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Cosmic Personality
You and I set the night on fire
riding the lightning bullet-train high-wire
we have only one life
we have only one mind
that's not us
that's not our kind
Our love is the one great war to end all wars
The Big Bang's long-lost…
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This is a Gibson Epiphone Roadie 1/2 scale guitar I picked up used at Guitar Center for $30. It was on the block because no one set it up. The intonation was horrific. And to top it off the bridge is ever so slightly too close to the nut. But…
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This one was saved from an old cassette heading towards the bin....some might say it should have carried on ..............it is an early recording of Thetworegs ad-libing unplugged from an hotel room in Germany on a wet Sunday in 1994......Elvis…
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I generally take my Zoom H2 portable digital recorder with me on my trips to music stores to record myself playing equipment I can’t afford to buy. This is one of today’s recordings. June 24th 2011
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They had a piano fight down the cellar last night Reg doesn't understand whats happening with all this violence i mean he's just a hippie at heart.....At least no-one got hurt......They just had fun this time!
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This is the original recording of this song from their 1976 Feathers In The Wind LP.
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Key G (open G tuning GGDGBD)
They’re flying in from miles around - C
They circle and they settle down – Bm
They sit and feel the…
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Two Peas in a Pod, Kindred Spirits you know the feeling about spending time with someone whose heart beats well with yours.
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Oldrottenhead - lyrics/vocals
Dave Berry - Epi Sheraton, bass, keys, drums played on Roland HD-1
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Improvisation using the "Google Guitar", layered with recorded tennis sounds from the French Open.
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The island of Cuba was a Spanish possession for almost 400 years (1511-1898). The land-owning elite held social and economic power, supported by slaves, both indigenous and of South American and African descent, until slavery was abolished…
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This is finger picked (quasi – classical guitar) improvisation with my wife’s Seagull acoustic guitar with Dean Markley soundhole pick up and AKG microphone with mastering.
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This was the first song we ever wrote. This is the second version of this song. Blah, blah, blah.
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A remix of Irumbile oru idhayam - Enthiran made by KajanStudios... kajanstudios.co.cc
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Here's a song for that horribly obnoxious person who's unfortunately in your life or workplace!!!
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Good friends, family, my adorable pet--you all bring a smile to my face!!!
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You stole my heart (and some of my property) a long time ago--and now you're back at my doorstep like nothing ever happened! Gonads, anyone?!?
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I was crazy about you back then---But now? Not so much!!!
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A jive-era feel, with lyrics about working hard to get what you want!
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I'll lose control but maybe find love instead....
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Here's a great way to keep some peace at home!!!
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A couple looks back nostalgically on the magical moment when they first met.
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5 string bass guitar solo.
Here is me and my 5 string bass, which I really, really like playing despite the pain in my pinky to make those stretches I hear in my mind. The name seems stupid - but way better than STE-018cn.
If you can add to…
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He has an old houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle--but he doesn't want to live there without her....
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He overheard a couple breaking up--and it sounded a bit close to home for him...
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This is one song of mine I hope will some day be played at someone's wedding reception!!!
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I tried to catch some of the defiance, optimism and spirit of being young as told through the voice of someone who no longer is!!!
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And then came a lion...
Conga / Harmonica (key of D) improvisation.
4/4 90bpm
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Another 12 string improv. Capo 3rd fret, capo 5th fret except for top string and notched out for the b strings to attain an open C tuning, of sorts.
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Often I am asked about the difference between "normal" 12 equal tuning and microtonal tuning.
Thanks to a retuning by Gene Ward Smith to meantone tuning (I don't know which) you can compare this famous piece of music in the familiar 12 equal…
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Art of Love #2 is the other side of piano moment #2
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Dialogue taken from a 1959 documentary on rules and why children must obey them. The film was taken from the Prelinger archives at archive.org.
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Nobody knows how, what it will be - the future. We look at it, trying to see, to detect something and ... it goes fade, it's always receding, receding ...
~sonaresque~
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It was a sketch for the final topic of amateur black and white film (a.k.a. "Ñlosing credits"), then not used, then forgotten. Then recalled and now free.
~For Trevor, who bravely fights with the ghost from the cellar. Spirit[uals]~
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From the album GIVE TOO MUCH, available for sale here: http://bit.ly/GiveTooMuch
More info here: http://bit.ly/WorldEntertainmentWar
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After a month long break, here are some more home studio recordings of our repertoire. Still in Russian, but the beautiful melodies are sure to make you feel good :)
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For theological students and Vincent Price fans, featuring Johnny Stone on the organ!Especially constructed for your edification.
