Sometimes I like stuff better when I come back and listen later... this would be one. I enjoy the nonchalance of this (for lack of a better word), it does the trick, but feels like effortless.
Practical Applications by Vivian Circle
you stuck it through
they know its you
you wanted to be something that you're not
you wanted to be something you forgot
you want me to believe in what you stand for
but all you show me is your…
Practical Applications by Vivian Circle
you stuck it through
they know its you
you wanted to be something that you're not
you wanted to be something you forgot
you want me to believe in what you stand for
but all you show me is your…
Christina Christ
Carries her life
With a knife clutched in her teeth
Her Lips forever ever bleed
She'll sacrifice what she thinks she needs
Stabbing her eyes out
Christina Christ
Christina Christ
On fire tonight
Her teeth closed…
Drifter
Oh I never cared
the way you always stared
it made me feel so small
and Id like to see you go away
Oh I never cared
the way you always stared
it made me feel so small
and Id like to see you go away
Well you traded past…
Drifter
Oh I never cared
the way you always stared
it made me feel so small
and Id like to see you go away
Oh I never cared
the way you always stared
it made me feel so small
and Id like to see you go away
Well you traded past…
Mad
So you compromise
and you breathe the lies
of pedestrians who march the course
oh you'll pay the price won't you
with your own virtues
And you get hypnotized
by those thespian eyes
that tried to believe in trust
that tried…
from Live at KXCI Tucson, AZ studio session:
When I was in the 7th grade, I used to skip school on Wednesday mornings so that I could watch the Nat King Cole show on PBS. I was mesmerized by his music. I could feel his vocal influence as I wrote…
Traditional Irish - Arranged by Doug Sparling
Based on a recording by Na Casaidigh.
Played late at night, as a lullaby of sorts. Now go to sleep, little child...
Guitar players - check out my GuitarNoise.com lesson for this tune: http://www…
Doug you always bring things back round to the basics, and what a lovely tune you always have to share. Thanks for this Beautiful tune. Keep up the fine work.
Just a spontaneous (and very rough) two hour tune. Written and recorded yesterday, edited and mixed today. I might as well get it uploaded now because I'll be spending the next two weeks preparing to move across the country.
Lyrics:
We…
This is my newest song made using Reason 4. Compositionally it might get slightly repetitive but I am hoping that there is enough variation that it will keep the listeners attention through the whole piece. Enjoy and let me know what you like…
This is spooky cool! and we love the profile pic as well...nice to know you...and thanks for listening...We'll be sure to keep our ears peeled for your new releases!
thanx
c.thomas, vivian, and george
The song was constructed around a field recording of Lacandon men paddling across the lake in Métzabok, Chiapas (Southern Mexico). The Lacandon speak "Hach T'an," which is a Mayan dialect-- this is the language you hear in the track. Unfortunately…
The text along with the visual along with the sounds...just beautiful, truly a multi media experience...but the song is so beautifully simple...elegant the way it moves right along with the river. captured magic.
Lovely.
Recorded August 28, 2009
Details: Martin D1 (DADFGC - capo II), Shure SM57, Audacity, Sound Forge.
After digging this tune up really I really wanted to try it again on acoustic (which I don't play much). This is a second take recorded in…
Written, recorded, and mixed in 24 hours. August 01-02, 2009, from 6am to 6am.
Instrumentation: Two acoustic guitars, electric guitar (picked and bowed), fretless bass, about 7 different flutes, two tabla drums, rattles, tambourine, didgeridoo…
First post-24h tune. Music written and recorded throughout the day... and lyrics in the evening. WARNING: This one is another cliché romantic synth-pop tune; same *muse* as the last one.
Gorgeous... A small slice of that Minneapolis sound and a mix of island logic...just exquisite. Is this on the radio?
It should be. Your work always floors me. This is the soundtrack, my candle lit apartment, breeze blowing throught the black sky...drinks in hand...and everything could not be more perfect with glu spinning.
