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This isn't the best song I've ever written. I think that one is on the Quarantine Tunes Volume 1 playlist. No, it's not the best but... I'm pretty sure it's my favorite song I've ever written. Not because of the quality of the song, but because…
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This was the last song I came up with for this year's National Solo Album Month and I think I'm going out on a good note. Sure it uses the cliche of switching between major (G) and the relative minor (Eminor) a lot in the chorus, but it works…
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On the scale from crap to hit single, this one probably lands somewhere around B-side. I like the chorus, I like the bridge, I don't like the verse which sucks since I used it three times. Oh well.
From a production inside-baseball standpoint…
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I recorded the Gibson straight with the SE Magneto condenser mic into the Scarlet and then vocal on seperate track you may hear the bloody dryer in the background if you listen carefully but this one had to be done there and then or i'd forget…
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Two tracks recorded with my bohlen-pierce travel guitar in cubasis on an ipad using Zoom UAC-2 interface and ammooon wireless set. Reverb is cubasis default.
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Martin D 18 AT 2020 Marshall M G 15 cd Ammoon Shaker
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'seduction' - soundtrack of my video-clip at vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/481151695
get a look and listening, please!
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National Solo Album Month continues with another ho-hum rock song with an overly drawn out ending. I almost like the chorus. Actually, I almost like the whole song. It's just kinda... there. The ending was supposed to be a one bar phrase repeated…
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Songs with long, drawn out endings that don't quite relate to the rest of the song is kinda of a theme this month. This one fits that bill. It's nothing special. I'm not sure if I like it or not. It's going on the NaSoAlMo album, but if I…
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A brighter tune, for sunny Saturday afternoons.
Lyrics:
It's a Saturday afternoon
Got better things to do
But it's a Saturday afternoon
And I'm thinking about you
Autumn's in the air
Crisp breeze, open windows
It's a sunny afternoon…
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I was visiting my mother's grave in the rural town where I went to high school. While strolling through the cemetery I came across Deana's headstone. She passed on during her first year in high school, if memory serves. Sometimes the good really…
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oil can guitar, AMIGA1200 / kawol samarqandi
recorded and edited by kawol at 432den
November 11, 2020
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a mash for sound-in this week-
putting Benjamin Smith and Paul H. Muller together :)
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From egg to fire breathing destruction in under 4 minutes!!!!!!
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Some in this lockdown are hurting more than others...this one is for them
I get down on my knees to pray but I fear nobody hears
I get down on my knees to pray but I fear nobody hears
I just got an email from my company, telling me, there…
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There's beauty in mistakes and phone recordings
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JUST LIKE ME - Capo 1 in G
G C G
How many people, each day, do you see
D G
You think to yourself, “Hey…
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Running backwards, walking on a loop. Time is a flat circle of mazes.
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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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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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blinded by my enumerated
desire to fall and fade
back in the night, dime operated
searching for far off trains
blinded by my misunderstanding
the turtle boat comes, i’m stuck on the landing
i open my eyes, in my mind i’m the window…
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i don't wanna get out of here, and it’s crystal clear
if I can’t learn from my old mistakes, it’s a sign
face, i’m never gonna face the day,
I’ve always been raced away
i don’t know what is required
stare out through terminal wires
see…
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Well I'm always searching for different sounds to add to my songs, hopefully I've have here. Mind you, learning to play Violins, Violas and Cellos took a bit of
work .... He He He ......
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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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Happy Halloween. Or should I say, Happy Covid-ween. Har Har.
Another song from 2007's failed RPM Challenge that wasn't finished until 2011. This was also on my short list of songs to re-record when I first thought of this whole silly project…
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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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I think I need to take a day off. My ears are turning to mush. I really struggled mixing this and I can't even tell if it's worth keeping or not.
This song was written during my first attempt at doing anything in GarageBand. Prior August…
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Reg went raving last night to an illeagal rave he got fed up with lockdown and thought fuck it ....and he met a girl.....
I can't tell you how to feel it
You know you got it wrong now baby, you got to get it right
Your all mixed up deep…
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Now that the October album in a month thingie is finished I can get back to the better (not necessarily good) stuff. The Quarantine Tunes, volume 2.