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non-metamorphosis
my shoulderblades continue to itch
but prolonged examination in the mirror
finds not the slightest trace
of feathers beginning to sprout
at the bottom of my spine
where my tail should have been
the muscles which…
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first song I wrote for my wife... it is a little raw.. haven't written and recorded in a while...
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another MRS-1044 recording. sorry for such low gain on the volume.
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A composition for 3 piece jazz band, tenor sax, fretless bass, and drums in 14 equal divisions of the octave and 5/4 time. This was realized using Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample set and Sonar X1.
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just something done in the background while I was divining a new video work..
some of this or most of it was done on crusher-x
youtube things are soon to be posted..|..
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..I'd be blue.
Google guitar,DL4 delay modeler, soft synths
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Reg the (Budding Novice) conductor......mmmmmmmmm........
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From the album of the same name, 2004. Recorded on 4-track cassette. This album now has its own page at our website - see our profile for the link.
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A blues rock piece for Fender Mustang with Guitar Rig 4, GR-20 Piano, GR-20 driven bass and drums and Absynth.
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a new age classical piece for Fender Mustang, Pianoteq Piano, and Requiem Soprano.
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Reg is still clean but he's getting doubt's.................
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Year: 2010
Album:
Strange Danger
Artist's description:
Frank wrote the lyrics, sang, played bass and drums. Chris wrote the guitar and flute (sample) and mastered the affair.
Contributors:
blowing leaves by FM
i like to walk on a day like…
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Reg has been trying to learn the art of slowing down, relaxing under the pressure of abstinence.......................it seems to be going well .............
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During the fight for Bataan in WWII Poor old Forrest took a knap and became a prisoner of the Japanese..............
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How the human race has gone down hill ever since
using fire.
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So I'm back at Caffe Lena on Thursday night gearing up for my two songs and a band called "Driftwood" takes the stage (banjo, acoustic guitar, fiddle) and blows everyone away.
Kinda gets me thinking...
And writing...
"Driftwood"
Coming down…
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this is definitely not accoustic. my room mate and good friend dave diesel sings on this track.
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Full picture of the guitarron body - it sounded great - nicely deep.
The guitarron is fretless with a very short neck which reminds me of a giant Oud - the wikipedia article will give you an idea of just how huge this thing really is…
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Just a simple humble ditty, one of a handful I've been playing on the piano lately.
I haven't been in the mood to do much recording in the last months — or more specifically, haven't been in the mood to flesh out and arrange tunes. So this…
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in a cool darkened lounge
floors above the cityscape
quiet laughter, clink of ice in glass
D min looks into the eyes of G min
a quiet romance begins
sometimes the best things in life are quite simple
(lots of rough sound on this,, not sure…
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From my RPM Challenge 2011 effort. Originally this wasn't an instrumental, but the time pressures of RPM changed that.
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A song about meeting up with each other this year for some music and booze next week.
Lyrics-
i need some space
i need some time
just to rehearse
for the viking dance
what should i wear
what should i bring
what will we sing…
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ACTiVE Yodi first single beat by lightskincieted
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This is the title track of our newly released debut album, 'Won't Give Up', whcih took 13 years to make and was inspired by our relentless passion to make music even when 'life' gets in the way.
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A cover song of Coheed and Cambria's Pearl of the Stars. My friend Austin did the guitar and vocals, and I engineered and produced the track. Post your thoughts.
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From the album IT WAS A DARK & STORMY NIGHT... [2007], in which the ghost of St Malachy in conjured up to confirm his famous prophecies regarding the time of the last Pope [the next one after the current one, apparently- google "prophesies…
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This is a musical setting of Bruce Andrew’s poem “jjj†from his book “Moebius†thanks to PennSound archive.
To create the music I hijacked Norm Harris’ Y Class Steam Locomotive Bell sample and his percussion piece Ilesa and added…
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sHiT gEtS wEiRd... maybe i've been listening to too much james blake and animal collective
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"The Speechless Full Moon Comes Out Now" (2011)
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Flinch
I'm guilty
I took the bait again
And here I am again
Always with the same stupid grin
And I didn't go as planned
Few things do I've learned
From the top I pulled it
but I didn't see how far you'd go
didn't I see you flinch…
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New 2011 remix. Lead vocals from "Silence" by Shannon Hurley (ccmixter.org).
