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This is a feeble attempt to play some classical Spanish guitar. It took two takes, to make one guitar part, haha. I am no Tommy Emmanuel, and that will be obvious when you listen to this one.
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This is a collaboration with a wonderful young artist - Craig Mathieson. Craig is a tremendous talent, a great guitar player, and just an all around good guy. His album just dropped and you can hear more of his music at the following:
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Second of the songs with a movie clip from 1955.
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Wisians are those strange foreign people with odd customs, and funny hats. They love to party. Have you seen one recently?
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Cthulahoop recording commenced after a peculiarly strong dream. Uses samples of a friend's digerido run through an analog filter. Definitely dream state.
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Cthulahoop recording. Monkey, the base element of the human alchemy.
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At the beginning of a Himitsu jam session we had an impromptu trio of guitar, theremin, and electronic drums doing a snippet of this classic theme.
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i actually got to kidnap a real live drunk sax player for this instrumental kick in the face of traditional arrangement.
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i lay my head down on my pillow
outside i can see the evening sky
you are just over that Western horizon
and i dream that i can fly
the earth shakes '
my water breaks
we have given birth to something new
i see you standing hear before me
we…
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OK we lost power at a critical point in recording for RPM. This one was written and recorded the day I had to pack up all my recording gear and borrow a room at a local public business which was on a different power grid. The wind had caused some…
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Inspiration for this quick fun one came from Uncommon Ritual and other works by Edgar Meyer: I wanted to take a run of notes across multiple instruments just to have fun!
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We play even number of games of backgammon and sometimes it ends in a...
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Written with thoughts for Nodar Kumaritashvili who died at the 2010 Olympics. It was a one in a million chance...
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I figure if I keep trying long enough, I'll start channeling the great Django Reinhardt. Perhaps it's like squeezing blood from a stone but if I get a drop or two, I'm happy with that!
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Named after a painting which was named after a lovely little daily ritual I share with my best friend.
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The title came to me when I saw what impending maelstrom was headed our way on satellite imagry. Lots of space in this tune...
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A reggae version of my country/pop tune. From 2008 album Do What I Gotta Do
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All right, so one of those silly songs needed to find its way onto the album. In an effort to teach the students on my middle school team about rhythm in poetry, I wrote this little bit of foolishness about a fictional character (so yes, you…
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Believe it or not, this song was written while swimming laps in the high school pool (I had to have the life-guard kid write down lines for me every time I returned from the deep end). Oddly enough, the first line I came up with was "Swimming…
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"The pictures that she paints while you're keeping time might just make you think again if you don't believe in the divine." Simply, it's a delicate little song appreciating the talents behind a beautifully written and performed song with the…
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Wrote this song this weekend. Based on an idea from a good friend Sherri Silverwolf. The chorus comes from a saying she came up with. She suggested I write a song for it. So here it 'tis. I think it turned out pretty good. Demo style, just…
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Tried to capture the spirit of the e.e. Cummings poem, didn't quite make it.
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A song about roads not taken, regrets, and a girl I knew in junior high school.
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I know, you think I've completely lost it. This is actually a cover tune. Originally done by Wall of Voodoo around 1979. I did it from memory and ear, so I'm not sure if I got the notes or the Key right. It don't matter though, It was fun.
I…
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From the Himitsu jam sessions. Electronic punk jazz or almost anything else. A group of 3 to 5 musicians meeting weekly to just play. All improvisation, no planning or themes, just what you bring.
Heavy use of Kaos Pad and vocoders, as a…
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two quotes off some TCM-movie and an edited Lady Gaga interview pretty much make up the vocal portion of the track. the rest was born from the fat beats i started out with.
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From the Himitsu jam sessions. Electronic punk jazz or almost anything else. A group of 3 to 5 musicians meeting weekly to just play. All improvisation, no planning or themes, just what you bring.
Our guitarist led this 5 player piece, though…
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I wrote this song after living in Milwaukee for awhile. The ghetto is a hard place to grow up and live. Things become normal there that shouldn't be normal. It's quite sad.
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I wrote this song for a singer that used to be with the band. After you listen to it, you'll get a good feel for her. This is a Delta Blues feel.
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I had a falling out with a long time friend when I wrote this song. It has a Ray Charles/Aretha Franklin gospel/blues feel.
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A cover of a 2010 RPM Challenge song by A Beautiful Scene. Lyrics:
Pouring Rain by A Beautiful Scene
This year I thought of you, far too many times
And it’s made me think
Of things that’ve become over there and they…
And how do I know…
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“Melodious compositions in dancing style for YOU!” - A.W.E.
