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Guitars/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A couple of nice reels played on guitar, the first is The Cup of Tea, can't remember the name of the second one. Unfortunately my midi flute scratch track got added in the mix…
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something i wrote for my worst half. who happens to be my better one..
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My performance on video (see "more") at the odd music convergence with words by Evan Harrington and myself.
Details are available here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=68
The full quality 230 meg video is available here: http://clones.soonlabel…
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Another wacky production from the stretchy, bouncy, and elastic world of Rubber. Special thanks to Mark (Launched) for writing this one for us.
We had a whole bunch of fun with this song and you will too.
Enjoy!
Flies in my lunchbox
(Help…
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Sometimes a song just turns up out of the blue.
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Conga improvisation. It could really use some vintage surf-style guitar work...
4/8 180bpm.
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I'm not sure if I'm happy with how the mastering came out but I figured it's time to let this one fly and get some feedback on it. I recorded the 'robot' voice using Audio Hijack Pro to record my Apple's system voice and then added some effects…
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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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I might have put a few harmonies on this one...
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Something you don't often hear from me and that's
straight drummin'. On this track I left the
original L/R kit track because it just sounded
more raw and nasty. Listen close and you'll hear different levels on the high hat. Plus, you can…
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When I grow up I want to be all grown up...still waiting.
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this is a little bit different for us, must have been messin with an acoustic at the time!!.
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Had the opportunity to play with sandbags' fabulous Reichatron. This is what happened.
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All Alchemy all the time.
Three instances of Alchemy, and tons of automation. There are laws against this kind of fun. Please don't turn me in.
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A very special love song.
Featuring Ewan Crossan on guitar.
One touch
Can make you do anything
Your light shows me everything
Please know i'll carry you everywhere
I go, my plaything
Chorus:
And i knew i'd have you
moment my eyes…
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I hereby name this the "bridge to nowhere" mix since it was the musical content of the bridge that I spent the most time on.
If you've heard the song before, I've provided a shortcut video that plays the bridge from last night's version vs. tonight…
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this ain't perfect, i've been working on it a while. the drums sound like shit, my vox are horid and the guitars suck balls, but i kinda like it.
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this is just the basics...give it a listen and let me know what you think. It's all rather raw...lots more to be done. :)
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What happened after too much time on youtube watching live vids of "voodoo chile" Noisy obnoxious and very cathartic for me! Live to 2tracks with the Jamman
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Publicado Bajo Autorizacion y sin animo de lucro. www.carranga.org
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My younger sister dated a monster....you can't blame me for feeling this way about him.
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Thank you to everyone that listen to the demos, these are now the newly recorded tracks!
Verse One
I’m burning out, I’m feeling down
I can’t explain when You’re not around
Every breath is a paper cut
I sleep in wreckage just to feel enough…
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You gotta work long hours, Grind that stone
Work your fingers to the bone
Gotta make that money while you can
Before retirement and old age sets in
Do what you can for the company and
The boss 'll take care of you
Forget about vacation…
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fom 3thrd Sunday Grackle improv jam 11/16/25
Miguel- percussion
Kavin.- fretless Chinese junk strat
added Bass Vi after the fact Jack
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Even If the World Hates You
Verse 1:
Dark clouds above my head as I passed through the storm,
Fed with their lies and hatred, blinded by this wicked world.
Lost in a tunnel of tears with no light in sight,
I had to call on Your name…
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Here’s another one
[Verse 1]
I beat myself up ‘cause rap
We cuss, I don’t care about that
Coping mechanism, coping medicine
So obsession will hook me since I was in high school
I listened to rappers buzzing
I moved myself too because…
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[Intro]
Why you push away my fyah? Fyah
[Verse 1]
2024
They’re still only out for money
Every message you receive
Is so that you give up your green
And give it to thieves
And the info you get
Is for you to return it to them
All of…
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Tworegs visited and we couldn't help but get at least one colaboration song done in the studio. I wish we would have had time to get some other songs he wrote in SF recorded in my studio but I was out of town during part of his stay, and to be…
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(interpolates lyrics by Nas and samples music by L.E.S. and Trackmasters)
[Man 1] Hello?
