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acoustic, electric, synth rock and pop with vocals
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Recently I read Greg Renoff's excellent book "Van Halen Rising" and learned a ton about Eddie, one of my early guitar heroes.
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Been reading Yngwie's memoir Relentless and although there are many untruths it is still entertaining and inspiring.
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A midi file for a string quartet. It was for a competition some years ago.
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Harry Brookes and Wayne Graham Christmas album recorded 1993
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Thanks to Greg Connor for adding a sweet lead guitar track to this song. Sounds pretty special now.
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My 2015 Christmas single. Possibly a bit over-ambitious, this one. Got a bit silly.
Written by Chris Butler
All instruments/voices: Rog Hildreth
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My first attempt at a Christmas original! I've gone topical.
Written by / all instruments, voices: Rog Hildreth
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An extended version of "Remember their lives".Hope you enjoy it!
Happy holidays!
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For a Ray Wilson (MFOS) tribute album.
Performed on a Korg SR-120 beatbox and a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak analogue synthesizer.
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It's not really a finished, polished recording, but isn't that the point of this website? Hope you like it.
sunshine and all the dust
faded colors up above
memories of the one I loved
coulda been the one
the desert she don’t forgive ya…
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This was part of the 'who knew' song challenge, recorded live at Colleen Dillon's on 12-09-15, with Greg Connor on guitar. Love his part, didn't edit out anything, even left the comments on the beginning and end.
(This is a story about Chilean…
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got stuck
but not bad so far considering this is all done from memory?
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The fourth track from Buyer Beware's B-Side collection, "Shiver - EP," featuring a radio narration by AJ Dome.
Lyrics:
Newspapers said, you were long gone
Friends said, it seemed like yesterday
You said, you'd never come back
I said…
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A cover of the instrumental piece "Ashes In The Sea," by Antoine Dufour, performed by Buyer Beware's harmonics guitarist, Matt Legler.
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A little improv on my Zither Music Company zither acoustic.
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"Love Me Somehow" is a track off my latest EP "Birds and Squirrels".
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This is a recent live recording of an old song. "Can't Do Right" is an upbeat, country folk song about a man who can't seem to stay on the straight and narrow but ultimately wants to be loved as much as anyone.
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The second track from "Shiver - EP," a collection of B-Sides from the upcoming album "Hello Again." Special thanks to Sophia-Joelle Oswald for lending her acoustic guitar for the piece.
Lyrics:
Another, didn't deserve this
What did they…
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This is a newly recorded version of a song I originally wrote and recorded in 2005 which can be heard o nthe playlist/album Songs Of The Heart. I re-did this for my son, Aidan's wedding as it seems really appriate for a wedding song.
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This a prayer for the elderly that I put to music earlier in the year. I repeat the last two lines of each verse and sang “dearest” instead of “blessed“ in the last verse. I’m not sure if I did it by accident or not, but there it is now and I…
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Reflecting on James Ross's pictures of the Khmer Temple in Phimai Thailand 2015. Lap steel and Mobius.
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I struggled to get this thing completed. I've been sat on it for weeks, finished, debating whether I was really prepared to let it go.
I loved the song when I wrote it, inspired by a wonderful week at the end of September. But the recording…
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This is a rough cut, but I like it. Here are the lyrics:
TOMORROW WILL BE YOU
It’s been a long time since I saw you
I’m at a loss for words
But when I heard the news
I went straight to your room
There’s no point in looking…
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Recorded live at my friend Colleen's studio in the clouds with Scott on the mandolin, Greg on guitar, Collin on bass, Colleen on ukulele. Thanks for a fun challenge!
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My final project for this semester. Done!!!!
We had to write a short piece for 2-5 players. I chose violin and piano.
The piece also had to represent what we hope to learn and what kind composer we hope to be in four years. (I almost called…
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Title track for the forthcoming new The Lost Highway record. Featuring the words of Audrey Hepburn.
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Recorded while working on parts for an upcoming release titled, "upon a wave swine we happen upon a weather of weapons".
Recorded on a 20" scale length piccolo bass.
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Single piano roll, overlapping experimentation; Some thoughts are uncontrollable.
dniM-=[Pianoue!d]=-Bend track 1.
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"Rippling Mirrored"
Panning experimentation.
dniM-=[Pianoue!d]=-Bend track 2.
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One of my first experiments with DADGAD tuning. I was hoping to get a dark,droning sound. I lived in Missouri for a lot of years and this sounds like what it feels like to be out in the sticks there.
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My apologies to Ray Willie Hubbard. This sounds nothing like his great version of this. All instruments played by me, in studio.
This was before I discovered the usefulness of a pop filter.
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This was the B side of Randy Newman's "Short People". My first recording with my new jumbo acoustic Michael Kelly. Please excuse the voice. Trying to sound like an old man on a farm with my voice ain't easy! :)
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Done by the Blind Boys of Alabama and Johnny Cash but NEVER like this. The base for this song was constructed from home made samples, including the sound of a 9mm Sig Sauer being fired. Bass was my first attempt at using a synth (Massive).
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A couple of years ago the inventor of the Marshall amp passed away. I was so bummed out I plugged my Les Paul Studio into my stack and just let all my frustration out into the world via his great amp. Crappy backing track but, at the time I didn…
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When I recorded this I didn't have a working title but after a couple listens I joked that it sounded like Barry White should be coming up to the mic.
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A dark, avant gaurde cum progressive rock piece that would probably make Roger Waters scratch his head.
It CAN happen here.
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A bouncy, latin, Santana-esque piece with a surprise in the middle. Careful who you bump into at a party!!!
