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The first single released by the neo-psychedelica/cultured CaucASIAN band, White Chocolate Meltdown, Dancotica Technonotica is an Asian Fusion dance mix!This is an extremely elementary song compared to the ones we have coming your way. So dance…
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a little play on words with it being written/improv'd on the spot lyrically about starting out with a lovey dubby love song and turned out well like this!
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This is a cover of Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton. It was recorded for a movie musical recently released on youtube.
Vocals by Aaron J. Amendola.
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Anyone who has been through a messy breakup can relate to this song.
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In the old days you could dodge the collectin man if your money wasn't right.Nowadays they can remotely shut off your lights,cable,internet-put your stuff out on the curb. So this is a bittersweet trip down nostalgia lane.
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This original song began as an 'echo' of Dylan's 'Lay Lady, Lay...'
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I like this version better than the studio version. Casey Scott's voice is like whiskey in this track.
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A track from my old band Pity Dog. Shawn Hill on lead vocals.
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From my old band The Missing Chord. Recorded in Lincoln City, Oregon.
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W/M by Tharek Mokbul
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When the world is in battle,
It grows hard to see,
The fights that occur within lines.
Constant distraction dispensed
From the top
of the castle
With oil down its sides.
All of the effort
now wasted…
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At one point, I had a version recorded with much better guitar -- at least I thought I did -- but I can't find it now...
Another one of those tunes that kept growing after the demo was laid down, this song now has twice as many verses as you…
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There's a hole in the English language... LOL!!
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This song was written on guitar by Kari Eskola from Finland. He sent me his guitar track along with this fantastic vocal recording by Emmi Inkeri asking me to replace the guitar with a piano accompaniment.
I tried my best, knowing that I'm not…
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Another Live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen back in 1988 on the NPR show Mountain Stage. This time a piece of Gaelic mouth music followed by 3 reels. Maybe the most complex arrangement of a set of tunes that we ever did.
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And so, we all went back to our lives alone. Still, we dreamed and saw the beauty surrounding us. Still, the sun was pushing through the fog.
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Scientists say that solid things
are mostly empty space
Tiny motes vibrating
Distant and held in place
They don't really know how it works
They've watched things break apart
Fundamental forces, strange quarks
Fuse or remain inert
Isn't that…
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Blue the light that shines on me
Watching you on the screen
Blue your eyes and blue the scenes
Replay, rewind, recurring dream
Blue the nights I sit at home
Scanning, surfing all alone
Blue the color of the bruise
Thinking of my time with you…
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I pinch myself but I don't wake up
I cut myself but I still feel numb
The drugs
The drinks
It's later than you think
I starve myself but the weight won't lift
I beat myself up and I can't stop it
Then you appear
Tell me what I need to…
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Last update: April 9th, 2012 (quant-digitalis)
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Demo of an old song that's going on my new record.
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Song #2 for the RPMC. My goal is to have 12 short tunes (1-3 minutes long), so I need to pick up the pace.
Again, quartal tuning on the top 3 unison pairs of the 12 string. I've been listening to Ralph Towner's Blue Sun, hence the title.
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Written by Greg Connor
Lyrics:
River run away with me
I got my paddle in my hand
Take me far away from here
Take me to the sea
Take me somewhere I don’t know
Take me where the water goes
Start out fast, then go slow
Closer to the…
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My RPM challenge this year: acoustic guitar instrumental album with no more than three tracks on each tune (ok, maybe four!)
This one is a single track with no overdubs. On the 12 string, the 4th,5th and 6th string pairs are tuned a fourth apart.
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We walled ourselves in apartments and rooms away from each other. Random thoughts and mundane life was grinding us to a halt inside. Some days, we were tyrants, and some days we were saints.
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Also just for storage purposes.
A track I made in high school when I was 16 or 17 with my sax buddy Matt Nelson.
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She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars
She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
Love was ours
Ours a love I held tightly
Feeling the rapture…
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My first complete electronica song, an interesting mix of gregorian chant and techno, enjoy!
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This song pokes fun at doctors because we all know how difficult it is to get to speak to a doctor after working hours.
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In the end we are all just fragments of fragments, particles of bone
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'Doctor, Doctor' was heavily inspired by the music of the Dresden Dolls who belong to the punk - cabaret genre. When I wrote 'Doctor Doctor' I had only recently discovered the Dresden Dolls and was going through a solid three month listening spree…
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An acoustic version of the song which always seemed to be the most popular among anyone who ever saw Winter Jargon play live as a three piece. This is the song in it's stripped back form, minus all the guitar solo's at the end. 'What you are…
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The original studio recorded version of 'Distinctly Average' can be found here: http://winterjargon.bandcamp.com/track/distinctly-average
This is another song inspired by the Dresden Dolls / Punk - Cabaret music and was written around the same…
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This is "Bright Eyes" written by Mike Batt and originally performed by Art Garfunkel. A song made famous by the film, 'watership down'.
