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The drums were done on the keyboard i desired to play the guitar but i'm just not able to strum it.....so here it is vocal and drums from down deep in the cellar..........
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the beginning of a new series of works ...for redemption...subtle mixes of gregorian chant and ambient minimal techno...
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11 minutes and 11 seconds of ambient droning for 11/11/11. Basically I played a short improvised keyboard melody, slowed it down a lot and added copious echo, then layered some sped up or slowed down segments of the same recording over that. I…
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The full monty
http://alonetone.com/charlieferret/tracks/after-the-worms-ate-into-my-brain
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Lyrics:
Crazy people, wander round all night
Looking toward the Heavens
At little specs of light
Dragging round their telescopes
And Binoculars
All the tools they need to gaze among the stars
Crazy people, look at what they do…
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An ambient piece using Nanostudio app. pic by Will Shannonhouse
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Just trying to capture what happened at my front door just now.
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This is just a happy track i hope you enjoy it.
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from the album "Que Vive!"
shadows fly across the ground
vultures circle in the sky
animations swallow imaginary hollow
empty promise fleeting, the approach of death
with my last breath I’m not broken yet
the way ahead turns grey, crawl towards…
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from the album "Que Vive!"
these wounds are deep and bleeding
it’s hard to keep them covered
the pain beyond believing
wait so long to recover
yes I know
pain is a sign
healing soon, this will be over
these scabs are holy and sacred
a shell…
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My take on the Crossroads myth, still waiting to meet him .....
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This version is based around the original with a bit of a psychedelic Reg twist....it's been a joy playing around with this tune....i hope you enjoy.............
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A simple uke song about the simple things in life..."I like simplicity"
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A true story song about my Great Great Grandfather who was martyred here is Scotland for His faith. He was tied to a stake at low tide, then drowned at high tide. I am proud of him. Written & played with a bit of Celtic spice.
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I heard shamoozey do this one the other day and enjoyed listening to his version, it got me remembering that I first sang this as a young boy soloist in the Choir for the Christmas carol concert. I recall being scared and thrilled at the same…
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Interstellar Wind is a microtonal piece performed on Tibetan Singing Bowls creating samples that were then sequenced in Sonar X1.
Details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1522
Full quality video (~90 megabytes)can be downloaded here:
http://micro…
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Silence:
i hold hatred in my heart
from everything i've seen
sometimes it slips all the way out
bleeding out until i become obscene
don't leave me alone too long
locked up in my own thoughts
don't leave me here all alone
hemorrahaging…
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A peaceful meditative ambient track on slow sea surf.
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I was listening to Andy Casson's song Old ladies over on Songcrafters and it got Reg thinking........... could this be the last song i ever hear................so Reg went down the cellar to write a one chord song using only the notes that make…
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Another of Reg's loves in through the out door...................
SHE’S GONE (Lyrics)
She doesn’t need me
she doesn’t want me
She has gone
She’s closed the door on my life although i’ve done no wrong
i Can’t tell what she wants
Don…
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The Sunday papers are so depressing .................another of Reg's nightmares but i think this time it may be true...........
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starts as kind of a uriah heep instrumental then right into a haunting gothic love song.
13. ethereal stagecoach ride / dance macabre ©
the suns gone down
no humans to be found
the shadows will…
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this one is about a astronaut too far from home or anywhere to replenish his water and food, so virtually on a death trip to nowhere.
12. starstruck ©
i have been star struck
i have…
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a song about bad times in the past and trying to recover from them. vocals are not great, done in about 2 takes, the song had been sitting for a while and finaly finished it. these are all rough demos, hoping people can see the songs idea, in…
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Dedicated to my grandfather, and not dedicated to a few people... especially a certain one named "bob".
Lyrics:
the last true gentleman is dead. i’d ask you to care, but you can’t begin to understand what that means. i’d ask you to mourn…
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For the new Fall. Lots of reverse looping. Ebowed acoustic guitar, various apps, toy pianophone.
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classic sounding chimps, er, hot wheels spaulding untune. downtempo, invisible barriers, proud fuzz.