This song is wicked old. I wrote it for the 2020 RPM Challenge, all of nine months ago…
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This one's a turd. It's only here because I'm doing an RPM Challenge rules album in a month and I need 10 songs. This is #10.
I'm willing to forget this happened if you are. Sound good?
Thanks
your voice will be heard
its all so absurd…
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Ok, believe or not, inspired by a Zoom meeting ...... I'm saying no more ........
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This is probably the simplest thing I've ever done in my entire life. An eight bar drums/bass loop, a little three part harmony on guitar, a little three part harmony vocals, a little more three part harmony on guitar, and that's it. I think…
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I set this prayer to music after recently watching a video of Dr. Scott Hahn introducing and praying the St. Joseph Rosary.
This is the prayer (which I did not compose myself)
Hail Joseph, Son of David, do not fear
Jesus will save his…
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I've done an RPM Challenge style album in a month (10 song or 35 minutes) every month in 2020 (except January). I told myself I was going to take October off and just work on re-recording old songs. That plan didn't last long and eventually…
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JOHNNY BROKE AN AXLE 110220
I got revved up on blueberry donut holes
and cranked this one out...
Johnny broke an axle
Broke it like a pencil
Oh, no.
We need an ambulance at turn three.
Johnny broke an axle
Broke it like a pencil…
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I really wish I could sing.
This one was written for the 2014 50/90. I remember it clearly. I set up with the intention of working on something else but plugged in my guitar and played this without thinking about it. Well, I guess I was…
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Here's something different, been playing around with soul and gospel vocals....something to add to the Paul Matthews Band Experiment playlist!
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Not sure about this one.
This was written as part of the 2012 RPM Challenge. I had tried RPM five times prior to 2012 and had failed miserably every time. About a week into February that year I had actually decided to call RPM quits in general…
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No bells or whistles on this, just one take. Any good ? Well it's out there now.
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So, what do you think... could it use more wah-wah?
This was written for the 2014 RPM Challenge. The chromatic thing at the beginning had been rattling around in my head for years and years but had never found a home.
The lyrics here…
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The first song completed for the second round of re-recorded Quarantine Tunes. This one was written on the last day of the 2016 RPM Challenge. I had written a bunch of songs saying that people who think the Earth is flat are somehow defective…
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A silly, sort of dreamlike / lullaby-ish tune, about weird travels on a bubble-gum balloon.
Lyrics:
See one time I was chewing bubble gum and it was mighty fine
I blew a bubble so big it took me up into the sky
So this is the story of where…
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So, this is completely different!! In a homage to my favourite place to watch live music in the land...Ronnie Scotts....I have put together a groovin' jazz instrumental piece with a 'live' feel....!! Not really fusion as such, but added to the…
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Piano & Vocal Thanks for listening ….
The owl and the Pussy cat
If I was a pussy cat
I’d sail of to sea
I’d try and find that place where I really want to be
I’d find a little island out there in the sea
I’d sit on my rock and watch…
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Some blues/boogie fun.
Ain’t no fun
It's a well known fact
When you’re with the wrong woman
And caught in the act
Sworn to secrecy
We even made a pact
But didn’t matter
We were caught in the act
Been watched and followed
Traced…
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Found an old, old one from the vaults ....... I wanted to do a sort of call and response ..... Where was Aretha when I needed her .......
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Oh baby let me take you
To that screen-saver dawn
To Hallmark scenes
On a snowy winter’s morn
You can’t do this on your own
You can’t do this on your own
Oh baby let me take you.
Oh baby let me take you
Out to the windy cliff
Where…
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Engine stalling
Redwood falling
Babies bawling
Sheriff come calling
Another child missing
Black snake hissing
Radio squawking
Searchers walking
Media stalking
Everybody talking
Mother in ruins
What’s black snake doing?
Fox in the…
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Another collab with Paul Chapman (Chaperzee) from the other side .....
Nothing here
Is this all you had to say
When you talked to me today
I can’t see the games you play
Is it that you with your minds astray
I stand here in dismay…
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Sort of a Celtic haunt improvisation on mountain dulcimer. Created for Sound-In Harvest Moon Oct 3-4, 2020
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Recorded september 20th
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Hans Nooitgedagt Sr - lead guitar
Erwin B - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar & mix
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Everytime I turn on the radio
All I hear is just this crap
I…
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Gone north to the homestead for a while.
