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RPM 2014
horrible life
needs a favor tonight
keep the fakers away
and the hipsters and the leeches from my sight
horrible life
needs a drink or nine
shortly everything’s bright
and the music is neither awful nor sublime
it’s all…
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first for rpm 2014
This summer my wife and i traveled to Europe! our first time across the pond..what a wonderful time of adventure we had from Paris to Roma. each morning i would rise before dawn to watch as the early morning sun painted the…
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I did this as a way to practice singing....why I am trying to learn to sing at 64 is a little strange.... I wish I had leaned to sing when I was starting out..but I always played in band with lots of singers and never had to sing much…
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Amongst the ruins of a palaeogean place tiptoeing quietly where no foot has ever tread morbidly compelled by thoughts from another time I traverse the halls of the dead
The doctors prod at me in my cachinnating madness always asking questions…
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Live piano, no sequencing, its just my fingers, music made up on the fly. This is me just being creative, its how I "write" my music.
2nd track of flute is also played live over the piano.
Roland FP7 Stage Piano, Ableton Live, Onyx 1640i Mixer
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Another one from the archives....this was a piece that I wrote for a Sports Network - it was used for a floor hockey video. It was also my first real foray into Guitar Rig - being a vintage amp buff, it bordered on the blasphemous for me! All…
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This was the first time I ever tried doing a Christmas song (December 2008), so I figured I would do one in an older style, with psychedelic tinges. I added some Dickensesque material to the front, complete with old radio show style sound effects…
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I am a songwriter and entertainer this song is one of my favorites. It's called "We Got It Going On" It's about riding ATV's Hope ya all like it.
Bobby Johnson
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Dick Glasgow on Tenor Banjo & Bodhran & the late Mary Mullholland on Piano.
Tunes composed by Dick Glasgow.
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from the album xChange
original words and music by Rob Medcalf
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Just something to get the recording flow going again...
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Low Spheres... very different from High Spheres.
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Made with 100% real cheese flavored bi-product.
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shapes of things to come by max frost and the troopers.
a song from 1968, also the song track title of the movie "wild in the streets". Richard Pryor's first movie role. a short song timing out at 2:08. I did most of this yesterday and the drums…
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This tune was inspired by an old Jacques-Yves Cousteau special called "World without Sun". This is one of my favorites from the album because I captures what was hearing in my head at the time. I don't deny the heavy Floyd / Bowie influence…
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Just messing around with a chord progression I liked. Some neighborhood wildlife joined in. Goofy, mellow stuff, even for me.
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I wrote a letter
To my songwritting hero
the myth the legend
Mr. Robert Pollard
Now I'm in a bar
In Dayton Ohio
And there's Mr. Pollard
With a beer in hand
I walk on over
And offer to buy a round
He takes me up on my offer
the beer is flowing…
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Ken sent me over this great backer and said his idea when making it was telling the story of a boy he knew as a kid who overcame huge obstacles and grew into a happy and succesful man….so i took that into consideration …and started………... i'd been…
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This is the 5.Song from the 5.4 Best of the SUB OUT RIPPER Collection 2.0
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drowning in a sea of vaseline
alive or dead or somewhere in between
sit very still and read a magazine
wash and wash but never get it clean
it must be true I saw it on the screen
painting all the roses for the queen
don't eat that you don…
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put this together over the weekend after smelling that bacon ... A funky bacon jam ,,, just having some fun... Caution vegetarians!
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Recorded at Gold Dust Studios, Bromley, 1999
Andrew Russe - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Chris Nicholson - Electric Guitars & Backing Vocals
Dave Gorman - Bass
Martin Gorman - Drums
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That's All…
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tonight was a lubricated marathon/ four hours long and three with my tongue/ but like a flock a seagulls i ran/ your singing so far away like dire straits/ now tell me please/ how do i get you off my face?
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All source files come from apps on my phone. This is best if you download the 200M video and play full screen http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=3034
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Warming up on this friday evening and watching too much NOVA on PBS...
