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i wrote this after a significant other argument
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My Pirate song. Sounds more like a polka band, but what the hell. I had fun doing it.
a song for Gumbo.
we sailed the angry seas
til we found a neutral port
we rowed the ship to shore
to go and find a fancy whore
down at the Buccaneer inn…
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This is not my usual style. This tune is a pisstake of all the generic dubstep that's about!
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Dedicated to Chi Cheng, Bassist for the Deftones who is currently in a coma.
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Dedicated to Chi Cheng, Bassist for the Deftones who is currently in a coma.
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unfinished crap from January 2009. I'm in the purging mood.
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something cooked up in the first couple of weeks in 2008. Found this bounce.. but the DAW sequence was never saved. damn.
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I've been working on this one little by little; now I'm at a point where I do not feel like revisiting the feeling. Moves from 3/4 to 4/4, or so I think.. kind of like a 7/4 time sig but not really. typical glu instrumentation, etc.
Everyone…
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As the title implies this is modern day funk with retro touches. Nice double tracked sax on this one.
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We celebrate the passing of a great musical instrument. Hobart M. Cable, the piano lent to us this summer, is going back to his kind owner, Danny. He will be dearly missed.
We hastily wrote this little ditty in his last few hours in our possession…
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This is my 2007 Pirate Day song, written and recorded September 19th 2007. I like the innuendo, but maybe it's too subtle - nobody else seems to notice ;~)
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Similar in feel to the other Fragile Moment track. Mostly acoustic guitars recorded sitting in my shop on the H4N and then finished up in Cubase just this morning. September 9 09. Maybe a nice one for bedtime
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Soulful jazz for a relaxing day. Music for the head and feet.
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Licensed under
Creative Commons
Noncommercial Sampling Plus
http://ccmixter.org/files/dabra/22568
In collaboration with
JenSomeone, http://ccmixter.org/files/JenSomeone/16329
and
Morusque, http://ccmixter.org/files/Nurykabe/19942
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A melodic jazzy groove featuring the sax of Doug Earley in an arrangement by Jazzjet.
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A couple of Irish jigs I wrote and recorded on piano (using either Reason or Cubase and EWQLSO, I really don't remember) a few years ago. The arrangement is incomplete and one I meant to add a little icing to. I may have to dig up the Reason file…
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Guitar loop from 2008. First loop where I bounced between different tracks instead of building part upon part. Flawed, but for better or worse, I rarely record something twice (why I left in the pop in the initial bed loop, I have no idea - well…
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All done on the Ensoniq keyboard. Even the guitar was run through an after market disc, through the keyboard.
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it is a little bang. a star explodes. matter becomes energy, light, and patterns. chaotic beauty. it is a cloud of color. it is a nebula.
artwork is here: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/ic42experiment/nebulae.png
this music is an attempt…
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Its a song that was inspired by a dream I had. In fact.. it was the soundtrack to the dream. The ending is purposely left with a feeling of being not finished, as I can't remember how the dream ended.
I hope you all like it :)
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latest track, Im really getting into the dubstep groove.
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The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune.
Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece.
And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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The Hollow Men
Sad Hippie Thing
1993
Greg Melvin: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Keyboards
Doug Sparling: Lead Guitars
David Albrecht: Bass
Terry Adams: Drum Kit
All songs written by Greg Melvin
Arrangements by Greg Melvin and The Hollow Men
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A short piece, written and recorded by a few of the string players a while ago.
Instrumentation:
Resonator Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Banjo
Bass
Light Piano
2 Clarinets
Drunken Crooning
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Here's a partially-orchestrated preview of a song we're currently writing. Another big toe-tapper, this one, a lovely 6/4 piece, an ode to half-diminished sevenths, and minor ninths, wherever they may fall.
The title comes from a quote from…
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Just a spontaneous (and very rough) two hour tune. Written and recorded yesterday, edited and mixed today. I might as well get it uploaded now because I'll be spending the next two weeks preparing to move across the country.
