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
A not very cheerful Christmas song I wrote for the RPM Holiday Challenge. Based on the classic Arthur C. Clarke science fiction story "The Star". http://faculty.winthrop.edu/kosterj/engl510/star.htm
Light years out and an eternity back to…
Previously released as "a little moon music", Here, used as the background for a video i made in Oct of Great White Sharks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX5R3lrxmYs
This is not the typical Discovery Channel version, here i saw the more languid…
I saw "the Watchmen"....got me thinking.
are we truly immortal?
will we live through the material passing
or have we died oh so close to the light
not from this earth
not bound by its laws
A slave of no one
I will move beyond
are…
There are times, moments, sounds, shadow falls that take us to and bring us back to magical times in our lives,,,Something in this piece by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini,, can pull me in so many different ways,,, it's always been a favorite…
from the album "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals and slide guitar from Gregg Todt
My father says, it’s not enough
This mortal strife, gets too rough
And sinners dance, upon your grave
Waiting for, your bones to bleed
The hardest blow…
I have to laugh at the cryptic message... Good midi composition man! I started out with midi (Midiman) and moved into other stuff so its fun to see it the other way around
Tharek sent me this beautifully played guitar arrangement and told me to have at it with the spirit of Christmas, so I wrote and recorded this little message of hope and peace. Somehow when I write music with and for fellow musicians across the…
In the time honored tradition of setting Bible text to music Norm Harris reads a passage from Exodus, King James version and provides percussion against a bowed bass guitar, 3 tracks of fretless guitar in feedback mode, trap set, orchestral…
Perhaps you could use a little fatherly advice? Well here it is!
Chording improvisation on 7 different conga drums tuned to an octave and set to 3-2 rumba clave.
LYRICS
Lookie here hot-shot: a silent fool is half a wise-man
And there…
Ah, time honored values of the midwest. Nice rhythm and Great Rural Wisdom Norm/
Lookie here hot shot, you cant be a eagle in the morning and an owl at night !
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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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Great tune, a bit out of my genera but sticks right away. Solid Mike
Great tune guys. well recorded and mixed too
Man I just cant stop thinking about XTC (the band) when I listen to this.
great all around. Harp comes in just right. sweeeeet.
wow, great playing and rendition of this story. Interesting short story too, hadnt heard of it..
This is one of my favs. Perfect backdrop for the video
very cool FXs> using a bow on this right? love the sound
cool tune, Love the sounds. I absolutely hate irritating phone messages :)
almost U2 ish at :07. cool tune, like the keys on this tune
really moving tune. classic A. Sweet feel
delicately played with great delivery and tone.
cool tune. like the crunchy guitar sound
Great tune, classic henwrench sound, slide guitar is cool
Great funkadelic blues. Hot guitar work
I have to laugh at the cryptic message... Good midi composition man! I started out with midi (Midiman) and moved into other stuff so its fun to see it the other way around
Thareks guitar work and your vocals fit perfectly. Great christmas song! fav
man, what a powerful sound. Cant help but think of Jim Morrison a bit with the lyric inflections.
Ha! thats a good ear Norm. I was going to edit the phone out but figured no one would notice it- I think theres a reactionary expletive in there too
Ah, time honored values of the midwest. Nice rhythm and Great Rural Wisdom Norm/ Lookie here hot shot, you cant be a eagle in the morning and an owl at night !
Excellent rendition and great tune..