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I wake up when my body tells me to
The dogs’ll tell me what they want to do
I wonder how my friends are doing today
I wonder if they’ll come on out and play
I run outside…
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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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Before the War
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Do you remember
Those carefree years right before the war
God, we were so so sure
it would always stay this way
Do you remember
sweat from the ceiling and from the walls
we didn't have a care…
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The Echochamber
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I'm not
what you see
in me
your enemy
I don't want to be
I don't want to be
words lost their meaning
I cannot reach you anymore
you're stuck and
now we can't even talk
repeat…
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So, my 2020 started with losing Bandit.
THE LAST LONG WALK
You woke me up at 4AM this morning
And told me that you had to see the sights
I'd read all the signs and heard the warnings
I couldn't put you through another night
So we walked…
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An experiment by singing randomly on top of a drum sample.
Eventually became a full track called Contractual Bond: https://open.spotify.com/track/0OVkVoqsoSV4lgY74e1vID?si=WYPr0a7nSDKJlPz7Z7myFw
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I’ve put out a call for lyrics for me to add music / turn into a song.
My college buddy Myron Porter responded and here's the result. If you're interested, the original demo I recorded using my phone is at https://alonetone.com/tilden/tracks…
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Malamu (Refix) is the title given to the song by super gifted genius who is known all over as Jaywon on stage.
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I've put out a call for lyrics for me to add music / turn into a song. My college buddy Myron responded and this is the demo I recorded using my phone.
I'm working on a full production (backing tracks recorded, still need to record guitar solo…
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Pick it up first thing in the morning
Looking down when the day is dawning
Takin it along from room to room
Bright icons on a tiny screen
Means more to you than me
I’m hoping you notice pretty soon
It’s clear, and I fear
It’s understandable…
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Written using a mix of Virtual and Analog instrumentation.
Arranged, Sequenced and Looped within Ableton Live.
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A song about how it feels to leave 2020 and start 2021.
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slippery, slidey on slick surfaces
Track 5 of my RPM Challenge EP.
made using a custom cobalt8m patches
sequenced and mixed on Synthstrom Deluge
using Boards of Deluge 4 & 2
overdubbed with a cobalt8m solo using Audacity
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Too much to tell. It took a long time to write and record. As the album title suggests, others throw in "everything but the kitchen sink" and I added that ingredient as well.
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When my kids were babies, my Dad always used to hum a little tune when he was carrying them and trying to settle them down... it's the sweetest, lilting sound, I've hummed it all my life, always thinking of my Dad when it was in my head. I've…
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This is for the Movie Title Challenge - I was randomly assigned Whip It. Of course the first thing I thought of was Devo (love that track). Not familiar with this film and only briefly looked up the plot, which this lyric has nothing to do with…
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Darkness, drums, gritty bass sounds, creepy voices.
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Originally two separate mono tracks of the beginning to Beethoven's 9th symphony (conducted by Felix Weingartner if anyone cares). Each was subjected to different processing effects and then combined. Submitted to Sound-In for 28/1 - 3/2/2021.
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Danceable jam using some Commodore-inspired sounds.
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high quality sounds here---
https://soundcloud.com/h92o/sets/audio-bus-fx-1-2-3
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song also known as 'an ode to 2020' lol... (unfortunate that my 20's coincides w/ the 20's because... well.. they've not gotten off to a good start now have they lol...)
lyrics:
got this feeling the world's got it in for me
it's just my…
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My attempt at this super fun sea shanty!
This is an old New Zealand whaling song. The popular recent version was recorded a cappella by The Longest Johns. I'm using the chords suggested by Piotrek_G on ultimate-guitar.
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This is the Guardian Angel prayer that many Catholic children learn. I put it to music thinking about my grandchildren, especially little Declan who was having trouble sleeping at night.
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Angel of God, my…
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They say Mercs/Nerds of Sound or what was it Cinematic? I was think of a few movies while making this.
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The journey of a thousands miles start in a day. Festus Oluwatimileyin Ayofe Alias Knows As (Timmy Qush) Featuring Abayok the beatkiller on this one, Dance Dance Dance and forget your sorrows.
Produced By KingzyOnTheBeatYeh
Mixed And Mastered…
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Another collab for the Box of Frogs album coming soon.........
