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on the old plum tree
blossom by blossom
the spring thaw is born
-- Hattori Ransetsu (1654-1707)
pure white plum blossoms
slowly begin to turn
the color of dawn
-- Buson Yosa (1715-1783)
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This song was written after a childhood friend of mine was killed in Iraq.
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Lyrics to "Hide & Seek"
The television a one trick pony
The same routine of talking heads
I know you’d tell me, I should get some sleep
I just can’t remember…
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This song was recorded a short time prior to a very messy break-up.
Hope you can feel me, it's hard to put this out there.
- Jack
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Dragon Child
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 some rights reserved
it's been years since…
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This is a live recording of a set I did with guitarist Mike Levine on a University of New Hampshire radio show. This is one of the 'songs' we did. It is a 5-tune Irish fiddle set that was previously done by the great Irish fiddle player Martin…
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Slightly twisted, odd. I like this one a lot...I think I'll do something more with it.
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This is one from the album "Hide" (2003)I Hope you enjoy it :)
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LIGHTS, CAMERA.. ACTION!
Ha, Ha, Ha
As she goes
All legs, she knows
Lives like the ways of Rome
She don’t wanna be a stay at home
She wanna make her name
That thing gave her fame
Sex Fame
Sex Fame
That thing
Streaming $19.95, she’s yo’s
An…
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This recording is live from our practice space and was featured on our two song demo "Lightning Demo" in May 2008.
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This is my version of Alex Moody's "Of A Child" from his album Make Do & Mend...recorded for the RPM cover swap project.
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This is actually a combo of three pieces: Shreya's song "Cry of the Banshee", my song "Strange High House In The Mist", and some open mic poetry under the title "The Skull."
Needs a bit of cleaning up, maybe, but I think I did a good job channeling…
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by Jack Merlot
copyright 2008 - all rights reserved
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When we had finally captured the raven
Caught the raptor and made her our pawn
We headed out of that No Man's Land
and traveled straight through until dawn
but the shrapnel…
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Queens Over Aces
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 some rights reserved
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one hand clapping in the sycamore trees
while you're out mapping the coast
won't you come back, brother, oh please
I swear that I miss you the most
the Pacific…
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This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
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This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
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Here's a song about that crush on the teacher many of us will remember - but maybe not totally admit...
Many thanks to another cultural landslide (http://alonetone.com/anotherculturallandslide ) for sending a neat MIDI riff for this song. We…
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This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
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This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
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This is a straight on Prog Instrumental, available on the CD 'The Citadel of Cynosure & Other Tales' -
Folk Metal Prog Art Pop Symphonic Hard Soft Fast Slow Acoustic Electric Rock from the Genre Busters!
All material is © CITADEL/WE/RMDW…
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This is a remake of a song I wrote a long time ago. I think I was influenced by Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" and "Family Snapshot", two songs where he travels into the mind of the deranged. So in this case we don't know what the offense was exactly…
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this is the slightly sparkly version of my version of Moschell's "Boxes and Strings" from his 'Circus of Freaks and Fools' RPM Challenge CD. I recorded it as a video last night and redid it in the studio (unfinished sauna) today.
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cd03 - Song 4
blog: http://underwoodblog.blogspot.com/
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/underwoodblog
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/underwoodblog
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A cover of David Marcoullier's excellent piece. All lyrics and music are by him, and this is just my version.
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Me and an acoustic recording this afternoon...
Autotune was NOT used on any part of this recording!
Original by Don Hendley
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The song is about isolation and loneliness (implied abuse) and the conditions that could lead someone down the path to obsessive, destructive behavior: stalking, arson, and violence.
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Lyrics:
There’s a pound or two of flesh in my chest yet.
It sits next to the bag that brings me my breath, yes.
A knot of muscle that flex and flex and flexes,
It’s okay—no rest (unless time requests it).
In the bowl above my eyes a gelatinous…
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About a trip to Des Moines, Iowa, more info here.
http://www.sonador.us
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Guitar and Drums recorded Oct 16, 2008; Vocals and Bass recorded on Oct 19, 2008. Drums arranged with DrumTrack.
http://www.sonador.us
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Bass Heavy Guitar and Hydrogen Drums recorded Jan 9, 2008; Lead Guitar and Vocals recorded Jan 15, 2008; All tracks recorded in one take to a Tascam Portastudio 424 MKIII.
http://www.sonador.us
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Paprika soundtrack, Jorge Ben and Kussen Verboten
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This one is about a person named Sarah, who is awesome. And stuff. This song is not as good as the person as it is for. Samples are from a thing on archive.org.
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Wrote this with the intention of later releasing a vocal mix. Lyrics are already written, just need a vocalist (or to whip my own voice into shape).
Music boxes, strings, and a drum set that sounds like a caged animal trapped behind the "shinier…
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Using the polka beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge, with the composer on all instruments. Drums were looped in Acid Pro 7.
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Using the waltz beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. The spoken bits are of xenophobic Utah State Senator Chris Buttars. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the samba beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the fox trot beat from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer on all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Featuring Matt Podschweit on keyboards with the composer on tenor sax. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using cha cha and rhumba beats from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with all other instruments played by the composer. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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Using the rock & roll and fox trot beats from the 1958 record album "Rhythm Accompaniment", with the composer playing all other instruments. Written and recorded in February 2009 for the RPM Challenge.
