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This is a track from my retrospective album Heptadecaphilia.
Details, online play, PDF that has background on the music, images, and links to videos are to be found here:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1007
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Along with her magnificent harmonizing vocal tracks, Inge sent me one track which was crashed by her 2-year old son Willem. He pretty much takes over the whole operation at about 3:00.
In the background you can hear the original rough vocals…
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I called it this because that was the first thing that came into my mind when I played it back after writing it.
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from forthcoming release 'The Sun's Renegade Daughter'.
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Cal Powers: Vocals/Guitar.
Jon McCormack: Lead Guitar.
Jim Taylor: Bass.
Jeff Landrock: Strings.
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I was uh killing a mosquito in a shower house
I was uh swinging and uh swatting like a powerhouse
I was uh killing a mosquito in a bathroom stall
I was swinging at them like I was swinging at a racquet ball
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Unfinished. Got inspired by gated snare and all. I dig the little break, too.
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I saw discussion of Bleu tuning on the yahoo tuning groups – all of which were tempered to a pure octave. Embolden by Andrew Heathwaite’s 88 cent guitar I decided to try the tuning without tempering to make the octave pure. So I made a scala…
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The "hook" sums it up:
"Out of the darkness, won't you come?"
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Written & Recorded: July 1-2, 2011
DADGAD
First time I've picked up a guitar since February. Still not feeling it, though...
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Not the most accessible tuning - 13 edo splits the octave into 13 instead of 12 parts. So everything is guaranteed to sound different. That could be the charm or the problem for you. This piece focuses more on melody than most of mine.
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I posted a version of this before. This is the same pretty much except that I put down a real, organic, bass track using my Squier Mustang bass, rather than the old synthetic one. The production is a bit ballsier too...
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My lady asked me a question. That's all it took.
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An old song, written when I was in my REM phase; strange, it didn't seem to turn out anything like that in the end. This was also a live take where inexplicably, I changed the whole feel of the song this is the only version with this feel - enjoy…
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Reg has had a little too much to drink and decides to have a dance................while the piano players are at combat for supremacy......there's a rumble going on...............
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i have been listening to some wonderful music this morning here on AT, and it has inspired me to post once again
this is the sister to piano moment #4
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Kathy Holdway and friends sings my song, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. It is available on a Cd titled PICKIN'IN THE SHED from Shadetree Recording, Athens, Texas..
My version is at https://alonetone.com/jamesmichaeltaylor/playlists/feathers-in-the-wind…
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A song about loss and the change it brings in a family; this was actually a live edition recording and I think it has something that the polished version does not. Enjoy!
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Berceuse (means cradle song - or lullaby) by Chopin Op. 57 midi recorded by Ron Lubetsky, M.D. in 1997. And indeed I can tell from the midi file this was a real performance. I ran it through pianoteq in Sonar X1. I hope you enjoy it.
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The berimbau is a Brazilian instrument associated with Capoeira, which is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native…
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This is a composition that was realized by playing a Fender Mustang which has a divided pickup connected to a Roland GR-20 guitar to midi converter / synthesizer. The GR-20 generated piano and saxophone sounds (in two passes) which were re-tuned…
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This is a song I wrote for a girl I liked... I even performed a stripped down acoustic guitar only version for her. She loved the song but didn't exactly reciprocate how I felt. I'm a nice guy and she likes bad boys. Wish I could change that…
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A manipulated ambient-ish piece
Sound sources, 5 string bass, 18" and 14" china cymbal, cornet, mixed tuning, 6 edo, 12 edo, unconstrained pitch.
kudos for anyone who listens to the whole thing.
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Fathers Day on Sunday....
Thought I'd write a song for my son.
Here you go lad...
As the Sun shines....Lyrics
And my boy.....
You Smile so wide as the sun shines.
But you will keep your joy as the clouds try,
to stop our light…
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Here's a song for that horribly obnoxious person who's unfortunately in your life or workplace!!!
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Good friends, family, my adorable pet--you all bring a smile to my face!!!
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You stole my heart (and some of my property) a long time ago--and now you're back at my doorstep like nothing ever happened! Gonads, anyone?!?
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I was crazy about you back then---But now? Not so much!!!
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A jive-era feel, with lyrics about working hard to get what you want!
