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We listen
We hear the sounds
They’re playing in our heads
We’re moving
From side to side
The soundtrack of our lives
The rhythm
It takes control
We’re captive to the beat
Emotions
The melody
Stirs up feelings deep
The memories
Come flooding…
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Guitar solo is by Andy. I did the rest.
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Combined some past experiences and put them into this.
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Totally a made up story. My friend, Andy, put the vocal on it.
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The second song written for the 2010 self challenge "Song A Week." And one of my favorites from that challenge.
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Far more bouncy and cheery than the title might suggest.
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Lyrics: Grant D. McLeman
Vocals: Domenico Mercurio (Mimmo)
Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
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Like "Wish" this song was an attempt by me to put a free-form poem by Grant…
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This is an improvised 'piece'. We did quite a bit of improvising, taping the sessions, then sitting in the bedroom listening to the tapes and talking about what we liked, then next time everyone would come with ideas and we would work on things…
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Frederico our Spanish friend is training to be a Matador and he was finding the going a little hard. So he came down the cellar to drink a little moonshine and play a little Blues and let those bad feelings go.............
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Reg has finally brought Bon round and he wants to get straight up and sing............Reg cant stop him ...Well, who can stop a man who's been on the shine... the only problem is that he is blind and he couldn't see the controls on the amp…
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from the album Spherical Harmonics/RPM Challenge 2011.
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Sometimes we glimpse those beings who dance for the delight of the gods.
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Guest preacher Matt Bownds helps us see a glorious view of the church: the Bride of Christ
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I've been told that the lyrics are a bit "creepy". I guess I should note that my songs are NOT autobiographical!
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Hello 1977! This song sounds like 1977 to me. So, I totally played it up, right down to the reverb on the vocals. Enjoy.
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Lyrics Steven Chugg
Music Errol Chugg
Produced by Ken Barken Studios
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The lyrics started out as being about talking to someone and somehow you never get on the same wavelenght. You say something and the other person goes: "Yeah, I know what you mean like this...etc..." and goes on about something you didn't mean…
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The darkness has come to haunt Reg again.....
The Darkness comes again
Disbeliever what is your name
Your calling out from the dark again
I hear your words but there not what they say
in my mind there as clear as mud
The trodden…
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This is the Prozac version of the beloved and strangely haunting song 'Inchworm' as remembered from childhood. There are a couple of microphone glitches in the beginning. And it's pretty much improvised, I think this is the first time playing…
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featuring the fantastic Tim Green on vocals. Thanks Tim.
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Our 4th song about Wawa. The praise is eternal. If you've never experienced Wawa, you just wouldn't understand.
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Vocals: Rebecca Riss
Lyrics: Donna Devine
Drums & Horns: Ian Burrage
Bass: Andy Gupta
Piano: Steffen Offermann
Guitars: Mike Woodford
Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
I think this was the first song that Donna and I collaborated…
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I haven't tried the vox pipes in a few months. I've been sickly and singing was out of the question. After 24 days of instrumental RPM, I started getting back to 99%.
Might as well sing right? Better yet , let me trash the greatest song of…
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All done on the Nintedo Korg DS-10.
Song about my creative processes
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Title: Middle Eight
Original
I can mimic the singles
I hear in the Charts
I can draw on the music
I can borrow their arts…
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An ode to the loss of vinyl records (yes... i know you can still buy them... but it's not the ONLY way to get music as it was when I was a wee lad). But really it's just a thin metaphor allowing me to write another song about a girl. Yahoo…
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There are no lyrics here... I will not put politics into music. However... the man gives me a very demented case of the blues. Therefore I played music to sooth my poor, sad soul.
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Last song written for the 2011 RPM challenge. It's about the decline of musical quality in the world... and perhaps in my own musical efforts.
Lyrics:
It’s becoming a world without heroes
We're leading a life without dreams
Our heartbeat…
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A simple song that speaks for itself. Started with a melody idea, a drumbeat to match, and then a bass line.
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Live dance music from the spaceport bar and grill.
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The dread tale of a doomed woman with a bad habit, the boy who can see spirits, and the witch who grants his wish.
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Just a scratch demo of my attempt at Byrdsiness.
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While writing music for Ron Wyman's film "Agadez" (featuring Bombino!) this sweet little Kalimba part had to get recorded... It sat on a drive for a while forgotten until RPM 2011 shed light on it... I'm thrilled at how well the Kalimba came out…
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This was written during a time when I was away from home a great deal. My better half called me, and the gist of the conversation became the lyrics of this song.