Something completely different- Uilleann pipes(Irish bagpipes) and synth. I wrote this tune over 20 years ago in the style of traditional Irish slow airs. It was recorded way back in 1991 for an album that's been out of print for over 15 years…
A morning storm recorded in the courtyard and a musical motif written in the evening. combined time working-- 45 minutes, interrupted by a phone call from the parents to see if I was still alive.
This is a little riff I've been carrying around for a few years from my Nozomi Phoenix days in NYC. A dreamy sequence, that reminds me of a Grimm tale.
Richard, I think this piece is so beautiful that Im afraid to touch it. Ill see about being very gentle with your arrangement. I really love this piece though.
Honestly I have no idea where this came from or how.
I was messing with Omnisphere patches and came across a lovely, flutey, breathy sound that put me in mind of the scenes inside the monolith at the end of 2001. I setup a Rytme pattern to…
and you didn't even have to spend the night to get it.
another one from the morning sessions...
Something completely different- Uilleann pipes(Irish bagpipes) and synth. I wrote this tune over 20 years ago in the style of traditional Irish slow airs. It was recorded way back in 1991 for an album that's been out of print for over 15 years…
Comments on VIVIAN CIRCLE 's stuff
Sometimes I like stuff better when I come back and listen later... this would be one. I enjoy the nonchalance of this (for lack of a better word), it does the trick, but feels like effortless.
Nice instrumental. I'm going to listen a second time right away! :)
VC, this is fabulous! w;-)
:)
Nice dance rhythm going on here with a contrasting vocal tempo which works very well. Bethan
2 words...oh wow!!!! w;-)
*click* instant fave!
A great start to the day! Thank you.
I always enjoy my, Vivian Circle!
Dark & true.
Favorite track so far.
Very Residents.
Yeah alright I'm a sucker for Psychic TV sounding casio drums.
I like your psuedo-intellectual bullshit album description. It captures the albums flavor very well. Count me a fan.
Dark, dark, dark. I'm liking this!
Oooo...I love te rawness of this track!
holy sh*T! amazing atmosphere
Ok - I take that back...this is my fave! Lovin' it!
My favorite so far!!!!!
Nice drive to this track!
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Magnificent.
Sounds like a smile.
Doug you always bring things back round to the basics, and what a lovely tune you always have to share. Thanks for this Beautiful tune. Keep up the fine work.
Where you headed glu? I just love this song...As always the sound is perfection, but this song is so charming and beautiful...just great. Thanks!
Gorgeous and stunning. This is really wonderful, so dark and twisted, but with such a sarcastic smirk...love love love it. Thanks.
Sweet Transistor, This is some ride! Sweet.
This is spooky cool! and we love the profile pic as well...nice to know you...and thanks for listening...We'll be sure to keep our ears peeled for your new releases! thanx c.thomas, vivian, and george
The text along with the visual along with the sounds...just beautiful, truly a multi media experience...but the song is so beautifully simple...elegant the way it moves right along with the river. captured magic. Lovely.
Lush...and gorgeous. gentle and swift.. wonderful work here doug.
Great album...really tight, as always innovative, but so expertly crafted, again, your hand and ear work like breath and lung.
an epic drama, classic and elegant, weaving story and mood perfectly...wonderful track glu...crafted excellence..my ears are held hostage by you.
super cool.
Gorgeous... A small slice of that Minneapolis sound and a mix of island logic...just exquisite. Is this on the radio? It should be. Your work always floors me. This is the soundtrack, my candle lit apartment, breeze blowing throught the black sky...drinks in hand...and everything could not be more perfect with glu spinning.
Splendid. A morning walk through dewey grass and sharp strands of sunlight.
Stunning.
I need this like I need air. such exceptionalness.
Richard, I think this piece is so beautiful that Im afraid to touch it. Ill see about being very gentle with your arrangement. I really love this piece though.
Atmospheric with a world beauty.
i'll bring the scones! Nothing beats Glu coffee!
Hauntingly beautiful.