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Sleepless in Dresden is a long, peaceful and very, very relaxing track inspired by the Aria part of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. The legend has it that Bach composed the variations to Count Keiserling, the former ambassador of Saxony in Russia…
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and the booze train keeps rollin down the line, clownish rodeo song of mine.
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some more programmed beats and music. ssssSPACE boy to the recuuuue! dun dun duna dun. Well it's good for a laugh, halfway through theres a part of the song where it sounds like a theme for a super hero.
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just more in the mix here with the last three to four minutes IMO taking away from the music, I can delete that if you think so? we are just continuing down the tape I made in 2006 one of many, hundreds actually and I can not keep them straight,,
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this is done in the same vane as the last two just more minimal ambient noisy stuff..
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From the Foks minialbum
experimental, ambient, psychedelic
Voice: Ivan1984, the famous Jamendo-reviewer
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this song was made specifically for this site to have on it roster enjoy,
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Righteousness!!! A little piece I wrote that dealt with a new method on music composition itself.
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This is a solo piano improvisation that I performed last year (2009) but have tinkered off and on for a while as a work in progress. It really isn’t done yet but I thought I might let others hear it. The piano sound is generated entirely by…
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An electronic tune written using OctaMed emulated on a PC via WinUAE (2002-2003)
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Good old Deluxe Music on the old Amiga 600.. this was written in 1994
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Pink Floyd cover from A Momentary Lapse of Reason album. Minus all the cool leads and saxophone and organ. Just grit. Just CM doing a cover in his own style. Just is.
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A frightening thing, to go from being a man to becoming a Lobster-man.
Now Gather around me hearties
For I've got a sad tale to be told
Hoist the colors ye bilge rats
The call rang out, we were off for gold
Grog in our bellies, horn-pipes…
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another track off of "cryptical condition" as it is still being written.
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This is probably the last of this stuff from the archives that I'll upload. Rescued from a cassette tape of a live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen. These tunes are popular down in the Southwest of Ireland. Michael(Fiddle) and…
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my brain on my ex - originates from 1996 - details below.
Dulled
What can I tell you?
I hold nothing inside
My brain aches from lack of....
Direction
I am shriveling up inside
Having not one thing to express
And my feelings are dulled…
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please see linked video => A Harmonic Series composition, Reverend Terry Jones, radical Islam, radical Christianity, doing harm in the name of religion.
I took recordings of mandolin, guitar, and bass and processed them in Paul Extreme…
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there is a story to this song,
about friendship strong.
a careful collaboration between three artists.
Launched- guitar, vocals, and songwriting
Norm- drums sampled from his song 'surf naked'
Hot Wheels Spaulding playing, well nothing really…
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Well, I had this crazy idea that *maybe* Buddy Guy was using some microtonal inflections in his cover of Tramp (which are what the "blue notes" are and thought it would be cool to cover it with my fretless guitar. As it turned out it was my ear…
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Had to be different. I started out with 12 string accoustic chord progression and all and all these wonderful folky ideas but this is was I stuck with.
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Another song i recently composed using loops
and midi applications. the end was a bit abrupt
but want to see how this is liked before i
progess any furthe thanks take care NEIL .
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This i composed an origianl using midi applications , and software programs. after the
gulf oil spill i wanted to create the soundof
whales crying , and trying to live through this
disaster..thus the whale cry effect. hope u like
it . i do a…
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My 1st song, written in about 15 minutes. I had a recorder at put it down on tape that afternoon
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You guessed it, early moring cup 'o joe and guitar
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Actually longer than a minute. More like a view of things going on
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I had a feeling you would ask. Just a guitar jam
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Well, my son and I were sitting around the backyard last night. A nice fire going, I was playing my acoustic, and we heard this crazy cricket chirping away very close to us. My son asked if I could record him with my "machine". Out came the…
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is this what its like "Inside A Changing Mind" ?