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a little backwards guitar in the beginning, turnins itself around surrounded by slowmo bass chatter opens into a riffing squalling storm of noise
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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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Got a new recording thing for Christmas. It's kinda hard to keep time between tracks without being able to listen to the other ones. Still, it's a start. :-/
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them damn aliens keep jamming my frequency with their incessent chatter.
And bongos.
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I've been wracking my brain,
Tryin to figure out what to say
For days
So you be the gasoline,
I'll be the lit match
You be the fireplace,
I'll be the burning door-mats
Burn the house down baby,
Burn it to the ground
Burn the house…
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This is my attempt at incorporating some classical instrumentation with a song ... I even tried singing a bit of opera ... well one bar of deep "la la's" LOL. Used my Godin acoustic electric for this one.
Thanks for listening
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The second word
Then from the three.
The middle stands out.
Second from I.
No reason to doubt.
Call out loud....
Say it for all you're worth...
Pay it the due you would ...
If it were gone...
Keep it safe,
From all of our mistakes.
For…
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Since the group split up I've been working on quite a bit of random music, however I've neglected my AloneTone friends.
This particular track was inspired by my first trip to an area of Tampa Florida called "Hyde Park". The Hyde Park cafe…
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Hello I'm Taylor and this is my first single. I wrote this back in 2011 without intention of releasing it, but after my best friend committed suicide in February of 2012, I decided to release it and dedicate it to him. So this is for you, David.
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Built from samples obtained from photographs via that very handy i2sm programme.
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Another one of my lil ditties that I started writing at the bowling alley. First game I bowled a 204 the rest of the evenin the games were less exciting. Get me high, then strike a blow
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uthemandi's, vocal track by thetworegs remixed with Will I Ram's "Keepers Sun Backing Track" KS Backing Track.
moody!
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Angel voices speak to Joan..
http://www.joanofarcamusical.com
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I wrote this song after reading the book, Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker. At the end of the story the main character recalls the first verse of a hymn. I looked it up on the internet and learned that it is a hymn by an Englishman, William Cowper…
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This song written by Mark Imsdahl..I found it over at Greg Connor's ...I liked it so much that I asked Greg and Mark if I could do an electric version of it and they agreed...i want to have Mark blow some harp on it when he gets back from vacation…
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A fun lil recording of a Howlin Wolf classic. I love the original.
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Heres a collab with Speed Demon Gene a cover by White Heat Written by Mick Ronson....all the Music is Gene and i'm doing the mumbling..........
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A cover of the old Traffic song that I have been
toying with....
I used a few loops of my keyboard and Drums from my Micro BR....
LG
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Fantasy for Piano in 25 Note per Octave Tuning is a short piece I composed in Sibelius 7 using Pianoteq 4 in 25 note per octave (edo) tuning. This composition was created per a request in the Xenharmonic Alliance as a response to my piece in…
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Rather, it includes Norm's excellent track Pilón For A New Son (http://alonetone.com/norm/tracks/piln-for-a-new-son). Was trying to find out how less I can get away with in rhythms while still having enough flow. Feedback welcomed :)
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Another rnr track sans vocals. On the plus side, there are actually lyrics for this one.
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put those dreams away before you let them fall
for you will break them all
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For everybody who wanted to hear my voice!
I love rainbows. I originally uploaded this as a dedication to my Dad :)
Recorded with a £4.99 Asda SmartPrice headphone/ mic, using just the metronome you can hear ticking away there. I then…
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A moment in the time of my mind, captured for eternity.
With thanks to Marci Shimoff and Albert Einstein for their inspiring 'lyrics' :)
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SEASONS
Midnight rendezvous. Window to her room.
Teenaged lovers under cover.
masquerade of sound: Thunder from the sky.
Train passing by. Wind howlin’ strong.
The world is their song.
Don your winter down. Snow falls all around
This…
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BLUE CORVETTE by Jeff Prince
Friday afternoon I stop to cash my check
Buy a case of Bud and pack of cigarettes
Oh, something to shake. Oh, something to break.
