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Recorded 02-02-2023
Rough demo-recording for practice and eventual re-record.
Tom Bantle - guitar
Dan Kitchka - mandolin; melody vocal.
Marcia Kitchka - harmony vocal
Ted Dekker - bass guitar; accompanying vocal
Music by Cole Porter;…
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Recorded 03-25-2023
Rough demo-recording for practice and eventual re-record.
Tom Bantle - lead guitar
Dan Kitchka - rhythm guitar; melody vocal.
Marcia Kitchka - harmony vocal
Ted Dekker - bass guitar
Written by Jimmy Driftwood (1959)
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A demo recording for our Muskegon-area Neighborhood
Bluegrass group. It will sound a lot better after it’s re-recorded
with the group actually playing and singing their parts.
Cordoba electric-classical guitar; Dean banjo-guitar; Goldtone…
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this was made in garageband.app on my iPad 2 mini and yeah that is an older ipad but it still rocks .. ---
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2023 50/90 song idea number 36 becomes finished song number 20 (I think).
This is another in a long line of attempts to make a legitimate 70's head banger in 3/4 time. It's a pretty decent shot, I think.
The real interesting thing for me…
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The August 2023 30 Day Songs prompt came from a list of ChatGPT country song names a friend posted to Facebook. I started off trying to make fun of the genre and instead wrote a song I think I sorta like. Rumor is there's a second mix floating…
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A quick and dirty acoustic cover of one of my favorite songs of 2023. Is it the greatest thing ever? Nah. But it was a fun and quick record and I did the whole thing with a SM7b, which I've neve done before.
A hat tip to you if you pronouce…
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2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 37 becomes finished song number 21.
I picked up the guitar and recorded the first things that popped into my head and this song is what happened. It's super simple and there isn't a whole lot here, but I like…
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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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2023 50/90 idea number 35 is finished song number 23.
I like this one. I am not sure why, specifically. Could it be the melody? That would be a rarity for me.
All guitar tracks are Les Paul Standard through a Fender Bassbreaker 15 (direct…
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2023 50/90 idea number 29 becomes finished song number 24, which is also the 10th song both started and finished within the month of August, which means I have completed an album in a month under RPM Challenge rules. Groovy.
Too bad the song…
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I can make that joke because I used to fix printers. :D
(Korg Volcas, guitar and bass improv)
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Another Low cover from their last studio album Hey, What. Rediscovering this album after Mimi's death has been heart-wrenching. ~kat
Tom: guitar, vocals
Kat: vocals, harmony
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For all of you fellow 'freezers' out there. Freezing - taking a breath, assessing risk, intentional response - can be a strength, not a weakness. Cover by The Verve Pipe (feat. Channing Lee).
Tom: guitar, vocals
Kat: vocals, keys
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from the kotofinn 2b remapped the instruments to new settings and sounds. clipped here. from just the drum/beat track and another track.
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very mellow crystal cave sounds usung the crystal caves preset in logic. The koto finns strings midi part.. for the note values.
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The corn is heavy
As you pack for the city
And you, you feed the fire
As they burn out the seed
You work so hard
Like the oil is your own
Keep it slick so we get all the best
So look around
And listen to the sound
Of a nation's heart…
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2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 26 becomes finished song number 25.
I think the way the melody handles the chord change in the chorus is clever. Everything else about this song is a dog.
Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Standard into an MXR…
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2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 30 is finished song number 26 and it is pretty weak, if I do say so myself.
The cleanish rhythm guitar is a Les Paul Standard into a Klon KTR into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 (direct). The dirtier guitar at the…
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2023 50/90 Challenge idea number five becomes finished song number 27.
This one is okay. An attempt at syncopation sort of almost pulled off... I guess.
Rhythm guitars are Les Paul Standard to Klon KTR to Analog Man King of Tone to Fender…
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Another three-track piece, with just the central voice (and in this case it actually is voice) being effected by the EHX Voice Box in vocoder mode. The other two parts are just straight sounds from a Roland SE02. Submitted to Sound-In "Strange…
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Recorded circa 11-18-2021
An off-the-cuff jam session that happened to be recorded. Not too bad even though the bass and mandolin sometimes go in different directions.
Dan Kitchka - mandolin
Tom Bantle - lead guitar
Marcia Kitchka - guitar…
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Another last-minute MIDI confection using instruments from Spitfire Audio's LABS collection and drums from Superior Drummer 3. The overall chord sequences were recommended by YouTuber Venus Theory in a couple of recent YT Shorts.
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I created my own stylophone app last winter using p5.js (https://openprocessing.org/sketch/1779333), and I added in a lot of exotic musical scales, which got me interested in Indian music and scales. For this song I used the Raga Sindhura Kafi…
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4 different scales 4 different insturments with echo effects in the iPad 2 mini of mine where the tilt of the iPad changes the effects values and sometimes pitch..
the electric guitar clean is in mixolydian mode key of G
the bass slap is in…
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4 different scales 4 different insturments with echo effects in the iPad 2 mini of mine where the tilt of the iPad changes the effects values and sometimes pitch..
the electric guitar clean is in mixolydian mode key of G
the bass slap is in…
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Done with my pal Patrick Poulou, (Lafayette) a few years ago.
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https://musescore.com/user/10651501/scores/12041332
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Not sure what to do with this one but I like it anyway. Cover by Bon Iver.