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Reg is back on the drink there was no escaping it. He found out that Desirea was not what he thought she was, she had been telling him lies and his hopes were dashed again.............. theres a little mess up on the Xylophone but what can you…
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Lyrics & Lead Vocals: Angela Baird
Background Vocals: TSV
Bass: Matt Lewin
Drums: Gerald Langenfeld
Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann
This song is a problem ... the vocal track was never meant for production (although…
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This one is just straight up weird... two random creations in Crystal that entertained me, with automated Grain Delay on one of the patches.
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A song I'd been working on all month, finally came up with an acceptable arrangement out of necessity.
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Filler jam #2... quotes riffs from other songs in the set
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Ascending synth tune to round out the 2011 group.
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Even more sound recorder craziness, with "Do Not Lean Against Doors" as the source material this tome.
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More experiments on "Solid Ghosts" with windows sound recorder.
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song for the angry ,delusional and unempathetic people .
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Just some playing around with Electronica. This track is the oddball of the bunch. The rest are more pop/rock.
RPM 11
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Mentally Blocked from coming up with lyrics. Changed directions and pieced together an instrumental.
RPM 11
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Another nostalgic backward glance at an icon
RPM 11
I couldn't wait
to show you off
to all my jealous friends
I knew that they
would be blown away
by the way your body bends
your smile it was so warm
it never did get old
and i…
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5th of the 11 parts,, just a small string interlude a small wave, between the larger seas
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This one means a lot to me... Kinda twangy I guess?
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Reg has a vision but his not really sure it happened... I mean he was at a party and he had been drinking and smoking...........
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I like to play 'hard to get' with people who arn't all that interested in me.
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This wsa a collaboration with Launched , who added Bass , Drums and backing Vox
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A nice solid punchy classic Prozac offering. Love the bass on this song. Also from the basement.
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This song was written about being regressed under hypnosis , to discover what happened , when as a young boy i started a fire in a cornfield , and hid from the trouble i knew would ensue , it was recorded live
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Desirae & Johnny were lovers but they got into debt and Desirae left Johnny. Johnny didn't handle the separation at all well.............
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Remix of various separate audio tracks from the band Nail Of The Sun, who originally went by the name Cryptic Nothings until realizing the name already existed. The Band, Nail of The Sun consist of only 2 members, that of J Shermer(Lycan) and…
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Hey... i've been absent for some days. Sad, depressing days. And happy days.
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Track 10 - Album: Futurism - Band: The Anchorage Drift
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Track 6 - Album: Futurism - Band: The Anchorage Drift
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Track 5 - Album: Futurism - Band: The Anchorage Drift
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Track 3 - Album: Futurism - Band: The Anchorage Drift
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I hope you can see the above picture - I scored a 15 chord autoharp zither for $42 on ebay. 4 old guitar strings later (I save them... just in case :-) and a tuning against an organ patch she is working nicely again. Can't wait to show Emily…
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First single off of The Raygun Girls' 2009 album - Dirt Collector
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It's said that we're neurologically set to be the happiest as children - everything is at its most vibrant when we're young, and every experience is new.
As adults, a lot of that vibrance is lost, but just as autumn comes around with all its…
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This RPM Challenge album had a bit of a ying-yang vibe to it. Compare "Marbles" to "Constellations" and "Fisher In The Sky" to "Tied By The Lies".
This wasn't planned - it just sort of happened.
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jazzsequence - bass, mix mangler
daedae - spacey, acoustic guitar
Jahn - Electric Guitar Analog Effects
Commoner - Found and common percussion
jesmiaus - flpitchervocals
Uncle Tompa - Percussion and Ambient Synth
Ronny Wærnes - contact mic feedback…
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A live improvised recording for the RPM Challenge 2011
recorded 2/19/11 at Dunn Bros. Coffee in Keller, Tx.
Kavin.: guitar, loops
Michelangelo: buzz guitar
Ross Reitzammer: flute
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A live improvised recording for the RPM Challenge 2011
recorded 2/19/11 at Dunn Bros. Coffee in Keller, Tx.
Kavin.: guitars, loops
Michelangelo: buzz guitar
Ross Reitzammer: flute
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A track from my RPM 2011 album 'Glass Wall'.
It was created entirely on my iPad using a DAW app called 'Music Studio'. The title comes from a line in the song 'Bodhisattva' by Steely Dan:
"Can you show me the shine of your japan, the sparkle…
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Track 1 from the HOMUNCULUS EP (2008)
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/Homunculus_419
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OMG. It's on! Are you ready?
All phrases were recorded in about 30 minutes. *Way too much* time was used on the arrangement and fine tuning. ")
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It's the first piece for the 2011 RPM Challenge. It's not finished yet but you get the idea.
(x6) guitars
(x1) 2 string cigar box guitar (strings tuned to c# and played together
(x1) diddley bow
(x1) uke
(x1) electric bass
(x1) drum kit…
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