Based on a trip to Italy while reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...my drummer(s) bailed on me at the last minute..so no drums here...boo hoo but maybe in the future
Don't really remember the story for this...written smack dab in the middle of Feb in RPM madness...it happenened, then I moved on and I let go of it...Mike Novak on egg...another song where I waited for a drummer friend to show up that never did...
Don't really remember the story for this...written smack dab in the middle of Feb in RPM madness...it happenened, then I moved on and I let go of it...Mike Novak on egg...another song where I waited for a drummer friend to show up that never did...
Don't really remember the story for this...written smack dab in the middle of Feb in RPM madness...it happenened, then I moved on and I let go of it...Mike Novak on egg...another song where I waited for a drummer friend to show up that never did...
An RPM 2009 song. Well, this was a personal story for me that came about when your past intersects (briefly) with the present.
Lyrics:
20 years running through time and I remember
all the magic lines
that in our younger days
we drew…
I was planning on doing a theme-based rpm this year on outer space, but didn't manage to get all the rpm songs to fit. I've been reading a lot of Stanislaw Lem - probably my favorite science fiction author - and dedicate this to him. His books…
An RPM 2009 song. Well, this was a personal story for me that came about when your past intersects (briefly) with the present.
Lyrics:
20 years running through time and I remember
all the magic lines
that in our younger days
we drew…
Named by a friend, there is a little island that appears and disappears with the tide. We go there sometimes in the Great Bay in New Hampshire.
Bob Kordas on dobro.
Hey Vegetable Man, Just been diggin this whole mix of tunes. Great songs, playing and singing... and great variety. This last one must be played on the hill some day with a shaker attached to my foot and brushes on the cooler!
I was listening to Leonard Cohen a lot this winter, and these lyrics sort of came out from there...don't know what they really mean, i was more interested in trying to see if I could mimic Leonard's style, which of course I can't, but this was…
I wrote this in Feb 2012 - I've been getting into watching documentaries on the NASA Apollo program and also having fun with a Telecaster. The Sea of Tranquility is a place on the Moon.
Based on a trip to Italy while reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...my drummer(s) bailed on me at the last minute..so no drums here...boo hoo but maybe in the future
Based on a trip to Italy while reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...my drummer(s) bailed on me at the last minute..so no drums here...boo hoo but maybe in the future
My last rpm song - based on the police log in a local paper. The writer must have been feeling poetic - more than half of these are word for word and the rest were slightly changed to fit the rhyming scheme.
My incomparable musicians:
Dobro…
Really good song with harmonies and I love the music. Vocal perhaps a bit more forward in the mix?
Has the feel of "Running Horses" of yours which I love. I have been getting stick over being more out in the mix, so I know! Wow, this just gets better. What a great track.
a young space whale is looking for its mother....its swimming in the vicinity of the moon Europa...it calls for her..and calls..and calls...the mother hears the call and answers back...they rendezvous at Europa
I was planning on doing a theme-based rpm this year on outer space, but didn't manage to get all the rpm songs to fit. I've been reading a lot of Stanislaw Lem - probably my favorite science fiction author - and dedicate this to him. His books…
I wrote this in Feb 2012 - I've been getting into watching documentaries on the NASA Apollo program and also having fun with a Telecaster. The Sea of Tranquility is a place on the Moon.
I wrote this in Feb 2012 - I've been getting into watching documentaries on the NASA Apollo program and also having fun with a Telecaster. The Sea of Tranquility is a place on the Moon.
Recorded at an oceanography meeting in Salt Lake City this February (2012). The Ekman Spiral is a phenomena that describes the vertical change in ocean current from wind at the surface, which is in a spiral decreasing with depth. The spoken…
great stuff here! nice overall sound on this album. this song reminds me of ...odd to say, but music played during old school hockey games...angry men indeed!
My first completed 2013 RPM track. Thanks to Kavin for turning a simple acoustic song into what you hear today.
ONE LAST DANCE
I never got to tell you what's been on my mind
It might be just as well now that we're running out of time…
This song is about the RPM Challenge; having 28 days (yes, I cheated, this year we get 29) to write and record a 10 song album. The illustrious Ghost Tea (http://soundcloud.com/ghosttea) added some rhymes to make it extra special!
