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Post date:

09/30/2016 - 17:01

Feast

Demo:

VomVorton_MysteriousPlaceofNaturalBeauty.mp3

Liner Notes:

I came up with this annoying chorus on holiday a couple of weeks ago and recorded a short loop on garageband on the ipad.

Figured it would count as a song if I extended it a little bit! This also makes it the only song I've ever half-recorded in Cornwall and half in Derbyshire.

Lyrics:

Mysterious place of natural beauty
Empty can of Stella

The waves crash on the beach
but the wifi is out of reach
I can see for miles
but the clouds won't hold my files

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love these loops...certainly paints a vivid picture. I like it. Smile

love the way the bass keeps the song moving along ... made me dance in my chair at work ... that chorus is catchy ... great job!

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Chasing Comets

Post date:

09/30/2016 - 16:44

Artist Favorite

Demo:

VomVorton_ChasingComets.mp3

Liner Notes:

I came up with this little synth riff the other day when I was supposed to be doing practice for my piano lessons. Figured it was worth turning into something.

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Comments

Interesting riff very spacy indeed!

how'd you do the drums?
like the nice deep synth tones
and the subtle star sparkling after 2:30 ish
and the soothing tone in at 3
works a nice progression.

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Inspector Rhombus

Post date:

09/28/2016 - 10:39

Demo:

Collaborators:

spirulence

Liner Notes:

Another silly lyric I haven't gotten around to writing music for.

I thought they'd hired Inspector Rhombus to appear at my birthday party a couple of years ago, but then he started taking his clothes off and it turned out he was just a parallelogram

spir's notes - in terms of lyrics, I added the interview bits, and the vocalesey reprise. It was highly inspiring in just the original form, and then I started to think - what if we could hear from the Inspector himself?

Lyrics:

(my guest tonight is Inspector Rhombus of Geometry City PD - welcome to the show!)
(thank you)
(so let's get right to it - what do you look for in a good police officer?)
(the number one and two qualities that I look for in a good police officer are a solid base and a measurable height, because without those two things you have just no idea what your area is)

inspector rhombus
we know you care
unlike the other cops
you're no square

inspector rhombus
our moral guide
so unbiased you have
four equal sides

(so in the late 90s I worked on this case investigating the Ray family, and the Rays just got on a plane and went forever in that direction, or would have gone forever if we hadn't caught them. And the main thing that allowed us to catch them was very quickly identifying which angles were incorrect, and which angles were right.)

Inspector rhombus
No criminal can escape
Because you’re in such
Very good shape

ohhhhhhhh inspector rhombus
you're a diamond, it's true
well, sometimes a diamond
it depends on the angle from which you're viewed

ohhh inspector rhombus

(and I have to say one more thing before I end this interview today, and that is all of us here at Geometry City swore an oath to you. and that oath is, to serve and protract)

we know you care
and you're no square
our moral guide
for equal sides

no criminal can escape
such very good shape
you're a diamond it's true
depends on the angle from which you're viewed

you're a diamond it's true
depends on the angle - the angle from which you're viewed
you're a diamond
depends on the angle from which you're viewed

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Vom! this is awesome! if you are interested, I've got a reggae-ish backbeat that I think works well with these lyrics. Would enjoy taking a stab at a full production of this.

This reminds me so much of the "Schoolhouse Rock" of my youth. Songs explaining different things in education "Conjunction Junction" was one. If Schoolhouse were around today, they would be eating this up!!! and as a former engineer (...aka geek...), I am eating this up too.... Well Played!!

This is great fun. I particularly enjoyed the interview parts.

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Typo Negative

Post date:

09/28/2016 - 10:39

Tags:

Liner Notes:

I wrote these lyrics a while ago, didn't get around to writing any music, and then the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness got to the joke first: http://explosm.net/comics/4411/

I might still get something recorded, but I thought I'd just post the lyrics for now.

