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With the flick of a switch when the light ran away
And the last scraps of daylight abandoned
Instead of feeling secure inside the cozy retreat
There were noises just outside on the landing
When the shadows crept through the deepening gloom
A twinkle…
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You shouldn't try to keep your secrets
And then just run off to confess
I'm sure you've got your own reasons
To fight the movement to suppress
Acting parts in your own theatre
But going blind under the spotlight
(Chorus)
Even though it's all…
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The final part of any space flight is re-entry and splashdown (or landing if you're Russian). 4000 degrees of burning heat protected by just a heat shield.
I was aiming for a mixture of fear and euphoria in this one. The final words are from Dave…
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Each moon landing could only spend a short time on the surface before it was time to leave.
Buzz Aldrin's words on the moon struck me as very descriptive so they became the title. To be fair, I let Neil Armstrong do much of the vocals on this…
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The Command Module pilot was the most isolated person in the history of mankind once his two crew mates had started their descent to the lunar surface.
The spoken words start off as my own and then quote Michael Collins the Command Module pilot…
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Entering orbit. No one's ever seen before the backside of the moon. The moment of parting when the lunar crew leave the Command Module pilot and enter the Lunar Module.
A three part song written over the whole of RPM12, the orbit piece at the…
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The approach to the moon.
This one was going to have lyrics around the second melody piece, but nothing fitted and I decided it was more appropriate to just have it as an instrumental.
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Liftoff. Nuff said.
My favourite track of RPM12. Played it to the people in the office and they were very kind.
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Please release me, let me go
For I don't love you anymore
To waste our lifes would be a sin
Release me and let me love again
I have found a new love, dear
And I will always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me my darling…
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It's over baby it's over
It's too late to explain
Before we Blow up again
Oh we thought that We were so much better
than those People with their Problems
why Couldn't they just Solve them
So why Are we the Ones that get those stares…
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Don't refrain
Have no regrets
You've made your choice
On how it ends
And this is what you want to say
time to explain away to friends
Our time is up
For what we have
For what we do
It’s blind to blind
We’ll have to bear
Our testimony has to withstand…
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each time I’d look at you
I was looking for a breakthrough
some emptied sigh, some reasons why
everything I’d left behind
reckless provisions for some blooming vine
followed me, in the back of my mind
forgive me, mother for the lamb…
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Completed 1 minute to midnight on February 29th 2012. RPM, we are win!
Sandbags took some of Savage's homemade stems and grew this in the closing hours of the RPM Challenge.
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Best thing I've ever written. I still have no idea what it means.
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I never managed to get this one to work before.
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From the vault of early computer recordings. It was in WAV format til I converted it to mp3. $10 LabTech mic,brand new strings.
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Michael and Theodore
(C Maiorano)
Remembering things we did, hell we were just kids
The best was yet to come, thinking back makes me feel numb
Why?
Broken homes made us family, we shared our drink merrily
Dealt with things our own way…
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Onward
(c maiorano)
The message they send us
Conform or be tortured
If it's left up to us
We can only do wrong
But we'll trust in our fortunes
Progress moves onward
Straight ahead
Immortally strong
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Home-Made Rock n Roll
( t boudreau)
I want to tell ya about my baby
She does a little kitchen dance
She turns up my heat
And grease's down my sheets
And she can rattle my pots n pans
She can start with a slow simmer
And turn it up…
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This is an out take reversed. We liked it.
(Savage & Mower 2012)
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Based on a trip to Italy while reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...my drummer(s) bailed on me at the last minute..so no drums here...boo hoo but maybe in the future
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A rubbish track by Tess got the Sandbags treatment here - the results only hold shades of the original. And it's just as well.
Includes 91dreamloop.wav by NoiseCollector
Sandbags - composition, production, special effects
Tess - original…
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We were running out of time during the RPM Challenge 2012, so Tess applied a shedload of effects to Matt's piano motif from "Breaking Arrows".
