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This is the title track of our newly released debut album, 'Won't Give Up', whcih took 13 years to make and was inspired by our relentless passion to make music even when 'life' gets in the way.
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A cover song of Coheed and Cambria's Pearl of the Stars. My friend Austin did the guitar and vocals, and I engineered and produced the track. Post your thoughts.
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From the album IT WAS A DARK & STORMY NIGHT... [2007], in which the ghost of St Malachy in conjured up to confirm his famous prophecies regarding the time of the last Pope [the next one after the current one, apparently- google "prophesies…
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This is a musical setting of Bruce Andrew’s poem “jjj†from his book “Moebius†thanks to PennSound archive.
To create the music I hijacked Norm Harris’ Y Class Steam Locomotive Bell sample and his percussion piece Ilesa and added…
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sHiT gEtS wEiRd... maybe i've been listening to too much james blake and animal collective
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"The Speechless Full Moon Comes Out Now" (2011)
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Flinch
I'm guilty
I took the bait again
And here I am again
Always with the same stupid grin
And I didn't go as planned
Few things do I've learned
From the top I pulled it
but I didn't see how far you'd go
didn't I see you flinch…
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here are the words for anyone interested
this righteous bent
to twist the facts
your right to speak
and fuel the flames
oh this hankering
for the good old days
when you could call a spade a spade
and close your eyes
would you go back
use words…
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Finally one with Julia our vocalist. I believe she (or she and Chris) wrote the lyrics. This is a later incarnation of Julia with a somewhat different affectation than earlier Prozac. I think the melody and the words greatly enhance the depth…
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almost forgotten because while i did this in may of 2009, i forgot about it until just today may 2011,,i was walking out my studio door, when i noticed an old cd with a marking pen title,, brought it with me in the car and took a listen,, not…
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A collection of four improvisations on 19 note per octave electric guitar.
Sucralose
Aspartame
Cyclamate
Saccharin
The title is a play on artificial sweeteners and a collection of songs being a suite.
Per wikipedia "In music, a suite…
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Sad piano loop met bell loop, they got together and the rest is history.
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The story of how I did this is here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=871
goodnight.
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Acoustic Jam, Heavy Times in Peoples Minds. Thanx for Listening. "G"
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the trying the applications the real time experimental effects to .. yes the real time. making the actual experiment less obvious at times.
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don't remember recording this but found it on my computer so here it is.
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Lyrics:
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I need to find
Something to make me feel inside
I need to find
Someone to make me feel alive
I need to be
Something more than a worthless whore
I need to be
Anything someone could adore
// Every day creeps by the same
// When…
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It's been a long time since I finished a piece of music, so yesterday (May 15th, 2011) I decided I would start and finish a piece of music no matter what. This is the result.
It isn't perfect which is good because perfect is fiction...anyway…
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Picture and information here:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=859
Line up:
2 tracks (right and left) of hammer dulcimer, fretless bass, and cameo appearances for both fretless guitar and electric psaltery.
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recorded live into my minidisc recorder. Audio from a live performance broadcast on justin.tv
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Elvis has a few questions but not any answers............................This time Elvis had a little help from the local Japanese band that hang out at the local Chinese restaurant, he frequents and they bought along there instruments,down the…
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Did this back in 2009.
Before me and Jim actually met each other...
The music was improvised to the notion of returning home from space.
Jim did the Lyrics in 5 mins over the net..
And here it is..
My Harmonica was broken by the way. My…
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I heard this beat of Norms this morning bright and early an had to jump all over ilesa in my mind she was her instead of a town it was fun but it didn't last.....the same old story.....it was her fault she was too hot.......What can i say
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Ambient video and audio improvisation with my 19 notes per octave guitar, loopstation, Marshall amplifier, Zoom H2 and post-processing.
on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGO0R381HQs
full quality video
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public…
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Ilesa is a city located in the south west of Nigeria. This is a traditional rhythm pattern of the same name - but I'm not sure of the significance of the name.
I played on 3 congas, accented with bell clave, block and cowbell, of course…
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BC at the top of his game in this little diddy by Zeppelin! Feedback is most welcomed.............
The Band
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11 Kissing Goodbye
Kissing Goodbye
Now that we’ve reached the end of our first holiday night
Waving goodbye
Down at the beach and ended our kiss of life
Nothing to say
Holding your hand
Planning to stay
Can’t take this away
Beautiful…
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10 Blue
Eyes of blue and sunny skies peeping through
Shepherds delights tonight it’s only right do you realize?
