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Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a musical narrative telling the story of a boy, unhappy with his hard scrabble life, who runs away and joins up with a pirate crew -- only to find that it's not exactly what he dreamed it would be…
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A somewhat dark cover of "Happy Together" by the Turtles. Enjoy!
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Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a short musical narrative telling the story of a boy, unhappy with his hard scrabble life, who runs away and joins up with a pirate crew -- only to find that it's not exactly what he dreamed it would…
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Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a short musical narrative telling the story of a boy, unhappy with his hard scrabble life, who runs away and joins up with a pirate crew -- only to find that it's not exactly what he dreamed it would…
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Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a short musical narrative telling the story of a boy, unhappy with his hard scrabble life, who runs away and joins up with a pirate crew -- only to find that it's not exactly what he dreamed it would be.
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Written and Recorded on 04/12/11 in Otley, Yorkshire.
We were all in the same room for a change. Lol
"Dont Mind The Rain"
By Jim Higgins, Tharek Mokbul and Mike Fife
Met UK
Well what you say
let's get together
and do it all again
i've packed…
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Recorded for an Album we are going to sell to raise Money for a Great Kid called wren who needs help to fund a Special programme for children with Autism (Son-Rise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son-Rise)
Music By OsCKilO
Words and Vocal by Oldrottenhead…
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Another one For Wren's Album
Little Bird
ORH:Vocals and Lyrics
OsCKilO: MusicLittle Bird, Little Bird
the tiny brown wren
so small but so loud
its voice fills the woodlands and moorlands and farms
its beautiful song
so vibrant and full
it…
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Now can you imagine it, it’s Christmas eve and there is no one to give us Christmas as Father Christmas has died and there is no one to take is place what are we gonna do????? What would life be without a Christmas song???
No-one to sing the…
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The guy who lives next door to the guy who has lots and lots of friends...
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A "lost" early track - this has never been previously released on cassette or CD.
The passage of time has erased any memory of why it got that title.
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all i did was tweake with the instrumentation from a midi file in fl studio, but I just felt like uploading it anyway, here you go.
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Song about a miscarriage Beth and I had back in January of 2008. Written in November of 2008.
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Reg was feeling lost last night in the cellar so he got the house band together and struck up this heart breaker....................
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This is a “cross-over” pattern. Cross-over patterns are a type of enharmonic polymeter, where 2 rhythms with different numbers of beats/measure are played at the same tempo: the measures do not line up each time. These rhythms have measures…
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An old track delving in to the mysteries of music's origins and the origins of all mater.
The lead vocal and guitar were recorded in the An der Baustelle studio in Berlin this summer. Drums, strange electric guitars and harmonies added today and…
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Originally started as a parody for a friend. It grew into something far beyond me.
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New song demo. Recorded on my phone using Amplitube.
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Inspired by the comic Achewood. A lesson on a difficult life.
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This is a twisted cover of a Princess Seismograph song. Their version is brilliant and beautiful. This was recorded on a phone using Amplitube.
Support their new album!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/437910990/we-put-the-situation-in…
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Was this the first song I actually recorded? Degraded copy since the original has perished.
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Something like a Johnny Cash song, at least that's where it started. Demo.
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Paul Baribeau is an amazing musician from Bloomington Indiana. I absolutely love his lyricism and how much heart he puts in his work.
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... just found this cover of "Doll Parts" i recorded a few years back and thought I'd share!
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My wife plays flute and asked whether I could write a simple piece for it. This is the result. She hasn't learned it yet!
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this was a step along the way to http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1895
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Dare ya to not be singing this the rest of the day
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Rythm guitar, meaningless lyrics and a guy playing drums
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Just some sounds I stumbled across during "rehearsal".
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classical guitar solo compete with lots of mistakes and flubbed notes.
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Recorded This a while back....
It is an Indian flute my Dad used to play....
Just a few little toots I remember him playing..
Peace
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This is my cover of Geir Alfsons song, like a fool , i did this as a tribute to him on songcrafters music forum
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This is a cover of a wonderful song by Yoko Kanno, Steve Conte, & Shanti Snyder.
Music by Brian Vaughn
Vocals by Brian Vaughn and Stephanie Hossfeld-Downey
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this is my first time so yeah
also it was very fun recording this
with jason
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This is just a bit of silly fun I had one day with a four-track cassette recorder...about 9 years ago (yup...another lost find fro the racks). Just blowin' off some steam on a day off in my little apartment of Tokyo. On first listen-back...it…
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When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk…
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A man receives advice and guidance from his wife in a most unusual way.
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This is a one guitar (Fender Mustang) improvisation leveraging my GR-20 into bass guitar, strings, synth wash + strumming and percussion. At 2:58 my low A string breaks and then my left forearm and hand cramps up. But it was fun as it lasted.