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Messing around with a Korg. Part of my outer-space theme - the Apollo program ended with Apollo 17...imagine if they had 51 missions! Also, a subtle link to Area 51.
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Tess Savage - composition, synth, strings, voice
Mr Sandbags - beats & reichatron samples
Deep in the night
I remember
Euphoria
(Savage 2012)
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My last rpm song - based on the police log in a local paper. The writer must have been feeling poetic - more than half of these are word for word and the rest were slightly changed to fit the rhyming scheme.
My incomparable musicians:
Dobro…
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Ditty #9 for the RPMC album "Bones".
I'd had this rolling around in my head for about a year now, and even played it live with the SD&Q trio. Didn't quite turn out as planned, which is not unusual.
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Featuring Norm Harris on Percussion
http://alonetone.com/norm
Norm is playing his piece:
"Groove For All Hallows"
http://alonetone.com/norm/tracks/groove-for-all-hallows
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This song is about the RPM Challenge; having 28 days (yes, I cheated, this year we get 29) to write and record a 10 song album. The illustrious Ghost Tea (http://soundcloud.com/ghosttea) added some rhymes to make it extra special!
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Featuring the great guitar playing of Mr Rob Tate
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It was just how long to piece was..but somehow five more seconds crept on...
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TWO POUNDS - (Diethylstilbestrol Daughters)
"DES, which was once prescribed to prevent miscarriages, caused obesity, rare vaginal tumors, infertility, and testicular growths among those exposed in utero." http://www.motherjones.com/environment…
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i can hear the digits in your digital audio
i feel the need to fidget with my mouse and my moby
i’m listless as i listen to prestigious presentations
of manipulated data and prestidigitation
i type unlisted numbers into my communicator
i'm dubious…
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A song I wrote for my sister and I to sing. Possibly the best song I have written. She's so good! :)
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Away From Creation
W/M by OsCKilO
Pick me us up and set me down ,
In a box high off the ground.
It is what I’m used to out of life.
This is up and there is down.
In between we carry on.
Up and down the stairwells to the heights
Look upon…
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A HOUSE CALLED BROKEN
youre in a house and your wasting away
youre in a house and its long long lonely day
youre in a house that you cant wait to forget
youre in a house all broken a little lie you tell yourself
but when it falls to pieces…
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I wrote this in Feb 2012 - I've been getting into watching documentaries on the NASA Apollo program and also having fun with a Telecaster. The Sea of Tranquility is a place on the Moon.
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Formerly montgomerucson. Creating an album for this song to nestle into was a primary motivation for this project.
Special thanks to Ben Montgomery for the trumpet tracks.
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#7 for this years rpm, the album name is of the same name,, small watercolor piano moments, with the occasional vocal such as this
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Don't look if your going to feel guilty........
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This was an entirely improvised tune. The story kind of tells itself. Red wine and marijuana on the roof of the Hotel Vitale can lead to events that are no bueno. Blacking out behind the wheel is no bueno. Ingesting marijuana unknowingly in a…
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Part of The Kitchen Sink, AMUC's RPM 2012 album.
If you like what you hear, you can also find the entire Kitchen Sink album as a playlist, with everything in the correct order.
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Part Of Kitchen Sink, the RPM 2012 album for AMUC.
I was planning to write a love song, but .. it didn't quite come out that way.
3/11/12 - I re-recorded the first verse with better-sounding vocals. I'm leaving the version on the RPM Jukebox…
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Here's another little something that I somehow got sidetracked on posting.... Thanks for the jams Norm! One of these days I'll bounce something fresh your way....
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Recorded at an oceanography meeting in Salt Lake City this February (2012). The Ekman Spiral is a phenomena that describes the vertical change in ocean current from wind at the surface, which is in a spiral decreasing with depth. The spoken…
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This tune is 3 years in the making... Thanks to B1 in Seattle, Washington, USA for the music... Vocals by CMOR... Music by B1
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rehab wouldnt take me, so while waiting for something else, i fixed this one up some more. it must be done now. have a great march everyone HWS
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you'll find that these songs and the lick lichens stuff are very differnet from chimps
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The forecast looks good:
Some say rain is on the way.
