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This song is the first ever recording of Solar Fetus, as well as the first time any of the members other than Adam and Justice played together. The song is almost completely improvised (some of Adam's keyboard parts were decided on half an hour…
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Written for Noel MacDuffie's dance theater piece, Soul Descending, this scene sees the widow Abagail mourning in her empty home, alone with her grief.
In truth, this one was really more by nay-player Eran Glantz than me. Both performances…
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Trip hop track, may be listened as a soundtrack...
As usual we tried to create a deep atmosphere with loads of melodies to give the listener a little journey full of new findings every time :)
Anyway this time the BPM is a bit quicker : 87…
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The exquisite bass was performed by my friend Edo Castro, but everything else was done on a Waldorf XTk.
In fact, originally the bass line was from an entirely other recording. What I did was to mute the other tracks and record all new ones…
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Textures and burbling arpeggios by Waldorf PPG 2.V, non-burbling texture by Gforce M-tron and Arturia Minimoog V, madness by Sonic Charge Synplant.
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This track is done on an Elektron Monomachine, recorded in one pass with no overdubs.
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Arturia Minimoog V (arpeggios), GForce M-Tron (textures), Prophet '08 (everything else). This is one of my more band-like pieces.
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This is the title track and was written in the 90s to a boss who resisted change and it's obvious benefits.
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Written for Noel MacDuffie's dance theater piece, Soul Descending, this scene sees the distraught Abagail gently carried by her neighbors from her husband's funeral to their home.
Shakuhachi by Eran Glantz.
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Written for Noel MacDuffie's dance theater piece, Soul Descending, this scene sees poor William mourned and laid to rest by his wife Abagail and the few remaining woman of the island community. Unseen by them (though sensed by Abagail), William…
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Written for Noel MacDuffie's dance theater piece, Soul Descending, this opening scene sees poor William, the last male inhabitant of tiny island community, lost at sea by a sudden storm and his broken body washed upon the shore.
Live flute by…
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Summertime - a classic from the musical Porgy and Bess - Recorded as a demo to be presented to night club owners to score gigs. Generally, a verse and chorus with maybe a short instrumental, just to give the overall flavor of the song. All 3 vocals…
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Series of live recordings and samples chopped up to make the beat. 3 improvised guitar tracks over the top. I wanted this piece to act as a narrative calm at first, but after the sample, "- its the polite thing to do." the piece transitions giving…
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ah fixed the drum track, I think it's a little better now
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Logic 9 - using samples from "8.5" and "8.8" by Supersilent, as well as some drum sounds from "No One Gives A Hoot About Faux-Ass Nonsense" by Don Caballero
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Sampled Music remixed from
"Misty" by Henry Mancini
Logic Pro 9 & found cassette tape
2009
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A little study using Dmin6 and Dmin7 with a little D dorian dressing.
The cover art in the mp3 is by thomwisdom:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomwisdom/2605283686/
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This one is pretty "dark". Like I said I'm uploading a little bit of everything. enjoy!
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This is a track I started on the ferry over to Wales for a little holiday a couple of weeks back.
* Drums are from Ableton Suite's Session Drums
* Bassline is an patch I created in Live's Analog synth
* Guitar is me playing through Guitar…
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it is midnight of halloween. it blinks 12 at the landfill. the electric blue light awakens the dying electronics. a cracked blackberry dances slowly with an unrecognized newton, palm to palm. woofers gather around the hammond organ to boost the…
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This is a simple Christian "Soul Searching" song. It's one of my favorites.
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For someone who uses a computer and the internet to distribute his music, this is kind of an odd, if not ironic song to sing. However . . .
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Enjoy this wordy tune. I hope I took it in a good direction. I guess I can always change it out in the future!
Thanks,
Doug
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Thamyris invented the 8 string Cithara and challenged the muses to a musical duel. His punishment for losing was to have his hands cut off. Now all he can do is imagine one last chattar solo as he takes his last breath. The gods have taken away…
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D-Day is the first Utopian Hedonism song, build within the Reagan's speech about the Normandy Landings (6 june 1944)
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I realized that the levels on the first bounce of PROJECT 2 were lower than they should be, so here is a tweaked version, which is hopefully an improvement.
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Part of my remix all tracks with Audacity project.
Written after buying my first synth.
The lead guitar here is a Peavey 5150 amp simulator
and I played a bit vocally with old tape echo.
Lyrics:
Sunrise, I'm talkin' to you
all…
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The song is about someone having to tell another that their feelings aren't strong enough have a relationship.
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Music is composed of a series of live, randomly improvised tracks recorded one after another with slight editing. Homemade "instruments" were also used. For this piece i wanted to let my ears play. I decided to first record a live track and let…
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i wrote this after a significant other argument
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This is my second project of the Sound 1 class at MICA.
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My Pirate song. Sounds more like a polka band, but what the hell. I had fun doing it.
a song for Gumbo.
we sailed the angry seas
til we found a neutral port
we rowed the ship to shore
to go and find a fancy whore
down at the Buccaneer inn…
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Due to a series of unfortunate mishaps, our initial recording plan for the weekend has gone seriously awry. We did, however, have 15 minutes to write, record, and mix this little duet. Yep - another 15-minuter.
