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Recorded in the USA, mixed in Canada. I'm on vacation, but I found a little time here in Toronto to mix one more song.
The lyrics are about my cat... again.
The guitars are all Les Paul. The riff in the hook is using an E7#9 chord... again…
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Karthik and Craig of Bahrain/London psych-jammers Flamingods speak to Alex about the economics of selling music, 'Ben Hur', recording an album over the internet, pizza, and what not to put in the DVD drive of a MacBook Pro.
http://flamingods…
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When did everything I came up with for June end up in either 3/4 or 6/8? I should pay closer attention, don't you think?
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Episode 48: Jon Spira/Elstree 1976
Film Director/writer Jon Spira discusses his movie 'Elstree 1976', a look at the lives of the men and women behind the masks and prosthetic alien faces in Star Wars
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects…
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Characters' dialogue from the movie, The Road To Trepanation, by LO Pictures, accompanied by my music.
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Improvisers Colin Webster and Graham Dunning talk to Alex about playing live, art, and running record labels. Along the way we achieve two firsts for the podcast - a live set from the guests, and the whole thing being video as well as mp3…
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An instrumental about the journey from a peaceful sleep to a ravenous baby making you get up in the middle of the night to feed them, possible getting puked on and changing stinky diapers and then finally returning to wonderful slumber!
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A little end piece for the album using my toddler daughters toys.
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Jon with I think Missy on vocals. I think this is a great song.
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Alex talks to Úlfur Eldjárn about Punk, the history of music in Iceland, technology, on stage facial expressions, and much more.
http://www.apparatorganquartet.com
http://ulfureldjarn.com/
http://facebook.com/ulfureldjarnmusic
http://petpiranha…
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Episode 44: Henry Faber
Alex speaks to Minnesotan musician Henry Faber about how his nascent career in music is coming together.
http://henryfabermusic.com/
http://petpiranha.com
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Episode 42: Dino Spiluttini
Alex speaks to Austrian musician and visual artist Dino Spiluttini about moving house, Vienna vs Berlin, local indie bands, loops stations, the legitimacy of programming music, and a whole lot of other stuff…
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Episode 41: Matt Elliott
Aging, correct wallet location, public transport toilets, politics - all these and much much more are discussed with Matt Elliott (Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone, Third Eye Foundation, etc) in a cheerfully rambling…
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Episode 40: Suzywan Deluxe
Alex talks to French designer Suzywan about the success of her Suzywan Deluxe brand
http://www.suzywan.com/
http://shop.suzywan.com/
http://freshyolabel.com/
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This was written in 1983. Used as backing music for a dance project in Ft Collins, CO. There is now a lyric and a melody. This version is a serious jam.
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A love song I suppose, of sorts.... or a nod to my misspent youth.... not misspent enough though !!!!!!
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Lyrics and music by Dave Berry
Guitar: Les Paul
keyboards and bass played on IPad
drums and recording/mastering: Boss BR1200
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This recording during the rehearsal of the Mixed Choir gives us a sense of progress. It is not intended for distribution.
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Here's one for the TV fest over at songcrafters that i decided to do after watching another episode of the second series of Lillyhammer it's a stunner!!...anyway i went down the cellar and asked big E if he would front this one and so here it…
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I've put this one together this morning for the TV fest on the otherside, it's based on the Vikings series showing on Netflicks it covers the first episode it looks like it's going to be a cracking series ...now to find the time to watch it…
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A Texas-NYC ninjam, my first! This is kind of a remix/mashup of the better bits.
Kavin: fretless strat
Jim: violin
If you'd like to hear more from this session, Jim posted this one: http://alonetone.com/jimgoodinmusic/tracks/dust-feat-kavin…
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Jarrod Bramson of Port Townsend, WA duo Solvents talks to Alex about the benefits of isolated music scenes, whether television really did kill the radio star, and a shared dislike of Amanda Palmer.
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"If answerable style I can obtain
Of my celestial patroness, who deigns
Her nightly visitation unimplor'd,
And dictates to me slumb'ring, or inspires
Easy my unpremeditated verse:"
Paradise Lost: Book IX - John Milton
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Lovingly crafted by two Canadians in a basement with a $200 budget.
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Track 2 from The Wait EP. Had a little fun with this melody. The instruments are bass, guitar, drums with some flute and strings towards the end.
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Some time ago whilst YouTubing, I stumbled across several videos of old seafaring songs or sea "shanties". Unbelievably, that triggered some very ancient RAM of elementary school music classes wherein we were taught several of these songs. And…
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Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.)
Written and performed by Rog Hildreth.
Conceived whilst walking to a jobseekers appointment during a bleak but hopeful summer (I didn't have to do it for…
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I really like Sonny Sharrock's approach to the guitar. It's hard for me to play totally "free" like he could.
