One for the Rpm challenge poor old Reg he always has to run he has the fear of love ....will he ever be happy?
I gotta leave
Well I’ve been running from my love for you
Don’t ask me why I’m being stupid
Just seems…
Rachel & I went to see the new Bob Dylan movie "The complete unknown" last night of which I throughly enjoyed although Bob did come across as a bit of an arse at times. But anyway I was having a strum and thought I'd try and write a song in…
Another for the RPM
Reg starts to thinking about things...
Why did God give us thought?
Everyones afraid of the darkness
close your eyes you dissapear
Suddenly you are nothing but a voice
Syllables of sound a constant…
Another RPM
Reg starts to worry that he's forgetting his loved ones that have passed
Your memory fades
I can’t see your face no more in my mind
With my eyes closed your image starts to fade
I forgot your vioce how it…
Reg reckons he's found the essence of his problems if only he found that little bit of love earlier in life it would have all been different...... or would it ?
Little bit of love
I’ve been lost in this maze we call life
I…
Its been a while since I jammed with Norm so i've used his mile of sorrow and turned it into a Christmas song........Merry Christmas Norm .....
Christmas
it is here
Christmas
everywhere
On a moonlight drive with the midnight sun
The…
Its very windy here today i think that has something to do with the lyric ....
The Answer
the answer, they say is blowing out there in the breeze
Smoke from the burial fire will putyour soul at ease
The winds of change, the winds of…
Reg reckons he's found the essence of his problems if only he found that little bit of love earlier in life it would have all been different...... or would it ?
Little bit of love
I’ve been lost in this maze we call life
I…
Reg as gone introspective ..... too long looking in the mirror this morning while shaving and he started thinking not a good thing to do first thing in the morning....Thinking...i mean the sun wasn't even up!
It all started with a strum…
Have you ever had the Tuesday feeling? Reg has....
Tuesday feeling
The reflection staines the window not realising it’s already dead
it doesn’t understand why the thoughts it has are not in in itshead
it’s been…
Reg had a night on the tiles and ended up on the magic road luckily he got home again it all started with a strum on the guitar......
Out on the tiles
Well I got lost on the magic road
I Closed my eyes didn’t know where to…
I was watching a short documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZJCLce1cY
on Peter Green and the LSD Party in Munich where the band members say Peter started to lose his mind...this song is loosely based on this...
Lost…
I downloaded the spitfire discover app its free and a lot of fun try it out here https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover and now Reg has become an Apprentice composer/conductor
I downloaded the spitfire discover app its free and a lot of fun try it out here https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover and now Reg has become an Apprentice composer/conductor
Well we had the election here in the UK, i heard on the radio it was something like 42 percent of the population, roughly 30 million of the supposed 70 million who live in the uk turned out and voted, {although wikipedia say 59 percent} the winners…
Well last night just as i was of to bed , there was a knock on the door of the cellar and it was John & George they had come for a sess and i mean who was i to deny them…..they'd heard of the Beatle fest from Elvis…he could never keep quiet…
Poor old Reg more bad news, it never rains but it pours......
All i want to do is go get high
Suddenly theres a chaos come to my mind
It’s like someones had it perfectly designed
I couldn’t answer how
I couldn’t answer why…
Poor old Reg is all at sea .....
Pray with a tear to the lord
You bang your head on the wall just to release some pain
You feel your senses light up like a match to butane
Feel the warmth of the terror in the release of control
Tell yourself…
Reg has fallen out of love again and written a song to his ex....she always thought she was right on everything and he wasn't so sure she was .....
Your the one who’s got to sleep through the night
You look in this mirror to finally see…
My mother died of alzheimer's four years ago now by the time she died her memories had all but gone and she had no knowledge of who I was but for fleeting moments when she would recognise me and squeeze my hand and I would hug her. This is a song…
A lil rocker influenced by some of my faves, Springsteen, Petty etc.. well i left my home and family
and made my way out west
i lost my job at the steel mill
im a hoping for the best
in this life
for my kids and wife
just outside of Davenport…
As if I was a tree,
And would stand in the woods,
Taking the rain and the snow.
As if I was a tree,
Standing in the field,
Looking at the eternal movement of the clouds.
As if I was,
as if ...
Next in the little pile of songs from the shoe-box. This one has the date 27th January 1994 written on it, but it's describing an episode from many years earlier when I was, I'm guessing, something like 12 or 13 years old.
I had to go to a…
What beautiful melody . ....a great image is formed from you're lyrics....you must have looked like little lord fontalroy in you suit and shiny shoes I know I did when we went to the family occasions ....a beauty of a song....
