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Here's another one that fit how I felt when I walked into a store for the first time since the pandemic stole our logic and reasoning. It felt so post apocalyptic and I kept looking around for Mad Max to attack me for block of cheese and half…
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Truly not much explanation needed here. There's a looming presence over us right now no matter where you turn and the idea that this is certainly a Plague of Persistence inspired this dark creation. This is from my 2020 release State Of Darkness.
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I was really enjoying my plugins for the keyboard and thought I would play with a few of the sounds and solo over them with different pickups and tone and switch between using a pick and using fingers. When I set it all up and played it the idea…
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In this crazed time what has become incredibly clear is that the solution is not the most important thing, it's who's to blame because we are being governed on both sides of the "aisle" by Holdouts for Supremacy. This is from my 2020 release…
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There has been so much going on over the past few months and dark feelings have been an issue. But I can still sit down in my studio and just play. Sometimes it's pick a key and see what comes out. If that's not the ultimate Silver Lining I…
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In between my songs of rage I still wanted to play around with some different sounds. Here I was dabbling with the idea of a Rhodes with a Leslie. I listen to it and know I want to do another one toying with this sound. In effect I feel the…
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The RPM Challenge folks, in their infinite kindness, decided to do an additional challenge in the month of April in 2020 and boy did it come at the right time. The cloud of uncertainty, of caution and apprehension have just been horrible, ultimately…
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With a student wanting to play fingerstyle, it has been a personal challenge to become at least adept at it and feeling comfortable to play this song entirely by fingerstyle was indeed the Turning Point. This is off my 2020 collaborative release…
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Written, played and arranged by my very first student, the one that started me on a path I could never repay him for, Luke Jankowski. He sees the song in his mind and conveys it until we get it as he wants it. It just fires me up to see students…
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This was another one of those try something different tracks. I love how jazz and blues tracks will incorporate horns, so I had to find some reasonable sounding brass for my MIDI world and then try to balance them with guitar melody. This is…
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This song is by one of my longest tenure students and a great dude, Ryley Neumeyer. This song was telling a tale in 3 phases and the siren sound, played by Ryley, as was the bass guitar was signalling bad news for the main character in the tale…
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There's so many ways I interpret this song title. In search of better drum tones, in search of the trick to getting the tracks to layer right in production, etc. Like most of my tracks, this one will always represent a point in time in my playing…
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This is a fun track played by my youngest student James Almazan. He is showing his progress with the minor pentatonic scale in various positions over my backing. James is a finger style player and a beautiful soul. When we were editing, any…
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This track for me was a reflection of the progress in both my playing and producing. I'm still nowhere near where I ultimately want to be, but my progress makes me continue to push forward, and thus the Darkness Falls. This is from my 2020 collaborative…
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This song was composed with one of my newer students David Robinson. We were just dipping our toes into the global pandemic so he had some fun with the name. It was his first time tracking any guitars so it was a lot of fun doing this one…
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So the ongoing goal for me in songwriting and recording is to play in different styles. This song was meant to capture a Latin vibe, so I researched chords and scales that would flavor it that way and then played around with percussion until…
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This is one of the handful of tracks that were all mine from my collaborative 2020 release with my students Class In Session - The Strummer Games. It felt like a throwback tune for me so it was recalling Back In The Day.
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2020 thus far has been a year most of us would be glad to see end. In the midst of all the sadness and tragedy, I was able to celebrate February in a huge way with the RPM Challenge. The celebration is because about half of the songs were written…
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This was actually the first track for my 2018 release Words To Live By and so the name just seemed appropriate as I was starting the RPM Challenge Games so to say. I tell students all the time they will never regret learning to play such a beautiful…
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For me the goal of this songwriting and recording endeavor is to learn, to grow and to continue just enjoying the process. I share this so much with my students and explain that you'll pick apart every song you ever write and probably never feel…
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The one truth to me about music is how it can take me from a pit of despair to a place of hope in such a short period of time. So when you sit down to write a song and let out whatever is in your heart at that time, you are truly The Optimist…
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For me any period of my life surrounded by uncertainty is immediately up near the worst times. That to me is the Certainty of Uncertainty. In that same vibe the uncertainty of where the next part of a song is going and it seems like each part…
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So this release could have been named Pet Names or something like that. Bentley was a new pet for our youngest daughter and so he needed a song. I called him Sir Bentley almost immediately, so it seemed fitting that he would have adventures…
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Parthenon was Algernon's brother, despite the fact that they could not share a tank. It was only fair that Parthenon get a song that was so opposite of his brother's song. So Algernon had all MIDI, this track has just the drums. This is off…
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What are you able to do? How do you find out? I believe when it comes to songwriting the best way is to Learn The Hard Way and that is to write, write, and write again. But don't throw anything away, record it all. This is from my 2018 release…
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You're near the end of the deadline and you've worked like crazy to complete the project but you need one last track to meet the requirements. When you get one completed that marks off the last box, it is absolutely the End Of The Storm. This…
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This was my introduction to tracking a synth piece as a backer to accompany the bass while the guitar sang what was on its heart. Listening to this felt like a Dream State to me, so it had to be the name. This is off my 2018 release Words to…
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Well, my 3rd release was in 2018 again tied to the RPM Challenge. I wanted to play around with some fun tracks and let the MIDI speak again. My daughter had a beta fish named Algernon and since they have to live alone it seemed that Algernon…
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Sometimes a song will just tell you what the name should be. I always feel good when that happens and when I name it and then listen to it again and the imagery matches the song I know it was right. This is off my 2017 release Six Strings &…
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The idea with this track was to have the bass lay down the foundational harmony while the guitar focused solely on the melody. The vibe that it gave me was essentially someone saying "back off me, I'm Untouchable." This was off my 2017 release…
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A high school friend of mine was the person who tuned me on to the RPM Challenge and I'll be forever grateful. During the time I was writing songs for the challenge her beloved cat Purrcy passed away. There was no way I couldn't name a song…
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This track continued my throwback to the Ozzy/Sabbath phase of my musical life. I've heard that the track Paranoid was already used and so Paranoia it is. This track is off my 2017 release Six Strings & Sore Fingers.
