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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Valentine's Day song for my sweetie. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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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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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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They try and find a way to reach you, but it's like concrete.
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On an elevator, we exist in a perpetual uncertain state between different floors.
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The waking dream ends before it began. Trailing off to quantum uncertainty.
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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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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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Well, it tasted like Creamsicle. Perhaps the giant radioactive insignia on the outside of the flask was meant to be a warning or something. After your sixth beer, you tend to ignore stuff like that.
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I'm not a trick of the shadows. You're the trick of light.
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The CB Radio in the corner echoes with an idle static, but something sounds peculiar - it's no noise you've ever heard before. There's something intelligent about it, like it's peering out of the speaker and looking right at you.
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What kind of twisted infinity loop have you managed to get yourself stuck in? Time seems to weave in and out like some kind of Gordian knot.
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You peer out from the diner and see nothing. The further out you gaze, the more dilated the light becomes, leading to an infinite band of seamless white nothing.
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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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Haven't felt like this in a while...it's good to be back.
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1980 called...it wants it's synth back. Keepin' those drums in the pocket...
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Laying on your back losing yourself to the stars...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Brennan proposed the title of the song while looking at a bottle of Dust Off by the computer.
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Jessie kindly contributed her voice to this recording
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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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This would be cool with piano, right? And maybe Bruno Mars singing it instead or something?
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Not quite a rap "battle," but definitely inspired by Brennan's interest in such things.
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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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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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Something that never got lyrics...
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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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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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox courtesy of the Microsoft Word narrator. :)
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Me on guitar, bass, and words. Drums via plugin. Vox via Microsoft Word narrator.
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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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Added snide words to a funky little burp. There really is no point.
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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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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 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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Another drum mic test, re-purposed and mangled in Reaper. Added bass and guitar for even more fuzz.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Margaret's relatable expression of beleaguerement.
Margaret B. - lyrics, vocals
Robbie R. - lead guitar
Kevin C. - rhythm guitar, bass, drums, recording, mixing
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Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys!
Bob P. - vocals, bass
Willis ??? - guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording, mixing
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Brothers Matthew and Michael came over to record some guitar at my home studio. Rather than parse the parts out into individual songs, I just left 'em smushed together. :)
Michael N. - lead guitar
Matthew N. - rhythm guitar
Kevin C. - drum…
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This could have been a JellySpice track, but I decided to put it over here in SRC-land. :)
Bill J. - vocals
Kenny T. - bass
Kevin C. - drums, recording, mixing
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Aiden was excited to record this Five Nights at Freddy's poem this time around, and specifically requested that I add weird effects to it. Mission accomplished (I hope)! :)
Aiden T. - lyrics, vocals
Kevin C. - MIDI programming, recording, mixing
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Will (Kenny's bass-playing friend) and I bonded over an appreciation for Les Claypool and Frank Zappa, so here's our Primus-tinged jam with my ham-fisted guitar noodlings added days after the fact. :)
Will ??? - bass
Kenny T. - tamborine…
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Another example of the PSA theme (Pretty and Sad, or Angry), this one's about a political figure from our state who made it to the national stage, got slapped down hard, and is trying to make another go of it at the state level by touting his…
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Endeetone who’s popularly known with his title as the “Beatlord” is here with his first official single and this time he has successfully amazed us all with his exceptional performance, serenading us with his wonderful voice as he also follows…
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
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