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Matt:_Bass/Keys/Guitar/Vocals/Hand_Percussion
Mark_Dante_Troiano:_Vocals
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I wrote and recorded this song for RPM 2022.
It's about Covid.
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 17.
Now we're talking. I like this one a lot. My self criticism are valid, the melody in the verse is too la di da sing songy, and I shouldn't have used a Big Muff fuzz pedal on the rhythm tracks (too much bass…
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I can still taste the pain of how you made me feel
Your only concern was to break my will
Whatever doesn't kill makes you stronger than
My imagination's running how to get vengeance
But at the end of the day, I don't care anyways
You're…
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I know sometimes things just ain't right
Like oil and water we survive
Y'know I don't hate you
Maybe we're too much alike
Push and pull
We'll survive
We're not getting younger these days
And we're both sure and set in our ways
We fight…
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Broken things on my window sill
Remind me every day
Of my constant lean towards failure
Always getting in my way
Perpetual disappointment
I never follow through
Can't count on me for nothing
I'll only disappoint you
There's a war in…
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Rework/Remix of a pre-existing piece by Wendingo24.
The previous piece contained all the melodic drones and many of the noise and field recording layers.
I added additional sound layers and also concentrated on using a number of techniques for…
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RPM 2k22
sigh
waiting through the night
but you're not coming over
thought you were my lover
same
every night and day
every single moment
now you have to own it
sighing, the emptiness
the last caress, fading away
crying, the tears…
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This started out as a joke from a meme and then, well.....
Wilsun did his best imitation of Bruce Dickenson in the bridge
Dan Upton played the heavy guitars in the bridge and the solo you like
Time to self-assess
You still want to be so…
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A tale of two songs and a unicorn. The funky instrumental meets the jazzy bits and then Megan joins in on the singy bits.
I've spent years searching for the proper female singer for my songs. I've referred to it as my quest for a unicorn…
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Another song idea from a meme. Or, more accurately, a movement.
The term “Birds Aren’t Real” refers to biological “Birds” no longer existing on United States soil. After the government forcibly made the entire species extinct in the 20th century…
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I developed a strong obsession with the building blocks of pop songs and tried to craft one. Unfortunately, I wrote it in a key that was high enough that the combination of the rapid-fire words and the pitch nearly made me pass out while singing…
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Look, it's not a Letter Seventeen record if I don't end it with something like this. Plus, I spent way too much time playing with orchestral libraries all summer to not use them somewhere.
It started off so nice
A time for you and me
Taking…
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Snapper4298 and me go back a long time (more than 10 years! I couldn't believe it myself!)
Great collab partner!
This is another electronica piece, with a hint of chiptune (among other things).
Don't know why, the piano pat makes me think of…
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2022 RPM Challenge Song Number 12.
This one is okay, I guess. Nothing special. It has eight bars of three part harmony and I always feel good when I can pull that off. I'm not sure if it has what it takes to make the final RPM album, but…
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2022 RPM Challenge Song Number 11.
I'm torn over this one. I like the riffs, I like the groove, I like the melody, but I think I hate the lyrics more than I've hated any lyric I've written in a very, very long time.
This is what I get when…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number 10.
I currently have 10 songs finished and the running time for those 10 songs is 36:22. I could call it complete now and feel good about myself. I still have 10 more songs to mix though, and this one is heading…
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2022 RPM Challenge song number nine.
Simple. I like it. It started with me strumming over a drum loop and then developed quickly. I thought about leaving the bass and drums off, but wimped out. It's a little folkie, but not THAT folkie…
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While Carmen is supposed to be away for a couple month, Waldo decides he is going to try to gain some travel experience. He feels inadequate and like Carmen thinks less of him for it.
I can’t seem to figure out,
why I can’t measure up…
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Demo of track I’ve been working with on with Luis of Voltage Agony/Soil To Ash. Going to add a few more elements and make it a tighter mix then it’ll be a keeper for the next release.
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RPM Challenge song number seven.
Chug chug chug chug... was I trying to make a metal album? There are a couple of songs that sound like an old person trying to remember what metal songs feel like. Oh well.
Not much to say about this one…
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Song #6 for the 2022 RPM Challenge.
Guitarmonies AND a drum solo? Sure, why not?
This one is okay, I guess. Like most of the songs I am working on this month it's really short and kind of mediocre. Not bad, just not that good. Kind of…
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An endlessly-revolving, ever-changing face you show to the world.
Which facade will you wear today? Human, robot, or monster?
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Had written this a few years back. I liked the concept, but the music didn't seem to fit. I rewrote and added a little harp.
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2022 RPM Challenge song number five.
