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I have always wanted to rhyme "innocence" with "in a sense".
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Copyright © 2014 John 'Buck' Erpestad
Instrumental with one guitar.
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Soldiers deal with life and death moral issues every day.Then the letters from home-and the involuntary extension of their present duty assignment.
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The 99% has found its voice. I grew up in the 60's when music was a part of the protest movement.
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I've always liked the word "wireless" instead of "radio". There is something wonderfully archaic about it.
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Last saturday we had a little jam session, and here
is the initial result. This is myself on lead guitar, and Magic Mike [Holdempok as some of you may know him by...] on vox and guitar.
LG
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I'm obsessed with this tune (actually, just few notes, but...), and I cannot get rid of it, at least for today. At least for all these days...
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A traditional piece from the renaissance arranged for flute and two classical guitars.
I used meantone tuning which is probably a bit more authentic - though so very close to 12 equal that you may not notice the difference. http://en.wikipedia…
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The title track. At one point I had visions of everyone singing at the end of the album (and thank you to those of you that did), but I just couldn't get it to sound right (I don't really know what I'm doing after all). So instead of voices…
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Reg got reminiscing tonight down in the cellar and decided to cover this classic by dear old Rodney..............the piano needs a bit of work....but hey at least i'm trying ...at least i've found out what a F sharp minor is this evening and that…
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It was busy down the cellar tonight.....someone slipped something into Reg's and Jim's drink........now their out there trying to find the gold for the mind from the other side..........we tried to stop them but you know what their like when they…
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For details and the TED talk that I connect with this piece see http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1439
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wondered what if it sounded something like this...not quite their I'm afraid tho
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A steel string guitar improvisation I did last night before bed called “A Nagging Thought“. The piece prominently features a V+ to i (augmented dominant to minor tonic) movement. I usually don’t care for the sound of an augmented tried but in…
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Reg has re-leaved his inner thespian tonight in another reading........... this time........... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge...Done in one take mistakes and all ......he hadn't come across this one since his school…
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Well reg was down the cellar last night watching re runs of Saturday night Live http://www.videolog.tv/video.php?id=503192 that Chris and Norm had sent him and they gave Reg an idea which John who sat quietly watching approved off..........it…
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The story of everyone's life.
I tried again, after I learned it a bit better.
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down…
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just one guitar track. Stinking rotten pumpkin man. Update soon (i Hope)
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Written by Rog Hildreth.
Copyright 2011.
All instruments/production by Rog Hildreth.
Taken from "Fox Shoots Man", recorded for the RPM Challenge, February 2011.
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Just another song about why we should patronize the arts...for our own good.
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Reg thought he was just going through a rough patch......but of course being Reg he'd got it wrong again....and now he just doesn't want to talk about it.......
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It's my wife's Birthday tomorrow so I recorded the children singing happy Birthday to her so i can wake her up with it tomorrow .....i'm sure she is going to love it.....then she will have the live version when they all pile in........
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Reg has done a reading from Edgar Allen Poe's work The Raven for you this evening in one take mistakes and all ....he hopes the words wash over you with some understanding....it was a bit of a tongue twister
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"Don't mind me. I'm just in love with you. I'll try to stay out of the way..."
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She was a lovely waitress at Rhett Butler's in Amarillo back about 1977.
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I wrote this with a guy named King Cone and then he disappeared.
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Little did I know...
If you left me I wouldn't wanna talk
I'd put your sandals by the curb and I'd take a little walk
I'd buy a roll of paper towels and I'd soak up every tear
Hang it on the clothes line. Just watch them disappear
If…
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Tesla...maybe the smartest man that ever lived.
TESLA
Who invented remote control? TESLA
Who invented the fluorescent light? TESLA
Who invented the radio? TESLA
And who died alone and forgotten in 1943? TESLA
So, you say now, “Don’t…
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I was told that even tho she left me after 28 years it doesn't negate the idea.
There’s a place in my mind where your face had a home
Long before you came into my life
Before you were a known
There’s a note in my song that I knew fit somewhere…
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It's funny but Reg doesn't feel the same when he goes back to his old hometown....He feels a bit of a stranger not just to the folks but to himself it's like he doesn't recognise his old self anymore ..........so Reg discussed this over with Elvis…
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Reg was watching the ladies on the dance floor then suddenly one took his eye.................................a bit of noodle that turned into something........
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I found this vocal in my phone mailbox. Not sure who Reg was calling but I'll take advantage of the wrong number he dialed :-)
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This is the original version of one of the tracks from my new project… rerecordings of some of my early solo recordings.
