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Jim Wearne added some lyrics to our local Hurling song, and I had the privilege of playing it with him when he came over from America last year.
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An example of a live performance of myself and Paul Mimlitsch at Michelangelo's in Denver, CO on December 4th 2011. As always it's completely improvised with minimal processing.
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Version 2 of Cable Tie frets.
details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=2008
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Featuring my son Kellan on guitar and vocals.
recorded entirely in my kitchen with kitchen stuff.
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--- W. H. Auden, The Two---
You are the town and we are the clock.
We are the guardians of the gate in the rock
The Two
On your left and on your right
In the day and in the night,
We are watching you.
Wiser not to ask just what has occurred…
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lo-tek eclektro version of 'a character disorder' by the nu psimians
I've got a character disorder
you know they say I've got a borderline
personality disorder
and I'm sick of taking orders
like a waiter or or a nun
I want to be…
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live in the kitchen vox + piano only no fx version
and i don’t know what you mean
about the things i haven’t seen
it isn’t easy being green
when all you ever say is mean
you know i tried to keep it clean but
you were messing up my scene…
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Um arranjo de uma música natalina com ritmo e acordes de bossa pra os meus amigos brasileiros. Um feliz ano 2012 pra todos.
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O menino Rei (What child is this)
Dm7 Cdim CM7 Am7
A crian…
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Uncle Reg has yet another story for you children ....so now stay sat and be quite....... you can criticise after you've listened.......
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Uncle Reg has another story for you children ....now sit still.....and listen....i know its a music site but you may like a story........ i know my children do
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We join our friends from the cellar on their annual camping trip into the middle of nowhere...they decide to have a little fun and sing a song round the campfire to stop the arguing........if you know the song why not join in…
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Organ in 15 Porcupine - I'm not very happy with this. I've fussed with it for a couple hours and it still sounds like disembodied phrases thrown together haphazardly to me. YMMV
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curiosity - black sabbath in 17 notes per octave.
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In the spring of 2011, I was recovering from a serious medical issue and, in addition to the support of family and colleagues, that rather dark time was lightened by two happy occurrences. The first was connecting with Elise Pittenger, one of…
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A song about conspiracy theorists. They bug me with their wingeing. "Wah wah wah, it's not fair" - well do something about it then, instead of claiming some kind of superiority and secret knowledge like we give a damn! Rant over, lol.
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Just came out from out the blue after the first four words popped out from the old grey matter...
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This is a rough mix of a piece I created during some 4-track recorder experimentation.
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When destruction hit ... what do you do? look back or build anew? in any case, I hope you're smiling ...
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This is a short meditation by Eoin Scolard of the Irish School of Life. Relax, Let Go and Enjoy !
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This is open to translation.
I wrote it about nurses and how I thought confused/sedated or just bonkers patients may view them.
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Well....the lead in the background and the main is done by a vocal Fx ......no guitars were harmed ......the rest of the music was my trusty M-audio Pro keys ......i sent it over to the other Reg as an example of what i wanted him to do with…
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This is my first of the year so a Happy new year to all and thanks Norm for the beat .....hope you enjoy.
Stories of ghosts and the devil abound in Puerto Rican folktales. In the southern part of the island, it is said that most of these stories…
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live at Avant Garden in Houston, Tx. 12/28/11
This edit contains the motifs Up the Chupacabra and Hymn.
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to cheer himself up Reg thought he'd go down the Casino and see if he could find those riches at the roulette table...so he borrowed some money of Big Ed and suited himself up and away he went....but it didn't quite go to plan and now he has to…
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Poor old Reg is feeling a bit insignificant after being unseen by a woman he liked the look of who turned out to be only interested in the material things she could get.....it's a shame but there seems to be a lot of them out there and Love doesn…
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New Computer - Just testing to see if everything works
Lyrics:
One kiss leads to another
Down the road we go
In each other’s arms
Love struck, drive me crazy
Hoping that you recognize
My charms
One kiss leads to love
One kiss…
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But the wind doesn't last forever.. and then we're all alone watching the leaves as they fall for a last time.
