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Track is from our concept album "The Tower of Rust".
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Ring of Fire - lyrics by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -1963. Slightly modified.
This wasn't meant to be Ring of Fire but that's how it wound up.
I have been wanting to trash Ring of Fire and the words just seem to fit this simple 1-4-5…
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(Bowers, Rainbowtruth) from the LP "Over the Counter and Through the Woods" circa 1997.
Barnett: Lead vocal/guitar
Osborne: Drums/backing vocal
Bowers: Bass/spoken vocal
Duff: Guitar
One of my favorites. Don't be fooled, the sampled snare…
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This is a long version of the track "THE GIRLS AND ME" A beautiful collaboration with the great BETHAN MATHIS. Here at http://alonetone.com/bethanmathis you can listen The girls and me"
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Hybrid analog/digital rock and roll. I'm trying out some new guitar FX and amp sims in Pro Tools.
They are not so bad all distorted and fuuzzzzed
up.
I tried to sing it, but hey, you know, I give it hell though right?
It's a Goddess of War…
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Two-part tune. The first part is "Untitled," and the second part (based on the last bit of "Untitled") is "Sugar." We went for the slow version for the record. We also play "Punk Sugar" and have messed around with "Country Sugar" and "Reggae…
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Check out the quasi-reggae breakdown right in the middle. The chorus is in 7/8 with the exception of the last measure, which is 8/8. Mike does the backup vox.
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I know, you think I've completely lost it. This is actually a cover tune. Originally done by Wall of Voodoo around 1979. I did it from memory and ear, so I'm not sure if I got the notes or the Key right. It don't matter though, It was fun.
I…
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“Road”:
How can I believe in you my friend
I don´t know now what - you want from me
Please give me a reason to stay
How could you think I will change my way
to look at you, my friend
If you never show me what you feel.
I tried to explain…
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“December rock”:
I told you, I don´t took a shower the last week; I stayed in route.
You think because you care I must be worry about this things
I try to explain I only care about to be on my trip
You think because you want I will change…
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I guess I knew this would happen. Talk about creating one's own reality Sheeeeesh. End of the month and my pen has been re-fueled and I added some vox to this one, plus some lead guitar, and a bit of synth strings. I also took a shot at some…
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Just a guitar instrumental at this point. I don't know where it's going. I can hear some lyrics, but my pen is on hiatus for now.
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Filler track just in case. This too, will be shorter in the final mix. If it makes it at all.
All Synth.
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Au Naturale! A song a friend of mine wrote. Performed by me, of course. All recorded on the Boss Micro BR. It's a song about sharing. Very rough, raw and unplugged. Kind of embarrassed to "share" it - Please excuse the mistakes and hacks! One…
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What we are is mostly water
On our way back to the sea
I have made this trip so many times
I'm just glad you're here with me
Fall alone or fall together
Either way we will be one
You and me, we will reach the sea
And have need for names no more…
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"Miss She" is another step in my late-blooming evolution as a student of music. It's more ambitious in terms of attempting to create an atmosphere of sound, and less ambitious in that I "wrote" the words while standing at the mic. (The next song…
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Wasting away another weekend with some scales and mode practice on the synthesizers.
all the percussion is from the Juno drum patches and my fingers.
For you folks out there who enjoy the mode stuff this is Phrygian in A
A,Bb(A#),C,D,E,F,G,(A)
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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Song recorded July 2009. Song originally by Santana.
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Kinda cornball but what the hell. I gotta do one for the wifey every now and then.
I think my drumming hiccuped somewhere around 2:40.
Lyrics:
just a day
or maybe for a life time
taken away
by a women in disguise
wrapped on a…
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Seems to be that one song everyone likes.
Lyrics:
Stary night, the highway fades
a hundred miles and I'm on my way
I got up late
Lazy days and even crazier nights
there she was, on her way
she stuck her thumb out for me to see…
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Inspired by RFK's Mindless Menace of Violence Speech
Lyrics
Perhaps we can remember
if only for a time
that violence stops for no man
being rich and poor,and black or white
we share the same old dreams
a captive moment in our lives…
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Witness Protection
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 some rights reserved
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Can I get a witness?
