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Phew! Song 10 of my RPM 2024 done. Well, this is more of an experimental piece...I threw a bit of everything in...prophet synth, electric guitar, and even some crowd noise (I loved it when Bjork did that so...). The power cutout just as I was…
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[Verse 1]
Why do you think getting approval from scumbags is better than being better than scumbags, or copying is better than what you have?
You, the average person, sees the dumbass and imitates them, so yes, you’re a dumbass
If all people…
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“Bats in Flight” composed, recorded, and mixed on 10/20/2023, for October’s 30 Day Songs challenge (30daysongs.com).
“Bats in Flight” was also submitted to October’s REM Challenge (via RPM Challenge).
“Bats in Flight” composed by W. Ng…
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(interpolates music from "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan)
[Verse 1]
Animal genocide
What we do to them we do to us
Because we’re also animals, in the eyes
We kill them and eat them, we kill ourselves
We take the fluid and eat it
We steal the…
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Written and recorded for the Record Every Month Challenge in March 2023. I'm thinking of trying to record a single each month this year. This would be the A side for March.
The idea started bubbling up in my head at the tail end of the RPM…
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Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters:
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Your mission this month is twofold:
1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…
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Last Snow Strom for the Southern U S,
a lil porch tune here comes spring
we wish you some long awaited sunshine
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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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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 14
Written Monday 21st February 2022
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This is it ... FAWM's all finished for me... time for a lie down now.
There's still nearly a week to go, but I'm done, 14 songs written in 16…
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"For You" by W. Ng, written and recorded in February 2022 for the RPM Challenge.
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The vastness of the ocean
A darkness in the sky
A lifetime of emotion
How hard you've had to try
To navigate the currents
And the demons in the deep
You have to stay awake
'Cuz they might take you in your sleep
You wish that you could…
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Heres a story of a cold cold house
They walk by
Trying as they do to catch a glimpse, of life inside the cold, cold house
But the dark of the windows only reflect themselves
Their enquiry is rejected
The house keeps its secrets to it’s self…
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A reliable source of funny since at least 2011.
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The Quarantine Kiss
Ever since all this shit began
Ive been socially distant
As safe as I can
Aloof and alone
But I’m not lonely
When I stay at home
I’ve got you to hold me
But there’s something missing
Are we being too careful…
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I guess you can call that a religious experience:)
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When the Night Fell in Pt. 2
I’m watched from on high, and the skyline is my skin. I cannot wait to find out what your gallows weigh. I’m washed and given insides of the finest leather trim. I cannot stay to find out if the gallows sway. Oh…
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sometimes the song just pops up in your windshield
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because tardigrades are cool and look a lot friendlier than Guild navigators
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The song is about a recursive process of practicing and returning again and again. Through practice and concentration, time seems to slow down to the point where intentional action becomes easier and thus more natural. I think of the example…
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I was feeling very anxious and this tune which is a bit of a mish msash of famous melodies seems to work with the main hook which out shines imo dont know why though but any way theres some snippets which are good
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I had a vague idea to write a lyric about Julian Assange's daily life in the Ecuadorian Embassy; no sun, being confined to a small office-space... I didn't get round to it so I added some lame Mellotron (IK Sampletron) parts and called it finished.
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We got together again around the coffee table and the gang helped me record this song I wrote this week.
Greg- Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Mandolin, Vocals
Colin - Bass, Vocals
Colleen - Uke, Vocals
Hope you like it!
NEXT CHAPTER
VERSE…
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RPM 2016 is underway! This was written on an iPad on Tuesday 2/16 and recorded and mixed on Wednesday 2/17. It is just a looped 8-bar bass line with a change added somewhere on each iteration.
The lyrics consist of one verse repeated forever…
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Folk instrumental titled after a place in Missouri where loved ones lie in rest.
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I got a friend, his name is Tim, and he really likes donkey songs.
Letter Seventeen on Mandolin, Banjo, Backing Vocals, Beer bottle, hoots n hollers...
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A twist on the popular story of a wolf and three pigs.
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RPM 2k15
vocals by David George
you said it a thousand times before
i know, i know, i know
as if you thought i wasn’t listening
anymore
if i could i would ease your sorrow and your pain
so you won’t ever have to say these things again…
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More lo-fi noodlings for RPM. Featuring 2 year old daughter let loose on a box of instruments, and then messed with in goldwave. Will be a (poorly) hidden track on RPM album.. when there are actual songs on it.
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from the album "ZERO"
featuring Meg Radley on vocals
way to go
great escape
such a clever girl you are
made the grade
change the course
all because of what she said
climb up the ladder
release the lion trapped inside
all our thoughts…
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from the album 'ZERO'
featuring Tess Savigear on vocals
as you wish said the boy
to the girl with the sparkling eyes
so it goes, so they say
he was taken from her that day
and her deep blue eyes went silent
just another sad tale, so sorry…
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Double tracked 2 lead parts together on this smooth blues jam and it sounds out of this world.
