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... are going off the rails. Sounds from a Roland SE-02, stretched, manipulated and multi-layered. Submitted to Sound-In for 6-8/2/2020.
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I literally destroyed the whammy recording this.
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Created from ongoing trying to improve a Pure Data performance patch for live. This was 5 test voice samples pitched up slightly and mixed live with 2 oscillators pitched at 222 and 242 and 2 noise generators.
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A piano improvisation as tribute to Taylor Swift, after seeing her documentary "Miss Americana".
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Zb80ovNLWHhmtiN6MTskqRmJgXkXYzX
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https://soundcloud.com/h92o/sets/audio-tapes-digitized-6
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Zb80ovNLWHhmtiN6MTskqRmJgXkXYzX
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https://soundcloud.com/h92o/sets/audio-tapes-digitized-6
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Zb80ovNLWHhmtiN6MTskqRmJgXkXYzX
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CALIFORNIA
Capo @ 4 in C/Am
I (C) come from California
With a banjo on my (G) knee
I was (C) off to Oklahoma
To study (G C) Christianity
I’m (Am) going back to California
A little place in the San (E) Joaquin
(Am, stepping down A…
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A little birthday uke ditty, bookended by two improvs
So this is year 61
Made it this far
Let’s have some fun
Keep looking forward don’t look back
Time has a way of keeping track
Of joy and pain
We all live for love
Sun or rain
This…
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SugarMighty matches the New Year with a love song in the month of Love and Happiness (February) he images the song as “Love Me Again” looking round his globe – he choose to bring The King Love Crooner “Livet” and the akpakpa! Just doped. Hit the…
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Valentine's special mix from the MixHighest, djScuba
The Definition of Love 2.o... A token of love
Stream, download, Follow and Share to your friends...
Folow on instagram @cooldjscuba
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The “Burning Records” Team top one “Livet” Brings out a love Riddim and debuted as “E de Sweet” mixing with the tunes of himself “Livet_Beats” – Love Riddim, Love Melody, and Love Beat all in One Song – We Call This Magic… Hit the download Bellow…
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so yeah I took that source song made on the esoteric synth= from yesterday and cut it about in half mmmmm then the little blip that was extra I put in a new track and stretched it 13.13 times longer and chopped of the blank ended.. had these three…
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a guitar and mood n stuff drifting aimlessly as aural wallpaper
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All my life people have told me if you want to make money buy property. This song is about my first real estate investment.
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::: ALVIN PRODUCTION ® :::
DEEJAY ALVIN IN CONSOLE
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AlvinProductios
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alvin.production/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rhI6Xi1Nzf6N2e0Z-NQaA
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::: ALVIN PRODUCTION ® :::
DEEJAY ALVIN IN CONSOLE
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AlvinProductios
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alvin.production/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7rhI6Xi1Nzf6N2e0Z-NQaA
Facebook: https…
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This started as a test for a removable piezo pickup I got for my baritone ukulele. I was using my current Pure Data looping and oscillator patch and continued layering 6 loops off my first test and got into the groove. I added in two oscillators…
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A video for this is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ8La1G44KM - my skink eating live worms from the bait shop and some berries.
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The first RPM2020 song. For this song I setup a click track and just started playing. There are only two phrases and there are punch in's everywhere and many of them are just plain bad.
I don’t believe what I want to believe
I only believe…
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This is an alternate mix of an RPM2020 song. I'm hoping half of my album will be arranged for acoustic guitar, hand percussion, and saxophone. I also want to do an alternate mix of each of those songs with the usual three piece rock band arrangement…
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I setup a drum loop and started playing and this is what happened. The verse is a 12-bar, the chorus is the V chord section of a 12-bar. There were a lot of punch ins for both the rhythm guitar and the bass, but there was no copy and paste anywhere…
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CALIFORNIA
Capo @ 4 in C/Am
I’m (Am) going back to California
A little place in the San (E) Joaquin
(Am, stepping down A G F# F E)
Where the back pasture builds
To Sierra foothills
And Kaweah tumbles down cool and clean
I’m going back…
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Long story...
or, What the hell is a cajon anyway?
I listen to a podcast about cover bands. One of the hosts is a drummer and he plays in an acoustic group. He said he played his cajon at the acoustic gigs. I thought, what the hell is…
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Written by Seb James.
Originally by the Callow Saints, who sadly split up last year.
https://soundcloud.com/callowsaints/
For ages I've wanted to do my own version of this song, hope I've done it justice.
