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A song about bad drivers. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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*EXPLICIT LYRICS* Not meant to offend, just a statement of preference! Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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I know there are more important things to worry about, but I HATE junk mail. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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Is it possible to think too much? I think it is. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A song about the five stages of grieving, as devised by the (late) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Unfortunately knowing these stages does not help you get over them.
You've been managing expectations
Consultations end in tears
Even if you're optimistic…
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We have an old and senile cat with a dodgy thyroid gland who is a total pain in the bum. I know she can't help it but god she annoys me, so this song is therapy. It's a love/hate thing. Recorded as part of RPM 2010
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A song for/about Charles Manson.
If you think you've found an answer
Inside a 45
You need another needle and indeed you needed Beatles to realise
Speaking on the record
Backwards just to you
First the curses then perverted verses…
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Stumbled across this in the vault. Some cool summertime nightnoise from Hico, Tx. Listen close you can hear the coyote calls. Feel free to use it.
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En Francais.
English lyric:
I don't know why there is not another girl for me here
Or near here,
But over there are plenty of girls for him
What a shame - what a shame
Every day I watch the men and boys with girls on the beach…
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Part 1 - Hotel & Backstory.
Hotel.
In which Johnny tries to betray Angela, whose suspicions are raised when Jenny calls.
Backstory.
In which we learn about Julia's involvement in the affair.
Lyric -
So Jennifer sits…
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Homage, in various ways, to Bowie, Arcade Fire, Airborne Toxic Event. I wrote most of it while out running on dirt roads near the Cody landfill.
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Title is a reference to a 2009 RPM album's title. It is a song about leaving Chicago.
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The *cough* future *cough* mayor of Chicago holding court with his corporate backers.
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This song is a meditation on the concept of freedom.
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Again, Jess' lyrics speak for themselves. Man, distorted guitar is tough to mix around.
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Jess wrote the lyrics for this one, and unlike when I write lyrics, they speak for themselves.
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This song is about George Washington, and how politicians in the *cough* future world this album inhabits *cough* could perhaps use a bit of his character.
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Inspired by the David Brooks book "Bobos in Paradise" and an article I read on the so-called "Prosperity Gospel", which is one of the weirder religious movements I've heard of.
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Finally a good cut of this one. Named after Daniel Burnham of Chicago's Burnham Plan, this song is about the downfall of western capitalism. I'm completely unprepared for it myself -- I have no idea what I'll wear.
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Part 2 - Courtroom and Sentencing.
Courtroom.
In which Angela cross examines the accused and his accomplice.
Sentencing.
In which Judgement is passed.
Call the first witness
Make you take the stand
Raise up your right hand…
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Part 3 - Appeal and Backstory (reprise)
Appeal.
In which Johnny puts his side of the story.
Backstory (reprise)
In which Julia re-appears and more evidence is revealed.
Yours is
The body in the bath
That keeps me overflowing…
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Written for the "My First Sing-A-Long Dictionary" RPM 2010 project.
See myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/
Daddy's away
Posted abroad
Sending home pay
All he can afford
Mummy pretends
But I notice that something has changed
The letters…
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A nasty little story wrapped in a very short country song.
When I took your tiny hand it struck me cold
And I though cool hands warm hands warm heart is what I've been
But I know that wasn't
When It came to one like you
So I signed that…
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Standing, waiting, shivering, waiting, hoping, waiting, crying - all the while being cruelly mocked by the passage of time, and my analogue watch. It was not a very nice night.
Peter Fedofsky plays the piano on this song.
If you could…
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Self-consciously pet-soundsy guitar solo, a teen angsty lyric and an cappella ending and. Who say's I listen to too much Beach-Boys?
Why don't we walk away while we still have the chance
Why do we dance
with blood upon our hands
Messy…
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A silly song questioning the value of using songs to get a message across. Just say 'sorry' - don't write me an opera about it.
Incidentally the note choices in this song really did hurt me.
New lies
Written like you cared for me
A…
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At the 23rd hour we consider whether we've made the right decisions.
Written and recorded less the 48 hours before the end of the RPM challenge deadline. I wonder why.
Is this our 23rd hour
Sixty minutes to go
Are we counting the seconds…
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Low-frills bass and piano piece. Not my usual fare (whatever that is), but still fun to create.
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Bit of a waltz.
Everything I know about dancing I learned from watching.
This is my piano debut.