[Man 2] What’s up, man?
[M1] Nothing really, my girl just left, she’s geeking out, talking ‘bout big house and kids, Norman Rockwell shit again
[M2…
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Inspired by a gift from my Cousin Danita, a bird whistle.
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I open my eyes to the first morning’s light
The Birds sing outside my window
And the stars are all gone from the previous night
They…
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I've been obsessed with this song since I watched a Rick Beato video that called out how the awesome guitar solo was criminally buried in the mix. Plus, it's yacht rock, and if there's one thing I love, it's yacht rock. So I set out to record…
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[Chorus]
It’s all for the best, yes, man
Whether good or bad, it is this, man
It all leads to like consequences
‘cause you asked to get just this thang
Uncle Sam is [*gap*], and it is fact
Not just [*gap*], a shrimp [*gap*] and a big [*gap…
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I see, so let me ask you, how did you get into hip-hop?
My love for hip-hop really started in high school. I listened to guys like Nas and Eminem, Jay-Z, Xzibit and even 2pac and BIG and then when I went to college it was Kanye, Common, Lupe…
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A paper empire, built off our sweat, a too well traveled trail.
A river’s rapid flow that carries you, well beyond the pale.
Now you’ve gotten what you need
Fairy tales forgotten
And you taken what you please
And paid us next to nothing…
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The Our Father in Latin and sung a cappella. I don’t really know any Latin but I’ve tried to learn to say some of the basic prayers. For me it’s a really nice way to pray sometimes and frees my mind a bit to focus on God. This melody came to…
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sometimes a man needs finger snaps.
Letter Seventeen's original is here.
https://alonetone.com/letterseventeen/playlists/half-time-show-(rpm-2022)/lightning-rods
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Last Snow Strom for the Southern U S,
a lil porch tune here comes spring
we wish you some long awaited sunshine
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This song is dedicated to my wife Karen, remembering back to when first we danced.
This is our submission to the March 2022 Record Every Month (REM) Challenge.
Dan Will - Keyboards
David True - Bass
Tony Gallo - Percussion
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If I told you how well I know you
Would you tell me it's not true
Have you got yourself believing
No one could know you like I do
I know it's been a long time coming
So many others you thought would treat you right
But I'm gonna show you…
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Another late night session in a dark blue-ish cloud.
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Dance remix of “Alive” by Gary Fox off his 2021 RPM album Stardust.
Check out the original version here:
https://alonetone.com/garyfox8/playlists/stardust/alive
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I stole the title from Paul Mccartney's new album it's nothing like his but i mean if your gonna steal a title thats who you steal it from anyway the idea stemmmed from that ...Thanks for listening
The kiss of Venus it touched me so
Heat…
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I like this song, and I've recorded it twice now, but I don't think either recording lives up to its potential. I've been in Covid lock down for nine months now so I might just be crazy. Who can tell?
I cut a little out of the original…
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When I wrote this back in June I was really loving everything about it except for my utter shit vocal take. I thought it was the key. When I redid it this time I lowered the key a whole step and sped up the tempo for good measure. Now I can…
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Not all house's are full of joy at Christmas ......This wasn't actually our house
CHRISTMAS TIME AT OUR HOUSE
It was Christmas time at our house sat round the table waiting
Waiting for our father to return from the pub where he‘d a been…
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Back story: After doing the RPM Challenge and FAWM and 50/90 and National Solo Album Month and the occasional reddit song a week or unsubmitted songfight over and over again for years and years, the one internet challenge writing/recording project…
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I know I should be working on National Solo Album Month, but I'm two timing this month and working on more re-recordings as well. This is the first song for volume three.
I wrote this in 2016 during my June album in a month project. I had…
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Happy Halloween. Or should I say, Happy Covid-ween. Har Har.
Another song from 2007's failed RPM Challenge that wasn't finished until 2011. This was also on my short list of songs to re-record when I first thought of this whole silly project…
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well it does doesn't it??.......Paul put the music together and i added the waffle hope you enjoy......
