Rick Phillips's listening history
One of a series of 4 pieces exploring the possibilities of creating texture and colour in music.
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I tried to utilize the swelling of sound that can be created with a guitar to re-create the atmosphere around me (its been rainy all day, with some thunder in the background). This piece is semi improvisational, in that none of it was planned…
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My girlfriend came to the music store with me yesterday to get my new delay pedal and she patiently waited while i checked it out.. so this is dedicated to her.
Musically, I tried to create a rhythm and texture using only natural harmonics…
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This started sounding quite Nick Caveish and at the same time I wanted to do something with Joe Meek; so it's a murderballad-variation on Johnny Remember me. There's stylophone and theremin in there. The theremin is quite effective at some points…
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Verse 1
Dozing in and out of consciousness
the blade falls from her hand.
Her clock will cease to tick,
then everything will be fine.
Chorus 1
It’s all good now, it’s all fine.
It’s all good now, it’s okay.
Fade
Verse 2
Every sound becomes…
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I Feel It (Lyrics)
Desperate thoughts of uncertainty
Keep on dancin’ in my head
And all these images of yesterday
And what I should have done instead
Oh, Oh, I feel it
Chorus:
I feel it, I feel it…
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Silly song. Silly lyrics.
One live take. I recorded the piano and vocals simultaneously, though if you want to get geeky about it, the piano was via MIDI. However, if you listen closely you might be able to hear me hitting the keys in the background…
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Le grand conundrum. How do you simultaneously improv a melody in your right hand while trying to teach your left hand a new harmonic pattern that it doth not know?
I look at people like Gabriela Montero and wonder how on earth did they ever get…
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Another one from the dusty special price bin! It started off as a Pilot cover, but it didn't end up that way.
Dave Berry added the excellent tele solos and the crazy cool noises at the end. Thanks bro, you rock!
I spent more time on this…
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