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Just looking for answers!!
V1 Lies suck and rain clouds suck.
The world is out to get you.
You want to chase the shadows out
Clear away the blue
V2
You wonder when will it end.
You wanted things to change
But would you have chosen…
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If my song writing comfort zone lives at about 70 beats per minute, it's nice to double it now and then. This one is 144. A fun change of pace.
I like this one. I don't love it. I doubled the voice in the chorus because I wanted to add…
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Sometimes when I'm working on rhythm guitar parts I have to make sure I remember Robin Trower's third album (For Earth Below) where he put a ton of distinct rhythm guitar tracks on most of the songs and most of those rhythm guitar tracks are flooded…
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Its all about being true to yourself and not letting the demons get you - remember your lies will comeback to you
V1 The darkness it comes to me
Before sleep penetrates this gloom
I reach out to touch you
Yet I know you’re not in the room…
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Listening to Boris today will do it to you ...... Thanks for listening
Talking Head (Am7 Am/D D7 sus4 F C Gm DM Cm Am F C G F C Gm )
Your just a talking head to me
I see your lips move but I don’t hear what you say
Tomorrow is just…
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Week 10 challenge - Place Name. I lived in LIC for about 4 of the 10 years that I lived in NYC. While mostly not a true story, I do love Long Island City - it's very close to Manhattan and has a distinct and individual charm. For those who…
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Another hit single from me,your favourite hit maker,........... She ends up testifying about me,she wants me.....but I can't be her lover. Go download this one.#udonseeamna!!
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I wonder if we'll have redpolls showing up this winter.
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September 20 - 2 hr. Sunday skirmish. Prompt - "sleep" - got this in in just over 2 hours.
V1:
Sometimes when I wake
I have an uneasy feeling
Like a leafy yard that needs a rake
What am I not revealing
There must be something going…
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There's something strange about this year, that I can't quite put my finger on...
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Some straight-up tenor sax, starting off somewhat tuneful but eventually wandering, as tends to happen.
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A recording from aug 23
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Bingsolex - lead guitar
Erwin B - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar, keys & mix
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I don't take no for an answer
I want to know what…
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September 17 - Wanted to try another song in AABA form, since I ended up liking my song from last Sunday's skirmish. This ended up being Part 2 because about three-quarters of the way through the song I had another idea and almost scrapped this…
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A new song
Did this one on my own
KC
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Well I'm not asking much
All I want is your touch
That is all I'm asking for
Can't stand this craving anymore
Well I don't ask a lot
Baby give me all you…
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September 13 - Sunday skirmish, prompt - Autumn. Had to start late but glad I was able to participate. AABA form, a song about getting older.
V1:
Autumn's Here for Me
And even though I'm getting older
There's still much more to see
Clear…
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September 12 - This could be that inner voice that might prevent someone from expressing themselves creatively, or from pursuing any other goal that might cause fear or resistance. Partially inspired by the Stephen Pressfield book "The War of…
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September 10 - Feeling like the well is running dry lyrically (I know that's not true and is really fear, doubt, and resistance). Grabbed this title from the FAWM Muse site and told myself "write!"
VERSE:
The tall grass is blowing
As I ride…
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September 7 - At first glance I had some musical ideas in mind, so really glad that Cindy's lyric was available for a collab. My aim was to keep it in the pop/rock vein but with a nod to African rhythms/sounds.
Cindy's original note to her…
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Well... this took a left turn at Odd Street. The main melody started off as riff written and played on bass guitar and the early version had guitars, and real drums etc.... Then I got introduced to a suite of 80s synth plugins and it all went…
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September 6 - Sunday skirmish, one hour to write a song from the prompt, which for today was "Bright Star."
VERSE:
Refusal to engage
In the nonsense
That puts me in a rage
Sometimes
You remain above the fray
You may hear an insult…
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September 3 - I'm pretty self-critical like I'm sure a lot of us are - I actually like this one. One of my favorites for this 50/90.
VERSE:
Looking out the window
The narrow street below
The sounds of the city calling
I know where I'd…
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September 1 - When I was first reading Liz's lyric a few days ago I was immediately hearing something, so happy it was available for a collab.
