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Seriously - seriously? Nah! this is a post modernistic approach to nothing. Drum machine, but all else played live. Including the voice. I'm on the telephone. I wasn't. Bit of a quiz included - what are these songs??? I'm on the telephone. I'm…
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There is this ancient myth. Beneath the Great Pyramid, there is another dimension, the Halls of Amenti, where Visitors have been for tens of millenia. They Watch, occasionally they gently nudge us towards the Light. But, other that that, they…
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Outside this motel room, there is a world gone man. Mortals eating the flesh off the face of other mortals. Mad shooters mass murdering strangers for no apparent reason. Well, baby, I say we just stay here, you and me, make love, and forget about…
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The clock is ticking. Just a few more months before the Winter Solstice of 2012. At least one scientist has even gone public and admitted, well, yeah, this heatwave we are dealing with this summer is, indeed, due to the abnormally active sun storms…
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This was written for my mother, Frances Lisney who died on 1/04/08. She was a saintly woman. The guitar is in a full D tuning.
Thanksgiving
Though it was the right time
We feel so alone
How the tears are burning
Our Lord has called you home…
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I wanted this song to sound like something Chris Isaak would do.
Crying
Intro:
Em C6 Bsus7 B7
Em C6 Bsus7 B7
Em------------B7---
Where are you now?
G-----------D#dim7
What can I do?
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This is a very detailed explanation of the song's meaning and how it might be shown in a video.
The lyrics are first and then the (very long!) explanation.
Going Home
Lord, Lord, Lord
Come to me
Be my salvation
Set me free
I have…
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Summer Sun
Sitting in the summer sun
The heat warms the soul
Sitting reminiscing
Got no particular place go
life is all around me
The motion of the birds and bees
Is like heaven to me
Heaven to me
I lay out in an open field
Making…
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Feel So Blue
Shes the kinda lady I've wanted all my life
The kinda lady that you want to make your wife
Once i found her I never stop the chase
I didn't want my entire life to turn out to be a waste
So I told her that I loved he…
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A little fingerstyle improv in DADGAD tuning inside the Serra sculpture Vortex at the FW MOMA. No fx added.
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..and the next one is...
Acting Like a Fool
Laying here half asleep
with sun shinning down through the window it peaks
The crack of the curtain shows the world outside
What have I done where have I been
was I really back out on the scene…
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The first song from the reunion of the Regs recorded in Germany in the other Regs cellar with him on guitar and me on vocal..........
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...is pretty much what we were doing, since this was a day before Battle of the Bands. This song, though, is my favorite recording of us yet (as of 2012-8-4)!
Personnel!
Johnny "Raggles" Ragland: bass, being me!
Lucas Ho: drums!
Austin…
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We decided to stop sucking.
Personnel!
Johnny "Raggles" Ragland: bass, being me!
Lucas Ho: drums!
Austin Ostiguy: guitar, voice charisma!
Matt "mattgibbs" Gibbs: guitar, being awesome, background wankery, knowing the song!
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Personnel!
Johnny "Raggles" Ragland: bass, being me!
Lucas Ho: drums!
Austin Ostiguy: guitar, charisma!
Matt "mattgibbs" Gibbs: guitar, being awesome, not learning the song
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Pretty whores and fat queers
make bicycle parts in a factory
not far from here, and it
doesn't make a difference
if its weird or if its strange
just superficial words
from a long gone age
and I couldn't hold a candle to them
and I wouldn't…
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Fatima Prayer
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins.
Save us from the fires of hell,
lead all souls to heaven
especially those most in need of thy mercy.
Oratio Fatimae (The Fatima Prayer)
Domine Iesu, dimitte nobis debita nostra, salva…
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This is about have true contrition for our sins now rather than waiting until the end of our lives.
Mist Of Mercy
Intro: CaddD
CaddD----------Dm7----------------Fm
Mist of Mercy heal my wounded soul…
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This is a poem by G. K. Chesterton set to music.
A Child of the Snows
There is heard a hymn when the panes are dim,
And never before or again,
When the nights are strong with a darkness long,
And the dark is alive with rain…
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This piece, like most of my music, is fairly quiet and pensive. It uses a lot of ostinatos (repeating patterns) as a way to unify the piece and create almost a mantra type of effect.
I experimented a little with how I built the chords in the…
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A new track under my new name, An Artificial Natural.
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Rehearsal outtake, room miked, so spurious noises and dubious sound quality..
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i wrote this for the Martin Guitar and Lifespan guitar strings contest and didn't get anywhere with it! it's a simple song with a simple message to love one another as Our Lord loves us. it easy to say but hard to do! i initially called the song…
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This is from a church service a few weeks ago. Wanted to try something new with it, so got some guys together and asked for a "Cowboy Junkies" vibe. Although we thought we got it better in rehearsal (is that often the case?), this at least captures…
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Composed, performed, produced by Alexander Jenkins
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This is a remix of this song.