NEWS FROM NOWHERE
Keep your mouth shut and/or eyes wide open
I understand you that you don’t why
Everything you’ve ever believed…
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Here is my latest Minnesota Homebrew Radio Challenge entry:
Let's write scary or creepy songs for our October 29 show--songs that'll make our listeners' skin crawl! Submit by October 28 to:
minnesotahomebrew@gmail.com
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Do you ever have an idea / song that you just need to get out of you and recorded, even though it's so rough that you'll want to re-do it over and over again? This is one of those for me....
Drive Until The Signal Dies
Verse 1
Your Silence…
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One thing I like about covers is turning a song on its head, so that's what I did with this tune from the great ABS album "The Far Side Of Paradise". I hope I made Lane proud.
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Mashup of SI sound artists: Goodin,Vaisvil,Newbold,Allenson,Sandstorm,Bailey,Smith
mix by Kavin.
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7 acoustic guitar improvs from April all stuck together.
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John and i are in the process of trying to write a blues album and here is our first attempt to throw at your ears. Hope you enjoy! Johns musicianship is Bloody excellent i just hope i can keep up...
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“The king of melody Jaywon returns with a brand new hit after delivering a lovely video of Tana Wole featuring Reminisce.
JAYWON who is currently on a 15 city tour in Europe teams up with OY production to dish out this hot tune titled FIRE…
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Mother your an a hole
I know cos father said so
when you left for bingo
he said you was a pain in the ass
Father you're a dick head
I know cos uncle mick said
when mum and him were in bed
they said you was a total douche
ah but its…
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I wrote these lyrics in response to the tragedy that happened in Paris this week and i put them up in a response to a song by Geo's (Dobrodaddy) track in memory of slain innocence and Geo responded with voice and guitar, i added a backing vocal…
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YOUR CHEATIN' HEART by Hank Williams Sr.
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
- When tears come down like fallin…
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Lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, and acoustic bass by Merry Bear. Fabulous and greatly appreciated harmonica performance by "Minneapolis" Mark Imsdahl.
MINNEAPOLIS MARK
He's Minneapolis Mark
He's got that magic spark
-- Makes…
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Blues. My way of playing “Rollin' in My Sweet Baby’s Arms,” ‘cuz I’m a Soul man. See the Soul-patch? Dig. Be cool, cats, and stay dry!
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Another one in our ninjam series. Myself, Jim Goodin, Ray Istorico and an unknown drummer named Stick. Mix By Jim.
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Verse 1:
We should be colonizing Jupiter
but we’re just getting stupider
move to the moon way from here
so when doomsday comes we’ll live on
Don’t you wanna live on? Get on
the spaceship and give the
human race a chance to expand on
Keep…
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I haven't mixed the song yet - it's really raw. Hopefully, I'll have it done by next month.
Lyrics/Music by Nick Plagakis
Am I a fool to love you
Am I a fool to trust you
You took my heart
And broke it apart
Now you come back
Looking…
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Two bass tracks and vocals...playing around with a Fender Jazz bass that I rented a while back.
I'm more a cat person but if I had a dog...
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Has an intro and outro. It's a guitar solo! ...I woke up from a Coma a couple of years ago with nerve damage in my left arm, and was told I'd never play again. Since then, I've worked hard to do so, and this is one such attempt.
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After lots of chirpy, upbeat stuff coming from me and Jip, here's some misery - oh yes, and some rapping - oh! and a little bit of swearing! Well, there wasn't much else I could do with it.
Enjoy, as much as you can, and I'll get back to…
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I've been sent to the cellar by the wife as she has a visitor...bad luck hey!...so i got the acoustic down of the wall and even tried a little harmonica...hope you enjoy........
Over the Hills and far away (Lyrics)
over the hills and far away…
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This is one that I started with a synth progression and over the week it grew....
Everything is in there but the kitchen sink I think. Used midi for GB synth sounds, choirs, bass, Kontakt strings and organ, piano,horns, sax lab for sax, godin…
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LOST IN THE GRAY
Never ran into the water on a summer day
Never had the time to find a better word to say
Never tried anyway
Never thought I'd ever try to find another way
Never even thought I'd ever really want to stay
Never knew how…
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This is my eldest daughter Amy singing with me strumming badly in the background. One take, no edits, it's exactly how we did it 15 mins ago!