Skiers pray for snow!
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Syllables has too
Many syllables to make
Really good haiku.
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Rhyme: difficult when
Writing a three-line poem.
Make ev'ry word count.
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This is my band, The Plan, doing our song Waltz in D. Hope you enjoy and find us on Facebook!
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Rhyme: difficult when
Writing a three-line poem.
Make ev'ry word count.
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At last all comes out:
Petty details of my past
Scribbled 'pon this page
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i really cannot go into the story behind this song.
enjoy. i did.
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BlueTrack Best music on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/BlueTrack Page:
http://www.facebook.com/BlueTrack.page
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Usually I like songs less when they are finished. This one I think I like more. I had planned on dropping this one but now I'm not sure.
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I really wish I had the voice for this one... it could use a good singer.
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a pleasant song about being hopelessly in denial
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RPM2012 Preview ... drop D tuning ... this time I started with a click track so I was able to add some synth ... enjoy ... lyrics:
The cat's in the yard
The flowers in bloom
The sunshine is out
The boys in their rooms …
Can they tell where…
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Something else I'm playing around with for RPM 2012.
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My failed attempt at a pop song that turned into an acoustic funfest.
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A song meant for playing when you happen to be sitting on a polar bear rug by a lit fire or any situation similar.
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An 80's inspired dance piece that's enough to make a disco ball explode...or something.
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Another downtempo piece describing the seductive games between two manipulative lovers!
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A sad song detailing the longing for a lost love.
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New Original track done the Open Concept way ONLY Vocals and Beatbox. Inspired by the recent events of a close friend. Enjoy!
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Lyrics:
Here's a dance that even you can do,
Cos you don't have to move more than your wrist.
It so simple that it requires
Even less coordination than the twist.
You can squirm about all you want,
Or you can stand real still, just like…
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will i ram/jesmiaus/cryptic meadow 's "mosquito summer killing" bye bye remix
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The story of Elisha and Elijah. We sang this in church this morning. We got my daughter to play a clarinet solo for it. She's only been playing for 5 months, so we're really proud of her and excited to have one more way to "color" our music.
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LSA improv. Just hit record, and it came forth. Twas a great night.
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Fears and tears
collate your life
Memories
bleed your mind
No much time
to loose in lie
(1995)
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Ahh, drone. Funny how extremely slow, repetitive, yet heavy phased guitars drown out the world and still make a melodious impact. Technically not much I would agree, but after listening to Xela's recitation, man, it just moves me.
There is a done…
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About making love to your cell phone. Audio is a little strong in the mix. But Hay. I made this song in 2 hours.
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from the album "Uniform"
she hides her heart under the pillow
waiting for the good fairy to come
replace this worn and broken thing
with a heart that can feel again
she's never sure which night will be her lucky one
but she anticipates…
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from the album "Uniform"
she hides her heart under the pillow
waiting for the good fairy to come
replace this worn and broken thing
with a heart that can feel again
she's never sure which night will be her lucky one
but she anticipates…
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Live recording at Michelangelo's. Paul Mimlitsch playing an ES-175 and myself playing a Goodall 12 string.
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Live recording at Michelangelo's. Paul Mimlitsch playing an ES-175 and myself playing a Goodall 12 string.
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Live recording at Coffee At The Point with myself and Paul Mimlitsch playing electric guitars Paul is playing an bass clarinet and myself playing a Fender Stratocaster.
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Live recording at Coffee At The Point with myself and Paul Mimlitsch playing electric guitars Paul is playing an ES-175 and myself playing a Fender Stratocaster.
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Live recorded at Coffee At The Point with myself and Paul Mimlitsch playing electric guitars Paul is playing an ES-175 and myself playing a Fender Stratocaster.