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All VSTi's. I created this as an intro to an album I never got around to finishing. I was on a New Age type kick but this piece was the only one I really felt strongly about.
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Live at Cherrywood coffeehouse in Austin Tx for Loopiest 2105
A lot of improv and a touch of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme.
Thanks to Noah Peterson
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MD Hazz No Money No Honey Prod. by MD Hazz mix and mastered by Luluv
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I did this about 2 years ago and only found it the other day.
I think it sounds like something Robbie Williams would sing - and not really my style or cup of tea. It's a bit anthemic "come on and join in" (no thanks). Add to that I my singing…
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from the Poisonous EP
wait for the worry lines, the worry lines
to disappear
they get me every time, me every time
that you are near
won’t let you get inside, this heart of mine
i must be strong
you knew you’d get to me, you’d get to…
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from the Poisonous EP
look at that face in the mirror
same one you had before
harder to recognize these days
time has not been kind
still a ways to go
better hurry up
don’t let it slip away
ok is not enough
you gotta take a chance…
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One of my favorite synths is Absynth. This was an experiment with the synth and drums to see just how much power I could master into this before it blew up my equipment. Not to worry...it never goes over .1 dB ;)
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Cover of Everlast. Whole lot of synth special FX in this one.
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Robin Trower cover. I make no excuses for the number of licks I learned from Robin Trower.
Be sure to listen carefully towards the end when some horney, white girls will sing you into their beds!!!!!
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Original. I wanted to paint a picture of a long, cold walk through the pouring rain. The longer you listen the stranger the atmosphere becomes. It could be haunted!
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All guitar work done by me. The backing track was constructed from MIDI and pushed thru VSTi's of one sort or another til they sounded like real instruments.
This is one of my first recordings.
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Here is the 4.Single from the Funeral Miracle Saga"
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Thanks for the suggestion MMI!
Here's the playlist with all 3 versions
http://alonetone.com/breakinglight/playlists/fading-light
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B-side from the upcoming album "Hello Again", this piece features a recording by former bandmate Kollin Cederberg.
Lyrics:
A curving edge
And a ragged face
We feel the frost
And cry for mother May
We imagine
On our way down
The warmest…
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Penny Wise ©2015 Words and music by Jeff Cole
Winter's solstice is on to you
In a week you’ll be looking where to hide
The mercy you called shy
In faith so penny wise
Slowly watch the tide
The love you had to pine
In faith so penny wise…
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The House On The Borderline - Phase 9
From the album The House On The Borderline (2015).
Experiments with textures, partly inspired by Tudor polyphonic works (Thomas Tallis et al) some of which have been sampled on this album (albeit usually…
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Recorded in 1990, this music brings together the alto sax of Carlos Ward, the late Tim Green on tenor, Louis Moholo on drums, and Paul Rogers on bass, along with Dallas trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez.
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Title track from the album I'm Your Geography Teacher.
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The House On The Borderline - Phase 8
From the album The House On The Borderline (2015).
Experiments with textures, partly inspired by Tudor polyphonic works (Thomas Tallis et al) some of which have been sampled on this album (albeit usually…
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Somehow managed to get the whole thing done in one sitting at just one or two takes each. Have to add effects, and it'll hopefully go up on my bandcamp on Tuesday.
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The House On The Borderline - Phase 7
From the album The House On The Borderline (2015).
Experiments with textures, partly inspired by Tudor polyphonic works (Thomas Tallis et al) some of which have been sampled on this album (albeit usually…
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The House On The Borderline - Phase 6
From the album The House On The Borderline (2015).
Experiments with textures, partly inspired by Tudor polyphonic works (Thomas Tallis et al) some of which have been sampled on this album (albeit usually…
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A tender moment when all you see in this world is the one you love. Your soul mate.
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and you, again
a WAV format version of the album is available on soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/brett-warren
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i played here with an unsual strong passion,which just poured out of my hands....ah how good it is when intellect and the senses march together...
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This is a live recording of me performing at the Lone Star Attitude(LSA) Burger located on the square in Denton, TX.
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Just another obscure saint. Not much known about him. Probably much more important and significant than any of us will ever realize.
Oh, yeah, and then there is Saint Simon. Same thing for him.
RIP Alex.
3 Congas, Vintage Bass Cocktail…
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was going to be longer, but then the free sequencer i was using crashed on me.
badly.
:/
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This short thing is the earliest guitar composition of mine that I can still remember how to play.
Original composition date unknown, although I'm pretty sure I played this at the old house we used to live in - so composition must have taken…
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Came across a short ditty from more than ten years ago, and decided to tack on an ending.
It's still a bit on the short side, but at least it has some sort of ending now. :)
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Simple interlude - a combination of two interludes, really - made entirely with the Thor synth set within Reason 5.
Photo by the amazingly talented photographer Marianna Armata.
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Backwards piano loop disappearing in a hazy sea of reverb.
Inspired by long hours sitting in airport lounges, and with nods to Brian Enos "Music for Airports".
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Ambient piece based around a slow growing chord that builds to a big climax.
Imagining the spectacle of watching a sunrise or an eclipse in space.
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Tryin' to evoke dat 90s N64-ish vibe on this one, also this is the first track to use soundfonts and they sure have their flavor!
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The song tells of growing older while living in the suburban bliss of comfort and one day being alarmed at how much time has gone by yet we still have our dreams and childhood heart and the contrast it makes.
The Silence Addicts ©2014 Words…
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For a friend who passed away a few years ago. The video came to me all at once.
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An instrumental I wrote for friend's wife who passed into the next dimension. Sweet lady with whom I made friends with as a couple. I felt inspired to write a song for his wife after she passed. He gave me her tenor guitar. I was honored beyond…
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