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I believe that you’re spinning around
You’re spinning around in your make believe
You are a person of interest
with no personal interest in staying sane
You, you’re stepping in time, you’re out of step
you never regret, to let it all go…
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10 minutes long? Three part harmonies? Very long fade out on a very long fruity guitar noodle? Yup, welcome to another lame attempt at prog rock!
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This one ties into the continuity from earlier tracks AMUC did previous RPM albums.
(Livewire/Firecracker/The Clockwork Man)
Two entities, one male and one female - engage in a neverending air battle. (Think two hawks circling one another…
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Title says it all. It's a quickie instrumental.
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The afterlife was a major theme on this year's RPM Challenge album.
The lyrics come from the concept that ghosts aren't aware that they are deceased - they're kind of caught in this time bubble of sorts.
If ghosts are oblivious that they…
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This was the result of a lucid dream I had last year - the old Worcester Center mall [which has largely been torn down] used to have an arcade, and I dreamt I was at the arcade, and it was empty, but all the arcade cabinets still stood, and were…
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I told myself that the 2013 RPM album was going to be guitar/bass/drums/vocals. Maybe an occasional keyboard thrown in as a gimmick. Yeah, this song is based around an electric piano and has a sax solo. So much for convictions.
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A lil rocker influenced by some of my faves, Springsteen, Petty etc.. well i left my home and family
and made my way out west
i lost my job at the steel mill
im a hoping for the best
in this life
for my kids and wife
just outside of Davenport…
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A song about how hard optimism can be.
Third song finished for 2013 RPM Challenge/FAWM. Might this be the album opener? I have never owned a fuzz box, but the amp simulations in GarageBand have finally corrected that stomp box oversite…
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***Lyrics***
"hand in hand, these walls will shake
these very own tavern walls will shake down
this is not the time to lay down
but the time to throw down some
very heavy psychedelic hand shakes
and as the bar quakes splitting us into…
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Lots of loop stacking here. And the good 'ol Rolling Reverb effect.
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Frozen eyes....
and like the wail of a crying child...
she grieves for what is lost to her...
finding solace in a shared moment....
she absently brushes the thought away....
there is no beauty in the sky....
or warmth on her face…
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One of my original compositions, written and created by me (including the lead break, which was played here by Alan Bowens from my band 'Y')
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Just did not really make the cut for RPM this year but had some good concept licks so I decided to let it sleep here.
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solo piano
information on John's Raven tuning http://www.johnsmusic7.com/
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A song that I wrote in the mid-90s, became a bigger number when my band 'Y' took it into the studio and we tightened it up a notch. Proud of this one (as of all of my babies) G:)
The story is of the actor on the stage...
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Here's number 08 in the saga of Reg……………..Reg has been so down since he stopped drinking…….he feels so alone he's gone and done something stupid…..but luckily he was found by the postman unconscious on the steps leading to his bedsit….the postman…
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Poor old Reg is finally dry but all he dreams of is his thirst..............
Thirst (Lyrics)
Now i’m dry i just feel thirsty
all i dream of is a drink
nothing seems to matter
all i crave
is the drink
now the days all drift into one
now the hard…
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Reg is trying to go cold Turkey but he needs help so he's gone to see the Doctor ......
Doctor (Lyrics)
Doctor can you help me, can you stop the pain thats roaming around in my head
Doctor give me something to stop the Hallucination thats coming…
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Heres Track 5 for the RPM carry on with the Saga of Reg......Well after his night of falling of the wagon Reg has realized that he needs to get his head together and stop...but how....he needs help....desperately .......
What Have I Done Where…
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Well Reg has fell off the wagon and wants to party on……theres no looking back……it's full on ….PARTY!!!
Party On (Lyrics)
Yeah i feel good i’m ready to get it on
i feel like i’ve been dead. i been gone so long
my mind is alive and im ready rock…
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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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Heres the 2nd Track for the RPM challenge ....Reg really does not want to go back behind the door...he's afraid of his own shadow...poor old Reg......
I don't want to go Back (Lyrics)
tick tick goes the clock once more
i don’t know who i am anymore…
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Well, one of my early Uke songs. Always popular (as it's over quicker) and a firm favourite of... mine! Have realised that with some gentle persuasion it could segue into Pinball Whizz-Bang! which is still in the melting pot! Watch this space. G:)
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Warts and all - the idea behind the song was that I would probably not had the same day as Lou Reed and this is a true representation of the most probable outcome!
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Another Uke song for your delectation, with an air of uncertainty!
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A doodle that couldn't be left and a pondering thought of a love story that's going wrong always makes a song...so here it is.....on the old Acoustic .....
If Life is a Dream ( Lyrics)
If life is a dream that carries breath along
there is something…
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Actually I am not Jamaican you listen to any of my tracks. This is a Uke song - you have been warned!
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One of a longish line of songs based upon the premise that I am waiting for something.
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Song about the UK dance culture, from a sceptics perspective.
For Carl. who loves this shit.
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How can you forget you've written a song? I found this back-tracking through my recordings, and I love it - one of my favourites for a host of reasons. G:)
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I put up a wren house in the trees and garden where I was living and surprisingly a house wren moved in. Every day he sang his song in a repeating pattern ... a natural loop. I held a mic out the window one morning and taped his beautiful repetitive…
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The length of a title does not indicate its quality - Nietsche
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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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Another in the 'Stream of Consciousness' ideas that I have - whereby I start with no lyrics, no tune, but just grab the wood and strings and strum for a while. Just an idea G:)
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A old one I found. A bit of a tongue in cheek song as T.O.F.A.H. is the name I used on MySpace, till I had the nerve to use my own name.
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Originally by Oleta Adams. Here's my stab at it.
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billy boy where did you go
sittin in a pile of snow
come on down its gettin cold
for the time is getting old
well we made our way to the old wigwam
frozen lake and wind was calm
standing bow did strike a deer
to feed the tribe…
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After the warning comes the storm (in a tea cup). Still, no harm in ignoring warning signs, is there?
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Says exactly what it does on the label. Having said that "You have been warned!"
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Red string of fate... Go look it up!
ONE RED STRING
One red string
Forever tied
Through everything
I’ve ever tried
You can always bring be back to life
Just by coming ‘round
There’s something magic in your eyes
Or maybe something…
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Piano Improv on a Korg Triton Extreme Synthesizer
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more information and an analysis on my blog
words in the video
http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=3018
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vanity fare cover using 23 tracks. as usual, I did everything on this song except write it! :P
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Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift.
The cat is on the chair
And I watch him as he stares
The sky is changing fast
I see the boats sail past
And the winter's closing in
I can feel the changes from within
Tomorrow…
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At the end of this road
Red rock and blue skies
And the wind calls
Plant your roots in the ground
And the clean air that the trees share
You can't hear a sound
Deep in the heart of it all
Morning dew at the sunrise
Covered in fog
Fires…
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How long we've been waiting for this storm to end
Said we might go
Where the winds they do blow
Full steam ahead the blind captain said
Might take some time now
We might windup dead
Just bury those bones along that 2 note transfer…
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Well, this started with a ukulele riff and then kind of took off from there. I enjoyed rockin' with the uke ... added a guitar rhythm, a bass track some drums and vocals and here we go! I've played in a few bars over the years and have seen my…
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Unedited, one-off improv. Making all the synths and effects as the song progresses, then again it is ambient so it's not that much of a hassle
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Dear Northern Ireland
Let the Troubles sleep a deep, deep sleep, never to return……
Hurdy Gurdy, Nakers, and Renaissance side drums.
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