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This one is a coffee shoppe arrangement but as soon as I had the guitar parts down I thought it would sound good with drums and bass. As soon as I had that thought I decided to do two versions of each acoustic song.
Verse 1
There’s got to…
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Back in 1991 I was a music major at UMass Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts. I was in the audio program and I was flunking out because I had zero math skills. I was not flunking out in the instrumental music courses though. I played guitar at…
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Written for the March Songwriting Challenge "Fast Food" offered by Carl Unbehaun, Minnesota Homebrew Radio Show.
"Let's Dine In" features myself and my sweetheart Rita Beth Connor who has been putting up with my crap, often positioned has…
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Can't remember if I ever uploaded this, it's an old song.
A simple video here.
https://youtu.be/qyqBUXIpDno
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This was the first idea I had for RPM this year. It was the first song to have guitars, the first to have lyrics, the first to have pretty much everything. Why then wasn't it the first to get mixed? I don't know. I kinda like this but maybe…
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I liked this one as I was working on it. Now that it's done... meh. I feel like I am trying to do too much with way too little. It was a nice idea, and I love anything in 7/8, but I don't know about this puppy.
The lyrics are the first time…
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The plan for the RPM Challenge this year is to do an album with two distinct parts. Side One (if you'll indulge the ancient way of thinking) will be a straight up bar band. The instrumentation will be my normal guitar/bass/drums/vocals. Side…
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Another band mix of an acoustic song. I had a hard time getting GarageBand's drummer to fit. I went from way too busy to way too passive to mildly too busy and decided to live with it. I think the problem was probably the 7/4 time signature…
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This is the band mix of this guy:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/time's-up-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
The acoustic guitar and the vocals are the same on both mixes. Everything else is different.
Today’s the day
the end of days…
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Oddly insistent dissonant ostinato versus guitar leads that end in a scream.
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I woke up this morning with an idea for a strummy riff in my head. I telecommuted to work today and in the couple of hours before I had to punch in to work I wrote all the sections and recorded the rhythm guitars to a guide drum track. During…
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Interactive looping in Pure Data, baritone ukulele.
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I'd intended to try some different things with playing my dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) at very low volume with little breath pressure but listening back to the result it sounds like a series of old-style whistling kettles sequentially coming to…
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My usual generic mid-tempo rock tune. This was written on the guitar rather than on a midi instrument in GarageBand, so I like it a little for that alone. Really though, the whole thing is worth it for the four bar disco break toward the end…
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I forgot to write an ending for this one. That's why it fades out. Lots of squawky saxophone. I must have been running out of gas when I recorded it. The lower vocal part has a lot of iffy pitches. I'm sort of glissing between notes and I…
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a very easy and low-fi synthesizer and electronic drum session with vst- synthesizer plug- in.
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Lap steel and Pure Data. Testing setup for live event tomorrow. One of the results here. 7 10 sec loop tables interactive and mixed.
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from the m4a file converted to this.. :) enjoy === really weird stuff. IMO..
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an excerpt of the longer song.. that is about 1 hr long.---
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Fast raising Artist,Producer by name “Emmzee Bright” decide to deliver his First song of the year title “LIKE THIS” in which he feature an Abuja based Artist and also a Producer “Mulla Sounds” to trill the Vibes.
Listen Download Share &…
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Outstanding gospel rapper Clike, kicks off the new year with a new soung tagged ‘King’.
Clike impressively took to hearings a good delivery on this Hip Hop tone. Download and enjoy…
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I must be nearing the end because all of the playing and singing it getting sloppy. I like the call and response thing in the verse. The punches on the guitars are pretty shitty. I like all the sauce I put on the sax. So it's hit or miss…
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Alternate arrangement of this song:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/ending-forever-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
Electric guitar is a Les Paul through two Fender Bassbreakers.
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This is the moment when my good time with the saxophone came to an end. It's just a simple 12-bar blues but I had this groovy idea for some pseudo ensemble playing at the beginning of the song and my sax skills were not up to the challenge…
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Alternate arrangement of this:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/deja-vu-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
The guitars are a Les Paul through two Fender Bassbreakers.
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I recently watched the 80s horror movie Brain Damage, and did this over the last couple of days.
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The miracle here is that I was able to upload this using the guest wifi at Disney World and it didn't take six days! Nice!
The lyrics are about how I used to be a cynical asshole when it came to love and relationships and then I met my wife…
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Composed on my new Korg Kronos2 + Novation Mininova + Korg Microstation + electric guitar Blade and additional tracks in Cakewalk Sonar X3.