Lyrics:

My car came off the road, I blamed it on the weather
the ambulance crew scooped me up and put me back together
they telephoned my work and said it’d be a slow recovery
but I knew that they would not struggle to cover me

because I’m sorry to admit that I give my bosses hell
they wished they hadn’t hired a journalist who couldn’t spell

the doctors, they examined me, they filled my empty veins
they said, perhaps, that there could be an improvement to my brains

it turns out that all of my confusion
disappeared with this emergency transfusion
I was broken, but they fixed me under sedative
and now I’m typo negative!

And so, at last, I learned to spell at quite an advanced age
And when I told my story they gave me the front page

The NHS, they are the best
They made me so much better
And now I always get things right
When I arrange my letters
The HNS, they are the best
They put me back together
And now I… mostly… get things right
When I arrange my letters

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Well, "typo positive" is the most common blood type, and that is why we need Spelchek and Seery to support us.
I love a good pun, and this title made me smile right off the bat. The story you created to support it is entertaining (much more so than the comic, imo). HNS, lol!

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Sycamore Eyes

Post date:

09/25/2016 - 13:25

Demo:

5090_4Track_SycamoreEyes.mp3

Collaborators:

nancyrost

Cynthia Wolff

ZeCoop

Liner Notes:

@nancyrost: Drum Machine + Tambourine
@Cynthia Wolff: Ukulele
@ZeCoop: Bass
@Vom Vorton: Vocals + (occasional) Electric Guitar + (possibly overheard) cat grooming in the background with a little bell on his collar

VV: This was fun! After starting a tape and being track 2 on another, I'm glad I also got to finish one off. The lyrics came to me quite quickly, I'm not sure they make a HUGE amount of sense but I think they flow quite nicely. Good work everyone!

Lyrics:

chorus:
it's no surprise that your sycamore eyes keep spinning
and it's no shock that you block my every call
it's no surprise that your sycamore eyes keep spinning
because they keep dancing every time you fall

well I guess you have the right to ignore me
if I'm the sap who ignores your right to grieve
and though it hurts to hear you say "you bore me"
I guess I should make like a tree and leave

(chorus)

is it true that you're so hard to please?
I can't see the wood from the trees

my stubbornness seems to be the root of the problem
I won't back down though I know you're in the right
I'm too thick-skinned to alter my direction
and sadly, my bark lacks any bite

(chorus x 2)

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Comments

Really nice job on this!!!! I thought the cat added ambiance... :).

I love all the instrumental contributions on this. And the idea of sycamore eyes is a really great hook. Also, really enjoying the tree puns in this one.

This is lovely. Really cool collaboration. I assume it's built up in the order people are credited. Works well.

Wow, nicely done! I love the obscureness of the lyrics, personally. Not quite being sure what a song means is usually a good thing in my opinion. Very lovely melody and it really tied the song together. Great job everyone! Smile

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It's a Crime

Post date:

09/07/2016 - 20:26

Demo:

VomVorton_ItsACrime.mp3

Lyrics:

You wouldn’t steal a car
You wouldn’t steal a bag
You wouldn’t steal a TV
No matter the price tag

You wouldn’t steal a camera
Or a priceless work of art
But you stole my heart

You wouldn’t steal a necklace
You wouldn’t steal a bike
You wouldn’t steal a dog
Even one you really liked

You wouldn’t steal a laptop
Or a priceless work of art
But you stole my heart

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Gosh, this is on every DVD we rent from the library. Ha ha ... What a cute song. Give rose

Sooooooo sweet! You big 'ol softie! I like the synth pad. It makes it feel warm and fuzzy. And the minimal percussive beat drives it along nicely.

I like the strings in the back ground. Gives the love legitimacy somehow. Lovely sentiment overall. Good stuff!

I love this! A whole lot of sweetness in a short time.

Nice comparisons! Pretty song.

Awwwwwww ... I luvvvvv love songs like this ... it's got such a nostalgic feel to it ... and the sentiment is one of those universally understood ones ... this is lovely ... well done!

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From a Daze

Post date:

09/02/2016 - 09:07

Demo:

VomVorton_FromDaze.mp3

Liner Notes:

Guitar loops, monotron duo (the worst monotron), omnichord.

