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I used to work in Chicago, but have my home in Ohio. This is travelogue on the trip home.
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Another ode to the affect my beloved has on me.
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The unwritten, often unspoken pact between lovers.
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A story about farmers, and how they are squeezed out of success.
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for the 2009 RPM Challenge album "Sabbatical"
Standing at the edge of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona at sunrise last summer I had an out of body experience.
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clarity during a swift beginning is a mirage yet unknown
lyrics:
Momma, you've got to see this man I've found
clean cut, honest, and so handsome
We're thinkin' 'bout pickin' up and movin' on
he'll get a job where we'll go
and he'll make…
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turning point #1
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It was spring time, or their time depending on which one you asked
how much it mattered to two birds flying away from the cold.
She sang and he'd swing, together a flight all their own on wings she swore were made…
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Turning point #2. The storm clears and though there is an endless blue above, clouds will forever be a part of the sky.
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this song makes me think of a splintered piece of wood.
lyrics:
It's a cold day out, the kind where you think you're missing
the longer days with the sun beating on your face
but you're beside me and I think
the cold was a gift to lead…
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Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Weird Guitar tones.
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Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Debussy a bit.
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Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Leo Brower a bit.
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Recorded in Logic Pro 8. Inspired By Debussy and Chopin a bit.
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Another description of my relationship with my beloved.
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"You let her go, didn't you?"
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From RPM 2009 Album entitled "Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets". Sample credits to be posted when I upload the complete album.
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How's the volume? I didn't quite get it close to 0DB, and wasn't…
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Bass-range phasing experiments with a distorted waltz fading in and then out over top. Probably best to listen to this with some pretty good speakers, otherwise you'll miss out on all the interesting parts and just get a couple minutes of boring…
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Just what it says - a series of emails I wrote once, read aloud and with piano backing.
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The cosmic equivalent of standing on a ledge and jumping off, except, like Mr. Hawking established, black holes sometimes regurgitate their meals - the original matter is usually corrupted in the process.
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From the RPM 2009 album: "Like A…
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rpmchallenge is exhausting. even when you don't have kids, or aren't taking classes, or don't have lots of vocational responsibilities. so, I didn't give up. I finished. but I thought about calling it quits. this song was a thought along the way…
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Fun/Silly song. My first recording with [the Hang](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(musical_instrument\)).
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The art of marketing is to sell you emotional states, not products.
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The response to the telegraphinar communication, from a darker perspective. The deleted don't like to remain that way. Even deleted files still lurk somewhere.
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Experimentation with polyrhythms - it goes in some weird directions from there.
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An abduction of sorts - the abductor has honest intentions but perhaps a twisted sense of wrong and right.
(Having your atoms jumbled up by a black hole sometimes has that effect, according to that Stephen Hawking guy. I think Stephen King may…
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A well of thoughts continues, but who is it dreaming in the white room? Midnight has drifted away, and we're headed towards the dawn of the next day.
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Spoiler here: This song ends on a down note, but not to despair. The sequel to this disk starts right where this one fades off and will be titled "...Not Forgotten". This song was done in a way that implies a live show, like a few of the other…
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There was an entirely separate piece under this name, nearly finished two days before the 09 RPM challenge finished, but while taking a break before getting ready to do the final mix this version came to me in the shower.
Sadly, the towel wiped…
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Another synth driven track, exploring the new found instrument. My usual style of singing behind the beat doesn't work as well here as I would have liked, but it may get redone soon. We shall see.
More positive lyrics over fairly dark music…
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A homage to the goth bands of the late 80's. Dark music with light lyrics and the first synth piece for the IA projects.
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Originally, this was not to be the title track, but as the album evolved it became more and more obvious that this was the overall tone of the collection - to not forsake one's dreams, faith or music due to the world intervening. My first attempt…
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A strange blend of slide guitar and synth, both new techniques for me this year. This was originally just a way to learn how the synths worked, and was never really intended to be used on the album, but the low synth line ended up catchy enough…
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My second foray into multi-tracking my voice. Still a great deal to learn here, but I'm starting to figure this out.
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A very raw take, inclusive of mistakes and the dog wagging his tail to play some extra parts for me. He seemed puzzled that I was singing to no one, so he assumed it must mean I was singing to him!
One of the strange harmonics is due to a…
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The title is a reference to the rain in "Pain" and how once the pain is gone you feel like it's a new day.
My first foray into multi-tracking vocals, with mixed results. I like the effect, but I just had realized I can sing about half way…
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Pain is inspired by my bout with severe nerve damage in my lower back. As anyone who has ever had a good hurt can tell you, it gives you an internal feeling of chaos that often comes and goes in waves and spikes. The music follows this pattern…
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Lyrics:
I was walking through the square when I heard the towers fell
from a stranger passing by
and they caught it live
couldn't believe my eyes
And we talked a lot about what it meant to be
a free society
and our resiliency
but we…
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No one told me to watch my back
I was thinking 'bout what I lack
What's a boy supposed to do
Life has got me blue
No one told me to watch my back
Now it seems I've gone off the track
It wasn't that hard to do
It caught me by…
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Slow days start to shape my mind
into a feedback of
negative thoughts that undermine
my efforts to get rid of
impatience wasting all my time
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"Choices" by Nikki Giovanni
If I can't do
what I want to do
then my job is to not
do what I don't want
to do
It's not the same thing
but it's the best I can
do
If I can't have
what I want... then
my job is to want
what I've got…
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Pass me a handle of that old time tennessee
It's been a while since I've seen the devil
It's a common mistake to think that I'm a sweet and gentle soul
but give me a chance to change your mind
Cause you have never seen me like…
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The first casualty of my severe lyric-crisis this year. Could have been a good song. Is an OK-ish instrumental now.