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When I first picked up a guitar it was Ozzy that I listened to the most and Randy Rhoads that really made me want to play. While I was significantly older and more mellow at this stage of life I had to track something that represented the Manic…
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There's times when I listen to this where I believe Lost Sunset would have fit it better. This song represents what happens when you are trying to lay a new scale mode over a song but your comfort level is very limited. This song would be a…
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This song was me flashing back to the hair metal era with bands like Dokken, Poison, Ratt, etc. Keeping the drum beat a little subdued made me feel like I was on the Jagged Edge of song styles. This is off of my 2017 release Six Strings &…
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One of my goals with the 2017 RPM Challenge was to play around with some different styles. This one was a little funky compared to what I had done to this point, so I was clearly trying to Funk Me & Funk You. Off of my 2017 release Six Strings…
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One of the first songs I wrote for the RPM Challenge in 2017. The habit I had at that time was to record songs in sections and essentially paste them together. This song truly represented the force of that habit. From my 2017 release Six Strings…
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2017 introduced me to the RPM Challenge. This was my 2nd dip into the bluesy pool. I felt like I was starting to understand the clues for writing a bluesy rock song, so the name Blues Clues just made sense. This is off of my 2017 release Six…
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I always share with the students that Stephen King has always said that while he felt his first book was horrible there's no way he could have written great books without writing that first book. This was my first dip of the toe into a blues…
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This would be what I call a stray track. I had been working with students on songwriting concepts with simplistic backing and after the lessons that night this just kind of came to me, so I tracked it. This was a stand alone single, so I just…
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The creepiest dungeon and fortress beasts are alive during peculiar hours.
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This song was my introduction to the digital realm. I used all MIDI for this track and for me this was underground, so the concept of a Subterranean Love Affair seemed like the natural name for this track. This track is off of my 2016 self titled…
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Another old one I noticed that wasn't not here. The Good Wife on vocal, before fate reared it's ugly head.
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Another early track in 2016 I was trying to express the sense of freedom I get when I play guitar. It is this type of freedom that led me to start teaching and the freedom continues to grow. Another track from my 2016 self titled debut.
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This was one of my early recordings in 2016 as I had been learning how to create songs in a key and solo over them. This one was played over a Floyd style backing track, but I wanted to try a different lead tone. Another track off of my 2016…
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This was really a transition piece that struck me after I had finished working on some heavier, darker music. As I was playing around with it, Love Still Wins just struck me as an appropriate name. Another track from my 2016 self titled debut.
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I always think of sunrise in military shows or movies as the sound of the horn, so when I was working on playing this track I thought it must be a Desert Sunrise. Another track from my 2016 self titled debut.
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There's always been a question asked that is "what's your favorite cruising song?" This song just told me it was cruising and so it had to be named that way. Another track off of my 2016 self titled debut.
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Sometimes we are all seeking comfort and the idea for this track is how it would sound when Comfort Comes Home. Off of my self titled debut release in 2016.
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Its Groundhog Day again......
All day I’m chasing tomorrow
Cause I need Tomorrow to get away from today
But tomorrow becomes just like any another day
It just morphs into today
I don’t know where this life going to
It don’t stick to any…
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My wife said this sounded like a level of a video game where you are racing down endless pews of a church. You know, a pew level.