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I've given this a bit of a twist ....Big E sat on the settee bored so i got him to work..hope you enjoy...another for the John Lennon Jukebox on the otherside....
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With Mr Sandbags (beats and reichatron), as band "Elusive Gene".
Played on BBC Radio Introducing. :)
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Instrumental from new 2014 album "Farewell to Faded Blue"
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On Wikipedia I read this about the great jazz pianist Bud Powell: "...his solos could be heard to emulate the horn players' attack — with the use of frequent arpeggios punctuated by chromaticism," so the first thing you hear is a lick that uses…
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A new mix of something we recorded over the summer including drums and chimes by Treefrog.
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Out of your shell, into the night
Through fields of clover burning brightly
Fire in the distance, fire in my mind
Pinwheel kaleidoscope…
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Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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In the mean time
In an alleyway downtown
In the mean time
In Afganistan
In the mean time
In your back yard
In the mean time
Knockin' at your door
It could…
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Inspired by those “music everyday” iphone commercials.
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We've always adored this song, there is another version but decided to re-record it. Now I think the Good Wife sounds quite good, when I think of the crap health problems she endured over the last 4 years. I am bias of course !!!! Lastly apologies…
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First things first, many, many thanks to Greg for adding Bass and a Great Harp break. Don't tell my mate Dave, my normal Harp buddy, he's been ill with Flu.
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Well, I play this in Fokker 7-limit Just Intonation on the piano and I didn't attempt to try to sing as high as Robert. So that makes the vocals hard to nail right there. And I played it over many times the past 3 days and my voice got worn out…
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Poem by Francis Duggan
Poem selected and recited by Bethan Mathis
Music composed by Chris Vaisvil
Selected for the ANDREAS N°15 – 14?-?18 First World War – FRACTION STUDIO COMPILATION
details / poem
http://chrisvaisvil.com/along-the-war-avenue…
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THE WALK
I drove 400 miles that night
East of Dallas to Abilene
And the hopes that I held in my headlights
Were hopes like I'd never seen
She called me from work that afternoon
She said she'd be off about 2 AM
Said it would be nice…
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For anyone who has ever lost a friend to depression and suicide - you might identify with the lyrics.
The Rain Outside (Vlad & Me - 2013)
The rain outside
it falls on my window
and slides to join
its' friends below
I saw your face…
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Written recorded 28th/29th March 2013.
A little something, just cos I was in the mood.
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I wrote this song for my beloved doughter.
Lyrics:
Eva written 28-1-13 by Inge
Fairy, you’re a fairy and very very pretty
I call you Coockie, you are my coockie cause you were born to eat
Choosing your right hand as your best friend
You…
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After a comment, I had to do a quick version of this - includes harmonica sol (but, not so low so that you can't hear it - sorry!)
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Imagine the open road, stretching out before you, your bike or hotrod rolling over the hot pavement as the sun beats down. Times couldn't be any better. Until the engine starts to cough and shudder. Fortunately, you roll into the shade of an…
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For Elly Barnes
Thanks for the moment to think......
-My part of peace-
To think for a moment
Is the greatest of gift to me.
To think without fear
Better still....
My part of peace
Detracts in the least
From the good…
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No excuse here.... I just love the Good Wife's voice on this one. From my point of view I tried to get a 50's/60's feel to the song.....
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According to John this lyric was inspired by the weird visions of a former sports reporter who now thinks the people in high political places are actually lizard men from space. :D
Lyrics: John Williams
Composed by: Andy Gupta
Vocals: George…
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In 2001 my most recent band, Hoss Williams, recorded a four-song demo, and each of the four bandmembers contributed one song to it. This was mine. It's loosely about growing up in the country and being a teenager ripping around in clapped-out…
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Title track of my new project, as my other group? The Seven Spiders. This song is experimental dub influenced chamber music, I am exploring the possibilities of humour in music trying to make the music itself amusing ... if that makes any sense…
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You still can't believe
That you'd accept the reprieve
Despite the excitement of the sound
That detached you from the crowd
When the foliage recedes
Contracting one more disease
Hidden in the fog that engulfs and surrounds
What was lost has now…
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Recorded live on Br80 stereo mic for the protestfest.
Our henwrench then added some harmonies later.
Lyrics and music by OsCKilO
A man is as good as his word.
Never a truer word told.
When ever he lies, a part of him dies.
Left…
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Heres a collab with Wildgeas Music a beautiful bit of music hope i did it justice with the vocal............
Tomorrow (Lyrics)
I know the curse of the darkness is coming
those dark nights that will feed upon my soul
with no forward glance of tomorrow…
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from the album "Que Vive!"
which is circumstance and which is fate
the child with nothing or the one with hate
one may see wrong from right
but the line is hard to follow
even with the right design
where do miracles go when the world’s in…
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In memory of my cousin Mike, nicknamed Shovel Head, because of the Harley Davidson Shovel Head motorcycle he drove.