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"I'll know it when I see it"
Is what she finally said
"If there was some other way
I'd do that instead"
And blindly without question
I followed down that trail
That led into the hidden night
Beyond the parted veil
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This song…
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give it up for cryptic meadows on everything, written, and performed by cryptic meadows, jazzercised by Hot Wheels Spaulding, this IS THE REMIX!
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For improv friday
This is part 2 - see Keys at Lowes for an explanation of what I'm trying to do.
Ok, another try using base frequencies of 0.1, 3, 10, 17, 33 and 48 Hz spread in stereo space plus some of the original mixed in. (additional…
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Another one rebuilt after my freak SD card initialization fiasco. The excellent solo work was done by my buddy Gnasty - I love it!
This is the second part of a two part song. I'll get the other part up next hopefully.
Badass Solos: Gnasty…
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Not really sure how to describe this one. Kind of dark. Kind of crazy. Not sure if this one fits into any genre.
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a spatula rhythm track slowed down really slow, synth, guitars and some bent like hell made up language.
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A Slow drinkin song. My brother just turned 21 and so I made this.
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the taker of names. i enjoy etymology as much as the next lunatic. the album denominator is a concept album based on dual accompaniment. here we have an accoustic guitar accompanied by a bassline. The guitar veers in and out of recognizable…
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A prototype. I recorded the banjo parts myself and the rest is all arranged in Logic. The mandolin that comes in halfway through is a chopped up loop until I can find a mandolin to record my own solo.
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a collaboration with nebulonicalchemy - the original is here http://alonetone.com/nebulonicalchemy/tracks/blah-blah-001
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A 'floaty' tune based on a sequence of chords I started playing (on another keyboard to the one I used in this recording), one night (years ago)!
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'...remotely 'Bird'-like experiment...' (Charlie Parker reference)
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For those I call my friends....
Where ever in the world you are...
My Son Opens up this tune with a sound check... :)
-Lyrics-
As I stand, and I survey,
All the places that I stayed.
Days of old and nights that Slip into the…
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My dear fine lady
Oh my dear green lady
the two of us
underneath the tree where it tis shady
I raise my glass to yours
in the green grass
My dear fine lady
oh my dear green lady
just the two of us
I raise my eyebrow and wink
forgettin' all the…
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I made this song, it's not really about Clyde in particular, just old tom-cats in general. (Such as myself...)
- Jack Merlot
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3 guitar tracks followed by a track with the trap set. A lot of alt tuning lately posted on AT which I like. This guitar was tuned to an open G. After I did it, I thought the sound was more like a backwoods, hillbilly song.
Unfortunately…
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The Flying Bear features a nice fusion of funk and rock that leaves the listener both satisfied and excited. An experimental vibe is very prominent during the song's bridge, and the entire song can be rooted back to Soulstice Music's Red Hot Chili…
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improv on the Epi
Standard tuning, capo at third fret.
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Another rough, uncut nugget. Will be finished later.
2010
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One for my electronic friends. It's just a bunch of patches mixed with MIDI and glued together with 1 part water, 2 parts flour, and 2 parts ectoplasma.
Enjoy!
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Ring of Fire - lyrics by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -1963. Slightly modified.
This wasn't meant to be Ring of Fire but that's how it wound up.
I have been wanting to trash Ring of Fire and the words just seem to fit this simple 1-4-5…
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An experiment with quarter tone tuning.
I tuned my guitar: low E (normal tuning)
A (quarter step up)
D (normal tuning)
G (quarter step down)
B (normal tuning)
high E (tuned D then quarter step down)
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My love for America is . . . complicated. And yours?
The song is part of the soundtrack from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings," which can be found here:
http://bit…
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This time I tried something else. It's definitely more jazzy than anything before. I think its a direction in which I'd like to keep going.
I hope you like it!
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My (first?) submission for this week's improvFriday.
bleepBox! app, stylophone and police scanner.
http://improvfriday.ning.com/
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Used a drum machine and played guitar and bass over top. Maybe not quite rap.
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Soft to driving rock. Crazy solo stuff going on about half way through. Not yet complete. Newer song.
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insane, accoustic guitar from 2008. totally improv.
