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This is day 24 of my 24 day project. So that means it's over.
And if you're reading this on alonetone, this is lucky track number 100.
24 "songs" in 24 days. Really, the only requirement was to produce a minute of music each day.
I wish…
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I talked to the guy in charge of... well, everything but coding, I think... He gave me a lengthy description of the culture of where this piece is for, including pictures, which I was waiting on... The drums need to be fleshed out, but this is…
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'Hond' is Dutch for 'Dog'. the song was inspired by my dog, which explains the title. it contains a vocal piece of proze (in Dutch) which i wrote about my dog (in the context of a larger story).
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because this music might not be as good for your mind as you (or i) believe it to be.
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song was created on my birthday, 9th of august, 2008. so that's why.
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because the stick in the other song was great-sounding and it is also a reference to a dog.
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i was looking at the moon one night and made a song about how nice it looked.
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an apparently innocent children's song on cut-up piano, while at the same time posing a very deep philosophical question, that is, besides a question in general, also a question asked with respect to your reaction to the song: if you think it…
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'oprotmuziek' in Dutch, would probably translate as 'fuck-off music' in English. in other words, the kind of music you play when you'd like for people to go home, hence the title (and the music).
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this is one of my favourite songs. it's not as strange or complicated or whatever as most of my work, but it's just very nice.
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as i sit and make music till late at night, i sometimes lose track of time, as the title demonstrates.
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English title would be 'today it's a bit cold', literally. it's a story by a Dutch kid about what he did that day and related stuff.
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literal English translation: 'it presses in my head', because of that feeling you sometimes have that something is pressing against the inside of your skull.
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an old song (made with free synth/sampler/sequencer software AXS). gives you 1.43 to take a leak whilst in the middle of an album.
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This program was created for "The Mobcast", podcast of Mobtown Modern, as an introduction to the theme of our third season opening concert, "Loopy", at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore, 9/16, 8 pm.
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A big instrumental in about 3 minutes. Imagine the last few miles of a very long road trip.
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Proof that a cheap electric guitar can be a substitute for a drum kit.
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Again substituting a guitar for a drum kit but this time an acoustic.
Structurally, a more straight-forward piece, sounding more like a band than some of the other Ca Va? Oui, Ca Va! songs.
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A badly-tuned kalimba, a toy drum and a novelty stapler... Pop genius.
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Totally fake rap-vocals from totally fake indians, you could tell from the cornflakes
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This one was written after coming home in the harsh light of being out all night after learning someone I knew put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. I write this from his perspective...
'Nuff said.
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Probably one of my better gtr riffs/rhythm parts in those days. The song is always borderline going off the tracks...but it was fun to play live.
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The close friend of mine who helped engineer this session said my gtr sounded like a swarm of angry bees. That's the best compliment I can think of. This was a mayhem producer when played live. I barely was able to keep it together in the studio…
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This one is a classic case of "Chasing The Demo".
In other words, I am not happy with it. The demo versions had a ton more feel and groove. This one sounds rushed and doesn't do the song justice. Oh well, such is life when you are on a budget…
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This song went through multiple iterations before coming out like this. It was a great song to play live. Did anyone catch the tip of the hat to "Fire and Rain" at the very end of the song?
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First take guitar part that I just liked the feeling of, which sounds a bit like a haunting version of Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah'.
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Beat created from different strokes on an electric guitar, which is probably of no suprise. Pretty simple arrangement but a fairly strong melancholy-pop song.
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The only song I ever wrote about an actual person I knew. She's heard it and she now sings all corny and gets the words wrong.
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called this track 'dirty awakenings' because it sounds like dirty awakenings.
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A ballad about the perils of life.
Featuring Bugzee & Tragic
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Uncle Bobo needs his keys back, and he has a reward for the first person who finds them!
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This is the audio version of my blacksmithing lesson which can be found at http://ironangelforge.blogspot.com/
This webcast covers more detail on the blacksmith's forge.
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Nupitor, the planet of love. A Sluk & Xenos collaboration.
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Another Blacksmith Lesson, this time with intro musics! This episode explains how to build a coal forge out of a plastic bucket and some cat litter.
All of the written lessons, along with pictures to illustrate some of the lessons, can be found…
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The song was constructed around a field recording of Lacandon men paddling across the lake in Métzabok, Chiapas (Southern Mexico). The Lacandon speak "Hach T'an," which is a Mayan dialect-- this is the language you hear in the track. Unfortunately…
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Another quick little ditty. Wandering the no man's land between old timey and the 21st century
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a song about a beautiful woman who loves guitars and being happy :D
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Our dear friend Lynda is in hospice; we wanted to do a song for her - for all she has done for us. This is that song. k & w
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I hereby name this the "bridge to nowhere" mix since it was the musical content of the bridge that I spent the most time on.
If you've heard the song before, I've provided a shortcut video that plays the bridge from last night's version vs. tonight…
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Something I was playing around with when I was working on another project. Just the guitar and some vocals with finger snaps thrown in.
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There's really nothing special about this... I didn't even mean to write it.
I was looking for a (free) way to make music that's more... expressive. Rosegarden doesn't have enough in the way of dynamics. I tried a bunch, and I ended up with LMMS…
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That's right! The first of my pieces with a title!
It actually started as a little tune I whistled when I was getting my soccer stuff off after practice, and it hit me to record it, so I did... This is the outcome.
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This is my second experiment with "song form".
In this case I tried out probably the simplest form: "IABABCABE" where I - intro, A - verse, B - chorus, C - break, E - end.