Cuz I've been a stranger
and I know you don't recall my face at all
But you were my sister,
before you were famous,
but now you think…
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This is the finished version of Iris Florentine. The acoustic version is still up, though...
Iris Florentina
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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young and lovely, with a wise patina
tapping her toe like Degas' ballerinas…
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The mysterious planet of the machines from Dune. Features a 9-note scale.
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The first beat I ever made, first song I produced :) Please forgive the ill advised symbol.
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The flute on this piece is done by a very gifted flute player by the name of Melinda Eckels. You will hear Melinda on any of the songs where I use flute. Her abilities have spoiled me so, that I can never use keyboard or my limited flute skills…
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Here is something I just thought was funny, and then I added a bit of Buckethead's "..." for good measure. Vox by Throatrake.
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Track originally by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.
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6. Underachievers Anonymous
More nonsense lyrics. I quite like the tune though and the vocals are also acceptable for a change.
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Session fragment May 5, 2025. Roland J-6, Roland S-1, Bastl Kastle FX Wizard, Zoia, and a couple other pedals.
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A demo, for our Muskegon Area Bluegrass group, of Half Acre by Dan Messé.
Updated with a re-recording: April 9, 2025; April 15, 2025; May 5, 2025.
Only one bad chord on this latest one. : )
Main Guitar - Brian Prentkiewicz
Accompanying…
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14/02/25:
https://ditto.fm/my-infernal-world-ode-to-lina-and-paw-the-remixes
'My Infernal World (Ode to Lina & Paw) -The Remixes MEGAMIX' reached the Top 55 on the Spinnin' Records Talent Pool prior to release:
https://spinninrecords…
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Session fragment April 20, 2025. Roland J-6, Roland S-1, Bastl Kastle FX Wizard, Zoia, and a couple other pedals.
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Recordings of grackles, slowed, added vox, whistles and sound effects.
Kat: vox, whistles, composition
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Messing around with mixing.
Sometimes I wonder if your hair is still black and long
If your eyes are still brown and staring shyly at the ground
If your button nose still curves just so
If your eyes still stay close when you laugh
Sometimes…
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This is a song my late-night self apparently left for my morning self to think about. I admit it just keeps gnawing at me, maybe not in a good way.
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Nineteen, standing by the ocean for the first time
Gazing long at the sea feeling the…
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Too many rainy days lately, so what is a boy to do? Write a song!
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I'm walking down this country road to find some peace of mind
With every step I seem to take I leave the world behind
There's agates in the gravel…
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SSA with Piano accompaniment.
Written for Beniaminek children's choir (Enfield, London) for their 2021 Christmas Album "Male Swiatelko z Betlejem" (Little Light from Bethlehem).
Text by s. Karen Trafankowska CFSN.
Performed by Mikolaj…
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for Cello and Piano.
Workshop performance by _______________.
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credits: interpolates music/lyrics by Fleetwood Mac, music by Lil Wayne featuring Bruno Mars; samples music by American Hi-Fi
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A sad tango of a song .......
Karli & Frank
Karli gin soaked sat on the bench
She didn’t know where she was or what she was gonna do
Her head was gone to the clouds
Her head
a mash
of everything she was mean…
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Some cd glitching mashed with a track from exactly a year ago, "schyzotransient"
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There's a story behind this that's uninteresting to anyone but me. A short version is that my old, broken guitar (made semi-immortal with duct tape and instrumental willpower) needed to play this Dylan song before it is laid to rest.