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Song I wrote in my 20's, it was an attempt at writing a 'meaningful' pop song, it was also one of my earlier experiments with voice and echo. I'll most likely be doing it again soon but this version has it's charms.
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Several years ago I was having a beer with an acquaintance in the Vittoria, a pub in Clifton, Bristol. At the time, his failing relationship meant he stood to lose an awful lot out of the spoils of their joint home being divided. It was a situation…
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Lyrics and music by Brian Vaughn.
Love, love, love...
Look up and down.
There are shapes in the clouds,
And ants on the ground who march in line,
To the roots of a tree,
Whose bark carries the name,
Of a girl whose boy thought her worth…
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Reg has been thinking he's fed up with all this celebrity crap.......the emperor is naked can't you see..........
CELEBRITY STRIFE (Lyrics)
I’ve said this once
I’ve said this twice
I don’t give a damn about the celebrities life
About who…
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Day-by-day, I find it harder to forgive the busboy who killed the metal dobro I used when I recorded this one. Lawdy, I miss that guitar!
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Peter Gunn with
persian ney
francesca vocal fx
frame drums
kalimba
gongs
hang drum
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another new track for my upcoming album, folky rock type song about two brothers that battle drug addiction.
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Lost Again
In the Morning I wake up smiling, another day awaiting me
Thinking of the love I'm missing, locked away so hard to see
Will I know if I will find you, when you're so far away from me
Lost in time I'm left to whonder, is there…
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The story of everyone's life.
I tried again, after I learned it a bit better.
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Till the landslide brought me down…
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Just another song about why we should patronize the arts...for our own good.
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Apologies to George and Ringo.
voice
12 str guitar
5 str bass
piano
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Newest one!!!! Hope it's not too "stock" lol....
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It's funny but Reg doesn't feel the same when he goes back to his old hometown....He feels a bit of a stranger not just to the folks but to himself it's like he doesn't recognise his old self anymore ..........so Reg discussed this over with Elvis…
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This is the new version of one of the tracks from my new project… rerecordings of some of my early solo recordings. I have to admit that the mix of acoustic guitar and Moog-like synth at the beginning of this is (perhaps too) evocative of Kansas…
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Remastered from 4 track circa 1987. The backing track was shoved into one track (drum machine, casio CZ-101 synthesizer bass, rythmn guitar) - the vocals are buried because I wrote a song that was way way too high for my range. The backwards-ness…
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An interpretation of Jukka-Pekka Kervinen's graphic.
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Written for my wife but she really didn't like it. I thought it was sweet she thought otherwise. Recorded @ Halvorsound all parts performed by Hook.
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apologies to the fab four
scored for orchestral percussion, harp, harpsichord, dbl bass, string ensemble, men's choir and flute.
Interesting aside...
This is the only Beatles song covered by The Residents - because it is the only Beatles song…
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Details here for the curious:
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1380
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A friend of mine wrote a poem and asked me to make lyrics out of them. The lyrics are... [Intro] "The fading embers of the fire, which once burned in my heart, are slowly dying. And they will blow in the wind." [Chorus] "The flames have died…
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Acoustic guitar improvisation with creaking chair and live computer processing.
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The copyright and exclusive publishing rights to this track in its entirety are owned by Resource Sound Ltd. Any copying, broadcasting or illegal downloading of this material is strictly prohibited and will be vigorously pursued through the UK…
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scampi wilson, hot wheels spaulding, and patrick dharma, get together for a little friendly abuse
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dubstep , You ever wonder what is outside. It's just the Creeper.
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Vaz Modular, Drum loop, and some filtered delays,
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Kinda want to rap on this one as well, dumb lyrics! :->
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First demo of the finished Novaphone 340 Grand instrument (v1.0.4) including some of the sample content that will be released with the final instrument. In this case I used 5 samples of a Reaktor based drone generator by [nofi](http://soundcloud…
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Love can conquer – originally 2001, re-released 2010
You’re beauty, personified, such femininity in your eyes
With you, girl, by my side, to guide me gently through the night…
At night time, I fantasise, a magic carpet in starry skies…
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Winner – Tiggy Acworth 2001, re-released in 2010
Feeling down, I don’t know why
Remembering how I used to feel those times I cried
Running down this lonely heart
it just don’t feel the same now that we’re apart
And I know…
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Brand New Day – Tiggy Acworth ( Oct ’09 )
I love your eyes so much, how I long for your loving touch
How I long to embrace you in my arms…
I love your lips so much, oh your kiss is the healing touch
All I want is to hold you in my…
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Track 8 from These things happen by Tiggy Acworth 2010.
