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Norm, I finally used my china cymbals like... cymbals. :-)
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Reg has got a kinda Bluesy political thing going on this one.....he's been reading the paper and watching the news..........it's a little too long but i think he makes a point.......do you?
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Oldrottenhead - lyrics/vocals
Dave Berry - Epi Sheraton, bass, keys, drums played on Roland HD-1
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A Stranger
When I came to this land, a stranger
When I drove on these roads, unknown
Unaware of the pain, the danger
I just drove these roads, alone
Past the mountains, past the blue skies
Past the wishing wells, the ones that ran dry
But in…
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Made from a sample of a clock ticking and chiming the hour.
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I wanted to see how much "music" I could get out of one chord and four notes. Sorry that it has a sort of cheesy 80s sound at times, but that's when I started playing guitar and it's hard to reprogram your brain. The chord is Bsus2 and the solo…
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Country rock song with some lyrics from Chantilly Lace by the Big Bopper.
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~Good things don't age. What about a man?~
I was a fan of easy listenings like Enoch Light, still love these sounds and light pleasure that they bring. Here so.
P.S. Night birds recorded in Berlin this April, silly whistling/theme is mine…
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Again a miniature. I hope you like and/or enjoy.
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Tracy posted a message which said, "If I could write a song about the way I feel right now, it would be a hit." So I grabbed my guitar and came up with this...
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Not being particularly religious, I still believe that the soul exists and that it does not die.
The prologue and epilogue of this piece were recorded in Basilique Sacre Coeur, Paris, on March, 11th 2011.
~For those who left and those who…
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this is one for the over fifties
we strolled along
lost avenues
with no regrets
and nonchalance
who's kidding who
so confident
so bold and full
of bravado
when we were young
we knew it all
with certainty
you couldn't tell
cos we couldn't hear…
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reg had a sentimental moment which was inspired from listening to Rick & Norms I don't know. Here it is without Reg's waffle.................
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This one is called "Chance"...
One Guitar and one Vox...
Chance
W/M Tharek Mokbul
Lyrics
Throw another log on the fire.
Let it Burn for one more day..
Take another chance on this Dice.
Throw it until luck comes our way.
Promise…
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Sour Milk on your Weetabix. Can you imagine it?
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Experimenting with asynchronous, layered picking. I thought it would sound really cool. Guess what? It doesn't! ... Well, all of the mistakes aside ... it's growing on me.
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a mashup (for ImprovFriday) of c}{imps 8 my ears (strate fuckin) and Paul Muller (dance to the end of summer)
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Body Disconnected (2002) was written to accompany choreography by Lauren Lutrell. The process included importing video clips of dance movements into the music programs I was using and scoring music to them as one might with a film soundtrack…
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Just some fun I was having with the record button on. Edgy and a blast to sing.
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this is a monster singing in chinese profanity to a backing track
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one of my oldest pieces, from 2008, before i new what any of these effects were.
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The breaking light sample is the song 8060710103 up tempoed from a length of about 10 minutes, to a length of 2.5 minutes, then bass expanded and vocoded. Then I added my instrumentation.
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its only thirty seconds long, but, its alot of songs. This is the fable mangoz zurge, as told of in the forums, which you all should visit.
oh yes, i dont think i wrote any of these songs, but, you can't really tell.
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Dark Days & Bright Nights is finally outt. Download it on http://www.datpiff.com/Young_Blayz__Dark_Days__Bright_Nights.m137959.html
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Stjerna´s drum and bass remix of last year´s Euro Vision Song Contest winner.
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adaptation of the song "red wolf" from my band for the cryptical condition album.
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When I wrote this song.... It was about staying true to your Ideals...
In fact... It is about a person that put me in a very difficult situation....
One that effected my life for a while... Just for doing the right thing...
I think…
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Jason Sloan and I recorded this track in March 2010 as an improvisation in preparation for our performances on The Vigil all-night music festival at MICA. Jason describes the session:
"Erik and I come from very different backgrounds in our approach…
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When I wrote this it was a cold cloudy and dark winter night here in vancouver but I was sitting in my room and was just in a sunny state of mind. I then picked up my Uke and started fiddlin around searching for a breezy chord progression, then…
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This remix of an RPM09 tune features electric guitar by Chris Mitchell.
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key of C - no capo
We listen for years for words to explain ourselves. "I'm good but not THAT good," was such a moment for me. Good enough to stay in the game but never good enough to win.
Last night I kissed somebody
I kissed somebody…
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i wanna feel special..are you special?
its supposed to be a deranged pickup line
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takes no chances at not fkkking up history for us all.