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Music by Billy Jack (instrumental song "Funk It" previously posted). Lyrics/vox by thetworegs. Damn I wish I could song write like thetworegs.
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I think this needs a guitar solo but i'm not capable of doing it so if anyone would like to give it a go i would love to hear what you could come up with its in C. Otherwise i'm quite happy with it...now with a solo by Billy Jack
Please Don…
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Waiting for something that would be: familiar feeling, isn't it? We look forward to when she comes back, look forward to when the morning comes; waiting to stop the rain (or when will finally rain...).
Life itself is a... waiting?
Note…
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another Buggered Classic from the cellar of Reg.......
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I wrote this thing in 1994. When I played it to some friends back then they went "yeah, but where's the rest of it?"
I've been struggling with that concept ever since. Then, a while ago, a couple of kindly souls removed that worry from me…
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Well Reg decided to go out Dancing down the Disco to see if there were any young ladies about........he shouldn't drink!!!
So Wrong(Lyrics)
It was a magnet that drew me too her
But the polarity must have been wrong
She drew me in while I repelled…
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Well Reg has just realised that he keep making the same mistakes with his relationships as he always has....the first song from the Newly built cellar.....Jim just had to jump o this one............
Hello pain my old friend it's so nice to see…
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Collaboration with jip1965
I was emailed a piece of music entitled 'Glomp' (I kid you not) with a note saying "Chorus words something like... river flowing...the sun is shining lol"
I sat and listened to the music a few times, not knowing…
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(Featuring Jim Goodin fretless guitar, Chris Vaisvil fretless bass)
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A mando improv for Doc Watson, who left this week. For the improvFriday event "blues" theme.
http://www.docsguitar.com/
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The Legend of Munga Brown lives on!! Andy has the idea to write a whole book about the Life of our friend Munga Brown. He sent me the lyrics and I wrote the music and recorded all instruments and vocals
Lyrics:
Munga dances down the street
dancing…
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Naively conceived, written and published in February 2012 for "Contemporary Chamber Music" (vol.1), an RPM12 album.
The titles of the pieces in album are follow each other in a certain order - see album description.
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I detest groups. It removes individualism from thoughts, and adds a false sense of comfort and ultimately dependence. They might be essential, for efficiency, for communication, but they should not be celebrated as much. Or maybe it’s just misanthropy…
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i have been afield for a while,, this is my first contribution RPM 2012
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Here's one....an Easyrider classic ......with the music thanks to Gene and the 70's rock vocal from Reg....hope you enjoy it was a lot of fun to do......
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A rambling acoustic improvisation.
Recorded the day that the Curiosity rover was launched to Mars, hence the title.
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Heres a collab with Wildgeas Music a beautiful bit of music hope i did it justice with the vocal............
Tomorrow (Lyrics)
I know the curse of the darkness is coming
those dark nights that will feed upon my soul
with no forward glance of tomorrow…
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Hook sent me two mix's and i couldn't decide which sounded better so i thought i'd put both up and let you decide....this one has a bit of age to it and i love how the Banjo and the Piano work together....let me know what you decide.....thanks…
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Wouldn't it be great if I could just finish one song one day and have it last longer than 2 minutes, but not today and maybe not tomorrow either.
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This is a story written by a friend in England (Andy Rashley) who I also write music with, it is about a guy who had a stalker chick when he was young..then she found him 30 years later on Facebook and started stalking him again...until his wife…
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come away, come away
away from trouble
away from care
come away, come away
away from sorrow
away from fear
may the cool wind find you
through a thousand thoughts unsaid
gather you in
weary day behind you
and you can lay your head…
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It's not funny 'cause it's true. God's a very busy man.
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I love this tune, it's a little bitter but still love it :)
i wrote it a couple of years ago, gladly it's here now, i really hope you like it.
