Vocals and percussion are courtesy of another recent alonetoner, K. Scot Sparks. While recording a simple guitar track in Kev's garage, things got intersting when we opened the garage door, and let the sounds of this huge flock of birds in the…
this was an attempt at making a tune where the vocal melody was nonredundant with the chords (or never found in any of the notes of any of the chords).
Almost succeeded - but it was fun trying.
The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune.
Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece.
And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…
Timely sounding. Wonderful. This transports me to a time in history when people enjoyed simpler things in life and we're so caught up in the rat race. Excellent!
The berimbau is a brazilian percussion/string instrument that is the foundation for this tune.
Thanks to Dana (Alontoner) who added the sweet backup vocals to make this a much better piece.
And thanks also to K. Scot Sparks (Alonetoner…
Created back in 1999 with the help of alonetoner K.Scot. I had translated the english lyrics into portuguese - then just decided to record both languages at the same time.
wrote this song while i was all alone in the middle of a nameless creek in the amazon jungle - beautiful spot!
This is from 2006 - the only song in this album that is more recent. Here I tried to use bossa chords and a modified bossa beat to…
Filho Sumido is portuguese for "Lost Son".
Its my little bossa way of describing what its like to be away from the place I love, Brazil. Like a lost son. Someday I may make an english version - but then, maybe not. After all, its about Brazil…
This is a total remake of an earlier posting.
Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana.
In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond -
something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…
A song that came to me when I was fishing in the rain with some of my Mamainde buddies. The Mamainde is a small endangered Amazonian tribe of 230 people in west-central Brazil. This song attempts to tell their story…
This is a total remake of an earlier posting.
Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana.
In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond -
something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…
The Portuguese version of "Raining on the Cabixi".
If you listen close, and if you can tell the difference between an indo-european language and an amerindian language, you will hear the second verse sung in Mamainde - an endangered language…
The Portuguese version of "Raining on the Cabixi".
If you listen close, and if you can tell the difference between an indo-european language and an amerindian language, you will hear the second verse sung in Mamainde - an endangered language…
This is a total remake of an earlier posting.
Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana.
In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond -
something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…
This is a total remake of an earlier posting.
Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana.
In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond -
something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…
A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009
there is a great melodic feel to this study
super clean guitar sounds, too
you're a 'fera' of the fretboard, as the brazilians would say.
(fera= 'wild animal' - which somehow gets used colloquially as "musical genius")
thanks for your kind words re: Wanna go home.
The chords are taken from a bossa nova tune - Quando Chegares - by Carlos Lyra - a great bossa songwriter.
Close your eyes, and come with me. It is a warm Autumn eve in the Black Forest. There are ancient folk tales about this magical wood... how late at night it comes to life with mischievious fairies and wood nymphs. Any mortal who hears the unusual…
shutting my eyes - i was back in brazil - the rainforest there is alive with many things - both fairy and non-fairy.
thanks for this beautiful piece of "forest" music!
A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009
this one grows on me
i like the guitar chords being plucked in the background, the nice persussion, and the picture painted by the lyrics.
to top it all off, the whole thing just has a great groove
thanks for this great song
I wrote this song after my brother passed away a couple years ago. His girlfriend of 4 years asked me to write the music to a poem she wrote. This is what it turned out to be.
Lyrics by Annie Buller.
I wrote the music to this song while playing around on the piano, thought it sounded nice. But for a long time i left it like that cus I couldn't think of how to develop it.
Then one day i was playing it, and i stopped and saw my dad's old guitar…
There are a lot of times when I'm going through some hard times and I don't trust God with the situation, but in the end I can always look back and see how he had it under control the whole time. This song is written from God's perspective, and…
I'm dating a girl halfway across the country. One day I saw the moon and realized that even though we were so far away from each other, we could both see the moon at the same time. The seemed pretty cool when I first thought of it... it still…
This is what happens when three friends get together on pasta making day.
Special thanks: Annie, for your voice; Dana, for your voice and your musical knowledge (she knew exactly what chords we needed).
Dana is a fellow alonetoner, you should…
Rough and Slow acoustic version of the more poppy [lifeline glu and sudara collaboration](http://alonetone.com/doublemeanings/tracks/lifeline).
If you like 4 minutes of the same 3 chords, you'll LOVE this song.