My first album «ZigZag» (2010) :
http://www.rhapsody.com/awe/zigzag
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zigzag/id339433974
http://www.amazon.com/Zigzag/dp/B002X39FFI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8…
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This is the centrepiece of the album; my self-confessed preferred track to RPM HQ. Powerful vocals by Jen Gibbons and heavy beats supplied by Chris Thomas. The drum track was heavily overdriven to crispen it up and the kick was given a lot of…
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Paper Girls is one of those tracks which I wrote based on my experiences that I hope others can relate to in their own way. Soft, breathy vocals courtesy of Anezka Piska.
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Lyrics:
Well there ain't nothing, nothing you could ever do to break my heart again...
You lied and oh you cheated.
You hung me out to dry.
Left me standing in the cold
beneath the pale gray sky.
There ain't nothing, nothing you could…
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Lyrics:
Babe, if I may be so bold
I swear that you don’t look that old
In fact I’d say you look alright.
So if you want to write my number down
I could show you all around this town
And show you what we do at night.
Well you look like…
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An obvious reference to the classic movie, "Blues Brothers" (which takes place in Chicago -- where we're from), this song tells the cliched story of the band that reunites after years away from each other thanks to "creative differences", "growing…
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Girls! Women! Birds! Chicks! This song's about all the pretty girls out there (and you know who you are)! This song celebrates each and everyone of them.
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Inspired by the book Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks. An earworm (or brainworm as Sacks espouses) is that catchy melody that sticks in your brain that you just can't shake.
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Track 5 from A Half An Hour In the Dark. Nirvana cover.
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Track 3 on Tarbosaurus Antagonist. Written and recorded from February 2009- January 2010.
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The execution is not perfect, but the concept works.
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The lyrics continue the theme of the previous track, if you care about that sort of thing.
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I guess this would be the "centerpiece" of the album. Like the rest of the album it really stumbles along the line between droney and simply repetitive, and it needs a bit of a reworking to reach its potential.
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Short(?) intro to the album; counterpoint to the extended outro "Mantra 2"
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Post RPM Challenge song about one of my favorite drinks to whatever lyrics I wrote that was written after rpm 2009 but never recorded. Recorded guitars one day and added vocals the next. Cool tuning of B-A-D-G-B-D.
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Sometimes you just look at your capo and think... hey, I aint used you for a while - its rough and sloppy but hey... just like me!
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My attempt at being the male version of Sister Savage. I apologize in advance if you think it sucks.
As requested, the lyrics...
"She"
Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill
She's ripped the fabric of my world with harsh intention.
She…
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Started with a little guitar riff on the archtop, Played roland rs9 string synth through tremolo amp. Also has my tenor steel pan played live.
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Archtop song... usually I play this faster... Vocoder for the lyrics... Drums BFD2.
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Vocoder song about AI, strange loops and consciousness. Synths. E. Guitar.
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Started with three blind mice clav bassline. Added RS9 strings, vocoder. same strange loops...
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Last song of RPM album. I'm particularly fond of the last ten seconds. :D
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There is a whole class of songs by singer songwriters who gush in various ways about taking the big chance, following your bliss, following your heart, living your dreams, yada yada. These songs are ALL from the point of view of those who are…
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Another downer, what can I say? Oddly enough though, it makes me smile.
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Probably the single saddest song I ever wrote. This album is kind of a combination of hope and longing and loss. This one is definitely about loss.
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This song is musically and thematically related to an earlier tune from an older album called "house of strangers." That song was a plea from one partner to another about a marriage that was failing. This song comes when it becomes obvious that…
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i just want to push through
but i keep seeing your favorite foods.
i can't get you out of my head
so i bring up some sweet epitaph
and when i said i would love you forever i meant it
but now i also love someone else
and i need to stop living…
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life is always better with a little bit of tension.
i think that we will make good friends
because my life’s complex
and you’re already taken.
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you take me as is
you don't mind a work in progress
you say my flaws make me attractive
you take me as is
(thank you wikipedia)
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I wrote it for a friend of a friend. It was originally about a woman, but although I liked the music a lot, the words didn't quite satisfy me. On a whim, I changed a pronoun here and there, and the song became a story.
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i'm not afraid of being alone
i just like the company
in a forest with no one around
tears are dry and wounds don't bleed
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cheating is the main way
bad communicators chose to end it
and since we’re not taught to talk
it is an epidemic
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Another free jam, stream of consciousness type thang
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One of only two tracks on the album where loops were used more than instruments, or at least as much.
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Publicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro.
www.carranga.org
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Track from my RPM Challenge album of 2010(I changed it up a little!) This is the final installment of the Fear Trilogy. I had originally intended to have a 4 part trilogy because that's the way to do it but time time time... This, like Home Alone…
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A track from my 2010 RPM album. This is the 2nd installment of the Fear Trilogy.