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Autumn again ... It falls every time, I would say, of a sudden. I knew it will, but...
~for Steve~
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Remastered from 4 track circa 1987. The backing track was shoved into one track (drum machine, casio CZ-101 synthesizer bass, rythmn guitar) - the vocals are buried because I wrote a song that was way way too high for my range. The backwards-ness…
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George Gershwin in 1926 composed 3 preludes for piano. George synthesized American Jazz and European classical music to make a very recognizable musical voice.
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Dirty Weed by The Old Grey Wolf Ltd Co
So they tell you don't smoke, that dirty weed
And they say that your weak, for nicotine
And they say you can't smoke, that sacred weed
It's a man-made law, but it's a natural treat
So they tell you…
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Vaisvil sent me this great Blues tune and so i threw it down the cellar and Reg jumped all over it with his point of view on love being a Four letter word..........
FOUR LETTER WORD (Lyrics)
Love
oh Love
it's not just a four letter word…
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I dreamed I met a Galilean;
A most amazing man.
He had that look you very rarely find:
The haunting, hunted kind.
I asked him to say what had happened,
How it all began.
I asked again, he never said a word.
As if he hadn't heard.
And…
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Reg has nipped down the cellar tonight to contemplate the big question...this is what he came up with ...he could be wrong who knows...and now he's going for a nice hot bath...............
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I don't wanna lose you,
I don't wanna use you
Just to have somebody by my side
And I don't wanna hate you
I don't wanna take you
But I don't wanna be the one to cry
That don't really matter to anyone, anymore
But like a fool I keep losing…
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I found the image at Rinkie's Blog
From this past weekend's improvfriday
Lovely piano from Norbert Oldani - 5 string bass from me. We only wish we could have performed it live for you...
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It was late Reg made a connection, then he left........the £16 is earning it's money again..............
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This song was made by Osckilo and me 2 1/2 years ago. I rerecorded it live in the livingroom a couple of days ago
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The husbands point of view to this one http://alonetone.com/thetworegs/tracks/your-never-too-old-to-be-a-fool-w-the-old-grey-wolf..... Well Reg has taken on the part of the wronged husband and has been dwelling on his problems all day and now…
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This one is for a fest over on Songcrafters called Live in the Living room. I've been trying to play it properly.... seems for hours but my fingers hurt so much i've thrown the towl in and this one will have to do until i can play better…
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Only my Fender Mustang + Marshall Amp + I dragged out the whammy bar - AKG D950 behind the amp and Zoom H2 in front into sonar and panned a bit. Yes I reach for that E to G movement again. If you are dissatisfied I will refund your money.
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My Fender Mustang + Marshall Amp + I dragged out the whammy bar - AKG D950 mic behind the amp and Zoom H2 in front - dropped the tracks into sonar and panned a bit. I also midi recorded the guitar and used the midi to drive upright bass, albino…
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Please see the blog page for the complete blow-by-blow description of this collaboration with drummer / composer Peter Thoegersen
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1361
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recorded on this day one year ago in geirs hut in porsgrunn norway.
met are: Geir (geir alfsen)Guitar
osckilo (tharek mokbul)guitar
flash harry (mike fife) bass guitar and homemade tambourine
oldrottenhead (jim higgins…
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After Brook drowned.
Ra Byn did everything but rhythm guitar.
He must have been about 12.
Open 9th tuning...
Well, you say that you're lonely
I see that you are
Tell me, where have you been
Life ain't no lay pen
Yeah, you call it a…
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Well tonight we have Mr. Waites in the cellar only for one song but oh what a song it was he sang it for us to celebrate our new single life and to express where our love for Desirea was .......in the Cold Cold Ground......... (They dropped the…
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The other Reg has put his lounge suit on for this one, he's desperate.........and some might say a fool....but is as bigger fool as Reg.............
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I recorded this back in 2009, and shelved it because I wasn't sure I'd done the song justice. Here it is, mistakes and all.
Written by Nick Drake.
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Family reunion - 1977, Lake Texoma. Old fogies and children all gone to bed. Me with my guitar down on the dock. Peggy sings.
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In 1984 George Sluizer, a Dutch director filmed RED DESERT PENITENTIARY in and around Sweetwater, Texas. This is the theme song of the lead character, Danny McMann. I played that role in the movie and wrote the music to the film.
Video at:https…
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My friend Frank Miller did a drum improvisation track at my request - and I then improvised lyrics, vocal, and guitar with a bit of touch up. This was the first track we did together since 1979.