Someday I’ll be riding in a blue Corvette.
I could get myself a corner Laundromat…
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A song without longing
Echoes through the café
All the drunks, all the junkies
Sing as if they were praying
The overweight waitress
Dances, plays air guitar
You left me with nothing
But just a beer at the bar
On a cardboard beer coaster
You…
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I think this was the first Blues I wrote, about 5 years ago.Changed the tempo & got my mate Dave to play harmonica on it. Thanks Dave.Listening to the old version, couldn't remember what I played so had to revamp it, old age!!! DOH !!!!!
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haven't touched my piano in about a year
but finally i've got things finished and having some free time now
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I played this one fairly straight. It still sounds a lot like the raw 30 second idea I recorded on my phone in an elevator in Chicago in early Feb of 2010 and discovered this RPM season. It's not about what you think it is.
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Derps march past my room;
Ev'ry night they haunt my dreams,
Dim fears seeming true.
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Før Under Kurven indspillede sangen i 2005 var den en demo lavet efter en våd aften på Alges kollegieværelse. Den blev inspireret af en våd drøm Arnt havde haft i løbet af natten mens han sov sine rødvinstømmermænd (delvist) ud.
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Made in 45 minutes because I had to catch the bus :3
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Gone To Stay
(C Maiorano)
Here at the crossroads, with no ideas
River of time flows, year after year
We change as the wind blows, storm drawing near
The light of our life glows, then disappears
We wrestle with reason, struggle with fear…
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I wrote this song after seeing the man who almost killed me and not acting out all of my revenge fantasies. He was selling TVs at Costco.
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Anyone who has been through a messy breakup can relate to this song.
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Apologies to Ian Anderson
this is not an off the record version...
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“While I Wait”: (Richard Hardrick)
I hear my steps from echoes
down in the street of time
van años en lo incierto
outside the shadow line
Silence in an empty sky
while I wait
God has not revealed yet
the truth of signs outside…
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a shrill shit
a shrill shit shatters the moonlit midnight air
despair distorts the dreamy darkness
twists its fluid form into a gloomy dankness
looming like malignant vapours
over stagnant pools
you are surrounded by fools
grounded by…
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I played a few parts of Cliff's Anesthesia bass solo and added some parts of my own. I used my son's Fender Precision Bass, and later in the jam I doubled the bass parts with electric guitar.
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A song about conspiracy theorists. They bug me with their wingeing. "Wah wah wah, it's not fair" - well do something about it then, instead of claiming some kind of superiority and secret knowledge like we give a damn! Rant over, lol.
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Conga (John David) & Kaosollator (Dean Palermo) 1st Take.
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This is the fourth song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Michael and I always have something going on, So I'm sure there will be more.
Lyrics and…
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LULLABY
Key D
D4 D sus D, D4 D sus D
(D) Close your eyes and tell me. Tell me what you see. In the sleepy landscape of your reverie. (G) Can you count the blossoms in the (Em) garden (A) of your (D) mind? Think about the mountains and the…
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Song for my daughter. Last verse shows the tragedy of life
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The first of 4 tunes coming your way with
the spotlight on my friend "Michael Thomas of Cave Street"
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
This one is my favorite and chills me every time I hear it.
It never, ever, gets old.
Until Then (Shine…
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A little bit of pop with a strong 80s touch (I hope).
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Summer Love
Lyrics: John Scunziano
Vocals: Domenico Mercurio
Guitars: David Patterson, Domenico Mercurio
Composed by Steffen…
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Dave Tanner's rendition of his Sunny, sorta... song at the release show Nov. 5. that's me on the Ooos in the background.
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe set to music as read by Mike Vendetti from Freesound.org.
Details here: http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=1506
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This is an answer to the question posed to me by Bethan Mathis. This is how I've been feeling this week. I'm okay. I've just come to the realization about the rhythm of life.