Lyrics:
We…
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Sometimes we stay in a relationship because we grow comfortable, and we're scared to leave. The fear of being alone fuels us to settle for the wrong one. This song is my reflection of one situation that I was in. "Let Her Go"
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NOT FINISHED. another draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great! this draft is continuously replaced with newer versions. check back, please! (oh yeah…
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This was my first "serious" attempt to make something. Although very simple the final result was quite pleasant for me, hope it is for you too.
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As another day ends, nightfall comes to the city.
I dedicate this song to my home, México City. This tune was inspired by its quiet and beautiful side and the remnants of nature still present on it.
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This one's for that little black and tan, Nahannah.
Lyrics:
I said nahnay nahnay nahnay hey
how'd you get so good
how'd you get so good
I said nahnay nahnay nahnay hey
how'd you get so good
how'd you get so good
first thing this…
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I made this simple song to try out playing an acoustic guitar with an ebow. It works, but it's quite quiet. The movement of the fingers on the fretboard is louder than the sounds. I didn't use any effects on the guitar tracks.
I recorded my voice…
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For our beautiful son Willem, in French Guillaume.
recorded in my livingroom, 16-7-2009.
I called the song Guillaume before because of the beautiful sound.
Since 2012 I changed the title of the song into : Willem.
Because that makes much…
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Our dear friend Lynda is in hospice; we wanted to do a song for her - for all she has done for us. This is that song. k & w
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A ballad about the perils of life.
Featuring Bugzee & Tragic
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This one is a classic case of "Chasing The Demo".
In other words, I am not happy with it. The demo versions had a ton more feel and groove. This one sounds rushed and doesn't do the song justice. Oh well, such is life when you are on a budget…
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This one was written after coming home in the harsh light of being out all night after learning someone I knew put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. I write this from his perspective...
'Nuff said.
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I like the atmosphere, but the source is loong gone (ca 1998)
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Wrangled in the string band to a play a pleasant little toe-tapper.
Instrumentation
Resonator Guitar
Resonator Bass
Banjo
Guitar Case
Clapping
Serrated Knife
Voice
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A big instrumental in about 3 minutes. Imagine the last few miles of a very long road trip.
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This song was made by two different piano samples (both
from Sudara):
1. One was recorded by Sudara (and gang?) axing away at a hapless old piano in New Mexico.
2. today, I convinced Sudara to noodle on the piano and send it over to me…
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Recorded August 26, 2009
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADFGC - capo II), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity, Sound Forge.
Written in 1982 after a trip to Wyoming with a couple of Alex DeGrassi cassettes....
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This is the audio version of my blacksmithing lesson from http://ironangelforge.blogspot.com/
This lesson is Blacksmithing Basics - Absolute Basics. It covers terms and the most basic tools in a quick overview, so that students of the craft…
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Very, very rough sketch (no words, just 'woahs') of a title track.
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Came up with this while dialing in my new amp. It's just a jam sort of based on the main taking care of business riff.
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This song has everything. Love, betrayal, gunfights, hold ups, prison break outs and whiskey.
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Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)
ccMixter Collaboration
Daniel Brandell, http://www.myspace.com/danielbrandell
Shannon Hurley, http://www.myspace.com/shannonhurley
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Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)
http://ccmixter.org/files/dabra/22162
Daniel Brandell, http://www.myspace.com/danielbrandell
Calling Sister Midnight, http://callingsistermidnight.com
furkosbot, http://www.myspace.com/nagyfejmarvin…
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A song about working for a dodgy builder in England called McAlpine. Because of the harsh regimented working conditions his workers nicknamed themselves McAlpines "Fusiliers". From the singing of Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners.
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guitars, synths, tabla, tambourine, and elephants (the lead melody at around 01:40)
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A tale of a Irishman leaving the west of Ireland for the unfamiliar shores of England, but first he must travel the Rocky Road to Dublin. Popularised br Luke Kelly and the Dubliners
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As Darren (the singer) described this song.. an Irish love triangle a man, a woman and a drink!