Now that I have two microphones…
First draft.
Dedicated to my mother on her birthday.
In the outro: Trombone, Horns, Clarinets, Mouthpiece buzz by Andy Hentz (arrsuarez) and organic drum related sounds by Glu.
this one gets better every time i listen to it. it isnt just good enough - its too good!
Sudara - a huge thanks for all your work in creating this space - this whole community of givers and receivers - there is true musical relating and connecting going on here. priviledged to be a part.
"sempre grato"...
Sam was a very articulate and kind friend; he spend way too much of his life in a wheel chair and yet demonstrated a lot of grace.
We lost him just over a year ago.
Among many other unexpected, Christ-like kindnesses, he realized at one point…
Comments on yahondu's stuff
oooh, cool!
i really like nice one bro.
I see a summer night, sat on the front porch, guitar, cold beer - yes very nice.
..nice, man! Simple and beautiful. (Maybe this should be the wedding processional : )
This is pretty cool! Nice work!
...a stayfresh vibe, man : )
Lovely chord progression!
Timely sounding. Wonderful. This transports me to a time in history when people enjoyed simpler things in life and we're so caught up in the rat race. Excellent!
Lovely! Nice to hear new tracks from you
Yeah, Dave!!
'forgot about this, bro.. Yeah!! How did it go tonight? love, k
this is scarey and beautiful, Davey I hope this finds you well, bro. (Somehow, I wouldn't have it any other way than w/ this drum machine here.)
Dana's voice is really cool in this range, no, bro.? You sound cool/natural too. Yeah, man.
Yeah, Dave; cool to think about your referent here. love, k
Beautiful, guys!! love, ks
k massa ouvir as tuas musicas pai.. hahahaha.. cara.. k felicidades é como vc vc estivesse perto aqui tocando.. junior aff.. fiquei feliz d+
k massa ouvir as tuas musicas pai.. hahahaha.. cara.. k felicidades é como vc vc estivesse perto aqui tocando.. aff.. fiquei feliz d+
nice song! I could listen to bossa nova all day, and the tinge of blues works very well. All these parent/offspring collaborations make me jealous!!!
O son está chegando aqui ruto cortado!! como faço p/ ouvir?? Robson
nahondo wanun ye hanawa nahonda hisamanundalatwa naukney wanun yauheiso nisawa suna gui yatsiwa
Comments made by yahondu
there is a great melodic feel to this study super clean guitar sounds, too you're a 'fera' of the fretboard, as the brazilians would say. (fera= 'wild animal' - which somehow gets used colloquially as "musical genius") thanks for your kind words re: Wanna go home. The chords are taken from a bossa nova tune - Quando Chegares - by Carlos Lyra - a great bossa songwriter.
a real nice groove here! you got some great bluesy vocals, and the "organ" solo was sweet...
gotta love a sophisticated blues wi9th a classy attitude! thanks!
shutting my eyes - i was back in brazil - the rainforest there is alive with many things - both fairy and non-fairy. thanks for this beautiful piece of "forest" music!
nice classical/electric sound and good fretboard work i especially liked the chromatic downdrift in the main chordal theme.
this one grows on me i like the guitar chords being plucked in the background, the nice persussion, and the picture painted by the lyrics. to top it all off, the whole thing just has a great groove thanks for this great song
this one just gets better every time i listen to it - particularly after the 3:00 mark
we all weep together...
coisa lindissima minha filha!
this is your best, dude!
nice!
way to go diggy! Mr. Romance!!
Ok - im going to be the first to comment on your stuff. This song just rocks. Thats pretty much all there is to it. At our house, PASTA rules!
real nice! shades of phil keaggy's acoustic work
authentic living. getting back to the basics. thats what its all about,man. another winner!
real nice, man. Your stuff makes for some great listening! Coisa Linda!
this one gets better every time i listen to it. it isnt just good enough - its too good! Sudara - a huge thanks for all your work in creating this space - this whole community of givers and receivers - there is true musical relating and connecting going on here. priviledged to be a part. "sempre grato"...
wow - techno bossa! the bossa beat is actually hidden in there - just on steroids. i never knew it was possible...
ah.. Jobim e Vinicius! "olha que coisa mais linda..."!
thanks Kev for this moving tribute to our dear friend. Sam, you touched my life more than you ever knew...