" That old air liner bit that landing site like an orphan headed home"
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the story of the woodbury red tape fire pit mixtape would have to wait, she thought to herself
the municipality of woodbury itself not being confined to businesspeople or salarymen considering themselves to be sharks; how to build a business…
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Heavily processed dulcimer shadowing a bit of a koto.
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From a series of continuous improvs night before last on new explorations with the mountain dulcimer.
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There was an album by a Los Angeles singer/songwriter named Judee Sill that came into KINK-FM back in 1971.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/obituaries/judee-sill-overlooked.html
MISSING JUDY - Capo 2
Stepping down from C
C B…
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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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Messing around again with the HB 12 string and came up with a backer so i got Elvis of the settee and pushed him to sing for his supper....man can that man eat toasted peanut butter sandwiches ....4 tracks of guitar drums on M-audio Keyboard…
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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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Listening to Boris today will do it to you ...... Thanks for listening
Talking Head (Am7 Am/D D7 sus4 F C Gm DM Cm Am F C G F C Gm )
Your just a talking head to me
I see your lips move but I don’t hear what you say
Tomorrow is just…
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Some straight-up tenor sax, starting off somewhat tuneful but eventually wandering, as tends to happen.
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A recording from aug 23
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Bingsolex - lead guitar
Erwin B - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar, keys & mix
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I don't take no for an answer
I want to know what…
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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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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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July 10 - Skirmish. Got this in right on the hour, had the lyric and basic melody in 30 minutes. Takes me the rest of the time to get a decent take. Fun but nerve-wracking at the end!
VERSE:
The smoke slowly rises
The prairie wakes at dawn…
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July 6 - Used a prompt from another writing challege - the 5 in 5 Song Challenge, July 2020. I used 5 of the suggested words: Forgive, Wooden, Coast, Hands, Looking
Lyric:
VERSE:
The wooden figure in the corner quietly
Like an old friend…
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This was just a twisted and warped little extra I threw on to "The Dark Side of the Moo." Another remix because the original was not the greatest.
Some people will sit down at a piano and duet on "Heart and Soul." In our high school and college…
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Song inspired in a dream.
I woke up one morning,
And this bat was flying around my bed,
I followed him to the living room
And he was hanging upside down under the stairs,
And just before I grabbed him
He began to sing,
He sounded something…
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My wife used to have a Paint horse named Dandee. When I originally recorded the song, we both said it gave us a picture in our heads of Dandee running along a beach.
Originally recorded in February, 2019 for the RPM Challenge album, "The Dark…
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I did this collab with a chap Stephen Moore on songrafters he did most of the hard work playing and mixing i just donated the lyrics and vocal Thanks fors listening....
Courage is coming with the wind
The dead serenade but no one is listening…
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(I Almost Washed the ) DISHES
I almost washed the dishes
I almost ran the water
Maybe tomorrow
Maybe Saturday
What does it matter to me
I almost washed the dishes..
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
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FUNKY HEART PROBLEMS w/Hardlock
To all those with the same problem something to smile about .......
Funky Heart Problems
Eggs sausages bacon and beans that’s all I think of eating
That’s all want to eat but I can’t with this diet that I…
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Originally recorded for my 2019 RPM Challenge album, "The Dark Side of the Moo." This is how I cry musically.
I added some verbs, an additional minor organ line, tweaked the bass, and remixed it on 09.05.20.
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I was going to do another instrumental but heard a song at the start so changed direction and came up with this one...
Another day comes
Yesterdays youth seem miles away
As age creeps on day after day
Life isn’t what it used to be
And no…
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Too much fast living and this is where you end up........an instrumental for a fest on the otherside
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It's Lonely on the Moon ©2020 words and music Jeff Cole
A nostalgic memory of youth in the 70's suburban bliss.
Swimming in our giant pool
made of aluminum.
to be that cool
to know again
You'll never see a bluer sky
or smell a greener…
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"Treasure" is an alt rock song that i wrote.
