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this is a rock song with a message about the sad state of the world we currently live in.....enjoy silly humans!
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Life is a quest for knowledge and a simple realization that not only is there so much we don't know but to declare it somehow is empowering. A great collaboration with Norm who is an amazing percussionist and a super cool guy! Thanks for the…
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Noted journalist Sean Farrington demonstrates the best way to get what you want from your interviewees.
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"This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine.."
This tune came to me whilst helping mow a graveyard this morning.
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Had two riffs for this one so joined them together. All it needs now is a screaming saxamaphone.
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Norm layed down the excellent percs - Brain did bass - Chris did Sax, organ, elec. piano
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This beat was made while teaching my Sound I summer class about making sample-based beats in Reason software. It is named after the new Circulator energy-efficient free bus in Baltimore. My main non-drum samples here are from my piece "Granite…
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Started out as accoustic guitar track, turned into a gentle shrapnel in the middle then back to a harmonics fleshendo.
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Slow timpani and triangle and a touch of bass drum Wagner style
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I couldn't get anything right today so I just mashed through a guitar track and overlayed vocals. But now I kind of like the song so it will have to be redone.
So sit back and relax, don't shower or shave and have a beer!
Swill A Beer
I sit…
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this is a redone cover of hallelujah i took this song and made it my own i hope you enjoy :)
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This is the song that's responsible for the creation of this band in the first place. It was originally intended to be used with another band of mine, but kept growing and changing, until it no longer suited that band.
Since then, I have a full…
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Jonathan Thomas looks at the work of the Holy Spirit in both revealing God and illuminating the Christians mind
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by the internet band "2"
Frank Miller and Chris Vaisvil
Frank Miller wrote the drums and bass parts
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This is one stereo track of 6 conga drums tuned, by ear, to roughly a chromatic scale (I don't know which one - perhaps I've gone micro-tonal!) coupled with a single track of ad-lib quinto (the high drum) and a "shuffle" groove on trap-set…
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i silly song about pretending to live like ants
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this song is a fun little tune i made with my buddy when we were jamming one day
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do you: know how beautiful you are in that precious, precious twilight, wisps of hair floating around your face like a brunette halo, cheeks suffused with a delicate blush - because I took the time to touch your heart. When I looked into those…
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A good friend of mine Harris Kidd filmed a short piece of work starring my other great friend (and my drummer) Zay Brignall, anywaaays he asked if I could make a soundtrack for it soooo I sat down and watched it over and over and started plunking…
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I didn't think anything could add to this already brilliant track. So I put a bass solo on it.
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Jonathan Thomas looks at the Heidelberg Catechism
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I present the first of 3 guitar solos - Fender Mustang => Roland GR-20 + DoD FX-7 into Alesis mixer and Alesis effects.
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While I'm certain there are those who may be growing weary of scratching, I couldn't resist posting this great mix by Alister Flint, who is truly a master mixologist extraordinaire - he didn't even have individual tracks to work with! Al was too…
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This is the final ending of my Percussion Festival
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Inspired by and in collaboration with [My First Dictionary](http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com), pretty popsters [ButterflyPolite](http://veryusartists.com/butterflypolite) intone a duet about the nameless people in your neighborhood.
The…
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jupiter leads with a rythym guitar and sings a crazy off the cuff story, while hot wheels simply plucks pretty randomly at his five strings. A ballad about a mexican cat, with a spiky ,lively six minute intro.
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another duo of guitars in this epic instrumental..really i can tell whose doing what..im just blown away..
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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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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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the only comment i recieved about this was "sound like there's a fuckin' waterfall behind me"
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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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The newest track featuring Shaun Barter on Bass.
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Another instrumental that came from my twisted imagination. Enjoy! -Mike
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Softer more positive vibe. The "radio friendly" sound.
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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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well, i really took to both pieces. I decided a mashup should be without permission, otherwise its just aremix. Hope I made something new, Incidentally structure is based on theory heard on alonetone.
