Samples used in this tune from the NY subway this summer. Inspired by Dave Dunseath
3-12, just uploaded a new version of this with guitar- and some other changes
ha! thanks for the comments guys. The car passing that POS on the highway was a viper- I just love that sound.
Norm, ill be hanging out with the wheels tonight if anyone cares to join me.
PS, and yes I could hear you smoking along with the engine on smoke break.
Stop that, or I will take your bull-horn away and go hang out with the wheels.
"Late for the late shift". "The seats are out of cash". I just love that.
I'm laughing at the sounds of that crappy engine attempting to turn over... it's strange to hear those sounds in the absence of some rather colorful language!
Hey, and there ain't nothin' wrong with 100bpm.
drip by drip..
I did the guitar and bass tracks first, then procured my 10 year olds cello for the main bass line :) I also tried my luck playing cello with a bow on this track- which was a new experience.
The trumpet and violin bits are played…
drip by drip..
I did the guitar and bass tracks first, then procured my 10 year olds cello for the main bass line :) I also tried my luck playing cello with a bow on this track- which was a new experience.
The trumpet and violin bits are played…
This song is not for everyone but I like it because its a live recording with a single instrument using infinity delay FX. (I turned on the loop delay at :09 after the guitar was flat on the floor.)
All the sounds are made with an acoustic bass…
Norm played the percussion first, which is a Bembe pattern; I couldnt help playing a melody and creating lyrics for this perc track. Thanks for the listen, Enjoy!
I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.
This is a recording of Norm and me playing together a few months ago. I didnt have any percussion instruments so Norm was on a Roland electric trap set and I had a cello. I looped some of the stuff we did that night, and retrofitted the rest…
this was originally a song about breaking through paradigms but turned into a song about a girl.
Keys and string samples from Korg, MIDI with the old Ensoniq,
one diving board.
Thanks for the listen ,enjoy... RW
Love the prelim. I can hear it in me head, this song is gonna sound sweet.
particularly loving the sounds of anguish at the end. Nothing like flubbing up the beta track with 3 sec to go :)
Sometimes, you just have to make a track so that you can play that big ass gong - you know the one im talking about.
4 guitar tracks and one for the gong. Various FX for guitar including a sustain FX which seems to go well with the gong droning…
Well, I sent this simple little arrangement off to Jana to see what he thought it needed. When he suggested a uke, I said "Go for it!"
He was right... Can't thank him enough for his contribution.
HERE WE ARE TODAY
How can it be so…
This tune came about by total chance.
I recorded the Backing track during a spare half an hour one night this week ... Just a Noodle...
Met up with Aaron today by total chance and he was up for recording a vocal on it.
He Free-styled the…
The drums on this track were played on a garage sale set of kiddie drums I bought for my son,they sound surprisingly good considering I recorded them with one SM57 mic.This was one of my first attempts at playing real drums on a track,about 5…
A song for a wet day in Sheffield Thanks Johnny.......another one for the Zep album.........I will have to sort out that first verse..........but i hope you enjoy..........
This is a composition for Jazz Quartet – Tenor Sax (sorry for the unrealistic stray notes), fretless bass, piano, and drums. All but the drums were preformed on my Fender Mustang + GR-20 retuned on the fly by Fractal Tune Smithy.
The tuning…
Well, it IS!
lyrics for my Italian friends:
We're gonna be there in your wake
mending the seams when they start to break
make you do what you said that you would
and other words that rhyme with good
once so close why let it go, baby…
Inspired by Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig, all the lyrics are taken from the book and spoken/sung by Peter Gorden. It is an experimental piece.
Now listen
She knows where to go
She makes me glad
Takes my hand
Oh, on my way
Now she's mad
No, She's not mad
She states fact
as I lack
Oh, on my way
She lifts me up
Now I'm on my own
I'm home
She sits aside
I go inside
Long gone
This listless…
A first for me a song done completely on the Boss Micro BR.............Elvis just loves this little thang.....i need some practice with the mastering and mixing .....i wont mention the guitar that's a given.....but i'm quite pleased....it's all…
"Mobius Waltz"
Born of a snowflake
What new form will I take?
Must we shift our shape
as pressure fluctuates?
Are we the product of stardust and fallout
gravity wells from which there's no way out?
Selecting memories from a silver platter
Thoughts…
Comments on Reefwalker's stuff
HA HA! Nice one man!
Get a Ford Tempo or a Cuban Chevy :)
I think you have a bigger p.o.s car than I do John! Great song.
How much for the viper? Nice as always man!
Hahahhahaha!
Nice vibe!
SWEET! So glad to see a new track from you up here, and it is a damn fine tune as well! love the lyrics lol.
Bluesy ... nice use of reverb in places, :) Good to see you back haven't heard you for a while.
ha! thanks for the comments guys. The car passing that POS on the highway was a viper- I just love that sound. Norm, ill be hanging out with the wheels tonight if anyone cares to join me.
PS, and yes I could hear you smoking along with the engine on smoke break. Stop that, or I will take your bull-horn away and go hang out with the wheels.
"Late for the late shift". "The seats are out of cash". I just love that. I'm laughing at the sounds of that crappy engine attempting to turn over... it's strange to hear those sounds in the absence of some rather colorful language! Hey, and there ain't nothin' wrong with 100bpm.
low down upbeat,Theme, Distant voice,Rpm (ha ha) yup. Drinking Gin ,you got me there,. Ok how did you know!? Excellent Track, All About every man!
Damn, that's good.
Wow... this is pretty interesting. It evolves and moves in ways I didnt expect. Well done!
Like the groove!
atmospheric - like it
Hee hee - sounds like a divorce I once went through! Like it.
What an ace sound! nice one!
That dog ain't never coming back. But she completes the trilogy.
this is the worst song ever written. I will always be grateful for it.
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Love the prelim. I can hear it in me head, this song is gonna sound sweet. particularly loving the sounds of anguish at the end. Nothing like flubbing up the beta track with 3 sec to go :)
V, : ) No, believe it or not, the gong is actually not Norms. I sampled this one at at Hojorisin's house
the uke IS perfect, vox are signature. great tune
both vocals are cool. It would be fun to have neighbors into music sweeeeet
great tune, particularly liking the crying lead guitar
great blues tune - drums sound great
great track, good fluid movement through and through
I liked the first version of this one, the vox addition makes it even better.
Smack damn, microtonal jazz. Nice Chris. I really like the floating bass in this one. And the Sax of course.
Killer tune BW, good hook in there.,..
great track. Your vocals are perfect for this song. Lyrics, tune, everything is really catchy
Gotta get your daily fix of XHMP ! You and Vaisvil, Are my microtonal gurus. Nice
really diggin the blues tune. Shocking photo
Trippy tune OGW, remembering this book brings back some good memories.
Diggin the funky tune WG, it's fun to see the Complexity changes over the last year with your MIDI compos. Sounding good mon!
Groovy feel with the smoky vox-guitar combo
the opening pitch with Elvis. outstanding,
hooked on the guitar riff at 10 sec. explosive vocals rock
Thanks for the listen an comments guys. MTC - awesome, my first music award! :) I would Like to thank Mallard, Drake, Browning....
listen to a few of your songs now.. refreshing and different. pretty cool and unusual feel love it