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Dedicated to Chi Cheng, Bassist for the Deftones who is currently in a coma.
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unfinished crap from January 2009. I'm in the purging mood.
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something cooked up in the first couple of weeks in 2008. Found this bounce.. but the DAW sequence was never saved. damn.
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I've been working on this one little by little; now I'm at a point where I do not feel like revisiting the feeling. Moves from 3/4 to 4/4, or so I think.. kind of like a 7/4 time sig but not really. typical glu instrumentation, etc.
Everyone…
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As the title implies this is modern day funk with retro touches. Nice double tracked sax on this one.
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This is my 2007 Pirate Day song, written and recorded September 19th 2007. I like the innuendo, but maybe it's too subtle - nobody else seems to notice ;~)
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Similar in feel to the other Fragile Moment track. Mostly acoustic guitars recorded sitting in my shop on the H4N and then finished up in Cubase just this morning. September 9 09. Maybe a nice one for bedtime
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My first composition that uses an odd time signature for a few measures. My drum fills are also more elaborate. It's just a little tune to bob your head to, tap your toe, you know, the good stuff!
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This is a real old tune. I remember about 81 or so. My brother Asa wrote it.
I felt like recording something, so this is it.
A rude kinda fun song with that cowboy stylin' :)
Lyrics:
It didn't take me long
to find out you were wrong
when you…
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Licensed under
Creative Commons
Noncommercial Sampling Plus
http://ccmixter.org/files/dabra/22568
In collaboration with
JenSomeone, http://ccmixter.org/files/JenSomeone/16329
and
Morusque, http://ccmixter.org/files/Nurykabe/19942
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This is the first project for the Sound 1 class at MICA. It involves recording 5 sounds and mixing them using Pro Tools.
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This was written and recorded on 19th September 05
aka International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2005 ( a wet afternoon as I recall) and is posted here so you start to get the hint.
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All done on the Ensoniq keyboard. Even the guitar was run through an after market disc, through the keyboard.
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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Just a spontaneous (and very rough) two hour tune. Written and recorded yesterday, edited and mixed today. I might as well get it uploaded now because I'll be spending the next two weeks preparing to move across the country.
Lyrics:
We…
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Sometimes we stay in a relationship because we grow comfortable, and we're scared to leave. The fear of being alone fuels us to settle for the wrong one. This song is my reflection of one situation that I was in. "Let Her Go"
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A ballad about the perils of life.
Featuring Bugzee & Tragic
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This one was written after coming home in the harsh light of being out all night after learning someone I knew put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. I write this from his perspective...
'Nuff said.
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I like the atmosphere, but the source is loong gone (ca 1998)
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This song was made by two different piano samples (both
from Sudara):
1. One was recorded by Sudara (and gang?) axing away at a hapless old piano in New Mexico.
2. today, I convinced Sudara to noodle on the piano and send it over to me…
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This evening I couldn't get any satisfaction, so I struck out in to new territory, whacked a load of reverb and echo on everything and set off. This is what I found.
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Very, very rough sketch (no words, just 'woahs') of a title track.
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ccMixter Collaboration
Daniel Brandell, http://www.myspace.com/danielbrandell
Shannon Hurley, http://www.myspace.com/shannonhurley
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Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)
http://ccmixter.org/files/dabra/22162
Daniel Brandell, http://www.myspace.com/danielbrandell
Calling Sister Midnight, http://callingsistermidnight.com
furkosbot, http://www.myspace.com/nagyfejmarvin…
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A song about working for a dodgy builder in England called McAlpine. Because of the harsh regimented working conditions his workers nicknamed themselves McAlpines "Fusiliers". From the singing of Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners.
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A tale of a Irishman leaving the west of Ireland for the unfamiliar shores of England, but first he must travel the Rocky Road to Dublin. Popularised br Luke Kelly and the Dubliners
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As Darren (the singer) described this song.. an Irish love triangle a man, a woman and a drink!
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My first real track that i'm quite proud of ,
it's not close to perfect tho
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From Hemisphere, to be released September 2009, via Download and CD, plus pdf art file at GeoffreyArmes.com. 4 track Live recordings edited and overdubbed in home studio.
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F*ck yeah, I had some fun with this one.
I broke my brain today
It wasn't that pleasant hey hey hey
If I seem a bit confused
That doesn't mean my brain has been abused
Stomp brain stomp....
I broke my toe yesterday
I stubbed it on the door…
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An 8-bit groove recorded from the NESynth iPhone application and a little love from GarageBand and the Mac text-to-speech tools. Here are the lyrics:
Thought over capacity
I cannot achieve
Maximum velocity
Digital heart racing
Multiplexing
Enumerating…
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This song is about someone giving you a lift, and while they drive you there you fall in love with them by watching their eyes in the rear view mirror. It had like five verses but I cUt it down to two with one repeated. In cutting those verses…
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This is one track where I can say, without reservation, that I am really happy with how it came out.
I worked up a beat I liked with 3 Stylus RMX parts making good use of chaos and time designer for the breaks.