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Local musos friend Darryl Wood remixed a live Witch's Night Out piece.
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I was working on a piano phrase played by Alonetone supremo [Sudara](http://alonetone.com/sudara) (about which, more later).
One of the approaches I took was to load the phrase into the Time Freezer instrument and play it. I kind of got lost…
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A CASKET AND A ROSE
capo @ 2 Am
There's nothing quite as slow to grow
Than a cherry laurel tree
A fingerling that grows beneath
That old oak canopy
Presented as a volunteer
On that creek bank south of town
One hundred yards from our…
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Another classical guitar improvisation. I feel this one is a bit repetitious but wanted to share it nonetheless.
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This song was written about being around someone who just didn't take any notice of what they were doing and took no notice of the warnings you had given them about their actions, so you had to go.
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Another soundtrack for one of my favorite science fiction novels.
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This started off as the first unplugged recording I ever made.
Bruce (Blooby)kindly added some drums and pipes to it....
Then Oldrottenhead sang a lyric over it a bit later...
The way this evolved amazed be. Never thought it would…
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Ain't No Nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't no nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't already been said
Ain't no nothin' 'bout Christmas
Ain't already in my head
Mmmmmmm Christmas
Ain't no songs about Christmas
Ain't already been sung
Ain't no fancy…
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Once again the source material is a snippet of beautiful piano from [Sudara](http://alonetone.com/sudara) only this time I fed it to a new Reaktor instrument that I am working on call Tukuramu.
Okay so tukuramu does not mean earth-quake but…
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I sampled Curumin - Fumanchu on this track and put everything else in myself, I do believe its quite dank.
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by James Michael Taylor
I have a brain that I must keep busy
I have a heart with too many hurts
And I have a house with too many memories
My life is broken but somehow it still works
And I have a dream that wakes me up crying
I feel…
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WHEN HANNAH IS SILENT
When Hanna is silent, I worry
When Hanna is quiet, I wait
When Hannah shuts down,
There's a cloud on this town
Her silence increases the distance
When Hannah is silent, it's dark
Her words are the cues
To find…
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I KNEW YOU'S GONNA SAY THAT
Well, I woke up this mornin agreeing with you completely
Oh, yeah, I woke up this mornin agreeing with you completely
(forgive me for this silly song...)
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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New York Times, in an article today
"Hamburgers in Paris!" Its on the front page
Everybody wants it. McDonalds in Paris
Everybody wants it
Has the taste of the forbidden. Illicit and subversive.
You can print it out. You can write it cursive…
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by James Michael Taylor
I have a brain that I must keep busy
I have a heart with too many hurts
And I have a house with too many memories
My life is broken but somehow it still works
And I have a dream that wakes me up crying
I feel…
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Yeah, I know it goes on too long
but I put it at the end of the Cd so
if I'm not asleep by then it does the job.
And I totally understand if you think
it doesn't make any sense and
I ought to have left it off the CD.
COLORS
Spread…
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This is called "My Life Will Never Be the Same" because that is what I knew the moment Peggy said to me, "I told Doug, two days ago, that I am leaving you." It gives me chills just typing the words and that was four years ago.
(C) 2011 Royal…
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PEGGY'S GONE Capo @ 3 in C
C G
Peggy's gone, after twenty nine years
Am F
Three grown children. What…
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Written one morning at OLD Number NINE weekend with Eliza Gilkyson.
SNAPSHOTS
Life's a million snapshots, all lined and flashing
It seem like a movie but it's the persistence of our vision
It all goes in circles, hashing and rehashing…
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Written back in 1969 when Barbara and I were visiting friends of friends in Tulsa.
TULSA
When the sun has gone down
And the storm has passed over Tulsa
And the ponds are refilling
The people rest easy in Tulsa
I know 'cause I've been…
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I watched a Drama on the Tv last night and it got me thinking...................
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This is about the parth to self discovery and spirituality. All paths are valid and there is no requirement to be shown the way by someone else when we all have the ability to express our personal connection to the creator in our own personal…
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Was working this twilight horse ride out around lake Grapevine for a while. Had to write a song about it.
SONG OF THE TRAIL
Last night I was riding alone with the herd
The moon and the stars in the night
The smell of the horses and grasses…
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One night after our gigs, Chris Zeller at the Hilton Hotel and me at Shananagans in Midland we met in his hotel room and decided we would both write a song called THE CHANGING OF THE WAYS. I wonder what ever happened to him.