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A cover of KLandry's 2010 RPM Challenge song, Fire Dancer, lyrics below:
Time to feed the fire
Throw another pallet on
Get it burning higher
The night’s still young
I love to watch you dancing
Your silhouette against the blaze
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At the lake we were crawling around
til our knees left bloodstains on the ground
licked our wounds and the pain went away
fell asleep at the end of a day
we dug holes and carved signs into trees
made ourselves a bed out of leaves
and in the…
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well, sometimes you've just got to rock for war
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Derivative- This one was not supposed to be on the album, but I changed my mind and worked on it. The reason for the intended omission was because the riff, which I have been playing with for a few months, just sounded so derivative of Dear Prudence…
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a protest song, out of time and space warp. a harmonica predomintates skillfully, while a deep slide guitar bass whizzles around, Her silky voice made distant in a reverb chamber while scant samples patter.
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What Word came out of a play on 'what word is God' and Jesus is the word (John 1:1). It's a rough demo. I'm going to see if I can flesh it out later on. feedback/suggestions via private message would be greatly appreciated!
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"pastlife laptops and attic instruments" is a composition from 2004 that I wrote to perform with saxophonist Brian Sacawa. This is the pre-recorded electronic part that accompanies a (mostly) written-out saxophone part and an ad libitum improvisation…
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Instrumentation: fretless bass, tabla, acoustic and distorted acoustic guitar, hang drum samples (courtesy of Sudara), soft synth (AAS Ultra Analog), ambient sample of the jungle (pitched down two octaves) a sprinkle of ebow (from my Sudara files).
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After finishing Karmabomb (first album, released early 2009), a friend mentioned that "En Route", the last track, made him think of grizzled vets mumbling on the bus... so I ran with the idea.
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Ben, Jon, Jason and I record the destruction of a Piano via Hatchet. The criminal act was done on the santa fe plains.
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Traditional Irish - Arranged by Doug Sparling
Based on a recording by Na Casaidigh.
Played late at night, as a lullaby of sorts. Now go to sleep, little child...
Guitar players - check out my GuitarNoise.com lesson for this tune: http://www…
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A song by the Furey Brothers about stealing away.
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something i found on my pc that i never put bass to, never sorted out the clipping samples on, and that I now no longer have in any form bar this file. shame
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Another experiment.
Today Eos was released. In trying it out, I found 7 random synth clips in my library (not entirely random but they might as well have been). These are fed for somewhat random durations and order through 4 Eos reverbs in…
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This is a track from my abandoned "Weekend Follies" album, which was recorded in my parent's basement in Mercer Island, Washington during the summer of 2003. This track was recorded during Seafair weekend. That's one of the "Blue Angels" flying…
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more tabla/club music. this one needs some melodic work, perhaps some more instrument layering, more chord progressions... anyhow, should be enjoyable enough for now.
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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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George Brown - Music & Lyrics
Brett Picknell - Bass
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A fantastical farcical Irish story-song. Broadway Irish.
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"Pizza: The Rock Opera" is Beatnik Turtle's 10-minute opus chronicling one man's struggle to order pizza. From TheSongOfTheDay.com and their album, November available on CD Baby, "the iTunes" and other fine digital retailers.
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This is the same piece recorded once with octava mikes and then with AKG mikes as a final for the protools class
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this is the first song I wrote for my wife. it is an actually step by step of our first date.
she opened the door and stood there smiling
this exchange between us lasted forever
so i took her in my car and went to eat some vietnamese food…
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about a circus that self destructs and the damage left in it's wake. Yes, it's a weird and/or dark subject but as the lyrics are unintelligible it probably won't upset anybody.
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Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble with Dr. Spangler on turntables, December 2005. Scratches with Morton Subotnick's "Silver Apples of the Moon" and John Cage vinyl.
Composition inspired by the glacier formation of the Finger Lakes of NY.
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"Night vision is the ability to see in a dark environment." Optically enhanced über-soldiers see through the dark, hunting and killing people for some reasons. Now try to take that definition in a metaphorical sense: "see in a dark environment..."
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Opening track from the album Blue Robot Red.
All songs on the album are based around sounds taken from old circuit bent toys.
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Plucking of the "wrong side of the strings" on my jazz guitar. Rhythm made with an espresso machine.
I tried to do 2 main things here:
1) Create harmony with spoken voice, via pitch shifting (Did the first part of the program disturb you…
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2. It's easier when you don't care
How true! Based on a blogpost-title by my favourite RPMer. I recorded the guitar and bass-parts this year through a Vox Pathfinderamp at relatively neighbourfriendly levels. That worked surprisingly well here…
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Volcano was one of the first tracks that the Proods uploaded to Alonetone, it was fun because it features the Prood gals who aren't always available to jam.
