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Over a month since I've posted anything... I figured I'd show some progress.
This one's heavily inspired by a piece of re-Daggerfall music... I took the key signature, most of the instrumentation, and the mood, but I wrote every note. Here's…
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Had this guitar thing around for a while - I finally "finished" it - enjoy!
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A 4 movement piece for piano loosely a sonata.
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Special thanks to Chris for playing keys on this song.
originally wrote this song slightly differently, then used Burroughs cut-up to tweak it a little.
I used to play this song with a band we called One Lane Bridge
Dave Spellman, Rob Endemann…
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When a friend is diagnosed with cancer, or any life threatening illness, we want to say something. But what do we say? This is a meditation on transience and emptiness, two central zen buddhist teachings.
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Ok first of all, I am sorry for the lack of music updates on my part. It's just hard for me to make more different music each time. In fact the only way I was able to make this song is through the overly used system of repitition. Hopefully…
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written in the spirit of Dorothy Day and Roshi Bernie Glassman. The beggar is a king. the king a beggar.
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This is the first tune I wrote using an actual loop pedal. I really like the rawness of its form. The sound is sharp, it kind of attacks your ear.. but then after it loops around a few times, it calms down and sinks in..
I expect that there will…
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In episode 1, Rob beats a girl home and unloads his sack. Some content may not be suitable for younger listeners.
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Written and Recorded April 22, 2010
Buddah defined compassion as "a trembling of the heart."
Details: Epiphone Les Paul (DADGAD/DADGAD Capo VII), Seymour Duncan Pickups, POD XT, Boss RC-20 Looper, EBow, Audacity.
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Written for a friend of mine.
be and i will be with you
you are a light house in this storm
you will overcome
you will overcome this storm
don't fear the wall for you will climb upon it.
you will see from higher ground
and the sun…
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A song from a child point of view listening to their parents argue.
All these words are scaring me
They're giving me the creeps
When I hear what's going on
My heart drops to the floor
It's over all these problems
Money, kids and work
It always…
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"The sheep follow Him because they know His voice." John 10:4
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A long rambling noisey tribute to CHAOS and BEAUTY recorded live in a New Jersey warehouse by my former band Lincoln The Chain. Cookie Monster on Drums. Skimbitter Frisk on Bass. and Me on loops and guitar. Special thanks to Frank on the mixing…
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Improvisation on congas and very fragile, clay Moroccan bongos (which my brother found for me from an African display at some zoo!). These bongos are basically clay pots with permanent, very thin goat skins stretched over the top - they can not…
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THE SIGN
The sign on the fence at the signal
Was whippin' in the wind
I felt on the dash for a pencil
And a Taco Bell napkin
The naked prayer of a family
Was written on the tarp
Rain-drenched and torn by the weather
The message, razor…
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In the corner stands a guitar that plays only sad songs
Give me when a friend lost his wife
And this fine leather jacket came in a package
The day after he took his own life
In a bar down in Austin, he was drinkin' and boastin'
This ring…
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One day as I was turning into my driveway I saw Rita on her porch. She's a lot like me.
AL & RITA Capo @2 in C
C stepping down to F
Al was a smoker. He's dead now, of course
Al has Alzheimer's. Alcohol made it worse
D stepping down…
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No black no white
No dark no light
No big no small
You want it all
You go so far, you leave behind
The things you like, you’ll miss them all
On moving sands, you don’t sink
You fly so high, we’re you gonna land?
Everything, everything that you…
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Frank Miller on drums, Chris on the rest. Together we are the band "2"
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I've got perscription pills that turn us invisible, let's pop them when the dragons darken our sky...
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A Friend of mine (Dave Passourd) is a very talented song writer...
But he never records his stuff....
His songs rest with the memories of those that are lucky enough to get to hear his tunes.
Here is what I remember of a Song that he…
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Conga improvisation. It could really use some vintage surf-style guitar work...
4/8 180bpm.
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The title track from my 2007/2008 effort... This little song represents the main reason why I started playing seriously... So I could let my kids know how much they meant to me.
See you in the morning
Watch you in the sunrise
Springtime's in…
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A little scratch track from a few months ago. A song about the trials and tribulations of being 11 years old. Watching Six Million Dollar Man, dodging bullies and pretending our bicycles were Harleys.
I was at a friends house and saw a little…
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http://www.jango.com/music/Rox Hi guys, just a little shameless self promotion. we've changed our name to Rox. We're on jango.com being played live (based on large numbers of hits) We can continue being played for free if we continue getting…
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You and I are waking up from our sleepwalking, thumb-sucking, dumb-clucking collusion with the masters of illusion and destruction . . . .