Lyrics:
Dig it out
Leave it in
Seven inches underground
In the shade of crooked tree
I can't stand another night
Wrap it up in plain white
Lift me up then bring me down
I like having you…
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Well i had lost my mojo and was trying to find it this afternoon and came up with this.....trying to play beyound my ability as always but hey I'm Trying!! Thanks for listening.
What are you trying to prove
You’d set your hair on fire just…
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hey .... Cheer up and play some ABBA tunes
Greg Connor Steve Krell Guitars
Off the cuff vocal. slkrell
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This is for my MT Bottles, it's a bit naff , ( British slang ) but I love it.
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Last weekend we did this oldie
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Erwin B - bass, recording
Bingsolex - lead guitar
KC - vocals, guitar, keys & mix
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Saturday nightlife, hot and swell
In the lower…
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Here is my contribution to the Minnesota Association of Songwriters challenge: Write a song titled "Mississippi Moon" and use this chord progression somewhere in the song (adjust for the Key you are in) "C, G, Am, C, Dm"
You will find D…
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FIREFLIES. capo @ 2
F walk down
We (C) spoke of them as (C/B) sweethearts
There (Am) in the Southern (F) sky
(C) Saturn, just a (G) twinkle, bold (F) Jupiter near (G) by
I (Am) guess we didn't (Am/G) notice
as they (Am/F)drifted a…
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Here's the band version of this song
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Bingsolex - lead guitar
Erwin b - bass, recording
KC - guitar, vocals & mix
The moon comes up
The sun goes down
The circle of life
Going 'round and 'round
Living…
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What’s on your mind
Are you losing confidence
Someone’s been unkind
And caring becomes a consequence
Look for a reason to smile
The Sun will shine your way
Look for a reason to smile
And watch the clouds drift away
Feeling like you…
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Here's another new one
Erwin B - bass
Bingsolex - lead guitar
KC - guitars, vocals, keys & mix
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I don't take no for an answer
I want to know what is true
Don't be a tightrope dancer…
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Written for Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show's current songwriting challenge, "write a song with two words in the title starting with P".
The term 'pseudo' means 'false' or 'pretend.' Pseudo-psychology, therefore, refers to a psychological practice…
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A new one
Hope you like it....
KC
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When the plans you made don't turn out right
When the goals you set are out of sight
Your bank account on an all time low
When you ain't got a place to go
Time to get stoned…
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(Remastered 22/10/2021)
And here's another song from 1994, with a sparkling new "Andrew Russe Band" arrangement fresh from the broom-cupboard.
Like most of my songs, it was written with an acoustic guitar, a pen, and an A4 pad. The ones…
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An animal lover feeds a snake...
For https://pinkamenaparty.bandcamp.com/album/fluttershy-s-paradoxically-soft-hardcore-tea-party — many cool tracks by many cool artists, proceeds benefit organizations for racial justice!
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Another tune exhumed from the past... 1984 to be precise. A 15 year-old angst-ridden vocalist wrote some words that went something like "Late at night... the shadows... creep across my wall". Happily, the song is musically much stronger than the…
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I've been listening to a lot of [hiroshi yoshimura](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7aYjRl_6Zw).
This is played on my Wurlitzer. The other instruments are a prototype version of the additive synth I'm building where you can control the ADSR…
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4 tracks of Prophet 12 module in 12 note 7 limit JI
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I was looking through my messages and found this collab i did with Kari a while back in 2017 i had forgotten all about. so pleased i found it thanks Kari
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a live in the cellar production in need of some lead
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Fresh breeze on Lake Superior
And waves collide with the shore
The sailor must be watching
For gusting wind we can’t ignore
Loose the main, correct the healing
Point the bow to the wind
Recognize the peaceful feeling
In this sacred…
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The desert heat can twist a mode as the ears suffer a mirage .
Twist twisted spin in the heat your senses are turned senselessly swirling octaves high
Made possible by Gibson’s brilliant P - 90 ‘s
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Capo @2 in C
F C F C G
I said, "Okay, okay. I'll wear 'em one more time and I'll throw them
C
away."
F…
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two guitar tracks, one bass track - the reverb is provided by a spring reverb tank with pre-amps before and after the tank.
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(Funny song about an embarrassing moment that turned out well.)