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Hot groovy Pop dance tune with a teasing approach to a bubbly heart young woman who is becoming more excited about the man she recently met, who has so far shown her all the qualities she dreamed about being in her ideal of a man. He keeps her…
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Everybody who said we'd never last have broken up and here we are, still together!!!
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The millionaires are doing just fine, thanks---but the rest of us are barely getting by!!!!
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I'll lose control but maybe find love instead....
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I dedicated this song to my old friend, Ed Begley, Jr. and to all those who are working to make this a cleaner and better place to live!!!
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Is my future just to be....your ancient history?
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Here's a great way to keep some peace at home!!!
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She was mysterious, gorgeous...and we fell in love immediately...but her parents were against us being together and sent her back to their country, leaving me to search for her forever.
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A couple looks back nostalgically on the magical moment when they first met.
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Your lips are inches away but I've been hurt too badly too recently--and the last thing I want right now is to fall in love!!!
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He has an old houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle--but he doesn't want to live there without her....
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He overheard a couple breaking up--and it sounded a bit close to home for him...
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They broke up once before and he was miserable--and now that they're back together he wants to keep it that way!!!
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This is one song of mine I hope will some day be played at someone's wedding reception!!!
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I tried to catch some of the defiance, optimism and spirit of being young as told through the voice of someone who no longer is!!!
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Sometimes it's hard to imagine how to make it through a cold and lonely night.
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This is the most autobiographical song I've ever written. The idea of the song: The past was a lot of fun but my life today is even better.
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ORIGINAL Rock instrumental exploring
new avenues. of retro and current rock
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A FILM SCORE I COMPOSED USING
26 TRACKS AND ROYAL FREE SAMPLES
BESIDE VST EFFECTS AND FX . BEST
REGARDS HOPE U LIKE IT ...NEIL
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This song is a latin . cha cha flavor
bringing together these 2 forces..for
a new sound. hope ulike it regards NEIL
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Another 12 string improv. Capo 3rd fret, capo 5th fret except for top string and notched out for the b strings to attain an open C tuning, of sorts.
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This very monumental thing happened in my life, and I had to write a song about it. This one is for Mike, Desmond, Claudia and the rest of my siblings I've yet to meet.
* updated audio 1-10-12
LYRICS:
The craziest thing just happened…
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A favorite style of my wife... like Kris Kristofferson, in a way. Maybe more folk than Outlaw Country...? The song has great meaning for me.
Hope you like it!
Doug
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Added a little more to this nice little change of strumming patterns played as an excuse to write a little love song.
I FOUND LOVE
You know I love you more than I
Ever thought one simple man could
You know I need you more than I
Ever…
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if i remember correct this is a live recording from a gig.
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another MRS-1044 recording. sorry for such low gain on the volume.
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From the album JOE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH [2005]. For more details, the album has its own page on our website [link in our profile].
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Tight-wad Moody writes song in lieu of Father's Day gift.
Now with extra cheese
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..I'd be blue.
Google guitar,DL4 delay modeler, soft synths
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A work in progress. Featuring Special Guest Robot.
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From the album of the same name, 2004. Recorded on 4-track cassette. This album now has its own page at our website - see our profile for the link.
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I improv'd jammed 2 different guitar tracks to Monster Magnet's "Spine of God" song, which is epic in itself. I took the challenge upon myself to make something not sounding exactly like the song but around the same key :)
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Home made cannon in Just Intonation, cymbals struck by hand and bowed. (I don't own so many cymbals - I made a field recording while walking through the cymbal room at Sam Ash. A most exciting experience actually!) I did buy two cheap cymbals…
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I used Paul’s Extreme Stretch (PES) to take a hammer dulcimer + violin improvisation and divide it into seven streams based on just intonation relationships to A at 55 Hz…
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From the LAND OF GHOSTS album - this album now has its own page on our new website - see profile for link.
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Recorded the 1st guitar and bass and vox staurday.
Today, I finished up with a lead guitar track...
LG
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I used about half of the tones produced in my stop sign video as samples looped in Kontakt and improvised on an 88 key controller in 17 equal notes per octave. Not something you'd listen to for enjoyment.
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So I'm back at Caffe Lena on Thursday night gearing up for my two songs and a band called "Driftwood" takes the stage (banjo, acoustic guitar, fiddle) and blows everyone away.
Kinda gets me thinking...
And writing...
"Driftwood"
Coming down…
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Hammer Dulcimer in Harmonic Series Tuning, processed into 7 streams. Field recording, processed. Details here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=911
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Prog rock instromental with Marios Marcou on clarinet.
