i have been afield for a while,, this is my first contribution RPM 2012

My RPM challenge this year: acoustic guitar instrumental album with no more than three tracks on each tune (ok, maybe four!) This one is a single track with no overdubs. On the 12 string, the 4th,5th and 6th string pairs are tuned a fourth apart.

rpm 2012 #2

Reg had something to get of his chest on number 6 for the RPM because he needs rebuilding after that last relationship.................. D,Bm,D, Bm, G, A, G, A, D, Bm, D, Bm, G, A, G, A TAKE ME TO THE MACHINE SHOP(Lyrics) My heads whirring…

Written by Greg Connor Lyrics: River run away with me I got my paddle in my hand Take me far away from here Take me to the sea Take me somewhere I don’t know Take me where the water goes Start out fast, then go slow Closer to the…

Song #2 for the RPMC. My goal is to have 12 short tunes (1-3 minutes long), so I need to pick up the pace. Again, quartal tuning on the top 3 unison pairs of the 12 string. I've been listening to Ralph Towner's Blue Sun, hence the title.

Overnight the world went fake Everything has been replaced With pale imitations Gray reflections The food has no taste Surrounded by automatons Programmed not to see what's going on Cheap props and flimsy sets A tired plot and bad effects…

In my dresser a pile of snapshots Don't look too closely They faked them all Climbed from the wreckage No hero's journey I wore a new name Nobody noticed Live long enough and all your cells get replaced Doesn't that make you Somebody new? Looking…

Walked into the room Can't remember why Something to tell you Must have slipped my mind Everything we feel The world that we perceive All only as real As our memories Electricity in meat Magnetism on rust Pigments and papers Crumbling to dust…