting songs I've ever written. The last have of the song is exclusively synths, and one of the first times that I did not write it on guitar.
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"bouncing pianos" - energetic piano/bass/drums tune
Notes:
This tune was totally brought to you by technology.
The variant in the piano chords came from quantizing some sloppy timing that led to some happy accidents.
The main piano line came…
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From the Love Light Shine Project.
Ross Reitzammer:flute
Kavin:guitar
Dennis Coble:bass
Mick Fleetwood drum loops
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TRACK 2-Jesus Seed----Robbed of his innocence by a pedophilic priest (which becomes the singular cause of the fractures now developing in his mind) separates him from a future and from happiness.
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TRACK 8-Revenge---Sanity now a faint memory, he can no longer make the distinction between right and wrong. The only way to stop the chaos that now consumes his mind is vengeance!
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Of course, the title also reeks of jealousy because I couldn't create an IDM track even if I tried. So instead, here's a heavy, layered electronica track that reeks of faux glitchery and IDM-ishness.
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For me, one of the side effects of unemployment is insomnia. I am the kind of person who worries about things, and often that worry extends into the night time hours. I sang this after a particularly difficult night. The vocals aren't the best…
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Track from 2010 RPM Challenge entry "Of Fire, Ice, and Rage" written and performed by James Blair, Jason Hannah, and Casey J. Payne.
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Unfortunately, it's time to Rock Against Racism once again. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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I know there are more important things to worry about, but I HATE junk mail. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A stupid love song. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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We have an old and senile cat with a dodgy thyroid gland who is a total pain in the bum. I know she can't help it but god she annoys me, so this song is therapy. It's a love/hate thing. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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Stumbled across this in the vault. Some cool summertime nightnoise from Hico, Tx. Listen close you can hear the coyote calls. Feel free to use it.
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Homage, in various ways, to Bowie, Arcade Fire, Airborne Toxic Event. I wrote most of it while out running on dirt roads near the Cody landfill.
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The *cough* future *cough* mayor of Chicago holding court with his corporate backers.
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Jess wrote the lyrics for this one, and unlike when I write lyrics, they speak for themselves.
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Inspired by the David Brooks book "Bobos in Paradise" and an article I read on the so-called "Prosperity Gospel", which is one of the weirder religious movements I've heard of.
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Part 3 - Appeal and Backstory (reprise)
Appeal.
In which Johnny puts his side of the story.
Backstory (reprise)
In which Julia re-appears and more evidence is revealed.
Yours is
The body in the bath
That keeps me overflowing…
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Written for the "My First Sing-A-Long Dictionary" RPM 2010 project.
See myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/
Daddy's away
Posted abroad
Sending home pay
All he can afford
Mummy pretends
But I notice that something has changed
The letters…
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Self-consciously pet-soundsy guitar solo, a teen angsty lyric and an cappella ending and. Who say's I listen to too much Beach-Boys?
Why don't we walk away while we still have the chance
Why do we dance
with blood upon our hands
Messy…
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A silly song questioning the value of using songs to get a message across. Just say 'sorry' - don't write me an opera about it.
Incidentally the note choices in this song really did hurt me.
New lies
Written like you cared for me
A…
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At the 23rd hour we consider whether we've made the right decisions.
Written and recorded less the 48 hours before the end of the RPM challenge deadline. I wonder why.
Is this our 23rd hour
Sixty minutes to go
Are we counting the seconds…
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Just a short reprise of the first song on this years RPM album. Something to tie it all off so it doesn't keep bleeding.
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Written, more or less, after sitting in a car for four hours, after attending Laurie's Last.
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The turning point for my RPM Challenge recordings this year - I'd planned out a bunch of songs to record with just vocals and an acoustic. After several of these sketches presented themselves to my brain, I threw the old plan out.
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