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Hey St. John's
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| (Friday, 03 July 2009) Written by Mike Minor
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| It is summertime and I'm sure you are all away from your computers, but if you see this, there is a great opportunity to share your music at the Victoria Park Lantern Festival. If you want a stage to play on...look no further email lanternfest@gmail... (7 more chars) |
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time released release June EP
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| (Thursday, 02 July 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| the mixes on these songs are pretty much done,
i'm gonna release the songs as they sound done to me.
right now "down", "farfarfar" & "shutup" need some background vox fixes and they are good to go. should be ready to get out one of those and ... (225 more chars) |
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Software, Guitar or Studio
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| (Wednesday, 01 July 2009) Written by Gary Fox
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| So my birthday is coming up: 8/8. It's a big one, so I get to actually get something cool.
I have a choice to make:
Spend money on a new guitar (the black one):
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gretsch-Guitars-G5122-Double-Cutawa... (518 more chars) |
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deadline time
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| (Tuesday, 30 June 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| so after listening to the songs this morning, i made some notes and went home for lunch, redid all of the vox, redid a couple guitar parts. my wife is gonna sing a couple tunes this evening and then i should be done. i'm gonna call it done, but i'... (889 more chars) |
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wow
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| (Friday, 26 June 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| i think i'm getting the hang of this recording thing. if only it were about writing songs and that was it. i'm amazed at the sound of this, the drums, guitars, all done. patchy vocal work this weekend and this puppy is done. |
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Lost some wisdom
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| (Friday, 26 June 2009) Written by Endicott Road
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| or was that intelligence? Today I had 2 wisdom teeth pulled. The oral surgeon seems to have done a good job. I have some swelling but not much pain yet. I was given an IV that made my face feel tingly and hot, then they were waking me up. It we... (1078 more chars) |
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Off the Wall
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| (Friday, 26 June 2009) Written by Babys First Ride
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| By now, the whole planet knows of Michael Jackson's demise. It was only during the news of this did I realize that I didn't own a single CD of his. I have DVD video compilation, but no music. As many, many channels were doing tributes to his musi... (575 more chars) |
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Legal Advice for a Compilation
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| (Thursday, 25 June 2009) Written by Cabo Joe and Chop-Chop
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| I'm putting together a compilation of songs written and performed by friends and associated acts.
What I'm looking for a simple document that states that I am paying for the creation and distirbution of the CDs and that profit to them will only o... (248 more chars) |
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RPM Challenge Summer (EP) Edition
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| (Tuesday, 23 June 2009) Written by Robert Parker
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| Thinking about pretending that July is February and working on a mini-RPM project. Maybe 6 songs or 20 minutes or so. Hopefully some one much more ambitious than I will read this bloggy post and start a movement that leads to a slew of RPM people ... (43 more chars) |
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UGHH!
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| (Tuesday, 23 June 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| seriously, i need to buy my own stuff sometime.
so my reserve unit is shipping off to hawaii in 3 weeks, and yesterrday i get the call from the supply sgt that he needs my bass amp tuesday to ship out. i'm like, what??? I just got the drums do... (280 more chars) |
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Get Up Off The Ground State album finished!
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| (Thursday, 18 June 2009) Written by _11:34
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| I finished my 4th full-length album today, and it's taken me over a year to put the finishing touches on it. You can download the whole thing here by clicking on the link to the zip file at the left. There's a lot of room to be explored between noi... (87 more chars) |
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Absinthe & The Dirty Floors show this Saturday - Chicago
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| (Thursday, 18 June 2009) Written by Absinthe and the Dirty Floors
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| Absinthe & The Dirty Floors, who among their players include RPM'ers Joshua Wentz and Jessica Emelia, are playing a show at Lilly's in Chicago this Saturday night (2513 N. Lincoln Ave). $5 at the door, we go on at 9pm. We'd love to see you there!!... (32 more chars) |
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june updates
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| (Thursday, 18 June 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| my drum sessions last weekend fell through, so i'll be doing my very first drum recordings in the basement of my own house, that's right, down in the cave. i've warned my wife it could get loud, but with only 6 songs, and having a fairly good idea ... (821 more chars) |
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Please Instead of Pleas
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| (Wednesday, 17 June 2009) Written by Kai Starr
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| Please forgive my Kimi for making that very embarrassing post about me. I think she did not realize how ashamed I would be over having so much personal information on this blog. I know she only posted it because she loves me, and wanted to do someth... (221 more chars) |
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Baptism - the 2009 re-recording
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| (Tuesday, 16 June 2009) Written by Alternate Modes of Underwater Conciousness
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| I didn't like how Baptism originally sounded from AMUC's Dead In The Water album. It was supposed to be a ten minute magnum opus of sorts, and it kind of dragged. So, I re-recorded it -- I like how this version sounds better. (I got the vocals much... (319 more chars) |
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June Final DEMOS
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| (Tuesday, 09 June 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| these are final form. I'll record drums and re-record everything and maybe my wife or someone will help me sing some stuff and hopefully it'll be done before the end of the month.
