This was my last rpm2010 piece. i had recorded the rhythm track in early feb, and put the triple mandolin harmonies on at the very end of feb. i really love mandolin harmonies...this has more of a mediterranean vibe...
This was my last rpm2010 piece. i had recorded the rhythm track in early feb, and put the triple mandolin harmonies on at the very end of feb. i really love mandolin harmonies...this has more of a mediterranean vibe...
This was written for RPM 2009, mostly in January and was inspired by from a mix of current events and personal journey.
Lyrics:
The Queen of Pearls is wearing diamonds
up and down her fingers
She holds the door to the castle
where memories…
this song was inspired from an ee cummings poem. it was composed for rpm 2009.
lyrics:
i'll tell you a dream i had once
up in the sky blue everything
flying away a kite on a string
i didn't have anything
i was cool you were warm…
I heard someone say to an undergraduate class, 'you're on your way to everywhere' and I loved that line. This is sort of a Beatle-esque tune. My friend Mike Levine stopped by while recording a showed me a new jig on the mandolin. I recorded…
The lyrics were co-written with Mike Novak. I sent him the music, and we worked from there. I've done that a bunch with friends from Canada (Me Man Jack - check them out) and its fun to collaborate..
I heard someone say to an undergraduate class, 'you're on your way to everywhere' and I loved that line. This is sort of a Beatle-esque tune. My friend Mike Levine stopped by while recording a showed me a new jig on the mandolin. I recorded…
Very clever musical bed for this - samples played backwards, right? Either way, the overall effect has that lovely carefree outdoors feel. Really enjoyed this track.
An RPM 2009 song. Well, this was a personal story for me that came about when your past intersects (briefly) with the present.
Lyrics:
20 years running through time and I remember
all the magic lines
that in our younger days
we drew…
I was listening to Leonard Cohen a lot this winter, and these lyrics sort of came out from there...don't know what they really mean, i was more interested in trying to see if I could mimic Leonard's style, which of course I can't, but this was…
this was my last rpm song...i had a little mandolin riff and threw on the kazoo (which broke in the last verse), and it reminded me a happy bee buzzing around...and there you have it!
this was my last rpm song...i had a little mandolin riff and threw on the kazoo (which broke in the last verse), and it reminded me a happy bee buzzing around...and there you have it!
This is a live recording of a set I did with guitarist Mike Levine on a University of New Hampshire radio show. This is one of the 'songs' we did. It is a 5-tune Irish fiddle set that was previously done by the great Irish fiddle player Martin…
This is a live recording of a set I did with guitarist Mike Levine on a University of New Hampshire radio show. This is one of the 'songs' we did. It is a 5-tune Irish fiddle set that was previously done by the great Irish fiddle player Martin…
this was my last rpm song...i had a little mandolin riff and threw on the kazoo (which broke in the last verse), and it reminded me a happy bee buzzing around...and there you have it!
Yes well, I am definitely playing your tracks at my next dinner party. I think this one had better be with the coffee, after we've had a few other tipples!
I was listening to Leonard Cohen a lot this winter, and these lyrics sort of came out from there...don't know what they really mean, i was more interested in trying to see if I could mimic Leonard's style, which of course I can't, but this was…
Inspired by Neil Gaiman's Sandman series (my favorite reading material). What would happen if Death came for you, like in the series. This is that conversation.
This is probably the last of this stuff from the archives that I'll upload. Rescued from a cassette tape of a live performance with former band mates in Scartaglen. These tunes are popular down in the Southwest of Ireland. Michael(Fiddle) and…
Inspired by and in collaboration with [My First Dictionary](http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com), alonetone's very own [Sudara](http://veryusartists.com/sudara) shares his potty mouth with us about a young BASTAR_ named Matthew.