Just add 4/4 and go!
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this song is about the world and its beauty it was the first song i ever wrote
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this is a random song i made when i was bored hope you like it
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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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It's a 100 degrees F in the shade here.
Covering a John Fahey tune, which was inspired by Charley Patton.
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oh god, the hilarity..dont be scared of this mouse..dont give it power..the mouse is powerless, unless you empower him..that's how im doin'
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a crowning noise triumph of guitar and microprocessor.
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The first song done on new album. Featuring Roy Sample on guitar.
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Short but sweet. A Metallica inspired little diddy. Due to computer malfunctions the timing is iffy toward the end, but still a song I'm proud to share.
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Dedicated to a true and courageous Freedom Fighter in the spirit of Dr. King and Mahatmas Gandhi, Rachel Corrie, who gave her life in the highest tradition of St. John 15:13.
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/
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rabbits eating your toes because you own a lawnmower.
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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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(Cotton, Williams) Live radio performance on James Madison University's WXJM in Harrisonburg, VA circa 2005.
Osborne: Drums
Cotton: Vocals/Guitar
Williams: Vocals/Guitar
Capponi: Keyboard
Small part of a larger musical work w/ nice dynamics…
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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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This is a microtonal Jazz-ish piece produced with some newly developed techniques.
Norm Harris provides the excellent percussion. I probably could have made it easier on myself by not being so chromatic… but there it is.
The piano, bass…
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I locked myself/was snowed into a cabin for a month on the shores of lake Michigan, and turned it into a one man studio. Piblokto is a form of hysteria mainly found in eskimos, sometimes triggered by isolation during which the victim will find…
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Quick live recording on my buddy Jim's guitar while visiting him in Portland. The song hopefully speaks for itself. Eastern Europe gets me every time...
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An improv with Bleep!Box app and Harry Partch's Eucal Blossom.
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Live improvisation using a MicroKorg and Roland SH-01.
Mixed with Live 8
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Archival stuff from my distant past with former bandmates in Scartaglen. A set of traditional Irish tunes. Rescued from a cassette tape done at a concert back in the early 90's. Myself on Uilleann pipes and whistle. Mike dugger on guitar and fiddle…
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two loops. incongrous and paired. ridden all the way out. through metaphorphoses. and motion
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another one take that resulted in the previous song slav-o-tage
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Party 2 Nite is a song about you and your lady.
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I had some lyrics describing a late nite cake baking experience kicking around. If I have a lot on my mind, dirtying every dish in the house seems like the right thing to do.
I stole some cool percussion from Norm and went to work. I also…
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For the indignant lover who won't walk away in all of us...
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I wrote this song for the first person I ever fell in love with to tell her that I loved her. I figured that if she didn't feel the same way, it would be less awkward. Win!
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I wrote this one about this guy I worked with in a two man show. Do I feel guilty? Meh.
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Uploaded this one yesterday but it was a bit scrappy. So I've fine tuned it a bit. Left it a bit basic in case anyone wants to add bongos or zephyr. ( Is that the right word?).
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Over at improvFriday Bruce Hamilton took my piece and mashed it up, also featuring Shane Cadman.
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i had the idea of having a strong drum track through something...a drum track that built up through the track...but then i started to mess with the track and ended up with three different versions that i am rather attached to...other versions…
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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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More stuff from the ancient archives rescued from the same cassette tape as Last Nights Fun. This time a set of 3 Irish reels Live at a concert back around 1992
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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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Guitar/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Composer: Turlough O'Carolan
Arrangement: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of Planxties by O'Carolan. For the life of me I don't remember the names of them...one may be Charles O'Conor…
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Guitars/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of jigs I wrote after spending time on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.
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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/Low Whistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Irish song, also know by its English title, "For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name."
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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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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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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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Wyn looks at the way Peter commands us to be prepared in 1 Peter
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