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Wrote a piece last year but didn't quite like the way it came out so i'm trying to salvage or rework it. Here's a little teaser for now...
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From March of 1996 good ole' Cakewalk Home Studio with an Ensoniq Soundscape Elite
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Wrote an intro commemorating the birth of my good friends' twins.
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Written the day I began the crush on the girl I liked in high school. I was a dick to her her junior year so that kind of sealed my fate of not getting to know her.
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This is from the Song Of Songs. It’s the Lord calling to each one of us personally.
ARISE, MY DOVE
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Arise, my dove :// 2X
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For see, the winter is past,
——G————F#dim7–Em
the rains are over and gone…
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They say Mercs/Nerds of Sound or what was it Cinematic? I was think of a few movies while making this.
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The journey of a thousands miles start in a day. Festus Oluwatimileyin Ayofe Alias Knows As (Timmy Qush) Featuring Abayok the beatkiller on this one, Dance Dance Dance and forget your sorrows.
Produced By KingzyOnTheBeatYeh
Mixed And Mastered…
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According to Greek legend, an evil race of Goblins, known as The Kallikantzaori, lurk underground until the 12 days of Christmas to wreak havoc across the country.
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Well the song tells the story of the morning.... a lovely bleak, cold day. I decided on a simple a cappella arrangement to fit the feeling of the day.
Happy Winter Solstice everyone! To brighter days ahead!!!!
My Old Bones Know Better…
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Goldfishes tell fairy tales to each other, slowly moving their tails and fins as if moving the air with their Chinese fans. They do not mind that we listen to these stories too. After all, everything is in there: simple joys, and emotional experiences…
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Another collab for the Box of Frogs album coming soon.........
Men in Trousers
Watch out cause they are everywhere
Their are watching you right now
Their trying to figure out
the where the what and the how
Just how can they open your…
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Celebrating Hanukkah with beats, Doughnuts and lots of fake chocolate coins hahah
This is a more polished version of a what i originally intended to do.
Happy holidays!
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Dark post rockish album in the works.
I got 3 tracks release on it thus far.
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This is the 31st, and final, track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. I've typed that so many times, but now is the final time.
This song is the culmination of all the previous songs. It's less…
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This is the 30th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. (One more to go!)
30EDO has 5EDO as a subset, so the first thing I did is create 5EDO. Then, what I did was move a few of the notes up…
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This is the 29th track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. (Two days to go!)
Upon starting this, I didn't really know what to do. So, I played around a bit and found that if I used two different…
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This is the 27th song in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 27.
In this song I used a scale which I have dubbed the "Adventure Scale", which has the scale degrees: 0 5 10 11 16 21 22 26 27. It is a really interesting…
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This is 26th song in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
When I started I didn't really know what to do with this. So, I experimented with a few different scales and things, and I found one I liked. The scale…
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This is the 25th track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, according to xen.wiki 25EDO has a good blackwood scale. The problem being, I could not find the scale degrees to it. So, in this…
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This is the 24th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
24EDO is also known as the quarter-tone tuning, as it is the normal 12 notes in western european music, however we split the half…
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This is the 23rd track in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
I didn't really know what to do with this track when I started. Like the last track, I went to xen.wiki and went through MOS scales until I found…
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This is the 22nd track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 22edo has some nice properties, having really good just intervals. However, it also has a lot of MOS scales listed on the xen…
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Clipticule Apologetically inappropriate.
We're probably on different time zone.
Get that smoke in for the kickoff.
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This is the 21st song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, when I began composing this, I didn't really know what to do. I then went to read the xen.wiki page, and 21EDO can be interpreted…
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This is the 20th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 20EDO is an interesting tuning. It's effectively the quarter tone equivalent of 10EDO. In this track, I found 3 chords that you…
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This is the 19th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31, sequentially.
This song is probably one of the less interesting songs in this album, except maybe the harmony. Hell, it's even…
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This is the 18th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in ever EDO from 1 to 31.
18EDO has a bit of a reputation for being a bit shit. It has practically 0 good intervals, and as such western harmony doesn't work…
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This is the 17th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
17EDO is a really good system, and it approximates most intervals good. Here I used the MOS 3L4s scale, which has a bit of a neutral…
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This is the 16th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 16edo can sound really good if you use it right. It has some good intervals, but also some bad ones. If you just avoid the bad…
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This is the 15th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
15EDO has some very good harmonic features, but most importantly melodies in 15EDO sound really good. It's also pretty easy to use…
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This is the 14th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31
So, as mentioned in the description of the previous track, 14edo is probably my favorite EDO. It doesn't sound dissonant, but it doesn…
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This is the 13th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 13edo is a very... interesting sound. It has barely any perfect intervals, and the most consonant interval I could find is the…
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This is the 12th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31
So, this is probably one of the only songs in typical western tuning that I'll post on this account. This song is a full band arrangement…
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This is the 11th track in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31, incrementally.