Kat: vocals, keys
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The SE-02 all on its own, with a sequencer patch running and on-board effects. Submitted to Sound-In "Strange Music Week" for 31/8 - 07/09/2023.
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Initial recording for further development.
Tom Bantle - guitar
Dan Kitchka - banjo and harmony vocal.
Marcia Kitchka - melody vocal.
Ted Dekker - upright bass.
Written by Scott Wiseman.
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a lofi ambient lullaby - female vocal and nylon guitars plus Live effects
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Thought this might be appropriate for the upcoming Halloween.
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One of my favorites done with my pal Patrick Poulou (Lafayette)
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Volcas, bass, and guitar again.
I'm trying to get better at improvising, so I'm doing a bunch of quick and dirty improv tracks using a 4-track recorder. This one turned out pretty good.
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A day of from the gardening and my first go at organising drums in Easy drummer that funnily didn't turn out to be so hard . I'm playing the Tele with the Kemper and Boss Me-90 Thanks for listening
You shook me from my middle
And you…
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Learning how one feeds electricity to a Landscape Noon.
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I still had a stereo track left on the 4 track, and my microkorg has stereo outputs, so....
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Life has its beginnings and endings. That's the way it goes....
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Harp and Female vocal in Just Intonation with 7 limit tritone.
Just intonation with a 7-limit tritone
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16/15
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15/8
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Something I recorded after I forgot to press record.
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I'm doing my best here
So cut me some slack dear
I'm always in focus
Maybe not on things you chose for us
I'm trying real hard here
Stuck out in the yard dear
It isn't my comfort zone
Even though you think I call it home
I'm doing…
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Such a sad, and sexist song, but I love the melody. Done with Patrick Poulou. (Lafayette)
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There is a time for everything.
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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We all can paint it black.
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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We all need comfort.
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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It's a well hidden garden.
Vocals by Paul and Carla.
Guitar and synths by Paul. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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A visit...
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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A cry for help.
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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Now and perpendicular to now, where shadows are, as we will create the next song of music and make sounds together in the now but also in the perpendicular to now for the theme at sound in. of course any music on theme or not is ok. At right angles…
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The universe is One thing. There's really no barriers or divisions between anything. So, my video art will still be experimental structures with new meanings from each persons perspective based on their life experiences and values. Life experiences…
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The universe is One thing. There's really no barriers or divisions between anything. So, my video art will still be experimental structures with new meanings from each persons perspective based on their life experiences and values. Life experiences…
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Sometimes it happens that you are sitting in a waiting room... and then...
All instruments by Paul, Carla does the vocals. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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All instruments by Paul except the clarinet by Carla. Recorded on an Akai 8 track.
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Reg is thinking he's Dr Love this evening and picked up the Tele opened Easy drummer switched on the Kemper and he was away......with the fairies some might say
Everybody wants that little bit of love
I can see it in your eyes right now…
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Rerecording. Fits better on this album. Kat: vocals, keys
Forward, backward, stalling for answers
Take this pain that I got
write a song in the Walmart parking lot
Keyboard on batteries and resting on my knees
Do you see what I see? A world…
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An experiment were I string together a few files generated by text prompts in Stable Audio. Interesting - but they have serious work left to do and yet they are selling this for $12 / month to create 90 secs of audio - I used the free option and…
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The first lines of the chorus just crept into my head.
I had to write the rest.
ALL IN
You've been holding back for so long now
And I've been losing track of how many times I've written my vows
It feels like you're sleeping behind the…
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In the Serra sculpture Vortex with the 1936 Regal dobro
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In the Serra sculpture Vortex with the 1937 Regal dobro
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In the Serra sculpture Vortex with the 1937 Regal dobro
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In the Serra sculpture Vortex with the 1937 Regal dobro
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September 2023 B-side
What have we done we've upset the balance
And soon we all will bathe in fire
What can we do to restore this balance
We'd give it all to make it stop
There's a huge volcano sitting just below the surface it could burst…
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September 2023 A-side
We sailed up to the shore some island we don't know
We dropped our anchor then we left the boat
I know we're risking all but this is worth the chance
Just think of all the wealth we'll take back home
We'll be fine…
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This little piece sparkles with curiosity. It is willing to dance and flow in every direction like a free spirit.
How do you experience it?
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Hot air and history
That's what this place is famed for
You'll see there in the tree
The scars and burns they're shamed for
They shout loud
It's all history
You stand proud
It's your own, we can see
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Graffiti on the Hollywood sign
You left your mark
For all to see it clear
Graffiti on the Hollywood sign
You left your mark
For all to see it clear
If you haven't got the time
To get your point across clear
Never fear
Graffiti…
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Left behind to toe the line
They have all cashed out now
You're out of time
Left without grape on the vine
That bottle's drained out now
You're out of time
Leave now (or they get you)
Leave now (or they get you)
Leave now (or they…
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2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 48 becomes finished song number 28.
We came home from a planned long weekend trip to Disney World early because my wife was sick. Turns out it was Covid. I was feeling fine though so I tried to do an album…
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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 Challenge idea number 49 becomes finished song number 29. This would have been the second song in an album in a day challenge as well if I hadn't have caught Covid that very day. Bad luck.
The song is okay. I don't like the hook…
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2023 50/90 Challenge song idea #40 becomes finished song #30. A typical attempt at head banging in 7/8 time. Mediocre at best.
All of the guitars are my Gibson SG into the Fender Bassbreaker 15. The fuzzy rhythm tracks are a Way Huge Russian…
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