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Otherwise known as the 'opus'. This song was my life for a good year. Left forgotten in the dusty hills of Santa Fe. This is pretty much the A section :)
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D-Day is the first Utopian Hedonism song, build within the Reagan's speech about the Normandy Landings (6 june 1944)
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Just a quick and fairly awful test of the RobRokkenAudio Vocal Air beta plug. Simple two string cigar box guitar and vocal are both only processed with this new plug.
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This is the audio version of my blacksmithing lesson which can be found at http://ironangelforge.blogspot.com/
This webcast covers more detail on the blacksmith's forge.
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After yesterday’s crazy-fun, flow-filled session, I returned to planet Earth.
10 minutes into today’s session, I was crashing, so I took a 40 minute nap. I couldn’t get back on track afterwards (which is typical anyway), so I decided a walk was…
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So i sat in my room one day incense burning, with my $100 pawn shop 2nd hand bass guitar which i painted white with the same paint as my walls and i turned the reverb on full and started doing volume swells with the knob on my guitar.. i sat for…
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a fragile little piece.
Instrumentation: broken harp, kitchen sink, electric piano, drum programming, vocals, and loads of wine.
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Ok, so on this one I wear my influences on my sleeve. This is one that quickly went in one direction so I decided to ride it to the maximum. I still like the words to this one. I'm no Costello (Elvis) but I did ok here.
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The events in this song took place on and around an interstate outside of Detroit, MI named Seven Mile Highway.
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[Thanks to Helen and Colin for coming to my aid with the warblings! :) ]
When You Least Expect It
And you're out to dry
And its all too hectic
Thats when it comes x 2
And it feels electric
And you feel alive
Cos when you least expect…
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This was written while living in the studio. For some reason this song seems like music appropriate for a chase scene. This is all bass and drums...no guitars yet. Vic's working on it.
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Recorded: Feb 20, 2009
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD - capo III), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity, Sound Forge.
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"Move your body to the drumbeat of war..."
I will update with lyrics later, this song is a work in progress but I wanted to get it online before I start hating it. Did you really think I would end the year without a political song? Jingo Bells…
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well....this song was written after a long conversation with a friend of mine. We talked about making a difference in the lives of those around us. How is that done? Is it done by working like mad? never seeing the kids? What are we taking with…
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this is a remix done by mc jack in the box
[right click on arrow and select 'save link as' to download]
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I discover some cool synths and get carried away again.
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Written by Rog Hildreth.
Copyright 2010.
All instruments/production by Rog Hildreth.
Taken from "The Anxiety Bomb".
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A pop-rock thingy recorded in 2006. Can't remember too much about it except that it was a new song then, I spent an inordinate amount of time on the lyrics and arrangement, and wasn't that happy with it when I was done(!).
I quite like it now…
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been reflecting a lot on the last year recently. That message about going through something to get to somewhere better. I have to keep hold of that.
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This song was a favorite of a dear friend we lost a year ago. It felt like a good song to practice the piano. This was the first try -- not that it was good, but it just kept getting worse.
The vocals sound distant because they are... the microphone…
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Forever Unshaken
Chorus:
Still Your love remains the same, unshaken by our ways;
Though some turn their backs on You, Your mercy never fades.
Patiently You wait for us, to rise from where we fall;
Even when we choose the night, Your light…
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This could be profound
A holy fountain
Of our unbounded love
Home ceases to be
A place so much as
Simply us (and how!)
This is firmer ground
My core announces
That falling down with
The one who picks you up
Isn't true falling
You…
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Back to Basics .. Drum , Bass, Guitar add some Soft Synth backing .. Recorded, Mixed in Logic Pro .. Enjoy !!
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He takes all of his clothes off and jumps into the Seine
The water is cleaner than it ever has been
The car needs for you to drive it, or else it doesn’t move
The car needs for you to drive it, I hate to make you choose
It’s like a still…
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Who will break this ice
sleepwalking through the pines
Said I won’t tell you twice
100 million times
You can’t pay the price
We’ll never get the bill
You don’t need to atone
And though it’s such a thrill
To heave the first stone…
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it's fuzz and it's delay but it's more folk + 90s alt rock
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Bind My Heart
Verse 1:
Here I am—did You call, Lord?
In the still of night, my heart hears Your voice.
Forgive me, Father, for running once more.