THE CHANGING OF…
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INFATUATION, UNREQUITED
They say it's just infatuation
I only wish that it was true
Infatuation, unrequited
Feels like love to, for you
And then they say, 'Silence is golden,"
And I don't know what to do
The autumn leaves, the branched…
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SINCE YOU WENT AWAY Key G
G Bar 7/ 6/ 5 D
I lie on my back. Look up thru the leaves
B C Cm
The stars are still there
G Bb Dim Em…
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PEGGY’S GONE Capo @ 5 Key C
C G
PEGGY’S GONE after twenty nine years
Am F
Three grown children. What am I doing…
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THE RING IN THE ASH TRAY Key - G Capo at 3
There's a (G) ring in the ash tray of a blue 95 Bronco
(Actually, a green Volvo)
In a (C) drive way with a sign that says “FOR (G) SALE”
And if (D) you're the first caller for (C) $1000 dollars…
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QUIVER
Johnny Brown set a trap for a rabbit and he went to bed
In the morning he found Mr. Wiggle almost dead
Johnny held his knife to Wiggle's throat
Mr. Wiggles was a quivering. Mr. Wiggles was a quakinh
Mr. Wiggles heart was breaking…
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I DO (Waltz) Capo @ 3 Key C
C Dm G C G
You made the stars disappear. You say the words that I most fear
C Bass B Am G…
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HE STILL LIMPS
EEEEBB/DDDDAA (2) C# (4)
C# It was his birthday. He got a puppy.
She took a hold of his heart B C C#
C# I'll call you Princess. You'll be my buddy
and we will never part B C C# - C# (2)
C# It was his birthday. He…
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I sang this live few times until
it became clear that it was a joke to the
audience and less and less so for me. Actually a song expressing my deepest anguish.
LIFE GOES ON Key C
C F
When…
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POTTER'S FIELD KEY Em Capo @ 3
Google: "Husband kills wife's boyfriend AND unfaithful wife, then self. "
Em……..(hold) Figure 1 is C G Am Em, Figure 2 is A A Em Em
F 1 - You might as well take me out and stand me up against the wall…
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AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am
Peggy said this song made no sense to her.
Little did I know that her heart had already been given to another man as I was writing this. Her words echo in my heart, "You should have known."
Intro – Am/ Am…
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Let the choir sing and spiral 'til you feel fine
Angels on a train calling 'heresy helpline'
I see force ready aim and fire
I'm coming to see you
I'm coming to see you
I dont feel like leaving town
If you don't wake up and come around…
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SAILOR
"Welcome John Teeters, Marion County high school quarterback, 1939." What goes up must come down. Tie a string to a June bug and he flies round and round. Want get a job, you gotta drive into town. Catch a big catfish ya gotta drag him…
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JEREMY'S DAUGHTER - Am
Last night I had a dream so real.
A dream inside my dream.
I fell asleep in the dream inside my dream
And in my dream I saw a face
This dream inside my dream
I saw a face inside the dream inside my dream
Whose…
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GROWL
In the middle of the night my stomachs growling’
The windows rattle and the coyotes howling’
Tip toe to the pantry to do a little prowling’
The cupboard’s empty and the well’s run dry
Not enough water to tear my eye
In the middle…
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DADDY MIGHT KNOW
Mamma keeps a asking when I a coming home
I said, "See ya on your birthday," but what does Mamma know?
Mamma's got damintion running round her so
Mamma doesn't get it but my daddy might know
Mamma's got demintion. You…
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BOOTS
When I was a kid, I was gonna have a pair of cow boy boots some day
We were poor as dirt but I wasn't going to stay that way
And, my teacher at school, he said that I could
And I promised him, some day that I would
When I was a kid…
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A GOOD CRY
C) Why don’t you cry?
F) I know you need to
G) A tear was meant to F) ease the pain
C) A flood could come
F) and it will wash you
Am) So don’t you G) try to hold it F) back
Am) A good cry G) can’t be F) bad
Why don’t you…
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"Is one dead baby worth all this sorrow?"
"Gotta get outta bed if you're going to make history."
Scenes from John Steinbeck's book, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE.
"There's something going on out in California and I'd like to know what it is." Preacher…
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OKIE DOKIE
Well, you call me an Okie. That's okay with me
Okie dokie, I'm an Okie
I was born in Oklahoma. Out where the dirt is red
Hang out them brand new bed sheets
They'll be pink when you put 'em on your bed
Yes, I was raised in Oklahoma…
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The song first came about at the back end of the 80's. I recorded the guitar and vocal for the songcrafters.org fest Live in the Living Room all in one take. Recently I added a bass part.
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THE DENA WIND
The winds, they blow down thru the canyon
(Dena and I met in Canyon, Texas to check out a museum.)
Blowing so wild and free
And the night is my only companion
As they're blowing La Dena to me
Blowing in the wind
Canyons…
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STIX & STONES
Children are playing
Hear what they are saying
I only wish it was true
I'm just a boy, now
Just a throw-away toy, now
Wondering what I should do
Once I was harder
Never a martyr
Never gave true Love a try
Then…
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Special Guest covering I'd Love to Change the World
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