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My first real track that i'm quite proud of ,
it's not close to perfect tho
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From Hemisphere, to be released September 2009, via Download and CD, plus pdf art file at GeoffreyArmes.com. 4 track Live recordings edited and overdubbed in home studio.
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This song is dedicated to a close friend I had. The Best friend. REALLY needs LYRICS!! Anyone??
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Pro Tip:
No amount of multi take recording features will fix it when you're flat/sharp on *all* of the takes.
Based on a true story.
Lyrics:
There's something wrong in the world today
I just can't believe it
I just can't believe it
It's the…
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The psyche is a weird place, I'll just talk about it musically.
The piece begins with the sounds of Sudara's autoharp, the weeping woodwind sounds of the clarinetist from Megafauna Lacrymosa , and a low kick-like percussive sound, which is…
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This song is about someone giving you a lift, and while they drive you there you fall in love with them by watching their eyes in the rear view mirror. It had like five verses but I cUt it down to two with one repeated. In cutting those verses…
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This is one track where I can say, without reservation, that I am really happy with how it came out.
I worked up a beat I liked with 3 Stylus RMX parts making good use of chaos and time designer for the breaks.
For the first time I really…
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Title track from "Spirit Dwelling" 2005 -- a lot more acoustic work going on then. 8 track recording.
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From 'Anima 91'-- the whole disc is available for download gratis at GeoffreyArmes.com with pdf notes/art
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just over three minutes of circular breathing (breathing in and out simultaneously) on the didgeridoo, a single take.
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Glu guides you through an instructional song, revealing secrets along the way.
Instrumentation: Director's comments included! beat boxing, real swords, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocals, drum programming, tabla, and tambourine. My apologies…
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This is an old track I did when I was an Elektro boy... someone kept going after my feelings...
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The lyric says "there's something in your smile that drives me out to someplace..." I think it says a great deal for the track.
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Da King Gold Lion speaks On Love... Nuff Said. From BeeOne's Underground Debut "In My Opinion".
Written, Performed and Produced by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent./HoodBizne$$ Music Group
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B.E.T... Raw, Unrefined, Unadulterated, Organic, 100% Pure BeeOne... Made From The Best Ingredients On Earth. From BeeOne's Underground Debut "In My Opinion".
Written, Performed and Produced by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent./HoodBizne$$ Music…
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"Bee-Dubb In His Original Anger, Is Lyrical Danger, And I Don't Give A Fuck What's Gangsta" Flu gave me da beat, I went in to do a track with Show, but when I laid the first verse, he was like "you gotta finish dat"... So I did. From The Underground…
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"Aggression of a Backpacker"- Written and Performed by BeeOne for A BlackMan's Ent/HoodBizne$$ Music Group; Arranged, Recorded, Engineered, and Produced by Vipe for SMP/VipaTrax. Recorded at SMP Studio's.
What can I say?... I just went off, and…
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Ol' Banjo Bill kept playing this riff, so we decided to make a little ditty out of it. We're thinking of actually making it a song.
Instrumentation:
Banjo
Guitar
A Comb and a Pen
2 Fairly Drunk Singers
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This is how i wake up... this is how i fall asleep...
This is what i think about... when i'm trying to sound deep...
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We found a nice bathroom, and, moved by whimsy, decided to write this little shuffle for y'all. Took us about 15 minutes to write and record. It'd lose its spontaneity, otherwise, no?
Style:
Crosby-Stills-Nash-Young-esque Bathroom Folk
Instrumentation…
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Live mashup with Holly Bass on vocals, Jill Paige on piano. Recorded live at Playbill Cafe in Washington, DC.
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So i sat in my room one day incense burning, with my $100 pawn shop 2nd hand bass guitar which i painted white with the same paint as my walls and i turned the reverb on full and started doing volume swells with the knob on my guitar.. i sat for…
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First post-24h tune. Music written and recorded throughout the day... and lyrics in the evening. WARNING: This one is another cliché romantic synth-pop tune; same *muse* as the last one.
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Brief musical sketch, to be transformed into a teary-eyed country weeper.
