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I got the first and last lines of the song from a story prompt site, then tried to bridge them together with the rest of the lyrics.
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I've had these lyrics around a while - an older version of this song, just called "Casual Sin", is also available on the "Experimental Dandelion Farm" compilation.
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I should have named this song Double Meaning Blues. Allow me to explain.
My wife, step son, and I spent much of January and early February working on redesigning a couple of rooms in our house. A big part of the project involved putting together…
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A New World Story
A musical journey through the past and present, as seen through the eyes of Snowden Walters.
Entry for RPM Challenge 2021
1st draft
Although some of the songs included in this production have appeared on both professional…
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I figured I needed a social distance song. I mean is it even quarantine if you don't write a social distance song?
This was from my January album in a month fail. At one point I thought that maybe I could write 10 songs with swing grooves…
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Written and recorded as part of our family RPM project this year. :-D
13 year old Jasmine on vocals and ukulele.
We wrote and recorded 10 songs under the name Cattica. It was just the best month of lockdown imaginable.
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John wrote this somewhere around 1972 or 1973. This is pretty much a song about the conflict of self vs. what you think is expected of you and the casualties that are impacted along the way. There was probably a lot of James Taylor influence…
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This is a song about someone John met when he moved to Arizona in 1975. A brief encounter that left inspiration for a song.
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Everyday Heroes
T. Boudreau
What if i told you there were everyday heroes
That walked along side of us all
Holding it together though hell n high water
Always there to answer the call
I’m pretty sure that’s your brother
I’m betting…
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Ocean / Soul
C. Maiorano
Waves of adoration crash on the rocks of you
The cruel tide drags affections down
Deep below the surface of the cold steel blue
The unsettled sea tries to swallow and drown
Were you a sandy beach, welcoming…
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Working on a Plan
© 2021 – John Otto Young – Fluffy Baby Music / BMI
I wake up when my body tells me to
The dogs’ll tell me what they want to do
I wonder how my friends are doing today
I wonder if they’ll come on out and play
I run outside…
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Karma Working Overtime
T Boudreau
I can see that your tired and uninspired
A bit too wired to sleep
You’ve pondered all there is to wonder
I bet you’ve counted every sheep
And all those endless ear worms in your mind
That's karma working…
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Hope n Promise
T Boudreau
Perhaps the time has come now
To turn around and face the day
A little older a littler wiser
Yea we’ve seen a few like you come through this way
And we always seem to dig ourselves out ok
I sure could sleep…
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RPM 2021
NH's own George Brown lays down the blistering electric leads and lends a hand with the background vocals!
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I started writing this one in January and finished it and recorded it in February. Now in hindsight I'm thinking I should probably have left it in January. I like the chorus. I kinda like the two guitars trading 8's and the guitarmonies. Otherwise…
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Here's the version of Leum's song with stripped-down instrumentation to match Will's simpler bass part.
Leum M. - Lyrics, songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitar.
Will J. - Bass.
Kenny T. - Recording.
Kevin C. - Drums, recording, mixing…
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Whew! Robbie wrote and recorded this whole song the evening of 2/26/2021, and uploaded a mix around 2:30 in the morning. That's dedication!
I added some drums, and we went through another couple of mixes before rendering this one. (Uploaded…
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Kenny's friend from Atlanta, Leum M., wrote this one. He and Kenny's other friend, Will J., recorded it over at Kenny's place, then Kenny hand-delivered the SD card over here. Sneakernet, man! :) Will provided two bass parts ("simple" and "busy…
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My college buddy/bandmate Hayden sent this one, which (I think) may have been written for another RPM album back in 2015, but not recorded until now. I appreciate the wordplay in this one. :) (Transcribed by ear, so there may be some errors. If…
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Robbie sent me the first rough mix of this song on 2/21/2021, and we collaborated on it for the next few days. (Uploaded on 2/28/2021.)
Robbie R. - Lyrics, songwriting, vocals, guitars, organ, recording.
Kevin C. - Drums, bass, recording…
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Pointless backstory that won't be interesting to anyone other than me when I look back at this tune at some point in the distant future:
RPM Challenge asks for 10 songs or 35 minutes recorded in February. FAWM asks for 14 songs written during…
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This was the third song I started working on this month and it's the 15th song finished. What does that tell you?
I liked it a lot when I first came up with the idea. When I put the rhythm guitars down it started to feel like it wasn't meeting…
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CloudTravel
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Now you can travel anywhere
from the comfort of your own home
you may never want to leave
your house again
all in virtual reality
in the highest resolution
with binaural sound
and optional smells…
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A raw & acapella unleashing with no effects whatsoever - aural apologies but RPM deadline looms and I wanted something full frontal.
Caveat leo feminam!
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I just listened to too much CNN and FOX over the past year.
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And finally, a track that I wrote back in 2014 that never got a proper release but should get posted in its heavy guitar glory on a new album later this year.
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From RPM19 - this was the riff while writing that album that took the longest to mangle into a proper song, but eventually became one of my favorites from it.
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From RPM17 -- there were so many I liked there it was hard to choose, so I went with this one that is the default choice on the Bandcamp page.
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Another from RPM11 - when I went back to re-learn this one so I could transcribe it into the 8 bit format, I thought, "I'm really glad I came up with this riff."
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From RPM11, which never saw a proper release...but here's an 8-bit revisit anyway.
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Also from RPM10, I felt like I had to revisit this one just because I love the absurd time signatures.
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Moving on to RPM10, which although the sound quality was relatively poor remains one of my favorite albums I've written.
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First "real" song I finished, way back in the day for RPM09, and that pointed the direction for where things would eventually go.
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sometimes i make something i'm proud of
and sometimes i just make something
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Bonus points if you can figure out what this song is about before the end of the first verse.
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Starting out on Sunday morning, nothing else to do
Getting right through 1 dash 1, moving right…
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I spent too much time watching CNN and FOX this last summer! Way too much time.
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Scurvy is a giant puddle with the best attitude towards life that anyone or dog could have! Kara gave me all the lyric ideas and Allyson gets Leigh to move stuff with his truck.
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It's time to decarbonize --- let's just get on with it!
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