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Straight ahead stone city electric blues for an old friend who used to spend hours spinning BB King and Mike Bloomfield records for me. Recorded back sometime at the end of 2006 on old analog equipment
Matter Of Fate- This song started as a riff I was doing while tuning my guitar. It sounded cool, so I happened to record it on a small dictation recorder I have so I wouldn’t forget it. When I listened to the riff it just screamed Sticky Fingers…
A Song About an old Saying......
Sh*t Happens......
Lyrics
T.Mokbul 2010
-In A Day-
Half a Glass of Gasoline
Mixed with Some Kerosene
Stirred in with Coffee
Laced with amphetamine
All That it Takes in A Day
To get by…
great lyrics and tune - it made me laugh to see the spaceman as one of your influences...i grew up in mass. in the 70's and saw him more than once at fenway...cool!!
Mining the archives a bit. This is an alternate take of my "Jimi Jam" from a couple of years ago. Live to 2 tracks with the Jamman. Really only sounds OK when cranked up loud enough that your eardrums threaten to meet in the middle. LOL!!
I'm a complete idiot when it comes to all things midi related. Recently got myself a midi keyboard though and came up with this short piece just messing with sounds in Proteus. Really looking forward to the possibilities of combining this sort…
Sitting around in my shop a couple of days ago with the Goodall and the Zoom H4N. First time I've really messed with using the internal mics on the H4N in multitrack mode
hey man, another cool tune...they're all great actually...i love your mandolin playing throughout the album too! well, you know i'm partial to that...love all the lyrics too
one of those 'it was written even before i started' songs that just rolls out like magic
i tried to keep it simple so as not to destroy the vibe
first finished (if unmixed) track for RPM 2010
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ooh. that's purdy.
Gorgeous mandolins! Love it! Thanks for your comments man!
This album's grew on me as it was playing! I really like the vocal on this one.
Great song-writing all through your album - but this is a standout for me. Excellent all round - and a wonderfully understated, effortless vocal.
I don't know the poem, but these lyrics are wonderful.
Yes- Very nice! Backwards acoustic guitar is a great sound!
Ah, another lovely sighing kind of song! Beautiful!
Very clever musical bed for this - samples played backwards, right? Either way, the overall effect has that lovely carefree outdoors feel. Really enjoyed this track.
lovely song - and great playing! Loving your gentle, effortless stylie.
I would have said The Band, rather than Lenny, I can imagine Rick Danko is is looking over your shoulder with a nodding head .. it's beautiful
Lennon filter? Is that a processed effect you used on the vocals or did you record the vocals in Lennon style? Great song by the way Vegetable Man!!!
love this song...great title....nice kazooing...
my good man! you are my hero on the kazzoo! and ya were still partying up in kanuck ville
Change @ around 6 min is quite nice
Great! Added to my March listening list :)
Oh nice changes all the way through, keeps the interest going. Very well played indeed.
Yes well, I am definitely playing your tracks at my next dinner party. I think this one had better be with the coffee, after we've had a few other tipples!
cool.
May I just say it's nice to have you back bringing us gems like this.
Brilliant lyrics, I do love a good storyline.
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these are great! love the sound
fun tune
cool late night music
definitely a stones groove...keith richards should listen to you to remember what its like
great tune..nice lyrics and flow
i'm waiting for the druges to show up at my door any second now...
nice atmospherics on this one...another set of great lyrics too
great lyrics and tune - it made me laugh to see the spaceman as one of your influences...i grew up in mass. in the 70's and saw him more than once at fenway...cool!!
nice groove...if john scofield played mandolin, it would sound like this...
another great mandolin tune! i really like this one...
great mando playing! very nice tune...
nice tune
nice overall album - i really like the mix of tunes ...i'll definitely be listening to this more...
great - its like bill frizell playing at a druid party
nice playing and mood setting
nice guitar tone
cool - title says it all
nice playing
hey man, another cool tune...they're all great actually...i love your mandolin playing throughout the album too! well, you know i'm partial to that...love all the lyrics too
love this vibe...