So, 11edo, the EDO known for being extremely dissonant. The beginning of this song is actually dissonant, with chromatic steps…
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This is the 10th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from 1 to 31 EDO.
So, last time I said that I might switch between the two pentatonic scales in 10EDO as what I was gonna do for this, but I tried that and it sounded…
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This is the 9th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from 1 to 31 EDO.
So, this song is interesting. I used every note from 9EDO in this piece, and I kind of wanted a more jazz-esque vibe in this. While it isn't the exact…
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This is the 8th track in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 8edo is relatively interesting. It's basically twice 4edo, however it sounds a lot different (if used in the way I used it, at least…
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This is the 7th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go through every EDO from 1 to 31.
As stated in the description of the previous song, I really like 7EDO, as it's a subset of my favorite tuning, 14EDO. 7EDO is basically…
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This is the 6th track in my album, Edolian, which is an album where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.
This song is made in 6EDO (as the title implies) which is more commonly known by it's other name, the whole-tone scale…
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This is the 5th track in my album, Edolian, where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.
So, this track is in 5edo (finally not a subset of 12edo), and I really like how it turned out. 5edo is cool in that you can only really…
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This is the 4th track in my album, Edolian, where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.So, this is probably the second song in this album I am actually happy with (first one being Cohesion.) This track is effectively only using the…
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This is the third song in a series, where every day I make a song in the next EDO, incrementally.
So, this one sounds a lot better than the last one; As I now have two mediocre intervals, instead of one bad one. This is the beginning of some…
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Day 2 of making a song in every edo from 1 to 31.
Only tritones and octaves. Yeah this track does not sound very great. It is as dissonant as physically possible. I think the best way to describe this track is "hell audoized." This is the…
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Yeah, this song is a bit of a joke. Mostly the reason this exists is that I'm starting a new album, Edolian, where every successive track I go up 1 edo, up until 31edo. There's not much to talk about in this track, it's basically just octaves…
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Sit back and get comfortable....you are here to stay...
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from the album 50
vocals Alejandro Olivares
lead guitar Dan Upton
search for so long to belong a place to go thats my own where everything is real the walls are never cold tell you how I feel while I am growing old and I am coming home to…
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from the album "50"
vocals by Alisa Jefferson
lead guitar Dan Upton
looking for the waterfall and I think we're almost there looking for the waterfall the anticipation in the air round the path, the path, the path goes round and round mind…
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Not all house's are full of joy at Christmas ......This wasn't actually our house
CHRISTMAS TIME AT OUR HOUSE
It was Christmas time at our house sat round the table waiting
Waiting for our father to return from the pub where he‘d a been…
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS Lakesha L.Wms.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS/UNSIGNED
Release date:
8 July 2017
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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8 July 2017
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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Released by:
FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS/UNSIGNED
Release date:
8 July 2017
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
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Released by:
FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS/UNSIGNED
Release date:
8 July 2017
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS A.KA. '' CATTLE LICK''
Black $Proud-Lakesha L.WMS.
Released by:
FRESHA BEATS PRODUCTIONS/UNSIGNED
Release date:
8 July 2017
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fresha beats productions/unsigned
Release date:
26 May 2017
Explicit
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I got to thinking about a terrible year i had going back now 18 years where i lost 2 of my best friends Alex and Martin and my father in the same year just months apart. To lose one friend is hard enough but to lose three well you can imagine…
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After an afternoon of painting i needed some release and i think i found it. It took me a while to find the right tone with the Kemper and using the Fender player strat but once i found it i was away...it got a bit down and dirty .....i think…
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Written in celebration of the birth of my niece, this is my first composition written for bell choir. The bell choir is a Yamaha DX-11 F.M. synthesizer.
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Thanks for listening ........
SLEEP WHILE I DRIVE
Baby you can sleep while I drive
The Stars shine bright as I’ll slip the car into overdrive
I’ve got faith showing me the way out to the dream
Out into that brand new day
Where hopes…
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I recorded the Gibson straight with the SE Magneto condenser mic into the Scarlet and then vocal on seperate track you may hear the bloody dryer in the background if you listen carefully but this one had to be done there and then or i'd forget…
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*Remixed for volume*
Watching the clouds go by....
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Still on the fence whether he's coming or not. My money being spent on dumb bets lol
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I like the theme music to the PBS/BBC mystery series Midsomer Murders with its use of a Theramin. So much so that it inspired me to purchase a Theramin and try my hand recording my version of it. The first thing I learned is, while the Theramin…
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As you age, as you improve your speaking skills and gain experience, you try to speak to others more accurately and concisely. And immediately you are faced with the problem that you have nothing to say, or with the fact that most of what is said…
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Morning rush, Afternoon nap, evening crapped..
Rise and Repeat
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Well i've been watching the news on the American election and it seems that the British media wants Trump out and Biden in. Personally i don't have a favourite as long as whoever it is doesn't talke them into another war, thats one thing about…
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Running backwards, walking on a loop. Time is a flat circle of mazes.