Men in Trousers
Watch out cause they are everywhere
Their are watching you right now
Their trying to figure out
the where the what and the how
Just how can they open your…
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Time has a way of passing by
In the blink of an eye
And once in awhile it moves in slow motion
So here we are, our special day
On our magic highway
Let's give our love some more devotion
25 Years and we're just gettin' started
25 Years…
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SDCompo round 93
Funny thing about this tune is the first draft was an entirely different animal. This version formed toward the end of the round and came together in 5 days.
This one actually placed first.
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Once upon a time there was an online music competition called the Soundevotion Compo or SDC for short. It was more my thing because each round was a month long instead of the more typical week long, day long, or even one or two hour long compos…
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This is the 31st, and final, track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. I've typed that so many times, but now is the final time.
This song is the culmination of all the previous songs. It's less…
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This is the 30th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. (One more to go!)
30EDO has 5EDO as a subset, so the first thing I did is create 5EDO. Then, what I did was move a few of the notes up…
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This is the 29th track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31. (Two days to go!)
Upon starting this, I didn't really know what to do. So, I played around a bit and found that if I used two different…
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This is the 27th song in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 27.
In this song I used a scale which I have dubbed the "Adventure Scale", which has the scale degrees: 0 5 10 11 16 21 22 26 27. It is a really interesting…
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This is 26th song in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
When I started I didn't really know what to do with this. So, I experimented with a few different scales and things, and I found one I liked. The scale…
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This is the 25th track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, according to xen.wiki 25EDO has a good blackwood scale. The problem being, I could not find the scale degrees to it. So, in this…
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This is the 24th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
24EDO is also known as the quarter-tone tuning, as it is the normal 12 notes in western european music, however we split the half…
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This is the 23rd track in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
I didn't really know what to do with this track when I started. Like the last track, I went to xen.wiki and went through MOS scales until I found…
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This is the 22nd track in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 22edo has some nice properties, having really good just intervals. However, it also has a lot of MOS scales listed on the xen…
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This is the 21st song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, when I began composing this, I didn't really know what to do. I then went to read the xen.wiki page, and 21EDO can be interpreted…
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This is the 20th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 20EDO is an interesting tuning. It's effectively the quarter tone equivalent of 10EDO. In this track, I found 3 chords that you…
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This is the 19th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31, sequentially.
This song is probably one of the less interesting songs in this album, except maybe the harmony. Hell, it's even…
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This is the 18th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in ever EDO from 1 to 31.
18EDO has a bit of a reputation for being a bit shit. It has practically 0 good intervals, and as such western harmony doesn't work…
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This is the 17th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
17EDO is a really good system, and it approximates most intervals good. Here I used the MOS 3L4s scale, which has a bit of a neutral…
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This is the 16th song in my album, Edolian, where I sequentially make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 16edo can sound really good if you use it right. It has some good intervals, but also some bad ones. If you just avoid the bad…
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This is the 15th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
15EDO has some very good harmonic features, but most importantly melodies in 15EDO sound really good. It's also pretty easy to use…
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This is the 14th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31
So, as mentioned in the description of the previous track, 14edo is probably my favorite EDO. It doesn't sound dissonant, but it doesn…
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This is the 13th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 13edo is a very... interesting sound. It has barely any perfect intervals, and the most consonant interval I could find is the…
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This is the 12th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31
So, this is probably one of the only songs in typical western tuning that I'll post on this account. This song is a full band arrangement…
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This is the 11th track in my album, Edolian, where I make a song in every EDO from 1 to 31, incrementally.
So, 11edo, the EDO known for being extremely dissonant. The beginning of this song is actually dissonant, with chromatic steps…
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This is the 10th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from 1 to 31 EDO.
So, last time I said that I might switch between the two pentatonic scales in 10EDO as what I was gonna do for this, but I tried that and it sounded…
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This is the 9th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from 1 to 31 EDO.
So, this song is interesting. I used every note from 9EDO in this piece, and I kind of wanted a more jazz-esque vibe in this. While it isn't the exact…
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This is the 8th track in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go from every EDO from 1 to 31.
So, 8edo is relatively interesting. It's basically twice 4edo, however it sounds a lot different (if used in the way I used it, at least…
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This is the 7th song in my album, Edolian, where I incrementally go through every EDO from 1 to 31.
As stated in the description of the previous song, I really like 7EDO, as it's a subset of my favorite tuning, 14EDO. 7EDO is basically…
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This is the 6th track in my album, Edolian, which is an album where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.
