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Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys!
Willis ??? - vocals, guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Bob P. - bass
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording, mixing
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Last-minute addition, and fueled by the same impulse that led to the PSA working album title (Pretty and Sad, or Angry).
We didn't have time to get the vocals right in the studio, so I just pulled my usual trick of making the computer say the…
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Heh. :)
The first two verses are about a local town (Decatur, AL) with notorious sewage/drainage and chemical problems. The third verse is about a literal poop train that stunk up north Birmingham and Parrish, AL for weeks at a time within…
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Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys! (Not sure where the occasional snare ring is coming from, but I didn't have time to track it down...)
Willis ??? - vocals, guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Bob P. - bass
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording…
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Ah, a true group effort!
John J. had the idea to record a song on drums, then hand it off to the rest of the group to build off of. I took him up on the challenge, adding rhythm guitar and bass tracks one night at the studio. Kenny had some…
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The original working title for this album was PSA, because Robbie and Margaret mentioned that all the songs they had in mind were pretty and sad, or angry.
Robbie R. - lyrics, vocals, guitar
Kevin C. - drums, bass, recording, mixing
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The Sweepers joined us in the studio again to kindly bring some of their originals (and whiskey!) for the group RPM effort. Woohoo!
Willis ??? - guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Bob P. - bass
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording and mixing
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Recorded over several sessions at Margaret's lovely studio. Love the song, but especially love the bridge. :)
Kenny T. - lyrics, lead and background vocals, rhythm guitar, tamborine
Will ??? - bass, background vocals
Robbie R. - lead guitar…
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Another drum mic test mangled and re-used. Keys via MIDI clips in EZKeys plugin, and vox/words via Microsoft Word narrator and Inspirobot.
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Another drum mic test, re-purposed and mangled in Reaper. Added bass and guitar for even more fuzz.
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Me trying out my new MIDI keyboard controller in Reaper (EZKeys plugin). Drums via Superior Drummer, and vox (as usual) via Microsoft Word narrator and Inspirobot.
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This one was me trying out my new MIDI keyboard controller in FL Studio. Also finally realized I could open Superior Drummer in there, so here we are...
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Me on guitar and bass. Drums arranged in Superior Drummer 3 plugin. Vox via Microsoft Word narrator, and words via Inspirobot. :)
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Added snide words to a funky little burp. There really is no point.
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Me on drums, bass, and borrowed classical guitar. Recorded the drum part to test the mic setup in my rearranged drum room. Added the guitar and bass a week later, between watching David Byrne's performances on SNL.
Not ecstatic about any of…
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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox via Microsoft Word narrator.
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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox courtesy of the Microsoft Word narrator. :)
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This one's mostly MIDI clips in the Superior Drummer 3 and EZKeys plugins in Reaper. I fumbled along on my new MIDI keyboard controller to add the bass part using a sound from SampleTank. Pretty happy with it except for the abrupt end of the last…
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Something that never got lyrics...
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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Me on my Squier Strat and Peavey T-20 bass, both going through Amplitube 4 in Reaper. Drums courtesy of the Superior Drummer 3 plugin.
It's a little long without words, but still puts me in a pleasant mood. Hence the name. :)
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Well I did try and get an RPM challenge done after last years fail, but I'm still lacking enthusiasm or creativity.
Hence the uninspiring title of 'The Fifth', as this was the 5th track I was working on and the only one that came close to completion…
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Not quite a rap "battle," but definitely inspired by Brennan's interest in such things.
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This would be cool with piano, right? And maybe Bruno Mars singing it instead or something?
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Gilronan made this up to sing this to his girls as they played dress-up with cold weather accessories.
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Jessie kindly contributed her voice to this recording
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Brennan proposed the title of the song while looking at a bottle of Dust Off by the computer.
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitar
Toms bass Chris drums
Johnny Keys
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GIRL I USED TO KNOW
AS SPARKLING FRESH AS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
A HEART TURNED TO STONE
SO SYNICLE AND ALL ALONE
TIME WONT HEAL THE PAIN
ONLY EMPTYNESS…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, mando,
Chris drum / back vocal
John Otto - Penny Whistle / great keys/ Spirit
Ummmerica....