The song is part of the soundtrack from my book, "PRONOIA Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole…
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Ok, so I'm just a percussionist, and if your only tool is a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. I get it. And I also get that our songs are our children, so we should be very careful about whom we let them play with.
When I first heard…
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It was a curious and wondrous thing.
One night I was in my studio adding some percussion to the "Quiet Rituals" track by Barry van Oudtshoorn, when my 4 young children (with whom I was long over-due to be tucking into bed and reading a bed…
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In my pursuit of using music tools on the iPhone to create something resembling the perfect beauty of static. I have created this one of 10 tracks faux static album.
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Year: 2000
Album:
You EP
Artist's description:
The moment before the first kiss.....
part of a series that tried to combine what I liked in eastern indian instruments with western pop
I apologize for the vocals.
I was singing the root, fifth…
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A coin tossed...
As usual, served best with headphones
Enjoy!
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Cannon at the octave on F
I spruced this up by playing it twice; once with a pentagon subtractive synth duo + kontakt percussion and then with alto sax + baritone sax + jazz trap set.
6/8 120 BPM
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A song I wrote today. Was done fairly quickly. Slightly different from the stuff i've been doing lately.
I try to breathe
But the air has turned to dust
I try to see
But my eyes have started to rust
I scratch your name
Into the flesh covering…
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the last,the best and the most complex of a series of works,studies for an experimental film project,where one of my films will be shown at the local cinema and the music will be performed on live...see the site
http://radiowordlesspoem.yolasita.com
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This is a song that I wrote several years ago. It is dedicated to John Howard, Australia’s previous conservative Prime Minister. AJ Davis performs the vocals and music. He is an excellent musician. You can check out his web site at - http://www…
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This is a song that I wrote several years ago. It is dedicated to John Howard, Australia’s previous conservative Prime Minister. AJ Davis performs the vocals and music. He is an excellent musician. You can check out his web site at - http://www…
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This is a song that I wrote several years ago. It is dedicated to my Guardian Angel who has been very busy looking after me. I am often quite apologetic to this poor angel. AJ Davis performs the vocals and music. He is an excellent musician. You…
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Agh, tracks coming out for me is like a drought in Mexico, it's just... not working. lol
anyways, this new track was devised in my sleep. I woke up in the morning and did it. A Fast Track with lots of quick lines of repetition. It sounds…
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Improvisation on Gon-Bops congas, while thinking of future days gone by.
4/4 180bpm.
LYRICS
A cool wind brings the fall
And the season starts to change.
Outside the sky's steel grey.
Inside my heart is too.
And I don't know how to…
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heres one of my latest tracks I made fresh export outta reason/fruity used a lot of stuff to make the whole thing as much enjoyble to listen Id luv to hear this with some hto flowin rap vocal or sum dancehall stuff who never…
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I've been learning this Fats Waller style "stride" blues piece since *forever* but I'm finally getting it. Still have the last two bars to learn but here's a rendition of the part I've learned on an underwater marimba. I was accompanied on bells…
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my second vocal track...i am really happy with the way this came out...its just about forgetting to breathe when that special someone is around...
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This song isn't about anyone. In fact, I came up with it in the shower. It's just a stereotypical rock song.
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just a small little bridge to the third movement
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One of our two-part tunes. Bossa nova drums and bongos with middle-eastern-y guitars, followed by what's the heaviest ska tune you've ever heard, replete with some long double-kick runs.
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Faith is like food/It's necessary/Not when it's shoved down your throat/They look just like sheep herds/Following feeding and growing/Trying to fit in is IRRITATING
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very short piece for 4 horns, 3 trupets, 3 trombones and tuba.
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This is a Lumberforked version of a Sir Alfred IV -- check them out on alonetone.
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This song will be used in the soundtrack of a videogame about things that explode. However, nothing in particular is supposed to explode while this music plays.
I have been away from all the music-making stuff for way too long, but I think it…
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Its my first attempt at writing a piece for piano. I think this would probably best be played by two players..
if I ever write out the piece on paper, it might have to be so.
I would value any of your comments greatly, as I greatly want to improve…
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This is my venture into the rap scene. I like the music, but never liked most of the lyrics for alot of rap.
If someone would like to they could send me a sample with their own lyrics for this particular beat and we could have a small collab…
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I was drinking one night -- that's how most of my stories start -- thinking about somebody I used to love. This is raw, no effects, recorded on a single mic.
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The verses in this song alternate being about my best friend when I was a little kid, and my best friend at the time I wrote it. I thought it was brave and artsy at the time. Then I grew up. :)
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*totally rough
absolutely no clue what to do with this. i figured if i released it, maybe it would garner some good ideas of how to continue the song and also just force me to have it on my mind in an attempt to motivate me to finish it.
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