This song is made in 6EDO (as the title implies) which is more commonly known by it's other name, the whole-tone scale…
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This is the 5th track in my album, Edolian, where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.
So, this track is in 5edo (finally not a subset of 12edo), and I really like how it turned out. 5edo is cool in that you can only really…
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This is the 4th track in my album, Edolian, where I go through every EDO from 1 to 31 incrementally.So, this is probably the second song in this album I am actually happy with (first one being Cohesion.) This track is effectively only using the…
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This is the third song in a series, where every day I make a song in the next EDO, incrementally.
So, this one sounds a lot better than the last one; As I now have two mediocre intervals, instead of one bad one. This is the beginning of some…
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Day 2 of making a song in every edo from 1 to 31.
Only tritones and octaves. Yeah this track does not sound very great. It is as dissonant as physically possible. I think the best way to describe this track is "hell audoized." This is the…
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Yeah, this song is a bit of a joke. Mostly the reason this exists is that I'm starting a new album, Edolian, where every successive track I go up 1 edo, up until 31edo. There's not much to talk about in this track, it's basically just octaves…
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Uploading something to get montgomeru off my back....
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FULL MIXTAPE -FRESHA BEATS CATTLE LICK (LAKESHA L. WMS.
all rights reserved to fresha beats productions except bitch ass beat belongs to internet producer 2019
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BEAT BELONGS TO TEXAS PRODUCER
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John (February 21, 1911 – September 30, 2055) was an American pretzel salesman. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated pretzel, "Double Garlic…
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Brief test of multi-track clarinet. No effects. Submitted to Sound-In for 19/11 - 2/12/2020.
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Recorded live to 4-track cassette, then live mixed to digital. Condenser mic -> V-Amp 2 (output 1) -> Lexicon LXP-5 -> Yamaha MT4X
" ( " 2) -> EHX Stereo Memory Man -> Zoom RFX-300 Yamaha MT4X
Tin whistles…
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no where to run
no starting gun
no near no far
no beating heart
home from work, i feel the same
roll(in) over –– reading all the work out plans
what could summon out my rage
easy does it with those god damn magazines
no high-way…
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word is out I ain’t talking no more
word is out I won’t be there for sure…
the photo is supreme, tells me what i need to see
suddenly i can see what’s in store
word is out and I walk through the door
what lies ahead why did i bring a…
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do I wait?
walk away
in the rain?
another idea
stay, hesitate, remain
harmless
start to fade
telephone the number and be right
altered state
harmless
by Sudara Williams & Ben Montgomery
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what’s the reason?
lights flash at me when I’m walking
home from my work in the night
what do I tell them?
they never could teach me the notion
the notion that everything’s fine
makes no difference
makes no difference
where did…
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Track 2 of 4, from Uncle Woe’s sophomore LP, Phantomescence
Released 23/10/2020
© 2020 Packard Black Productions
All Rights Reserved
Written by Rain Fice
Performed and recorded by Rain Fice and Nicholas Wowk, April to July, 2020.
Artwork…
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There is a devotion called The Flame Of Love through a Catholic mystic, Elizabeth Kindelmann. This is one of the prayers she received from Our Lord and i just recently set it to music. The words are below:
The Prayer of Jesus
(The…
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From the 2019 RPM Challenge LP “Lacking The Good Sense To Overcome”
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From the 2020 RPM Challenge LP "Different Strings"
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(Remastered 22/10/2021)
So I got me a new geetar the other week.
Named her Lala, obviously. Seemed kind of appropriate - she wears a faded gold dress and is full of chunes and mischiefs.
This is our first effort together. It was meant…
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Tenor sax picked up by contact mics attached to oven grilles. Submitted to Sound-In for Oct. 29 - Nov. 5/2020.
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This one isn't polyrhythms, but it wants to be. I actually took a four beat phrase and occasionally had one guitar shuffle it so beat one from guitar #1 is beat two for guitar #2. Simple. Outside of that, there's nothing all that special going…
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A simple little guitar/drum loop that is just an excuse to layer big fuzzy guitar parts in harmony. I added quite a bit of soup onto the harmonies too, and put some backward vocals... just for trippy fun.
The cleanish guitar is a Gibson ES…
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Track written for a music production class with Andrew Huang on learnmonthly.com.
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A friend asked me,
"Don't you have any happy songs?"
