This is my first musical expedition into the midi keyboard. Having never played the piano its a fun learning experience. Thanks to Norm for lending me Stinkbug!
Song #2 for the RPMC. My goal is to have 12 short tunes (1-3 minutes long), so I need to pick up the pace.
Again, quartal tuning on the top 3 unison pairs of the 12 string. I've been listening to Ralph Towner's Blue Sun, hence the title.
but the girls is around
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Now you're back in town and you claim that you followed the seam fingertips tight on the dream and slapped with some mission of peace but the girls is around with that hip modern remakin' sound yeah you stole it…
Different recording here as the electric guitar, bass guitar were not plugged in, just recorded raw with a power mic and then EQ'ed to make it sound amped - pardon mistakes!
I found a cassette tape the other day from 1991 which turned out to be live to 2 track demos that Scartaglen did in the studio in preparation for our 3rd and (as it turned out) final album. This tune didn't make the cut for the record but I always…
jqscutt posted the acoustic guitar track looking for ideas, not sure if it turned into the genre he was looking for :)
The auuuggga horn sound was another classic unplanned phone interruption during the vocal recording but it seems to fit in…
Oh well, nothing like going to a middle school music function to break writers block, all those posters and flare about achievement...
Special thanks to my sons middle school band, The Preston Pumas playing at the end !
A tune by my friend Darrin Kobetich, I added some electric guitar. Check out Darrin's stuff, available in all the usual places.
http://www.reverbnation.com/darrinkobetich
Merengues are fast arrangements with a 2/4 beat, originating from the Dominican Republic. The traditional instrumentation includes a "güira" (guiro), which is a percussion instrument that sounds like a scrapper. The Merengue güira is a cylinder…
Product of noodling around. Lead guitars are a combo of UAD's Nigel plugin and the Fractal Axe Fx. Clean guitars are the Fractal. The outro guitars are my Princeton Recording amp.
I played the piano's through my midi guitar and Axon. You can…
I heard MTC's track Rusty nail and just had to add a vocal Thanks Movement for letting me play.......
SINGING TO ANOTHER MANS SONG (Lyrics)
I walk in the front door and i hear the back door slam
I know its the back door man
I walk blind…
This is the end section of a recent live performance. It consists of myself and Paul Mimlitsch. It has a nice dreamy quality to it. My remote recorder has issues with pops and clicks and this was an outdoors performance. I edited out what I…
This is my cover of "Blown Away" by Shiny Toy Guns: www.shinytoyguns.com
If you like it at all, I recommend checking them out. They're great.
All instruments, vocals, mixing, etc. performed by me.
Lyrics, for those who like them:
Days…
Comments on Rick Phillips's stuff
Masterful. You really created some nice space here.
Nice one Rick!
would either of you have a rpoblem if I added to this?
excellent! The interplay between guitar and percussion is very good.
nice minimal acoustic funky, I like it.
~it was a long, long road~
just went though some of my favs there! NIce blended tunes THe Frampton one at the end got me smiling !
Woah, thanks for the kick start, buddy! (Hope yours is also very merry!)
Killer tune Mr. Rick! If i have some spare time i will hop on this jam-wagon
call -999 this man has gone jam crazy
Anyone who wants to contribute on this be my guest.. Christmas lyrics, sleigh bells, drums, congas, guitar, organ, Irish Uilleann pipes!
Norm, Norm, where are you? I reckon if you could get some others in on it, in a jam, you have it Rick!
Nice jam, real joy here.
A mysterious journey...I like it!
Love the surf guitar! Cool little interview there, too.
Very nice jammin, and a sweet guitar to boot!
Lovely bit of guitar playing
Thanks much; nice sounds!
yes! bizarre - B movie surf-killer mystery!
very nice...fell good music.
Comments made by Rick Phillips
Beautiful song, voice and guitar playing!
Ditto on the WOW!
he's going on tour in 2012:) Nice!
So good!
he also does amazing things with acoustic 12 string http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUTn6H2an1Q&feature=related :)
Ralph Towner has been around for years and is one of my favorite guitarists virtuosos!
gorgeous. every need inspiration check out Ralph Towner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfCSjSXg1ew&feature=related
Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?! Great song!
Dancing and smiling and drinking with friends family and children running about at the wedding!
This is brilliant
Love this RW!
Some nice Pat Methenyesque work, really sweet!
Gorgeous emotive phrasing!!
re Border Crossing; Thanks! I just put new strings on my guitar may have to whip up sonething with Merengue!
Obvious guitar mastery!
Liking this from the first riff!
Yeah Reg!!
I was expecting to hear Jon Anderson vocals! Very nice!!
Very cool version, love it!
bri your killing it!