I made a video of this track in Star Citizen game here : Youtube.com/watch?v=byfYAF54WAo
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Composed as well on my new Korg Kronos2 + Novation Mininova + Korg Microstation + electric guitar Blade and additional tracks in Cakewalk Sonar X3. I also made a video of this track in Star Citizen game here :
Youtube.com/watch?v=TlOrJSQ0Wg8
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The longuest track of my last album "The long travel" using instrument Korg Kronos2 + Korg Microstation + Novation mininova + electric guitar Blade and additional tracks in Cakewalk Sonar X3.
I also made a video on Youtube with this track that…
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This one was fun to play while I was working on it, but now it's kind of a turd. I don't know if I am going to drop anything from this year's RPM Challenge album, but if I do this is definitely a candidate. The lyrics are cheese, the singing…
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Track composition inspired by playing Star Citizen video game Spatioport is a track with long introduction with big waves pads sound and my electric guitar and ambiance of Spatioport made with sound of airport vocals and simulation of starships…
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Shinning stars is an old composition I completly reworked adding tracks and also guitars tracks that were not present in the original release. This is the second track of my album Space Discovery available on Bandcamp.
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This is the third track of my album Space discovery. When spationaut are coming back to their family after a long trip in the innerspace.
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This track is number 4 of my album Space discovery and is a long peacefull track that could put anyone to sleep straigh away ;o) but in fact mean the deep artificial sleep of spationauts while their ship is crossing space for a very long distance…
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No one ever rocks in 3/4 time. This is a cheesy attempt to do just that. I woke up one morning with the music for this pretty much complete in my head. I recorded the rhythm guitars and vocals over a simple drum and bass loop. When I went…
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There is almost no snow this year, it appears for some time from nowhere and immediately disappears. I look at this all out the window, and found myself looking more and more often back at the past experience. Is this a sign of age? Hmm, I certainly…
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This one is a turd and a half. I knew it was a loser from the word go but my February rule is everything that can be completed will be. As a result we have a song where the guitars are half assed, the lyrics are half assed, the vocals are half…
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Sometimes you just gotta hack away at the acoustic. Oh, and for those of you listening from the New Hampshire coastal music scene, I "borrowed" your documentary title. Had to do it.
SHE'LL NEVER BE MINE
Raised on the water
Born on the…
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Wrote this one from an interesting perspective. Found a nice little hook and didn't mess with it - sometimes sparse arranging is best.
TOO LATE
Time had a funny way of passing
That time I first looked in your eyes
I thought it might be…
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ABACHA is a blend of heavy Arewa fused Jiggy Trap with Bars On Bars.
This ballers anthem is for all Arewa kings and lovers of good music in the North and Beyond, as King IB and The Arewa Trap Kart3L gets ready to give you more creative vibes…
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parts may hurt your ears. depending. guitar -> mxr superbadass fuzz -> red panda tensor -> tc electronics mimiq -> behinger audio interface -> cakewalk breverb -> sonitus delay -> your ears
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Swamp Thing is a custom built guitar by Tony Louscher at Luthier's Workshop in Green Bay, WI. I wrote the main riff three years ago and it sounded "swampy" to me. For the 2020 RPM Challenge, I dusted off the little riff and created this tune…
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I wrote the backing track a couple years ago after watching the documentary "It Might Get Loud." It somehow evolved into a li'l tribute to Bob Dylan (Bob really deserves so much better). The words allude to a number of Dylan's songs: "Like a Rolling…
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Conceived in the shower in mid February with the backing track fully recorded less than an hour later. Who doesn't like the Ramones?! Just a fun track to celebrate RPM's 15th anniversary. The lyrics lean toward being tongue-in-cheek. I don't hole…
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Is it surf music? Exotica? Both? Neither? Did Jacques Cousteau have anything to do with this?
Percussion on this one by Cyclops Cow and Sum Gai.
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This one is pretty much your basic bad day. I mean hectic, frantic, crazy, pull-your-hair-out, everything's going wrong, Junior puked in class and I crashed the car on the way to get him days. Really bad but survivable.
Make yourself the main…
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The story behind this one is almost the same as "Swamp Thing," only this one spawned lyrics to boot.
Major props to Erika for her fabulous vocal!
Jon and I played the leads. I bookended the track and Jon did everything in between.
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When I made my demo of this song, Nancy said she really liked the melody of the chorus and that overall it was her favorite tune of mine to date, hence the title.