Instrumental
Music: Diego Cardenas (somno project)
Diego Cardenas: Guitars, Keyboards
Steffen Offermann…
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This is a blues riff I've been playing with for a while. I wanted to start with a slow style blues. I'm working on a sped up dance version. So I threw down some rough lyrics and did a quick demo recording, added a solo and a small vocal backup…
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gushing surge of opulence,
cavaliers to complete nonsense.
the true soldiers of misfortune
are mings and chengs
drowning in the democratic fabric from our nation.
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I'm finally happy with this track - v1 was too much of a nothing song and it's been bugging me all the way to the last night of the challenge.
1 more to mix
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yar another pokemon remix. better then what i did with the title theme imho.
check it.
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~Decrepit shadow of a piano in the shadows of former visitors~
I've played in such a cafe, a long time ago, for a meal/drink, thru the night. Surreal it was; second life. Yeah ...
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for ImprovFriday
PES'd guitar improv - and softsynths ARP2600, Albino, Hellix, Absynth, Cameleon5000 in Sonar 8.5
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ImprovFriday mashup (10/8/10) feat. Kavin Allenson, J-P Kervinen, Norbert Oldani, Ben Smith & Roger Sundstrom.
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13 minutes! Fail! I recommend you augment your self a bit (with a glass or three of red wine or whatever floats your boat) and dim the lights, lay on the floor with your eyes closed where you can feel the bass rumble and get ready to be my passenger…
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Thought I'd try an improv with two capos to get an open C tuning.
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a little cover i whipped up for my last live show, i thought it was neat, so i recorded it for your listening pleasure.
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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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This is a demonstration piece in A minor.
The left channel is a Korg MS 2000 voice with a split keyboard that is driven from the Roland GR-20 as I play my guitar that you hear in the right channel + GR-20 piano - all played against a session…
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warning!!! this is a long 10+ min instrumental
It's a piece about 4 years old that was my first attempt at using synth voices,, I am still looking for a good one,, if anyone knows.
The music itself is a tone poem, loosely dedicated to a children…
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With a 909 drum loop reminiscent of Tears for Fears instrumental fillers, this downtempo tune quickly
becomes an earful of delay, clarinet, and oozing synths.
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There are a bunch of bass tracks going on here. Headphones help pick out what's going on. This one came to me leaving Taos on the drive back to Phoenix, coming down out of the canyon. I suddenly became conscious of a disturbing dream from the…
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If you're a musician, we guarantee you've heard these five little words before. Nastier words could never be said.
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An ebow strained thru octave pedal and pitch shifter.
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In dedication to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks.....
Peace
Tharek and Mark
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Video Shows the Live Version
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Lyrics
Say my name Say my name
Say it softly but say…
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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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We celebrate the passing of a great musical instrument. Hobart M. Cable, the piano lent to us this summer, is going back to his kind owner, Danny. He will be dearly missed.
We hastily wrote this little ditty in his last few hours in our possession…
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This is my 2007 Pirate Day song, written and recorded September 19th 2007. I like the innuendo, but maybe it's too subtle - nobody else seems to notice ;~)
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Some experimentation that started with sandbags saying that he was looking for a wood sound. I responded with marimba plus monster reverb... and I quickly noodled together an ambient thing.
I wondered aloud whether I was done or should continue…
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My first new song on Alonetone in over a year! A short, simple surf tune, nothing more.
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Honestly I have no idea where this came from or how.
I was messing with Omnisphere patches and came across a lovely, flutey, breathy sound that put me in mind of the scenes inside the monolith at the end of 2001. I setup a Rytme pattern to…
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[2006] The Radian's Threshold - Cognitive Response
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A fingerpicky tune from the old days.
Tuning is DADF#AD Capo III.
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From Alex B's Beat Tape Volume 1
www.alexbeats.com
www.1320records.com
www.myspace.com/pnuma
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From Alex B's Beat Tape Volume 1
www.alexbeats.com
www.1320records.com
www.myspace.com/pnuma
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Today's jamming of an old tune. Don't get to comfy: there's more.
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This song was written after moving into a new apartment. One of the movers put a coin in the door hinge to keep the door open so that he wouldn't have to bother me for keys. I thought it was so cool and smart and sleek and simple. I wanted him…
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