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Usually when I start writing a song that's ripping off an already written song, I realize it early and either change it or abandon the enterprize.
This time however it wasn't until I was finishing up recording that I realized the tune of this…
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from the album xChange
original words and music by Alex Moody
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Justin Otter Guy (just another guy) and Gene Eric Mann (generic man) are the same musician. My originals are penned as Gene tunes (alonetone.com/mythopoetica) and my covers are uploaded as Justin tunes (/redshirt).
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Justin Otter Guy (just another guy) and Gene Eric Mann (generic man) are the same musician. My originals are penned as Gene tunes (alonetone.com/mythopoetica) and my covers are uploaded as Justin tunes (/redshirt).
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A simple song. An hour to write, half an hour to record. Scares me sometimes !!!! or it's rubbish !!!!
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In the grim town where I was born
There was not much to see
The only thing that shone
was the girl named Mary Lee
I tried to win her when I was a boy
with flowers and smiles and wit
She looked away or looked annoyed
She would have none…
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Episode 16: Phil Powell of Hugs Bison
Phil Powell, half of Cumbria based electronic outfit Hugs Bison, talks to Alex about touch screen creativity, the Singularity, cloud computing, Lost, and why the word 'Frak' destroys the suspension of disbelief…
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Your eyes reflect my future.
Your smile explains my past.
Your eyes reflect to me a future that I’d never seen.
A kind of family, an unknown commonality.
Your blue eyes staring into my blue eyes feels new to me.
A mirror but the lines around…
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A lengthy but entertaining chat with Goodiepal, taking in the US Border Agency's attitude to 'prototype bikes', his war against The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, sci-fi, whether machines can be art, and a whole lot of other things…
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I've always wanted to play backup piano for big names in music. One is Kenny G. This song, written, performed and recorded by Kenny G. This is entirely his recording but I wrote a piano part and recorded it over his original. Enjoy. [Wedding Song…
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This is my absolute best boy-Enya impression. Sorry I couldn't do better.
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This is the parable about the sower and the seed. Musically it was inspired by a Richard Thompson song, "How Will I Ever Be Simple Again."
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This song started with me messing around on my Venom synth not intending to make a song, but once I had the groove it came together pretty quickly. I was saved by my synth, this the title.
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just a fingerpicking exercise with some improvisation that i recorded for a Coursera course.
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Film maker Jon Spira joins 'professional person' Douglas Greenshields, Andy McGarry, Kat, and Alex to talk about independent film making, the Oxford music scene, and Lexx.
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People love songs about donkeys, but they also like to hear about monkeys.
d -c -d
d-c-g-a
There's a brown spider monkey
And he's on my back
A brown spider monkey
And he's ready to attack
g -a - d (c -d)
g - a- d- c- g
g - a- a# - c
This…
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A follow up to Goodbye.......Reg got to thinking maybe he made a mistake.........
i’m a fool for saying Goodbye (Lyrics)
Everything’s cool
Everything’s Great
nothing left for me to break
i’m a fool for saying Goodbye
i’m a fool for saying…
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I've been listening to the Les Miserables album from the movie all day and i think a tad has rubbed of on me………...
I've nothing left to give (Lyrics)
yesterday i had hope
yesterday i had thought
yesterday i had dreamed away
Now, i’ve got…
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This weeks assignment on delay. This one goes a bit off the course assignment into a unique psycho-acoustic delay technique called the "Haas Effect". Not only does it add a "big, spatial sound" to a mono recording, it also is part of why our…
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A story about waking up from a nightmare only to find you're in another nightmare. Told in a eerie, floaty downtempo breakbeat voice, shining a flashlight upward on my face for extra creepiness.
Recursive dreams are really bizarre.
This is…
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I felt compelled to have at least one song that did not use any computerized instruments. This is two tracks of voice and three tracks of guitars. Just me.
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This song was written by Edwin Cleverdon, guitarist for The High Fidelics.
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It's the kind of thing a painter would do, to name the colors you see in front of you. But it's also a way to notice, and maybe even remember what you see.
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A mashup with
Roger Sundström Soundscaping, Guitar, mix
Steve Moyes (Not Yet)
Bruce Hamilton (hool)
Steve Moshier (Spoon Doctor)
Shane W. Cadman (Piece020113)
Paul H. Muller (The Day After)
Glenn Smith (2013-01-31a)
Steve Layton (Wail)
Kavin…
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Piano Improv on a Korg Triton Extreme Synthesizer
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Whispers for dark words in my subconscious
The belief that reality doubles with your delusions
A thought that a handshake was once considered currency
Or a realization that man is the only predator you fear
Radioactive soul
Ain't got nothin…
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At the end of this road
Red rock and blue skies
And the wind calls
Plant your roots in the ground
And the clean air that the trees share
You can't hear a sound
Deep in the heart of it all
Morning dew at the sunrise
Covered in fog
Fires…
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I played and recorded this music using free yamaha automatic keyboard accompaniment.
