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Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece.
ANOTHER WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER!
My friend Kokou "Alex" Yemey delighted me with another visit this evening. He played "Aju" - all 5 tracks…
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Used crypticmeadow's banjo rhythm track and some samples from Jonathan's sermons.
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A track that came out of nowhere with another banjo to percussion beat.
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This is an absolutely beautiful song written by Jon Foreman for his side project Fiction Family and I felt like givin it a shot soo I just kinda learnt it and threw it together theres a few flubbups but they kinda workout well in the end
enjoy :)
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Avett Brothers cover by bddtmm. Hope you like it.
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Original song by bddtmm. I perform all strings and vocals and created the drum pattern on my drum machine. Also I wrote this one. Hope you like it.
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Still struggling with this one...
Maybe not possible to make this work in a country song...MY DICK DON'T KNOW SHE'S GONE
1. She's been gone for three years now. Three years since she walked out
Friends and folks I work with ask me what it…
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Sunday Afternoon in Suburbia or Ice Scream
Ice cream van music (first)
A regular military drum beat spoken in a low voice.
It was Sunday afternoon in Suburbia when that man mowing the lawn watched you take all your clothes off and throw them…
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When I was a child,
I was a white bird – but I was caged.
One day escaped,
I shared the rich fruit of freedom,
with birds of more ordinary colours.
These were wise birds,
They believed I would not survive,
Outside of my cage,
So they…
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with your attack dogs and my defence lawyers
we will be like the irresistable force
and the immoveable object
rolled into one – roll another one
i got a lust for velocity, a taste for atrocity
no need for veracity, i feed off your mendacity…
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i wannabe the driver of the oncoming train
whose headlight is the light at the end of the tunnel
one hand clutching my whiskey bottle
the other hand waving the very very very very last
straw that broke the back of the camel that passed
through…
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An antique progression and a bit of thought...
Thanks for the listen!
Doug
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This is a short soft Jazz piece I found while playing through a few chords this evening.
Guitar split (GR-20) left and right + (GR-20) sax.
Maybe a certain percussionist might join in when he can?
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done in 2006. simple, keeping the objective of 'spaces' throughout the recording.
certainly not the most endearing song, but i like parts of it.
this song, among a few others (thisisntsomthingyoucancatch) were songs that i lost all my un…
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The breaking light sample is the song 8060710103 up tempoed from a length of about 10 minutes, to a length of 2.5 minutes, then bass expanded and vocoded. Then I added my instrumentation.
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It is my desire to free the inner child, to see like a child sees, to be in awe of my surroundings.
Wake up, little child, come out of hiding
I don't, i don't want to hurt you anymore
I want to see the world through your eyes.
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a sound collage of various voice memos on the ipod nano. Michelangelo's didj tries to tie it all together.
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Trax in Space appeared to be shutting down - so this was a musical interpretation of the pending demise. As it turned out TiS is still struggling to breathe => not too unlike those smokers on oxygen you see in anti-smoking ads.
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A short improv piece. I'm starting a new project, where I will post at least one improv video/recording online each week, and at the end of each month collate them into an album.
This is the first one. Since July is almost over, I figure I…
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introduction to four covers from video games that left a lasting impression on my childhood.
Download the full EP here...
http://bacalao.ch
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I made this in GarageBand with some loops that came with the program, some audio files, and some loops I recorded myself. The audio is from a Cardinal World Series game in the '60s.
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This is a loop based composition using Acid. All of the loops are free downloads.
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Improvisation along the same idea as Improvisation No. 3.
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I recorded the guitar with a midi keyboard controller with the goal of making it sound like it was played on an actual guitar. I added the storm later.
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A song about the classic dice-rolling game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop
Lyrics:
It feels so nice when I throw the dice that I think I'll do it again
It'll be okay if I can find a way to make a 3 or 6 or 10
I've come…
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A song about a classic boardgame:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire
Lyrics:
Sit yourself right down my friend and I'll tell you how to play
You're goin' first because your tile is closest to 1-A
I recommend you start a chain…
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A song about a fun little card game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza
Lyrics:
The order that you draw the cards
is the order that they'll be om
the only way to get 'em out of your hand is by giving them to me
giving them to…
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Here's a little Cornish ditty about a cider drinker.
