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The version of this on my YouTube playlist The Scorge had the top line melody in strings, which I always hated. This is as close as I could get before running out of time and energy. The timbre could be a bit more abrasive, but there it us.
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Supposed to be an intro to the next track. Needs more editing when I can find the time...
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The basic track was done several years ago with Native Instruments FM8 soft synth. Last year I filled it out with Ableton Live 10 and theremin samples. The original intent was to capture the threatening mood of Peter Gabriel's The Intruder but…
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Please don't read this as any sort of commentary or disrespect of any kind. I did an instrumental mood piece and for no reason other than it seems to work well put a sample of a beautiful call to prayer over top of it.
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Another elaboration of a groove by Chris Avery, this time with him on guitar, bass, and drums. He called it TBC, which got me thinking about the feeling of being a bit of unfinished work, a work in progress, of being, frankly, a bit of a disappointment…
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This is what could happen when you decide that jazz piano, bongos, and a pizzicato string trio might sound good together....
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I was so disappointed in the youtube retention stats on the original version of this that I created this neoclassical version (the Imaginary Crowdpleaser Mix) thinking it would be more accessible. I renamed the original (I think I still like it…
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Based on a simple piano line by Chris Avery, which appears in its raw form in variation 2 after the introductory woodwind ensemble. Trying to channel Satie to Debussey to Elgar in 3 minutes.
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I Hope I Love Them - A A J Russe
Written sometime in 1989
Recorded 2nd March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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This one has tugged at me for many many years.
I absolutely adored it from the moment I wrote it in 1989... But I thought…
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Foolishness - A A J Russe
Written 3rd January 1988
Recorded 1st March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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While writing and recording songs for FAWM 2022 I discovered that I can create acoustic demos of nearly any song I've ever written…
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Demo #19 for FAWM ’22. A collab with FAWM member @dreamscuba. Lyrics and vocals by @spazsquatch Music by @dreamscuba
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Why are you starting with the LAST song on the album? What is wrong with you? Act like a normal human and go listen to track #1 "Broken Man" and then track #2 "Two sides to Every Story." Tracks 4 and 5 are untogether and are still works in progress…
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Why are you starting with the NEXT TO LAST song on the album? What is wrong with you? Act like a normal human and go listen to track #1 "Broken Man" and then track #2 "Two sides to Every Story." Tracks 4 and 5 are untogether and are still works…
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Sean S got the vast majority of this done; Tom G contributed acoustic bass
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A buzz continues building
One loss is someone’s winning
So to a toy our thinking
And we will revel in this round - woot woot
(woot woot)
For the moment sound woot woot
(woot woot)
This is the sound that our hearts make
This is the sound…
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Sky is black as pitch now
Moon as blood is glowing
In this blood-soaked hellscape
As you might expect there is a presence
Out of the grave
Out of the night
Out of your mind
One’s a mass of maggots
One’s underwear’s showing
All of…
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Heard you spent a fortune making a
Return on investment - selling a
Book about a fortune making a
Said it nice
Heard about misfortune - frankly it
Soaked all my absorption - laying there
Furious misfortune - frankly it
Said it twice…
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Some will say it happens
Screwing up can happen
Naked bodies from the clouds
Orphans asking why
I remember thinking
When I saw him peeking
Photographing warzones could be
misidentified
It unpacked all their carry-ons
And the craft…
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And I build a rainbow
All our lights shimmering
All the time we share is true
All our hearts glimmering
Beats reverberating sound
Send a hope to the sky
Feel it echo back to you
Share a piece of your light
And I build a rainbow
We need…
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What’ll it take the time?
What’ll you gain to sell
Life of the party
Rolling the molly
Drugs are the hobby
Make you feel well
What’ll it take the time?
What’ll you gain to sell
Making songs about drugs can make problems for you…
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Sean S got this going with some inspiration from LCD Soundsystem. Sean H rounded it out with guitar and bass.
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Lead guitar by the generous and amazing Antön Samförd. Thanks, Andy. All else performed by Demetrius Hill.
Broken Man
Music and Words by Demetrius Hill
©2017 Demetrius P. Hill, All Rights Reserved
Hey… I know a way to come back from the…
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Take him on
The scrabbling spree
Words like grotto
Ended month
Ending nowhere
Catch him up
We found the key
Last year’s motto
Brazen son
Ending nowhere
Enter the scene
You’re spoiling for a red nose battered
One two three
Say it…
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This one started as a busier version of Leum’s song When Do You Show It. I added drums and a bass part to his vocals and acoustic guitar, and Hayden later pitched in with a distorted guitar part. I sent Leum mixes of three different versions…
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Another of Leum’s lovely minor key odes to what goes on in our heads and hearts to make us who we are.