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from our fourth album 2008. frantic guitar piece.
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this was originally a song about breaking through paradigms but turned into a song about a girl.
Keys and string samples from Korg, MIDI with the old Ensoniq,
one diving board.
Thanks for the listen ,enjoy... RW
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Here's to insignificance my friend. May you never be squashed like a bug.
Instruments used: Kontakt, LoopShifter, Stylus RMX
Effects used: Eos, DubStation, Replicant, Augustus Loop
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Caveat emptor: I did absolutely none of the drumming in this piece.
ANOTHER WORLD PREMIER! FIRST RECORDING OF THIS PATTERN - EVER!
My friend Kokou "Alex" Yemey delighted me with another visit this evening. He played "Aju" - all 5 tracks…
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a collaboration of Alister Flint - Carlo Serafini - Chris Vaisvil
so, Chris did this. Carlo did that. and i added some. for the technical stuff, see below. :)
This piece uses multiple tunings simultaneously and is the inaugural…
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A track that came out of nowhere with another banjo to percussion beat.
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Rage Against the Machine cover by bddtmm. I perform all strings and vocals, I built the drum pattern on my drum machine.
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Metallica cover by bddtmm. I perform all strings and vocals, I built the drum pattern on my drum machine. Hope you enjoy it.
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When I was a child,
I was a white bird – but I was caged.
One day escaped,
I shared the rich fruit of freedom,
with birds of more ordinary colours.
These were wise birds,
They believed I would not survive,
Outside of my cage,
So they…
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Just some quick fun!
enjoy :)
(ps. It gets really good, It's a building tune)
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a sound collage of various voice memos on the ipod nano. Michelangelo's didj tries to tie it all together.
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A song about the classic dice-rolling game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41/cant-stop
Lyrics:
It feels so nice when I throw the dice that I think I'll do it again
It'll be okay if I can find a way to make a 3 or 6 or 10
I've come…
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A song about a classic boardgame:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5/acquire
Lyrics:
Sit yourself right down my friend and I'll tell you how to play
You're goin' first because your tile is closest to 1-A
I recommend you start a chain…
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A song about the popular tile-laying game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/822/carcassonne
Lyrics:
You flip a tile off the stack and then you spin it
We give you lots of good advice
You finally put it down and put a meeple in it
I'm…
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A song about a fun little card game:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11/bohnanza
Lyrics:
The order that you draw the cards
is the order that they'll be om
the only way to get 'em out of your hand is by giving them to me
giving them to…
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not sure how to classify this one - chill with a dash of electronic strings...haunting.
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This is one of those happy accidents that pop out from time to time - with this one, I feel less is more, although a little re-mastering might not be a bad idea....
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Part I of a fully improvised ep. Available for purchase at bandcamp for 5 bucks.
http://maxsipowicz.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-in-our-hearts
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A friend of mine did an off-the-cuff review of this song, saying "he's taken a subject so depressing and made it sound so good".
What do you think?
ER
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Inspired by Tess' little Morwenna and my (getting bigger) Jessica. Writing back and forth with Bethan, I came to realize that a song needed to be written about the significance of the statements that so often come from the mouths of babes…
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[thanks to Vaisvil for making the genre name up]
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This is a tune that's been on the back burner for a bit. I was looking to get a dark Ultravox kind of sound. Anyone feel like puttin' on their Midge Ure hat???
Anyway, these aren't the droids your looking for.
Move along..............Move along.
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This is a new song created using one of Nebulonic ALchemy's guitar tracks in combination with several 'Boop loops' handmade by Hot Wheels Spaulding. I find it interesting that they line up so well, since The were originally two separate songs…
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I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.
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Publicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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Publicado bajo autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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This is my first effort with real bongos. I've been so inspired by Norm's talents, that I had to give it a try. I borrowed a set of bongos from my brother Asa.
http://alonetone.com/asalennon
I had to play 18 holes of golf to get my hands…
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I had not touched my keyboard for a long time - couple months? So it was inspiring to play it again. I set it up in the living room of the new house and played pianoteq on my laptop using a Just Intonation tuning (below). Actually I had to improvise…
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2010 Groovy Soca on the Direct Sunshine Riddim coming out of Combination Studios in England.