The same crew that did cousin jack and Alison on flute.
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You have a lot of experience with positive forms of destruction.
This piece is part of the soundtrack from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings," which can be found here…
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not sure how to classify this one - chill with a dash of electronic strings...haunting.
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This is one of those happy accidents that pop out from time to time - with this one, I feel less is more, although a little re-mastering might not be a bad idea....
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A good ol' electronic thump . . . .
Updated 23.9.2010
Updated 24.9.2010
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turned on but muted
the light, the camera, the suicide
what drove you to the rafters?
wrist cut your dreams
wrist cut your dreams
a ghost who had it all, so it seemed
friends with the talking heads
the blond on the weather channel
held your…
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Alister from SoOn and www.notonlymusic.com did a remix of SwanSong Jan 2010 - just makes me think Al and I should do a Floydy album sometime.
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Part II of a fully improvised ep. Available for purchase at bandcamp.
http://maxsipowicz.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-in-our-hearts
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A friend of mine did an off-the-cuff review of this song, saying "he's taken a subject so depressing and made it sound so good".
What do you think?
ER
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[thanks to Vaisvil for making the genre name up]
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This is one of those that just came to me after reflecting how much I need His mercy.
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This is a tune that's been on the back burner for a bit. I was looking to get a dark Ultravox kind of sound. Anyone feel like puttin' on their Midge Ure hat???
Anyway, these aren't the droids your looking for.
Move along..............Move along.
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this is a remixed version of this tune and remastered as well hope you like it its not everybodys cup of tea !!!
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An homage to the ridiculousness of voting as an effective, individual political statement.
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This is a new song created using one of Nebulonic ALchemy's guitar tracks in combination with several 'Boop loops' handmade by Hot Wheels Spaulding. I find it interesting that they line up so well, since The were originally two separate songs…
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Finally, the finishing touches seem to be put on this three-year-old song thanks to some very talented people.
The band is:
Liam (age 13 at the time of recording) on drums
A Girl Named Sam (she's no kid!) with the backing vocals
Genevieve…
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I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.
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Publicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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Publicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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A 1700 mile road trip culminated in a gig in Amarillo at the 806.
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This is for my friend guy..... he likes this type of thing.....
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This is my first effort with real bongos. I've been so inspired by Norm's talents, that I had to give it a try. I borrowed a set of bongos from my brother Asa.
http://alonetone.com/asalennon
I had to play 18 holes of golf to get my hands…
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This is a smooth jazz piece built around Norm Harris' percussion using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set with the Aria player and a touch of tonehammer's Francesca sample set. Something Norm and I did last April.
Scored for upright bass…
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I just bought a mandolin and while I was playing around with it to try to learn it this song kinda developed. A dark Alt.Country tale of love lost.
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Writing a story for/from the music is something I might continue doing:
"He came in today, stoic as ever," told she, the harp. The chords about casually listened in as she told. The high piano entered statefully with pride, an old man in ragged…
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a sinister violence...a quiet violence...the violence of tears...the violence of sorrow...the violence of hurt, distrust, betrayal...the violence of loss, coping, longing...the violence in my heart.........
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I had not touched my keyboard for a long time - couple months? So it was inspiring to play it again. I set it up in the living room of the new house and played pianoteq on my laptop using a Just Intonation tuning (below). Actually I had to improvise…
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Sank a solid 17.5 hours into this one, so there won't be a complete album out of this 24 hour day.
Had the structure floating around for a year; this is my first stab at it. There are definitely huge revisions in store.
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I'm doing a twenty-four hour project. This is the warmup done in the first ninety minutes.
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So Radiohead and Tortoise walked into a bar...
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2010 Groovy Soca on the Direct Sunshine Riddim coming out of Combination Studios in England.
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just a nice blues track i wrote. Brian Bazeley on Bass once again with an awesome Bass line!! Hope you enjoy it.
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A song about Rising to new challenges...