Every cranky middle aged guy's theme song in a way. Nothing fancy, craptastic (tm) keyboard drums, a couple guitar tracks and some yelling and complaining.
This is a piece written for the Linux Musicians Uncompetition (http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10331).
The purpose of such un-competition is making some music with Linux tools, and then share it.
The premise for this…
Gary and I did something good.
ONE AND ONLY
How many times have you been captured by a camera
With no one really knowing who you are
Caught in the sight lines in the background
In the corner of their eyes
Never looking closely at the…
Arrangement by Jana Persson (Strummindude)
Accompanying vocals by Andrea Szirbik
CIVIL WAR
Holding down the borders
What's mine is yours
Folding down the corners
Of pages meaning more
Walking on the wire
Never thought to look for…
rpm #7,, i think this will be the overture, to a small midi orchestral suite, which i hope will finish up as my remaining 3 pieces for this years rpm, but well see how that goes,, thanks for all the helpful comments i have received on this project…
I must be one .....nobody visits me .......I must be a visitor .......the French say there are those that hold there cheek and others that kiss........I'm a kisser now than doesnt sound so bad ...as long as its not ass.....
I was thumbing a ride along a hot, deserted Caribbean road. When Steve pulled up in this vintage pre-war Chevy, I was very grateful. It just so happened he was heading to the same cantina I was, so we kicked back with a pitcher of mojitos…
now where did i put that bottle of Rum...i've got the mint and the ice cubes............Damn i drank it already.....mint and ice just doesn't cut it but this tune certainly does ....great collab chaps ...i'll be back when i get another bottle......
well this is a bit awkward, but i have been chatting with Nosda Cariad about the various plus and minus of sound settings ie reverb,,, sometimes i feel like i have used too much, as sort of a crutch. in this version the reverb has been toned down…
Greg let me have another go at one of his songs and I the wrote the words and music for a bridge
so that way he has to pay me some royalties when he sells a million !!! lol thanks Greg for your inspiration and great music!!
Comments on thetworegs's stuff
It's good to hear old Reg again. I was gonna say "will he ever be happy?" ... and then I read the blurb lol
That works!! Pretty much nailed it. And it's got me into the mood to listen to the early Bob Dylan albums again.
another superb track love it ......cheers tony cee
great track reminds me of the style of the faces type track , great listen .....cheers tony cee
Nice. Very soulful.
Merry Christmas all x
great strings and tune , ......cheers tony cee
sounds great, love the vocals , superb lyrics ......cheers tony cee
great song love the vocals great work .......cheers tony cee
great track love it , cheers tony cee
superb great listen , love it great vocals ......cheers tony cee
Nice one. Big Peter Green fan here. I’ll check that video
This sounds like a Bond film!!!
that sounds great , love it .....cheers tony cee
love it great lyrics , smart work ......cheers tony cee
I came across this on my old mp3 player the other day, and I was loving it! 12 years later and still loving it.... LG
Good to write it out… Hope it helps and hope things get better
A real anthem!!
Truer words were never sung or spoken. Give you and her a huge hug.
What an incredible song. I’m sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is a terrible part of our lives.
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Excellent got that Springsteen Petty vibe down to a T you nailed it James...
...excellent as always......I've always wondered who takes the snow and rain away and now I know It's trees who take it....off course ......
What beautiful melody . ....a great image is formed from you're lyrics....you must have looked like little lord fontalroy in you suit and shiny shoes I know I did when we went to the family occasions ....a beauty of a song....
Excellent playing as always.......
You can't beat a bit of Yelling and complaining.....what did Mum say???
Bravo...keep em coming
Dreamy.......
Excellent......love that wired guitar.....great changes..and those voices a trippers delight...loved it....more...more..i need more
And another beauty....I'll be back to check out the rest .....
A beauty of a song......
Love the moviescape vibe this gives of.....truly Magical.Soundscape ....love it ...
I must be one .....nobody visits me .......I must be a visitor .......the French say there are those that hold there cheek and others that kiss........I'm a kisser now than doesnt sound so bad ...as long as its not ass.....
Great cover love the approach.....
now where did i put that bottle of Rum...i've got the mint and the ice cubes............Damn i drank it already.....mint and ice just doesn't cut it but this tune certainly does ....great collab chaps ...i'll be back when i get another bottle......
got me straight away ....love it....great vocal.....
Excellent....
Loving that throbbing Bass........
Sweet pickin........
An excellent journey acrossed the sea although a little spooky....
Excellent........