It was recorded in 2010, and I was in a hurry to post it elsewhere because I'm so fond of the song itself. But I've always hated the old mix - I lost the essence of the guitars and choirs during mastering because…
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This is a rough demo recording of a solo marimba composition from 2000. This is part 1 of a 3 part piece [1. Once (marimba) 2. Twice (marimba) 3. Three Times (marimba)]
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Does anybody want to go, where it's cold with me,
And we'll ice away our bodies in the snow.
Does anybody want to go, home with me,
And we'll hide away our feelings on our thrones
Cause the first you want, is the thing you didn't need,
And the…
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the first one now will later be last,what was old is new again , hang onto your wine skins. Times are getting hard boys, money's mighty scarce if things don't get no better boys gonna leave this place. I took my true love by the…
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This is what happens when technology lets you down.
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Another cover, this time in Italian with Manu taking the lead...
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a bluesy theme with a catchy sound..I increased miku's breathiness to 300 for the kinda husky thingy
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I used a really bass guitar here cause I can't find the right sound for it on native instruments..rhythm guitar is also real,it was the base line for me recording it..enjoy
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a cover I made. It's just an experiment on how Miku would sound in english(it was a nightmare editing phonemes on vocaloid for her to speak it, never doing it again).enjoy
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Intro thingy, it was hard to find sound samples like the door and chair.
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2nd part of RISE piece, I used soundworks metal guitar samples for this piece
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The Triumph of Saint Cecilia is a piece for Soprano and String Ensemble in 7-limit Just Intonation. Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians.
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You and I, we walked side by side
Down this familiar path home.
It was just a “normal day,”
A completely replaceable
Normal rainy day.
Arukinareta michi wo
Kimi to futari narande kaeru
“Itsumo doori” no
Kawaribae no nai
Sonna, ame…
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after mastering how to use vocaloid and using miku's voicebank, this is the first song I composed using it.it took me a month to make this,enjoy.sorry for the language but…
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Acoustic guitar in a "found" tuning, 6 different tracks looped and manipulated with Loopy iPhone app.
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a slightly gloomy, hard rock, prog song. i think it shows a lot of improvement. as usual i am the one man band for this one.
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Used a recent Hentai Improvising Orchestra live show for the basis of this audio collage.
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(Em) A legend that the sailors told
Tales shared from long ago
(C) Secrets that are captured in the (Em) air
(Em) It comes to you from far way
Whispered roars that fade away
(C) Answers that are carried on the (Em) breeze
Only (C) heard…
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Been a long time since I've been on Alonetone. But since I love you guys, here's my thing before anyone else gets to hear it.
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Lyrics and music by Brian Vaughn.
Guest guitar solo by Karl Ridgeway (0:38 and 1:14).
Lyrics:
Oh little girl won't you tell me what you were looking for when you came to this place?
You've got friends, but not many of them like to be seen.
Oh…
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Matt recorded several rehearsal tapes for the cast of Everyman: A New Musical, produced at Yale University in the spring of 1975.
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Matthew cowrote Eyes of a Child with Rick Jude. Performed by Garden of Joy, this is the theme song for the movie Into the West.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104522/
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The demo for a song included in the 1989 Debbie Allen TV special, featuring sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen.
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For my Wife
Liz and the boy are currently staying with her sister by the coast.
Just to catch some chill time after all that has happened this year.
They are gonna spend the school holidays up there.
Should be cool for the both of…
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Does existence end with this mortal journey? I think not. We say goodbye to loved ones now, but I think, on a higher plane, we will meet again.
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A gem of a jam from Tattoo You. Done up with acoustics and cajon.
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Here's my second submission to the Stones Fest.i'd have liked a bit more time to play....but with four children under6 you take your time when you can or it don't get done...hope you enjoy as much as i did doing....another stripped Reg Version…
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This is my contribution to the stone festival over at Songcrafters....i've stripped it down and Regged the old classic up...hope you enjoy
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Please also listen to the first part of this track, "Man of the morning fog".
Lots of letters downstairs.
John Capulator is a comics character drawn by my uncle. This is his own description of JC:
well first we must know what John Capulator…
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This is a little thing I did ...inspired by a David Bowie bass line....song reminds me bit of Bowie and Eltons band jamming....
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Cover of Jack White tune recorded (very quickly!) June 24th, 2012.
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this a an original obscurely worded song. it is a sort of spooky, prog, goth, hard rock song. a very rough demo and as usual i am doing everything on the song. thanks for listening!