Lyric by Liz Petty
V1
speak to me
with your body
speak to me
without words
let me know
your…
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August 30 - Sunday skirmish, prompt is "Conversation" - joined late because we took a trip to visit my Aunt today, and interestingly our little day trip ended up being perfect as a jumping off point for my lyric.
VERSE:
A perfect late-summer…
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August 28 - An intentionally ambiguous lyric that's not meant to say anything necessarily about the pandemic .... or maybe it could?
VERSE:
He was walkin' up downtown
Through the heart of the city
The streets were gettin' crowded again…
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August 26 - This title came up on the Fawm Muse, and this is what came from that. Follow your dreams and don't let anyone try to quash them.
VERSE:
It’s easy to succumb
To the rat race we all run
It can make your mind feel numb
And steal…
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August 23 - Sunday skirmish - prompt: "Self-Portrait" - had the song in an hour, took 20 extra minutes to finish the demo, guitar recorded a bit hot, but no time to fix.
VERSE:
It can be hard at times
To be a human being
Many hills to climb…
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August 22 - Was reading the statistic about how few U.S. citizens make the effort to vote. It's surprising to me, but I do understand how some feel that it doesn't matter. I disagree.
VERSE:
It's dark outside
Foul winds are blowing
There…
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August 20 - Wrote the lyric to the prompt "Just Out of Reach," though I've experienced this when I was younger and even sometimes today, I was thinking a lot about one of my best friends who has never married or had a long-term relationship…
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August 18 - Working on learning to improve my skills with midi and VST instruments, still much to get a handle on.
VERSE:
It's time to step over
The line that we've drawn in our minds
The heat we expel
From our anger and fear is a sign…
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Sunday 8/16 skirmish, prompt: "I Don't Care."
VERSE:
Sittin' down to write again
Though my mind is wandering aimlessly
Drawin' a blank like I often do
I'll just sit here patiently
'Till a spark of a story wakens
And I start to come…
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August 14
VERSE:
The minutes pass
As do the lives we've planted
And it's easy to take
Too much for granted
We plow ahead
Beliefs get slanted
Do we really have time for that
CHORUS:
Its' a Borrowed World
We're not here very long…
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August 11 - A world beat/rock song.
When I don't know who's side you're on
Oh, It hurts, I really need you
But if I must go it alone
I will, if I have to
The strength of moving together
The love that binds us effortlessly
We Are Stronger…
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August 9 - 1-hour skirmish (I cheated a bit and ended up taking 1.5 hrs., but I did have the song in the hour). Prompt: "I'm so ...." Tossed around a few ideas then this came. Used the fabulous internet to help me come up with 1964-ish ideas…
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August 9 - This is a song about stepping out of your comfort zone. So I tried doing that musically as well.
Lyric:
There's an Unseen World
Yes an Unseen World
And it's waiting
Right outside
The door to your mind
Yes it's waiting
Right…
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another from new exploring with the mountain dulcimer. This one tuned DAC. Digging it. Created for the Sound-in Event.
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This is one of only two songs from this year's 50/90 that was started on guitar rather than bass. It's also one of three where the vocals were recorded on a day where I couldn't sing in tune to save my life. It's also one of three where the…
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August 6 - Well this is a tome and rather wordy compared to most of my lyrics. I do so much in verse/chorus form, wanted to try something different, so this is in AABA form. Had the musical idea for the A section and then as I've had the current…
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August 4 - Week 4 challenge: Fire. My mind went to several fiery relationships that I've experienced in my lifetime. And out here on the prairie late summer wildfires are a normal thing.
VERSE:
Driving down that highway
Smell the smoke in…
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July 31 - Started out as "Invisible Things" (from the Poe quote "invisible things are the only reality" - maybe that's another song), turned into "Invisible Words" which I know a lot about as an introvert. I often prefer to stay silent, but there…
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July 28 - My lifelong struggle with resistance to completing creative work has me where I am today, finally overcoming. I had this track with another set of lyrics that just didn't fit, then another, and then this came. I think it works better…
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Another protest song, the state of our country and world has been on my mind.