Eyes of blue
Are what I’m likely to see in you
And I don’t know what to do
A superstar is what you are she’d tell me…
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09 Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope
Kisses with mistress Calamity
Lips taste like sips of tea
Pour me .. she makes me sweet internally
Wide eyed it’s Mister Kaleidoscope
Broken very-merry go ‘round
Poorly he makes me feel…
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The radio play episode 1 is introducing Thetworegs with Reg as writer performer, musician, and producer as the budget was rather low.......... They have just set sail for Germany it was time for them to leave England before they were caught…
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04 Over you baby, And Moving On.
You never said you loved me
When tomorrow came
You never said you’d let me see you again
And If I knew then what I knew now
I’d be over you baby and moving on by now
You never said you’d buy me
A…
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03 Stuff And Nonsense (A Fairy Tale)
Hey m’lady what do you see?
I’m down on one knee
Am I brave enough?
I’d fight knights lately with you as my shield
You hold that appeal
That slowly reveals itself
As I deal with all the other…
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02 Perfect
See that girl over there brush her hair beside her bedroom mirror
For all the world she doesn’t show of know the glow within her
She shines inside
She powders down
And lines her eyes
It isn’t worth it, she’s nearly perfect…
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for choir, percussion, piano, hang drum and prisoners.
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A long time in the making but alaaaaaaaaaaassssss...............the Final Squirt as seen by Hojo on drums and BC guitar, Vocals
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Reg was out for a stroll in town and met Jed who was homeless sitting on the pavement with his hat out in front of him. Reg stopped to have a chat with him to see if he could help. Reg expected him to have a sad story but to his surprise he hadn…
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Lyrics:
Rain
Falls down on me
Falls down everywhere but you
I
I need to find a way
To drag you back to this decay
// It's a good thing you don't ask forgiveness
// Because I can't forgive this
// It's a good thing you don't beg forgiveness…
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From the Disney Interactive game "Nightmare Ned"
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Junkyard version of the song the Beatles made famous written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell.
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Guitarist TOm Livemore and myself shining our torches about.
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MEE - LOVING YOU NOMORE - TIME IS TICKIN2 MIXTAPE
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Reg was talking to Elvis last night and Elvis came out with something so simple and profound "you can't hide from the man inside" and this got Reg thinking....................
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Updated version this time recording done with my zoom mrs1608. On the rhythm guitar riff is my volume pedal acting as a feedback eliminator and for the wah-wah pedal effect I used my Jimi Hendrix pedal. Need more guitar cables and I'm set to having…
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Regs back is hurting as he reads the local paper and he notices an advert telling him that a Healer is in town so he decides to pay him a visit.........
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Reg was flying last night he was on a real high when he bumped into Debussy down in the cellar and they came up with this little beauty...................
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A collaboration with Bidoche Musique from [I think] Belgium. Pre-digital days, so thats collaboration by sending cassettes back and forth. How we used to live in the old days, kids !
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The Regs have decided to have another crack at this Reg classic we hope you will enjoy the new approach ..............
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This was more of an experiment that somehow worked it's way into a song.
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Minamisoma was a city in Japan that was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami of 3/11/2011. The Angels of Minamisoma is a memorial piece for flute and vibraphone written in free tonality that is driven by melodic and harmonic tendencies that…
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A song for a very special friend, and I'm glad she loved it. I hope I can soon post some songs of her and me together here.
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About a place in the world that is very special.
But It would be just another bit of rock if it wasn't for the people I shared it with....
This one is called “Stoneâ€...
Peace
T
Vocal and Lyrics by Jim Higgins
we raced…
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Pictured about is my new 19 note per octave guitar which was used extensively for this piece. For more production information http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=800
The text is from an interview with a Japanese woman after the 3/11/2011 earthquake…
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small notes, on a windy,, palms in the desert day
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Sound of the Underground, Monty Adkins sample used.
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This is a motet I wrote for theory class slowed down by a factor of 12 and sung by 4 different choirs. A contribution to the ImprovFriday drone fest. And I made a video too.
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This is a video piece made for the ImprovFriday drone theme event which used my DIY 9 string canon, DIY electrified 8 string psaltery, viola bow, ebow, and fingers. The tuning in unknown – just something I did by ear.
Pictures, streamable video…
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Please vote for this remix@ http://bit.ly/gcdzMh
My interpretation of Daft Punk's famous "Derezzed" track from the "Tron Legacy" movie.
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This song is about all the Austin bands that tried to make a living with their original music in the Austin, TX area in 1991. Lots of Austin bands got their start playing at the Black Cat Club on 6th street in Austin playing for the door. This…
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Another DEMO that could be stretched into some heavier guitar work and drums.
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I decided to re-visit a song I wrote a few months earlier for the Faces of Humanity album/videos. It seemed to fit in extremely well with a lot of my current life and the album I've begun writing this month :) Enjoy!