Meh.
Rhythm guitar in your right speaker is a Gibson SG. In the left as well as the lead is a Les Paul Standard. The amp for all tracks is a Fender Bassbreaker 15. Pedals for the rhythm tracks are…
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Wordle baffles so many, including me. A collaboration with some of my friends on wikiloops who provided the music to my poem....Enjoy, pretend you're in a smokey bar in the 50s....
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 13
Written Saturday 19th February 2022
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UPDATE: 8 Hours after posting I just spotted that I listened to and favourited a song called... um... "We're Done" by oldfolks2 - check it out…
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Not too happy with it, and I am not sure I would have even kept it except I kinda like The Bridge. Bad mic choices, but I didn't think it was worth going back to re-record everything
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Having trouble getting up from on…
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Demo #14 for FAWM ’22. I've officially hit the FAWM goal!
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This is a 42 minute track for sleeping or relaxing. It's a combination of 12 string guitar, mandolin, synthesizers, and even some Elven speech. Thank you for checking this out.
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Demo #13 for FAWM ’22. One hour scrimmage for the prompt "text, supertext, hypertext, megatext, ultratext"... which I interpreted as subtext.
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 11
Written Thursday 17th February 2022
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Feels like I'm on the last lap now. Only 3 more needed.
This one came from a suggestion from Mrs R this morning. I didn't quite fancy it, but…
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This is my true RPM challange. A collections of musical ideas strung out in 10 minutes
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 8
Written Monday 14th February 2022
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It's not entirely true. But it's CLOSE ENOUGH!
It was actually the 16th of February.
But we were corresponding by email on the 14th.
Then we…
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Everybody's looking for a savior
To tell them how to live before they die
As if they can't control their own behavior
Or trust what they can see with their own eyes
Mindlessly believing what you tell 'em
When everything you tell 'em is a…
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Some say, "It's the price you gotta pay"
Some say, "You gotta learn to walk away"
But I'm still standing in the light
And I won't go down without a fight
Some say, "True love is just a lie"
Some say, "You'll give it up before you die…
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I should've paid attention
When my buddy mentioned
The state of all the guys you'd left behind
You looked so young and wild
With that come-and-get-it smile
You'd taken over something in my mind
When we were together
I should've seen the…
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Some days I'm the preacher with my head up in a cloud
Some days I'm a gentleman who does my mama proud
But some days I'm the creature who just arrived from Mars
And some days I'm the futurist who drives electric cars
Some days I'm the…
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Well
I am finally learning how to use Logic Pro 10
its a challenge but its got mojo if your willing to sweat
the song is for my friend who is at an impasse with his loved one
HE has the grit to admit that some things just run…
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After the seance in "Voices From Beyond the Grave", our protagonist starts having bouts of sleep paralysis and wonders if this is just in their head or if it's the spirits and demons that are causing this.
RPM Challenge 2022
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 7
Written Saturday 12th February 2022
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This one was easy to write but hard work singing and recording.
I'm fairly certain this one is high on the list of "arrange me later" - I kept…
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The calluses from all this bass playing are coming along nicely! This is another RPM song (song 6) where I built the song from a little bass riff. The lyrics include some quotes and/or references - pick them out and win a prize (ha ha…
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This song a VERY rough draft of a song about a with depression. I wrote the lyrics a while ago, about ten years ago. Just now getting to the music. Loving that lead section!
Music & Lyrics by Ed Price Copyright 2021
Life of Grey
Unprepared…
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Playing with 0-coast, 0-ctrl and Strega. Eventide provides some spring reverb.
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022**
Song number 2
Written Monday 7th February 2022
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I wrote this one a couple of hours ago.
I set up for recording, and busted a string on the Martin... GAH!!!
I tried a big ole dreadnought thing…
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Song 5 for the RPM Challenge. Building tunes around an incessant bass line is oddly appealing to me. This is a bit of a dystopian song of sorts. Thanks to anyone who listens!
Take me to the river
and hold me under water
Bow down beside…
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Song 4 of my 2022 RPM challenge. A simple popish tune to add to the mix.
I never told you
what I wanted
no, it don’t feel right
the things you say
the things you do
well they hold me hold me
I never asked you
for anything
I…
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Can you hear me?
Can you see my screen?
I'm explaining
Exactly what I mean
There's an error on the next slide, and I hope that you will bear with me
15 minutes
Read it word-for-word
You'll be reading
Exactly what you heard
I will…
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Song 3 of RPM 2022. For the many tortured artists I've met with a bit of a dance spin to it. Most of my songs are unintentional and unplanned....they just happen. Thanks to anyone who's listening!! :)
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something of a logic and theme type song with a heartbeat --- made in matlab and put at freesound as a layer,,..
