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NLog synth app running on iPhone/Synthstation thru a Line 6 DL4 for looping.
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microtonal piano improvisation
it was pointed out to me at 2:54 you can hear Mary Had a Little Lamb - totally unintentional and in a completely foreign tuning to boot!
details
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1991
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Sunrizer XS synth app running on iPhone/Synthstation
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This was made for an EMUfest a year ago ... played on my really old Rolan D10 and the robot-voice is me through a vocal patch on my boss BR800.
Have fun :D
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Demo of the 1st Hollow Point Nine composition. Instruments: Akai S6000, Kawai K3
Lyrically this song is all about the IRS.
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a little piece of whats left of the other Reg.......
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Some men just don't know how good they got it.....
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well ... it's not really the year of the monkey ... except for me :)
Recorded on my new Boss Micro BR80, vocals done in the car ;)
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One String Rock is a short, simple intro that leads into Productivity. The feeling this song gives me is kinda ambiguous.
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yes my voice sucks and the lyrics are silly. But its all I have...
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Cover of the Adam and the Ants song Young Parisians.
First outing for my new Ibanez Talman acoustic.
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Did you lock door? have you lost the key?
Laughter in the strangers eyes on a windy street
And it's not surprising Winter's always cold
Years like silent footsteps follow
Autumn leaves and blue skies fade to gray
Have you see a rainbow from…
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This was a small remix by Radio. I remixed the mix they did of Blake Reary's excellent track.
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a little remix of a song by Fuego96 & ft. Miku Hatsune
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Just a remix I did for a remix contest. Permission for spreading on the web granted by the original artist in the contest rules. :]
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Blame Toby again, he stayed over one night and we were messing about, like most kids they love to mess about with mikes & I came up with this tune.
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The inner layers encaged and squirming. The layers beneath, beyond any obviousness.
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But the wind doesn't last forever.. and then we're all alone watching the leaves as they fall for a last time.
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something from this morning last nite sorta... :)
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another one from last RPM season that never got flushed out. we do play this regularly in practice and have played it in a few gigs as a intro jam for the second set. kind of reminds me of neil young meets the allman bros.
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A tangerine dream-ish affair
details
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1945
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ImprovFriday holiday edition mash with two Kavin Allenson tracks mixed into a psychedelic stew.
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Adaptive Just Intonation (trying to keep the harmonies pure)
full screen and HD recommended for the video - to see the software in action responding to my (edited) improvisation.
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Now this is different throughly enjoyed doing it....was watching Willie Wonka with the kids and thought!!!!!!! i could make a proper Willie Wonka of that one and so i have with a little help from Ottis down in the cellar hope you enjoy the efforts…
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acapella vocal loop
In the bleak midwinter
Frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron
Water turned to stone
Snow had fallen
Snow on snow on snow
In the bleak midwinter
Long, long ago
- Christina Rossetti 1872
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BAND AIDS
Words won't heal what's wrong with me
and I suspect it's true
all these band aids made of words
won't heal what's wrong with you.
(C) 2011 Royal T Music
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original written and performed by Iron and Wine
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Spare a thought for those with nothing this Christmas..... Homeless with no family.........and no one to help.......
CHRISTMAS ALONE (Lyrics)
Nobody is listening no body knocking on my door
nobody is near me nobody wants me
i’m nobody’s…
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Songcrafters.org did a "Live in the living room "festival recently...
The only music I can play in my living room these days is the odd lot of contemplative classical guitar, as anything else would wake up the family at night... :)
Here is…
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From BAH ! HUMBUG !, a 2003 Xmas album of sorts. Watctch this space over the next week or so for more seasonal deconstructions.
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Another from the tinsled Cellar last night......I hasen to add this not my family at Christmas time.................
PEACE ON EARTH(Lyrics)
Its Christmas day on a sunny day the snow has gone away
Nobody know what today will bring
they sing the…
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Threw together 3 famous carols as a Merry Christmas to everyone
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first published in 1933, this eighty year old song is still just as sweet.
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The middle verses are a poem written in the thirteenth century by William the Clerk
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The first sound reminds me of my father's first electric piano that I play with when I was 5 years old. It's a simple beautiful thing! I tried to create a snapshot of simplicity that blossoms into a full blown "Christmas Extravaganza".
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An Aggressively Electronic Sonic Barrage of Christmas Merriment!
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Details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1913
(see the 2nd entry)
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No Banjos were harmed in this song.......i would really love to be able to play one but this is all done on a keyboard ...hope you enjoy attempt at ...well i'm not sure what to call it...but i sure enjoyed doing it....
I DON’T WANT TO GO (Lyrics…
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Gramma's Shampoo
Gramma's shampoo is washing my hair
And I hope it will notice that gramma's not there
It's the kind that knows just what to do
Says it right there on the bottle, shampoo
"Automatically adjusts to your hair's cleansing needs…
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was a Texan.