Bind my heart, my feet, and desires to Your humble throne.
Chorus:
Lord, You are my peace…
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Originally uploaded under the band name of Sam Wells Virtual Band for the 2025 RPM Challenge. I thought having a pen name would be a good idea. Turns out I don't like it. So I'm returning the song to its rightful owner (me!) and uploading to my…
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Another workshop project. "Write something beginning in the future tense." Not perfect, but it was a fun exercise. For anyone trying to count it, the time signature is in 8, but the 1, 4, and 7 and 8 are accented. Then for the chorus the feel…
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samples music by Smokey Robinson and George Martin
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[Verse 1]
We should be colonizing Jupiter
But we’re just getting stupider
Move to the moon way from here
So when doomsday comes we’ll live on
Don’t you wanna live on?
Get on the spaceship and give the human race a chance to expand on
Keep…
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Sort of a love song ... in a rejection sort of way.
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Such a dark atmospheric track by Alan's Morrissette, and when the fab Naomi asked me to produce and record the back track, I was well up for it, and was quite a challenge! But with her amazing vocal range and the mastering skills of Billy (13111y…
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It was a few strange April days in our little town of Bad Münder. The sky was low and completely filled (with clouds?), and a yellowish light spread as if from below, and from everywhere. Irene had said at the time that it must have been the wind…
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Mash/mix for Sound-In featuring William Newbold, Dnane and Jim Goodin. Mix and slide Bass VI by Kavin.
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19 edo - simultaneously played on Korg Monologue XD, ASM Hydrasynth Explorer
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Into the wind I felt it
Let her in
Past all the scenes I sold
In fewer words the motives
Can’t begin
They’re always pacing pacing
And I’m looking for a red eye
And my train’s not coming round
And I can’t defend tonight
I gotta take…
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Robbie’s ode to a favorite vacation destination on the Gulf of Mexico.
Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, vocals, guitars, bass, recording, arrangement
Kenny Tannehill – background vocals
Margaret Bibb – background vocals
Kevin Craig…
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RPM CHALLENGE 2024.
WEST
I’m always walking backwards looking forwards
Dragged back to the past
You think i’ve got nothing left but for loving you
But babe thats not all I do
I dream when I am not…
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RPM CHALLENGE 2024
HOW I LOVED YOU
From playing in the school yard
I couldn’t disregard
The love that felt for you
I fell hard
The storm that you brought
Yeah brought a little rain
But what is love without a little pain
Pulling…
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Song 5 for RPM 2024. Sat at our piano for this one and got a bit carried away!
More of an atmospheric piece and the title track of my RPM "album". I love doing vocal harmonies (I grew up on CSNY). Thanks to anyone who listens :)
Oh…
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Written for FAWM '24
[VERSE]
I think I may have sinned
I've welcomed thoughts, that stray me from my path
Now I don't know how I begin
When there's no light to guide me back
[PRE]
I'm devoid the moral guidance
To know right from wrong…
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If this sounds like it was recorded in a single take on a $7 USB microphone, and then cheesy audacity reverb thrown in, that's because it was.
The old guitar and its player are both on their last legs, but unpacking after a move it beckoned…
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The original demo for this song. A curious archival document.
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5th track of album Paradise. A jazz/blues instrumental tune.
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A song written an recorded for the Record Every Month challenge in September 2023
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2023 50/90 idea number 31 becomes finished song number 22.
Finally, a song that I actually like. I mean, I legitimately like this one. Has there ever been a hit single in 7/8 time? Could this be the first?
All guitar tracks are a Les…
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Velvet web is about the lies that we tell ourselves when everything is falling apart. "It is perfect right now, why would you want to change it..."
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/The_Keys_of_Marinus_(TV_story)#The_Velvet_Web_(2)
Verse…
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https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Marco_Polo_(TV_story)#Five_Hundred_Eyes_(3)
She is ready for the higher power to guide her actions. She knows she needs AA and an accountably partner. She prays the prayer of serenity every night:
God, don…
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(interpolates lyrics from "Shit on Tu" by Alex Dionisio)
[Verse 1]
Two-tone, that’s my makeup, not mascara, but my races
You should be painting
That pen was some bullshit, so I picked up a paintbrush
I always think this will flub but it…
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(interpolates lyrics from “Something” by The Beatles and “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles)
[Chorus 1]
Mother Nature really knocks me out
I leave the death behind
It’s how you move makes me scream and shout
And I don’t want to leave Her…
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[Verse 1]
Do you hear the sound of the insects?