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here are the words for anyone interested
this righteous bent
to twist the facts
your right to speak
and fuel the flames
oh this hankering
for the good old days
when you could call a spade a spade
and close your eyes
would you go back
use words…
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Finally one with Julia our vocalist. I believe she (or she and Chris) wrote the lyrics. This is a later incarnation of Julia with a somewhat different affectation than earlier Prozac. I think the melody and the words greatly enhance the depth…
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almost forgotten because while i did this in may of 2009, i forgot about it until just today may 2011,,i was walking out my studio door, when i noticed an old cd with a marking pen title,, brought it with me in the car and took a listen,, not…
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A collection of four improvisations on 19 note per octave electric guitar.
Sucralose
Aspartame
Cyclamate
Saccharin
The title is a play on artificial sweeteners and a collection of songs being a suite.
Per wikipedia "In music, a suite…
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Sad piano loop met bell loop, they got together and the rest is history.
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The story of how I did this is here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=871
goodnight.
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Acoustic Jam, Heavy Times in Peoples Minds. Thanx for Listening. "G"
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the trying the applications the real time experimental effects to .. yes the real time. making the actual experiment less obvious at times.
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don't remember recording this but found it on my computer so here it is.
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Lyrics:
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I need to find
Something to make me feel inside
I need to find
Someone to make me feel alive
I need to be
Something more than a worthless whore
I need to be
Anything someone could adore
// Every day creeps by the same
// When…
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It's been a long time since I finished a piece of music, so yesterday (May 15th, 2011) I decided I would start and finish a piece of music no matter what. This is the result.
It isn't perfect which is good because perfect is fiction...anyway…
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Picture and information here:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=859
Line up:
2 tracks (right and left) of hammer dulcimer, fretless bass, and cameo appearances for both fretless guitar and electric psaltery.
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recorded live into my minidisc recorder. Audio from a live performance broadcast on justin.tv
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Elvis has a few questions but not any answers............................This time Elvis had a little help from the local Japanese band that hang out at the local Chinese restaurant, he frequents and they bought along there instruments,down the…
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Did this back in 2009.
Before me and Jim actually met each other...
The music was improvised to the notion of returning home from space.
Jim did the Lyrics in 5 mins over the net..
And here it is..
My Harmonica was broken by the way. My…
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I heard this beat of Norms this morning bright and early an had to jump all over ilesa in my mind she was her instead of a town it was fun but it didn't last.....the same old story.....it was her fault she was too hot.......What can i say
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Ambient video and audio improvisation with my 19 notes per octave guitar, loopstation, Marshall amplifier, Zoom H2 and post-processing.
on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGO0R381HQs
full quality video
http://clones.soonlabel.com/public…
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Ilesa is a city located in the south west of Nigeria. This is a traditional rhythm pattern of the same name - but I'm not sure of the significance of the name.
I played on 3 congas, accented with bell clave, block and cowbell, of course…
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BC at the top of his game in this little diddy by Zeppelin! Feedback is most welcomed.............
The Band
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11 Kissing Goodbye
Kissing Goodbye
Now that we’ve reached the end of our first holiday night
Waving goodbye
Down at the beach and ended our kiss of life
Nothing to say
Holding your hand
Planning to stay
Can’t take this away
Beautiful…
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10 Blue
Eyes of blue and sunny skies peeping through
Shepherds delights tonight it’s only right do you realize?
Eyes of blue
Are what I’m likely to see in you
And I don’t know what to do
A superstar is what you are she’d tell me…
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09 Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope
Kisses with mistress Calamity
Lips taste like sips of tea
Pour me .. she makes me sweet internally
Wide eyed it’s Mister Kaleidoscope
Broken very-merry go ‘round
Poorly he makes me feel…
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The radio play episode 1 is introducing Thetworegs with Reg as writer performer, musician, and producer as the budget was rather low.......... They have just set sail for Germany it was time for them to leave England before they were caught…
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04 Over you baby, And Moving On.
You never said you loved me
When tomorrow came
You never said you’d let me see you again
And If I knew then what I knew now
I’d be over you baby and moving on by now
You never said you’d buy me
A…
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03 Stuff And Nonsense (A Fairy Tale)
Hey m’lady what do you see?
I’m down on one knee
Am I brave enough?
I’d fight knights lately with you as my shield
You hold that appeal
That slowly reveals itself
As I deal with all the other…
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02 Perfect
See that girl over there brush her hair beside her bedroom mirror
For all the world she doesn’t show of know the glow within her
She shines inside
She powders down
And lines her eyes
It isn’t worth it, she’s nearly perfect…
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for choir, percussion, piano, hang drum and prisoners.
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