Leum Monroe – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar
Kevin Craig – Recording, mixing
When Do You Show It
What you think and…
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After Robbie had played this one for us early on, and while we were waiting for everyone to assemble for a later Zoom call, Margaret bet me a drink that the perpetually optimistic Robbie had written this song unaware of the ambiguity of the main…
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This one was the most collaborative effort this time around. Leum laid down the acoustic guitar and vocals in the studio on the afternoon of 2/12, then Margaret, Kenny, and I added drums, bass, organ, background vocals, and an unused djembe take…
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Robbie wrote this one to entertain his granddaughters while visiting them up in Boston. So cute! 😊
Robbie Robinson – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars
Kenny Tannehill – Bass, recording
Kevin Craig – Drums, recording, mixing
Momma Want…
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Leum’s concerns over cloning, set to a bluegrass beat.
Leum Monroe – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar, banjo
Margaret Bibb – Vocals
Kenny Tannehill - Recording
Kevin Craig – Upright bass, recording, mixing
God’s Tools
Well, I heard…
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When Kenny first sang this one over a Zoom call, I immediately thought of “Singapore” by Tom Waits, and said, “Hell yes!” 😊 I’m not sure I made the chaos part sufficiently chaotic, but it was a lot of fun to put together. Special thanks to Rebecca…
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RPM 2022 happened to coincide with a week where Mike got dozens of scam calls, so this idea popped into his head as a middle finger to the purveyors of said calls. We tightened up the lyrics in the studio and encouraged Mike to express his *real…
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Robbie’s exploration of self-awareness in a grifter.
Robbie Robinson – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, recording
Margaret Bibb – Background vocals
Leum Monroe – Background vocals
Kenny Tannehill – Background vocals
Kevin Craig…
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Robbie’s ode to procrastination.
Robbie Robinson – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Margaret Bibb – Background vocals
Kenny Tannehill - Recording
Kevin Craig – Drums, recording, mixing
How Many Ways
How many ways can I put…
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I wrote and recorded the rhythm guitars and bass over some canned drums, with the initial intention of using the track on my solo EP. When it looked like that one was going to be more of a collection of electronic textures, I opted to record some…
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The original notional theme for this album was "We Don't Talk About That". Hayden took that notion and ran with it. :)
This was an especially gratifying bit of collaboration and coordination. On the last day of recording, Hayden (in North Carolina…
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After much fun getting creative with following(or not) schematics, cutting wires and melting metal/....
a werkstattWaldorf salad comin your way. whether you ordered it or not.
This is a modded Waldorf Rocket (what some might refer to as…
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After modding my werkstatt's with proper Gate and VCF in 1/8" jacks (along with a fine tune potentiometer) I cracked open my waldorf rocket and figured out a pretty easy way to send a 5V gate in to trigger the "launch" button on the rocket…
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after adding a few modifications to the werkstatts to allow me to do some of the sorts of things i set out to do I hit record and this came out.
More exploration with building and playing sequences live using the Korg SQ64 sending CV gate…
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minimal, many mistakes, ridiculous percussive elements but that wasn't the point here. Actually i guess in fact it is the point. to live in the present, stop trying to repair the past and see what comes of it.
I had left my music rig on all…
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the journey continues. hit the red button and don't look back.
mistakes are acceptable.
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a bit more exploration using a korg SQ64 to sequence CV and MIDI messages sent to a variety of synths: (customized) Moog Werkstatt, (customized) Waldorf Rocket, Blofeld, MicrowaveXT
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up to this particular writing challenge, while writing and composing *any* of my previous songs - percussion sounds have been triggered samples, either a tracker (fasttracker, renoise) or sampler (akai z8 hardware, kontakt for samples). going…
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dualing moog werkstatts driven by a silly simple sequence on the korg SQ64 i chose to use as the main engine behind this collection of music. I thought this one set the stage nicely so i selected it as the opener.
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was this all a mistake? perhaps. but i'm not stopping.
this was the result of a shut-in evening alone with nobody but myself and some electronics i decided here i'd start tinkering a bit more with.
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January 2021 I lost my then 56 year old brother, (only a few years after loosing dad, mom and several far too young cousins) i haven't written much music but took this year's RPM challenge as a nudge to get back into writing and exploring music…
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This song was created using Endlesss and arranged in Ableton. Contributions from Dead Kousin, Fry and NJlang
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This song was created using Endlesss and arranged in Abelton. Contributions from oddSTAR.
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