Lyrics
I can feel the wind blow
Lean into that winding road
Setting Sun against my skin
Shift into that high gear
Get…
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Written by Rog Hildreth.
Copyright 2010.
All instruments/production by Rog Hildreth.
Taken from "The Anxiety Bomb".
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I'm really thinking of renaming the upcoming "Burning Wood... The Bonfire Sessions" album "Stealing Genius." I write something simple, put down some picking at the beginning, some acoustic guitar and some vocals, and send it off to people with…
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Often I am asked about the difference between "normal" 12 equal tuning and microtonal tuning.
Thanks to a retuning by Gene Ward Smith to meantone tuning (I don't know which) you can compare this famous piece of music in the familiar 12 equal…
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El vuelo del condor, (the flight of the condor) It's a song i wrote when i was living at Patagonia, i could pass hours watching them flying.
Music: Diego Cardenas (somno project)
Featuring Norm Harris on Percussion!
i hope you like it...
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This song was a challenge to write . . .
LYRICS:
Order for your protection
under threat of a gun
You might be confined here
till the damage is done
Lock him up and toss the key
It's for your own good
Straightjacket
Done
Tie me…
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Over the weekend Reg had gone back to his home town where he come from and met up with a few of his friends from whey back when. He found that he seemed like stranger. He was sitting telling Elvis about his weekend. Elvis felt sorry for Reg because…
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Written by Errol Chugg (music & lyric)
Vocals: Error Chugg
Guitar: Mike Woodford
Organ: Swansong
Drum programming, steel drums, synths: Steffen Offermann
Arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
A "I wish Winter was over"-song by…
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I had a go at channeling Ray Charles for this one, I just forgot to channel his talent.
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Well, you are not going to often hear a 70′s metal piece from me. I have to plead affection for genre as it is what I grew up with in my garage band days. In this piece I put to use my stratocaster copy strung up with “Not Even Slinky…
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thought,, id try doing something for valentines day so i chose two Beatles tunes,, amazingly (or not) i found them very difficult for me to personalize, ,,hope all you lovers have a good day and enjoy
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12 string improv experiment with stereo mic setup and dual capos to get a Csus open tuning.
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Written/Recorded: December 25, 2010
Not really finished, not even sure what it is. I jst felt like playing some loud guitar...
EBEGAD (Capo III) and EADGBE.
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details here if you want them http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=350
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Felt the need to go back to something more sound driven.
I've been learning a lot of new Jazz chords and wondered what they might sound like as pads. I ended up creating a device chain in Ableton Live featuring Alchemy, Omnisphere, and Absynth…
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A cello improvisation with live looping, recorded after hearing of the passing of a great composer.
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something from tonight I edited together after a long record.
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This song was inspired by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani's (1884-1920) painting with the same title.
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Trapped In My Body - Lyrics
trapped in my body
trapped in my soul
trapped in my body
and I think i’m getting old
trapped in a dream and
you can’t even scream
‘cos there’s no one ever here
stapped to your seat
and you can’t find your…
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Hey! I finally found the master track for this one! Whoo!
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My performance on video (see "more") at the odd music convergence with words by Evan Harrington and myself.
Details are available here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=68
The full quality 230 meg video is available here: http://clones.soonlabel…
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my neighboor is diggin holes in my right of way..no joke
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I used to cross over railway tracks on my way to the ballfield in college, and though I never knew why, I was always tempted to just start following them.
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Gothic-Doom metal from Russia, all the tracks in this album are instrumental.
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Don’t Talk Much- Perhaps it’s time you got over your big, bad self and moved on.
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instrumental of a flourishing nature with fun in its veins
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Last song of RPM album. I'm particularly fond of the last ten seconds. :D
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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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A little something I recorded on a Zoom H4n, acoustic was recorded from built in condensors, strat was recorded plugged into bottom jack using only onboard effects, mixed in Reaper and mastered in Soundforge.
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My opus. By far the longest song I've ever recorded. I tried to make it shorter, but it just didn't work. Sorry. :)
"The Water-Carver" uses a sample from Stereolab's "Changer." (Gane/Sadier)
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A good take on a middleeastern style theme. Sounds refreshing and with the reiterations of a Middleeastern prayer, it makes itself right at home. I've always wanted to do one song like this.
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And oldie, probably recorded around 2003-2004. All instruments played by P. Brown.
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We all know someone like this. Sometimes I'm like this. Anyway, recorded using my Epiphone semi-hollowbody. I love the gtr sound on this one. Again, it's older, so the sonic quality isn't anywhere near what I do now.
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A joint we made by switching instruments in the band. All live except vocals (one take) and additional keys.
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