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Next Version of Acido Omingo. I think this will be the final version. Maybe a little bit more mixing but the arrangement is complete :-)
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wrote this song about 6 yrs ago , mix and mastered , guitars , keyboard , bass guitar , vocals and backing vocals , lead guitar , mandolin , and song written by myself , hope you like it thanks for your time ,.....cheers tony cee
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everybody's waiting for the light
but we don't need the sun to show our bright side
strip away the veil before your eyes
wading in with nothing on our minds
good morning swimmers
if you should respond to our invite
you may even come…
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moving back and forth
doesn't have to take very much force
oh but standing up straight, it does
crowding doesn't count much when you are trying to limb out
can we get down to the roots of us
small connections can be found
buried deep beneath…
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Verse One
How did we get to this place
in our lives where we hate each other
how could you be so far away from me
I’ll never understand
With you by my side
We could have been so great so perfect now
Chorus
And how the world can be so…
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Wasteland
Verse One
Follow with soft eyes
(I imagine it so hard to come by)
Combing version wanted alive
(Circumstance on my own)
Constantly eyes dart
(Sit and stare at poverty)
Raise your towers high
(I figured you come around…
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Verse One
Careful what you say now
We’re carefully plotting your death
Mistakes have been made
As you’ll soon see through your modest eyse
Pre Chorus
as seen through therse cute winter greens
Leave us now
You can be our
Hero in the…
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Lessons not, quickly forgotten.
Stable eye, upbuild downtrodden.
Troubled times, lay down often.
Catch the sky, once in a while.
No longer a sound.
Lack of presence feelin' down.
Nothing to put my arms around.
Emptiness is not profound…
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I saw her mother
Just the other day
She didn’t know me
So I froze on what to say
When she was happy
Nothing made her frown
Danced so much
They even gave her a crown
She was , she was royalty
Really wish that she remembered me
She…
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What's your angle?
Why, you want everything for free?
Is it your ego,
or how you want the world to be?
Chase your desire,
But your blind to the cost.
Grab at the surface.
Your ideology is lost.
You can't have it all!
This is the price…
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Push & pull,
Left & right,
Up & down,
Don't forget your dog's in this fight.
Courage!
Might!
All so hard to see in this light.
Couldn’t put it any other way,
Hands up in the air as if they’re trynna say,
Will I ever be…
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One last cup of coffee
Before I hit the road
Where I’m going
You only know
Don’t forget me
Once i’m sold
Breaking down slowly
I suppose so
I’m beaten up
But I’ve grown up
Beaten up
Grow up
You’ll make someone happy
For a year…
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There’s. man by the shallow
He goes there each day
Screams about his problems,
Prays them away
Why’d you come to the shallow?
Do you ever feel peace?
I need a solution
Before my head is fleeced.
The shallow, it saves me
It, holds…
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I wait, I wait,
For you now.
I wait, I wait,
For you now.
Now that you're ahead I wonder,
Will you turn and wait for me?
I wonder.
If I lost direction,
Would the favor return for free?
I wonder.
Hit the brakes, hit the brakes!
Wait…
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It’s all smoke and mirrors
Why I can’t see straight
Will this illusion vanish
When will it break
The smoke it lifting
The mirrors clear
I wasn’t really risking
Everything is still there
Am I still dreaming
This just don’t sit right…
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I guess it's really gonna be farewell,
For as far as I can tell,
Once upon a time story sounds so swell,
the kind of story that we would tell,
We tell the children that it's all, alright,
Nursery rhymes to get through the night,
Hush little…
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I saw you walk right by me without a second glance.
I heard you talking right behind my ‘ugly’ back.
Who knew that we could turn from friends to strangers so so fast,
I thought that this was just the end.
I always argued it was your fault…
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Alone again, shrinking under the city lights
small price, large fee
cashing out
pressures building by the by
in a world set a fire
Everyone is
Everyone is not
the dripping stars of the melting sky
Alone again, at a bus stop in July…
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You'll lose everything like lightning casts shadows on the wall
you'll be delighted by the persistence of vision
The cool
of the breeze
the clouds,
the rain
The snow,
the seas,
the stars,
the lakes
The ponds,
the bees,
the frogs…
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I'm mistepping, I'm a step behind
Everybody wants to own you
everybody wants to show you up
I'm mistepping, I'm a step behind
Notes:
Matt Parker on bass
Jarrett Osborn on Drums
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