Even though you Might not want to really....
Geir Alfsen on Vocals Lyrics and Guitar..
Me on the rest...
Hope you Like it...
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Just found out that I can connect our Yamaha Clavinova to the computer. Hell up.
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I wrote this one a few year's back when my daughter was 6 years old. I finally recorded it and uploaded it to her MP3 player for her 12th birthday this year.
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The first time we played this tune, the drummer and I played it, spontaneously, almost exactly as this recording documents. But we'd never heard it before, had no chart, Kelly was just playing it on the bass and singing a bit, and our parts just…
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Copyright Kelly Armstrong, used with permission.
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Spontaneous little ditty about carelessness and always staying on the move. Quite different from the murky, depressing trite I always seem to end up composing.
This started out as a loose solo guitar jam around a simple chord sequence, and…
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Really nothing more than some voice leading practice. Unfortunately, I had no keyboard or orchestral samples when I did this, so I used Lilypond and TiMidity++ and step programmed it in a text editor. I've since bought Cubase and EastWest/QuantumLeap…
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Keyboards: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Written/Recorded: 2006
Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…
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As chance had it, I found myself in an acoustically great room, full of cajons! Well, they were unfinished cabinets actually, but they had lovely tones. Since this is the stuff dreams are made of, I had no choice but to seize the opportunity and…
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Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece.
WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER!
My friend Kokou "Alex" Yemey called me a few days ago with some urgency in his voice: "I must record this before…
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Guitars, mandolin, penny whistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2006
From an out of print, self-released CD I put out in 2006 (titled "The Old Stone Bridge" - not the same one as the Old Stone Bridge tracks I've released…
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The last track that I'm going to upload for a while. I will be re-recording a few songs to release a LP under my own name. Hopefully it'll be good :)
This one is another exploration using loops and delays. I hope you like it!
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A track that I had chalked up as a "throw-away" until a PAL convinced me otherwise. I believe this is an alonetone debut for this one.
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made with an electric guitar, a simple looping device, an amp, and automated volume curves in Garageband
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the next time youre bored and in burger king, try holding some ice cubes against your eyes. it stings like christ and also looks like youve been crying just in case you wanted people to feel sorry for you
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Inspired by a couple people. And the general pretentious ideology in general.
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Here are the foundations. Now all we need are some walls and a roof. And perhaps a nice patio area.
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This is a weird little story about a a green monster .... There'a a monkey reference in this one too !
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Year: 2009
Album: brave new world
This morning coffee cup upload.
Artist's description: Performed synth composition with samples added
Contributors:
Patrick Trotter painted the song icon
Please support the visual artist by visiting…
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It seems a lot of you record with open mics and can relate. I record 1 track at a time with usually 4 or 5 tracks. So, Im only asking for about 15 minutes of Silence...IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK??? Anyway, my house is so loud, I get a lot of bloopers…
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I’ll make my exit on the wind
Nevermore to pretend
That I’m fine
Yeah, I’m good, so good
At doin’ everything I should
To convince you
That I’m okay for today
An’ I won’t crawl out of my skin
I’ll just pretend
Some days…
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Time to upload an oldie from February - see the video
Stratocastor copy from a kit with lace pickups x 5 through guitar rig 4 against Norm Harris' Illesa in the Pantry!
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An improvisation on the resonator, played lap style.
Tuning CGCEBE
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Seeing as how it had Fly in the title I used my riff Fly for free, pay to land. It seems to fit.
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still one of my personal faves. - although i'd wish to redo some parts, i'm stuck with this version, since i don't own one of the synths used there anymore..
(original photo)
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I picked up on one of Norm's wonderful grooves.
I added some bass, guitar, horns, and a basic drum track. Kicker and snare with a few cymbols. I didn't want to walk on Norm's fine, fine, percussion.
Thanks Norm for allowing me the opportunity…
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Recorded one guitar chords, then improvised the melody...hope it's enjoyable :)
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So, what's "Fly"? This.
Bass Cajon; tambourine; congas; cymbals.
4/4 180bpm.
