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Written and Recorded on 04/12/11 in Otley, Yorkshire.
We were all in the same room for a change. Lol
"Dont Mind The Rain"
By Jim Higgins, Tharek Mokbul and Mike Fife
Met UK
Well what you say
let's get together
and do it all again
i've packed…
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Recorded for an Album we are going to sell to raise Money for a Great Kid called wren who needs help to fund a Special programme for children with Autism (Son-Rise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son-Rise)
Music By OsCKilO
Words and Vocal by Oldrottenhead…
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Another one For Wren's Album
Little Bird
ORH:Vocals and Lyrics
OsCKilO: MusicLittle Bird, Little Bird
the tiny brown wren
so small but so loud
its voice fills the woodlands and moorlands and farms
its beautiful song
so vibrant and full
it…
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Now can you imagine it, it’s Christmas eve and there is no one to give us Christmas as Father Christmas has died and there is no one to take is place what are we gonna do????? What would life be without a Christmas song???
No-one to sing the…
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This is the third song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Lyrics and vocals - Michael Thomas
Wildgeas Music - Paul Lennon
Enjoy!
Love is Free
as you let it…
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The guy who lives next door to the guy who has lots and lots of friends...
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this is based on an improve from back in jan 75, then guitarist - chris layed this riff out and i never forgot it. it was the first time i was in a band as a bassist. the rest of the riffs are mine and everything else disastrous done in this song…
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Started out be an innocent little jazzy study in quartal harmony, but the DL4 was still in my signal path and things went downhill from there! Another done with my beloved '58 Stratotone
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A "lost" early track - this has never been previously released on cassette or CD.
The passage of time has erased any memory of why it got that title.
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all i did was tweake with the instrumentation from a midi file in fl studio, but I just felt like uploading it anyway, here you go.
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Song about a miscarriage Beth and I had back in January of 2008. Written in November of 2008.
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This is a “cross-over” pattern. Cross-over patterns are a type of enharmonic polymeter, where 2 rhythms with different numbers of beats/measure are played at the same tempo: the measures do not line up each time. These rhythms have measures…
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An old track delving in to the mysteries of music's origins and the origins of all mater.
The lead vocal and guitar were recorded in the An der Baustelle studio in Berlin this summer. Drums, strange electric guitars and harmonies added today and…
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This song grew out of a line in the film "Helvetica". I believe this is the first 'punk' song about a font. Seems likely, but you never know. It's a big world.
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Originally started as a parody for a friend. It grew into something far beyond me.
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New song demo. Recorded on my phone using Amplitube.
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Inspired by the comic Achewood. A lesson on a difficult life.
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This is a twisted cover of a Princess Seismograph song. Their version is brilliant and beautiful. This was recorded on a phone using Amplitube.
Support their new album!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/437910990/we-put-the-situation-in…
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Was this the first song I actually recorded? Degraded copy since the original has perished.
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Something like a Johnny Cash song, at least that's where it started. Demo.
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Paul Baribeau is an amazing musician from Bloomington Indiana. I absolutely love his lyricism and how much heart he puts in his work.
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A Christmas song about what really matters.........i got the idea for the music listening to Jarvis and his accordian the other evening so thanks J........
A CHRISTMAS SONG (Lyrics)
Welcome to christmas eve the show begins again
were going…
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... just found this cover of "Doll Parts" i recorded a few years back and thought I'd share!
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My wife plays flute and asked whether I could write a simple piece for it. This is the result. She hasn't learned it yet!
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this was a step along the way to http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1895
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Dare ya to not be singing this the rest of the day
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Rythm guitar, meaningless lyrics and a guy playing drums
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Just some sounds I stumbled across during "rehearsal".
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classical guitar solo compete with lots of mistakes and flubbed notes.
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Recorded This a while back....
It is an Indian flute my Dad used to play....
Just a few little toots I remember him playing..
Peace
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This is my cover of Geir Alfsons song, like a fool , i did this as a tribute to him on songcrafters music forum
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This is a cover of a wonderful song by Yoko Kanno, Steve Conte, & Shanti Snyder.
Music by Brian Vaughn
Vocals by Brian Vaughn and Stephanie Hossfeld-Downey
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this is my first time so yeah
also it was very fun recording this
with jason
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This is just a bit of silly fun I had one day with a four-track cassette recorder...about 9 years ago (yup...another lost find fro the racks). Just blowin' off some steam on a day off in my little apartment of Tokyo. On first listen-back...it…
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When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk…
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A man receives advice and guidance from his wife in a most unusual way.
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Just a rough version of a song I plan to record properly during this coming February's RPM Challenge.