I was making the rounds, gaining ground on this cute little brunette
In a bar in Fort Worth, Texas, one night I'll never forget
But then that bartender ruined my plans…
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Thumbjam app, a piece inspired by Gagaku, a type of Japanese classical music
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A song about regrets. Luckily I changed my hectic schedule and was able to spend time with family, especially my Dad before he passed.
If I had time? I'd go visit with my Dad, and listen to those stories of when he was just a child.....If I…
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A funny song about someone's poor luck in marriage. Not being judgmental, but sometimes we just need to laugh.
My first Ex-wife, she bet me, I'd never marry again
She said no woman with half a brain would have me for her man
Well, I proved…
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Copyright © 2020 Roger Harris, Steve Krell, Colleen Dillon, Greg Connor
All Rights Reserved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_jBUi4Swck&feature=youtu.be
Verse 1
Circumstances… distant romances
I’m waiting for you to come home
And…
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So my lovely wife bought me a guitar this week... I started by learning some basic and easy chord shapes and this song came together. It's the first one I've done where everything is played by me.
It also features my voice on lead and backing…
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My wife Rita mentioned that she had not heard my dulcimer on any music recently, so I tuned it up and wrote First Morning Light. A little Low D Irish Whistle flavored it just a bit.
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Fresh air through…
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please check the video!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyytSMYAARo
I wrote this song about my father and Dementia/Alzheimer's over a year and a half ago. We just finished the song and video, kind of surreal because Dad is in a nursing…
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And here we go - Edith FINALLY gets it...
Actually, she's been getting it ever since I wrote it on the 29th May. I thought it would take a week or so, but it proved to be more of a fight than I was expecting.
On…
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Another song from The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project. This one originally came from my failed 2010 RPM Challenge. I liked this one at the time, and the riff is fun to play. The lyrics are about a very stressful drive from Massachusetts to…
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Not bad, 10 to 15 years to to get this one done Ha Ha. This was wrote tongue in
cheek. The story behind it is, a group of us used to meet up, taking turns whose house we used, have a chat, a bit of food, a few drinks ( ok then, more than…
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A playmate for Alea on the Reeltime playlist.
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This ones for a collaboration on Songcrafters with Kari from Finland. I heard his composition and an idea jumped into my head. So here it is. Thanks for listening
Callous smiles and whispers wake the drunk from his dream
Eyes unfocused to a…
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So, after the manic mayhem of 'Hunted' here is a rather more romantic piece for no. 6, and that I have subtitled with the French word for 'Love'......
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We got motivated to write something a bit light hearted about our Covid-19 Times.... I hope you'll laugh and sing along with Roger , Colleen, Greg and Steve on this one... any maybe raise a glass of your personal moonshine!!!
https://www.youtube…
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For Sound-In event Phase 2. Mixing works by James Bailey(trawnajim),Paul Muller and Jim Goodin. Mix by Kavin.
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Another dud. The chorus is okay but it should be in a different key. The guitar solo is in a major key and I sound completely lost. Oh well. I guess I'm just a minor character.
Rhythm guitar is an Gibson ES-335 to a Ryra The Klone to a…
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No Matter what,
Believe u can,
Believe in ur seff,
never relen.
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Ummm... yeah.
If this were the kind of project where I dropped the bad songs, I think this would be on the drop list. The melody is actually okay. The lyrics aren't my worst. The music is just kinda blah. I did use some woman tone in the…
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Just a run through in the cellar that turned out pretty cool til the end. I lost my way on the mandolin. The bass track was laid down later. Bless him for trying keep up with the trash I played at the end.
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Five songs finished (there will be 11, I think) and as of right now this kid is the single... if I were actually releasing this and needed to release a single... which I'm not.
I also think 90 beats per minute is as fast as any of the songs…
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Are all of my songs this month funeral dirges?
I like playing over a 6/8 groove, but I don't know if this one is holding up for me. I don't dislike it entirely, but it seems lacking somehow. I almost like the lyrics but I think I should have…
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This one is long. Much longer than it needs to be, but at the time it seemed like the right move. The chorus to this one came to me while I was watching TV with the family. I fear (hopefully wrongly) that I stole it from the background score…
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