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Tang paid for the rights to use this on a CD, but never did. If the publishing rights holder wants it back, he'll accept refund.
Tangmo himself is gone and there ain't no sunshine in more ways than one. Uploading for him. Enjoy.
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Island tribute to a drink made of Kahlua and milk. Recorded 1981
The Ulstafarians were a rock/reggae/R&B band from New Paltz, NY, USA in the early 1980s. This song inspired wild dancing when played live.
Recorded at Valley Recorders, Red…
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I remember weekends thinking we could last forever
I remember everything that you said was so clever
I remember our hearts fading like a burning ember
I remember wishing that our ties would soon be severed
I remember why I left you
This…
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Kooling on Marz parking the ship on Pluto....Fun Muzik
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Look at what matters....... earth, life! don't destroy it I love it!
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One of the joys of listening to music on the internet is encountering music that sets off chimes of inspiration in our own minds. This holds especially true when the one doing the inspiring is a friend. Bruce Lesisko uploaded a song called Flyfinger…
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More on the "Freak" end of the Orphans and Freaks designation. Most of the time I'm making music for myself, and this one just makes me happy, no matter how hard I try to resist.
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This is part of a microtonal tuning survey. for those of a stout constitution all of the options follow:
These are playable online here:
http://notonlymusic.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=749&start=0
Here is the original harpsichord…
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A piano solo in the JI version of Wilsonistic pivot on C tuning posted to the Just Intonation group by Margo Schulter 12/25/2010. The piece was improvised on a M-Audio 88es using Pianoteq 3.6 and recorded in Sonar 8.5 with some editing of the…
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Gary Thompson from the Music by Computer yahoo list (aka Johnny Pumphandle) remixed me version 2 of Sweeny's Agony - and blew me away - by toning down the volume he brought out a lot more soul in my opinion. I love it - and I hope you do too.
Chris
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As can happen when you listen to sometime a million times over your mind and ears start accepting things that later you wish you had not. This is a (much better imho) revision thanks to the urging of Gary from the music by computer list.
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There is a whole galaxy out there. I played this cold and made some mistakes on the inversions, oh well. I will re-record it when I get a chance.
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On Christmas Day
So glad that you are here with me
On Christmas Day------ On Christmas Day
On Christmas Day------
And here's to those so--- far away
On Christmas Day------ On Christmas Day
So far away----------------
Long…
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I read about the Duodene in Doty's book and wanted to try it. I took the opportunity of Margo's scala formatted duodene on the nonoctave forum to toss it into fractal tune smithy and improvise with the tuning.
I hope you don't find this too…
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Randy Brown and I did a little co-write this evening and this is what we came up with...
I MISTOOK IT FOR THE MOON Capo @ 2 Key D (Play in C positions)
I was coasting across West Texas/Had my top down, it was late at night
I caught a coyote…
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Perhaps you could use a little fatherly advice? Well here it is!
Chording improvisation on 7 different conga drums tuned to an octave and set to 3-2 rumba clave.
LYRICS
Lookie here hot-shot: a silent fool is half a wise-man
And there…
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This piece is part of a review of John O'Sullivan's book The Mathematics of Music. You can read part one here.
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=317
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This is a solo piano performance using an M-Audio 88es midi controller, Pianoteq, and a tuning I devised that is based on a harmonic series segment reduced to one octave.
Online play and download plus scala formatted tuning are here:
http…
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On a brisk autumn evening, in front of the Weather Channel, fast asleep, my dog and I dreamed up this song.
keywords: electronic, experimental, chill, instrumental
"Remastered" - 12/18/2010
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When I was a kid, my dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ in Tehachapi, California. We lived in Palmdale, so we'd get up early on Sunday mornings, pile the 5 of us into our 1950 Chevy coupe and head up thru Lancaster and Mojave, over the…
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the first done song from "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals from Keith Martin.
If you’re waiting for the fall
If you’re pushing on the wall
If you’re listening for the call
It’s not coming
If you’re pushing on the wall
If you…
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Don't curdle the milk or else. Just a quick jam, me on guitars and drums.
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Sometimes you waddle through life sometimes you ramble. Not sure on this song
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Love the tones of Ron Wood's early work a lot. Not anything he has played or even in his style.