Feel free to check out…
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This is just in it's DEMO stage if you don't mind rough. The lyrics just keep changing so often I don't know if this song will end up complete.
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This song started in the cellar as a bass line. I was able to produce it with the support and wisdom of all the folks at Songcrafters.org
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It still knocks me out babe
Every time i see your face
But you don't want me anymore
No, you just wanna be chased
So you say you're waiting
On a sign
So I'll just keep trying
Not to lose my mind.
She'll hold you then she'll let…
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you're stoned on sunday morning
as you wake up with a smile and there she was
her body overcomes your mind
her long black hair, her face,
just looking back
she whispers in and says wake up
the sweetness in her voice just strikes your…
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download full quality video (157 MB)
http://micro.soonlabel.com/17-ET/Dead_Sea.wmv
This is a guitar piece in classical style in 17 notes per octave using the 17 version of the phyrgian mode. In normal 12 equal tuning phyrgian mode starts on…
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A rough one to keep my account alive :-)
Just capturing some ideas with using my new Freeze and uPOG pedals.
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My composition Ediacaran Garden for classical guitar has been selected for performance by Kenji Haba in New York City June 26 2011 as part of the Fifteen Minutes of Fame with Kenji Haba Vox Novus series. A requirement was that the piece not…
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Today I got an email about a lyric contest and the title had to be I WONDER...so I wrote this!
I WONDER by James Michael Taylor
I wonder, I wonder out loud
Why I wander under a cloud
A cloud with it's rain
It's lightning and pain…
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This is the first time I picked up and tried to play a guitar that is in 88 cent equal temperament - the tuning does not contain an octave. Since this was the first time I made some mistakes. Nonetheless I think it sounds interesting.
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Too much whiskey can warp the thought in the mind and the desert is probably the best place for Reg when he feels like this........................
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Quid (Looking at Life) is one of three, very different versions of the same song featuring on Winter Jargon's 13 track debut album, 'The Aftermath'
The other version of Quid by Winter Jargon can be heard here: http://winterjargon.bandcamp.com…
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I wrote this one when the woman I was with started seeing someone else before we split up
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This is simple test of East-West symphonic choirs solo soprano voice and East-West Hollywood strings contra-bass. I feel its a bit reminiscent of Lord of the Rings - of course, your mileage may vary - it is a very simple and direct arrangement…
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"From the mid-1920s until the early 1970s thousands of Irish children officially in the care of the state were subjected to a double regime of sexual abuse and wageless slavery. Ireland's notorious industrial schools and orphanages all run by…
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Another song I recorded last year with the new kit.
This is a cold war relic (written just months before the fall of the Berlin Wall) which deals with the difficult issues of Paranoia, Hysteria, Alienation and the power of the Press. Get out…
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~Good things don't age. What about a man?~
I was a fan of easy listenings like Enoch Light, still love these sounds and light pleasure that they bring. Here so.
P.S. Night birds recorded in Berlin this April, silly whistling/theme is mine…
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here is my cover of a boy named bri's "some may say" from his 2011 RPM album. the original is here.
http://alonetone.com/boynamedbri/tracks/some-may-say
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Reg heard this one over on songcrafters and liked the tune it made him think of Elvis. so he promptly went and woke him up in the cellar as he was sleeping off the night before. He finally brought him round after a quick visit from Dr. Nick and…
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Reg has had a tough week and decided to get himself wiped clean so he has took to the drink. I had some help Vocally and with the music i must thank the Red wine....Thank you
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Originally on my [24-hour album](http://alonetone.com/colingarvey/playlists/24-hours-of-aargh) back in 2008, I've added an invisible rhythm section and remixed it.
I may do this with a few more old tracks I didn't quite get right first time round.
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12 string and loop station
- touch of post-processing
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Another minimalist synth exploration, instrumental draft at this stage only...vox and percussion to be added.
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Here is the solo dance version. It's rockin' pretty hard. I'm hoping to take this into a band setting at some point and get some brass involved, but for now...
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Another old one from back in the mid ninties.
Everyone that's ever written a song has written a song called Baby Blue. This is mine.
Lyrics
Baby Blue, Baby Blue
I love you, yes I do
I'll admit, I think about you
Baby I can't face…
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Song recorded back in the mid ninties. Everyone's written a song called Fallen Angel; this is mine...
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Lyrics:
I’ll stand above this cliff
And offer up my soul
Would there be an end to pain
To jump in to this hole
Could this be goodbye
If there’s a light below me
Will it set me free
Could I fly today
Is this my only option
Close…
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A song inspired by and dedicated to Pink Floyd.
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