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Fulfilling a request by Acid
The video is the whole point / show here. Please put into the comment section what you think the occupants of the car you see at 1:00 where thinking. Or alternately the kid on the bike at 1:20.
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a totally spontaneous improvisation Debbie and I made with the violin and hammer dulcimer tuned to harmonic series starting at G.
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I was bored, so I recorded some freestyle real quick. That is all.
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One could use this to compare the changes I made to accommodate the change in tuning because this is the Centaur tuned piece but I changed the master tuning back to "standard" 12 equal.
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Well, I should give some background. Sometimes, for me, the difference in tunings are hard to discern - I don't have perfect or even good relative pitch discrimination. So I can get fooled. The Prelude for a Centaur tuned piano was actually composed…
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Here is another one with vocals. I had completely forgotten about this and hearing it brought back the visceral thrill of making music with a group. Of course I have a ringing in my ears to remind me of those days. The only problem with this…
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Together with a few guitaresque pieces (some are presented here, "Lettres 'D Amour" or "Mar Adentro" for example), this one was my "swan song" in already so distant 2009.
~Sign Of Hope~
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there's a story to the story of the fuzzy years of my life.
Unfinished song, just one progression looped really so far with words to the story.
it's "always the top of the street somewhere" was a phrase we used to describe how no matter what…
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This is a recording of Norm and me playing together a few months ago. I didnt have any percussion instruments so Norm was on a Roland electric trap set and I had a cello. I looped some of the stuff we did that night, and retrofitted the rest…
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~timeless~
Rhythms of modern life, which comes from the environment and force us to follow, are often (let say, always) does not correspond to our inner rhythms. First, we do not have time to stop, think, or simply do nothing. Then when we…
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ACTiVE Yodi first single beat by lightskincieted
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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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Bought a new bass guitar and wanted to try it out, so made this last night. Gotta say the bass parts were easy, the guitar took ages to get right though. Now my fingers are sore.
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Acoustic improv. Top 3 pairs of strings tuned a 4th apart on 11 string guitar. And a touch of synth.
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it's deafening to walk around
to walk around with no sound
it's calm before the storm they say
but I still hear you cursing your style and you way
and were waiting
waiting
waiting for the wayward song to begin
waiting
waiting for the wayward…
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A cover of one of my favorite Manchester Orchestra songs.
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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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"The Speechless Full Moon Comes Out Now" (2011)
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"The Speechless Full Moon Comes Out Now" (2011)
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Not so long ago my daughter came from school and told me that they had a litterature lesson in where they had to do an analysis of a short story. The short story happened to be one of my favourite writer's, Ray Bradbury's, story 'One Timeless…
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JI guitar
Fretless Bass
Drums from Sonar
This is replacing the "up way too late" version
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The audio uses all of the audio from that night I bowed the stop sign processed and not.
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I went out during cover of night (to avoid looking like a total crackpot) with a violin bow & Zoom H2 digital recorder and bowed various things in the neighborhood. This is the best - a beautifully resonant 4-way stop sign.
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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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The music in the video is the harmonic series from the lowest E on the piano, 41.2 Hz, and the 16 harmonics above it. No other pitch is allowed. I used Paul Stretch's filtering and compression to accomplish this BUT the piece was not stretched…
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after a few listens and a good naan bread pizza I feel tripped out listening to this :-)
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Jeff has passed over the rainbow bridge today as I held him. We went out back one last time for a few minutes until the sun came back out and it was too hot. He enjoyed that. The last thing he did was put his paw on my hand and left it there…
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don't choke on your pride
you're a cynic
you're a liar
you're a counterfeit a cheat
i can see it
you can feel it
because you're buckling underneath
your vanity
there's an orphan
there's an addict
there's a cigarette a thief
you are…
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You're so sweet... you're so ****ing sweet
unused Passager track
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The story of how I did this is here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=871
goodnight.
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Reg is willing to do anything to cure himself of his addiction to alcohol and when he hears that they are restarting the experiments with LSD to help cure alcoholism he has to find out more. Through internet research Reg finds out that the experiments…
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She keeps the stars from heading home
Just like a running grave
And at night when I'm alone
I wonder where I'm supposed to be
'Cause if the worlds a clock
Then she's the lock
That keeps it still every time she talks
She sees the space beneath…
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