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Mucking about with the StormDrums plugin to try making some Battlestar-Galactica-esque soundtrack music.
Worked as an intro to the album too.
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Just a blues jam. Michael Butler helped out on bass.
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An upbeat hip-hop type number. Made mostly in Reason as I recall.
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The only track on the album with vocals. Also the first song I wrote for the album. Inspired by Iron and Wine.
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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The original was called "Opportunity." Here's the accompanying words. Hope you like it!
Doug
Winter comes and goes.
Spring between winters.
Boots crunch dry lichens.
Walking on gray stone,
The roots of the earth pulled up through the skin…
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This is a track from our album "Fallen They Be" submitted as a part of the RPM Challenge 2009.
Guitar - James Blair
Guitar, Drums - Jason Hannah
Vocals, Keyboards - Casey J. Payne
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Grew out of my frustration at having to sing, play all the instruments, and engineer my own recording...
Baby, Would You Be My Engineer?:
Baby, would you be my engineer
and keep my headphones sounding clear?
I desperately need someone…
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I guess it's a metaphor for trying to break through to someone who is emotionally removed...
Submarine:
I could write a book for you to read,
Take it in my car and drive away
Down to you and your submarine.
Your submarine…
Or I could…
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I am fascinated by bees. I was thinking about what I might dream about if I were a beekeeper...
Dreams of the Beekeeper:
I’m going back to sleep.
Back to where I keep
the most perfect honeybees.
The honey that they make
is there for…
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This song started with just the title. I think unappeasable is a fantastic word.
Unappeasable:
She’s so unappeasable
I don’t think that she’s feasible.
Oh, I’ve tried to be reasonable
but she can’t see my point of view.
She’s blind…
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A song about the futility of trying to really express yourself...especially to someone you want to impress...
26th Failed Attempt:
When I sat down here tonight and I decided I would write
a love song to explain to you why I feel the way…
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written as it was recorded as a live 3 piece, we then slathered it with vocals, and chris kearsey on guitar. Fun stuff!
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we had an instrumental track that needed lyrics, so bassist jeff kinsman threw something down...or up?
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ahh,mount pearl, newfoundland. This song is about that place, The Pearl
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The clock on the wall isn't moving
There's no paper at the door
And I don't see my friends anymore
My little piece of world is about 3 miles square
There's only empty darkness further beyond there
I gave you everything
And you just left…
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*Missing one person is worse than missing everyone. "Julia" by* **_Eurythmics._** *Scratchy records remind me of rain.* **_Gary Numan's_** *"The Seed of a Lie".*
When I awake, you are gone
And the poison memories bubble up, one by one
Of…
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*A true story. Marasmus. The Duke University Talent Identification Program.* **_Chris Fudurich_** *played some guitar and gave some good guidance on this track*
In 1969 an experiment was devised
20 babies were kept alive
All alone
They…
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*Hanging out with the young people. I don't get this music. Stolen loops. A Korg PolySix. This is the best of 3 complete versions of this track I recorded.*
I grow more obsolete with each passing day
I used to be so bright when I knew how…
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*A sign at Ed Debevic's.* **_Chris Isaak_**. *A nice twist at the end. Driving on a long, winding road. Is adaptability a good or bad thing?*
There are times when I believe this is the best of all possible worlds
There are times when that…
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**_John Kaizen_** *traded me this song for a guitar. The sun starts every day and symbolizes new beginnings. Sometimes it seems like it is growing more distant.*
I see the blinding shades of winter and I believe it can't go on much more
This…
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*Lunar Excursion Module. A science fiction writer. Lagrange points. The moon doesn't seem so far away sometimes. Memories.*
I awoke today and everything was blue
And I knew that all the answers were on the moon
So I found an old Russian ship…
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*All the verses, then all the choruses. Epic, with live drums courtesy of* **_Chris Fudurich,_** *who made this whole record sound great.*
They say growing old is growing wise
But all they told you were lies
Growing old is growing hard…
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*Drum loop and inspiration courtesy of* **_Failure_.**
Guess I drove myself too hard
Guess I drove you all away
Guessed that I could do it
Guess that I was wrong
Guess that's all there is to say
Burned out and wasted away
It's funny…
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**_David Bowie_** *gave me the film reel unspooling to infinity.* **_Idaho_** *gave me the bass chords and the slowcore vibe. Surf twang. Tabla.* **_Pink Floyd._**
It's time to go
I can't wait to leave
There's nothing more to say
All alone…
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Here's the first time you hear the "Love ZZZV" theme reprised in a slightly different way. Then we morph into a style someone described to me as being medieval. Me, I'm not convinced they liked noise interludes all those centuries ago...
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(5 of 5 in "Tree Haus" cycle) The conclusion of my mid-album epic. The last two minutes or so were highly influenced by Muse - years ago I spent a lot of time listening to their album, "The Origin of Symmetry" and it has affected both my singing…
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*Instrumental electronic hip-hop with electric piano*
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