Fundamentally gay – Tiggy Acworth 2008
Just because I do not have a girlfriend
Don’t mean that I haven’t had a try…
I’ve had a few but they’ve all turned out to be wrong ones…
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Track 11 from These things happen by Tiggy Acworth 2010.
Rhapsody of Blues – Tiggy Acworth 1995
(new key in 2010)
Woooh, weeey, ooh ooo, a la la la la la
Ooh, weeey, ooh ooo, a la la la la…
Sitting here contemplating that which…
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I bought a thing called an irig for the I pad and an app Amplitude ...i used the onboard mic on the ipad......the song is my version of take it easy baby it's been Regged.... I still have to work out how to mix it .........I did this while sitting…
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just a little story about the chains we bind ourselves with in our daily lives
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Well Reg has been singing this one with Elvis and he has turned the classic Beatles song into a lullaby......hope you enjoy......... if you stay awake that is.................
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little ditty that might become part of something else. major thirds vs. minor 3rds.
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Reg is feeling a bit uneasy about his new love......is she getting too close too quickly......only time will tell....should he stay and feel the love?............
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A Heartbeaker that's been Reggiefied hope you enjoy thanks Johnny
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The first track of my (our) new album, "You Get What You Pay For". It's our favorite song, but in hindsight, it probably could have used more cowbell. C'est la vie. . .
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Lyrics/vocals/music - Dave Berry
Seagull acoustic (DADGAD tuning), Strat
recorded on my Boss BR-80.
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A mashup of microtonally processed music created by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen called imp_08_1 with video and video sound tracks by Chris Vaisvil
Jukka-Pekka's original
http://heliumheal.wippiespace.com/mp3/imp_08_1.mp3
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This is a more jazzy version of "The Devil drives a Volvo". Got help from my brother on the drums on this recording.
Vocals were recorded in a rented mini cooper south in spain :)
lyrics:
The Devil drives a Volvo
and wears a flannel shirt…
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Something different for me, a piano improv. Right hand only. One track each of delayed piano and strings recorded independently then combined.
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watched a lot of silly TV a week I had the flu .... the title of this song is inspired from an episode of "How I met your mother" ... the rest of the lyrics are a mashup of silly nonsence and deep philosofical poetry .... yeah right :)
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If your like me, your in a "summer daze" right now.
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written back in february of 2011 for my failed rpm album "lost in the news"
now excitingly back for "Pronounced : jez-my-us"
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This piece is composed in a mode of 15 equal notes per octave with scale steps:
2 2 2 3 2 2 2 (formal name) Fifteen-tone Miller's Porcupine-7
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This is the first piece made with a Reaktor instrument I built today that I have called "Xylo".
Xylo is a sampler that plays a region of the sample back and forth with a 10s release time. Each note defines a region of a different length (but…
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here's the demented lyrics :)
Spinning the wrong way
Little Tim has left the room
left the lady with the broom
she looks like she has a tail
she most certainly ain’t frail
she has a pointed hat
and carries a black cat
Little Jim has left…
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Is it paranoia or reality? .........only time will tell................there's f^*k all i can do about it..............or is there?
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Well Reg has picked the wrong women again...he really thought he'd got the right one this time in fact he had been bragging to his friends about how good his relationship was........How wrong can a man be?..................
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Well, it IS!
lyrics for my Italian friends:
We're gonna be there in your wake
mending the seams when they start to break
make you do what you said that you would
and other words that rhyme with good
once so close why let it go, baby…
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Hello, I write this from my hospital bed. I went to the Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp and came down with a wicked case of the strep throat that started to move into my lungs. at that point I went into the hospital since I nearly died from pneumonia…
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this soundpoem found his way as a ringtone of a mobile phone. still very awkward to hear your voice from the pocket of a friend.
