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... and even if they are totally earnest in doing their jobs professionally, the execution of their work certainly has political consequences and must not be allowed to escape public scrutiny...
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Jan. demo for RPM 2014. Don't know if I will redo it for the album, so here it is for now...
Things I Might Have Said
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You ask me how I'm doing
and I might have to lie
And say I'm doing well
at least I'm getting by
You'll say my…
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27 - Southbound
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and god won't care if i go south
the apple rotted in my mouth
there is nothing that remains
nothing makes this right again
and you all scrape my skin today
concrete my choice to go away
enforce my hurt…
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20 - You Make Me Hate That I Love You
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you walk on me
you talk at me
you make me want to make amends
everything you sent my way
shows me what i simply am
i'm so much of what you can't stand
i…
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18 - Left of Center
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you should have known
you should have figured this out before now
... that you wanted this
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11 - The Tragedy Called Us
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all these nights i've waited for you
all i own i've given to you
my world bends to your want
my efforts to keep you mine in vain
as you give away the precious thing
i thought you gave…
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{Verse 1} Last year I made a million, the tax man asked me, "Where did it go, y'know?"
Last year I spent a billion... Everyone asks me, "what can I show? I'd tell you if I could, there's no other problem; Well, really it's me. Not much that…
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I recorded this over the holidays and it is my first recording for 2014.
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A little ditty that came out of playing with the new step sequencer function recently added to the Ableton Push.
Additional processing provided by some Nomad Factory plugins I recently picked up. See here for more info:
http://www.dontcrack…
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This is the 3.Song from the big Fashion Best of and the 7.Bonusworks CD from SUB OUT RIPPER.
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A VERY rough live recording. Posting mainly for archival reasons.
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You'll be hearing about this stuff in the news...
This is a GHOST OF JOHN MURPHY song.
On the VOICES CD. Words by Jeff Prince arranged by Ghost of John Murphy.
http://www.alternet.org/books/mind-blowing-journey-jungle-sacred-life-altering…
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I wrote this song as a modernization of the hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty."
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A tiny space adventure. My collaboration with Retrotech (http://alonetone.com/retrotech).
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The final song in the MF Omnirocker EP. This was a quick finish with a very satisfying result.
Lyrics:
Shelter breaks
Life hits hard from every side
Innocence
Mine got sick just now and died
Memories burn
I sit back and watch the lights
But you…
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I was out walking
Walking in the city one day
I heard the wind calling
Calling my name
Under the hot August sun
I went wandering west
With my boots and my gun
and a guitar across my chest
Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!
Come a ti yi yippee…
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Classical Crossover version of "Wicked Game" originally by Chris Isaak
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My late grandmother, Margaret Nina Hogan, wrote this poem about the dignity of the Catholic priesthood many years ago, probably around the time of WWII, or perhaps even a little before then. It was dedicated to a priest she knew. It wasn't until…
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I used to listen to the original version of this tune from Crash Bandicoot while driving to and from a job that I hated. It reminded me of working retail and how every customer is heartless and nothing is fair. After my success with making Fight…
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I jumped on Chunks tune from over on Songcrafters...Thanks Chunk
I can't go forward for looking Back (Lyrics)
she held her self open
she laid her self bare
she told me her dreams
show told me her dreams
she told me her dreams how i could…
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POTTER'S FIELD KEY Em Capo @ 3
Em……..(hold) Figure 1 is C G Am Em, Figure 2 is A A Em Em
F 1 - You might as well take me out and stand me up against the wall
F 1 - I don't want no bandanna, no cigarettes to ease the fall
F 2 - No…
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The concept behind the song is basically saying believe what i say. Trust me. If i say i hit that braud, then believe that. If we talking about money best believe that im serious about mine.
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Harmony by [Tess Savigear](https://soundcloud.com/peppermintsky).
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song by Neal Hefti
Project Wakerobin is:
Kevin Gerzevitz - Hammond Organ
Jason Stewart - Guitar
Marc Carmi Smith - Drums
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#RPM Challenge 2013#
I was standing behind an elderly couple in the grocery store checkout line last week.
The cashier told them that someone had donated $100 toward their groceries. $100 had already been paid toward their $121 grocery…
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Celebrating my 1 yr. on this site. This just came out of the blue. Nothing planned here.
