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A cover of David Marcoullier's excellent piece. All lyrics and music are by him, and this is just my version.
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Me and an acoustic recording this afternoon...
Autotune was NOT used on any part of this recording!
Original by Don Hendley
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The song is about isolation and loneliness (implied abuse) and the conditions that could lead someone down the path to obsessive, destructive behavior: stalking, arson, and violence.
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There’s a pound or two of flesh in my chest yet.
It sits next to the bag that brings me my breath, yes.
A knot of muscle that flex and flex and flexes,
It’s okay—no rest (unless time requests it).
In the bowl above my eyes a gelatinous…
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About a trip to Des Moines, Iowa, more info here.
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Guitar and Drums recorded Oct 16, 2008; Vocals and Bass recorded on Oct 19, 2008. Drums arranged with DrumTrack.
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Bass Heavy Guitar and Hydrogen Drums recorded Jan 9, 2008; Lead Guitar and Vocals recorded Jan 15, 2008; All tracks recorded in one take to a Tascam Portastudio 424 MKIII.
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Paprika soundtrack, Jorge Ben and Kussen Verboten
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This one is about a person named Sarah, who is awesome. And stuff. This song is not as good as the person as it is for. Samples are from a thing on archive.org.
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This is one of my first ambient tracks, and it's been made up largely of sounds I've captured on a handheld recorder over the last five or so years.
Dark, and more than a little creepy.
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Wrote this with the intention of later releasing a vocal mix. Lyrics are already written, just need a vocalist (or to whip my own voice into shape).
Music boxes, strings, and a drum set that sounds like a caged animal trapped behind the "shinier…
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Recorded the intro and traffic sounds on my bus ride to work two years ago. This one is urban-esque, breakbeaty, and switches up the tempo a few times. And there are fat funky synths to boot.
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Using the polka beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge, with the composer on all instruments. Drums were looped in Acid Pro 7.
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Using the waltz beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. The spoken bits are of xenophobic Utah State Senator Chris Buttars. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the samba beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the fox trot beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Featuring Matt Podschweit on keyboards with the composer on tenor sax. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using cha cha and rhumba beats from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with all other instruments played by the composer. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the rock & roll and fox trot beats from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer playing all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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You know when you're creating something and it comes out exactly how you wanted it, and then it becomes you favorite? This one is still my favorite and has not been dethroned yet.
The song is all by me - words, vocals, bass, the "guitar…
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driving that Infiniti all along the coast
doctor of divinity - I didn't mean to boast
with your strange affinity for whiskey & coke
and looking at the stars
brother Shawn, here's a disk for your collection
we're gonna go check out this here…
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Ghost Dobro
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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spider silk of the stars
heard me playing the ghost dobro
saw me slip through the bars
to quench my fevered glow
her allure was practiced and warm
and all the…
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This song is a tribute to the space monkeys named Albert. They all died tragic deaths of various kinds during their forced service to the American space program.
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My best mate, Weaver, always used to tell me I wrote too many songs about women so here's a pop tune my sister might like!
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A trancy rock thang I wrote in french. Apologies to all french speakers as I used an online translator so it might not mean what I think it does.
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A techno/country tune about how I met my lady, Debs.
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Another bluegrassy tune. There really were loads of magpies around where I lived at the time.
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A punk/pop tune relating to my being a bit of a soap-dodger. Or so my lady says.
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Hey, notice the new forum section... Track Therapy? discuss with me: http://alonetone.com/forums/track-therapy/topics/help-me-find-direction-for-this-track
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A poptastic acknowledgement of some of the great qualities I love about Debbie, my fab lady. Recorded as part of RPM 09
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T Boudreau - Lyrics n Music
Bonehead - Vocals
Thunder Chris - Drums, B Vocs
Tim Hochadel - Bass, B Vocals
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T Boudreau - Lyrics / Music
Bonehead - Guitar, Vocals
Thunder Chris - Drums, B Vocs, Percussion
Tim Hochadel - Bass, B Vocals, Beer Bottles
John Young - Keys
JD Herzog - Sax
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T Boudreau - Lyrics / Music
Bonehead - Music and Vocals
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T Boudreau - Lyrics / Music
Bonehead - Guitar, Vocals
Thunder Chris - Drums, B Vocs
Tim Hochadel - Bass, B Vocals
John Young - Keys
Eddie Davis - Lead guitar
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jesse wrote this one and sings lead. basic guitar, vocal and banjo were recorded live with a room mic.
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sometimes when you listen to one musician exclusively for an extended period of time you try to write a song as if you were that musician.
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This was a total experimental piece about just making a soundscape. I played instruments I don't really play, and put some thru different effects just to experiment. The Bushisms add some color to what would otherwise just be some noise. I…
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This was written for RPM 2009, mostly in January and was inspired by from a mix of current events and personal journey.
