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One of three songs with lyrics written about my RPM 2009 strategy. Something about this song appeals to me. I think it's my favorite one out of the ten.
Early morning
no sun in the sky
undergrounded
sleep still in my eyes
Buried alive
I try…
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Another remixed tune to add to the Goran Bregovic collection.
Let me know what you think! I usually hate house/trance/
4-floor beats but this was fun to remix and program.
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RPM 09. True story of my best mate, Weaver Hawkins.
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This is from our album, "When I Was Your Age," recorded entirely in the month of February for our third year participating in the RPM Challenge. "When I Was Your Age" is a collection of 13 songs looking back at when we were kids.
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There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.
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A classically-inspired track that totally does not fit in with the rest of the album. Incidentally, Ctesiphon was a capital of the Parthian Empire.
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Words are from a sestina of the same title by Steve Davenport, who asked us to make music out of it! This was a terribly fun song to record. We did it, of course, while drinking. Thankfully no instruments were harmed.
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I am concerned with the values of my generation.
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lyrics:
The silence sometimes
is all you have to say and I believe it, and you
and everything surrounding the skin beneath your eyes
Time's without a shield or an attack against the sight
of a lifetime that was burning you by
And I may…
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this song makes me think of a splintered piece of wood.
lyrics:
It's a cold day out, the kind where you think you're missing
the longer days with the sun beating on your face
but you're beside me and I think
the cold was a gift to lead…
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Pretty much the title says it all. It's about memories of my brothers and me. Only one of my brothers remains. My other brother only lives in my memories. This is for my brother Mark who became my sister Sandra. She passed on to a better place…
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Rod Webber, Joey Slliks and Luke & Aaron Bellamy bring you sounds of love and death straight through the chip in the back of your neck.
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This song tells about a guy I know named Gene.
GENE
AGFE
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Gene had a girlfriend. The band would play and they would dance
A…
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Finger style folk guitar with vocals... things are not always what they seem
YOU WON’T FIND HIM AMONG
THE PROUD MEN WHO INSIST THAT THEY ARE STRONG
YOU’LL FIND HIM WITH THE MAN
WHO CRIES OUT GOD FORGIVE ME, I AM WRONG
YOU MAY NOT FIND HIM IN…
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Really, I think this should have a full band behind it. That clearly wasn't an option in the time I had...
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A very early collaboration with Invisible Friend. I'm doing my best Macy Gray impression.
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Close your eyes. Drift. Yeah. That's the idea.
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Channeling my inner Rod Temperton I came up with a track and then thought it might be a good idea to try out some headvoice singing, then I came up with a Michael Jackson-inspired lyric about the dangers of trying to become something you're not…
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There's another plane that I'll ride
and only I know where I'm going
and without reason I can't think
and your lies won't let me sleep.
This early morning sunshine
gets sucked into the wall
where perhaps we might draw from it
when we are…
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Another acoustic guitar improv at the Keith House in Fort Worth, Tx
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Mix by Metamere. Drones by Metamere, Wil (Coyote Senate), David X. McKinna, and AMUC. I generated my drone in one take using my Fantasy preset on the Dreadbox Typhon. The topic for the month was a party themed drone with three phases: preparation…
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The winds blow hard against my windowsill
A howling voice that never stays still
Leaves like whispers scatter and fall
I sit and listen to the quiet brawl
Against my windowsill
The world fights back
Against my windowsill
The night turns…
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I love this tune. Listen to the original here:
https://alonetone.com/jaronchilds/tracks/gulf-of-mexico
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went house with this one. I plan to build a live set off this for a nye gig.
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The Night May Roar
Verse 1:
In the dead of night, when the world turns cold,
When the wicked grow bold, and the new moon is born,
They fly in robes, seeking young, lost souls,
Hearts turned ice-cold, ever thirsting for blood.
Pre-Chorus…
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Victory Was Handed
Verse 1:
They arose in their numbers, gathered deep within the night,
Whispering wicked counsel, plotting how to end our lives.
They said, “Tonight, it’s settled — we will strike them in their sleep,”
But the Lord who…
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slidin' loops on the fretless Chinese junk strat. Congrats Machado.