Thanks to all of you for your support and listening ears!
Cheers -
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Not 'Two Fingers' to the establishment, but getting maximum effect from minimum effort. two fingers on the left hand do all the running around whilst all other digits just 'keep fort'. Made sense to me G:)
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My favorite score from Nintendo 64's Zelda: Ocarina Of Time.
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I played and recorded this music using free yamaha automatic keyboard accompaniment.
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Reg is always sure the grass is greener...i'm not so sure as i watch him going through conflict every time he goes to see...
The Tangled web (Lyrics)
i’ve got something to tell you and it will soon all come clear
i want to hold you so close and…
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I started this thinking it would be a tune with the emphasis on my guitar but as it progressed I heard horns and then all these other things happened and this is what I ended up with.
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This is a song I wrote with a heavy heart following the Columbine shooting. At the time I felt that the timing just wasn’t right to put it out there.
I am not one to shove religion down anyone’s throat. Personally, I feel the true spiritual journey…
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Too early? Too late? It's only a laugh :)
I am a Beatles and Lennon obsessive (had to explain that because some people thought you wouldn't get it otherwise)
Anyhoo hope you enjoy my last upload as a 47 year old...:(
As requested, the lyrics…
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from the symphonic poem "Trials & Tribulations"
part 1
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http://soundcloud.com/asfandyarkhan
and http://soundcloud.com/tess-savage
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My friend walked about 2 miles just to be thrown out. This is his reaction.
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This is a warm-up jam. It has Mel on drums, Nikki on bass, and Kelly on guitar/vocals
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My attempt at Folk music !!!! I blame Seth Lakeman, after seeing him in concert this popped out. Been meaning to re-record it for months, now seemed a good time....... as we survived the Cruise !!!!
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Well here's Poor old Reg wearing his heart on his sleeve again with his £16 special......................
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I am working on some Mantra style songs...I hope this inspires you to press into the Mystery.
I am one face of the Divine...just like you are. Let's share our passions, our struggles, ourselves with one another. Let's grow in love...let us…
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Another fall song. I wish I could give these a little more kick, but my iPad mic restricts my playing about a hundredfold. One of these days I'll get myself into a real studio and record a solid drum track.
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Let's buy decency,
And we'll stitch into the arms of our sweaters,
Cause I'm just a fool,
With an acoustic guitar, no shimmer.
I used to read books,
If they held my attention I still might.
The callous on my thumbs,
Say I stay up and…
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My apologies to those of you that may have read this wrong the first time. ;)
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This is the third, maybe forth time I recorded this tune.
I like this one best.
taken by surprise
a fine disguise
they came from across the sea
always moving closer
my eyes could see
then they called in the calvary
First just a…
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As a surprise for the missus (she gets out of hospital tomorrow after a 9 week stay) I've revamped a little ditty I wrote for her. I thought I'd put an Elvis slant on it including the ridiculous club style ending. I also slipped a bit of a British…
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The song tells the story...
"You are tuned to WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas."
Daddy asked, "Where is Jimmy?" Daddy asking, "Where is Jimmy?"
Daddy asking, "Where is Jimmy, now?"
Daddy asked, "Where is Jimmy?" Daddy wondering, "Where is Jimmy…
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This is a very simple acoustic I did from my home studio, I'm hoping everyone enjoys it :)
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I was driving along somewhere in podunk Tennessee on a stormy Saturday and this may or may not have anything to do with Prison.
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you know they say you have to write some rubbish before the good stuff comes out?... Entirely Garageband, not a live instrument on it but it was clogging my head up.
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This is a guitar based instrumental celebrating the Victory of the Lamb of God.
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Another bit of insight into how our marriage works.
Enjoy.
ER
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a song written about my memories of a trip to norway. and dedicated to my viking host Geir T Alfsen.
the original version was done acoustically and can be heard here.
http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=16046.0
just like home
but…
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Noodling with the "art guitar" in DADGAD tuning in the Serra sculpture Vortex at the FW MOMA. No fx added, all natural reverb/delay inside the structure.
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IF THE SPIRIT MOVE YOU........... Oh, my Lord done just what he said
Let the light from the lighthouse shine on me
He healed the sick and he raised the dead
Let the light from the lighthouse shine on me
Shine on, let it…
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Vocals performed by 2 year old Mo.