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HE BALLAD OF THEDA NELL Capo 3 Am
Am G
On the shoulder of an eagle where the sparrow builds her nest
Dm Am
Texas town…
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I hijacked Norbert Oldani's excellent piano improvisation and add some guitar to it.
His original is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5150711/PianoI911.mp3
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I salivated over this $3,500 guitar last night. I had the "expensive guitar room" at Guitar Center to myself so I played and recorded on my zoom H2. Yes, this is guitar p0rn...
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This is an improvisation I did live on ustream - but the audio quality was horrific - fortunately I had recorded everything in Sonar so I used Sony Vegas to make this into something listenable. Since the frame rate was messed up (you can see…
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This is my contribution to the Angie Fights Crime project titled "Sunny Sorta"...." It's 12 songs written by A.F.C. and performed by 12 different artists.
I chose Honky Tonk Prison because I knew it would rock and roll :)
So CRANK IT UP…
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Another one from last nights session down the cellar.........Well it was only a matter of time before Reg had enough of her, she reminded him too much of Desire......now he's gone.......it was goodbye.........
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I had a little time this evening to noodle about so i noodled with the Zep...i've Regged another one another classic i had to take down the cellar and Reg over ....i'm gonna revisit this so class it as a work in progress ....Hope you like it...i do
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Composed by Debussy, arranged by me for
bowed piano
2 hang drums
2 harps
timpani
snare drum
cymbals
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Smile on the inside 101025 ERA s/h
Intro:
When it comes, down to it, only love can hold the answer
When it comes, down to it, only peace can set you free
I like to, smile on the inside, now that, everything’s groovy
I like to, smile…
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Track 11 from These things happen by Tiggy Acworth 2010.
Rhapsody of Blues – Tiggy Acworth 1995
(new key in 2010)
Woooh, weeey, ooh ooo, a la la la la la
Ooh, weeey, ooh ooo, a la la la la…
Sitting here contemplating that which…
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Image from Katerina Art - click on image to view more work by this great graphics artist. If you follow the link you will see that she has dedicated this image to the victims of 9-11. Katerina of course owns all rights to her image and is not…
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Tom came down the cellar this morning so Reg Regged up one of his tunes....... Straight out of the Micro Br i'm still trying to figure it out but it's coming..............
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I bought a thing called an irig for the I pad and an app Amplitude ...i used the onboard mic on the ipad......the song is my version of take it easy baby it's been Regged.... I still have to work out how to mix it .........I did this while sitting…
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22 Memories of 911 is an improvisation in 22 notes per octave tuning on my AXiS49. The AXiS 49 seems to be especially suited to 22 notes per octave.
As for my memory – I remember being at work and someone had set up the TV in the conference…
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Back in December of 2009 I sequenced a number of tracks from Bill (http://alonetone.com/acid ) and didn't release this alternate mix. If you like ambient you may enjoy this. Creative content by Bill, production by me.
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I have loopitus. it's contagious so be careful.
I'm having fun with it. Like puking in the toilet and pretending I'm driving a school bus.
It's fun.......
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possibly a full version for "pronounced : jez-my-us"...really love this band and like this song. It's just very far from the original. An adaptation so to say.
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i think the title says it all.....the easy ones from the Beatles music book........More Regged up beatles but no Elvis he has gone off in a sulk he never did like them and he thinks were doing too much of them.......
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Well we got a rocker this afternoon with Elvis and the £16 guitar down in the cellar while the wife took the kids out to a friends.....hope you like it............i do.....
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (Lyrics)
It’s an easy ride, yeah that i…
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This tune came about by total chance.
I recorded the Backing track during a spare half an hour one night this week ... Just a Noodle...
Met up with Aaron today by total chance and he was up for recording a vocal on it.
He Free-styled the…
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My first attempt (at least in several years) to write and produce an electronic song.
Perhaps it's a failure, in that I ended up mixing my guitar and bass in pretty loudly, but I'm really happy with it none-the-less.
It's catchy!
Please enjoy…
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Well, I switched the mic to high sensitivity instead of low. It actually sounds as it did when I played it. But looking at the waveform it resembles a sausage. I had to drop the volume 6 Db because it was *way* loud. Clipping tends to make…
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Something the Gritter wrote about the Beatle cover i did rang a bell that turned into an alarm and now it's a song Thanks Sandy The best Cowboys do have Chinese eyes that ain"t no lie.....oh and thank you Pete too.......for actually coming up with it
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Guess who came down the cellar last night Reg and Elvis got up and did this one for him...........
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I'm shipping my canon off so it can have a new career without me.