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Part of Scrotum Hammer - Operation Rolling Thunder. It's not pretty... its Scrotum Hammer.
Note; for safety, this track was re-rendered 33db lower than the original. No joke... it really shouldn't be listened to at all anyway... its horrible!!!
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Part of Scrotum Hammer - Operation Rolling Thunder. It's not pretty... its Scrotum Hammer.
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Part of Scrotum Hammer - Operation Rolling Thunder. It's not pretty... its Scrotum Hammer.
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When I wrote "Lights On" I pulled from a previous relationship. I thought about how in love I was at that time, I actually use to crave this dude. I would clean the house, cook his meals, and "Leave A Light On" when I knew he would have a late…
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this is my stab at the super minimalistic electronic r&b/hip hop that you may hear on your local r&b radio station....just having fun, it would be better with vocals i think.
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Literally hot off the press, this is how my life is going right now.
(c)2012 T.A.Beckett
I used to work in an office.
White collar job just the same.
Order this and order that.
Put the Devil to shame.
Then one day the boss man
Asked me to change…
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This is the same as version A, but with Marcel at the drums.
Vocals: George Williams
Lyrics: Paul Dempsey
Drums: Marcel Hoeker
Bass: Andy Gupta
Guitars: Bill Gifford
Composed by Steffen Offermann & George Williams
Mix & Master: Steffen…
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The Glory of Love – Tiggy Acworth 121003
Let’s sing this song together, for the glory of love
Let’s get along together, as if forever is long enough
As if forever is long enough…
You always make me happy, you always make me smile…
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I am a man, of means,
I mean I hide behind my strongest teeth.
White Ivories, white ivory.
I tread on hollow ground,
Broken glass, and longer ways down.
Than metaphors, engulfing me
I stare up at night,
Wonder who else might feel such a fright…
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Written and performed by Rog Hildreth.
The other songs on 'The September Tapes (B) EP' originally date from Sept 2007-Sept 2010, but this is from the year before, when I was working on 'The Weight Of Water' LP. I always liked this song but…
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A song about the rain. Some things are simple. (all recordings are a work in progress)
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This is a bonus track of sorts for the mock EP It takes a village. I had the verse chord chages around for many years but just until last week the song and lyrics came together really quickly. I thought I heard a band arrangement originally but…
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A cover of mama cass's song: Dream A Little Dream Of Me with my dad markgoldsack as the guitar player
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So come down, and fade away,
The lights are still hanging from last holidays.
And the place in the dark, we'd occupy,
Is leaving my heart, feeling nullified.
So slow down, and walk with me,
Dark empty lanes, under heavy leafless trees…
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Noodling with the "art guitar" in DADGAD tuning in the Serra sculpture Vortex at the FW MOMA. No fx added, all natural reverb/delay inside the structure.
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Noodling with the "art guitar" in DADGAD tuning in the Serra sculpture Vortex at the FW MOMA. No fx added, all natural reverb/delay inside the structure.
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They say we're dangerous, that we never really cared.
That we're selfish, we're blind, and pessimistic.
But I'm not wired for disaster, I'm not broken at the seams.
Alas, I've been watching them, rip away from me.
Digest my insides, they are…
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Have you ever noticed how the Alonetone logo looks a bit too much like a rubber vulva?
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Wrote this in response to all tge news footage of unibombers , shoe bombers....etc....back in the day.
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This a lil piece I recorded many years ago. A nice laid back vibe.
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MADLIBS!! Written by Zabler/Thompson with Angel Campbell, Sean McManus, Janette Hansen, Christopher Delica, Kristina Lee, Laurel Sanders, Ryan Green, Katie Thompson, Sethe Christensen, Patricia Eby, Kristin Collom, Michael Schmidt, Nicole Solis…
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Former Needle Of Light member Sounds Of The 70s embarked on a solo career starting in 2012. His influences include Todd Rundgren, nature documentary soundtracks, and the sound of radio static.
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cobbled together from 3 different fits of inspiration for the 2012 challenge... still needs more words.
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(Isslene)
mirror,
mirror
(Leo)
Oooh, oh, oh
(Leo)
They see one to the other
their backs face the mirror
their eyes face one another
(Isslene)
I dreamed you moved into me
we blended effortlessly,
now awake I plea a reunion
'cause…
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prettymuchstreamofconsciousness...with an overdub or two.
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(slkrells Wide Road Blues Back Track)
Had a bit of fun with this tonight, wadda ya think! one to many beers umm maybe!
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