Music later added by glu, who produced this track as a brilliant surprise. We absolutely love it!
Melody based on 'Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman,' by Mozart.
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A gem of a jam from Tattoo You. Done up with acoustics and cajon.
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Had a bad day when I wrote this.
There is a rule I stick by though.
"Divert and sublimate your anger and potentially virulent emotions to creative energy"
So I did..
Picked up the Kay G101 and pressed record on the iPhone voice memo…
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Music by Billy Jack (song "Long 24th" from RPM2012 album), lyrics and vox by thetworegs.
The End of Love (Lyrics)
She said she was a dreamer
So why did she lie
She told me she loved me
I had to ask her why
She couldn't look me
straight in…
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They said look out, he speaks to wolves
Look out, he’s snow
And you grow, a thousand ft or so, per year
You’re bark is too thin, and winter’s coming soon
Axes and teeth, and grins
Will mark your way from here
Hold, oh hold on
Cause life is…
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A more cheerful version of The Mouse. JB and I thought the other a bit mournful - when we wrote it we were thinking of a reggae version...so this is it.
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as Bigotry & MMI, from Unruly Paintings: http://bigotry.bandcamp.com/releases
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Have you ever had a friend who you think maybe drinking a little too much. This goes to all those who are dealing with that. I know the recording aint the best but I threw it together wrote/recorded it as a rough draft. This goes out to you my…
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HALF AS MUCH AS MY WIFE - by Jeff Prince
I drink Jim Beam and water
I drink much more than I otter
Whiskey flows thru me each day of my life
But I drink half as much as my wife
She drinks more than George Jones
on a bender. She’s got…
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Going for a rougher, one take feel, ala tenniscoats.
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for the "pure improvisation" theme at improv Friday. Synthstation and loop pedal.
http://improvfriday.com/forum/topics/improvfriday-event-for-april-19-21-2012
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Acoustic punk song, about 'one of those days' and being in 'one of those moods'.
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Well, here's a REAL oldie. This is the one my kids like me to play most when we're in the backyard with the fire pit and the sun going down. They play gently through the first 4:07... And then run around like maniacs for the last 1:20.
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Recorded in 2001; me on guitars and vocals and Frank Reynolds, the drummer from my most recent band, on drums. Drums recorded in our barn's hayloft onto three tracks of a cassette four-track recorder (along with a scratch guitar track), then transferred…
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I JUST NEED A GIRLFRIEND 'TIL MY BABY COMES BACK Key - C
C F
I just need a girlfriend 'til my baby comes back
G F C
Baby comes…
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This song sounds like a lonely road by the beach in the late summer/early fall. Try it out when the weather is cooperating with you. Then, reflect on who you are.
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I wrote this song awhile back for a girl I used to like.
Lyrics :
Cute hair, Perfect eyes.
Would die for anything…
Lovely smile, lovely hands.
Would die for anything, to be with you.
Sitting across this table I feel like a million miles…
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Experimenting synths, scales, ipads, portamentos, what have you....
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The title is a pun. In case one doesn't get it, referencing to Boards of Canada. Heavy influence from their warm, vintage electronic sounds.
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With the flick of a switch when the light ran away
And the last scraps of daylight abandoned
Instead of feeling secure inside the cozy retreat
There were noises just outside on the landing
When the shadows crept through the deepening gloom
A twinkle…
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March 1, 2012. RPM is over... Now what? How about we go back in time and dig up all of the songs that have been laying around unfinished, unrecorded, or poorly recorded and finish them off? Sounds good to me.
There is another version of this…
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Don't refrain
Have no regrets
You've made your choice
On how it ends
And this is what you want to say
time to explain away to friends
Our time is up
For what we have
For what we do
It’s blind to blind
We’ll have to bear
Our testimony has to withstand…
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Words by Brent Kinder and Jana Persson, Music by Jana Persson
Additional musicians:
Janne Hedlund - drums, backing vocals
Hank Johnzon - lap steel, additional electric guitar
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Words and Music by Jana Persson
Additional musicians:
Janne Hedlund - drums
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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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releasing my inner ozzy and tony iommi. had lots of fun with this one. started as a little middle of jam practice thing at the end of january. boy it took off. the whole band live on this one! this song is dedicated to Moschell, who motivated…
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rpm 2012 #3
no lie this was a ton of fun to make
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Special thanks to Dave Desoucey for the bass track.
