Life is a quest for knowledge and a simple realization that not only is there so much we don't know but to declare it somehow is empowering. A great collaboration with Norm who is an amazing percussionist and a super cool guy! Thanks for the…
Man, great collab that I missed. Love the whole track, nice harmonics floating in and out and a good progression of chords to go along with sweet percussion.
A second version with the initial lead guitar standing alone...a little cluttered after a few listens and some constructive feedback!
Norm's Groove for St Monica inspired this one. Thanks Norm!
Lead Guitar, bass guitar and acoustic guitar…
A second version with the initial lead guitar standing alone...a little cluttered after a few listens and some constructive feedback!
Norm's Groove for St Monica inspired this one. Thanks Norm!
Lead Guitar, bass guitar and acoustic guitar…
Hey Rick !
What a cool album, The collabs you have done with this percussion are perfect matches.
It only seems like Norm and I have been on AT for a few months but it has been over a year-and many tunes later :)
A second version with the initial lead guitar standing alone...a little cluttered after a few listens and some constructive feedback!
Norm's Groove for St Monica inspired this one. Thanks Norm!
Lead Guitar, bass guitar and acoustic guitar…
I couldn't resist crossing swords with Alex on this deft song of his which left me quite touchéd!
*Inspired in part at least by accidental meat on meat.*
Here's the original track.
At a recent charity event held in my small town's train museum, I was admiring a massive brass train bell when the curator walked up to me. I commented that a bell would really rather be heard then seen, and he agreed. I offered to digitally record…
Reg has been philosophising about life tonight and this is his conclusion............
LIFE IS LIKE A WAVE
The body is the sea and life is the wave
Life is just like a wave
Life is just like a wave
Life is like a wave gaining power
Life is like…
A 7/8 improvisation on a set of 3 Bata drums, accented with afucha, tube shekere and cowbell.
The number 7 is a symbol for perfection or completeness: 7 colors in a rainbow, 7 musical notes in a scale, 7 days = a week, etc.
In Cuba, the…
This traditional Cuban rhythm is the well established "go-to" pattern for 4/4 songs. It is perhaps the most commonly heard conga pattern in 4/4 music. The bongo pattern that accompanies the congas is referred to as "martillo" (the hammer…
Recorded in 2005.
Joe Silence - vocals and all instruments; tracked by Joe Silence at Spit Recorders.
Mixed by Joe Griffin of Toxic Bag Productions.
The guitar solo is not actually a guitar.
An improv in a found tuning. E and A strings tuned WAY down so they're slapping the neck:
A(low) E(low) C# E A C#
Super full moon tonight! (View More for video)
Well, who do think came down the cellar last night... Yep! you guested it, Charlie Sheen, he was none too happy. He should have been if the girls with him were anything to go by. He'd come to talk to Elvis about handling the Yes men and how he…
This is another composition from the early 90, and also a bass line. I added some arrengements to it, and it was, eventually, the third part of a long 'spacial' suite called 'Mars'. I could upload the 'part one' bass line one day, which I think…
View the footage with music [at youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZDRKD8oSA&hd=1)
After watching the video of the tsunami devastating the shores of Japan, I couldn't work anymore. So instead I sat down to dedicate a few hours of…
If Ennio Morricone and Dr. Dre smoked a buttload of crack and decided to collaborate, except that one of them thought he was writing a soundtrack for the Godfather Part 11, and the other for Phantom of the Opera, Part 2, The Unwanted Sequel…
Here's to Johnny!
Gifted composer. Talented musician. Supportive friend.
127 songs of posted AT rockin' goodness, posted from
2008-2011: the Stone Age!
Thanks for all of the tasty tunes Johnny.
5/4 120bpm.
Out on the lawn there arose such a clatter!
Sometimes, as they say, Christmas do come early. I found Johnny Stone's "Christmas Rock In Oz" under the tree and couldn't wait until Yuletide to unwrap it. What a rockin' gift! I know a bit about…
Comments on Rick Phillips's stuff
Man, great collab that I missed. Love the whole track, nice harmonics floating in and out and a good progression of chords to go along with sweet percussion.
oooooo spacey
Cruisin' to the coolness...across the border.
would fav this again if I could...
Hey Rick ! What a cool album, The collabs you have done with this percussion are perfect matches. It only seems like Norm and I have been on AT for a few months but it has been over a year-and many tunes later :)
cool
Really nice Rick! I will have to listen to more of norms perc!
Thank you folks, two tracks one take each through GarageBand effects with my Acoustic :)
Agree with Geas - cool sounds, Mr P!
very well done,is this done by putting together several takes? sounds great
Raw and refreshing. Extra cool jam Rick.
oohhh man, wicked good blues guitar!
Very good one Rick!!
Dissonance Tsunami! you just made me look out to the ocean just to be on the safe side:) awesome guitars!
You got a lot of blues in there. Very nice track, well played.
Very tumultuous! I felt the vibe here. Cool Dick Dale on steroids riffage!
Nice one bud! Glad it missed you, now hurry and crank out another one before the next wave :)
great album. your guitar along playing with norm's drums really works out nicely together.
Nice jammin' Rick!
aint it good too be alive and playin guitar!
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Beautifully mixed and inspired!!
has a Pink Floyd ring to it!
I've been riding them most of my life and nothing is better, nice one Reg!
Very Cool Norm!!
This one will linger in my mind all day!!
oh yeah, got my feet tappin and head bobbin!!
amazing piece, beautifully played! Fav'd!!
Very nicely played and sung!
Very nicely done!
very nice!
very nice!
You are one hellava guitar player!
Thank you folks, two tracks one take each through GarageBand effects with my Acoustic :)
Reg and Dave your Rockin on this!!
Great tone on the chords works perfectly with the bass line, fav'd!
Couldn't have been a better inspired piece of music to go with those video images from Japan.
Thanks Djork, it is great to have Norm as my percussionist! Love the Owlvatar!
Excellent Kavin!
Beautiful Norm. There will be some great collaborations with this piece for sure! RIP JS
Go Johnny Go!