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End Game - W/M by OsCKilO
-Lyrics-
Love,
Rythem,
Life,
Rythem!
They said no masks on my way inside.
Love,
Rythem,
Life,
Rythem!
Eyes to the right as they fake a smile
Copy, paste selected.
Can't hear life over click tone.
Battle…
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This is a laid back little number written by Elmore James and given the FDR treatment!
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Written by Robert Johnson i think, this arrangement by Eric Clapton and it makes for a dam good jam!
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An RPM demo that sounds like it's slowly breaking down...
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This is the soundtrack to an animation collaboration of the same name... Watch the video!!
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The first single released by the neo-psychedelica/cultured CaucASIAN band, White Chocolate Meltdown, Dancotica Technonotica is an Asian Fusion dance mix!This is an extremely elementary song compared to the ones we have coming your way. So dance…
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a little play on words with it being written/improv'd on the spot lyrically about starting out with a lovey dubby love song and turned out well like this!
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This is a cover of Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton. It was recorded for a movie musical recently released on youtube.
Vocals by Aaron J. Amendola.
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Anyone who has been through a messy breakup can relate to this song.
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In the old days you could dodge the collectin man if your money wasn't right.Nowadays they can remotely shut off your lights,cable,internet-put your stuff out on the curb. So this is a bittersweet trip down nostalgia lane.
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This original song began as an 'echo' of Dylan's 'Lay Lady, Lay...'
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A track from my old band Pity Dog. Shawn Hill on lead vocals.
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From my old band The Missing Chord. Recorded in Lincoln City, Oregon.
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W/M by Tharek Mokbul
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When the world is in battle,
It grows hard to see,
The fights that occur within lines.
Constant distraction dispensed
From the top
of the castle
With oil down its sides.
All of the effort
now wasted…
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There's a hole in the English language... LOL!!
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This song was written on guitar by Kari Eskola from Finland. He sent me his guitar track along with this fantastic vocal recording by Emmi Inkeri asking me to replace the guitar with a piano accompaniment.
I tried my best, knowing that I'm not…
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Another Live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen back in 1988 on the NPR show Mountain Stage. This time a piece of Gaelic mouth music followed by 3 reels. Maybe the most complex arrangement of a set of tunes that we ever did.
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And so, we all went back to our lives alone. Still, we dreamed and saw the beauty surrounding us. Still, the sun was pushing through the fog.
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Overnight
the world went fake
Everything has been replaced
With pale imitations
Gray reflections
The food has no taste
Surrounded by automatons
Programmed not to see what's going on
Cheap props and flimsy sets
A tired plot and bad effects…
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Blue the light that shines on me
Watching you on the screen
Blue your eyes and blue the scenes
Replay, rewind, recurring dream
Blue the nights I sit at home
Scanning, surfing all alone
Blue the color of the bruise
Thinking of my time with you…
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I pinch myself but I don't wake up
I cut myself but I still feel numb
The drugs
The drinks
It's later than you think
I starve myself but the weight won't lift
I beat myself up and I can't stop it
Then you appear
Tell me what I need to…
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Last update: April 9th, 2012 (quant-digitalis)
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Demo of an old song that's going on my new record.
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Song #2 for the RPMC. My goal is to have 12 short tunes (1-3 minutes long), so I need to pick up the pace.
Again, quartal tuning on the top 3 unison pairs of the 12 string. I've been listening to Ralph Towner's Blue Sun, hence the title.
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Written by Greg Connor
Lyrics:
River run away with me
I got my paddle in my hand
Take me far away from here
Take me to the sea
Take me somewhere I don’t know
Take me where the water goes
Start out fast, then go slow
Closer to the…
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My RPM challenge this year: acoustic guitar instrumental album with no more than three tracks on each tune (ok, maybe four!)
This one is a single track with no overdubs. On the 12 string, the 4th,5th and 6th string pairs are tuned a fourth apart.
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