Another in the slow motion bach series, this time paired with the tart frenetic flavor of 90s breaks…
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Composed with Korg Microstation , Electric guitar Blade + additional track in Cakewalk Sonar X3
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Composed with Korg Microstation, Flute and electric guitar + drum track added with additional in Cakewalk Sonar X3
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Composed with Korg Microstation , + Tracks added in Cakewalk SonarX3 + electric guitar Blade
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Composed with my Korg Kronos 2 88LE and playing harmonica with harmonica holder while playing the keyboard. Keyboard solo is made with my Novation Mininova.
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Composed on my Korg Kronos 2 88LE and with my electric guitar Blade (Texas -Fender Stratocaster style ) using Guitar rig 2 effect.
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Here's the first of several versions that you'll see from a collaboration across the inter webs started by Greg Connor. He got us together on the Zoom and then look what happened!!!! Music and lyrics collaborated with the talents of Steve Krell…
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The Last Resort would have been too long if this had been included so I did a fade-in to create Part 2... The chords in the verse have a passing resemblance to 'A Few Words For The Dead' by Marillion... I found that out afterwards!
There's…
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Found an old one, guess I posted it on my other account, but can't access that one, forgotten password syndrome ..........
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A new song that I did on my own
Some reflections in these turbulent times
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The moon comes up
The sun goes down
The circle of life
Going 'round and 'round
Living in isolation
Together in separation
Battles to be won…
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DEEJAY ALVIN IN CONSOLE
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::: ALVIN PRODUCTION ® :::
DEEJAY ALVIN IN CONSOLE
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AlvinProductio1
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::: ALVIN PRODUCTION ® :::
DEEJAY ALVIN IN CONSOLE
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AlvinProductio1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alvin.production/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rhI6Xi1Nzf6N2e0Z-NQaA
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empty club smokey Sunday afternoon t bone style blues
starring the greatest Harp player I know Mark Imsdahl.
Thank you Mark
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It all started with the guitar riff in the verse... The middle eight features a 'call and return' between the Moog and lead guitar which I really like
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had a few changes throughout this project, breaking my head and shedding some sweat but hey, there's plenty of free time so what the hell!
Added some hard electronic metal halfway.
The vocal samples is a real television broadcast about propaganda…
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(Remastered 22/10/2021)
Okies, so I'm working on some other thing and it's taking a while... drums to do and wotnot. But in the middle of it I'm digging how my Martin acoustic is working out. You probs won't even be able to hear it amongst…
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wrote this song back in 2017 when i had too many thoughts i wanted to express in music, so i wrote a song about having that instead of the thoughts themselves lol...
not 100% how i'd like it to have turned out, but i like it all the same... especially…
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This is actually song 3 in order of writing of my new album, but the second in order of recording.
Guitars: JEV Ergoshredder, Ibanez RG470 (lead 2), Quest Black Magic, Teisco Tulip (lead 1), Synsonics Katana
Drums: Boss DR-550MKII
Basses: Ibanez…
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from the album "the Machine"
such delight to find you
in my mind moving
around my point of view
press escape, there's no return
once you made the choice
it's yours but you can not refuse
whats your game, once you choose
stack the deck…
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from the album "the Machine"
I am not the catalyst
I'm not the pistol, the stamen, the seed
creation abandoned me
I am not the catalyst
there are books with words i've never seen
which makes me love them even more
I'm not the hero, I…
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from the album "the Machine"
i'm just a sad and broken
man without a cause
i'm typing ones and zeros
until I am exhausted
the numbers staring back
at me upon the screen
what kind of hell is this
please tell me it's a dream
long days…
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from the album "the Machine"
rusty parts will not move
the way they used to do
and whats inside my head could use
a reboot now and then
it's almost time to trade it in
the expiration came and went
I am still relevant
and I refuse to…
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from the album "the Machine"
feel, the cold steel
my heart, has no soul
what more, could I ask for
a life with no goal
it's hard to be a total automaton
here we, go softly
into that good night
and press on, the games won
no need to…
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from the album "the Machine"
blinking lights, on my face
so bright, it's a show
inside, and it feels
so right
starless road, and the air's
too cold, makes me feel
so old, but this tales
been told
and I can't ration with my mind
tequila…
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from the album "the Machine"
nothings wrong with me
it's all in your mind
everything's ok
and I am feeling fine
must be some mistake
or you've misunderstood
whatever you might think
everything is good, so good
the power is still on…
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from the album "the Machine"
it's hard without a heart
pretending to care
watching with greed and spite
you're unaware
you'll never see the ghost inside the machine
you're weak and all alone
that's why you fail
programmed to fix the…
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On a resent group meeting of musicians , I was reminded of the love of Latin rhythms. Thank you Bethan.
This is a tune dedicated to a los angeles luthier family ,Candelas, who build old style classic guitars. My fist real guitar was one of…
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Another bach chorale in slow motion. This time whipped to stiff peaks with 8 bars of generic trappy beats.