Written By Greg Connor
Lyrics:
I’m just about as lucky as a man can be
I got the voice of an angel that’s guiding me
Once in a while I don’t hear a sound
That’s when I know I’m going all the way down
I remember those times I lost my…
All first take improvisations. 8 tracks of madness for your enjoyment. Ear goggles will put you inside this piece. Not recommended for the faint of heart!
Recorded between 9AM - 7PM on the 26th of February.
featuring Mathias Kom on trumpet, horns and backup vocals
Black Widow
Black Widow don’t hesitate
Lock the door, draw the shades
In your web I have been caught
Not enough to fill you up
Leave me a skin
A shell of the man that I was…
Another experiment...
This time in Spanish
2/25/12: Somehow the original file got broken, so I had to re-upload this... nothing new here, except I lost all my nice comments :(
In the year 2000 I had my little girl visit me every other weekend. This song was written then and is sung from a child's needs perspective, keeping the bonds of love between daughter and father alive. It is sad, and hopeful, and explores the…
Another cut from the 1988 cassette tape of a live performance by Scartaglen on the NPR show Mountain stage. This time some tunes from County Kerry.
Kirk Lynch- Uilleann pipes and whistle. Becky Pringle- Fiddle. Mike Dugger- Fiddle and guitar…
Final version
RPM 2011 - my first track recorded and the opening track for the CD
A kind of Old Time gospel number, which, if you listen to those pre-war guitar playing preachers, are virtually indistinguishable from blues. Except for the lyrics…
Comments on Vegetable Man's stuff
Very enjoyable anyway. Ha, haven't heard yer mandolin yet. You know I am partialled to a bit of that!
A very hooky track. Great song, love it1
I am so in love with the guitar/organ combo. Lovely track.
Wonderful tune - love your voice!
I can always tell when I really like a song. i grin from ear to ear. I'm grinning my friend.
Just a hint of Grateful Dead.
Ooooh Love where you take it around the 5:30 mark. Love to hear this part extended live.
Hey Vegetable Man, Just been diggin this whole mix of tunes. Great songs, playing and singing... and great variety. This last one must be played on the hill some day with a shaker attached to my foot and brushes on the cooler!
Beautiful!
This might be my favorite RPM 2012 album.
Pure bliss.
What a fantastic title and song. Great tones all around.
Vegetable man. February is good to you.
Nice fiddle break.
Really good song with harmonies and I love the music. Vocal perhaps a bit more forward in the mix? Has the feel of "Running Horses" of yours which I love. I have been getting stick over being more out in the mix, so I know! Wow, this just gets better. What a great track.
Oh this is spacily eerie. You have captured it so well. It's easy to sense the floating, way out there.
Nice relaxing piece
Super relaxing
Bopp'n along on the moon blues. Cool tune.
what an interesting mix,,, ive been to a few AGU meetings and others that could use such a treatment
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great stuff here! nice overall sound on this album. this song reminds me of ...odd to say, but music played during old school hockey games...angry men indeed!
nice tune...good vibe to it..
love your tunes, man..very rich
tremendous
this tune rips...great guitar playing, and a big thumbs up to cats
this is great - love it..such an interesting blend of sounds
nice tune...the lyrics are really good and i love the chorus
nice rpm album that captures a mood - i like the atmospherics
good stuff - i definitely hear a vocal melody over this so i offer encouragement ...
jam on! sounds like a like a fun on was had on this rpm recording...
whoa...i've been transformed to a green slimy smoldering puddle on a chair..nice one
sounds like your cellar is a cool place to hang out...
wow...awesome album this year...really rich throughout...i always look forward to hearing what you guys are going to come up/out with...
nice rpm project...see you at the listening party in portsmouth...
nice old time sound
party time...i'm grooving to this
good tune!
hey man! thanks for the comments...i really dig all your stuff....great sound, songwriting style and mixing...1965 was a magical year!
...wow...love it
awesome tune!