Quannah Parker was the son born to Cynthia Parker, a white girl, stolen by Comanche raiders who grew up to be the wife of the chief. Quannah, in turn became the leader of his tribe. Eventually, Cynthia returned to her people. This…
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SHE DIDN'T KNOW
Her flame wasn't orange. It was white.
The kind you can't see at the noon day bright.
Not the fickle flicker of a candle light
But a point miles off on a moonless night
She didn't know she was beautiful
Nobody told her…
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TEENAGERS ARE STUPID
Teenagers are stupid
At least I was
All the silly things we'd say
Silly, silly things
"Everyone is doing it."
It's a wonder we lived to be this old
Teenagers are stupid
Teenagers are stupid
What a hoot
How can…
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THERE IS A LOVE
There is a love that withers. There is a love that fades
The kind of love that makes you wanna hide behind the door
Pull down all the shades
There is a love that makes me wanna tell you
About how good I feel
There is a…
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PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA 1951
Palmdale, California 1951. Pretty yellow chickens hatching in the sun
Fertilizer spreader flings its fecal load. I climb up to watch in the trees along the road.
Little chickens, running, pecking, darting, so…
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This is from a poem by Cindy Sheehan's daughter, who's name I will include here when I remember it. It's her response to losing her brother in the Iraq war. A much publicised death. I think her name is Carlie.
A NATION ROCKED TO SLEEP
Have…
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SHOES
During the Iraq war there was a traveling exhibit: On a mall they would line up pairs of boots. One pair for each American soldier killed in Iraq.
(c) 2006 Royal T Music
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YOU - capo 2 G
DCG
There's a place in my (GG.G)mind
Where your face had a home
Long before you walked into my life
Before you were a (D)known
There's (C)note in my (GG.G)song
That I knew fit somewhere
Tho…
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DnB mix
if you can sing like Greg Lake please contact me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time
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SMART
If I'm so smart, why are you telling me what to do?
You say I'm smart as you times two
If I'm so smart, won't you be quiet and let me think
How did I get so lost, if I'm so smart?
If I'm so smart, quit telling me to move along
That…
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FREEDOM
I started out with four chickens
Thot I'd let 'em run free
I found out: no more chickens
What a licking' freedom can be.
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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This is just silly. Please move in.
(C) 2009 Royal T Music
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The Inappropriate Question
G C/Gbass
She said, “I can see that you’re hurting.
And I can see that you are wearing a ring.
Perhaps an inappropriate question,
but I’d like to ask you something.
"Soon I will be a grand mother
I have…
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HELLO
G C
You’re some kind of prophet, I’ll give you that
D G
But now what I need is a nurse
G C
An emergency entrance, can you show me that
D…
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I NEVER DREAM capo @ 2 in C
C
I never dream of building bridges. I never dream I’ll build a dam
I never dreamed of a cathedral for the mighty God, I Am
F
I never dreamed of founding clinics or make donations to the cause
C
I don’t see…
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AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am
Intro – Am/ Am -/ Am - Bass G (3)
Am Bass F/ E
Am FM7 Am FM7
Thru the early morning curtain, muted light of new sun rays
C G E Am
Falls on you and I’m not certain. Is that your early-morning face?
In…
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WINNER TAKE ALL
For every singer that’s famous
There must be a couple that ain’t
Well, he was a wasn’t but also he wasn’t
The kind to be thing he can’t
So, he got him a job on the radio
Spinning’ records and speaking’ his mind
Singing…
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We were lying in the meadow
Holding on so tight
Irises expanded
Drinking in the light
All things were in order
Nothing outta place
Cut me on the shoulder
As it flashed across her face
It was a falling star
It was a falling star
I lost…
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This is one of my favorite Gary Ogan songs.
I recorded it shortly after Peggy left back in 2007.
Don't remember why I just did half of it.
© 1977 Gary Ogan
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She lies alone. She's crying.
The truth hit her like a rock
A rock thrown thru her window
The window to her heart
His eyes told her a story
And she believed it, every word
She made plans to leave forever
Her time was over on this earth…
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I CAN'T GO TO WORK TODAY
I can't go to work today
I can't face the men
I can't go back to work today
I'm never going back again...
(...and I didn't.)
(C) 2007 Royal T Music
When Peggy told me she was leaving me for Doug Kirk, the…
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COLD LIZARD
There's a lizard, crawls out on the porch
Hops up on this wagon wheel hub, suns himself
Then, the other day a cloud came over
You know, lizards are cold-blooded
And this wasn't just any cloud
This was like darkness
There…
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CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD)
Also, called THE BUG SONG
On Feathers in the Wind album
They’re flying in from miles around - C
They circle and they settle down – Bm
They sit and feel the world go round with you – Am…
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When I wrote this, 50 years ago,
I was afraid it would seem like nothing happened.
