This one is more of a reading set to music of part of a piece i wrote about a place i used to live. We used to walk most days down into the valley and i long to be back there, hopefully one day i will ...
There are a few fluffs in the reading…
I've always been a fan of the Allman Brothers Band!
This is one of my favorites that they do....
I played all the music to this and then I asked Mike [Holdempok] to put down the vox....
LG
Lyrics by Brian McCloskey in somewhat of a suprise collab. Musically a kind of feel-good soul-pop. I quite like how this turned out, and nominated it my prefered RPM-track this year.
New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.
Sloane did me a favor & played an electric guitar part on this one. I had hoped to work with her more on this project, but she wound up leaving town to help take care for a recovering family member.
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Seventeen thousand…
A composition written backwards. I started with the relative harmony/coherence of the final measures and retrogressively dismantled it, concluding with the relative chaos of the opening.
"Afoxe" is a rhythm played by carnival groups from Bahia in Northeastern Brazil. It is named after an instrument that is traditionally used to play this pattern: an afoxe is a beaded gourd; aka "shekere". In this rendition, I replaced the shaker…
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.
Blue Bird Sax what can I say. A fantastic off the cuff blues jam recorded Mother's Day weekend 2011. Please let us know your thoughts.
BC-Bass, Mondo-Drums, Danny-Sax, Hojo-Sound
The Band..........
It was about sunrise when I met this guy on the streets of the French Quarter and bought him coffee. I don't know if he's still around -- that was some 20 years ago -- but a two-hour conversation affected my life more than I would have ever known…
More like a cover of the bauhaus cover of Bowie's song.
Recorded last night in under two hours from starting programming the drums to posting. Recorded for songcrafters.org's Bowie Fest.
Comments on thetworegs's stuff
Nice one mate top job on the keys mate. Great mix. Thanks for your recent comments mate.
Very nice regs..! So peacefull.. But i must train my ears to understand english better.
At first I was frightened by the length of this but my goodness this is soulful goodness. Great job with the keys...yeah baby!
Damn this is cool...Laurie Anderson meets Tom Waits. I always new they'd hit it off and this is proof!
Love the vocals.
has an oompa loompa appeal...completely whacked.
love how this starts, and the feeling of it
she'll be back for the stuff:) .......damn those memories...as for this..just another brilliant lyrical adventure.
you write touching lyrics
the melody here strikes me
my name is hot wheels, I'm n alcoholic...hi hot wheels.. personally, Sake was my 'wine' of choice.
cool story telling
great composition!
your voice is just awesome on this!!
a wonderful story!
Another nice one mate you tell a great story mate.
Nice one mate great track.
Def a Tom Waits feeling...loving it man!
:)
It sounds very cool...!
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OOOh yeah!!!! Great cover....
Agree with Norm Beautiful vocal
The title appealed......relaxingly enjoyed.....
Still Love it excellent vocal
beautifully played.........dramatic
Great vocal sandy....love it....great approach and delivery
Zaptashish!!!!!!
Excellent!!!! as always
coming back for more ooooh yeeah!!!!!that organ is fantastic..........what am i saying the whole thing is......WOW!!! Lovin the flute
Foxy!!
lovin it Norm/Alex uplifting
A great cover of this classic well done gents excellent
Oooooh yeah this hits the button
wonderfully trippy
Excellent I'm pleased you stopped many don't..............
Ooooh you make it so good sometimes".........
Ooooh yeah !!!!!!!
Excellent a march across the desert first thing in the morning
Loved it you've nailed the vocal
Great cover....