VERSE:
Smoke and confusion
Marching on our soil
Leaders telling lies
Darkness in the cities
Militia on the ground
They wear the worst disguise
CHORUS…
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VERSE:
The whites of your eyes
Filled with red again
Your mind is telling lies
Says this is the end
The pain is always there
Lost in endless time
You know this was never fair
Tell everyone you're just fine
CHORUS:
Zombify
It will…
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July 17 - Her chair is in my studio, as well as one of her old suitcases that I use as a table. She was so dear to me. The verses would need to be re-worked, and it's kinda long.
VERSE:
It sits there in the corner
The fabric's pretty worn…
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July 15 - Random collab. Laurie sent me a lyric and I sent her a basic idea that wasn't really working that well. She wrote a quick new lyric and it inspired me a lot to revise/revamp my original idea and this is the result. A fun collab and I…
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July 12 - Skirmish. Prompt: Such a thirst. Decided to take that as my first line and go from there, ending up being about the desire to return to normalcy.
VERSE:
Such a thirst
I'm yearning for some normalcy
It’s not coming
Have we been…
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July 11 - The Skirmish writing prompt is from titular...use whatever inspires you all words or just a title?:
"___stubborn routine of the ohio
banks, nails, losers
robinson : twinkle waterfall
five (orpheus)
thought nocturnal___"
I just…
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July 11 - Skirmish. A mix of autobiographical and made-up stuff to the prompt "Too Straight"
VERSE:
My mama told me
Make sure to get an education
Something to fall back on
But I didn't listen
So life's been a bumpy road
Many paths I…
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July 11 - Skirmish. The prompt was - make your own prompt from any of the letters in “thermodynamic.” My first thought was to bale as it seemed to hard. Decided to have a little fun with it and be silly. Didn’t exactly create a prompt, but my…
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July 10 - Another skirmish, messed up the end of the demo but I just gotta let it go for now!
VERSE:
It started out as a drizzle
Dotting the winding dusty road
For many hope began to fizzle
And the dark clouds began to overload
Many…
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July 10 - Skirmish. Refers to you know who.
Lyric:
He's a petulant little child
Ranting, raving mad
Apoplectic in the extreme
To me he looks rather sad
His Twitter feed on fire
With vengeful, spiteful hate
An exasperated urchin…
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July 10 - Skirmish. Got this in right on the hour, had the lyric and basic melody in 30 minutes. Takes me the rest of the time to get a decent take. Fun but nerve-wracking at the end!
VERSE:
The smoke slowly rises
The prairie wakes at dawn…
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synthesizers and effects
“It is a peculiar colony” says István Maák, a zoologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. “They are doing the best they can, surrounded by dying.” In 2019, Maák took it upon himself to do something about…
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July 10 - one-hour skirmish. We wanted to take a trip this summer but it ain't happenin'.
Lyrics:
VERSE:
Stuck here at home
With the world on lockdown
Doing my work online
There must be better ways to spend my time
When out gotta…
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July 8 - Used the following songwriting prompt: write a song in the form of a step-by-step process, and use the progression Bm, F#m, G, Em. This was hard at first, and then I came up with something from my own past that I thought might work…
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July 6 - Used a prompt from another writing challege - the 5 in 5 Song Challenge, July 2020. I used 5 of the suggested words: Forgive, Wooden, Coast, Hands, Looking
Lyric:
VERSE:
The wooden figure in the corner quietly
Like an old friend…
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July 5 - First skirmish challenge in a long time, 2 hrs just barely enough time to do a basic demo, fun day! Lyric based on trips we took when the kids were young down to the beach in Destin, Florida.
Lyric:
VERSE:
We used to drive down…
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July 5 - This is actually my first 50/90 song this year, just now got around to doing a quick demo. Used the "Titular" tool on the Fawm Muse page, grabbed the title and ran with it. I immediately thought of the plethora of false information harmfully…
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Generally speaking I like this one, but there are some catches.
1. The vocals for this song, along with two others, were recorded on a day when I just didn't have it. I couldn't hit a pitch if you painted a big target on it.
2. I recorded…
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This is more of a description than a song. It's my contribution to the Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show monthly song writing challenge: "Write a song about your first car."
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WHEN WE GET TO COLORADO
Capo @ 5 in C positions
C G
Thirty one years in this city
Thirty one yers on this street
Fighting in the morning
Fighting at night
This place has the smell of defeat…
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SKINNY GIRLS
Capo @ 3 in G
...and then he said,
I like skinny girls
Toothy girls
Flat chested girls
I like girls with Adam's apples
A mouth full of titty
And a hand full of ass...