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A few of you know I accidentally wiped out one of my SD cards that had all my works in progress on it. I'm just starting to piece it all together again - A slow process. This was supposed to be a reprise to "In My Head", but ended up being in…
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A song about Rising to new challenges...
Even though you Might not want to really....
Geir Alfsen on Vocals Lyrics and Guitar..
Me on the rest...
Hope you Like it...
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Spontaneous little ditty about carelessness and always staying on the move. Quite different from the murky, depressing trite I always seem to end up composing.
This started out as a loose solo guitar jam around a simple chord sequence, and…
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Keyboards: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Written/Recorded: 2006
Old music library track. I recorded this with a cheap Yamaha keyboard my step-father gave me. Wish I would have add little more to the repeat of the melody, but I think I…
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As chance had it, I found myself in an acoustically great room, full of cajons! Well, they were unfinished cabinets actually, but they had lovely tones. Since this is the stuff dreams are made of, I had no choice but to seize the opportunity and…
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Something I did last year - A song about the crazy college days (Or Uni where applicable :) )
Bad Old Days
Everybody's drinking their wine
Driving slow and taking their time
Better off when I sip moonshine
Not rubbing alcohol 'cause I…
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Written: 2004
Composer: Doug Sparling
Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop.
Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop.
These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…
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Written: 2004
Composer: Doug Sparling
Midi demo written in vi on a Linux laptop.
Piano music created at the command line on a Linux laptop.
These are the first tunes I composed after switching from performing to writing. I don't own a piano…
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the next time youre bored and in burger king, try holding some ice cubes against your eyes. it stings like christ and also looks like youve been crying just in case you wanted people to feel sorry for you
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Inspired by a couple people. And the general pretentious ideology in general.
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It seems a lot of you record with open mics and can relate. I record 1 track at a time with usually 4 or 5 tracks. So, Im only asking for about 15 minutes of Silence...IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK??? Anyway, my house is so loud, I get a lot of bloopers…
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I’ll make my exit on the wind
Nevermore to pretend
That I’m fine
Yeah, I’m good, so good
At doin’ everything I should
To convince you
That I’m okay for today
An’ I won’t crawl out of my skin
I’ll just pretend
Some days…
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Time to upload an oldie from February - see the video
Stratocastor copy from a kit with lace pickups x 5 through guitar rig 4 against Norm Harris' Illesa in the Pantry!
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Seeing as how it had Fly in the title I used my riff Fly for free, pay to land. It seems to fit.
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I picked up on one of Norm's wonderful grooves.
I added some bass, guitar, horns, and a basic drum track. Kicker and snare with a few cymbols. I didn't want to walk on Norm's fine, fine, percussion.
Thanks Norm for allowing me the opportunity…
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A long over due changing of the acoustic strings led to this epic production. 40 tracks and 34 plug-ins. Good Gravy that's a boat load of tracks. All kinds of stuff happening.
Enjoy!
you spend your days and your night times
bustin' ass…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
This was my "signature" track several years ago. I wrote this on guitar in the mid-90s while I was getting divorced, but later renamed it and recorded it…
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WARNING! ADULT CONTENT or goofy great........
After a week of computer crashes, I finally got my gear all back to normal. I got my drum kit hooked up yesterday and did a test run which led to this bit of Saturday morning fun that only
proves…
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This is a microtonal Jazz-ish piece produced with some newly developed techniques.
Norm Harris provides the excellent percussion. I probably could have made it easier on myself by not being so chromatic… but there it is.
The piano, bass…
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(Bowers, Rainbowtruth) from the LP "Over the Counter and Through the Woods" circa 1997.
Barnett: Lead vocal/guitar
Osborne: Drums/backing vocal
Bowers: Bass/spoken vocal
Duff: Guitar
One of my favorites. Don't be fooled, the sampled snare…
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