BALI HI
Bali Hi, at 6th and Broadway
Just a little place where people go
To have a quiet drink,
Listen to the band and think.
Maybe meet a friend…
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A Cloudy Day For Sunny Am
Am G
They joke and they laugh and they smile and they
Am
sneer
Am G
They say things like, "I love you," for…
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Kozy West
Emily had more regrets than she could ever count
She got to feeling crowded so she moved outta town
She bought herself a trailer park she called The Cozy West
Tried to forget about the past. Just be open to the best...open
To…
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COAL FEVER Key D
D D sus D D D sus D
When I got the fever I was eight years old
Mamma called the doctor. So the story is told
G…
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I wrote this song with Lisa Aschmann. CAPO @ 3
Video - https://www.facebook.com/100001011201926/videos/1285714588695761/
HICKORY STIX
Dm Am
Billy Mac and Don McCray drive to work each dawn at six
Down the mountain to the factory, makes…
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MAMMA
My mamma taught me to make my bed
Mamma taught me to iron my shirt
Mamma taught me to put a pillow in a pillow case
To wash and dry the dishes and that orange doesn't go with red
She said, "It's busy.'
My mamma taught me to brush…
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This is one of the tracks off of my upcoming Album "Lightning Strikes" I signed with an Indipendent label back in July of this year and will be releasing my first album through them this month. "Best Of All" is an old school power ballad...Hope…
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BUTTER MOON
I heard this kid say the moon looked like a tortilla
Some people say they can see a man in the moon
But I know, if you look just right, you can see the face of Marylin Monroe
Yeah, when the moon first comes up it looks like a…
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A MODEST PROPOSAL
The picture is my dad and his brother...
The sun is a magical ball
It’s got fire and gas
Yes, the sun has it all
The sun comes each day
Shines down it’s heat
Glory be, the sun shines for free
The sun can’t be stopped…
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I'm five feet tall, skinny as a rail in the shade of the rag weed down along the trail. It's a Grasshopper world. I grab myself a coffee can or a Mason jar, I don't know where I'm going but I know where I are. It's a grasshopper world. "Look here…
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HONEY CHILD
I see your eyes enquiring, without a word
Will I stick around or fly like a bird
Maybe I'll stay a while
Silhouettes colliding. Luminescent sparks
Crazy hoofbeats pounding. Trailblazing hearts
We'll ride in style, this winding…
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This might sound like chaos.
Well, it is. I was trying to play 4/4 against 3/4 and
some other silly time signatures.
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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It's just a Matter of Time.
We're born, and we live and we die
With tears in our eyes it's still a surprise
It's just a Matter of Time
It's just a Matter of Time.
Will Love, like all else soon decline?
Must glove and above turn into…
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I asked my love's boyfriend to take a walk...
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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Capo @ 5 in C
Back in 2008 I was the recording secretary for the Fort Worth Singer/Songwriter Association. I submitted this song at our annual contests and was awarded a plaque
for BEST COMEDY SONG, which I consider a serious misunderstanding…
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SHE IS WITH ME
In the hours between the darkness and the dawn
when tears are coming on SHE IS WITH ME
I type her name and address to the picture in the frame
at the Paradise Hotel and SHE IS WITH ME
I know that we are worlds apart
It…
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THE ONLY THINGS
Any road that leads to somewhere
Any thought that comes to mind
Any sight on the horizon
Any friend that's left behind
Any meal that's ever eaten
Any quilt that's ever lined
Any concert that is set thru
Any document that…
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A song that Rick Babb started and I finished. He brought me the first verse and the chorus and the music. I finished it.
© 2007 Royal T Music
HERE COMES LONELY Key D
D
Peggy says it’s over but I don’t believe…
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Life seems to be training us to expect less while demanding that we give more and more.
ONE SMALL CANDLE Key - G
G D G
In this old world when things go wrong
D G
We hold our women. We sing our song.
D G
We call our children. We call…
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WHERE
Where will I spend the rest of our life?
Where will I live our tomorrow
Our only hope springs from within your sorrow
And if I thot your pain could be bought
I'd start saving today for tomorrow
Where, where
Our only hope springs…
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DON'T TOUCH ME
Don't touch me and don't ask me why
Because I'll tell you
I'll take up your whole evening
And there's nothing you can say
And there's nothing you can do
So, don't touch me
And, don't ask me. Don't ask me how I've been…
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unWANTED - Capo @ 2
(Dm) A Dm
There'll be no poster of me looking ragged
There'll be no pictures of me strung around
Gm Dm
There'll be no subpoena. There'll be no warrant…
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She said, "If you ever go crazy and leave me, I will come here to live."
(C) 2008 Royal T Music
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This is my anti-pro Texas song song.