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Rubric’s Cube is a short compositional study for a small chamber ensemble of bassoon, flute, viola, violin, hand bells, and percussion using Lucy tuning # 2b3s and realized through Garittan Personal Orchestra. The ferrets appear for entirely…
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pretty much the bathroom was taken so we took a dump in to the microphone and this is what it sounded like
-Zach Martens
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Wrote this one in the early 90's and finally recorded it almost ten yrs later.
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ipad preamps and ipad drum sequencer recorded track by track into a PC.
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Did this many years ago. It came together very quickly. There are know synths, all guitars and backwards vocals, sped up vocals, detuned vocals.....whacked sounds. I wrote the lyrics on the spot. I love its deep personal message...lol!
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A very well known traditional Irish song. When I was looking into learning it, I found out that there are several versions of the lyrics, which is interesting. In some versions the singer shoots the Captain and goes to jail for it. In other…
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A romantic instrumental ballad played on my nylon string classical guitar.
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I was just getting my feet wet at the time I recorded this. I had just purchased a digital multitrack and it was the first tune I came up with to test her out. Rubbish.
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A fun lil recording of a Howlin Wolf classic. I love the original.
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Had all the tracks cut but lyrics & vocals until a year ago.
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While I was practicing the chord changes to 'The Boxer' by Paul Simon...I noticed chord similarities to Blind Faith's classic 'In The Presence Of The Lord' song. So I thought, hey, why not?
So I did a quickie, 1st take of it, and this is it folks…
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NIrvana's Pennyroyal tea
Lead Guitar-Zach Martens
Vocals - Ethan Dee
Rhythm guitar-Ethan Dee
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This is a song by taylor swift.
Lead vocals-Amber Austin
Backup vocals-Amber Austin, Ethan Dee
Guitars- Ethan Dee.
It's very pretty from the hunger games
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A song i wrote with an modern bluesy feel. It portrays my thoughts about someone from my past.
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One more before I plug in my microphone and really scare some folks.
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Ready or Not laid down some quick recordings of covers on June 24th, 2012.
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I recorded this acoustic piece a year ago. A very sweet lil melody.
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Song about a hundred years old. and for to many life still sucks.
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This is Mark's First adventure into Song Writing
Big Legged Woman -- Written by Mark Imsdahl
Mark's alonetone site: http://alonetone.com/imsdahl
Mark Imsdahl -- Harmonica
Greg Connor -- Dobro
Here is Ron Rouch's version of Mark…
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the other day I walked away
and said to you my friend
'everything i thought you were
you'll not be to me again'
i've shed my blood i've earned my scars
i was a simple man
but by and by your treachery
has bathed me…
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A song about my dad. Written a few years ago but I wanted my family to do the harmonies. Finally I got the last two laid down week. There are 10 harmonies featuring sisters, sons, daughters, nieces and nephews and I thank them all for their amazing…
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8th song on my a new chapter ep, it's about my girlfriend. no singing though.
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Theme: Anger
Inspiration: Sliders (TV Show), Industrial, everything 90s cybergoth
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his was a submission for a student film during a break up scene.
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Written in the mid-90s and recorded several times. this is the last one from 2002. i played all of the instruments and Tom Higgins did the vocal.
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Most of the lyrics written in 1999, a tough year. Many thanks to JB for his awesome screaming lead playing (done first take, I should add!!!) and to LadyJane for supplying some oooo's. (anyone needing some vocals - send her your song!)
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This song is about fake friends who smile with you and go behind to spoil your name.
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A new original from me. Another one-voice, one-guitar, "live" performance in my broom-cupboard. This time it's the good ole tin guitar.
I wrote this one in 2002 during the "dark years" lol. I've ummed and aahed over the years on whether to…
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Gradually building electronic krautrock instrumental.
Genre tags: electronic, electropop, indie electronic, krautrock, new wave, post-punk, synthpop
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You can never go home again etc.
Genre tags: alternative, gay, indie electronic, new wave, post-punk, sadcore, slowcore
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A love song to silverfox celebrity boyfriends.
Genre tags: alternative, c86, electro, electronic, electropop, gay, indie electronic, indie pop, new wave, post-punk, synthpop
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An exercise in repetition in the Krautrock tradition.
Genre tags: alternative, kosmische musik, drone, gay, indie electronic, krautrock, motorik, new wave, post-punk, repetition, space rock
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Think of Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" - only more biting and cynical and devoid of folk rock leanings.
Genre tags: slowcore, sadcore, indie pop, dream pop
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I heard a story in the title so here it is with the excellent guitar by Jim Movement with contact ....hope you enjoy......
The Fisherman and the Wave (Lyrics)
Hush little child go back to sleep
Daddy will be back real soon
Hush little child go…
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This is a beautiful song from Joni Mitchell. My friend had his 50th birthday and this was my gift, I played it live at his party and recorded it later (4-2-2011)in my livingroom.
It's one take, can't mis that if you listen to it all the way…
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