For the first time I really…
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Frustrated with how slow my solo acoustic/vocal songs are going, I decided to spend the weekend making something chilled out, just to relax myself and to let people know I haven't died.
Its a short instrumental track. I call this minimalist electronica…
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just over three minutes of circular breathing (breathing in and out simultaneously) on the didgeridoo, a single take.
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Once upon a time
In a land far away
I wrote something funny here
But not today
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Glu guides you through an instructional song, revealing secrets along the way.
Instrumentation: Director's comments included! beat boxing, real swords, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum programming, tabla, and tambourine. My apologies…
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The lyric says "there's something in your smile that drives me out to someplace..." I think it says a great deal for the track.
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Da King Gold Lion speaks On Love... Nuff Said. From BeeOne's Underground Debut "In My Opinion".
Written, Performed and Produced by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent./HoodBizne$$ Music Group
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B.E.T... Raw, Unrefined, Unadulterated, Organic, 100% Pure BeeOne... Made From The Best Ingredients On Earth. From BeeOne's Underground Debut "In My Opinion".
Written, Performed and Produced by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent./HoodBizne$$ Music…
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"Bee-Dubb In His Original Anger, Is Lyrical Danger, And I Don't Give A Fuck What's Gangsta" Flu gave me da beat, I went in to do a track with Show, but when I laid the first verse, he was like "you gotta finish dat"... So I did. From The Underground…
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"Aggression of a Backpacker"- Written and Performed by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent/HoodBizne$$ Music Group; Arranged, Recorded, Engineered, and Produced by Vipe for SMP/VipaTrax. Recorded at SMP Studio's.
What can I say?... I just went off, and…
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"B-E-E- to da uh-uh-oh-O-N-E!" This Is the BeeOne Anthem! From BeeOne's First Album "In My Opinion" from HoodBizne$$ Music Group!
Written, Performed, and Produced by Beeone for A Blackman's Ent./HoodBizne$$ Music Group.
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I am not BT, so no rain drops were quantized in this production.
Storm was recorded last night on my Tascam DR-07 (with wind filter and limiter).
Just a simple piano improv. That of course had to be tweaked far out of the improv stage.
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Ol' Banjo Bill kept playing this riff, so we decided to make a little ditty out of it. We're thinking of actually making it a song.
Instrumentation:
Banjo
Guitar
A Comb and a Pen
2 Fairly Drunk Singers
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This is how i wake up... this is how i fall asleep...
This is what i think about... when i'm trying to sound deep...
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We found a nice bathroom, and, moved by whimsy, decided to write this little shuffle for y'all. Took us about 15 minutes to write and record. It'd lose its spontaneity, otherwise, no?
Style:
Crosby-Stills-Nash-Young-esque Bathroom Folk
Instrumentation…
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Live mashup with Holly Bass on vocals, Jill Paige on piano. Recorded live at Playbill Cafe in Washington, DC.
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First post-24h tune. Music written and recorded throughout the day... and lyrics in the evening. WARNING: This one is another cliché romantic synth-pop tune; same *muse* as the last one.
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Brief musical sketch, to be transformed into a teary-eyed country weeper.
Instrumentation:
1 Dobro Resonator Guitar, played on both sides of a slide.
[If you give a page a dobro ...]
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows.
I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the second track I did.
I'm an old trance head, so I had to have a go at making a trance tune during the 24 hours. This had the advantage that I could stretch out the breakdown…
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the first track I did, when I was still fresh.
I'd wanted to play around with Guitar Rig 3 since getting it at the weekend. The guitars are ableton loops mangled with guitar…
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. I'd just finished the trance track, it was 3am, and I wanted something completely different.
It's 110bpm, the piano is NI AkousticPiano Steingraber 130. The bass and organ are done…
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The average person thinks as many as 50,000 thoughts a day. Many of these thoughts are negative and self-destructive. I believe that all of the inner tension in your life is created by your thoughts. Your thoughts make you ill and your thoughts…
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This song is about the Celebrate Recovery program at our church. Everyone is recovering from something; pain, addiction, grief, etc.
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NOT FINISHED. another draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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NOT FINISHED. another doo-doo draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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NOT FINISHED. another doo-doo draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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So I was sitting on some wanker's loungesuite watching Across The Universe in a big orange woolly jumper and it came to me! What do i want to say to you? " ??? You're Very Pretty". It just stemmed from that line, but instead of revealing your…
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"Le Capitalisme Globalisé" continued.
Dedicated to Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
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I composed the music of this song specially for one of the soloists of my "Bulgarian Sample Voices" project, which will available soon as Apple Loops, EXS24, Kontakt etc...Here I use my new tool "RMX POWER CONTROL " More info will be published…
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I'm almost totally happy with this song except it is for the mix. I would appreciate any comments on how to improve it. Is too bassy and the mix has a big blip in the beginning where it gets louder for a second. I know I can fix some of that with…
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This is a new song that started as a guitar pick, then got some words. I finally recorded this. It has 3 parts. Nylon guitar, Electric and voice. This is part of the "human racing" series I am working on.
Matter is surprising
Not what…
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