I had a falling out with a long time friend when I wrote this song. It has a Ray Charles/Aretha Franklin gospel/blues feel.

After hearing people day in and day out wish for the weekend, I felt the need to write a song to remind them that they were essentially wishing their life away. This music is funk/blues with a Meters feel.

A cover of a 2010 RPM Challenge song by A Beautiful Scene. Lyrics: Pouring Rain by A Beautiful Scene This year I thought of you, far too many times And it’s made me think Of things that’ve become over there and they… And how do I know…

still ain't done, but wanted to share progress. really grateful for the feedback. thanks!

“Melodious compositions in dancing style for YOU!” - A.W.E. My first album «ZigZag» (2010) : http://www.rhapsody.com/awe/zigzag http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zigzag/id339433974 http://www.amazon.com/Zigzag/dp/B002X39FFI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8…

Opening and preferred track for our 2010 RPM Challenge record (self-titled).

This is the first song that was completed with vocals by Vinyette. It is inspired by a dream or nightmare really. The scene is set in purgatory, which happens to be a dark subway train running at full tilt into an abyss of track lighting. The…

A tale of the lonely soul who is desperate to feel connection. The Asterisk Zero is the child who opens fire on fellow school children, with no understanding of the depth and complexity of the pain they are causing. This song is a soul searching…

Some shun or dare not partake in the discussion of passing on from this life. Many search for meaning and fanciful places to reside, after their earthly shells have been left behind. This song is sweet reminder that ignoring and falsifying of…

Experimentation with taking quiet sounds and compressing the hell out of them. Drum fills courtesy of Chris Thomas.

This is the centrepiece of the album; my self-confessed preferred track to RPM HQ. Powerful vocals by Jen Gibbons and heavy beats supplied by Chris Thomas. The drum track was heavily overdriven to crispen it up and the kick was given a lot of…

Paper Girls is one of those tracks which I wrote based on my experiences that I hope others can relate to in their own way. Soft, breathy vocals courtesy of Anezka Piska.

The album kicks off with one of the gritter, darker songs. The amazing, gravely voice you hear is that of Linda Harrison.

I've gone more acoustic for this piece with bass and guitars courtesy of Jaz Arwand and the lovely, airy sound of Jess Spencer's voice. The song is about empathy or lack thereof.

We move miles away from Bristol trip-hop and take a trip to Paris. This Daft Punk-inspire piece really allowed me to lighten up a bit during the lonely production stages.

Anezka Piska on vocals.

Self-explanatory. Sorry if it breaks your speakers :)

The obligatory ambient piece. I really wanted to experiment with balancing the bass and treble; it seems to have worked quite well. Bonus marks if you can identify any of the samples.

Lyrics: Well there ain't nothing, nothing you could ever do to break my heart again... You lied and oh you cheated. You hung me out to dry. Left me standing in the cold beneath the pale gray sky. There ain't nothing, nothing you could…

Lyrics: Les animaux du cheveux faux, Les animaux du cheveux faux, adieu, adieu, mes animaux...

Lyrics: Babe, if I may be so bold I swear that you don’t look that old In fact I’d say you look alright. So if you want to write my number down I could show you all around this town And show you what we do at night. Well you look like…

There are a bunch of bass tracks going on here. Headphones help pick out what's going on. This one came to me leaving Taos on the drive back to Phoenix, coming down out of the canyon. I suddenly became conscious of a disturbing dream from the…

from the prompt "The curve of her back"

feat. Cville Ramblings on bass and lead guitar

Track 6 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 8 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 10 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 5 from A Half An Hour In the Dark. Nirvana cover.

Track 4 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 9 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 7 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 11 from A Half An Hour In the Dark.

Track 16 from China Prison Orchestra.

Track 3 on Tarbosaurus Antagonist. Written and recorded from February 2009- January 2010.

The execution is not perfect, but the concept works.

The lyrics continue the theme of the previous track, if you care about that sort of thing.

I guess this would be the "centerpiece" of the album. Like the rest of the album it really stumbles along the line between droney and simply repetitive, and it needs a bit of a reworking to reach its potential.

see notes for graveyard party

these 2 "new" songs are a test to see if I now have what I need to successfully upload material. These 2 songs were recorded 20 years ago on a Tascam 4-track. The band is the Riptiles.

2010 RPM Challenge Track. Lyrics are below: No one explains it to you When you offer to take the blame When no one rails against you All their comforting words are the same Does it upset you Enough to awake you Or will you repeat so…

This is a cover of a song by Sister Savage, from her kickin' 2010 RPM Challenge album, Juped 2k10. It also introduces the genre of acoustic crossdressed spacecheese (these damn kids today with their flying cars and their hyperspecialized genres…

Cave Street posted a track recently, their contribution to the Woody Guthrie Project, organised by Akron Family. http://akronfamily.com/woodyproject/W.G.A..html I wanted to take a shot at this too, so here's my demo. It was really just half…

Sometimes you just look at your capo and think... hey, I aint used you for a while - its rough and sloppy but hey... just like me!

Track 6 from my 2010 RPM Challenge Album "King Astro" written and recorded entirely in February.

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If you're a businessman or a politician, mosh to this song.