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Nice guitars. Peaceful ambient feel. Monotron adds some gloom or danger. This works fine as it is but I bet it would work fine as a backing track for a song too. Smile

I like this sound. The monotron add great texture to the pretty guitars. Seems like a bed track for video or something, as it's very moody and atmospheric.

Nice and crisp guitars, sounding almost weightless, is one of them a baritone guitar? I have never tried the monotony duo, but always imagined it being more boring than the two others. Lovely with the little omnichord strums, I'm also a sucker for songs with monotonous 808 like kick drum patterns. Very meditative and comfortable piece.

coooll! I really dug that guitar + synth plucking coming in. This is kinda a rain song.
eerie too
the monotron (I guess) has a bit of anticipation to its pulsingrhythm. another PI song.
I was kinda hoping it would go 'heavy' mid way, with distorting drums, sustained guitar chords. But now I feel glad that it didn't.

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Rinse and Return

Post date:

09/02/2016 - 09:06

Demo:

VomVorton_RinseAndReturn.mp3

Liner Notes:

Saw it on a milk bottle.

Lyrics:

I’m a little dusty, maybe
Even a little scratched
But I clean up nicely
And my wounds can be patched

I’m dried out and pointless
But I live in hope that when
You fill me up with water
I’ll come back to life again

I’m alone and empty
And I will never learn
So if you find me on the pavement in the morning
Rinse and Return

I’d love to say I remembered
Enough to learn my lesson
But, assuming I was drunk last night
I just hope I was refreshing

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I like the keyboard melody and the "rinse and return" line is awesome, as are the rest of the lyrics actually. well done. this is very catchy. it's sp sad sounding and yet, milk bottle. I really like this.

Really enjoyed this, good write up about such a prosaic and boring but necessary thing as recycling. Could imagine this in a more polished version being used in a funny infomercial/commercial about recycling.

Lovely. I love the double meanings through the whole thing. How amazing! Yes, a public service message about recycling..... But a sad song also... Thank you

Wonderful metaphors throughout! Great sound and fantastic subtle use of harmony to make the chorus and hook come through so strong! I love the keys and the lyrical melody. It adds a sensitivity and depth to the words.

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Cyclops Manager

Post date:

08/28/2016 - 18:54

Demo:

VomVorton_CyclopsManager.mp3

Liner Notes:

I've had a pretty stressful week, full of midnight wakenings and vet trips, but on one of those up-at-2am jaunts I found this title and concept stuck in my head, and wrote most of the lyric out on my phone before falling asleep again. Now, on a somewhat less stressful weekend, please find a new song, given uptempo punk-pop life.

Lyrics:

She's only got one eye but is it asking
too much that she recognise my multitasking?
It's the source of so much frustration
she doesn't respond to my flirtation.

I work long hours, with great precision
But she fails to notice my depth of vision;
I dress up smart, but it’s all for naught
I’m always stuck in her blind spot

What the hell should I think?
When she responds to everything I say with a wink

She’s got one eye on the clock
And no time for romance
She never seems to give me
A second glance
I’d like to tell her how I feel but I don’t want to panic her
The truth is I’m in love… with my Cyclops Manager

I ask if we can have our lunch together,
she tells me not to mix business with pleasure
At least I still see her every day
But I guess she doesn’t see me the same way

What the hell should I do?
Despite my best efforts, I just drift out of view

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Oh, I first thought this was a Battlestar Galactica fan song. My bad. Very funny and clever lyrics. You get a lot humour out of this, uh, "one-sided" story. With catchy music and good main hook rhyming this is really great slice of punk-pop candy. Smile

Love the uptempo, energetic pop sound. Very interesting lyrics. "panic her/Manager" I'm so entertained! Biggrin

Clever lyrics and a fun adventure, with some most excellent guitar playing in there! Between you and @Klaus I am really getting my rock and roll feet tickled this Summer.

I love the vibe of this one, with the clean guitar in the background giving it a bit of a surfy vibe with the distorted, punky guitar taking the foreground. Good bass too, and the melody on the chorus is sweet. Lyrics are nice and clever too. I like the "together/pleasure" couplet and "I guess she doesn't see me the same way" especially.