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you the listener/s have all the description in your ears this time.
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Track 2 from MUTATE's side of a split tape with Thee Moths.
Listen to Thee Moths side here:
http://alonetone.com/theealex/pl...
From the album / playlist Thee Moths v/s MUTATE Split Tape
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Track 1 from MUTATE's side of a split tape with Thee Moths.
Listen to Thee Moths side here:
http://alonetone.com/theealex/playlists/thee-mothsmutate-split-c90
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Track 6 from the 'With Intent' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/WithIntent
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Track 4 from the 'With Intent' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/WithIntent
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Track 3 from the 'With Intent' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/WithIntent
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Track 2 from the 'With Intent' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/WithIntent
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What was I thinking about when I wrote the lyrics to this one? Probably driving South on a two lane in Pennsylvania again. Maybe drag racing? Who the hell knows.
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A Bonus track. This was actually written for songfight.org. It probably should have been tacked onto the 2009 RPM record as the song fight took place between 07/29/08 and 08/08/08.
I wrote it and recorded it with a scratch vocal in one…
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left hand:melodica
right hand:casio sk-1 sampling keyboard
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plokken is a very quiet and groovy piece of jew's harp music with. you cn nearly taste the saliva.
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Taking a lie as truth, taking useless things as large and grand, I unwittingly contributed to the decrease of the common spirit. How to turn back? It seemed no way ...
But now, creating a works of art, no matter how naive they are, I see the…
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my cover of Angel by Sarah Mclachlan. This cover I dedicate to my recently passed away grandmother, Joanne Moulden. She was a wonderful women and she will live on in our hearts and minds.
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This isn't a track per se. I made a video of progress with an instrument and this is the soundtrack. It's something of a mishmash of strange noises. That will come as little to surprise regular listeners.
The instrument is an evolution of my…
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world peace
world peace
world peace
world peace
world peace...
(C) 2011 Nathan Brydn. All rights reserved worldwide.
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This is a study on using split keyboards and virtual instrument layering for live performance. More information is here http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1050 if you are into that sort of thing.
Also Lucian Freud has died today. I’m using one…
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Ive started to mess about on the drums while Reg has been lusting after a woman from his past who he has lusted after for years ...............
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Reg was having another conversation with Elvis and Elvis told Reg what his Mama told him...............
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Reg just had to watch her leave ......it was all his fault......he couldn't blame her.........
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After the Alonetone meetup in Dublin, I promised Tess & Bethan I'd get my finger out and finish/upload some more stuff. So this is the first thing that's reached "good enough" stage. A trancey/ravey number featuring monotron samples after…
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I am always interested in mixing genres and musical cultures. I have been for years.
This was a spur-of-the-moment song written in my studio during a bored Saturday afternoon.
I played piano, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, native american…
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From the album of the same name, not unreasonably. The first few lines are from Percy Shelley, and coincidentally this track is being posted on the 189th anniversary of this death. And death is what this track is all about, namely the suicide…
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a stream of consciousness type lyric with my modus operandi as a songwriter outlined in the chorus.
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Trevor posted the song onto the Songcrafters forum. I loved the haunting feel of it and wanted to add an atmospheric keyboard part. Here's the outcome...
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Written & Recorded: July 1-2, 2011
DADGAD
First time I've picked up a guitar since February. Still not feeling it, though...
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Blackburn/109630439067289?sk=app_57675755167
This is a picture of my daughter
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They had a piano fight down the cellar last night Reg doesn't understand whats happening with all this violence i mean he's just a hippie at heart.....At least no-one got hurt......They just had fun this time!
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An old song, written when I was in my REM phase; strange, it didn't seem to turn out anything like that in the end. This was also a live take where inexplicably, I changed the whole feel of the song this is the only version with this feel - enjoy…
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This one has been called untitled for so long I think I am just going to leave it that way.
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This song was written by Jeb and was recorded in 2008. One of my favorites.
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i was inspired by the videos of the iraq war that wikileaks put out last year.
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For theological students and Vincent Price fans, featuring Johnny Stone on the organ!Especially constructed for your edification.
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another MRS-1044 recording. sorry for such low gain on the volume.
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