Hey Tim I'm very happy to hear you are still writing tunage my brotha. I have always dug your styling. Keep up the cool tracks!
Peace,
Rob (RC Andrews)
you tell me what you want
you tell what you need
i cant give you nothing honey
but this pretty little seed
where has the sun gone
and is it gone forever
will it come back someday
should we just give it some time
i ask you what…
the sun rises every morning
i hear those feet upon the floor
im pretty sure that you are beside me
everythings the same as it was before
our son jumps in bed and lys between us
holds us together as the light drifts in
you are the flower of my…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
i saw the curtains changing color
i watched the sun room come alive
i have been sitting in this rocker
wondering when you might arrive
i am hoping for redemption
cant stand the way i feel
i know it is only passing through me
rivers flood…
People
maybe, maybe im in trouble
maybe there is someone out there that is mad at me
i know that when i see it in your eyes
when i here it in your crys
your in trouble too , ...
people are all the same it doesnt matter
somehow we learn to…
i am thinking about words tonight
they can be hard as nails
they-can be as shapeless as water
they can break your heart
they can hang like a chain
hold you up for years
cause you to think twice
take away your fears
you are falling in love…
lyrics:
The silence sometimes
is all you have to say and I believe it, and you
and everything surrounding the skin beneath your eyes
Time's without a shield or an attack against the sight
of a lifetime that was burning you by
And I may…
Trying out a Carol Kaye-inspired bassline here (not completely succesfull; gotta work on my timing some more) and again didn't manage to come up with lyrics. Espresso Martini is a really nice cocktail with coffee you can get at the club/bar where…
i like where this takes me and i would love to know what you are using to generate the sound scape. i need to get some software with the kinds of controls that generate these tones
tim
reminds me of the "the weakerthans". i really like the guitar tones . seeing how you can make changes, i would love to see and have been advocating for, a tab for lyrics. it can be a much richer experience if you can read along and not miss the music because you are straining to understand the story or message. i have been putting my words under the "ABOUT " tab but it isnt obvious to the listener. love your style and voice.
tim
Another song for the RPM 2009 Challenge. This is sort of an interlude that reminds me of Penguin Cafe Orchestra but with a sort of industrial edge. Vocoder is featured.
The whole piece was 24 minutes long. It's a whole bunch of short poems that I wrote back in 1976, read one after the other, under which I added ambient sounds, playing some harmonica and banjo and using samples and effects of various types, synths…
i like this side of you. a great idea for the challenge. my first child was born in 1976. we lived in a house truck on the beach in ventura california. sounds as though you were near the water as well, 3000 miles away
tim
A song about the lost art of the mix-tape and knowing that someone is trouble but doing it anyway...
Compilation Tapes:
Did I mention that I think that you’re a real fine dancer and I like the way you dress?
I’ve known a number of girls…
The title just popped into my head unannounced one day and I had to try to work from that. About a girl with a broken radio and the repairman who would do anything to find her a new one and win her love...
It certainly appears broken, Minerva…
*Dark modern electronic guitar rock*
You can hear it just below the blowing wind
Feel it in the nerves beneath your skin
Catch a glimpse as you drift away at night
But you can’t decode the meaning inside
Distant shrieking sets your teeth…
finally someone else who publishes ther words. thank you so much . other artist dont seem to understand what a difference in the listening experience that can make.
i am emjoying your playing and i think you have some very tight arrangments
i will keep listening
tim
really sweet. and sad. been there.
strikes a note in my heart. you have a gift with observation
and memories. i am hoping that these are reall experiences because you shouldnt be able to make this up. it just would not be fare, sort of
tim
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i can get you the other versions. for me most of the time it is a matter of whittling the recording down, finding the silence among the sound,
Honest, heartfelt, and beautiful to boot. Nice...
Hey Tim I'm very happy to hear you are still writing tunage my brotha. I have always dug your styling. Keep up the cool tracks! Peace, Rob (RC Andrews)
Yeah- this just draws you in. Love the strings and those dreamy vocals. Very nice!
that you bethan,sister,glue,rebecca, it means a lot to know that you are listening.
Oh yes, gorgeous! You sound so lonely, love it.
Have only just picked out those strings! Wow, so beautifully put together!
yeah, this is awesome, tim.. really like all the layers, and it's such a well written song.
Beautiful! I can't sleep tonight and this couldn't have been more welcome. Faved!
Great all the way around.
Oh clever! Wonderful stuff!
I really enjoyed this track it reminds me so much of Morphine's The Night. I like your style.
Wow- excellent production and song writing. Love all the little subtle parts in the background! Great stuff!
A fine presentation as always. Will DL when I get home. Thanks Tim. Kavin
Great song also! Time is a killer at times!
Great song! I really dig the change up at about 1:11, very cool!
Tim, great song! Sorry I am late at listening to it. Great words too!
Great lyrics- great song man!!
Love your purring vocal on this!
Real comfortable feel. Nice performance.
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you should publish your words under the "about" tab. i would love to read along. i think you and i have simular sensabilities. i like your work tim
very nice . each song makes me want to hear the next. very thoughtfull. good mixes. the album holds up well as a collection of songs. tim
yes i can see it. this is perfect for the first nice day of spring here on the east coast. thank you tim
i like where this takes me and i would love to know what you are using to generate the sound scape. i need to get some software with the kinds of controls that generate these tones tim
reminds me of the "the weakerthans". i really like the guitar tones . seeing how you can make changes, i would love to see and have been advocating for, a tab for lyrics. it can be a much richer experience if you can read along and not miss the music because you are straining to understand the story or message. i have been putting my words under the "ABOUT " tab but it isnt obvious to the listener. love your style and voice. tim
really sweet. "now i remember" kind of feel.
i like this side of you. a great idea for the challenge. my first child was born in 1976. we lived in a house truck on the beach in ventura california. sounds as though you were near the water as well, 3000 miles away tim
really nice very energgetic arrangment. makes me think of tiny fish swimming in shallow water, sort of franticly tim
really well articulated vocals and pristene playing
you should publish your lyrics right after your discription under the "about"tab very soulfull stuff you have tim
i really find you voice interesting. i think your falseto is both funny and baeutfull. nice simple piano playing nice job tim
finally someone else who publishes ther words. thank you so much . other artist dont seem to understand what a difference in the listening experience that can make. i am emjoying your playing and i think you have some very tight arrangments i will keep listening tim
quite sexy in a strange way.
i like your poetry. and the positioning of melody with arrangment.
the picking and sings are really refreshing and some of the changes you throw in are very clever.
i think i hear the field!!
really sweet. and sad. been there. strikes a note in my heart. you have a gift with observation and memories. i am hoping that these are reall experiences because you shouldnt be able to make this up. it just would not be fare, sort of tim
a simple but important fact of life tim
i think there is a story here! tim
great effort for a first album. i like your words. pretty intence experience this rpm thing tim