Love the energy here. Brilliant song, cool vibes. I really feel for the situation described so well in your song. Enjoyed listening to your vocals and playing very much.
Nadia

Let's face it, cyclopes are sexy. I had a thing for Leela from Futurama for years....

This is ridiculously fun, bonkers, fizzing with energy, and hugely entertaining. Every rhyme has put a big grin on my face. The harmonies on the chorus are lush. And that final crashing spring reverb chord really is the icing on the cake. Love it! Downloaded!

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The Phoenix

Post date:

08/13/2016 - 17:50

Demo:

VomVorton_ThePhoenix.mp3

Collaborators:

helen

Liner Notes:

THIS IS A MORPH SONG! Do not listen if you're in the queue for Morph 2!

I had fun with this one - I started with a sample of @helen's great electric piano, sped up from 90 to 120BPM, then layered stuff on top of it.
I started by reworking Helen's words line-by-line but a theme emerged so I rolled with it. I kept the idea of a middle section with overlapping vocal lines.

Chords...
Verse: Am G F E
Chorus: F G F E
Middle 8: F C

Lyrics:

When she had gone I felt burned out
An empty husk, consumed with doubt
The only words left in my brain
Were whispers I could not explain

A voice with no face
A shape with no name
Implored me to rise…
Rise from the flames

As if in a dream, I watched my own scene
The flickering light of a cinema screen
The liquid spilled, the fuel from the can
The snap of a match completed my plan

A voice with no face
A shape with no name
Implored me to rise…
Rise from the flames

(Just want to feel warmth again
Just want to see light)

She was in my head
And I could not resist her
But as the smoke rose
I could not hear her whispers

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This is cool. Love the guitars, the attitude, the story. Favorite part is the chorus.

That sounds great! LovweLovwe the blend of the guitar and electric piano. And your bridge is super. Love the two voices and sparse arrangement, gives lots of depth and dimesion to the song. Great job with this.

Nice track, I like the piano sample and the dirty guitar. The layering of vocals in the bridge and the harmonies in the chorus, work like a charm.

Creative use of instruments, the guitars really go crazy, and I like that! I think you have succeeded in portraying the utter depths of a relationship lost.
The final verse pretty much drives a stake in the beast.

Brilliant - love what you did with it. Tons of energy from the moment the guitars start. Great stuff!

digging that grungy sound and oh what a scene!

I really like the almost music-box sounding opening transitioning smoothly into heavy, grungy sounding rock. The smooth sustained guitars on the verse sound great, as does the electric piano (delivering a sweet melodic hook), and of course the crunchy guitars! The smoother bridge builds up with the echoing voices expressing desires and it adds a lot of tension, and I adore when it goes back to just the opening electric piano. Nice counterpoint guitar solo too, always appreciate those! Awesome work on this one!

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Aquila

Post date:

08/09/2016 - 19:56

Artist Favorite

Demo:

VomVorton_Aquila.mp3

Liner Notes:

When I write a song, I normally get the whole process done in one surge of activity. With this song, I gradually worked away at it over the course of a couple of weeks or so. Not really on purpose, that's just the way it happened. I quite like how it turned out! Thanks to @izaak for the Music of the Spheres challenge that inspired this song.

Lyrics:

The design is like an eagle
Broad wings and a strong spine
But take-off is vertical
And the engine can bend time
The crew come from around the globe
Our brightest and our best
We’re going to put their skills
To the ultimate test

The Earth is running out of steam
In one eternal drought
The thing that gave us life
Is about to wipe us out

So we will carry the light
To another constellation
We will carry the light
Out into the dark
And our ship is named
After our destination
The Aquila...
is mankind’s Ark

Our scientists scanned the night sky
Hunting near and far
Their telescopes fell on Altair
The night’s twelfth brightest star
It met all our requirements
So we loaded up the bus
It’s the Eagle, or extinction…
for all of us

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Comments

I like that
Well told
I like "The engine bending time"--the only way to get to the stars without taking generations
Well done

Nice! Lots of cool stuff happening in this song. I dig the electronic rhythm section, it's nicely gritty. The chords capture the tone of the lyrics well. Cool take on the challenge!