I thought the first section of the song would be ideal for a sitar, however I…
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based on the science fiction story "Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Lyrics:
Lord Jestocost
She’s a cat and she’s a girl
But she’s not equal in this world
I am lord of all I see
This…
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Yes I saw a chupacabra.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Hello Little One
Hello little one
Glad I ran into you
Are you some kinda freak
Or did you escape from a zoo?
Ears like a fox, look like a dog
About as much hair as you'd…
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We've all been there. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Borborygmas Blues
I was hangin with my honey
Late last night
We heard a sound
And got a terrible fright
It sounded like a tremor
Or a far off beast
But I felt something down…
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A Valentine's Day song for my sweetie. Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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Although they would probably not admit it, writing credits to Carl Barnhardt and Kevin Martin.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
The Vaseline Queen of Abilene
There’s a little town out west of Sabine
Where the wind spins the turbine…
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Or is this some sort of dream? "Sleep come soon, and white away the room."
Perhaps this is a dream you shouldn't be having. Some doors are best left unopened.
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They try and find a way to reach you, but it's like concrete.
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On an elevator, we exist in a perpetual uncertain state between different floors.
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The waking dream ends before it began. Trailing off to quantum uncertainty.
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Yeah - don't even think Houdini could get himself out of this mess. Ever tried picking the quantum lock on a wormhole?
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You're hitchhiking, with no recollection of how you came to be here. A route with an irregular number has never been a positive sign.
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Well, it tasted like Creamsicle. Perhaps the giant radioactive insignia on the outside of the flask was meant to be a warning or something. After your sixth beer, you tend to ignore stuff like that.
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I'm not a trick of the shadows. You're the trick of light.
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The CB Radio in the corner echoes with an idle static, but something sounds peculiar - it's no noise you've ever heard before. There's something intelligent about it, like it's peering out of the speaker and looking right at you.
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What kind of twisted infinity loop have you managed to get yourself stuck in? Time seems to weave in and out like some kind of Gordian knot.
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You peer out from the diner and see nothing. The further out you gaze, the more dilated the light becomes, leading to an infinite band of seamless white nothing.
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Whatever "it" is.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
I Got It
Well I woke up this mornin
Water all around
If I hadn’t raised my head good god I woulda drowned
Now I got it
I got it
Yeah I got it and I just can’t give it away…
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Haven't felt like this in a while...it's good to be back.
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Laying on your back losing yourself to the stars...
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Waste not want not....finished the final lead take at about 3:45am this morning...almost killed me...
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A simple little tune that got stuck in my head. I hope to revisit this one soon and add a couple more layers.
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This is a last minute bit of guitar goofiness. I own three Gibson guitars and have been wanting to write a silly instrumental that includes all of them. This is it. The rhythm guitar is my '79 ES 335 Pro, the lead on the left is my '18 SG Standard…
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Sweet Christmas, this puppy is a mess....
....and I LOVE it!
There is actually two mixes going on at once here. I set everything for the beginning and end sections without even listening to the middle. Once I had the two mixed where I could…
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This is the band mix of this song:
https://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/playlists/rpm2020---finished-mixes,-so-far/good-people-(coffee-shoppe-mix)
The only note worth making is that unlike almost every other song I worked on this year, the…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris drums Johnny Keys
You Were There
You were there
With yellow flowers in your hair
And the summer air seemed to get us high
The county fair
Was lit up like a caution flare
And it was there…
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Toms tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, mando,
Chris drum / back vocal
John Otto - Penny Whistle / great keys/ Spirit
Ummmerica....
Well my girl n me got a front row seat
To the next world war
We stood in line for quite some time
Its…
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Tom and Chris’s tune, Toms lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, mando, banjo, harp and some keys
Chris drums - Johnny Keys
Poor Mans Paradise
I was born in a thunderstorm
Rolling down highway one
With the poor mans tax upon my back
Before…
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitar
Toms bass Chris drums
Johnny Keys
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GIRL I USED TO KNOW
AS SPARKLING FRESH AS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
A HEART TURNED TO STONE
SO SYNICLE AND ALL ALONE
TIME WONT HEAL THE PAIN
ONLY EMPTYNESS…
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Chris’s tune, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
Toms Mandolin
Johnnys keys
Grey Matters
Pale grey.. my blanket of birth... For what it’s worth
No one can say
Frozen hue.. bequeathed to me..
The powers that be
But what colors…
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass
Chris Drums
Johnny Keys
Why’d You Have To Go
BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS
WASHED AWAY SOME PAINFUL TEARS
MET SOME FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY
SOME STUCK AROUND SOME WENT AWAY
BUT I STILL THINK…
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