TEXAS IS AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
Well, some folks say that Texas is boots and belts and hats
And Lone Star chili's just carbohydrates, proteins and fats
I'll try to curb a snicker but I'm apt to disagree…
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Wrote this while playing the part of Saul Gibbs in the movie WILD BILL.
The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse's feet
Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry.
Young Jack McCall sat awake…
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Quannah Parker was the son born to Cynthia Parker, a white girl, stolen by Comanche raiders who grew up to be the wife of the chief. Quannah, in turn became the leader of his tribe. Eventually, Cynthia returned to her people.
QUANNAH - Cynthia…
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I was trying to learn I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and gave up and took what I had already and wrote this.
CACTUS FLOWER
Cactus flower shining.
Simple song of life
never in a bouquet
Gathered for a wife
Cactus flower growing
In a land…
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THE STREETS OF LAREDO
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy…
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I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S GONE Key - G
She's been gone for three years now
Three years since she walked out
Friends and folks I work with
Ask me what it's all about
Tho I can't find an answer
As the days drag on and on
My heart is damn near…
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This was my dad's favorite song of mine about thirty years ago. Maybe it was because he just liked to hear me sing s positive song for a change.
(C) 2011 Royal T Music
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Peggy told me that this song didn't make sense to her. Then I found out why.
AGELESS ANGEL Capo @ 2 Key Am
Intro – Am/ Am -/ Am - Bass G (3)
Am Bass F/ E
Am FM7 Am FM7
Thru the early morning curtain, muted light of new sun rays
C…
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After seeing a quick pick up at the Leather Ball Saloon in Dallas one 1974 evening. This is a song from the album, FEATHERS IN THE WING by Snow Geese/Barbara, Michael Jeffrey and me. 1976
(50 years later, I am stunned at the starkness of this…
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EVEN
Even if they brought you back to me paralyzed and blank
Dumped you on the porch and left the bill still owing at the bank
Even if you didn't know my face, couldn't speak my name
You and I have traveled much too far to still be…
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WHEN
When I was with you
The earth was round. The sky was blue.
When I was with you.
The deed was done. Each day was new.
When I was with you
The lost was found. The blind could see
When I was with you
The lame could walk. The river…
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FISHING
People keep saying that it's a big ocean
There's more than one fish in the sea
Where did they get such a ridiculous notion
What's fishin' between you and me
Fishin' or fusion, photo voltaic cells
Wind mills and hydrogen too…
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A cover of a Roy Harper song , a man who's musical style i probably admire the most in music , he has a wealth of music for people to discover
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This started off as the first unplugged recording I ever made.
Bruce (Blooby)kindly added some drums and pipes to it....
Then Oldrottenhead sang a lyric over it a bit later...
The way this evolved amazed be. Never thought it would…
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About no one in particular, just a figment of my imagination.
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Just a rough version of a song I plan to record properly during this coming February's RPM Challenge.
EDUCATION REALITY CHECK
I work with children every morning
Check their progress every night
I'm an expert with technology
And interactive…
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A step along the way to here:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1895
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This song grew out of a line in the film "Helvetica". I believe this is the first 'punk' song about a font. Seems likely, but you never know. It's a big world.
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this is based on an improve from back in jan 75, then guitarist - chris laid this riff out and i never forgot it. it was the first time i was in a band as a bassist. the rest of the riffs are mine and everything else disastrous done in this song…
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part of a 3 piano solo EP found here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1886
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This is the third song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Lyrics and vocals - Michael Thomas
Wildgeas Music - Paul Lennon
Enjoy!
Love is Free
as you let it…
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When it becomes apparent that the poor inheriting the earth means they become dirt when they die,
The Rich Man's Prayer - Em to D
I kneel down on a calloused knee
Hold my children close to me
And I pray The Rich Man's Prayer
It's…
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Sung by my Friend, Roz McCormick. Woman loses her lover at war.
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Shadows & Light, A compilation between:
Bethan Mathis, Vocals
http://alonetone.com/bethanmathis
Lisa D, Irish Whistle
http://alonetone.com/lisad
Greg Connor, Guitar
Lyrics:
Shadows And Light, Written by…
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No idea where this came from, all I know is, it was hard work and a late night !! And hard to work the next day !!
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This is the second song from this amazing collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
It's not a Cave Street collab. but rather a project by Thomas - Lennon.
I do the music and mixing. Michael does…
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Well last night down in the cellar we got ourselves a train theme riding and this is the result hope you like it...........
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This is my wife Patrice doing the lead vocal. With her singing lead, our band name is The Heartbreak of Invention
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The first of 4 tunes coming your way with
the spotlight on my friend "Michael Thomas of Cave Street"
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
This one is my favorite and chills me every time I hear it.
It never, ever, gets old.
Until Then (Shine…
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It doesn't sound like the original... that is for sure.
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