Well my girl n me got a front row seat
To the next world war
We stood in line for quite some time
Its…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris drums Johnny Keys
You Were There
You were there
With yellow flowers in your hair
And the summer air seemed to get us high
The county fair
Was lit up like a caution flare
And it was there…
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This is the band mix of this song:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/playlists/rpm2020---finished-mixes,-so-far/good-people-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
The only note worth making is that unlike almost every other song I worked on this year, the…
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Sweet Christmas, this puppy is a mess....
....and I LOVE it!
There is actually two mixes going on at once here. I set everything for the beginning and end sections without even listening to the middle. Once I had the two mixed where I could…
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This is a last minute bit of guitar goofiness. I own three Gibson guitars and have been wanting to write a silly instrumental that includes all of them. This is it. The rhythm guitar is my '79 ES 335 Pro, the lead on the left is my '18 SG Standard…
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So it has been a while since my last RPM. I felt this song was the best was to reintroduce myself with the insane process that is the RPM Challenge....
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A simple little tune that got stuck in my head. I hope to revisit this one soon and add a couple more layers.
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Waste not want not....finished the final lead take at about 3:45am this morning...almost killed me...
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Laying on your back losing yourself to the stars...
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1980 called...it wants it's synth back. Keepin' those drums in the pocket...
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Haven't felt like this in a while...it's good to be back.
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Whatever "it" is.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
I Got It
Well I woke up this mornin
Water all around
If I hadn’t raised my head good god I woulda drowned
Now I got it
I got it
Yeah I got it and I just can’t give it away…
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You're hitchhiking, with no recollection of how you came to be here. A route with an irregular number has never been a positive sign.
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Yeah - don't even think Houdini could get himself out of this mess. Ever tried picking the quantum lock on a wormhole?
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The waking dream ends before it began. Trailing off to quantum uncertainty.
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On an elevator, we exist in a perpetual uncertain state between different floors.
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They try and find a way to reach you, but it's like concrete.
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Or is this some sort of dream? "Sleep come soon, and white away the room."
Perhaps this is a dream you shouldn't be having. Some doors are best left unopened.
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Although they would probably not admit it, writing credits to Carl Barnhardt and Kevin Martin.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
The Vaseline Queen of Abilene
There’s a little town out west of Sabine
Where the wind spins the turbine…
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A Valentine's Day song for my sweetie. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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We've all been there. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Borborygmas Blues
I was hangin with my honey
Late last night
We heard a sound
And got a terrible fright
It sounded like a tremor
Or a far off beast
But I felt something down…
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Yes I saw a chupacabra.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Hello Little One
Hello little one
Glad I ran into you
Are you some kinda freak
Or did you escape from a zoo?
Ears like a fox, look like a dog
About as much hair as you'd…
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based on the science fiction story "Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Lyrics:
Lord Jestocost
She’s a cat and she’s a girl
But she’s not equal in this world
I am lord of all I see
This…
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When I made my demo of this song, Nancy said she really liked the melody of the chorus and that overall it was her favorite tune of mine to date, hence the title.
I thought the first section of the song would be ideal for a sitar, however I…
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The story behind this one is almost the same as "Swamp Thing," only this one spawned lyrics to boot.
Major props to Erika for her fabulous vocal!
Jon and I played the leads. I bookended the track and Jon did everything in between.
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This one is pretty much your basic bad day. I mean hectic, frantic, crazy, pull-your-hair-out, everything's going wrong, Junior puked in class and I crashed the car on the way to get him days. Really bad but survivable.
Make yourself the main…
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Is it surf music? Exotica? Both? Neither? Did Jacques Cousteau have anything to do with this?
Percussion on this one by Cyclops Cow and Sum Gai.
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Conceived in the shower in mid February with the backing track fully recorded less than an hour later. Who doesn't like the Ramones?! Just a fun track to celebrate RPM's 15th anniversary. The lyrics lean toward being tongue-in-cheek. I don't hole…
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I wrote the backing track a couple years ago after watching the documentary "It Might Get Loud." It somehow evolved into a li'l tribute to Bob Dylan (Bob really deserves so much better). The words allude to a number of Dylan's songs: "Like a Rolling…
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I love surf music complete with Fender guitars dripping in lots of spring reverb. This one came out of the clear blue and somehow developed the double-naught spy thing in the process.