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This is a preview of the song "Punched In The Face" from the upcoming album "Du Willst Action"
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This is an unmixed preview of the song "Amy" from our upcoming record "Du Willst Action!"
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This is a piece in a microtonal tuning - but sounds very much like pentatonic in "normal" 12 equal tuning to my ears. But I work in microtonal tunings all the time and may be biased.
How "in tune" does this sound to you?
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Well this one came from no where but i like it so i thought i'd share like i do everything else..hope you enjoy......
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This is about making friends with yourself.. then taking yourself back to yours
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Trelvis the pub singer gave me this last year and i thought i'd share it with you....to wish all at Alone-tone a very Merry Christmas .....
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Conga (John David) & Kaosollator (Dean Palermo) 1st Take.
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I got the other Reg to lay some guitar on this one and sacked the one armed Banjo Player......Hope you like it
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Original song using:
Martin 12 String Guitar
Gibson J 200 Guitar
Deering Senator Open Back Banjo
Gibson SG Bass Guitar
Lyrics:
Tonight - Written by Greg Connor
The wind is blowing hard tonight
The moon and stars are shining…
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A song about making choices.
Life moves in small steps
By the choices we all make.
We decide by will and pride
The path we'd like to take.
And the places we end up
And the people we will know
We'll see, you and me
By where we choose…
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Made with the Boité Diabolique playing some piano and cello samples. I did a bit of hand editing in Live and then added some light compression, reverb, and limiting.
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Spare a thought for those with nothing this Christmas..... Homeless with no family.........and no one to help.......
CHRISTMAS ALONE (Lyrics)
Nobody is listening no body knocking on my door
nobody is near me nobody wants me
i’m nobody’s…
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The insecurity of criticism to the nowhere man ......... I didn't have time this evening to put any music to this so i've put an old instrumental (The Turkish Lout) to it.....hope you enjoy my little drama about that nowhere man....(Be Warned…
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Lyrics and Chords:
Winter Solstice
Written by Greg Connor
When the G days are short, and the C evening’s so D long
And the C wind is D shaking the G trees
When the cold snow crunches C beneath your D feet
And your C cheeks are D…
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another just lying around thought hmm nothing else to do enjoy!
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This is a cover of the Wings song 'Bluebird', written by Paul & Linda McCartney and recorded by me back in 2009.
(Please let me know if there is a copyright issue here and I will happily remove the track. Thanks.)
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Well heres my attempt at singing Jerusalem....i would have liked to have performed it better so that the vocal would have done Chris's music more Justice but sometimes you just have to do what you can and go with the flow........thanks Chris…
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Another from the tinsled Cellar last night......I hasen to add this not my family at Christmas time.................
PEACE ON EARTH(Lyrics)
Its Christmas day on a sunny day the snow has gone away
Nobody know what today will bring
they sing the…
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A friend told me a story of a rich man who bought all the products from a failing hardware store and kept it in his tool shed in the backyard. When my friend was instructed to grab a tool from the tool shed he was taken back by the amount of unopened…
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Poor old Reg is having yet another mid-life crisis he's trying to work through...ever been there..........
LOST (Lyrics)
i hear the faint whisper of my youth as it’s calls as it disappears
It’s disappeared from me so quick
the shock has shook…
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Written in the depths of the Bush Administration.
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This is a response to a terrific biography by Fawn Brodie called 'No Man Knows My History.'
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Something new that I'm working with the Omnisphere. A slower pace,a few different sounds... a little dub,some hip hop & as always a little something else!
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Well Reg had an hour or so to himself today so he decided to let it go.......hope you have your Dancing slippers on you may want to shuffle to this one..........thats if the beat gets you.........it got me......
LETTING IT GO (Lyrics)
I’ve been…
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A fun little tune. Made all the synths from scratch.