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A "remix" I did a while back that got lost in the shuffle. The original was for our 2010 RPM album "Onion Bell" and can be found here: http://alonetone.com/cavestreet/playlists/onion-bell
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I purchased a new M-Audio midi keyboard during RPM. The software alone was worth the $100.
There was no chance I was wasting any time during RPM with a learning process.
Today, I got the opportunity to install the software and plug it in. This…
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Well, that didn’t help.
Gives me time to think more though. Seem to be standing in an endless grey mist, in puddles of water that don’t feel wet. Nothing good came of this.
You know those dreams you have, your ambitions of being the best, when…
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A song of mystic California folk legend history
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Another track from the mournful Nexus Codex soundtrack.
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Hi, this is my first publicly released track, please do comment, stating what you like, what you don't. enjoy!
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This one sat around for quite a while collecting dust until I picked it up a couple days ago and started tinkering with it. I think I like it.
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This was a small remix by Radio. I remixed the mix they did of Blake Reary's excellent track.
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Were you not there
I'd have fallen through I swear but hey
You were unaware
That I'd built up a dependence on you
Well alright
Never mind, I'll find salvation in a needle
or a bottle of somekind.
you were to me
somewhere between a saint and…
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Songcrafters.org did a "Live in the living room "festival recently...
The only music I can play in my living room these days is the odd lot of contemplative classical guitar, as anything else would wake up the family at night... :)
Here is…
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This is a response to a terrific biography by Fawn Brodie called 'No Man Knows My History.'
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One publisher told me, after listening to this song, "I don't like songs about Texas." I responded, "This is not about Texas."
(c) 1990 Royal T Music
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My daughter, Wyn, sings
a song I wrote in 1977
while I was doing a gig
at the Ramada Inn in
Laredo.
Harmonies are by her mother,
Barbara Anne Taylor and step
mother, Peggy Ann Mitchell.
The guitar solo and keys are
by my son, Rabyn…
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JUST A CAT
It looks like someone taped a firecracker to him and blew it off.
"Firecracker?"
He's just a cat. Just a cat. A raggedy old cat.
So why are we crying?
The world is on fire.
Light the fuse. It's a firecracker
"Firecracker…
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The Brighter Candle
The brighter candle knows the truth
In golden glow of brightest sun
And knows there’s no eternal youth
The brighter candle
So many, walking, go nowhere
On bikes and skates with silver hair
It’s like a dream she once…
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The banjo, bass and guitar on this song
was played by Michael Jeffrey. This is one song off the record we did together back in 1975/6 on his 4 track machine. Michael and Barbara Anne Taylor sing harmony.
I LIVE WITH REBECCA
I live with…
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Another classical guitar improvisation. I feel this one is a bit repetitious but wanted to share it nonetheless.
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Just a rough version of a song I plan to record properly during this coming February's RPM Challenge.
EDUCATION REALITY CHECK
I work with children every morning
Check their progress every night
I'm an expert with technology
And interactive…
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This is a cover of a wonderful song by Yoko Kanno, Steve Conte, & Shanti Snyder.
Music by Brian Vaughn
Vocals by Brian Vaughn and Stephanie Hossfeld-Downey
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From a rainy summer evening at Brookmere Winery's vineyard, Belleville, PA. Wine was flowing, and we made a bunch of new friends that night.
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For details http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1678
It is a bit jarring - on purpose but you've been warned.
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The first part of a series of instrumentals I intend to write.
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…
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Reg got to thinking and it's pretty simple really all he needs is Love.......
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from the album "Que Vive!"
night falling don’t want to sleep
my dreams don’t feel like me
falling, failing, twist all around
my world turned upside down
crash over, drown in the sea
crush under, darkness inside of me
failing harder, like a…
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This is a remix of a little piece by Pilchard. I liked the sound of his track and wanted to put an edge on it. Enjoy the remix!
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A Version of Moonlight Sonata Performed by OsCKilO as part of the "Cities Festival" on SongCrafters.org.
Guitar and strings.
The arrangement was marred by the recent disorder in London. It is with a sadness that this set of events has made…
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