Matt plays lead. He's got the surf thing down pat!
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A track over twenty years in the making. I came up with it sitting in front of the TV with an unplugged borrowed Rickenbacker 360 (thanks, Mark). The Santana vibe just happened. I made a four track cassette recording of it just to get it down…
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Swamp Thing is a custom built guitar by Tony Louscher at Luthier's Workshop in Green Bay, WI. I wrote the main riff three years ago and it sounded "swampy" to me. For the 2020 RPM Challenge, I dusted off the little riff and created this tune…
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A simple little ballad. I wrote it thinking of meaningful relationships gone south.
The guitar is a Les Paul Studio through a Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator and Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon delay.
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Music By Geoff Cox
Lyrics by Ben Blackett and Geoff Cox
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Music by Geoff Cox
Harmonica by Ben Blackett
Lyrics by Ben Blackett and Geoff Cox
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parts may hurt your ears. depending. guitar -> mxr superbadass fuzz -> red panda tensor -> tc electronics mimiq -> behinger audio interface -> cakewalk breverb -> sonitus delay -> your ears
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Sprinkle Me O Lord
Intro
G
————- G ———————— Em
Sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop
——-C———— G
and I shall be cleansed;
————- Em————-C
wash me, and I shall be made
Am7b5—————D7
whiter than the snow…
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Haunting/Experimental. Last 3+ minutes slides into obscurity and deepness.
Hope you like it.
Stay healthy.
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ABACHA is a blend of heavy Arewa fused Jiggy Trap with Bars On Bars.
This ballers anthem is for all Arewa kings and lovers of good music in the North and Beyond, as King IB and The Arewa Trap Kart3L gets ready to give you more creative vibes…
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Well, this song showed up right at the end of the recording session, and it reminded me of why I do this - and it was just what I needed.
THANKS FOR COMING
I agreed to meet
I smile and take a seat
To hear you say how I could be a star…
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Well EVERY album needs a love song!
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU
Doctor says my numbers aren't where they're suppose to be
Gotta change my eating habits and work out more than once a week
I know I tend to get addicted to things that make me…
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The last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers died not long ago. Go look them up if you don't know the story. These were some of the finest men to ever serve.
CODE TALKER
Boys were dying across the ocean
Words were stolen, and codes…
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Just a little instrumental.
HYGGE
/ˈh(y)o͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/
noun: hygge
A quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).
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Wrote this one from an interesting perspective. Found a nice little hook and didn't mess with it - sometimes sparse arranging is best.
TOO LATE
Time had a funny way of passing
That time I first looked in your eyes
I thought it might be…
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Sometimes you just gotta hack away at the acoustic. Oh, and for those of you listening from the New Hampshire coastal music scene, I "borrowed" your documentary title. Had to do it.
SHE'LL NEVER BE MINE
Raised on the water
Born on the…
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Sometimes we don't resist the brightest flame until it's too late.
ACETYLENE
Baby, you burn - I never learn until I'm on fire
A dangerous game - the hottest flame I've ever seen
I can't look away from your blinding display, drawn by desire…
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The seeds of this song were sown years ago. If only those who left knew what they were headed for.
BACK TO SHORE
The sky was so high when you set out from shore
The sun at your back, you were longing for more
When it started to pour…
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A few years back in a Portsmouth, NH bar, I saw a guy sitting across from a girl who was looking at him with such adoration and love - and I'm pretty sure the guy had no idea. This song's for you, young man. I hope you realized what you had…
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There's a line in an Indigo Girls song that says, "If you need to know that you weathered the storm of cruel mortality, a hundred years later I'm sitting here living proof." For me, ever since hearing the words "cruel mortality," they have always…
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Welcome to my RPM album. The line "You might not get what you want - You'll get what you deserve" came to me without me truly understanding it.
By the time I finished recording the album, it all made sense.
WHAT YOU DESERVE
Is this what…
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