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Demo #1 for FAWM '22.
[VERSE]
I wasn’t looking for trouble,
Just a change of pace.
Something different that my mind could engage.
A shallow fragment of longing
For something different to feel
The novelty of the change it’s own appeal…
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Through the years I've known several men who were told by their wives to grab their two-pair of Levis and hit the road. I always wondered if that happened to me, what would I take, besides my two-pair of jeans?
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In 2014 I finished the RPM Challenge at the end of February and then did another album in a month in March... and in April... and so on for the rest of the year. This was from April (I think) and I was literally asking myself what the hell I…
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The sixth song taken from the 2016 RPM Challenge to be re-recorded in The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project. I swear that makes sense. Just trust me.
I have been saying that this round of Quarantine Tunes (the sixth and final round) is scraping…
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This is a song about a time I took too much drugs. It was an experience that has had a lasting impact on me.
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This was by far my favorite song from the 2021 RPM Challenge, but I was really disappointed with the recording. I thought the rhythm guitars sounded like crap and the vocals were terrible.
This version sort of fixes the rhythm guitars but…
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WIP, first jam of which I hope will become a track. Based on the 0-coast krell patch, but grown out of it. The randomness in the pitches is obviously gone, but the random note lengths are still there. More or less.
0-Coast: beeps and boops…
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This track is part of a weekly cycle of track making with the international music group Track Club, which uses the Endlesss platform to collaborate together.
This track was created using Endlesss and arranged and produced in Ableton Live. Contributions…
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Here is my contribution to the January 2022 Solo Songwriting Challenge offered by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters. The goal was to take an idea from another song without plagiarizing and incorporate it in a new way.
I chose a Public…
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String arrangement of the music from the XR NL fall 2021 Climate Rebellion video series. This is a slightly tweaked version of the background music used on the New Year’s video (https://vimeo.com/662578943).
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This song has been recorded twice so far. The original was part of the failed RPM Challenge in... 2011? It might have been 2010 but I'm 90% sure it was 2011. I redid it again a few years later when I was wrapping my brain around GarageBand…
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First one out of the chute for the new year.
A short dub, with processed kazoo!
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This is our January submission to the REM Challenge. The song came together very quickly.
Dan Will on Piano
David True on Bass
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Haven't done any Ambient work in a long time, so it kind of feels good to come back around and work on it.
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There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods
A barred owl called and I understood
Nocturnal presence flew silently by
I tried…
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The random wisdom of bar room philosophers, and the magic of sipping whiskey in a darkened room.
This is the December submission for the RPM - Record Every Month challenge
Recorded in December 2021
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A new Idea for Malignant Inception Song... again, nothing in stone rough draft - Added Bass and Keyboards! Added some panning and volume tweaks on 5/18
Added new BASS EQ and enhancement on 6-7
Added D Standard recording tracks to most parts…
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with Scott Price on gong, guitar and vocal
Lyrics by RD Flynn
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In recognition of the Winter Solstice our first submission to the 2022 RPM Challenge Record Every Month.
Keyboard Dan Will
Bass David True
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Another piece of the Rossi's Tide pieces that I am working on with Chris.
This Piano piece was presented to me, and I got overly inspired so I wrote to it immediately (out of order) LOL
Hands down one of the most fun and emotional leads I have…
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A straight ahead rock song in 5/4 time. I think this is an improvement over the first version, but not by a whole lot. I think it rocks a little harder, which was my main beef the first time around. It's fun to play, and it's not terrible to…
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Another song from this year's 50/90 given a second look. I don't know what to think about it. I haven't played it back to back with the first version, but except for preferring this one's slightly faster tempo I am not sure if it is better or…
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Everyday (Rock Remix)
“Everyday” written and recorded February 2021 for the 2021 RPM Challenge.
Re-recorded vocals and remixed December 2021.
Wilson Ng - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards.
Brian Wood - Vocals, Guitars.
Andy Samford - Guitars…
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Everyday (Trance Remix)
"Everyday" written and recorded February 2021 for the 2021 RPM Challenge.
Remixed December 2021.
*There are no vocals in this mix*
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I can't tell if this song is good or if I just like it because it's fun to jam over the ending.