Like the dark gloomy and slight 80's goth music vibe, especially the drums sound lovely and gritty, guess this is also recorded on 4 track.
Cool synth sounds and nice guitar.

This is epic song both in music and lyrics. As spheres-challenge song should. I like the slow pace of the chord changes, it gives the song a feeling of space ( pun intented ). Chorus is uplifting, but there is a definite dark shadow hanging over this voyage. Nice detail that little beep sound bookending the whole. You get a lot out of your four-track. Smile

Very futuristic topic with a retro feel. I really like how you composed this. Great work.

Yes, this certainly has a space epic feel to it! Sweeping chord progressions and synths. I really love the precision of the guitar layer with its tasty chord voicing and tone. So much coolness in this production, was it really done on a four-track!? That would explain some of the production quality. Limitations in gear can bring about a unity in the end product. I notice something of a Richard Wright sound to the synth that I think is fitting. Floating through all that space between stars! Nice piece!

Fantastic take on a challenge. Hauntingly beautiful, cool song. Enjoyed listening very much.
Nadia

Cool story, wonderful production. No wonder this is your favorite. When does the movie come out? Give rose

The story is very engaging. I have to agree - the production is fantastic. I like the carry-over retro production. I recently finished Slaughterhouse Five and this song brought back some thoughts and imaginations.

Keep doing what you love Music 2

Interesting story I hope they will survive over there!

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Smoke and Mirrors

Post date:

07/26/2016 - 19:50

Demo:

VomVorton_SmokeAndMirrors.mp3

Liner Notes:

Just a little four-track synthjam... drums and twinkles provided by the microsampler, three tracks of minilogue noise on top.

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I love how this slowly washes over you and takes you on a micro journey in your mind. It's really rather luscious.

synthjam!!! Excellently atmospheric, I really like the wailing and wobbling lead that comes in at 00:47. The last few seconds make me feel like I'm standing in a spooky wind in the darkness.

great little electronic jam. relaxing but engaging. thanks for sharing.

Great atmosphere! Sounds like a lost gem of the 70s.

Nice sounds! Fun tune, I like the various filter sweep washes and the pitch bendy stuff.

This is really cool! Totally a vintage vibe! So many cool sounds, minimalist but full arrangement, so awesome.

Lovely tune, the synths, they are really dreamy and vintage sounding. Has a horror/sci-fi soundtrack vibe to it. And agree with @Mosley about the minimalistic but still full arrangement.

very jaquesy jarre whatsit thereminy
(also reminds me of old Amiga music)

semi-haunting lead
i like it

You paint a beautiful musical landscape here... Very atmospheric and so enjoyable!

Lovely tunes and instrumentation. You are the master of the instrumental sounds. Brilliant work.
Nadia

Great layers that together create a magical reality and feel that transports me to a rather mysterious and lovely intriguing space where the element of suspense heightens the senses. I really enjoy this Tom!

The orchestration is wonderful! I really liked that melody too. Very beautiful and sad.

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Wake Up!

Post date:

07/24/2016 - 18:26

Demo:

VomVorton_WakeUp.mp3

Liner Notes:

As per the Auntie-Sin challenge (http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/content/auntie-sin), this is my attempt to write a song that is the antithesis of @iveg's 'Richest Generation': http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/song/17395

As that song is fairly slow, in a minor key, and has lots of synthesizers, I went for a fast tempo, a major key and mostly "real" instruments.
I rewrote the words, trying to invert their meaning but still making some kind of sense.

Potentially useful information for the next step in the chain follows...