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My pal Sam plays drums here, me on the git box
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Life can get a muted feeling blurring everything into a jumble
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There are a lot of things there, out yonder I mean.
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Wrote a song on my Baritone ukulele today. Sweet tone, sweet day.
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Sometimes we all get lost in our daily lives. This is a song about a small boy (me) out on a small raft among big waves on a sunny day.
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I'm not going to spoil any more surprises until I'm done- but one more to hold you over in the time being . . .
You can hear the original with lyrics below.
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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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Sometimes you find yourself with the help of a close friend
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I was really pissed about work when I wrote this. I you hear a phone ringing it's (you guessed it) work calling me.
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This is loosely based on a Granadinas style of music
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I couldn't help myself, it's one of my favorite Beatles songs.
Drums by Drum Bum
Guitars by Gnasty
Vocals by Me and Gnasty
Bass by Me
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Lyrics : Something About The Way You Smile
~ Vakratund mahakay, Suryakoti samaprabha,
Nirvighnam kurmedev, Sarvakaryeshu sarvada~
something about the way u smile, i may never know the reason why!!
Sa ni dha pa ma -ga ma ga re sa..
something…
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Modeled kinda after a Thursday song. Using drums from a drum machine with guitars and bass.
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My softer side. Some interesting time signatures in here.
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Don't go to the streets
Where they put you to the ground
Where they put you to the wall
And they steal your broken heart
Don't go to the streets
Where they say that it's ok
Where they've seen it all before
And they put you to the wall
The hand…
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Hi - thought I'd throw up an older piece today while I have time (doing work at the new house later). This is an improvisation with my Fender Mustang / Roland GR-20 combination retuned on the fly to 9 notes per octave "Sorog" tuning. I think…
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One of our early collaborations. From Norm: Percussion note: the pattern used in this song is "Djesse Muloumbo", 240bpm.
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I love you. And I'm watching you... :)
All one take into the Boss MicroBR hole and cleaned up a little. I'm the red headed stepchild of recording...
Love You
Some people want to know you
Wanna put their arms around you
Buy you a drink…
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This is one of my first alonetone collaborations written by Louis Smit.
Everyone should go listen to some of his tunes. Louis is a very original
and talented folk style acoustic guitarist- singer - songwriter.
You can hear him here.
http://alonetone…
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My mom is 91 and still holding on.
The people that help her make it thru
each day have learned that there is no
sense in arguing with her about who they
are or when it is...thus the song.
MAMA HAS A TIME MACHINE key - Em
Mama has a…
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This is the finale to our first cd "Going To Hell"
"Good News (For You)"
and "Epilogue"
enjoy!
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Another song from 2 middle aged guys who make music!
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This is what you get when 2 middle aged guys write music!
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This is an improvisation around a few chords I found when experimenting with two simultaneous tunings on my Fender Mustang run through the GR-20 retuned to Arabic 17 note Pythagorean tuning and also as-is through my DoD FX-7
The way this…
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This is the first of several songs in a collaboration with Laura Kepner-Adney. Laura has a beautiful voice and a gift for arranging music. It is an exciting project with more to come.
Featuring Ryan Anderson on harmonica.
Lyrics:
As a boy…
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In 2006 we visited a Japanese garden. In September of 2009 I wrote this piano piece in 17 ET and I hear a connection between the two. So I put together a video from pictures and video taken of our visit and married the two. Please visit the song…
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Publicado como documento historico y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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Many thanks to Kirk Lynch, a real gentleman and a pleasure to jam with.
His tracks are the heart of this tune.
Lyrics:
I have a a pain
deep in my Chest
I can’t Breathe
as I Light my cigarette
Oh my head, Woe is me
Oh my head, Woe is me
But…
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A little scratch track from a few months ago. A song about the trials and tribulations of being 11 years old. Watching Six Million Dollar Man, dodging bullies and pretending our bicycles were Harleys.
I was at a friends house and saw a little…
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Funny how it's generally the songs that I spend the most time on, where I hardly write any story.
So I'll just briefly say this is the [songfight.org](http://songfight.org) song that I hadn't even intended to write.
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Of the whole album, this is the track I had most fun making. The instrumentation consists of accordion, beer bottle, work desk, toy keyboard, whistling, and scissors.
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My first attempt at doing a songfight (songfight.org).