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You know when you're creating something and it comes out exactly how you wanted it, and then it becomes you favorite? This one is still my favorite and has not been dethroned yet.
The song is all by me - words, vocals, bass, the "guitar…
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driving that Infiniti all along the coast
doctor of divinity - I didn't mean to boast
with your strange affinity for whiskey & coke
and looking at the stars
brother Shawn, here's a disk for your collection
we're gonna go check out this here…
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Ghost Dobro
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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spider silk of the stars
heard me playing the ghost dobro
saw me slip through the bars
to quench my fevered glow
her allure was practiced and warm
and all the…
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This song is a tribute to the space monkeys named Albert. They all died tragic deaths of various kinds during their forced service to the American space program.
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A punk/pop tune relating to my being a bit of a soap-dodger. Or so my lady says.
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Hey, notice the new forum section... Track Therapy? discuss with me: http://alonetone.com/forums/track-therapy/topics/help-me-find-direction-for-this-track
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T Boudreau - Lyrics / Music
Bonehead - Guitar, Vocals
Thunder Chris - Drums, B Vocs, Percussion
Tim Hochadel - Bass, B Vocals, Beer Bottles
John Young - Keys
JD Herzog - Sax
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T Boudreau - Lyrics / Music
Bonehead - Music and Vocals
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jesse wrote this one and sings lead. basic guitar, vocal and banjo were recorded live with a room mic.
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sometimes when you listen to one musician exclusively for an extended period of time you try to write a song as if you were that musician.
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The lyrics were co-written with Mike Novak. I sent him the music, and we worked from there. I've done that a bunch with friends from Canada (Me Man Jack - check them out) and its fun to collaborate..
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This is my newest song made using Reason 4. Compositionally it might get slightly repetitive but I am hoping that there is enough variation that it will keep the listeners attention through the whole piece. Enjoy and let me know what you like…
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This track is written and performed by my 12 year old son Zack. He really is coming along great as a musician, and I'm proud to include him in my RPM project for a second year!
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For some reason the first upload of this plays faster than it should, hopefully this will play at the correct speed, I will leave the other up as some people seem to like it
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This is the finished version of Trance-Indental. the second half has come out very different to what I thought it would, but I like it. Give it time to build as it progresses.
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A grief song. You know this place. If you don't then move on while you still can. Seriously. Don't click ..
This is a tidied up version, I managed to get rid of some of th noise and rebalance the vocals 18/3/09
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Banjo and Guitar and Vocal. Sometimes you don't want to look back.
this si now a tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.
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Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change.
This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09
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I'm still sort of working on this and may upload a revised version
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I should mention I was thoroughly tanked on sangria when I made this one. It just seemed appropriate...
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A song all about the passing of time, the seasons, love and life
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It reminded me of early Leonard Cohen so I took it in that direction with the finger picking and spookiness
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This is written by my friend Stuart Walker, and he gave me permission to record this for my RPM 2009 album. It seemed to be a meditation on everyday life so I decided that I'd whistle for the solo as it's the kind of thing I do when walking down…
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This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.
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reading too much sci-fi makes you paranoid and using too many effects pedals can make your songs repetitive, loud, and long.
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i don't know. another paranoid delusion, i guess.
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loop pedal + fuzz pedal + wah-wah = instrumental noise madness.
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This is a random, ambient, minimal and free music.
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An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.
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An instrumental track recorded for the RPM Challenge 2009.
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*Modern electronic rock. Guitar, synthesizer, samples, drums.*
*Sounds like **_Depeche Mode_** *and **_U2_**.
*Recorded at The Hive in 1997. Mixed with* **_Ken Kessie._**
*When you're depressed, nobody wants to see you.*
You all said…
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Folk waltz with great harmony
The video is live acoustic in my living room
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A work in progress. I like singer songwriter ftuff but also like to play around with trance and the like.
This has a way to go yet but maybe you could give a little feedback
Thanks
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Created for the CHiLL is five compilation, 28 November 1999.
My first or second CHiLL release. I don't love it.
Ambient. Synthesizers.
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Another song for the RPM 2009 Challenge. This is sort of an interlude that reminds me of Penguin Cafe Orchestra but with a sort of industrial edge. Vocoder is featured.
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A model of the Solar System which whirls and turns all the planets in their correct orbits at the correct relative speeds
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A classically-inspired track that totally does not fit in with the rest of the album. Incidentally, Ctesiphon was a capital of the Parthian Empire.
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I believe the recording in the background is from a spy station. The other is a Spanish sonnet.
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I could not turn off certain synthesizers while I was programing this one, so I kept it as it was. Desperate sounding, I thought.
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Tartessos (possibly the "Tarshish" of the Bible) was a fabulous city in Southern Spain that the Greeks and Phoenecians often visited. I wanted to evoke a sense of adventure.
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The first track begun, the last one finished. My attempto write a techno-middle eastern fugue!
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Aural and astral travel to fabled lands and back.
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this songs was written after robbie was left at a bar after a fight with his girlfriend and sounds like it too
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about a ex girlfriend pretending to be someone shes not
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