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white wizard / philosopher's stone
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white wizard / philosopher’s stone Guitars by Chris, all else by Frank Miller
white wizard © frank miller
how many times
does it take to get it right
how many minds
have sought…
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Reg actually woke up feeling positive this morning. I believe it was due to his sober evening and being in bed by 10 pm . Its a new him for 2026 or is it? let hope so .....Happy New year all x
Today is a beginning
Today is…
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This is my Robot Rhythm Section (tm) playing D & G chords over and over and over
I've long used drum machines & looper pedals to provide rhythm section support in my musicating, and I recently got a new toy that could become the ultimate…
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Download and enjoy a free beat produce by Lyrics On D Beat.
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interpolates lyrics by American Hi-Fi and O'hene Savant
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Yet another casserole thrown together at the last minute! Added a homebrewed percussion loop and some Hainbach drum loops to the second half of a guitar and bass jam that Dan and Kevin had recorded previously, then ran all that through some AudioThing…
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A very rough demo of another song that didn't make the cut. Drums need to be re-recorded and then everything mixed.
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One of the first true playing collabs between us.
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7 tracks of Prophet 12 desk module.
Tuning 31 edo (does it matter?)
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As February and the RPM Challenge approached, Margaret was surprised to find herself gravitating toward country music this time around, but she rolled with it and finished the lyrics in time for us to lay down some scratch tracks on 2/10. Over…
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VERSE I
Lettuce in first
To build a foundation
Everything else is up to you
It these choices
that you make, pour it on
that create the moment you have waited for
PRE CH
These tines, plunging in
CHORUS
And we are all so intricate…
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Teejay’s WRLD-ÈKÉLÉBÉ The Baddie Villain lyrics
Na Me Be The Man Wey Dey Por Hor Por Hor Bhad Mharn Tinz
If E No Be Craze (Democracy)
Why For Africa? (Democracy)
As Time Dey Go (Democracy)
Things Just Dey Bad (Democracy)
Dey Bad More…
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'Tis the season for cranberry sauce. I can see the can outline and everything...
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October 2023 C-side? Because it was appropriate for the monthly theme, I decided to butcher a song I wrote in 2005.
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This is on the short list for my June 2023 Record Every Month Challenge submission, but I think the mix is going to make me go with something else this time. The song was purposely super easy, but I think I made it a smidge too busy in the mix…
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[Verse]
The story couldn’t begin as a whorey thing
Neither could it without wholesomeness
We met organically, naturally
Got to know each other
Saw we both were proper
Went slow
Built both mentally and emotionally
Knew we to be strong to…
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My mind drifts
Your mind sits
I think
I just know
You just don’t
Here we go again with the flow that you ignore
If you’re not an open sore
I guess you’re just a closed door
Here I go
Your stopping is like obnoxious
But I don’t pay attention…
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Still meta... but with the realization that I can do RPM no matter what my hinderance is. I did this whole album with an Ipad, my acoustic, a cheap microphone and a pair of headphones. All the songs were written hastily in minutes with no real…
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A dangerous game of "How Many Synthesizers Can I Use Before The Computer Catches On Fire?"
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8th song from my new album Modern Tradition Vol, 1 :)
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Our July submission to the REM Challenge.
Daniel Will, piano
David True, bass
Tony Gallo, percussion
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A guitar is a guitar but you can play trumpets with it. However, you are Miles Away from Miles :-)
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Rough DRAFT of a new Malignant Inception's song
This song is written with two guitars in slightly different tuning. Not a huge difference but it's been fun, and I think it sounds cool.
One 6 string tuned to D Standard(432Hz), and the other…
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Sometimes life knocks you down and decides to kick a few times for good measure. It can be hard to push though at times, but it’s important to persevere because it can and will get better. This is a song about staying strong and remaining hopeful…
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The second song started for the 2022 RPM Challenge is the second song finished. I'm sort of working off a first in first out queue this year. I didn't plan it that way, but that's how it's going.
I'm disappointed in this one. It's not a…
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Written Summer 2019
Recorded January-February 2022
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Percussing a bunch of plastic objects, destined for the recycling bin but making one more contribution before they go. Played with a pair of disposable wooden chopsticks, until the dropping of one brought the piece to a somewhat premature end…
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A cold wet night, a couple of hours to get to the airport to catch a flight, cars swishing past, and waiting for that airport shuttle...thinking back....
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Master Version 2
Instincts- which were the memories of his ancestors become habits
Full audio available on Bandcamp Video available on Instagram and YouTube
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Taken from my Desert Rat album. Recorded live during a BBQ at my Torrey Utah homestead. Recorded on a Fostex cassette four track in 1985.
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2021 50/90 Challenge, song #2.
I started this at midnight on July 4, 2021. The very minute the 50/90 challenge started. I'm 90% sure I've used almost exactly the same melody before, and I'm 99.999% sure I've used exactly the same guitar and…
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Blues done with my pals on wikiloops.com. Love Wade's saxaphone!