ER
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this song - purple mountains was iriginally a jam back in 75. chris vaisvil was the guitarist and i always remembered it cause i liked it. he had an echo-plex then and it was pretty psychedelic. no keys were originally in the song but it was a…
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Was making and playing with only one woman in mind :)
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A setting of a sonnet by Walter Lowenfels to music.
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a song done by many folk/country performers ,chokes me up every time. there are much better renditions of it out there in music land,buy those!. this I just wanted to add to my list of occupy songs. to drive home the point.
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NO ONE CARES
© Paul Dempsey, 2011
Lyrics: Paul Dempsey
Lead Vocals: Mark Lee Fletcher
Backup Vocals: Andy Gupta, Henry Mittnacht
Bass: Andy Gupta
Drums: Alberto Villa
Percussion: Alberto Villa, Henry Mittnacht
Guitars: Henry Mittnacht…
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Well reg was down the cellar last night watching re runs of Saturday night Live http://www.videolog.tv/video.php?id=503192 that Chris and Norm had sent him and they gave Reg an idea which John who sat quietly watching approved off..........it…
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Not very many people like Quest 64, but I myself really enjoyed it, and the music was addicting. I found myself humming the main field theme more than I care to.
Without further ado, Quest 64's Field theme rendition.
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Image from Katerina Art - click on image to view more work by this great graphics artist. If you follow the link you will see that she has dedicated this image to the victims of 9-11. Katerina of course owns all rights to her image and is not…
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This is my first run through the 7th Goldberg variation. It's been about a month since I started practicing it. This is the first time I "made it"—meaning, it's a bit fumbling and pushes and pulls, but hey, I hit all the notes!
I've played…
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Thanks again Johnny for letting me have a go on this classic from my school days ...it's been Regged a little hope you enjoy...........
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My fellow New Englanders and I are about to get spanked by Hurricane Irene. She's a scream.
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When nostalgia and regret collide, we get "Bright Lights Shine".....
Lyrics:
Drove six hours, landed in Pittsburgh
Cold and tired, by the Alleghany…
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A peak into a glimpse of the first day of August 2011 and there's a nice storm to watch here in the Philadelphia area. Getting a little inspired here.
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Track 4 from the 'Space Opera' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceOperaem123
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Track 2 from the 'Space Opera' EP.
Download the EP here:
http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceOperaem123
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I worked on this project in February and March of 2010, then again in January of 2011. In July of 2011 I made a final push, starting with the lyrics to this song. Hence the theme. On a side note, don't you hate it when you work a riff into…
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Instrumental version of the song "Border Patrol" by the Wetband.
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It was a sketch for the final topic of amateur black and white film (a.k.a. "Ñlosing credits"), then not used, then forgotten. Then recalled and now free.
~For Trevor, who bravely fights with the ghost from the cellar. Spirit[uals]~
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After a month long break, here are some more home studio recordings of our repertoire. Still in Russian, but the beautiful melodies are sure to make you feel good :)
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One could use this to compare the changes I made to accommodate the change in tuning because this is the Centaur tuned piece but I changed the master tuning back to "standard" 12 equal.
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I plugged my Fender Mustang directly into the Zoom H2 and monitored with head phones while sitting on my bed and played around. This is a compressed version of one of the things I did. I've been pretty sick the past few days but I needed to…
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The audio uses all of the audio from that night I bowed the stop sign processed and not.
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The anime series Elfen Lied was a great thriller like anime. It's story elements were superb, and the cast was amazing. but what really gets me is the main theme, often heard as a music box in the story as a pivotal story element. a few facts…
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Reg has decided he needs to lose it tonight he doesn't care if that is with drink with sex with drugs in his mind or down the road he just wants to get lost".."..........
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We put a little bit of everything in here for you to try on.
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An Easter song, sort of. About standing at that place between night and day, sorrow and joy, fear and hope.
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Nero's Butterfly Two Star Poem Remix
This is a collaboration with anonymous and my wife. I wrote the script / lyrics and anonymous did everything else. So I can say - I've always admired the excellent performance of both - Debbie did the voice…
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Kind of a Neil Young impression, I guess.