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The most ambitious tune; about a singer that starts out in the late sixties and ends up in the oldies-circuit doing his last big hit from 1982 three times a night.The vocal is a bit low in the mix. I might upload a special mp3-mix for Alonetone…
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Another one without lyrics. The title was my workingtitle. And I just thought it was a funny title (I think Rage Against the Machine is kind of silly) I quite like some of the sounds on this one (it's a Poly 800 through an Electro Harmonix Big…
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Trying out a Carol Kaye-inspired bassline here (not completely succesfull; gotta work on my timing some more) and again didn't manage to come up with lyrics. Espresso Martini is a really nice cocktail with coffee you can get at the club/bar where…
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My Clique-contribution with some added ambientsound recorded from my window. This is partly the traditional filler-track but I quite like the ambientsound. If I do a record next year (I probably won't) it will most likely be just 35 minutes of…
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I started this one at the end of januari in preperation for RPM. I added lyrics and vocals in february. So it's kind of a bonustrack. Just another throwaway popsong with the awesome stylophone in full effect.
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Song about a girlfriend who's a nymphomaniac and feels forgiven when shes horny but as soon as she cools down reality kicks in.
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song about my favorite things, my guitar and my girlfriend.
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Song about a guy who is the other man in a woman's affair.
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Imagine the whole world was like the movies of the 1930's, Black and White.
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Song about a guy that feels he's more bad than good for his relationship.
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everyone thinks a lullaby is a soft song for children. Not anymore.
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in my head i am wondering in the desert
and the night sky is so
full of pregnant stars
the world outside is so fertile
and i feel so fertile too
i know in my heart
you are fertile too
i feel so far from home now
i feel so far from…
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when i was 18 i took in a runaway
she crawled into my bed on the 7th day
i played her music and i cooked her food
i did everything i thought i should
i let her sleep late and i paid her way
then her dad showed up one day
well she had grown…
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three striped gum
falls out of an old dresser drawer
fills my head with memories from before
causes me to close the door
i feel rotten to the core
three striped gum
falls out of my pocket in the rain
what would have happened if i played…
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i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
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i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
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A fantastical farcical Irish story-song. Broadway Irish.
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This fulfills a stupid promise I made years ago to write a song that was part Dave Frishberg, part Richard Thompson.
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It's based on a drawing a little girl drew (see also album cover).
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You really want to get there, but you just can't find it, but the ride is entertaining.
I'm rewriting the lyrics. It's not quite oblique enough, or so I'm told.
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Derivative folky song (don't tell Paul I said that). He writes a lot about the inadequacy of words. But, if he thinks words are so damned inadequate, why does he keep writing them?
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The Trinity and Humanity. An interview of Tim Chester by Andrew Cook for the radio programme, Serving Today. www.gbm.org.uk/radio.
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The implications of the doctrine of the Trinity. An interview of Tim Chester by Andrew Cook for the radio programme, Serving Today. www.gbm.org.uk/radio.
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reloaded this in 44.1
a pedal steel gtr improv
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*What would I be thinking about if life had gone in a different direction? A dubstep/new wave hybrid.* **_Burial_** _meets_ **_Chameleons_.**
You would have thought by now
I’d be more concerned about
More important things
Like the cash in…
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**_Underworld_** *with guitars instead of synthesizers. A sequel of sorts. Electronic rock.*
A million drops of rain
One sun behind the clouds
A million stars in the milky way
One moon is shining down
A million notes I’ve scribbled
One…
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*Ever had problems falling asleep? This is a sort of goth track influenced by* **_Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy,_** _and Faith-era_ **_Cure_**. Dark modern electronic guitar rock.*
Down the steps and into the dark
Leave the kingdom above…
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Music for a computer trying to find the answer to the ultimate question.
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Human finds Alien Spacecraft drifting in space, this is he inner dialog of our fearless (fearful) hero.
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A song I wrote and recorded in one day (the day before the RPM Challenge ended, actually). I really stretched my abilities as a picker here (duff notes and all), but I shamefully admit I really like this song. A reminder to me of the strength…
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Another song held over from my band days. Again, an attempted homage to the Velvets, but perhaps a little too shiny. I still plan to replace the cheesy 'solo' synth with glockenspiel somewhere down the line.
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An attempt to evoke images that weren't in the first-person. I tend to write in abstract fragments and this piece is no exception.
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An exercise in configuring sonic spaces - it was only later that I realized the scathing lyrics were self-directed.
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An older song from a previous band that was never quite captured to my satisfaction. I was going for very laid-back "Pale Blue Eyes" vibe.
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A deceptively forceful song dealing with the death of my sister.
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This is basically an accordion jam with a nice bass line!
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Powerlounge - Electric Cheer
An album created for the 2009 RPM Challenge, conceived to be eventually cut into vinyl, and arranged as such, in two halves.
The track listing for side 1:
Welcome to my Weird
Bye Bye Baby
Genius / Madness
Negative…
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