Its such a happy yet sad occasion to see your instrument leave the nest..... ;-[
so I had to spend just a little more time with it.
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Reg is feeling a bit uneasy about his new love......is she getting too close too quickly......only time will tell....should he stay and feel the love?............
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Another with Johnny this one with a whole lotta love thanks Johnny
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The video is the real show here - an excerpt from Xenharmonic Praxis Concert #2
This is Ruckus from the Quiet Zone in 7-limit Just Intonation composed by Ralph Lewis inspired by a trip we made to the Green Bank Radio Telelscope. The quiet zone…
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The opening track from the 2nd Xenharmonic Praxis Concert, Madonna, il poco dolce, written by Nicola Vicentino (1511-1572)in (31-tone extended meantone)
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Another from Reg and Elvis and the £16 guitar hope you enjoy......................
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Reg had a bit of tiff with the Mrs so he stormed down the cellar to release his anguish with Elvis and turned it into this little beauty .....now he feels a lot better and is making Mrs Reg a nice cup of tea to say sorry....because lets face it…
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I had a couple of hours to day to play around while the wife took the children into town for their new school shoes which signified the end of summer to me . So of course i went down the cellar and got Reg,Bob and the gang to help me write a song…
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A first for me a song done completely on the Boss Micro BR.............Elvis just loves this little thang.....i need some practice with the mastering and mixing .....i wont mention the guitar that's a given.....but i'm quite pleased....it's all…
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Why is it that the first song I work on when I start a writing/recording project almost always comes in at less than 2 minutes? Who knows.
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here's the lyrics:
Inside a casket, ... broken dreams
six feet under, it starts to leak
six feet over he gets a whiff
assembles the puzzle piece by piece
on salty water a thought is born
sailing regardless of a coming storm
the mast is broken…
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wrote and recorded this one earlier today. drums and keys on juno di and vocals, then geir took it to another level with his guitar additions.
well nothing isn't happening
just the silence burning bright
the shadow casts a resonance
of the echoes…
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Remember the fall of 2008?
it ain't over until the fat lady sings....
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A mashup of microtonally processed music created by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen called imp_08_1 with video and video sound tracks by Chris Vaisvil
Jukka-Pekka's original
http://heliumheal.wippiespace.com/mp3/imp_08_1.mp3
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This is a more jazzy version of "The Devil drives a Volvo". Got help from my brother on the drums on this recording.
Vocals were recorded in a rented mini cooper south in spain :)
lyrics:
The Devil drives a Volvo
and wears a flannel shirt…
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details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1086
Norm, I finally used my china cymbals like... cymbals. :-)
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Another edit from the live megatrack...
http://soundcloud.com/breaking-light/hpt081411
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watched a lot of silly TV a week I had the flu .... the title of this song is inspired from an episode of "How I met your mother" ... the rest of the lyrics are a mashup of silly nonsence and deep philosofical poetry .... yeah right :)
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Love song about strife in relationships....the song needs more work; gotta redo the vocals....nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it. Here are the lyrics:
Beyond the horizon,
The sun burns bright…
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here's the lyrics:
I am looking forward to the day
that I can say
I have finally buildt my home
No more walls to tear down
no more roofs to build
no more pain(t) to vent out
no more drains ....
I want to sit down in the garden
with the lovely…
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Mr. Wildgeas added some drums, strings and sea sounds to my very raw loop piece. Thanks man!
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STEELY DANK DRUM IN THE SUN
AND THE TEMPERATURE IS GETTING HOTTER
GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER...
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A classical guitar solo recorded via a Zoom H2 under the watchful eye of my cat Belle.
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here's the demented lyrics :)
Spinning the wrong way
Little Tim has left the room
left the lady with the broom
she looks like she has a tail
she most certainly ain’t frail
she has a pointed hat
and carries a black cat
Little Jim has left…
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I do have video of Jacob playing the udderbot with the band - but right now I'm still putting together my gear from storage and this was the best I could do with Windows Live movie maker on my laptop.
So for now - enjoy the sound of Jacob jamming…
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Other layers may or may not be in the works, but I thought I'd let everyone have a listen so far.
HERE WE ARE TODAY
How can it be so clear
In my mind
The first night you were here
Like going back in time
Sweet as summer wine
Your whisper…
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Is it paranoia or reality? .........only time will tell................there's f^*k all i can do about it..............or is there?
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Well Reg has picked the wrong women again...he really thought he'd got the right one this time in fact he had been bragging to his friends about how good his relationship was........How wrong can a man be?..................
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