Bethan deserves some of the blame for this one somehow. Thanks.
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I'm really not this bleak... I was just looking for an excuse to use that VU/JAMC/The National drumbeat!
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Just a short reprise of the first song on this years RPM album. Something to tie it all off so it doesn't keep bleeding.
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Written, more or less, after sitting in a car for four hours, after attending Laurie's Last.
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A Song About an old Saying......
Sh*t Happens......
Lyrics
T.Mokbul 2010
-In A Day-
Half a Glass of Gasoline
Mixed with Some Kerosene
Stirred in with Coffee
Laced with amphetamine
All That it Takes in A Day
To get by…
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Featuring:
Maddy Bunker, lyrics, guitar ideas
Randy Leclair, lyrics, guitar, vocals, mandolin, bass
Angela Nadeau, lyrics
David Susman, lyrics, piano, commentary
Amber Tatnall, lyrics, ukulele
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There are several theories concerning the extinction of Neanderthal humans 30,000 years ago. I am struck by the replacement of skilled hunters by aggressive agriculturists -- we're pretty much Cain, aren't we?
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This is a haiku -- there is no deeper meaning. We're only counting.
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Anyone read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr - my daughter lent it to me - teenage Faery novel about addiction - pretty creepy at times.
This is the one act musical version.
I wanted a 'deranged in our neighbourhood' kind of feel to it.
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The most challenging track to record during the RPM Challenge this year. I like how a lot of it turned out, but there were so many clashing pieces, that I was pulling my hair out trying to assemble it.
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Sprachgeist is a German term meaning the "spirit of language".
This one ties into the theme from 2009's RPM Challenge Album. (Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets).
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This was one of the unnamed tracks that I recorded, forgot about, and rediscovered later in the month.
It's basically about working the night shift on an office job. (You see really weird things at night when an office building is empty and quiet…
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Title track from my RPM 2010 album, entitled "The Loudest Silence".
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"Jenny Blue" was originally supposed to be the album closer, but this track seemed like a nice outro.
(Definitely Tangerine Dream worship on my part.)
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This is one of the tracks that ties into the theme from my RPM 2009 album [Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets].
A fall from grace. Every up has its down. Every down has its up. There's definitely a "ying and yang" thing at work here.
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Do you remember those in your past who made your life more magical?
Lyrics @ http://wave.transmit-music.com/fade.html
Wave 2010 (RPM)
Remastered version, June 2010.
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Track number 1 from the 2010 RPM Challenge. Title track.
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The first single off of Dragons & Lace my completed 2010 RPM Challenge album.
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Track 4. Contains an uncredited sample of American Indian drumming. I'd love to credit it... if I knew who it was.
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A billboard is no place for advertising some sort of spiritual message. I call it thieves in the temple if you ask me.
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Track 6 is about a poor sod who has to stay at home while his lady is at a Pure Romance party... or something like that.
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Track 7 is about a couple of friends who seem to continually make self-destructive decisions.
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Ever have one of those days? Yeah... that's what this is about.
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Track 9. I love when my inane babble turns into a useful lyric.
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quick little mandolin number to round out my album for the year!!
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Meant as an introduction track to the RPM 2010 album.
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Meant as an outro to the RPM 2010 album. I'm not proud of it, but i needed 1:45 more music to complete the challenge and it's the last day!
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flute/bass/drums, kinda jazzy, upbeat
I admit, the title has nothing to do with the piece. It’s a reference to the morning I had. Yelyah v. Squirrel.
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another lullaby type piece
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It seems that any time I feel confident about being able to continue doing a song a day, I jinx my next day.
Like last night, I made it known that I was probably going to continue with song a day in March, whilst…
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What's weird is that I didn't feel the rush of adrenaline until after I had finished recording the vocals. At 12:59 CST.
And then I just kinda freaked out.
For those not in the know, this was for February 28th's FAWM song skirmish. A title…
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This is my submission for Akron/Family's "Woody Guthrie's America" Project.
[WOODY PROJECT 2.0](http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/woody2/Woody_v.2.0/New_Home.html)
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Another tale of my life. It started when I saw a homeless man standing at the end of an exit ramp. He was holding a cardboard sign and accepting "donations". I wondered if that would be me before long, then this song started playing in my head.
ER
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Another angry song. My boss once handed me a spreadsheet about cost prices from vendors and said "I don't like the way this looks". I wondered if the upper management looked at salary costs the same way, and that led to this song.