Instrumentation:
1 Dobro Resonator Guitar, played on both sides of a slide.
[If you give a page a dobro ...]
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This is a track that I started and glu finished (more like knocked out of the park).
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NOT FINISHED. shining up old songs. this one is headed in this direction. if i put it up on here, i have to finish it.
love,
masochistic super ego.
Here's the old version:
http://alonetone.com/ttworkman/tracks/tiny-little-babies
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Just one of those passing moods. Just finished today - august 2 2009. I resisted the temptation to try to develop it any further and just let it be what it is
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Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am.
Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the last track I did, and it shows.
I was pretty tired after finishing 3am chill, and had to mess round for ages mangling loops and trying out different things before…
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the second track I did.
I'm an old trance head, so I had to have a go at making a trance tune during the 24 hours. This had the advantage that I could stretch out the breakdown…
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The average person thinks as many as 50,000 thoughts a day. Many of these thoughts are negative and self-destructive. I believe that all of the inner tension in your life is created by your thoughts. Your thoughts make you ill and your thoughts…
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NOT FINISHED. another draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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NOT FINISHED. another doo-doo draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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NOT FINISHED. another doo-doo draft. just putting it up here so that i kick myself in the pants to flesh it out and write verses and whatnot and redo everything. great!
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So I was sitting on some wanker's loungesuite watching Across The Universe in a big orange woolly jumper and it came to me! What do i want to say to you? " ??? You're Very Pretty". It just stemmed from that line, but instead of revealing your…
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I wrote Dancing Vampires while reading the book "The Historian", which is a story of a man and his accomplices’ quest to find Dracula in present day Europe. I love history and all of its grit. This song speaks of primal human instincts. We are…
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"Le Capitalisme Globalisé" continued.
Dedicated to Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
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A song written and recorded today.
Lyrics:
I watched you walk away
I miss you more each day
you didn't look back, you didn’t wanna see
I don’t wanna see.
Anymore..
Each day I lose you more
each day i know you less
can’t understand…
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Synth music. I did this purely for a bit of fun. However, I think it also contains the hugest sounds I've ever made!
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Given the spirited twitter reaction to the question of whether SisterSavage should buy pitch correction software, I submit this. The pre-melodyne version of "spilt milk".
It also retains my so-called "MST3K" vocals, which were removed in the…
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I composed the music of this song specially for one of the soloists of my "Bulgarian Sample Voices" project, which will available soon as Apple Loops, EXS24, Kontakt etc...Here I use my new tool "RMX POWER CONTROL " More info will be published…
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This is a new song that started as a guitar pick, then got some words. I finally recorded this. It has 3 parts. Nylon guitar, Electric and voice. This is part of the "human racing" series I am working on.
Matter is surprising
Not what…
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this is a small concerto for violin and orchestra. First movement. Op. 20
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New stuff has been slow in coming for me lately, but I found this lurking on my hard drive from a while back. Frankly don't remember how I did it except that it was all live to 2 tracks and at one point one of my synth patches glitched out on…
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This was quickly put together as I collected my thoughts for some serious soul searching. I felt a bit funky so why not? This is dedicated to a new friend of mine. Pronounce the title, "Backwards eBeth".
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This is my first recording and not great quality. I have ordered a better quality microphone, just waiting for it to arrive. Quality aside, I was hoping for some constructive critcism/comments on my version of this song.
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This is the book number four: Numbers. This is a book of war... a cry of war. Yes! this one has a lot of Gustav Holst influence and the first chord is very like Mozart's Don Giovanni... tell me what you think about it please. thanks.
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this is pretty ruff, but i don't see myself rerecording it anytime soon plus i can't find the lyrics and i'm too lazy to write them down ... anyways. i guess its just a bunch of thoughts about God, a little dramatic. enjoy!
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Kinda cornball but what the hell. I gotta do one for the wifey every now and then.
I think my drumming hiccuped somewhere around 2:40.
Lyrics:
just a day
or maybe for a life time
taken away
by a women in disguise
wrapped on a…
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Collaboration between Christmas Jang and Spencer Lee.
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