Although I'm not sure if the verse is supposed to build into the…
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NOT FINISHED. another draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great! this draft is continuously replaced with newer versions. check back, please! (oh yeah…
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Just working out some rhythms. Toucans come in at about 1 minute.. wish I could get the sound onto vinyl for some proper scratching. I used Sandbags' awesome generative sequencer Elysium for some of the ambient and lower pitched toucans. The lead…
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Shaken, not stirred please.
Experimenting more with sandbags' Elysium. This time I used it to trigger elephant samples for part of the percussion section.
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Sometimes we stay in a relationship because we grow comfortable, and we're scared to leave. The fear of being alone fuels us to settle for the wrong one. This song is my reflection of one situation that I was in. "Let Her Go"
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new song today on my player
written after finding out some horrible news from a friend about her rape and DV. i'm sick and tired of men thinking women are rag dolls to be tossed around.
love her - don't hit her
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(c) raik…
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HELL'S HOME GROUND
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(c) r.halstrom 2006
all rights reserved
you sent me on my way
on my way down
to the devil's carnival
on - hell's home ground
didn't need a heart on fire
in a loveless town
the band is there to welcome…
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Hold On was written and recorded in West Point Nebraska when I was doubting many things in my life. I wrote this as a reminder to always keep going even if things aren't looking as good as they could. You'll always find what your looking for…
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Uncle Bobo has some good news and some bad news for his fans. Tune in and find out.
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Written and recorded sometime in 2008.
I was a bit hesitant to upload this one, but I do think the melody is rather nice... :)
One of the first tunes I wrote and recorded with the RC-20 looper given to me by Kirk Lynch. Don't remember much…
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Just a spontaneous (and very rough) two hour tune. Written and recorded yesterday, edited and mixed today. I might as well get it uploaded now because I'll be spending the next two weeks preparing to move across the country.
Lyrics:
We…
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Interactive audio walking tour, a collaboration with artist Kianga Ford.
The Story of This Place is a series of site-specific narratives that offer a portable audio soundtrack that guides the listener through a site with a fictional narrative…
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Moon Rising recorded by Jack & Saxon back in 2003.
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"Several individuals could each create a tape consisting of some number of documented pieces of ambient noise...and play these tapes simultaneously."
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A mass remix of all Gravity Rues tracks into one massive soundscape
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The second part of "building the bucket forge" which covers getting air into your bucket forge. A rather short bit overall, but useful quick and dirty ways to achieve this goal none the less.
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Using the microKORG, GarageBand drum kits, and a cheap acoustic guitar. Beware, it is far from done. The final version will likely be longer and less repetitive (if possible).
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Yesterday I bought a very lovely sample set from Soniccouture called [The Skiddaw Stones](http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/p4-the-skiddaw-stones/).
I was out for a while but I am back.. I played this one a few minutes ago
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This lesson covers the basic construction of the wooden box needed to build the colonial style forge. Further lessons will expand on the project and should allow the listener to build a fully functional forge out of wood and clay.
The written…
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The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune.
Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece.
And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…
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Publicado Bajo Autorizacion y sin animo de Lucro. www.carranga.org
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for when you suddenly realise you've gone too far.
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a song about music, and with strangeness in its heart - as always -, ending with a contemplative moment with Aldous Huxley.
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From the basement, one of the first things I ever recorded at home. My attempt to be a bit jazzy...
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Another "jazzy" little number from the basement archives. Someone call the smooth jazz police before I ever do this again...
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Its a song that was inspired by a dream I had. In fact.. it was the soundtrack to the dream. The ending is purposely left with a feeling of being not finished, as I can't remember how the dream ended.
I hope you all like it :)
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Another guitar loop from 2008. Proof I can write "happy" music :)
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From 2006 or 2007. One of the first (and one of just a few) pieces I wrote using Reason. I was definitely listening to Patrick O'Hearne at the time...might have to buy some real piano samples.
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it is a little bang. a star explodes. matter becomes energy, light, and patterns. chaotic beauty. it is a cloud of color. it is a nebula.
artwork is here: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/ic42experiment/nebulae.png
this music is an attempt…
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All done on the Ensoniq keyboard. Even the guitar was run through an after market disc, through the keyboard.
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they're down there and they're making a tunnel under my bedroom floor... all night i hear the scrape of tiny picks and shovels and i cant take much more. i don't who they are but i know what they want, and i aint nobody's fool... i got some gas…
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When I was younger all the girls my age may as well have been boys my age. I used to look up at the seniors sunbathing on the grass and every one of them seemed so beautiful. Now I am that age it seems all the beautiful girls are those a few years…
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Solo piano version of this great duke ellington tune
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horizontal lines, blue and yellow, dance at the periphery of my vision... now slowly converging, consuming all, until just a singularity remains. then nothing.
a fog, where shapes have no meaning and clouds consume bodies starting with the…
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yeah, that old inflatable demonic possession thing... comes to us all
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Guitar loop from 2008. First loop where I bounced between different tracks instead of building part upon part. Flawed, but for better or worse, I rarely record something twice (why I left in the pop in the initial bed loop, I have no idea - well…
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Simple theme from the audio sketch book. I used to try and write a melody or two a day, most of the time I just put them on paper...this one I happened to record.
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A couple of Irish jigs I wrote and recorded on piano (using either Reason or Cubase and EWQLSO, I really don't remember) a few years ago. The arrangement is incomplete and one I meant to add a little icing to. I may have to dig up the Reason file…
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This is a feature I produced for public radio from the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC this past July. Listen for the goose.
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