Birds all pronouncing dialect
Languages ancient as the sound of wind
Crowning it, the seasons are circadian
There’s no need to fear when you’re breathing air
Water is the other side of the…
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Fast rising multi-talented music artist popularly known as RealDreamboi never stops to amaze his fans as he drops a mind blowing inspirational song titled “Alafia (Peace)” to kick-start the year 2023.
He featured Lekzycon which makes the song…
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Clear the Air
C Maiorano
What did we say??
To make it fade to gray
What did we do??
Consume and pollute
Where did they go??
Choking flowers don’t grow
Where did we fail??
To weave this tragic tale
Who cares??
About what we share…
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Give It Time
Boudreau
I just stopped by to get high, trade a smile and drop off this little tune
This melody its been haunting me
Lately, i swear i hear it wanting you
I got a lyric but lets be clear its more just a state of mind
And…
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This Wretched Vessel has a lot of post hardcore, Pop punk, punk, and leaning toward metal guitar riffs... but they have a shoegaze side. The only reason I even own a pedalboard is because of their guitarist.
The lyric content is more meta…
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Yacht rock.
Every time I see your smile
I feel like I’ve come home
And every time you stay a while
Is the best day that I’ve known
You’re the one that lights my way
Brings brightness to my day
And I just have to say
Don’t want it…
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REAL DREAM BOI SET TO SHAKE THE SCENE WITH “SO WRONG DELUXE” A NEW ERA BEGINS
The Nigerian music space is about to witness something truly special as rising star , popularly known as Real Dream Boi, gears up for the release of his highly anticipated…
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This one starts with a promise made long ago (reference Genesis 9:13). On the way home from work one rainy/sunny day years ago, I saw a very vibrant rainbow and upon seeing it the chorus just popped into my head. I kept humming it repeatedly so…
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Two independently recorded tenor sax tracks, each processed by an EHX Voice Box, panned left and right. A third, centre, track was made by combining the two, subjecting that to noise reduction using the entire file as the template, adding reverb…
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This song was inspired by Roger and Chris's works, so I have made a voice synth mix for the DADA event at sound in.. :) mmmm all I really say with voice is dada but yeah I might of snuck in a tada IDK a closer listen will tell-
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Sound source is The Crutch (gotta think up a better name, but that'll do for now), which is an old wooden crutch where the bottom part can swivel, and a guitar string is attached going from one of the height-adjustment screw holes up to the hand…
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I originally recorded this track to test out settings on my EHX Grand Canyon delay/echo/looper in 2020. In late 2021, I had Jasper Guitar Company, LLC do a custom build for me that was a combination of their Olam and Deja VuDoo models. I call…
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Well, my entry for RPM 2022 went from LP to (a very short) 4 song EP but this track I think has bags of potential. It was a discarded idea from a few years ago that was lurking in my 'half-baked' Logic folder but something in it ignited my creative…
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2022 Song of the Week - Week 7
This is a little better effort. I might come back to this one and make the transitions to and from the break a lot cooler.
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Another little ditty. A bit different, just me and my Guitar ( tuned to Open D ) and recorded on my i-Pad ( Garageband ) very few tweaks.
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Written for the RPM Challenge's Record Every Month thing back in June and left unfinished and forgotten about until earlier today. I had some vocals to record and wanted something to use to warm up and I found this just waiting for me and finished…
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Having put together an orchestral version of this amazing song, the haunting composition by Michael Kiwanuka (theme from Big Little Lies, Sky Atlantic) here is my take on a conventional band arrangement, and featuring the lovely voice of my friend…
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Cover version of the song "Happy" by prolifically excellent Angie Fights Crime, off their 2014 album Yield.
https://alonetone.com/angiefightscrime/playlists/yield/happy-4
Go check out the original version.
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Acoustic and me ....Thanks for listening
When you say those three little words close to my ear
And they buzz inside there meaning is clear
Are those words of love true when you say you lov me
Night-time when you're not here, my head…
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A silly one that I needed to get out of my system ......
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rpm 2021
she's on the go, she's got not time
she will leave you all behind
she's in the know, changes her mind
she does shit like this all of the time
where did she go
somewhere far away
where did she go
it changes every day…
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