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'In your hand' was supposed to feature on a Winter Jargon album called "The Aviary" Unfortunately, the sessions we recorded in 2008 were never completed.
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"At the bridge" was a track which was supposed to feature on an album Winter Jargon set out to record in 2008 entitled "The Aviary". Unfortunately the sessions were never finished. This is probably my favourite track from this gig which is funny…
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La la land , by David Bevan and Tiggy Acworth
When you’re in lala land the sky is always blue,
Yeh in between here and never land is something quite untrue,
CHORUS
You’ll amaze as you gaze into your imagination,
A world of makebelieve…
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I read in the newspaper about an 82-yr-old woman in Houston who got arrested for growing seven marijuana plants in her back yard. The song almost wrote itself.
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Paul and Paul played at Michelangelo's on January 22nd. Paul played electric guitar and I played acoustic guitar.
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Another cut from the 1988 cassette tape of a live performance by Scartaglen on the NPR show Mountain stage. This time some tunes from County Kerry.
Kirk Lynch- Uilleann pipes and whistle. Becky Pringle- Fiddle. Mike Dugger- Fiddle and guitar…
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One of those progressions I can't get finished enough to call a complete song.In A.BTW if you load this to Audacity and seperate the stereo tracks,you can mute or delete the right hand track and add your own.
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Self indulgent first half, It Decides to be a proper tune for a while.
Always wear protective clothing with this tune due to staining.
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Act 1 Scene 1 The Disco - this is music from my musical, the opening scene which is set in a disco (nightclub - if you are under 40!!). It explores the different perceptions of the club in a pseudo-political and economic view. Mr Evol - the…
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Although Asimov doesn't have a story directly named after the super-computer, it does
appear in many of his sci-fi stories, and is related to many of the stories that inspired
these compositions. So, it is fitting as it serves a bit of a 'overture…
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A company that sells high-quality 'dreams' for those that cannot dream, is threatened by
competitors who cheapen the experience for mass consumption.
There are so many interesting elements in this story that can applied to our current world…
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After defeating the Denebians, humans credit their all-knowning Multivac computer for the victory. But inside the computer, what do the humans tasked with feeding information into it do when given unreliable information? The sound of a flipped…
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Sometimes society gets wrapped up in their own routine, failing to notice the sheer beauty that surrounds them on a daily basis, until a moment of chance changes everything.
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Matter does matter - probably one of Asimov's strangest stories (personally speaking), even with it's emotional ending.
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One of my favourite stories from his collection - not so far from the real world, as a home-made 'chronoscope' (a device that allows viewing of any place or time from up to 80 years ago) makes security and privacy a thing of the past.
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One of Asimov's most famous stories, the music attempts to re-create the world that knows nothing but daylight. Unsettling, but bright sounds hint at the looming darkness that must come, ending with the crescending voices of fear and madness…
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Here is a track off of our 2010 Album "I Am That I Am" which can be downloaded in its entirety here http://music.luxdivon.com/album/i-am-that-i-am
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This is a sample of whats to come of our up comning Album "Kings And Queens" like us on facebook to stay up to date on shows and releases.
https://www.facebook.com/luxdivon
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Have dreamt about starting a stoner rock band called "God Mode" for a while now, this is what it would sound like.
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I have dreamt of starting a stoner rock band called "God Mode" for a while now, this is what it would sound like.
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Written in Goa, with a guitar I had just finished making.
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Some acoustic stuff i recorded for Samantha Leslie.
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Some acoustic stuff i recorded for Samantha Leslie.
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A little bit of everything here. Looped guitars, live guitar, guitar triggered synths and clarinet.
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My contribution to this year's RPM Kitchen Challenge.
Very silly.
Well, can’t you see the baby’s crawling
And pulling up all by herself
I can’t imagine what will be falling
When she climbs up on the shelf
See how much she likes to…
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Words by Dennis Gonzalez; spoken by Sidsel Endresen; Dennis Gonzalez - acoustic guitar, trumpet; Nils Petter Molvaer - hand drums; Bugge Wesseltoft - piano; Terje Gewelt - contrabass: Oslo, March 1993.
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After the late naps
I can't get up, as should I?
Where I... Who am I?
Sounds comes, closer,
Ah! - here it is, my world,
Lovely, clear and simple
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...the state after summer sleep before I (you) have any thoughts, or, more precisely, about…
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This was gonna be the third movement of my piano concerto, but never finished it... I decided to upload it after quite a long time.
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Russian folk song, arranged for a trio. Zelko Krakan - violin, Kira Van Dausen - cello, and me - guitar.
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OCCUPY 0112
It's a highland I call my land
It's an island in the sun
No matter how you measure it
It's always number one
If I had a house to occupy
I'd occupy my wish
But to have a house to occupy
I must defy the rich
We buy the…
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The very first song written by Tomb. Lyrics by Tommy Lewis. Music by Mike Giles, Tommy Lewis.
