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          I fell in love with Miss Muffet.  This may not be my best vocal effort, but it's all I can do with it.  I'd be happy to let someone else try it.  Any volunteers from the studio audience?
(c) 2012 T.A. Beckett
Let me help you.
Let me calm…
        
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          "the game that never made it" that never made it
        
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          Lyrics:
Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day
C Everyone is Irish on St Patrick’s Day
Cause F it’s the only Irish thing to C do
A F twinkle in the eye of every C I Em rish Am man
Will D leave you with a better point of G view
C Everyone is…
        
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          This was the last song recorded for the album. The ambition I mention ("to read every book in my flat") is a true one, you can hear my reading from several of these on the track.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012…
        
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          Another contender for my favourite on the album, featuring synths and ebow.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          An upbeat song about staying up far too late, featuring dueling stylophones!
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          Quite possibly my favourite song on the record, this one features a Android sequencer (Blip Synthesizer) and some slide guitar.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress…
        
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          A collaboration, this started out as a jam, with Jen on thumb-piano.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth & Jen Howell during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          More synths and strings. I particularly like the middle 8.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          This one features a backwards sample of one of my older songs, something I've been meaning to try for a while now.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          This is very improvised, it was recorded in one afternoon and took me about 3 goes to get the lyrics/vocals down. It features 3 bass parts and I also brought my wah wah peddle out for it. For a while, this was called "G Minor Funk".
Written…
        
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          This song features synth strings and ebow.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          The opening song and first one I recorded for my RPM 2012 record.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          One of my heaviest "electro" songs. This is news... for beginners.
Written & Performed by Rog Hildreth during February 2012.
Taken from "Rog Hildreth and The Enemies Of Progress".
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          Some thoughts on the growth of social media....
 E-E A-B
Thank you for telling me that your cat threw up on the rug today, and
Thank you for telling me that Starbucks didn't make your coffee the right way, and
Thank you for telling me that…
        
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          I grew up in the 80's.  Can you tell?
Em7 - Bm7 - Am7 - Bm7
Heading out on the floor
Act like you've been here before
Eyes are watching from all around
To see what's up with the new kid in town
Is it true that he has all the moves?
Even the…
        
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          My cigar box guitar makes its debut.
This seemed a good idea
But you bit more than you can chew
Now that you've sized things up
It's decision time for you
At this critical juncture
It's time for you to choose
We're waiting for your final word…
        
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          Yacht rock, featuring my most forward and forthright vocal ever.
I don't want to believe
It's time for me to go
I don't want to 
Walk through that door
'Cause I know if I go
I won't be coming home
I won't be welcome here 
Anymore
We can try…
        
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          Gary Fox helped me learn how to sing harmony with myself.  
Capo 4
E - D - C
C - D
Do you remember
Those times we spent alone?
Walking hand in hand
Skimming stones
Watching the stars
Hiding from our friends
Those summer nights
We hoped would…
        
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          My George Harrison phase....
Don't look now, you're caught in the lavender haze
Before you know it, you're caught in the lavender haze
Head in the clouds, caught in the lavender haze
Don't look now, you're caught in the lavender haze
She makes…
        
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          You haven't changed.
Stand in the light,
I need to see you,
uncover my eyes.
The tears coming down,
making lines on your face.
One for each year, now
that you've been away.
We were only kids,
we ran like water.
Your dad said,
stay away from…
        
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          Fulla' Boulevard is about 2 street musicians who reunite after a long time apart... Thinking outside the jukebox isn't so hard, when you get fulla' boulevard...
        
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          I wrote this song on a Friday night many years ago when I was single.
        
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          IMPROVISERS CONSORT
Concert at Trem Azul, Lisboa, Portugal
March, 9th, 2012
track   B
Marcello Magliocchi - drums, percussion
Matthias Boss - violin 
Carlos Zíngaro - violin 
Paulo Chagas - flute, oboe 
Paulo Curado - flute, soprano…
        
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          Original song kind of in response the Pussycat Dolls song.
I'd like to dedicate this to Eddie Van Halen, for being such a massive inspiration to a generation.  If you're reading this Eddie, thanks. And please don't sue me for stealing your riffs.
        