A girl with a six pack
is my kind of...
And then…
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I almost like this one. I was into it while I was putting it together (percussion overload, babie!) and playing the rhythm guitar parts was kinda fun. I had a really hard time with the vocals. I just couldn't find the pitches anywhere. Singing…
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Here's another original song that I wrote this year!
I may have gone a little insane with the layering in this one... but I kinda like it so I won't apologise for it lol
Lyrics:
You can take your time, I'll wait for you
Suppose that's all…
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*Talented sensational act popularly know as *HORLAYIN* he was born from A. S. A L. G. A KWARA STATE has released his prayer song title " *BLESSING*" this magic piece was produced by *EM6**
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Rise 49 and two instances of Martina Labs Aalto with effects in harmonic series tuning.
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Trying to get the hang of using hardware synths.
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Two different contact mic recordings; one on a high-tension electricity pylon, the other on a metal bridge frame. Both were processed with the same noise reduction sample, silences removed, then stretched to double length. Submitted to Sound-In…
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I was trying out the new guitar a Harley Benton 12String just like Tims (Greeny's) an its a beauty it sounds great and for just over £200 a bargin to boot. Heres a bit of blues the Harley benton and a fender strat and a wha peddle
I travelled…
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I don't like the chorus in this one at all. Everything else is okay but the chorus... let's just file it under "it seemed like a good idea at the time" and forget all about it.
Guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro. Amps on all guitar tracks…
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Inspired by a drum track from Emily Dolan Davies I tried to produce a cinematic sounding track.
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this is a song I wrote for my girlfriend she loves the song too she was about today and heard me developing the song 000 I had never done a new musical instrument on thumbjam till today- included in this is the new instrument "I love you"
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I don't hate it outright... but I don't really like it either. The chorus is okay, the groove is okay... maybe I just need to re-record it and play better. Maybe just tone down the grunge a little. I don't know. It's not a complete loss, but…
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Pink noise setting on Mini-Moog that seems to be malfunctioning slightly (sweeping sounds shouldn't happen). Effected by running it through noise reduction, the profile of which was taken from sounds of a tenor saxophone. Right channel is a reverse…
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So, as a major change from countryside walking...a random leap for no. 6 in this series to visit the Greek Goddess of the Hunt...Artemis. More discordant, but hopefully capturing some drama!!
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Song inspired in a dream.
I woke up one morning,
And this bat was flying around my bed,
I followed him to the living room
And he was hanging upside down under the stairs,
And just before I grabbed him
He began to sing,
He sounded something…
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Back to the Sea is a song about reincarnation. The sea as the sourde of every life.
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My wife used to have a Paint horse named Dandee. When I originally recorded the song, we both said it gave us a picture in our heads of Dandee running along a beach.
Originally recorded in February, 2019 for the RPM Challenge album, "The Dark…
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Nothing special about this one except that it broke my one songwriting challenge rule: I rewrote part of it. The lyrics. I wrote the melody and a set of lyrics that fit late one night and even before I conked out for the night I knew it was…
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50/90 runs from July 4 through October 1. Three months. When I work on it I tend to break the project up into four pieces. Songs started and finished in each of the three months, and songs that cross between months. This is the only cross…
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Another improv on the dulcimer. Creating for the new Sound-In event.
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Another Thumbjam thing inspired by Japanese Gagaku music
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I got a mountain dulcimer for my birthday. This is first exploring. Created for this weeks Sound-In Event Textures.
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Monophonic recording of a bowed balanced contact mic (two piezo elements glued onto a small piece of wood and connected to the hot and cold of an XLR mic cable) clamped onto the front of a small acoustic guitar body (no neck or strings).
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Straight-ahead tenor sax with no processing, post or otherwise.
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I did this collab with a chap Stephen Moore on songrafters he did most of the hard work playing and mixing i just donated the lyrics and vocal Thanks fors listening....
Courage is coming with the wind
The dead serenade but no one is listening…
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VIRUS
Love is a mutating virus
Not unlike the flu
Hopefully you'll be defenseless
When I give it to you...