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Improvisation Frank (bass), Mo (drums), Chris (guitar)
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Improvisation Frank (bass), Mo (drums), Chris (guitar)
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Improvisation - Frank (bass), John (drums), Chris (guitar)
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Improvisation - Frank (bass), John (drums), Chris (guitar)
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First posting in along while; just been going through a bit of a dry spell. This is a recording from last weekend, the first instance this year that the ensemble I play in, Lorde Awesome, has held a dog park gathering - something we started during…
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Reg got to thinking what is it all about? success? but what if your not successful and don't succeed in your life aspirations is your life a failure. what if all you want to do is love your partner and raise your children that's success isn't…
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When I go, won't be forever
When I go
Walk with me through the heather
When I go
Blade of grass
Weeping willow
Let me go
Hold my hand while I'm sleeping
When I go
Tap the trees
Start the fire
When I'm smoke
I'll be here for an…
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Where Hope Resides
Chorus:
He’s not a shadow hiding in the sky,
Nor a whisper lost in winds that pass.
He is the King who rules over all,
A Father who sees, who draws us near.
He showed His love through His only Son—
The Lamb, the Light…
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(written for BC)
Been a reflective and challenging couple of days. Pushing myself, balancing, grounding. Rinse and repeat. I appreciate the very supportive person in my sphere right now.
Close your eyes. Feel the ocean's healing through this…
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A single ebow line in G major, copied to new track and reversed, with some reverb and compression; added simple strummed acoustic guitar, recorded twice/doubled; canned drums. Recorded in Ableton. My idea is to record 5 days of ebow stuff like…
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The Four Primary Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
While natural selection is the principal engine of adaptation, modern evolutionary synthesis recognizes that it is one of four primary mechanisms that can alter the frequency of alleles (gene…
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The Evolving Equation: A Synthesis of Evolutionary Processes and the Interplay of Life
Introduction
This report addresses the profound question of how evolution mediates the "equation" of life—the intricate and dynamic web of relationships that…
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Lyrics-
I'll bet you thought that you could hurt me
Every time you'd blindly say, "I wish you would die"
Well I wasn't born yesterday
These aren't things that lover's say
I've tried so hard to trust you
But you never look me in the eye…
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For mom.
Lyrics copyright: Jlynch -2015-2025 , FAFO Records
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 08
Written 13th - 14th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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**The Best Of You - A A J Russe**
You’ve got a way with words
People seem to understand
People seem to want to know
Both what…
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 07
Written 12th Feb
Demo recorded 15th Feb
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Not really sure where this came from - but I find it REALLY comforting. That might not be how others hear it, but that's ok, songs get finished…
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Rachel & I went to see the new Bob Dylan movie "The complete unknown" last night of which I throughly enjoyed although Bob did come across as a bit of an arse at times. But anyway I was having a strum and thought I'd try and write a song in…
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Another Rpm Reg is still sad ......
A sad song
I’m going to sing you a song
It won’t take long
The story is sad
But the story isn’t long
I’ll begin the song
About a woman who’s dead
Died in her sleep
alone in her bed…
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**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2025**
Song number 03
Written 6th Feb
Demo recorded 8th Feb
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I started this one first but got stuck in the surrealism of the opening line (it was "He" originally). I really didn't want to give the suntan…
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This latest outstanding piece titled Oke N' Ofia by Elvis Snowgirl featuring Prince Arinze Elvis & So flashy is a motivational song. if you are a hustler who has lots of friends, you have to know that not all friends are genuine friends, but…
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I wrote this song in 2013 for a project I did with Brent Kinder from Angie Fights Crime. I sent it to him and he did a great punk version of it which you can listen to at the link below.
alonetone.com/angiefightscrime/playlists/xchange/x_sadsadworld…
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Short... a bit like my attention span these days
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Silver Eyes, Brushed Chromium
Stainless Steel, My Heart
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Created from an initial modular sequence then added lap steel, processing and in the end a smattering of piano.
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Beyond the Waking Realm part 7
The end of the dreamer’s journey
The fleeting, awestricken bliss of beholding an indescribable grandeur
The bitter recognition of the dream unraveling into consciousness
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This is about the first time I met a Non Binary person, before I had even heard the term or considered the possibility that that could be a thing.
Written and recorded for Record Production Month February 2024 for my 10-track Demo.
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RPM. Month of concessions. I had lots of ideas, and they all seemed to fall apart. Time was not in abundance. Glad this was a leap year, for me to squeeze this out in a few hours after work.
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Recorded in 2006 in Ashland OR, in an Airstream trailer I lived in for a summer. I barely had electricity so it’s a miracle I even got this much recorded.
