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Recently I kind of remembered what it was like to be young and on the verge of an apocalypse.
I apologize to Patty Smith, but I did.
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Clarinet played into an empty tube that formerly held a bottle of Scotch, which may have had some unconscious influence on the rough melodic form. Picked up by two contact mics into a Zoom H4n recorder. Submitted to Sound-In for 26/2-4/3/2021.
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Okay... there's a lot to talk about with this goof ball.
The first song I did this year had a drone-like fuzzy guitar. I did it again here but I wanted the song I put around it to be different than the other one, even though the changes are…
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Lyrics and vocals by Erin Ruth, Guitar and music by Matthew Grady.
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Excess intense, eye-watering energy I didn't know what to do with then did. This. Overpowered turned into a music slap.
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Strat and Bass through MXR Distortion+ and Addictive Drums forming a three piece improvisation
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This one seems destined for the dropped list. It's just kinda blah. The verses remind me of a King Crimson Projekct song and I can't remember the title. Something from Scarcity of Miracles (great album, by the way). The choruses remind me…
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The seventh song started for this year's RPM Challenge is the 10th song finished. I now officially have both targets complete. 10 songs and 35 minutes. This year is officially successful. Granted, I still have 10 more songs in the pipeline…
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Another song, another faux trippy ending. I should change the name of the album to Faux Trippy Endings. What do you think?
Lyrically I think this song is just about the last year.
When I recorded the rhythm guitars I was pretty stoked…
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A mash for the Sound-In event "Grit" featuring J.C. Combs and Shane Cadman. Mix and added guitar by Kavin.
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Oh Butterfly
Come Out Of Your Cocoon
Or You're Sure To Die
Oh Butterfly
Why Are You
Always Hiding?
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Sounds Tangerine Dreamish, except with more revving engines and random zombies. (Various zombies - not all are of the undead variety.)
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(Apologies - very cussy lyrics! I ate an entire bar of Irish Spring soap to repent.)
tappity tap
tappity tap
fingers on the glass
how did you end up in
this goddamn rat trap
with your head stuffed
up your a--
you dreamt a picture…
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a deluge of insight
bright screen
but illuminight
pick your favorite poison
what color truths
do we choose to imbibe?
a whisper from dark corners
don't let the shadow of facts
detract from false light
the part of the brain
that…
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If there was a signal there, it's been lost to the noise.
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only had 40 minutes so it had to be piano no intro and one take vocal!
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The 10th song started is the eighth song finished. Looking at my iTunes playlist I see that the eight songs have topped the 35 minute mark, which means I have enough to submit an RPM Winner this year. Hooray!
I don't hate this one, but I…
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Are the sound effect things getting old yet? I can't decide. This one came from here:
https://freesound.org/people/keus92/sounds/445228/
This time I trimmed it to the appropriate length and then played it backward. Aint I a stinker?
This…
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ah couplet writing skirmish one of my favourite things 10 minute lyric
You need to know the prelude
Of this angry dude
What was in the past
And how it moved so fast
Thwarted in every move
life was never in the groove
Always captured…
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skirmish 50 mins on a colour and an object
Like yellow sunflowers they turn around
to face the morning sun
And sadly drop their heads again
When the day i done
They follow on like sheep
With really no idea
Never ever crossed their…
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Carl has a lot of his music up on SoundCloud. This is one of Carl's songs that John discovered there and helped spawn the thought of getting Carl's help for the RPM Challenge. It seems this is a song recalling a time when there was someone…
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John has carried this story with him since his early days in college. He worked at a place called "Moore's Foodland and Laundromat" and delivered groceries and laundry to their customers. One in particular was a woman named Dixie. She had and…
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Fifth track produced for the RPM challenge 2021, unmixed / unfinished for now. I will probably release this EP on all the streaming platform once it's done. What do you think about it ?
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Fourth track produced for the RPM challenge 2021, unmixed for now. I will probably release this EP on all the streaming platform once it's done. What do you think about it ?
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Third track produced for the RPM challenge 2021, unmixed for now. I will probably release this EP on all the streaming platform once it's done. What do you think about it ?
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Second track produced for the RPM challenge 2021, unmixed for now. I will probably release this EP on all the streaming platform once it's done. What do you think about it ?
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First track produced for the RPM challenge 2021, unmixed for now. I will probably release this EP on all the streaming platform once it's done. What do you think about it ?
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The second song started is the sixth song finished. Not terrible, though there are a lot of bad guitar sounds. The rhythm tone is kinda sloppy. The playing is sloppy too, but the tone itself is more noticeable this time. The lead sounds flubby…
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Hmm...Now where have I seen someone getting hassled by someone who should just mind their own business? Where indeed!
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This is just me playing my piano at home, it's a 6 foot American-made Mason & Hamlin grand piano that I love very much. It's larger than so-called "baby grand" pianos (that are usually around 5 foot 7) but not a full concert grand (8 and…
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I thought Olivia might sing this one, but she said my version was "awesome" and I will have to take her word on that. I made up lyrics which seemed as if they might be suitable for her to sing, but I don't really know what they mean…
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
PENSION TIME
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
MAN OF MY DREAMS
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Great words from Cindy Prince inspired me to get my Celtic hat out!
Walk Among the Glen
© 2021 Cindy Prince
We were the perfect couple
We'd walk among the glen
You loved fields of flowers
We never thought it would end
Then the bloody…
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When I was tracking the rhythm guitar I was feeling the groove on this in a major way. When I was tracking the vocals I thought it was better than my usual terrible. Somehow I was wrong on both fronts. The guitar sounds like mud and the vocals…
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Carl wrote this song somewhere around July of 2020. Back in the 80's we had a song we wrote/performed called "Louisa". I don't know if the subject matter is related. Carl recorded the song with just him and his guitar. I imported into my Tascam…
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
TELL ME HE LIED
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
I'M TALKING TO YOU
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The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it's the title song for the album (assuming I don't change my mind in the next five days).
Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in…
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
TO MY SON ON HIS WEDDING DAY
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
SHE'S NOT WHAT SHE SEEM SEEMS
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RPM CHALLENGE
NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY
SHE LOVES A MARRIED MAN
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RPM Challenge - NEWFOUNDLAND COUNTRY - PENSION TIME
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This year's six-minute depressive Dad-rock ballad.
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Sitting around on a Friday afternoon, Feeling hungry and alone
There aint nothin worth eatin in the fridge, noone to call on the phone…
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This song is about my Grandparent's farm that was in West Virginia. The name "Naugatuck" is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "lone tree by the fishing place". The rich memories I have of the place are from when I was just shy of my sixth…
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John wrote this in 1972. 9 years earlier, as an 8th grader living in West Virginia, he knew the day would come when he would "set sail" to other parts of the country/world. That day came in 1975 with a journey that ultimately landed him in New…
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