http://www.alonetone.com/artwhore/playlists/june-demos-2 |
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Halloween project (Wire circa 1979)
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| (Saturday, 06 June 2009) Written by _11:34
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| I'm tracking maybe 12-15 or so Wire covers from my favorite era, 1976-1979 so that I can be them for Halloween. Two are done so far- Another the Letter and Former Airline. Listen at reverbnation (scroll to the bottom for another the letter) |
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Dusted off some tunes
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| (Saturday, 06 June 2009) Written by Babys First Ride
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| I posted some previously recorded solo material on Alonetone. Most of it is between 15-18 years old. I was single, idealistic and much thinner. Oh yeah, and I was much poorer.
http://alonetone.com/thel1195/playlists/circa-1995
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Piracy! Tables Turned! And Other Stuffs!
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| (Friday, 05 June 2009) Written by Broken Promise Keeper
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| So I’ve had some minor success getting my RPM’09 album noticed in some review blogs, but this must be the real sign you’re on the road to hell rockstardom…
I”ve noticed over the past couple of weeks that my record is showing up on those nefar... (2323 more chars) |
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I've Been Burgled! :(
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| (Tuesday, 02 June 2009) Written by Kai Starr
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| Man, oh man, oh man... Will troubles never cease for me?! Last night, our storage unit was broken into. I got a call from the lady in the office, this morning, telling me I was one of the "lucky 25" who got hit. The burglars cut the locks off the un... (3016 more chars) |
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June Demos
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| (Friday, 29 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| My new CD will be called June. Please let me know what you think about these. They are all 75% done, with vox tweaks, backup crap and hopefully real drums sometime before the end of June. I'm loving this sound, but I have a feeling it's not for e... (70 more chars) |
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Website finally up
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| (Monday, 25 May 2009) Written by Scenery
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| We finally got our website up. After a few test designs that were very fancy, we decided to stick with a simple design: http://scenerymusic.com |
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hunz.bandcamp.com
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| (Saturday, 23 May 2009) Written by hunz
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| Just in case anyone is interested, I've finally got the album up for free download at bandcamp . We're also going to do a CD launch next week, which is pretty exciting. |
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Flea Is Dead
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| (Saturday, 23 May 2009) Written by Gliftor Draken
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| No, not the Chili Peppers' bass player, but a cat named after him about 17 years ago. Her sad and confused vocals on Gliftor Draken's "Potatoes" will therefore stand forever as her only recorded performance. She was euthanized this week, having suffe... (62 more chars) |
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Traveling...
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| (Friday, 22 May 2009) Written by David Marcouillier
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| I am on a road trip for my job. I decided not to risk checking a guitar on the airplane since I'd only be here for a few days. We keep getting extended. I am stuck in Charleston, SC with no instrument for what seems like an eternity now. Coming u... (205 more chars) |
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It always happens this way...
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| (Thursday, 21 May 2009) Written by moschell
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| ... creativity hits when it's most inconvenient. Perhaps it's the chaos that sparks the creativity. I've got 3 or 4 good songs I'd like to record, and I can't get it done. One of my daughters is getting married on Saturday... so lots of extra chores... (443 more chars) |
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Another one in progress.
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| (Thursday, 21 May 2009) Written by Empire
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| Drum and bass, it's amazing stuff. For all the electronic subgenres out there few have quite as distinct a sound. So I'm finally going to try my hand at making some decent tracks. Dark"er" stuff, heavyweight bass. I really wanted to do a strictly ... (2342 more chars) |
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Picking an Orange
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| (Thursday, 21 May 2009) Written by Babys First Ride
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| After so many years, stages and bands, I sold off most of my playing equipment this year with the thought I will not play music. But, I'm not inclined to give up music either. It seemed like a paradox at first. I've always wanted to be involved, ... (1514 more chars) |
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Breaking & Entering
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| (Wednesday, 20 May 2009) Written by Minibar Madness
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| Back in RPM2008 I wrote a song called breaking & entering. "I'll update that in March while I'm all enthused" I thought. One year and three months later I finally managed to update it. The result is on Alonetone http://www.alonetone.com/minibarmadn... (61 more chars) |
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more drunken demos
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| (Tuesday, 19 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| this is started to not sound anything like i thought it would.
damn it, i need a producer.
http://www.alonetone.com/artwhore/playlists/june-demos |
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full demos rolling in
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| (Saturday, 16 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| still thinking about the "real" drums on some of these. andways, i think this song is pretty close to final form, i just need to spend some time with mixing and vox. let me know what you think. shutup |
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i don't care if you think i'm wasting my time
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| (Thursday, 14 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| i don't care if it bores you or not
i don't care if you like what i do
this has always been about me, not you
sorry, my new songs are filling my head and i just have to keep thinking it's not the most listener friendly stuff i've ever ... (538 more chars) |
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slacker
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| (Tuesday, 12 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| what the hell am i waiting for? |
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It's May, and I am behind the 8-ball as usual
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| (Tuesday, 12 May 2009) Written by Gary Fox
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| CD's went into the mail this AM. Not to RPM HQ, but to those of you that I promised a CD trade with.