To be continued or not, that's always the question…
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More MIDI. Janky note transitions and too short, but I'm satisfied with the general mood.
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Dorking around with MIDI. Sample Track 3 plugin in Reaper.
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This Track was recorded a couple of years ago, and I started thinking about it because of the recent Track "dreaming" that I uploaded.
My friend Lavasir Nordrum (http://www.lavasir.no/portfolio/into-the-mendicant) somehow managed to get us…
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Living to love, loving to live, Living to love, loving to live
It’s just a simple plan…
Well as I sit by the light of the moon
I must admit that I’m thinking of you
And though it’s only for a moment
Now I realize just what I’ve found…
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We’ll make it, through the night
Won’t go half way, we will fight
We’ll make it to the morning
Side by side
Lives wasted, it ain’t right
In the darkness, throughout the night
Though we all band together for this fight
The war won’t be…
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Glad to have you in my life
Good to know, there’s someone I can count on
You bring me Peace of mind
Something better I won’t find
You are the best part of my life
Time together with you Is oh so right
And for the rest of my life
I’ll…
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For now it's a concept track and not a finished product. Let's see where it goes...:)
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Looks like I'm a little bit drunk, but hey, I don't care LOL... It's been a while since I've uploaded something, but no excuse now during lockdown time :-) I still don't have proper recording facilities and I'm forever trying to find my way…
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Part of the Brandy Brothers' Shoebox Songs project. Word of the month was "Photograph". Didn't have a lot of time this month so I managed to do this at the last minute.
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doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
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I felt like I was ruining something beautiful that Sean S. made when I talked over this thing. Desperate times.
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3 tracks of prophet 12 desk module with effects in harmonic series tuning
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A joint Collaboration effort with Wrinkled Shirt.
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A worship song for the times you feel hopelessly lost.
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Oh Lord I don't know what to do
When I find myself, far away from you
and every prayer always comes back to this
I don't know what to do please pull me through
and I 'm so tired…
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This one has potential but I don't think I pulled it off. It uses a gimmick I used once already this month where the drums are playing in one time signature (in this case it's 6/8) and the rest of the band is playing in another (7/8). I like…
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Urgh, this song. Destined to be last on the April RPM Challenge album, not because it's a good closing number, but because it's crap and everyone will have stopped listening before they get this far.
I started this on guitar. I set up a drum…
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I don't like this one. I had a really hard time singing it so I buried the vocal tracks in sauce and tried to forget they were there. I had a bridge section that I wrote lyrics for but I couldn't pull off the vocal. I turned it into guitarmonies…
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So, a song about today's World, first and foremost , without Greg Connor and his imput to push me on this song it would've happened. Thanks Greg, you're a star.
It's in my will, Greg, a third of all the profits go to you ....... sorry promised…
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Written for the April 2020 RPM mini-challenge. I hoped for an EP and ended up with a single song. The song is largely recorded on a T25 mic I built for Brian of A Beautiful Scene as a means to test the mic. It's pretty solid if you ask me…
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Hey,
I just improvised again this night and wanted to share what came out. Usually I'm such a perfectionist and have to get every detail right, with the effect that I don't share a lot of stuff that I do.
Here I recorded the first voice…
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I wrote this over a year ago and could not get it. the groove was too slow and so were my hands. well tzars better.
the concept came from a friend comparing his new love with a ten round boxing match . I could not resist.
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Strange Times is an international collaboration between Roger Harris & myself. Roger initiated the idea with the first verse and chorus along with a chord progression. I added the last verse and took some liberty in producing this version…
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Okay, just one more track. Did this one at the last second.
I needed to end the album on a 'dancing around apartment like an idiot driving the downstairs neighbors crazy' sort of note.
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He was told to act a certain way.
Systematic Settings
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My dad used to play the beginning riff of this song when he could still play guitar. I've always wanted to do something with it. The message in this song is to stay positive even in times of turmoil. And that it is ok to do nice things for others…
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A story that is all too common. Healthcare tied to work is crazy! If you can't work because you are sick, you lose your job, and healthcare! How can that work!?
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A message to my children to be themselves no matter who that is. I will love them regardless
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The last 6 months, I've been sight reading a Bach Chorale each morning (there are 400 of em!) and occasionally one sticks out that I really like.
This one sounded great on the Wurlitzer, which is literally note for note playing the chorale…
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This was a problem child.. The other tracks fell together quickly but this was a slow burn. The chorus is far more uplifting than the verse - which reminds me of a melancholy hybrid of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and the outro to the 70s British…
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Written by Carolyn Maheu/ Mark Sperling
Carolyn Maheu Vocals
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A couple of notes: First, I am so tired as I finish up this mix that I have no idea if this sounds good or not. Second, I am not sure if I like this song or not, but I am kinda leaning toward liking it. Third, I am pretty sure I already wrote…
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