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I wrote this in anticipation of seeing my wife after a long absence. The heart had grown fonder . . .
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Softer more positive vibe. The "radio friendly" sound.
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Anything that is uploaded by Louis I have a compulsion to add a bass line too.
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7 1/2 minute space dance jam. Full of marquee rhythms if marquee is even a rhtyhm term.
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This is a 3/16 Bembe on tuned congas, played with mallets. I've arranged it (at the very kind suggestion of Vaisvil & ReefWalker) in a verse/chorus/bridge/capo fashion to get away from a straight pattern - I think this sort of arrangement…
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well, i really took to both pieces. I decided a mashup should be without permission, otherwise its just aremix. Hope I made something new, Incidentally structure is based on theory heard on alonetone.
Just add 4/4 and go!
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this is a random song i made when i was bored hope you like it
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oh god, the hilarity..dont be scared of this mouse..dont give it power..the mouse is powerless, unless you empower him..that's how im doin'
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a crowning noise triumph of guitar and microprocessor.
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Short but sweet. A Metallica inspired little diddy. Due to computer malfunctions the timing is iffy toward the end, but still a song I'm proud to share.
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Dedicated to a true and courageous Freedom Fighter in the spirit of Dr. King and Mahatmas Gandhi, Rachel Corrie, who gave her life in the highest tradition of St. John 15:13.
http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/
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rabbits eating your toes because you own a lawnmower.
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Being as I am in something of a musical trough of despair (it's not as much fun as it sounds) right now I thought I'd try messing with my TMA-2 Reaktor instrument and try and coax some better results from it.
From a promising beginning TMA…
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(Cotton, Williams) Live radio performance on James Madison University's WXJM in Harrisonburg, VA circa 2005.
Osborne: Drums
Cotton: Vocals/Guitar
Williams: Vocals/Guitar
Capponi: Keyboard
Small part of a larger musical work w/ nice dynamics…
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Ten Years After cover performed live by Rainbowtruth @ Irish Brigade Fredricksburg, VA circa late 1990's.
Barnett: Guitar/lead vocal
Osborne: Drums/back-up vocal
Duff: Guitar
Bowers: Bass
Cool high-energy take w/ plenty of guitar solos. Decent…
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This is a microtonal Jazz-ish piece produced with some newly developed techniques.
Norm Harris provides the excellent percussion. I probably could have made it easier on myself by not being so chromatic… but there it is.
The piano, bass…
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I locked myself/was snowed into a cabin for a month on the shores of lake Michigan, and turned it into a one man studio. Piblokto is a form of hysteria mainly found in eskimos, sometimes triggered by isolation during which the victim will find…
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Quick live recording on my buddy Jim's guitar while visiting him in Portland. The song hopefully speaks for itself. Eastern Europe gets me every time...
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An improv with Bleep!Box app and Harry Partch's Eucal Blossom.
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Live improvisation using a MicroKorg and Roland SH-01.
Mixed with Live 8
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Archival stuff from my distant past with former bandmates in Scartaglen. A set of traditional Irish tunes. Rescued from a cassette tape done at a concert back in the early 90's. Myself on Uilleann pipes and whistle. Mike dugger on guitar and fiddle…
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two loops. incongrous and paired. ridden all the way out. through metaphorphoses. and motion
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last eve there was a beautiful moon
dancing in a blue black sky
outside my piano room, it called to me
this tune is a one take playful moment, loosely based on the main theme from the 2nd mov of my piano sonata,,, i only toned down about…
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another one take that resulted in the previous song slav-o-tage
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Party 2 Nite is a song about you and your lady.
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I had some lyrics describing a late nite cake baking experience kicking around. If I have a lot on my mind, dirtying every dish in the house seems like the right thing to do.
I stole some cool percussion from Norm and went to work. I also…
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I wrote this song for the first person I ever fell in love with to tell her that I loved her. I figured that if she didn't feel the same way, it would be less awkward. Win!
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Uploaded this one yesterday but it was a bit scrappy. So I've fine tuned it a bit. Left it a bit basic in case anyone wants to add bongos or zephyr. ( Is that the right word?).