EDUCATION REALITY CHECK
I work with children every morning
Check their progress every night
I'm an expert with technology
And interactive…
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This is a one guitar (Fender Mustang) improvisation leveraging my GR-20 into bass guitar, strings, synth wash + strumming and percussion. At 2:58 my low A string breaks and then my left forearm and hand cramps up. But it was fun as it lasted.
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About no one in particular, just a figment of my imagination.
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I was working on a piano phrase played by Alonetone supremo [Sudara](http://alonetone.com/sudara) (about which, more later).
One of the approaches I took was to load the phrase into the Time Freezer instrument and play it. I kind of got lost…
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A CASKET AND A ROSE
capo @ 2 Am
There's nothing quite as slow to grow
Than a cherry laurel tree
A fingerling that grows beneath
That old oak canopy
Presented as a volunteer
On that creek bank south of town
One hundred yards from our…
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Another classical guitar improvisation. I feel this one is a bit repetitious but wanted to share it nonetheless.
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This song was written about being around someone who just didn't take any notice of what they were doing and took no notice of the warnings you had given them about their actions, so you had to go.
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Another soundtrack for one of my favorite science fiction novels.
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This started off as the first unplugged recording I ever made.
Bruce (Blooby)kindly added some drums and pipes to it....
Then Oldrottenhead sang a lyric over it a bit later...
The way this evolved amazed be. Never thought it would…
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Ain't No Nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't no nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't already been said
Ain't no nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't already in my head
Mmmmmmm Christmas
Ain't no songs about Christmas
Ain't already been sung
Ain't no fancy…
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CHRISTMAS IN MY HEART
Dear Mom and Dad,
I know you worry.
I know you're tired.
But I know you are thinking of me.
Your letters keep me inspired.
When the time comes and I can't leave,
Sand in my boots, sours on my feet
I'll stand the heat because…
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Once again the source material is a snippet of beautiful piano from [Sudara](http://alonetone.com/sudara) only this time I fed it to a new Reaktor instrument that I am working on call Tukuramu.
Okay so tukuramu does not mean earth-quake but…
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CHRISTMAS@#$%& II
Snow flakes splashing on my windshield
My old heater hums a tune
And I can hardly see the road
and I'm wishing it was June.
Now, I ain't no atheist
and I ain't no Hebrew
And I ain't one to hold my tongue
when the thots…
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CHRISTMAS@#$%&
I don't want to seem obnoxious
I always try to be polite
But there are some things that bother me
That keep me up at night
And I ain't no damned atheist
and I ain't no Hebrew
And I ain't one to hold my tongue
when the thots…
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WHEN I BELIEVED IN CHRISTMAS
When I was a kid
going home on the bus
we would sing Christmas songs
all the way to our stop
and we never asked questions
or doubted the things
we were told by our
parents or teachers or politicians.
How I wish…
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I sampled Curumin - Fumanchu on this track and put everything else in myself, I do believe its quite dank.
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THE BASHFUL TROMBONE
I'd be embarrassed by this if I had any pride.
But I don't so....
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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A cover of a Roy Harper song , a man who's musical style i probably admire the most in music , he has a wealth of music for people to discover
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FISHING
People keep saying that it's a big ocean
There's more than one fish in the sea
Where did they get such a ridiculous notion
What's fishin' between you and me
Fishin' or fusion, photo voltaic cells
Wind mills and hydrogen too…
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by James Michael Taylor
I have a brain that I must keep busy
I have a heart with too many hurts
And I have a house with too many memories
My life is broken but somehow it still works
And I have a dream that wakes me up crying
I feel…
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WHEN HANNAH IS SILENT
When Hanna is silent, I worry
When Hanna is quiet, I wait
When Hannah shuts down,
There's a cloud on this town
Her silence increases the distance
When Hannah is silent, it's dark
Her words are the cues
To find…
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I KNEW YOU'S GONNA SAY THAT
Well, I woke up this mornin agreeing with you completely
Oh, yeah, I woke up this mornin agreeing with you completely
(forgive me for this silly song...)
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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My high school friend was transporting a scroll to Los Angeles to be repaired...
SCROLL
There was a girl with a broken scroll
To make repairs, she took a stroll
To the city of angles right down the road
She made plans, then up and goed…
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WHEN
When I was with you
The earth was round. The sky was blue.
When I was with you.
The deed was done. Each day was new.
When I was with you
The lost was found. The blind could see
When I was with you
The lame could walk. The river…
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New York Times, in an article today
"Hamburgers in Paris!" Its on the front page
Everybody wants it. McDonalds in Paris
Everybody wants it
Has the taste of the forbidden. Illicit and subversive.