This was one of my 50/90 gimmicks. I was planning on a bunch of songs with lyrics where each verse/chorus was a haiku. In the end I only did…
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My fear for this song is that it's more fun to play than it is to listen to. I'm not sure about this mix. I feel like I am getting way too cute here. I also wonder if what I really like about this song is the verse and everything else doesn…
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My gut is telling me that when I listen to this version of this song back to back with the one I did this summer I am going to prefer this one. That's kind of the goal for these re-recording projects I'm forcing on myself. Just make things a…
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I think this was the first song I worked on in the 2021 50/90 (one of the first ones at least) and it still might be my favorite. This is pretty comparable to the first recording from a few months ago. I think the vocals are probably worse here…
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I think this one may have lost something in the re-recording process. The mix feels sloppy and the performance seems... well... sloppy. I am going to need to listen to this and the first recording from over the summer back to back before I am…
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This track is almost entirely Isaac Sanz...
I’ve been doing what I like to call “small batch broadcasting” for years. Spontaneous or semi-planned radio shows - sometimes with guest DJs with an invite only audience that rarely tops a few dozen…
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I’ve been doing what I like to call “small batch broadcasting” for years. Spontaneous or semi-planned radio shows - sometimes with guest DJs with an invite only audience that rarely tops a few dozen listeners. This practice kind of escalated during…
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I've been doing what I like to call "small batch broadcasting" for years. Spontaneous or semi-planned radio shows - sometimes with guest DJs with an invite only audience that rarely tops a few dozen listeners. This practice kind of escalated during…
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If not for the tempo change at the end this would be bound for the trash heap. The verses suck. The chorus sucks. The bridge thingie is okay. The ending sucks. The only thing it has going for it is a tempo change.
Why the hell does GarageBand…
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Here's a new one that I did
All instruments and vocals by me
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When I was young I dreamed of big things
I was flying so high on eternity's wings
Refr: Live every moment as if it were your last…
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It's been a long absence from a regular daily practice of song writing. Covid and a major change in the family has distracted me for well over a year. Recently I've been lucky enough to drift back into old familiar things like wine soaked evenings…
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UnCaged: 33'4'' - it's a piece we've recently recorded for the French label, Camembert Électrique, to be released on a compilation called "Silence" in early December. It was John Cage whose 4'33'' cleverly demonstrated the near impossibility of…
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Another National Solo Album Month song that isn't so bad. I kinda dig the groove in the chorus. There is a B3 organ all the way through, mostly just doubling the guitars. Actually, the B3 came first so the guitars are doubling it, not the other…
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I added this silly little thing to the National Solo Album Month project as an after thought because I was worried I wasn't going to have enough music to qualify. I absolutely would have, but I am still glad I did this one. It's silly, it's…
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Find joy in your life, when you leave you leave only memories.
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Just a thing that I am Collaborating on with the vocalist of one of my projects (TKP) - His guitarist recently passed of suicide, and he wants me to help with his 5 stages of grief and the send-off of his best friend. This project is called Rossi…
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A tribute to the nostalgia of Christmas past and what seemed like simpler times when viewed through the lens of memory. Recorded November 2021.
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A bit of Heavy Rock to give you a headache
The tension is taught
the pressure it builds
The muscles are tight
The pain is unreal
The clot is released
Bouncing round my mind
Its a bullet loose
aimed at ending time
Stop this…
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Kim Noble: Lyrics, Vocals
Joe Breuer: Guitars
Philippe Pansard: Bass
Alex Zulaika: Drums
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Lyrics: Scott Villnuve
Lead Vocal: Kim Noble
Backup Vocals: Kim Noble & Susan Fidler
Guitars: Jorge Paulo
Saxophone: Tim Dobson
Bass: Jean Lui Toudou
Drums: Raul Rodriguez
Rest in peace, Raul - you music lives on!
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This is my first try with the OP-1. It's a poor attempt at doing some trip hop. It's pretty badly mixed, and there's a lot of information that won't make it through poor speakers
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The first song started and finished for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. They really need to come up with a better name for that thing.
So there are keyboards in this one. Like... all the way through. What's up with that? Well, I wasn…
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Welcome to the fifth round of Quarantine Tunes. Volume five is now Volume 50/90 as it's going to be made up entirely of songs from the 2021 50/90 challenge. I'm looking at 10 but might cut it down to eight or nine. I haven't really decided…
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An old song I wrote in 2005, but worked it this time with soft blues.
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Written by Colleen Dillon, Mark Lofgren & Greg Connor around the Minnesota Coffee Table in less than 3 hours.
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Chorus
Cleave me from my foibles
My heart is torn in two
I can’t go forward
And I can’t…
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Happy Halloween - Orphans cover Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Chris - drums, bass, vocals, percussion
John - B3, Electric Piano, Synth
TB - Guitars, synth, Percussion
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My father loved to play his jazz records
I used to love to share that with my pops
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