So I wrote one!
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY capo @ 3
C F C
If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe
C…
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The Story of Exodus from Egypt right down to the Red-Sea where the Hebrews crossed into the mount of Sinai.
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Well... I have a feeling that many of us may wish for a 2020 do-over. So here's a simple song to make that wish for us all!
Oh Mulligan
I wake up every morning
My jaw is clenched so tight
Even in my dreams it’s a battle
Who’s wrong and…
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Last skirmish of this years 50/90. Great prompt: "Wonder"
A1:
The days
The Days of Wonder
Are they gone
Gone forever
It makes me sad
I thought I'd never
I'd hoped my hard-nosed nature was a fad
With blinders on
Can't see the beauty…
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Song #50!! Another part of the super-skirmish weekend. Prompt was to use 5 of 10 randomly generated words. I used: cowgirl, alaska, fools, madness, top, taco
V1:
Drivin' down Main I noticed her license plate
Man, she was a long, long…
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Another superskirmish, prompt: "Hideaway".
V1:
Sometimes
I find myself at odds
With everything about this world
I wanna shout up to the Gods
And that's when
I know I need a break
A quiet place to settle in
For everybody's sake…
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Another superskirmish 1-hr write. I hosted this one, the prompt: "October Sunshine" - had know idea which direction I'd take.
V1:
The leaves started changing
Beautiful red and green and yellow
It was a crisp early morning
I didn't think…
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Next superskirmish, 1-hr write - prompt: "Unexpected (Something you didn't anticipate, whether a Positive surprise (a wonderful occurrence/event) or a Negative one (a challenge/obstacle/disappointment)" So of course the subject of aging was…
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Superskirmish L - one hour write (except I went over by 15 minutes) - prompt: "The Road Ahead"
A1:
I Can't See the Road Ahead
We're in the kind of storm I dread
Driving slower so I might find
A speed where I won't feel so blind
This feeling…
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Another skirmish - the prompt was "Cats (or other pets)". Great prompt and I had some fun with this one. Pets are a big part of our lives so here's a little taste of what it's like at the Gordon house.
V1:
A long line of dogs and cats have…
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First one-hr skirmish of this weekend's Super Skirmish - prompt: Beginnings
V1:
Better get going
You may hear yourself say
You may feel like you're rowing
In the opposite way
Well I know that feeling
Like there's nowhere to go
You…
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I've been designing patches for my Prophet 6 the last couple weeks. I'm hand-playing a handful of them here...
The quote is [björk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixrSzIa264)
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I'm learning that I write better lyrics to a prompt or title. This title came from the FawmMuse title generator. For many years I felt lost and wrongly-directed creatively - its only been the last 3-4 years that I've begun to find myself in…
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But the Sun
I close the curtains
To shut out the darkness
I shut the window
To keep out the cold
But the Sun is shining
Somewhere, I know.
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
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Week 10 challenge - Place Name. I lived in LIC for about 4 of the 10 years that I lived in NYC. While mostly not a true story, I do love Long Island City - it's very close to Manhattan and has a distinct and individual charm. For those who…
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September 20 - 2 hr. Sunday skirmish. Prompt - "sleep" - got this in in just over 2 hours.
V1:
Sometimes when I wake
I have an uneasy feeling
Like a leafy yard that needs a rake
What am I not revealing
There must be something going…
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September 17 - Wanted to try another song in AABA form, since I ended up liking my song from last Sunday's skirmish. This ended up being Part 2 because about three-quarters of the way through the song I had another idea and almost scrapped this…
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September 13 - Sunday skirmish, prompt - Autumn. Had to start late but glad I was able to participate. AABA form, a song about getting older.
V1:
Autumn's Here for Me
And even though I'm getting older
There's still much more to see
Clear…
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September 12 - This could be that inner voice that might prevent someone from expressing themselves creatively, or from pursuing any other goal that might cause fear or resistance. Partially inspired by the Stephen Pressfield book "The War of…
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September 10 - Feeling like the well is running dry lyrically (I know that's not true and is really fear, doubt, and resistance). Grabbed this title from the FAWM Muse site and told myself "write!"
VERSE:
The tall grass is blowing
As I ride…
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September 7 - At first glance I had some musical ideas in mind, so really glad that Cindy's lyric was available for a collab. My aim was to keep it in the pop/rock vein but with a nod to African rhythms/sounds.