Though I've known what the title was for a week+, I finally decided to write the thing the night before it was due.
PROCRASTINATORS REPRESENT!
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A happy kind of electro pot-pourri.
The process:
- find a sound, noodle in Ab
- find another sound, develop a compatible noodle
- repeat a couple of times
- program a beat
- add replicant
- find other sounds for a B section
- find more sounds…
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I've gone more acoustic for this piece with bass and guitars courtesy of Jaz Arwand and the lovely, airy sound of Jess Spencer's voice. The song is about empathy or lack thereof.
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Another track from 2010 RPM Album. This is the first track in the Fear Trilogy. I wish I had the time to edit it down a bit more but I still think it would make great background music for a haunted house display or Halloween party...
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The vodka, ahhh. One of 3 that I recorded to a dimming flashlight during a power outage.
One take into the Micro BR hole with some harmony and noodle overdubs.
Vodka
I want the vodka
'Cause I know it's gonna make me play better…
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An instrumental that sits in the middle where your grandfather would have been turning the LP over to play side 2
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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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Track 12 from "They Are Killers" ... originally to be #11, but I decided this was a better one to go out on.
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I unleash my secret weapon!
Guest vocalist Shaka brings the icing to this rather haunted version of the first chapter of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier!
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I get to say that it borders on hip-hop because there’s a hip hop drum loop and a hip hop drum kit on it. I have no idea what to call it other than “electronic”. With a piano.
This is my second song using Record.
I was going through a book on…
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Least favorite of this year's RPM output so far...
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one of those 'it was written even before i started' songs that just rolls out like magic
i tried to keep it simple so as not to destroy the vibe
first finished (if unmixed) track for RPM 2010
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this is about the time i hung out with my friend in the library. we sat on the floor underneath the towering shelves of the dusty poetry section. we're only humans, just two of them. i turned up the reverb. and double tracked one high and one…
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After I read into RPM and understood that anybody could take the challenge, I joined up. I'm starting with a clean slate, so I hope I can finish! This a WIP of the first tune I'm working on. Everything I do will be recorded/produced with the Boss…
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A song about falling asleep on the couch, so there is no mystery to it! But the loose change is in the cushions, lights and tv are on, and the oven has been set to 350 for several hours :)
One vocal & acoustic take with a harmony and noodle…
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Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
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We thought it would be hilarious to write a song about some jerk loser who dreams of marrying Hitler.
Trust us, it's funny!
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Another trip through the Reichatron. This time I caught a groove that I wasn't gonna let go.
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This was Week 9's recording, and it was in the key of F. Originally, it was intended to be a "Hippie Jam", i.e. one or two acoustic guitars, drum circle, and lots of chanting and group singing. However, because it was two days before Thanksgiving…
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This is really a true story.
No, really...
And our holiday gift to you & your friends. (Feel free to download it and share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it.)
Oh... by the way... acl is finally waking from a very deep slumber…
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From Music for MOBA: a collection of pieces inspired by paintings from The Museum of Bad Art.
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My Love For You Will Never Die by Mike Woosley -
This is an easy listening on the country side love song for all the women who said they loved me, but left anyway.
All vocals and instruments were performed by Mike Woosley.
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I was baptized by the Deep Goddess, she anointed me with her blood and I healed the world.
Dream: I was the savior of a dying, post apocalyptic world. My job was to go into the basement of a large demolited building. When I got down to the…
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A Very Dark Track Inspired From The Dee Snider Movie "Strangeland"!!
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Measuring Desert by Lena & Irina Panfilova is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
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Dedicated to grandmother Zoya
Click on "view more" to watch related VIDEO
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Crying Angels by Lena & Irina Panfilova is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
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just over three minutes of circular breathing (breathing in and out simultaneously) on the didgeridoo, a single take.
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One of four tracks I did for the August 2009 24 hour challenge. This was the second track I did.
I'm an old trance head, so I had to have a go at making a trance tune during the 24 hours. This had the advantage that I could stretch out the breakdown…
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The journey through the static continues.
This one changed quite a bit from start to finish product.
I hope you all like it.
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For this I wanted to create some longing sounding atmosphere. To create the (somewhat annoying) guitar part in the second half I used an ebow.
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you stand a long time at the door
observe the lighting on the floor
you are not welcome anymore
no…
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[2006] The Radian's Threshold - Emotional Response
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For my friend and coworker, because he certainly deserves it.