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          No vocals yet as Pat's computer is being a little bitch.
        
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          No vocals yet as Pat's computer is being a little bitch.
        
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          Part of American Irish experience, now mostly lost 
        
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          collaboration with a former bandmate, finished ending and mix
        
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          Little piece I put together for our drama teacher, for a play.
        
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          This is from my 2007 album, 'Elbow Rhumba...' and explains how I feel about politics... 
(Chorus lyric: O! Say, does that Star Spangled Banner wave goodbye, when the Altered States of America come down from on high...)
        
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          I know the vocals suck... it will be rerecorded with the actual vocalist and not me.
        
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          A Re-recording of a song I wrote 5 years ago, slowly but surely I'm getting through my old songs..... 
        
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          All sounds via a Kurzweil 2000 Synth Module.
I love Jethro Tull, and this song is a large part of why.  I did not want to simply recreate Aqualung...Ian and JT do the best possible version.  I just wanted to pay homage to it. This follows the…
        
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          From the Carl Sandburg collection, another kind of early Irish American experiences.
        
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          So many things to talk about, such little worth of them. Video is a different song done by me and my friend, that provides perhaps a fuller experience.
        
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          A wonderful creation by myself and Justin Nash, a pretty crazy live take after about 40 practice takes
enjoy :)
        
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          Based on 30 or so second snipped from AM Radio - a news story about a drunk driver who killed a young woman.
        
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          Excerpt from our new concert series: Music Mashup Live! (tm) - a freely improvised instrumental.
        
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          This is a cover of Colin Garvey's track here:
http://alonetone.com/colingarvey/tracks/still-raining
This was part of the RPM Challenge Covers project.
        
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          Dedicated to big fish in small ponds everywhere.  Keep reaching for that rainbow!
        
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          The internet provides a great forum to be heard, sometimes it gets a little to loud for me.
        
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          Dedicated to people out there fighting wars and would probably rather be someplace else.
        
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          Probably a self explanatory track.  I'm anxious at times, but I seem to be doing OK. 
        
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          From the upcominng instrumental album The Lines That Divide.
        
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          The opening track to the album of the same name.
        
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          A mashup with 
Roger Sundström Toyguitar, Soundscaping
Fabio Keiner (windchimes)
Benjamin Smith (Ben.improv.Mar.15.2012)
J.C. Combs (chrome castle)
Paul Chagos (Slips of a hopeless romantic)
Paul H. Muller (Conjunction)
Kawal Samarkand (a dialog…
        
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          Abhi mujh mein kahin
Baaki thodi si hai zindagi
Jagi dhadkan nayi
Jaana zinda hoon main toh abhi
Kuch aisi lagan iss lamhe mein hai
Yeh lamha kahaan tha mera
Ab hai saamne
Ishe chhuu loon zara
Marr jaaun ya jee loon zaraaa
Khushiyaan choom loon…
        
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          I decided that I will do a Cream tribute album:
So yesterday I recorded 3 songs, later when i have more time I will do more....
LG
        
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          The second of three I recorded yesterday....
LG
        
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          Audio taken during the vote to bind delegates to Santorum based off of the February Primary that a mere 2,500, or less, voted in due to it being seemingly inconsequential to the nomination.  There are, roughly, 45,000 residents in Camden county…
        
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          just me, 12 string, zoom H2 - there have been better versions. 
        
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          This is a track for the "Less Time, More Content: 1 Minute or Less Submissions" event by Steve Moshier.
2012-03-19
        
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          This is a track for the "Less Time, More Content: 1 Minute or Less Submissions" event by Steve Moshier.
2012-03-19
        
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          I seem to have a lot of trouble with business systems they seem to be designed to torture me.
        
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          How did someone figure out how to cook this stuff?
        
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          looking out the window next your bed
wondering how you got here again
holes in the walls where fists have been
your doors always kept open
please don't stop hoping
you want the truth
even it kills you
your doubts have built up
flame…
        
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