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This is probably the darkest song I've ever done, at least as far as lyrical tone goes. Sometimes life just doesn't seem worth the effort. Then I look at my lovely bride and realize that it is.
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this was my last rpm song...i had a little mandolin riff and threw on the kazoo (which broke in the last verse), and it reminded me a happy bee buzzing around...and there you have it!
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I was listening to Leonard Cohen a lot this winter, and these lyrics sort of came out from there...don't know what they really mean, i was more interested in trying to see if I could mimic Leonard's style, which of course I can't, but this was…
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Inspired by Neil Gaiman's Sandman series (my favorite reading material). What would happen if Death came for you, like in the series. This is that conversation.
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About a special place...its not called Laurelie, but I liked the lyricism of that word.
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Based on some crazy events of my life in the fall. Relationships...so difficult...
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Written and Recorded: Feb 28, 2010
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (FBbEbGCF, FBbEbGDbF, Capo III), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, Audacity...all fingers, no picks.
Last track for RPM 2010, and by far my favorite of the batch…
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One serious track. It's not like me at all, but there it is.
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Meditative Tangerine Dreamish Flowing Aural Soup.
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Inspired by a perfect day in Clevedon, North Somerset.
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Like a Persian rug, only less cosy on the feet. Watch out for shamanic encroachings!
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I was going through a real bad relationship breakup this fall...this is the abstraction of that relationship. Happy ending though, we are patching things up and working on getting back together. Hard to walk away from 15 years of experiences…
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A song about my friend's daughter, who knows how to get my attention. She's a real gem.
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Just a basic dance track because its just fun to bounce around sometimes. Also another excuse to use a growly bass sound... a "60 Hz Hum Bass" soundfont I had clearly neglected for too long.
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Title track to our rpm effort. Introduces both vocalists and overall acoustic rock sound of the album.
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no guilt clean slate no guilt
clean slate no guilt clean slate
raw deal dealt by me today
goin to church it will be okay
say a prayer in a quiet voice
drink some coffee and rejoice clean slate
no guilt clean slate no guilt
clean slate…
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Languid tribute to Dylan's Desire album, with updated context.
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What if Lou Reed and the Velvets had a guest appearance on Sesame Street?
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This was made with the help of Joe Bain, who wrote the lyrics, sang it, and played some keyboards.
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This song is made entirely from samples from Left 4 Dead 2. Valve, please don't sue!
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written and recorded for rpm 2010. lyrics by b french - thanks again!
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written and recorded for rpm 2010. cute boy - ally.
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You’re taking me down
Breaking me down again
Circling around
Spinning toward the bottom
It’s a place we know
Where we always go
We can’t get lost
We know the way
Do we crave the dark
Long for misery
Embrace the end
To only rise again
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So he’s gone
What are you going to do now
You lived and breathed for him all these years
You can’t do without
Just find another
Get another one
It’s easy to find one to take his place
You think you have a void
A hole to fill
But nothing…
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This was made with the help of the dinosaur-obsessed Laura Turner who wrote the lyrics, and Chris Harrison who played the blistering guitar solo \m/
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It enters us
Without us knowing
Not welcome
Uninvited
Go away
Leave me alone
Give me peace
Let me rest
Eat us from the inside
Bit by bit
Cell by cell
Multiplying
Taking over
Invaded
Go away
Leave me alone
Give me peace
Let…
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How can you love me
How can you need me
When all you do is take
When all you do is take
I’ll give it all
Until there’s none
But you’ll still want more
All you do is take
All you do is take
How can you want me
How can you love me
I’ll turn the…
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I hear you
Calling my name
Like a whisper
And a scream
You haunt me
Forever
Twist your arms
Around my neck
In a dead embrace
Locked with love
You haunt me
You haunt me
I tore the paper
From the walls
To see what
Was underneath
You left no…
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I miss the smell of your hands
Your breath
The feel of your skin
We didn’t have to talk
Just understood
What the other was
We are of the same
But we knew
The end would come
Time is no friend
We are not healed
The pain is old
But feels new…
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The story of a shooting. I only wish I could take credit for the guitar work. The solos are by the fabulous Andy Samford.
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Trying to be a better man.
Featuring the vocal talents of Clarke McMurray.
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Men don't collect dolls. They collect action figures.
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