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Name inspired by an episode of Sliders, song has nothing to do with the episode and is pretty self explanatory.
Features Gilly (http://alonetone.com/toolniner) on lead axe pumping out some sexy licks.
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Inspired by Voyager's recordings of Jupiter as it passed by. Check it out on youtube for more info.
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Inspired by and very very loosely based on a movie I watched that was made in the 30's about a naive small town guy that moved to Hollywood to make it big.
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A sci-fi-ish song about the sun burning out and the universe expanding to the point where it tears itself apart.
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An old guy checking into his deathbed and coming to terms with it.
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The decending line is about the coolest musical concept. Ear candy,and it can be Major or minor scale.Love my effects,but there's no substitution for plain old technique.
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Seen a Bowie documentary the other day and loved the live version of this one, gave it a try with mixed results.
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Forgot, the scream in this song is my finger being sliced open by the guitar string.
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*Pilón* reveals a Cuban pattern, traditionally played on Timbales, but in this case on Jr. Congas & Congas (with gated reverberation and flanger effect). The rhythm of Pilón is based on the motions of pounding sugar cane.
A new son reveals…
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This one sat around for quite a while collecting dust until I picked it up a couple days ago and started tinkering with it. I think I like it.
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Another quick record for my mother, although I did spend a bit more time on this one.
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This was written at a time when things weren't going so well for me. This will be my last upload until after the RPM Challenge.
The jeans are worn but they're clean.
The shirt is frayed at the elbows.
The shoes are dull, lost their sheen…
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Just a quick test of my new mic and recording setup.
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A story about the search for leader. People, independent as they are, often look for someone to tell them what to do. In their quest they will often go for a person who was just passing by and was never planing on leading anyone ... Things get…
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Here's a song I recorded a couple of months ago when I had the flu ... as the voice reveals :)
Recorded early in the morning,in the bathroom, using the built-in mics on my boss br800.
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Admitting I'd probably never own a Sea Plane, I decided to put one in a song and find out what might have happened.
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Recorded live on Br80 stereo mic for the protestfest.
Our henwrench then added some harmonies later.
Lyrics and music by OsCKilO
A man is as good as his word.
Never a truer word told.
When ever he lies, a part of him dies.
Left…
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A song from a 1996 band redone with myself on guitars and Shaun Barter on vocals. Written By me, Shaun, Tommy Lewis and Roy Sample.
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A track I did as part of an ImprovFriday tribute for Richard Lainhart who passed away recently.
Guitar, fx, live loops
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Jim Wearne added some lyrics to our local Hurling song, and I had the privilege of playing it with him when he came over from America last year.
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An example of a live performance of myself and Paul Mimlitsch at Michelangelo's in Denver, CO on December 4th 2011. As always it's completely improvised with minimal processing.
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Inspired by the "Metal for Life" Column in the Guitar World Feb 2012 issue, I stuck to the original etude probably only 80% or so and changed the arrangement, plus added an extra solo section in the middle.
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Digitech RP-50 turned loose on a Civil War era melody.
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The riff came from Bad Boyz. The story came from my life experience.
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Written by Ross ... you might have heard this somewhere before ...! Stay tuned for a duet version of this one day.
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A track written by Alex over 10 years ago and yet the lyrics seem more relevant today than they even were back then. Recorded and mixed by other Spencer sibling, Tomas.
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Sometimes the best attention you get give someone is to leave him alone for while ...
Lyrics:
You've been away, you took your time
You lost your mind, now you are mine ...
Locked in a basement of a house you never been to
... I'll be kind…
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Open Concept coming with an original laid back slow jam using ONLY Vocals and Beatbox. A great compliment to the previously released original 'Light This Up'. Enjoy and thanks for listening!
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Um arranjo de uma música natalina com ritmo e acordes de bossa pra os meus amigos brasileiros. Um feliz ano 2012 pra todos.
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O menino Rei (What child is this)
Dm7 Cdim CM7 Am7
A crian…
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I wrote this tune while studying with Jim Rotondi. That was the first time in my career as a musician where I started to feel like I was making some real headway and actually creating something of my own. The title is representative of the long…
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Slick is a nick name that my friend Charles coined for me that has stuck amongst a niche of my friends. Presumably it's representative to the way my hair is usually styled, however it could be any number of reasons. I never really questioned it…
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I composed this tune in 2009. I wrote part of the melody after a European vacation back in 2006 and didn't complete the piece until a few years later. It's named after the first town I visited in Sicily on the outskirts of Palermo. It used to…
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In the spring of 2011, I was recovering from a serious medical issue and, in addition to the support of family and colleagues, that rather dark time was lightened by two happy occurrences. The first was connecting with Elise Pittenger, one of…
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This is a recording of me performing with Boom Bits at Spike Hill in Williamsburg on 11-21-11. We play every third Wednesday at Shrine in Harlem.
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