You can print it out. You can write it cursive…
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by James Michael Taylor
I have a brain that I must keep busy
I have a heart with too many hurts
And I have a house with too many memories
My life is broken but somehow it still works
And I have a dream that wakes me up crying
I feel…
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Yeah, I know it goes on too long
but I put it at the end of the Cd so
if I'm not asleep by then it does the job.
And I totally understand if you think
it doesn't make any sense and
I ought to have left it off the CD.
COLORS
Spread…
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This is called "My Life Will Never Be the Same" because that is what I knew the moment Peggy said to me, "I told Doug, two days ago, that I am leaving you." It gives me chills just typing the words and that was four years ago.
(C) 2011 Royal…
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PEGGY'S GONE Capo @ 3 in C
C G
Peggy's gone, after twenty nine years
Am F
Three grown children. What…
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EVEN
Even if they brought you back to me paralyzed and blank
Dumped you on the porch and left the bill still owing at the bank
Even if you didn't know my face, couldn't speak my name
You and I have traveled much too far to still be…
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Written one morning at OLD Number NINE weekend with Eliza Gilkyson.
SNAPSHOTS
Life's a million snapshots, all lined and flashing
It seem like a movie but it's the persistence of our vision
It all goes in circles, hashing and rehashing…
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She danced in my eyes and to my surprise
Her intentions were clearly defined
She danced with the band and the pen in my hand
Danced with her as she danced in my eyes
Portland, Oregon. She was drunk. She thot I was James Taylor.
Flower…
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After seeing a quick pick up at the Leather Ball Saloon in Dallas one 1974 evening. This is a song from the album, FEATHERS IN THE WING by Snow Geese/Barbara, Michael Jeffrey and me. 1976
(50 years later, I am stunned at the starkness of this…
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Peggy told me that this song didn't make sense to her. Then I found out why.
AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am
Intro – Am/ Am -/ Am - Bass G (3)
Am Bass F/ E
Am FM7 Am FM7
Thru the early morning curtain, muted light of new sun rays
C…
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THE LAST TIME I SAW GRAND PA
The last time I saw grand pa was sixty years agp
Palmdale, California and I was four years old
He was stooped and withered
A worn-out little man. I remember him the best I can
I swear I saw my grand pa in…
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I wrote this one day when Peggy went to the store. Had no idea it would ever be worse than that.
THE LAST TIME Am capo @ 3
The last we said goodbye I didn't even look her in the eye
The last time I kissed her mouth I didn't even think about…
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This was my dad's favorite song of mine about thirty years ago. Maybe it was because he just liked to hear me sing s positive song for a change.
(C) 2011 Royal T Music
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When this happened I couldn't get home before I had the song half written. What a lonely feeling.
NOBODY KNOW ME IN TOWN ANY MORE Key of G
G Em
There’s a bird in the gutter that…
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THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE - capo @ 4 in C
Well, I watched you play a crowd out in West Memphis
And I’ve seen you play the trout at Timberline
So, the next time you’re in town you must come around
(So, if you're out my way on any given…
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I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S GONE Key - G
She's been gone for three years now
Three years since she walked out
Friends and folks I work with
Ask me what it's all about
Tho I can't find an answer
As the days drag on and on
My heart is damn near…
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Written back in 1969 when Barbara and I were visiting friends of friends in Tulsa.
TULSA
When the sun has gone down
And the storm has passed over Tulsa
And the ponds are refilling
The people rest easy in Tulsa
I know 'cause I've been…
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I watched a Drama on the Tv last night and it got me thinking...................
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This is about the parth to self discovery and spirituality. All paths are valid and there is no requirement to be shown the way by someone else when we all have the ability to express our personal connection to the creator in our own personal…
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HOME ON THE RANGE
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Home, home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play…
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THE STREETS OF LAREDO
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy…
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I was trying to learn I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and gave up and took what I had already and wrote this.
CACTUS FLOWER
Cactus flower shining.
Simple song of life
never in a bouquet
Gathered for a wife
Cactus flower growing
In a land…
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Tim Tandy said, "I enjoy the "play like" aspect of the Stockyards District today, but I KNOW what was real and what wasn't. When I grew up in East Fort Worth in the 50's thru the 70's, the Stockyards were a working affair. Everyone downwind got…
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Quannah Parker was the son born to Cynthia Parker, a white girl, stolen by Comanche raiders who grew up to be the wife of the chief. Quannah, in turn became the leader of his tribe. Eventually, Cynthia returned to her people.
QUANNAH - Cynthia…
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Wrote this while playing the part of Saul Gibbs in the movie WILD BILL.
The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet
Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry.
Young Jack McCall sat awake…
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