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Written/Recorded on 21/03/2023
A little experimental piece; enjoying some vocal processing tricks
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Mercury seems a world away from life
And it hurts me to call
Does it hurt you at all
Fashion in my life
Killing all my friends…
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A late 70s/early 80s pop inspired piece (hopefully pretty obviously).
I enjoyed making this.
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Very quick to write and record. Basically done from start to finish in about an hour and a half (I look at the clock).
Despite it's brevity, there's quite a lot going on (especially in how exact I've tried to be with the harmonies, and double…
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Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month).
The second song I wrote for RPM this year, as a picked acoustic guitar piece. It reminded me of an English Folk/children's song thing (a bit like the theme to Trumpton - the kid's telly series…
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Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month).
This one had a backing track written on Piano, and sounded somewhat 'Elton John', before the lyric and vocal melody joined the party. The stripping out of the piano at the start has made this…
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Inspired by and in collaboration with [My First Dictionary](http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com), the gently disturbed [Colin Garvey](http://veryusartists.com/colingarvey) recalls fond memories of salad days at Grandma's house.
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Written/Recorded on 21/03/2023
A little experimental piece; enjoying some vocal processing tricks
Lyric
Mercury seems a world away from life
And it hurts me to call
Does it hurt you at all
Fashion in my life
Killing all my friends…
Uploaded
Written/Recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month).
An instrumental, and quite a bit different to much of more RPM output. This stylistically is an area I sometimes work in when making music for media.
The reference points when listening should…
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Very quick to write and record. Basically done from start to finish in about an hour and a half (I look at the clock).
Despite it's brevity, there's quite a lot going on (especially in how exact I've tried to be with the harmonies, and double…
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A late 70s/early 80s pop inspired piece (hopefully pretty obviously).
I enjoyed making this.
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02 – Falling Down Again. Written 17th/18th Feb. Recorded 17th/18th/19th Feb.
A slightly schizophrenic pop song, with a vocal section that also betrays me wanting to be a Beach Boy. Worryingly there is actually a red sticky trickle that seeps…
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01 – My Prayer. Written and recorded 16th Feb.
Paying homage to ‘Our Prayer’, the opening of SMiLE – the Beach Boy’s album that never was. An extended version of this song appears on ‘28 seconds later’, an album on which each song is exactly…
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04 – Machiavellian Ways. Written 5th Feb. Recorded 5th/9th Feb.
Mark Morriss has written some really witty triple rhymes in a slightly country fashion, and I wanted to try it too. Although I am not sure if I succeeded, I had fun - and got…
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03 – Meteorites. Written 2nd/3rd Feb. Recorded 3rd Feb.
Inspired by the film ‘Stardust’ where our hero meets a (literal) fallen star. The painful low vocals were particularly fun, and their emotional cracking was acting rather than the fact…
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Written for the RPM2017 (album in a month) challenge.
The 70s vibe should be obvious, and this was written on electric piano, (unusually for me). The opening keys riff is one of the only moderately funky sounding things I can play. I am not…
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Colleen Dillon
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oops thats last comment was me, but it's worth saying again, this time logged in "loved this!!!"
Written for the RPM2017 (album in a month) challenge.
The 70s vibe should be obvious, and this was written on electric piano, (unusually for me). The opening keys riff is one of the only moderately funky sounding things I can play. I am not…
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loved this!!!
Very quick to write and record. Basically done from start to finish in about an hour and a half (I look at the clock).
Despite it's brevity, there's quite a lot going on (especially in how exact I've tried to be with the harmonies, and double…
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Written for the RPM2017 (album in a month) challenge.
The 70s vibe should be obvious, and this was written on electric piano, (unusually for me). The opening keys riff is one of the only moderately funky sounding things I can play. I am not…
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Written/recorded for RPM2017 (album in a month).
The last song I wrote for RPM2017 (being entirely written and recorded on 26th and 28th Feb). It should be obvious that this is a tribute to George Harrison - I'd listened to the album "Brainwashed…
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Uglifruit is Andy Jenkinson, who can often be found making music. And he sometimes writes musicals.
Andy’s music can be found in videogame podcasts. He has an unhealthy love for 70s pop.
from Leicester, GB
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