Mea Culpa...
I had remastered them, and then burned them, and then made the artwork for the CD's themselves. The jewel cases were delinquent h... (206 more chars) |
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My wife made me a facebook page
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| (Monday, 11 May 2009) Written by Colin Garvey
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| I'd considered doing it myself, but it felt a bit immodest; well, she created one for me when I wasn't looking and plugged it with a shameless audacity that I'd never have dared myself. I feel quite humbled that a few people outside my usual rpm/alo... (441 more chars) |
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What happened after February 9th?!?!
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| (Thursday, 07 May 2009) Written by warrpd
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| our son arrived that week. I said in an earlier post that there are more important things in February than watching the Super Bowl. This February, it definitely was true. |
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Someting that might interest everyone
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| (Tuesday, 05 May 2009) Written by Endicott Road
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| One of my favorite websites is called Mental Floss, and they have run an article about a new record label begun in New York City.
Here's the link: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25190
What might interest anyone here is that the f... (244 more chars) |
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New Studio Recording of Gay Bride
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| (Monday, 04 May 2009) Written by Billy Butler
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| Hey y'all. After staging the show last fall we headed into the studio to do a cast recording. Spent most of the winter mixing it and had a CD release party on 4/20/09. Really proud of the work we did and it came out great. We are working on the NYC... (186 more chars) |
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The Perils of Swine Flu
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| (Monday, 04 May 2009) Written by Colin Garvey
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| I couldn't resist it. link |
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A New Silly Set o' Lyrics!
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| (Monday, 04 May 2009) Written by Kai Starr
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| Well, you just never know where inspiration for a song will come from! The other night, I was chatting with a friend, and she mentioned her new roomie, and said, "She was gone for a week and a day." My brain sparked, and I said, "That could be a song... (1251 more chars) |
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words words words
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| (Friday, 01 May 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| egokiller
facedown far from only
every bit the proper gent
feeling very tiny
kindly pass along a hand
and please stifle the laughter
as i crown the better man
borrowing the gibberish
this continental drift
line up t... (2377 more chars) |
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How 'bout a 5/4 jazz thing
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| (Thursday, 30 April 2009) Written by Cville Ramblings
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| http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7517363
BIAB on drums, bass, piano and sax and I'm on guitar.
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2 more songs
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| (Thursday, 30 April 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| showdown
the ever growing night
hides the sight of your sleeping body
and slide right next to you
and try my best to hold you tightly
just an hour earlier
so hard to hear above the screaming
and left alone at 1 am
this... (1805 more chars) |
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Dear Creativity...
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| (Thursday, 30 April 2009) Written by Alex Moody
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| Ok.. I know I've been neglecting you. I've been, covetting the creativity of others. And yes.. ok.. I've been spending too much time at work. But look.. whats say you and me, I dunno.. whats say you and me go away for the weekend.. just you and me y... (265 more chars) |
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song writing mode has hit me
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| (Wednesday, 29 April 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| which means words to 2 of the new songs.
converge
hazy green eyes growing
thinking harder than i can
narrow down the choices, simply
eliminate the obvious obssessions
e-liminate
come together, come together
we'll see i... (1301 more chars) |
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june demos
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| (Wednesday, 29 April 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| up at alonetone |
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To do list 04/28/09
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| (Tuesday, 28 April 2009) Written by angie fights crime
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| a. finish up Tess's cover song
b. finish up F album (words done)
c. start writing words for the June album (music done)
d. smell better
e. post the video's from my CD release show
f. mix down my accoustic CD "HOME"
g. have some lov... (510 more chars) |
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Computer Problems
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| (Saturday, 25 April 2009) Written by Endicott Road
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| I'm coming to you from my laptop, borrowed/given by my oldest daughter when she got a new one, and I'm here to tell you that my primary PC had a graphics card issue that is being fixed as we speak. My oldest daughter is also the family tech support... (890 more chars) |
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"Dreams Of.." video on youtube...
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| (Thursday, 23 April 2009) Written by NO ID
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| "Dreams Of ..." the title cut of my RPM challenge cd is a music video called,"Dreams:Black Sun II". Go here..www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmaSXMK5XvY. Thank You for watching..NO ID{mosimage}{mosimage} |
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I feel hollow inside...
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| (Thursday, 23 April 2009) Written by Christiana Joy
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| ...now that i'm done with my album. I have a new album to listen to the rest of the year but, I don't know. What's the point? |
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