You know what's ironic? I think this was the only song on the album I didn't use a metronome to record.
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a poem from illuminations by rimbaud,set to music by wordless poem..illuminate bya psychedelic fractal animation,created with mandelbulber...pure free experimental underground electronic fractal poetry...
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A bit of 'Cymbaline', one of the most wonderfull songs by Pink Floyd.
I hope you like and/or enjoy.
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The title pretty much says it all. This show will emmerse both the audience and performers in the ambience of a tropical rain forest, with all of the elements of nature and wildlife whisking everyone away to a place other than our own suburban…
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This is 3 way colaboration with my good friends, Nick Coward and Mark Drozdz.
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http://improvfriday.ning.com/
recorded for the Japan benefit happening this weekend (right now) over at improvFriday. Stop by and help or just give a listen.
My father brought a koto back from Japan after WWII, I thought this might be a good time…
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This one is, again, from the early 90's, and was originally a bass line. So imagine it an octave down.
I hope you like and/or enjoy.
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I made up this heavy jam and it reminded me of Vlad the Impaler for some reason. Hope you like it.
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - January. This song began it's life back in 1999 on an 8-track cassette recorder. In 2007, for TheSongOfTheDay.com project, we were able to overlay drums, re-do vocals, and replace some hummed…
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Reg was positive that she was the one until he had chat with Norm who said "Be careful remember Desirea" Norm was only trying to help but it has put doubt in Reg's mind and now hes not sure what he wants...........................thought i'd do…
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i didn't think that this had uploaded last night so it was a nice surprise to see the four lovely comments :) thank you...
its hard to describe what this is about...a very personal moment...sometimes it replays in my memories...
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Track 1 - Album: Futurism - Band: The Anchorage Drift
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Had to re-post this one... noticed some clipping issues when I played it in my jeep :)
Lyrics:
this is the number of the disenchanted
this is the number i've made unclean
this is my number this is my number for you
show your weakness and they…
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Just a little song about another hopeless romantic. Actually, I just really like the name Svetlana.
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Something I'm working on for RPM 2011. I think this is a really pretty tune, just wish I had the kind of voice for singing it.
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Reg has just gotta get on gone, he wants to move out from his old lady's into reg's place where it's happening, what with Elvis in the cellar and his visiting friends jammin all night, Reg is almost living there anyway. So now he has decided to…
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Recorded live, singing and bashing pads on my new sampler.
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A live improvisation on 3 keyboards and a half dozen softsynths plus korg MS2000 in Sonar X1
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Written in Isaba, Spain 2003. On location shooting THE STONE RAFT/HET STENEN VLAT/La Balsa de Piedra. If you leave me a note, please tell me who you are.
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Ancient traditional, authored by King David. If only he had a Strat and an Axe Fx.
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Whatever happens - go ahead, to keep up with _________ (insert here). For the life itself it does not matter - you go or not.
~Hyperion Cantos~
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Please also listen to the second part of this track, "John Capulator".
This part represents first scenes of comics, John Capulator's appearing from the morning fog in a narrow alley, huge double chainsaw massacre near crowded underground station…
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Well, some today's 'afternoon-to-evening' stuff... very simple, but i like it. I hope you like and/or enjoy!
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Co-written and performed with William Liggett. Tried to make it a 'duet', but not being in the same state--much less studio--made it too hard to match phrasing.
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Musical piece about the fairy adventures of toys on and around the Christmas tree, and all that.
For us, the boring adults realists, such a story is ridiculous, but not for them - for children who listen to tales with bated breath. For them…
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This has absolutely nothing to do with that annoying youtube video ;)
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from the album "orange"
We favor the moon and alternate Saturdays
Give it away too soon and all sorts of flattery
Maybe turn out right, eventually
But I can’t be bothered by further scrutiny
It’s the same spinning room, fall down trying…
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first song featuring both chimps since like well, forever ago. just a taste of future calamity in the musicverse
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I had a country band once Billy Chicken & The Paw Paws. This was to be our single
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