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no where to run
no starting gun
no near no far
no beating heart
home from work, i feel the same
roll(in) over –– reading all the work out plans
what could summon out my rage
easy does it with those god damn magazines
no high-way…
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word is out I ain’t talking no more
word is out I won’t be there for sure…
the photo is supreme, tells me what i need to see
suddenly i can see what’s in store
word is out and I walk through the door
what lies ahead why did i bring a…
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do I wait?
walk away
in the rain?
another idea
stay, hesitate, remain
harmless
start to fade
telephone the number and be right
altered state
harmless
by Sudara Williams & Ben Montgomery
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what’s the reason?
lights flash at me when I’m walking
home from my work in the night
what do I tell them?
they never could teach me the notion
the notion that everything’s fine
makes no difference
makes no difference
where did…
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From the 2019 RPM Challenge LP “Lacking The Good Sense To Overcome”
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From the 2020 RPM Challenge LP "Different Strings"
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When I was around three years old I first realized I was hearing music in my head, the sounds of which I could manipulate. I thought I was hearing the voices of an Angel choir singing with me. This is that tune, as best I can remember so many…
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One morning looking out my picture window at the snow gently falling inspired this composition for bell choir. In this case, the bell choir is a Yamaha DX-11 synthesizer.
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The Freedom Of The Moon
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Poem by Robert Frost
I've tried the new moon tilted in the air
Above a hazy tree-and-farmhouse cluster
As you might try a jewel in your hair.
I've tried it fine with little breadth of luster,
Alone, or in one…
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DIRTY LAUNDRY Key C
I got a call from Russell. He had to move his junk
He’d filled his car. He’d filled his trunk
Big black bags of something. I said, “What’s with these?”
He said, “It’s dirty laundry.” I said, “That’s crazy.”
So, he…
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Ambient/Soundscape/Drone.....been messing around with my guitar-amp and some added sounds.
Hope you enjoy.
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I set this prayer to music after recently watching a video of Dr. Scott Hahn introducing and praying the St. Joseph Rosary.
This is the prayer (which I did not compose myself)
Hail Joseph, Son of David, do not fear
Jesus will save his…
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Track written for a music production class with Andrew Huang on learnmonthly.com.
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A friend asked me,
"Don't you have any happy songs?"
So I wrote one!
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY capo @ 3
C F C
If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe
C…
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Haven't done a lengthy experimental track in quite a while. In light of Halloween and the times we're living in i thought the page needed a solid turn.
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This is a track written and performed with an old metal band called Soul Casket.
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Last skirmish of this years 50/90. Great prompt: "Wonder"
A1:
The days
The Days of Wonder
Are they gone
Gone forever
It makes me sad
I thought I'd never
I'd hoped my hard-nosed nature was a fad
With blinders on
Can't see the beauty…
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Song #50!! Another part of the super-skirmish weekend. Prompt was to use 5 of 10 randomly generated words. I used: cowgirl, alaska, fools, madness, top, taco
V1:
Drivin' down Main I noticed her license plate
Man, she was a long, long…
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Another superskirmish, prompt: "Hideaway".
V1:
Sometimes
I find myself at odds
With everything about this world
I wanna shout up to the Gods
And that's when
I know I need a break
A quiet place to settle in
For everybody's sake…
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Another superskirmish 1-hr write. I hosted this one, the prompt: "October Sunshine" - had know idea which direction I'd take.
V1:
The leaves started changing
Beautiful red and green and yellow
It was a crisp early morning
I didn't think…
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Next superskirmish, 1-hr write - prompt: "Unexpected (Something you didn't anticipate, whether a Positive surprise (a wonderful occurrence/event) or a Negative one (a challenge/obstacle/disappointment)" So of course the subject of aging was…
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Superskirmish L - one hour write (except I went over by 15 minutes) - prompt: "The Road Ahead"
A1:
I Can't See the Road Ahead
We're in the kind of storm I dread
Driving slower so I might find
A speed where I won't feel so blind
This feeling…
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Another skirmish - the prompt was "Cats (or other pets)". Great prompt and I had some fun with this one. Pets are a big part of our lives so here's a little taste of what it's like at the Gordon house.
V1:
A long line of dogs and cats have…
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First one-hr skirmish of this weekend's Super Skirmish - prompt: Beginnings
V1:
Better get going
You may hear yourself say
You may feel like you're rowing
In the opposite way
Well I know that feeling
Like there's nowhere to go
You…
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I'm learning that I write better lyrics to a prompt or title. This title came from the FawmMuse title generator. For many years I felt lost and wrongly-directed creatively - its only been the last 3-4 years that I've begun to find myself in…
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But the Sun
I close the curtains
To shut out the darkness
I shut the window
To keep out the cold
But the Sun is shining
Somewhere, I know.
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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