Cindy's original note to her…
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September 6 - Sunday skirmish, one hour to write a song from the prompt, which for today was "Bright Star."
VERSE:
Refusal to engage
In the nonsense
That puts me in a rage
Sometimes
You remain above the fray
You may hear an insult…
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September 3 - I'm pretty self-critical like I'm sure a lot of us are - I actually like this one. One of my favorites for this 50/90.
VERSE:
Looking out the window
The narrow street below
The sounds of the city calling
I know where I'd…
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September 1 - When I was first reading Liz's lyric a few days ago I was immediately hearing something, so happy it was available for a collab.
Lyric by Liz Petty
V1
speak to me
with your body
speak to me
without words
let me know
your…
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August 30 - Sunday skirmish, prompt is "Conversation" - joined late because we took a trip to visit my Aunt today, and interestingly our little day trip ended up being perfect as a jumping off point for my lyric.
VERSE:
A perfect late-summer…
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August 28 - An intentionally ambiguous lyric that's not meant to say anything necessarily about the pandemic .... or maybe it could?
VERSE:
He was walkin' up downtown
Through the heart of the city
The streets were gettin' crowded again…
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August 26 - This title came up on the Fawm Muse, and this is what came from that. Follow your dreams and don't let anyone try to quash them.
VERSE:
It’s easy to succumb
To the rat race we all run
It can make your mind feel numb
And steal…
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August 23 - Sunday skirmish - prompt: "Self-Portrait" - had the song in an hour, took 20 extra minutes to finish the demo, guitar recorded a bit hot, but no time to fix.
VERSE:
It can be hard at times
To be a human being
Many hills to climb…
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August 22 - Was reading the statistic about how few U.S. citizens make the effort to vote. It's surprising to me, but I do understand how some feel that it doesn't matter. I disagree.
VERSE:
It's dark outside
Foul winds are blowing
There…
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August 20 - Wrote the lyric to the prompt "Just Out of Reach," though I've experienced this when I was younger and even sometimes today, I was thinking a lot about one of my best friends who has never married or had a long-term relationship…
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August 18 - Working on learning to improve my skills with midi and VST instruments, still much to get a handle on.
VERSE:
It's time to step over
The line that we've drawn in our minds
The heat we expel
From our anger and fear is a sign…
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Sunday 8/16 skirmish, prompt: "I Don't Care."
VERSE:
Sittin' down to write again
Though my mind is wandering aimlessly
Drawin' a blank like I often do
I'll just sit here patiently
'Till a spark of a story wakens
And I start to come…
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August 14
VERSE:
The minutes pass
As do the lives we've planted
And it's easy to take
Too much for granted
We plow ahead
Beliefs get slanted
Do we really have time for that
CHORUS:
Its' a Borrowed World
We're not here very long…
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August 11 - A world beat/rock song.
When I don't know who's side you're on
Oh, It hurts, I really need you
But if I must go it alone
I will, if I have to
The strength of moving together
The love that binds us effortlessly
We Are Stronger…
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August 9 - 1-hour skirmish (I cheated a bit and ended up taking 1.5 hrs., but I did have the song in the hour). Prompt: "I'm so ...." Tossed around a few ideas then this came. Used the fabulous internet to help me come up with 1964-ish ideas…
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August 9 - This is a song about stepping out of your comfort zone. So I tried doing that musically as well.
Lyric:
There's an Unseen World
Yes an Unseen World
And it's waiting
Right outside
The door to your mind
Yes it's waiting
Right…
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August 6 - Well this is a tome and rather wordy compared to most of my lyrics. I do so much in verse/chorus form, wanted to try something different, so this is in AABA form. Had the musical idea for the A section and then as I've had the current…
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August 4 - Week 4 challenge: Fire. My mind went to several fiery relationships that I've experienced in my lifetime. And out here on the prairie late summer wildfires are a normal thing.
VERSE:
Driving down that highway
Smell the smoke in…
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July 31 - Started out as "Invisible Things" (from the Poe quote "invisible things are the only reality" - maybe that's another song), turned into "Invisible Words" which I know a lot about as an introvert. I often prefer to stay silent, but there…
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July 28 - My lifelong struggle with resistance to completing creative work has me where I am today, finally overcoming. I had this track with another set of lyrics that just didn't fit, then another, and then this came. I think it works better…
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