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from the album "FULL MINGO"
vocals Ash Reynolders
mastering Dave Storms
Here we go
I can't wait for you to show, me the way
and I know
there are places we will go, someday
but i'm feeling inside
that there's thing that we hide
and…
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[Verse 1]
I’m at the train depot
Seeing all these people
In orange vests, getting off and on the freeway
Getting in me way
Thinking that these slaves
Must be making a dumpster out the highway for wee pay
Dodging, weaving
Impossible not…
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Liner Notes
Not sure where this came from but the first line 'Just living my life one day at a time' popped into my head this morning. I'm sure, as the lyrics show, the anti trans rhetoric that pervades GOP legislatures weighs on my mind, heart…
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Some new energy inspired this week by successfully making a USB host on a Raspberry Pi to be a new midi controller. Most of the voices on this layered piece that grew from a single melody were done with an 80's Yamaha TX81Z synth module. I relayered…
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A short melodic ambient track in the works for a while.
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Modifications of three files found on an old phone. Submitted to Sound-in "Leftovers after thanksgiving; Dinner songs" for 24-30/11/2023.
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[Lyrics]
We knights entered a patch, a swath calm but eerily so
Spotted a peaceful abode or at least we thought it was so, small castle
Greeted by maidens, keeper matrons of the inn converted from a fortress from within
Herein we would stay…
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wasn't even sure what I looked like anymore. Before I got sober, I remember staring at selfies taken on a Motorola Cliq. The grainy images blown up on an HP laptop. Black bags under my eyes, sallow flesh on a sad expression. Who even are you…
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[Verse 1]
I heard that he shot up a school
I heard that he brought out a tool
I heard that the cops were some fools
And yet and still your take on it’s stupid
At the root it’s about eating evil food
But metal boxes don’t eat real food, do…
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[Chorus]
I, I got styles upon styles of styles
Piles and miles of ‘em to make you smile
I got styles upon styles of styles
C-come, come, come
Come original, you’ve got to come original
All emcee/rappers, come original, you wha
[Verse…
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[Verse 1]
Healthcare, many mistakes, it doesn’t work
Most stay ill and few are cured
Unless your case is mild, you’ll stay a while
And when the bill gets high, you still will die
Some operations work
But when doctor makes a mistake, it takes…
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Vexatious Phlegm is the primary performing moniker of Zeke Korma. Initially known for fronting the indie rock group Shackbuilders from 1986 to 1991, Korma's more recent work is typified by hypnotic repetition and personal, stream of conscious…
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I don't always start a new project in my recorder , so this is the result of recording a jam with Paracosms and then hearing what was already on the rest of the track (probably from a couple of months ago?) when I stopped recording...I liked the…
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Alex-drums
Mark H-guitar
Darrin-microtonal guitar
Kavin-lap slide gar, electric kazoo, tambourine, loops
Shane-guitar, vocals
Matt-bass,drumsticks
Erica-feedback
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Three different tracks of The Crutch run through the EHX Voice Box. No post-processing. Lots of high screechy sounds, rather appropriate for this week's Sound-In "Fingers down a chalkboard" event, 10-16/3/2023.
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behinger neutron with Chase Bliss Habit played with ribbon controller
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A whole New World to Explore beneath the Waves.. RPM Challenge 2023
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rpm 2023
Janette Salisbury vocals
taken none of my good years, darling
left me with more of the same
i will not ask you to give up nothing
there’s nothing left to explain
50 years and i’m dragging bottom
and live among the debris
whatever…
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The last wood of the season burning
Another winter - see you on the other side
After everything has died
The last leaves of the season falling
Soon the air will be filled with dark and doubt
And the fire's going out
The last night of…
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Glitter and unicorns destroyed my recording device. I used an Ipad from a friend and used garageband to record the whole album with a cheap $5 microphone.
I could have done it on my Iphone as well but my eyes aren't what they used to be... the…
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I don't even know you anymore.
You open your mouth, the words slip out
I’m shocked by what I hear
The differences couldn’t be more clear
Same scene, different views
With our eyes and on the news
And I’m not sure what to do
I don’t…
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There can only be one, but some people really try.
[VERSE]
You’re just so fucking awful.
So hard to be around.
I can’t imagine what goes through head
With what comes out your mouth
Sharing your opinions
About things that no one asked…
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Song 7 for my RPM challenge. Thanks to anyone who listens :)
words of wisdom
songs of pride
try your best but you
can’t live the other side
keep it coming
try not to know
remember one day
we will reap just what we sow
do your…
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Here is my answer to the latest Song Writing Challenge offered by Minnesota Association of Songwriters ... Challenge Prompt: “Photograph”
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Time it seems just keeps rambling on
Days turn to night and quickly are gone
Someday we all become…
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About as autobiographical as it gets. Life in Torrey Utah, 1980s...
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Combining Weeks 29 and 30. Was in Victoria last week and wrote these lyrics. Came home and recorded this week. Finally played some theremin during the weekly challenge. See if you can spot it!