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The experience: First reaction - "This sound feels so wrong!". Second Reaction - "My eyes are opened!". Third Reaction - "This sound feels so right!".
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~late night one, in waves~
/For Rob, The Sailor
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FALSE FLAG
If you fall I will pick you up
If you're thirsty i will give you a drink
If you're hungry I will feed you
If you're lonely I will hold you
If you're slow I will slow down
If you're fast I will hurry
But I won't salute your…
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originally written and performed by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
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Details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1913
(see the 2nd entry)
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originally written and performed by John Frusciante
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Parts I and II originally written and performed by Neutral Milk Hotel
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originally written and recorded by the Foo Fighters
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originally written and performed by Stone Temple Pilots
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My most requested song.
(c) 1990 Royal T Music
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The last time I saw Grandpa was fifty years ago
Palmdale, California. I was 4 years old
He was stooped and withered. A worn-out little man.
I remember him the best I can
I swear I just saw Grandpa in Daddy's barn just now
Out beyond the…
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Peggy taught me an Eagles song toward the end off our life together. I think it was NEW BOY IN TOWN. (I had no idea what she was telling me.) I took the chord progression from that song and wrote this. Peggy said that was cheating.
WATERMELON…
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HOEDOWN
Hey now. Hoe now. Hey now. Hoe now.
Chop that cotton. row now. Oh. Oh.
...two, three, four. Hoe now. Hey now.
What you got to say, now? Tell me what you
said. What’s in your pretty head now.
Swing your partner. Oh. Allemande right…
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The lyrics of this song,
as they pertain to plot,
are my exact memory of the event.
I had spoken to the kid maybe a minute before the "action" started about how the pressure of the water was very strong. He was nestled down with his back…
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Who should turn up this evening down the cellar but Frank so Jango and Reg put this one together for him hope you enjoy........
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Cover of a 19th century minstrel tune attributed to S.S. Steele, popularize by the late great John Hartford. This is my own arrangement. I use it as a backing track for alive set without the banjo and lead vocal tracks.
BTW- that banjo is an…
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Jesus is my buddy
Jesus is my pal
I hold hands with Jesus
when I walk a troubled mile
He never will desert me
no matter what I do
So, won’t you come to Jesus
he’ll be your buddy too…
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YOU - in C
There's a place in my mind
Where your face had a home
Long before you walked into my life
Before you were a known
There's a note in my song
That I knew fit somewhere
Tho the journey was long
I hoped I wouldn't be wrong…
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HE MOVED ON
capo @ 7 in C positions
C G Am Em
Jenny left her husband many years ago
F C G
She got lost in menopause and found herself…
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Life seems to be training us to expect less while demanding that we give more and more.
ONE SMALL CANDLE Key - G
G D G
In this old world when things go wrong
D G
We hold our women. We sing our song.
D G
We call our children. We call…
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SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Key G
G Bar 7/ 6/ 5 D
I lie on my back. Look up thru the leaves
B C Cm
The stars are still there
G Bb Dim Em…
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THE DUST ON THE PIANO
Capo at 2 in Dm
Dm C (2) or Em D
He used to play piano because it made her smile
Dm C (2)
She could be in any room. He'd sit and play a while
F C Bb (G)Dm
He didn't need to see her. He knew she loved it so
He…
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WHERE
Where will I spend the rest of our life?
