Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
The name alone made me want to get right on to this one!
And I like how you fit a little bit of the Nutcracker in there - Because I'm sure that can happen :)
Right on, Far out and Groooooovy, man!
Since Norm found himself in an acoustically great room, full of unfinished cabinets I couldn't help but add some acoustic guitar, crank it up and hope you like it Norm!
Deadlines, freeways, appointments, things to do lists, expectations, getting older, not enough hours in the day to get everything done? ..... make each day and moment count! Thanks to Dave Matthews for a lick I threw in there. Enjoy!
Deadlines, freeways, appointments, things to do lists, expectations, getting older, not enough hours in the day to get everything done? ..... make each day and moment count! Thanks to Dave Matthews for a lick I threw in there. Enjoy!
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…
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
Nice one mate
Thanks rick. ;) Decided to go heavy on it...
this is beautiful great work guys loved it !
Very nice stuff here. Dig the changes.
Very nice!
Great pic of Duke and Miki Dora (Da Cat) http://www.surfwriter.net/images/md-duke-02e.jpg
of corse this is excellent. the sound clips are a really cool addition, I have a pic of Duke in the music room but have never heard his voice.
Thanks Norm! I'll be out for the rest of the afternoon in a "board" meeting.
The name alone made me want to get right on to this one! And I like how you fit a little bit of the Nutcracker in there - Because I'm sure that can happen :) Right on, Far out and Groooooovy, man!
Bitchin! in surf terminology that is :)
rock n roll!!!
Ha! This is just what I had in mind for this pattern... and delivered most excellently by a real life surfer: perfect!
Special agent Duke! MARMELDOO
very cool.
lovely feeling to this. diggable...indeed like JJ!
Double heart. Double, definitely.
McCarty is quite an under-rated player, great work
Thats a beautiful song, I like the changes.
cool guitar work...
thanks man, i appreciate the feedback, i like your songs as well...i will be looking forward to listening to the rest of your tracks. Jake
Comments made by Rick Phillips
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!