Lyrics:
The Queen of Pearls is wearing diamonds
up and down her fingers
She holds the door to the castle
where memories…
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soundsoftheweak.com assignment #68: make a recording about a specific body part.
Featuring Miss MC Co Co Co Co Co Co Ro.
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An RPM 2009 song. Well, this was a personal story for me that came about when your past intersects (briefly) with the present.
Lyrics:
20 years running through time and I remember
all the magic lines
that in our younger days
we drew…
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The lyrics were co-written with Mike Novak. I sent him the music, and we worked from there. I've done that a bunch with friends from Canada (Me Man Jack - check them out) and its fun to collaborate..
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this song was inspired from an ee cummings poem. it was composed for rpm 2009.
lyrics:
i'll tell you a dream i had once
up in the sky blue everything
flying away a kite on a string
i didn't have anything
i was cool you were warm…
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This is my newest song made using Reason 4. Compositionally it might get slightly repetitive but I am hoping that there is enough variation that it will keep the listeners attention through the whole piece. Enjoy and let me know what you like…
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This track is written and performed by my 12 year old son Zack. He really is coming along great as a musician, and I'm proud to include him in my RPM project for a second year!
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I'm working on a March RPM... it is "record per month" after all, is it not? So, this month I plan to expand on some ideas with glubotic... I hope to make the album a full hour.
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For some reason the first upload of this plays faster than it should, hopefully this will play at the correct speed, I will leave the other up as some people seem to like it
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An old time fiddle tune without the fiddle, or the tune, really, so the vocal has to carry it, and it has that lovely raw propulsion. Written and recorded in an hour.
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I'm not sure if this is rockabilly or late 40s jump R'n'B. Dance music though. I had fun with the lyrics and the backing vocals.
This is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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A grief song. You know this place. If you don't then move on while you still can. Seriously. Don't click ..
This is a tidied up version, I managed to get rid of some of th noise and rebalance the vocals 18/3/09
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A happy song about being left by your no-good spouse. There's a word for the attitude in this song but I can't think of it right now ...
this is now a tidied up version 18/3/09
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Banjo and Guitar and Vocal. Sometimes you don't want to look back.
this si now a tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.
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I'm still sort of working on this and may upload a revised version
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I should mention I was thoroughly tanked on sangria when I made this one. It just seemed appropriate...
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Ambient. Electric Bass Guitar. Ebow + Acoustic Guitar
Sometimes a new instrument is all it takes to inspire a nice little piece.
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Bouncy, with ear candy. Wanted to do something different with this one, keep it from being too predictable. I think I succeeded. I also happen to really like my "squawk, squawk" gtr stabs in the verses.
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It reminded me of early Leonard Cohen so I took it in that direction with the finger picking and spookiness
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It seemed to be a meditation on everyday life so I decided that I'd whistle for the solo as it's the kind of thing I do when walking down…
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reading too much sci-fi makes you paranoid and using too many effects pedals can make your songs repetitive, loud, and long.
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i don't know. another paranoid delusion, i guess.
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loop pedal + fuzz pedal + wah-wah = instrumental noise madness.
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This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.
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An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.
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An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.
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*Modern electronic rock. Guitar, synthesizer, samples, drums.*
*Sounds like **_Depeche Mode_** *and **_U2_**.
*Recorded at The Hive in 1997. Mixed with* **_Ken Kessie._**
*When you're depressed, nobody wants to see you.*
You all said…
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Folk waltz with great harmony
The video is live acoustic in my living room
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A work in progress. I like singer songwriter ftuff but also like to play around with trance and the like.
This has a way to go yet but maybe you could give a little feedback
Thanks
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Created for the CHiLL is five compilation, 28 November 1999.
My first or second CHiLL release. I don't love it.
Ambient. Synthesizers.
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Created for the CHiLL release Resolutions, released 15 February 2004.
The Tunguska Event occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Russia on June 30, 1908. Experts generally agree it was caused by Nikola Tesla firing a prototype particle…
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Another song for the RPM 2009 Challenge. This is sort of an interlude that reminds me of Penguin Cafe Orchestra but with a sort of industrial edge. Vocoder is featured.
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A model of the Solar System which whirls and turns all the planets in their correct orbits at the correct relative speeds
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A classically-inspired track that totally does not fit in with the rest of the album. Incidentally, Ctesiphon was a capital of the Parthian Empire.
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I believe the recording in the background is from a spy station. The other is a Spanish sonnet.
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I could not turn off certain synthesizers while I was programing this one, so I kept it as it was. Desperate sounding, I thought.
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Tartessos (possibly the "Tarshish" of the Bible) was a fabulous city in Southern Spain that the Greeks and Phoenecians often visited. I wanted to evoke a sense of adventure.
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The first track begun, the last one finished. My attempto write a techno-middle eastern fugue!
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Aural and astral travel to fabled lands and back.
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