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We originally wrote this song on a cheap home style kind of a Yamaha keyboard and a pair of Cobra walkie talkies. This studio version is much better. We kept the bleeps from the walkie talkies.
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this song is the result of playing around on one of those free loop internet jungle gyms.
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Hey, friends, I'm looking for opinions for this one. I wrote this song some time ago, and it's posted on this site. Today I changed some of the instrumentation and cut down on the keyboards, strings, etc. I'd like to know if you like this or…
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I'm still getting around to re-upping everything I took down last October.... this is one of them, and if I recall correctly, this is the track that was the impetus for Paul & I to start collaborating. (Something I've been missing a lot…
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norm, brian, me - needs leads. My hand is hurting and I need to perform tomorrow - handing this off.
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2006
Nothing special, the last track I wrote and recorded for this unfinished CD.
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Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A set of reels (the first being "For the Sake of Old Decency," picked up from a Michael Tubridy album of the same name) I put together one evening. You…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2006
An old English/Scottish folk song. It's very well known, but has a great melody and I'm not ashamed to play it...
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Pennywhistle, Low Whistle, Bar Stool (w/ drums ticks): Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Set of traditional Irish jigs. Don't ask me the names of them, I don't remember (are you seeing a pattern here…
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Bodhran: David Shaughnnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
Set of three tunes I wrote in 2005. Well, I guess they're hornpipes of sorts...
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
This was my "signature" track several years ago. I wrote this on guitar in the mid-90s while I was getting divorced, but later renamed it and recorded it…
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Rumba Columbia is a traditional Cuban pattern in 6: the "go-to" pattern for 12/8 - if you have only heard one Afro-Cuban rhythm in 12/8, this is probably it. As an energetic Afro-Cuban dance, Rumba was often suppressed and restricted because it…
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WARNING! ADULT CONTENT or goofy great........
After a week of computer crashes, I finally got my gear all back to normal. I got my drum kit hooked up yesterday and did a test run which led to this bit of Saturday morning fun that only
proves…
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Party 2 Nite is a song about you and your lady.
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last eve there was a beautiful moon
dancing in a blue black sky
outside my piano room, it called to me
this tune is a one take playful moment, loosely based on the main theme from the 2nd mov of my piano sonata,,, i only toned down about…
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Ten Years After cover performed live by Rainbowtruth @ Irish Brigade Fredricksburg, VA circa late 1990's.
Barnett: Guitar/lead vocal
Osborne: Drums/back-up vocal
Duff: Guitar
Bowers: Bass
Cool high-energy take w/ plenty of guitar solos. Decent…
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Being as I am in something of a musical trough of despair (it's not as much fun as it sounds) right now I thought I'd try messing with my TMA-2 Reaktor instrument and try and coax some better results from it.
From a promising beginning TMA…
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They recon if you go down any mine in the world you'll find a Cornishman there working.
Colin did the vocals and twelve string
Matthew did Balron, whistle, backing vocals ect.
I did the acoustic and backing vocals.
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this is a random song i made when i was bored hope you like it
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This is a 3/16 Bembe on tuned congas, played with mallets. I've arranged it (at the very kind suggestion of Vaisvil & ReefWalker) in a verse/chorus/bridge/capo fashion to get away from a straight pattern - I think this sort of arrangement…
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Anything that is uploaded by Louis I have a compulsion to add a bass line too.
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Guess I've been away a while - something a little difference - distinct parts in harmony, perhaps... or just me experimenting ;-)
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Just another time traveling love song from your ole Uncle Paul.
Mostly MIDI synths and some analog bass and screaming Ibanez.
Drum loops too. I was going to drum it, but these two loops really kinda drive it along.
Enjoy.....
filled…
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If you have the fever and the only cure is more tambourine, here it is.
MORE TAMBOURINE SOLOS!! (But you should probably wait until you have the house to yourself...)
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I slipped and fell on the pedal, and cant get up cause this jammm is pinning me to the floor!
prepare to get ground up in chrome and sparks..
Hot Wheels Spaulding
Thanks to Kirk and his musician friends, all extremely talented. Or is Kirk solo…
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