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Over at improvFriday Bruce Hamilton took my piece and mashed it up, also featuring Shane Cadman.
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i had the idea of having a strong drum track through something...a drum track that built up through the track...but then i started to mess with the track and ended up with three different versions that i am rather attached to...other versions…
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Rumba Columbia is a traditional Cuban pattern in 6: the "go-to" pattern for 12/8 - if you have only heard one Afro-Cuban rhythm in 12/8, this is probably it. As an energetic Afro-Cuban dance, Rumba was often suppressed and restricted because it…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
This was my "signature" track several years ago. I wrote this on guitar in the mid-90s while I was getting divorced, but later renamed it and recorded it…
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Guitar/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Composer: Turlough O'Carolan
Arrangement: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of Planxties by O'Carolan. For the life of me I don't remember the names of them...one may be Charles O'Conor…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Shaker: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
I believe there's a demo version of this tune that I've already uploaded to alonetone. Originally written as a piano piece.
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Guitars/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
A couple of jigs I wrote after spending time on Inishmore in the Aran Islands.
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Fiddle: Brent Hoad
Bodhran: David Shaughnnessy
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2005
Set of three tunes I wrote in 2005. Well, I guess they're hornpipes of sorts...
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Guitars/Keyboards/Low Whistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Irish song, also know by its English title, "For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name."
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Guitars/Mandolin: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A couple of nice reels played on guitar, the first is The Cup of Tea, can't remember the name of the second one. Unfortunately my midi flute scratch track got added in the mix…
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Pennywhistle, Low Whistle, Bar Stool (w/ drums ticks): Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
Set of traditional Irish jigs. Don't ask me the names of them, I don't remember (are you seeing a pattern here…
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Guitars/Keyboards/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2006
An old English/Scottish folk song. It's very well known, but has a great melody and I'm not ashamed to play it...
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Pennywhistles: Doug Sparling
Bodhran: David Shaughnessy
Composer: Traditional
Recorded: 2005
A set of reels (the first being "For the Sake of Old Decency," picked up from a Michael Tubridy album of the same name) I put together one evening. You…
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Guitars/Mandolin/Pennywhistle: Doug Sparling
Composer: Doug Sparling
Recorded: 2006
Nothing special, the last track I wrote and recorded for this unfinished CD.
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norm, brian, me - needs leads. My hand is hurting and I need to perform tomorrow - handing this off.
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I'm still getting around to re-upping everything I took down last October.... this is one of them, and if I recall correctly, this is the track that was the impetus for Paul & I to start collaborating. (Something I've been missing a lot…
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Hey, friends, I'm looking for opinions for this one. I wrote this song some time ago, and it's posted on this site. Today I changed some of the instrumentation and cut down on the keyboards, strings, etc. I'd like to know if you like this or…
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Wyn looks at the way Peter commands us to be prepared in 1 Peter
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this song is the result of playing around on one of those free loop internet jungle gyms.
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In each of his shows, creator Joss Whedon has been noted for writing in a "self-insert" character to serve as the mouthpiece for his particular brand of humor: namely Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wash in Firefly and Topher in Dollhouse…
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Dedicated to all of the Dracula Girls who have passed through our lives - with love.
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Recorded during a strange phase of the band. We discovered that touch tone phones were wonderful musical instruments.
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The Floyd Tremolo was busted on my Jackson guitar, but we recorded anyway. Why not?
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We originally wrote this song on a cheap home style kind of a Yamaha keyboard and a pair of Cobra walkie talkies. This studio version is much better. We kept the bleeps from the walkie talkies.
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If you're from San Diego, you may know this one. It was an underground club hit there in the late 90s.
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This mix is so far from the original I don't even recognize it. A shooting occurred right outside while we recorded it. It's long, but I like it.
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Dedicated to all of the Dracula Girls who have passed through our lives - with love. And more love because this is the extended version!
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Recorded in the early eighties, this is one of Sha-Pink's very first tracks.
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This song was written at a time when Darrin and Jim lived in different states. This was Sha-Pink's first Internet song.
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loops i hate you. i hate how easy you made this. just kidding. this was a shhtload of fun.
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