This song is friends with [song for themcgruff](http://alonetone.com/sudara/tracks/song-for-themcgruff)
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A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009
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This is my english version of Heysátan by Sigur Rós. It's not a direct translation but it's in principle the same song.
I know the guitar is a bit out of tune. The capo messed it up. Sorry for that.
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Sister Savage has a little star in this track!
Melody based on 'ah! vous dirai-je, Maman,' by Mozart.. the original composer. I think it's the first and second variation of 12, but that was like 15 years ago that I learned the piece so I have…
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Tried a different way to come up with a lead line.
I kind of like the way it turned out. Kind of Bowie-ish. Love to hear some feed back.
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This is a live in the rehearsal studio recording direct to Zoom H2 of our band Airport Seven. See myspace. The "playa" refers to the desert where Burning Man happens. If that's news to you - google it and go.
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*Cover of* **_Shriekback_** *song from their album "Oil and Gold".*
*Mixed with Ken Kessie. Backing vocals by Anne Kadrovich.*
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A song I've had stored in my head for quite awhile, though never committed to tape (erm... binary code) - probably because I thought it was a bit simple and even trite. Having to come up with an album's worth of material in a month cured me of…
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electronic nutsiness made in reason and then imported into cubase, one of my favorites, incidentally
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this one goes way ambient in the 2nd half, brian eno-ish, i wanted to experiment with doing a track with no drums
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another one i always play on the guitar, inspired by Nick Drake's stuff; half way through this song goes into unknown guitar improvisational territory, where i just played over my own stuff after looping it
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that is not a sample you hear in the background, it is the dryer going. leave it in? okay, sure i'll leave it in. it's these artistic decisions we're all forced to make.
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didn't know what to call this track, but once i came up with a title, it wrote itself! i heard on npr about how all this junk of ours is making outerspace around Earth a very dangerous place to be. this track is trying to reflect that danger.
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this was one of the hardest to do, the 2nd half was great, but i hated the first half and was stressing with getting it to gel. so i scrapped it completely and started over. i think it was a wise decision.
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I literally pulled this out of my ass in a few minutes. The lyrics just poured out of me once i decided to sing about myself. Very autobiographical, also inspired by polka music. i love polka music!
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Lyrics:
A lazy hound lying on the couch
sleeping the day away
The sunlight comes pushing through the curtains
warming the old dog's face
The savory smell from a wood burning stove
holds you while you awake
Brew some tea while others emerge…
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The final version of this track:
When escaping events that are falling apart, be leery of strangers offering gifts - particularly when they look like something out of Children Of The Corn and they offer to lob you into orbit with a giant catapult…
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04 – Machiavellian Ways. Written 5th Feb. Recorded 5th/9th Feb.
Mark Morriss has written some really witty triple rhymes in a slightly country fashion, and I wanted to try it too. Although I am not sure if I succeeded, I had fun - and got…
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It aint like no ones done this before
But how can you tire of beautiful chords
In the fifties
In Tenessee
Where my love
was born
Two young men upped and
crossed the yard
both cold cos it was rainin hard.
One of them turned said…
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The first beat I ever made, first song I produced :) Please forgive the ill advised symbol.
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Written by Imogen Heap but performed and arranged by Shae Peebles
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red cowboy and hot burrito were recordings done for a friend of mine who wanted to check out his new (old) drum machine. Both drum parts are constructed from prerecorded beats (from presets or previous owner, I don't know) and have 4-5 bass tracks…
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Pedal steel dreamscape and silly panic from the answering machine.
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I do three things after waking up these days: I shower. I make coffee. I play this song and drink my coffee.
Nothing complicated. Nothing fancy. Just some basic fingerpicking to test my motor skills and bring some aural sunshine into my day.
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The film was supposed to be dark and disturbing, something about a man who works in an antique shop who thinks a mannequin is making him kill people. Or maybe the mannequin really was making him kill people. I don't know, it was hard to tell from…
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didgeridoo, synthesizer, drum programming, bamboo flutes.
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This is the first cover song I've ever really recorded in my 15 years of playing and recording.
The guitar and voice are each full continuous takes, I didn't want to do comping (copy and pasting), though the vocal harmony parts were done in…
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