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Waiting for someone to come over. Around the playground of children, in the garden of love.
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This features, with some wizardry, the voice of the great Jamie Cullum singing his superb version of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film....but all else you can hear is my goodself...! He is an absolute hero of mine, and I hope I did the…
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Ojo Ànu is an inspirational song from Alhamdulilah Over Everything Ep Album. Prod by Ayomispanky
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A little ditty I've sat on for a few weeks .....
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Lookin over the calendar
Seems like you're getting old
Feel a little bit achy now
A remedy is sold
Goin to the healthy store
Buy what you need
Tryin all the products
To heal your achy knee
But you won’t feel brand new
You…
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Prophet 12 desk module, Oxygen 25, 31 notes per octave tuning. Knob twiddling.
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2019-11-03_deluge_Drive Of the Bitcrusher remastered and downsampled to fit alonetones sizelimit
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Kind of went sideways this week. Had some lyrics and good intentions, but never could quite get it together. Did record some stereo guitar using the Blumlein stereo technique. It sounds great.
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From a little 4" reel of tape, this is the first attempt I made at using a Time Lag Accumulator set-up, where the tape is strung between two machines (in this case a Tandberg 3341X and a cheap Sears portable), with the initial sound recorded on…
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My father loved to play his jazz records
I used to love to share that with my pops
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Converting a picture of birds on wires to music. This is a version where I added some lo-fi effects and some off-kilter drums and bass to turn it into a track.
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This track was released by Tribe Tapes, on a record that was cut into the bottom of a disc. Since it is now "sold out", the original track is now presented here.
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This is a second version of this song
Kept the lyrics but the music is new
All instruments and vocals by me
KC
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I was standing on the bank of the river
And I watched the sun go down
A gentle breeze…
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Wrote this during the covid lockdown. Recorded by my son Jim with Pauline on vocals...recorded July 2021
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Boy oh Boy.... Have I ever missed playing live with these two wonderful guys!!!! Recorded last week in my front yard with Greg Connor and Mark Lofgren. An original tune I wrote from the times before the pandemic, but all the sweeter to be able…
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That Azora, Ambient taste with a breakbeat bite.
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I've been watching the wire and this came to mind thanks for listening
Walking down the street
you can see them standing there
Their all selling a high trying get yah to the sky
Huddled in a circle muffling their words
It’s all about the…
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The RPM Challenge's Record Every Month (REM) challenge lives. April has a song. I wrote it and recorded it all in the last week of the month but who cares, it's done.
For a challenge within the challenge within the challenge, I decided to…
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Written for my sweet Dad... and for anyone else going through the hard times at the end, this is for you too
By Your Side
Chorus:
I just want to sit by your side
Hold your hand
And let the world go by
Hear your stories
About a…
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A bit of wah lead to a song......
As the clouds start to break the suns on the run again
Keeping all that rain at bay
I’ve had enough of this damn lockdown
I want out, I want to live and have some fun again
Come on sun shine down on me…
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Another attempt at dungeon synth. I can't remember what song it eventually became, but I ended up making it in my regular style.
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I was quite taken this track from Bill's RPM so i've taken the liberty of adding a lyric. Thanks Billy i just love your music it always inspires....
CLEAN UP
You tore me down like an advert run out of time
You told me I was never on your…
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Its been raining all day so why not write a song about a drought....Thanks for listening
The Water wheel stops under the clear blue sky
The sun burns the crops and there all doomed to die
The knowing know the truth and repeat no lies
Hushing…
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So, here is the third and final Movement of my first Piano Concerto...have really enjoyed this project. I will soon now be adding the complete Work to this site too.
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We decided to give the kids an outlet that wasn’t pandemic or lockdown based this February, and made an album as a family for the RPM Challenge 2021. It was just the most precious, funny, brilliant month.
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All Keyboards: Daniel Will
iRealbook used for drum and bass backing tracks.
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Opening track to 2021 RPM Challenge.
Track includes NASA public domain space sound recording “Sounds of Saturn - Radio Emissions of the Planet and its Moon Enceladus.”
All Keyboards by Daniel Will
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The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it's the title song for the album (assuming I don't change my mind in the next five days).
Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in…
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Noodling around with classical guitar and came up with a progression. It progressed (regressed?) from there.
Parts are as rough as a cob, but I kind of like it. And when all's said and done, that's about it, right? If the creator of something…
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The fascists will be gone from power in four days (barring further coup d'états of course)... what am I going to write about when the adults are in control again?
This was written for the 2018 RPM Challenge. I know all of the guitars used…
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Just a brief bass, guitar, and electric piano vamp.
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