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This is another re-recorded song, but there is a little twist this time.
In 2016's RPM Challenge there are two songs that were supposed to be an argument between a flat earther and a non-mentally defective human. They were The Flat Earth…
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Ocean / Soul
C. Maiorano
Waves of adoration crash on the rocks of you
The cruel tide drags affections down
Deep below the surface of the cold steel blue
The unsettled sea tries to swallow and drown
Were you a sandy beach, welcoming…
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I'm working on a compilation of unreleased stuff; demos, songs, covers, sketches. Basically, I'm going back to my hard drives and starting to clean up and post this stuff.
Here's a demo from 2003ish. Enjoy!
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*Remixed for volume*
Watching the clouds go by....
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Something quite short, and hopefully very jolly this time around - the joy of children playing!!
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Last skirmish of this years 50/90. Great prompt: "Wonder"
A1:
The days
The Days of Wonder
Are they gone
Gone forever
It makes me sad
I thought I'd never
I'd hoped my hard-nosed nature was a fad
With blinders on
Can't see the beauty…
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But the Sun
I close the curtains
To shut out the darkness
I shut the window
To keep out the cold
But the Sun is shining
Somewhere, I know.
(C) 2020 Royal T Music
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The Interstate Highway system was started in the mid-50s at the height of the Baby Boom era. It was a virgin ribbon of highway stretching out in all directions. We couldn't wait to explore it.
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I kinda like this one. The melody in the hook is kinda fun, and having the guitar play a melody of its own was something fun that I don't do often. The lyrics are stream of conscious garbage, meaning they are probably about the idiot in the…
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a live in the cellar production in need of some lead
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Who says 3/4 time can't rock? This was originally from my 2013 RPM Challenge when, for some strange reason, pretty much everything I did just worked. Even the crappy songs from that album are less crappy than usual.
This song is as close…
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I don't say this often... if you go through the ton of songs I've uploaded here you can probably count the number of times I said this on one hand and have some fingers left over...
I really like this one. Literally everything about it. If…
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Antoinette plays keys, Anonymous plays drums, Evan is guitar left, Chris is guitar right (sorry I was a jerk and too loud) - This dates from 1977 when I was a classical major and Antoinette a piano major. Even though this improvisation was from…
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This was another one of those try something different tracks. I love how jazz and blues tracks will incorporate horns, so I had to find some reasonable sounding brass for my MIDI world and then try to balance them with guitar melody. This is…
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When I made my demo of this song, Nancy said she really liked the melody of the chorus and that overall it was her favorite tune of mine to date, hence the title.
I thought the first section of the song would be ideal for a sitar, however I…
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Ever lasting love from a brainwashed disciple
Basking in the rays from the blue light within
Born without a sense of the whole world outside you
Gyroscope to all as they’re caught in your spin
Never enough
Drinking their blood
Why does…
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Something that never got lyrics...
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
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from a longer work the final ending here.. :) in LMMS program. on windows 10---
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interactive Pure Data electronics and lap steel
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Abike is a interesting story about two lover, you will love to listen to
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I'd find a way around your lies and promises
I know the steps to sneak out of your fortresses
But falling for your traps is such a habit ...
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Martin H. Samuel wrote the lyric then, Renard J. Cohen composed the melody and Rick Livingstone, formerly vocalist with The Best, recorded the song in Los Angeles, California.
‘The Man In The Moon’, sung by Rick Livingstone, won the December…
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this is the story of aunt Gertrude.to strange of a story to be told at this time
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A Bowie cover for the fest on the otherside live in the livingroom...Thanks for listening
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"Man, what if Trent Reznor and Britney Spears had collaborated on a track in the early '00s?" wondered probably very few people ever. And that's where history went wrong.
I'm just trying to set things right.
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RPM17
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tuned the guitar flat and played those "black Keys" Ive never touched before.
flat or sharp, ? either way nothing but rain here in SF for the last 2 weeks...Enjoy!
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The Benedictus was the song of thanksgiving uttered by Zechariah on the occasion of the circumcision of his son, John the Baptist. The canticle received its name from its first words in Latin (Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, “Blessed be the Lord…
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Well, this is... just what it is. Plain and simple as usual. May be some of you could enjoy it. Cheers.
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The 5.Song from the "Murderer of my Body Single".
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2016
*voices: https://soundcloud.com/ean-golden
*scratches: https://soundcloud.com/djpuzzle
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A true story of one of the worst lapses in parental judgment I've ever displayed. I think the song's hilarious. The older girls are still scarred.
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#RPM 2015#
. . . . And We're off . . . First song of the RPM Challenge
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