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3rd track for 2010 RPM Challenge. This song has been kicking around for well over a decade but was never recorded.
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First song from my 2010 RPM Challenge entry Revelations Per Moment.
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Album: The End of Happy Endings
Year: 2010 (RPM)
Written by: Marc Poirier
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Contains language.
This, or at least the second part of it, was originally going to form part of a comedy opera I would never have finished in a million years. Couldn't resist putting it on here.
I don't normally write out my lyrics, but…
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I miss the smell of your hands
Your breath
The feel of your skin
We didn’t have to talk
Just understood
What the other was
We are of the same
But we knew
The end would come
Time is no friend
We are not healed
The pain is old
But feels new…
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You’re taking me down
Breaking me down again
Circling around
Spinning toward the bottom
It’s a place we know
Where we always go
We can’t get lost
We know the way
Do we crave the dark
Long for misery
Embrace the end
To only rise again
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Just a basic dance track because its just fun to bounce around sometimes. Also another excuse to use a growly bass sound... a "60 Hz Hum Bass" soundfont I had clearly neglected for too long.
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Like a Persian rug, only less cosy on the feet. Watch out for shamanic encroachings!
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One serious track. It's not like me at all, but there it is.
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I was listening to Leonard Cohen a lot this winter, and these lyrics sort of came out from there...don't know what they really mean, i was more interested in trying to see if I could mimic Leonard's style, which of course I can't, but this was…
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This is my submission for Akron/Family's "Woody Guthrie's America" Project.
[WOODY PROJECT 2.0](http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/woody2/Woody_v.2.0/New_Home.html)
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The most challenging track to record during the RPM Challenge this year. I like how a lot of it turned out, but there were so many clashing pieces, that I was pulling my hair out trying to assemble it.
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Anyone read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr - my daughter lent it to me - teenage Faery novel about addiction - pretty creepy at times.
This is the one act musical version.
I wanted a 'deranged in our neighbourhood' kind of feel to it.
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Low-frills bass and piano piece. Not my usual fare (whatever that is), but still fun to create.
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A silly song questioning the value of using songs to get a message across. Just say 'sorry' - don't write me an opera about it.
Incidentally the note choices in this song really did hurt me.
New lies
Written like you cared for me
A…
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Written for the "My First Sing-A-Long Dictionary" RPM 2010 project.
See myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/
Daddy's away
Posted abroad
Sending home pay
All he can afford
Mummy pretends
But I notice that something has changed
The letters…
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A song about the five stages of grieving, as devised by the (late) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Unfortunately knowing these stages does not help you get over them.
You've been managing expectations
Consultations end in tears
Even if you're optimistic…
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Lorelei reaches her breaking point after years of abuse — via a failed attempt at an homage to Ennio Morricone (had he been Mexican).
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So I just figured out that the EXS24 sampler instrument in Logic Pro (the DAW I use) can also import SoundFont2 files, which I happened to have a bunch of from a previous life as a Cakewalk user. All the tracks in this tune were played using old…
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This was the first track i demo'd for this year's RPM but i just got round to tidying it up and adding the third verse. A bit of a feel good record!
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"bouncing pianos" - energetic piano/bass/drums tune
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This tune was totally brought to you by technology.
The variant in the piano chords came from quantizing some sloppy timing that led to some happy accidents.
The main piano line came…
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“my jetpack” a floaty, atmospheric type piece.
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I’m not thrilled with the strings (the part that only shows up once in the piece). I need to blend them more. They’re too abrupt.
I think the “percussion” may get too loud towards the end…
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Dang, everyone except Rob (and Laura) (and me) liked the previous version! (Cupid's Own Knife)
Only i did this with the lyrics so maybe one can be a bonus track ...
aargghh ... why didn't i write a *different* song?
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lullaby featuring piano (but of course!)
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Today I learned how to add an insert effect to the master channel. The song was way quiet so it got boosted via a limiter. Hurray.
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This is sort of a skeleton version of this song...I have an intro in mind, but don't have time to write it right now. So named because it's primarily in 7/4.
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Well i gues i was just sitting bored at home in new years even and i came up with the hook , then just worked on it on and off, and ended up with this.
Hope you enjoy it :)
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I mostly wanted to make music with a funky clav line I'd come up with, so this is it. For the voiceover, I unabashedly used an awesome monologue by Ken Nordine.
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This one could use re-mixing, but I'm going to leave it as is for now. This should be track 6 on "They Are Killers."
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Moody, ambient track with a bit of clicky rhythm to it. This is what happens when I compose music when I've got a headache.
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well its been a while this is a divertion from my usual even "singing".... (not really happy but after about 100 takes i gave up and will go on to do something else n see if it gets better with time.....
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