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
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I've been reading many novels situated in the South...
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EVER ONE I NEED TO TALK TO
Everyone I need to talk to tonight is gone
Some have gone to heaven. Some have gone to hell
Ever one I want to talk to tonight is gone
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an instrumental for the fest on the otherside....Thanks for listening it's been a busy weekend
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FUNKY HEART PROBLEMS w/Hardlock
To all those with the same problem something to smile about .......
Funky Heart Problems
Eggs sausages bacon and beans that’s all I think of eating
That’s all want to eat but I can’t with this diet that I…
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To try and help the grieving process........
Today and tomorrow is all you need
Yesterday seems so far away
Tomorrows here it came today
I look around me to try and find away to get back to yesterday
I don’t know what I believe in…
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Trending song by a young promising act featuring DNext.
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We need to wear 'em... might as well get one that looks cool.
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I should really stop doing this. It's not helping my mental health. But I can't look away...
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Turns out she wasn't actually mad at me, she was just mlemming.
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I liked the way Texturetest turned out, as a modification of a very short sax improvisation, so decided to stretch it even more than that one - ten more times!
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Messing around with AudioDirector, I got it for free in a bundle. I'm very impressed as I can do a whole lot with a whole lot of little.
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Here is peice of mind for mindblowing rap vibe from Steady library, these peice of craft is titled How e go be a song produced by BeatOut Music huncho Mdhazz.
Listen Share & rate the song
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Instant mash for Sound-In featuring James Bailey, Shane Cadman and Roger Sundstrom, mix by Kavin.
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Stretch of a short tenor sax improvisation to see what would come out.
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A friend introduced me to Ernest Ranglin and I was inspired seconds later
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I was going to do another instrumental but heard a song at the start so changed direction and came up with this one...
Another day comes
Yesterdays youth seem miles away
As age creeps on day after day
Life isn’t what it used to be
And no…
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Another Pure Data generated piece similar in scope to the last but different pitches selected, again with JI in mind, and some interactive playing in the patch live. For more info on Pure Data an open source visual programming language keen for…
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I piled up a bunch of scraps from all four (!) RPM Challenge 2018 recording projects I was involved in, threw on some effects, and made a weird casserole. :)
Billy C., Sandy C., James C., Kenny T., Bill J., Philip P., Dan H., Robbie R. - Various…
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Chris E. has been a frequent voice of RPM Challenge encouragement for years, and began messing around with FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops) a while ago. He put together some sounds and sent them to me, then I added an 808 and some more sounds…
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Eli and Jonny stepped out for a smoke break, so I ran over behind the drums, Tommy picked up a guitar, and we jammed for a minute. Jonny grabbed the mic when they came back in, and it turned into a Super Jam. :)
Jamie B. - Guitar.
Tommy U…
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Me with my dad and my uncle Billy. The phrase "ugly-ass pine trees of home" had been stuck in my head for a few years, so I finally wrote a song around it.
James C. - Vox.
Billy C. - Dobro, bass.
Kevin C. - Guitar, mandolin, lyrics, songwriting…
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The Sweepers reflecting on whatever the hell "love" is. :)
Bob P. - Bass, vox.
Jamie B. - Guitar.
Eli M. - Guitar.
Jonny P. - Drums
Kevin C. - Recording, mixing.
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Margaret's lovely ode to lost progress and tenuous hope.
Margaret B. - Piano, lead/background vox, lyrics, songwriting.
Robbie R. - Lead guitar.
Kevin C. - Drums, bass, rhythm guitar, recording, mixing.
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Robbie's exploration of real-world isolation and virtual community.
Robbie R. - Guitar, bass, vox, lyrics, songwriting.
Margaret B. - Cat litter deodorizer (shaker).
Kevin C. - Suitcase bass drum, recording, mixing.
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Kenny made us write the intro lyrics at the studio, and then made me say the intro! Yikes!
One of the most sonically dense arrangements we've done. So many tracks!
Kenny T. - Rhythm guitar, Clavinova, lead/background vox, percussion, lyrics…
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Robbie R. - Guitar, bass, vox, songwriting.
Kenny T. - Background vox.
Kevin C. - Drums, background vox, recording, mixing.
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