Where will I live our tomorrow
Our only hope springs from within your sorrow
And if I thot your pain could be bought
I'd start saving today for tomorrow
Where, where
Our only hope springs…
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DON'T TOUCH ME
Don't touch me and don't ask me why
Because I'll tell you
I'll take up your whole evening
And there's nothing you can say
And there's nothing you can do
So, don't touch me
And, don't ask me. Don't ask me how I've been…
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unWANTED - Capo @ 2
(Dm) A Dm
There'll be no poster of me looking ragged
There'll be no pictures of me strung around
Gm Dm
There'll be no subpoena. There'll be no warrant…
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INFATUATION, UNREQUITED
They say it's just infatuation
I only wish that it was true
Infatuation, unrequited
Feels like love to, for you
And then they say, 'Silence is golden,"
And I don't know what to do
The autumn leaves, the branched…
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IF I WRITE A LETTER TO YOU - Key of G
If I write a letter to you
Tell me who will I write to
A lover, a friend,
A beginning, an end
If I write a letter to you
If I send a flower to you
Tell me who would not go to
A friend or a foe…
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A man receives advice and guidance from his wife in a most unusual way.
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This is just a bit of silly fun I had one day with a four-track cassette recorder...about 9 years ago (yup...another lost find fro the racks). Just blowin' off some steam on a day off in my little apartment of Tokyo. On first listen-back...it…
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This is a cover of a wonderful song by Yoko Kanno, Steve Conte, & Shanti Snyder.
Music by Brian Vaughn
Vocals by Brian Vaughn and Stephanie Hossfeld-Downey
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Recorded This a while back....
It is an Indian flute my Dad used to play....
Just a few little toots I remember him playing..
Peace
T
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Just some sounds I stumbled across during "rehearsal".
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... just found this cover of "Doll Parts" i recorded a few years back and thought I'd share!
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This is a twisted cover of a Princess Seismograph song. Their version is brilliant and beautiful. This was recorded on a phone using Amplitube.
Support their new album!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/437910990/we-put-the-situation-in…
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Inspired by the comic Achewood. A lesson on a difficult life.
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New song demo. Recorded on my phone using Amplitube.
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Long ago One mans argument against the opposition of the many didn't go down too well............Thanks Norm for Groove for St. Ambrose
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This is a “cross-over” pattern. Cross-over patterns are a type of enharmonic polymeter, where 2 rhythms with different numbers of beats/measure are played at the same tempo: the measures do not line up each time. These rhythms have measures…
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Song about a miscarriage Beth and I had back in January of 2008. Written in November of 2008.
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all i did was tweake with the instrumentation from a midi file in fl studio, but I just felt like uploading it anyway, here you go.
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Started out be an innocent little jazzy study in quartal harmony, but the DL4 was still in my signal path and things went downhill from there! Another done with my beloved '58 Stratotone
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Taken from a legendary show at the now-defuct At The Hop nightclub and restaurant, this recording features Bruce Forr on vocals. Originally an early hit for Little Jimmy Dickens, it's always a crowd-pleaser, and a lot of fun to play!
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Featuring Brad Floyd on mandolin, this is one of those songs we never really "learned," we just "did." Mama Corn often attempts something onstage that we've never even tried at rehearsal, and sometimes, it turns out nice.
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From a rainy summer evening at Brookmere Winery's vineyard, Belleville, PA. Wine was flowing, and we made a bunch of new friends that night.
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From the Beech Creek Barnburner, early 2008, public domain song. Very enjoyable afternoon with good friends, and it shows in our playing that day. This is an old song about sharing the moonshine, a "demijohn" is a container used for carrying corn…
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The finished article of the brand new Alpha Road track!
www.facebook.com/alpharoad
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This is the second song from this amazing collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
It's not a Cave Street collab. but rather a project by Thomas - Lennon.
I do the music and mixing. Michael does…
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One of a series of improvised ambient guitar recordings. Part of the Ambient Dreams 1 album
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One of a series of improvised ambient guitar recordings. Part of the Ambient Dreams 1 album
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Well last night down in the cellar we got ourselves a train theme riding and this is the result hope you like it...........
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I have just received the little black songbook through the post and couldn't resist having a go at this one...
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A little bit of pop with a strong 80s touch (I hope).
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Summer Love
Lyrics: John Scunziano
Vocals: Domenico Mercurio
Guitars: David Patterson, Domenico Mercurio
Composed by Steffen…
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