Key: G major
Tempo: 150bpm
Chords:
VERSE
G D A x 3
Bm A

CHORUS
Bm D A G

Lyrics:

I’ve been out in the sun with my rivals
In a disconnected bubble
We calmly shout, get our cameras out
old technology keeps us from trouble

I find the chaos gives me focus
Helps create a new me
I’ve thrown away everything I own
Built a new identity

Chorus:
We won’t wait for brutal violence
In the sunshine, enjoy the silence
We hate being told our parents
left us nothing when they got old

Bad kids took our lunches
Words don’t hurt, but they had stones
What we found, we consumed hungrily
Adding meat onto our bones

Solo

Chorus

Wake up, new generation!
We can build life in the wasteland
Protect our few possessions
Search for medicine, try to expand
X2

Chorus

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Great New-Order-y vibe to this. Really like the harmonies on the chorus and there's some class lines on here too. Great song Smile

I like this a lot. It's energized, and I love the real instruments. The big sound at the end makes my day. I like it!

Very cool. I enjoyed this a lot. I like how you twisted the lyrics around and got something that feels coherent and right. I like the uptempo, major vibe, and the ending. I may run with the "Building life in the wasteland" idea. If I do, I'll let you know. I'm SUPPOSED to be working on morph right now. Smile

This is a great jam, really moves and the lyrics are cool

enjoyed working with your song for my synthesis ( *17790 ) I thought you did an excellent Anti! Really... words and concept, and the music really pumped along. great job Smile

I like the line "words don't hurt, but they had stones" and "I find the chaos gives me focus"

I'm starting with just reading your lyric. It seems like it's set in the more barren future, or else it's material simplification taken to such a religious extreme that the new generation must scavenge for what they can, "Adding meat onto our bones." I like how you did the inverting at the micro level, and managed a new story out of it, but one that also seems a potential likely outcome of aspects of the original story line. Is that because that's what successive generations do? Hmm...
Now I've heard the song, and I get a more uplifted feeling, and the emphasis on "we hate being told our parents left us nothing when they got old." Hadn't ever really thought about that angle and how the future generation might rise above it, not willing to be pitied. Awesome take!

I can see the 80's style MTV video for this now. A dystopian future anthem!

Chris I'm starting my day in the car listening to this but it's clear that I'm going to have to come back and listen again sounds great in the car what a great start to my day thank you for posting this check back later!

I always love your style, Tom. This one, perhaps due to your anti-song restrictions, really has a live feeling to it. Driving straight eighth guitar sounds that make for an infectious groove. You see the world through this near-future-sci-fi-lens that adds a color to a lot of your music... like the opposite of those sepia-toned old photographs--- like the color of tomorrow. Very cool. "the chaos gives me focus" !! Tasty guitar solo in there too!

Great antithesis!!!! Great lyrics. Fantastic driving beat. You'll be surprised how far away from the original my anti-song went. I think this is my favorite part of the game: listening to the progression from the original. It's crazy fun to listen to!!!!

Hey way cool, I'm listening to this as I just finished the auntie-sin chain with the 11th manifestation of the original song from John Crossman. I can totally recognise the previous 3 in this punk song. Loads of energy in its own right. Nice one!

This was lovely.

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Corpse Amethyst

Post date:

07/21/2016 - 07:28

Demo:

CorpseAmethyst.mp3

Collaborators:

Liner Notes:

Vom Vorton: I love how this starts with sunshine and beaches and ends with eternal night! Good work, everyone.

metalfoot: Thanks for letting me give my own twist to this one, folks!

Lyrics:

(iveg)

Doot doot doo doot [etc]

Throw on some board shorts
Pack a cooler full of ice
Snorkel gear, a volleyball
And plenty, plenty food

Splash in the water
Wipe off sand-encrusted cheecks
The drinks are cool, the grill is hot
Party at the beach

(andygetch)

Waves splash on the Terns in the surf
Heat radiates off the sand
Green line horizon just saw the the flash
We’re not alone on this earth

Dead mollusks in the conch seashell
Shuffling on sand paper
Ice cubes melt on the palate
Nothing left to pave

Green horizon waves
Green horizon waves

---

(marvsmooth)

Green horizon waves...
(Dialogue that Martin forgot to write down after making it up on the spot).

---

(metalfoot)
Green departs in brown.
Green departs.
Green departs.

Brown gives way to white.
White's all right, in wintertime.

Winter is cold.
And I grow old,
So I am told.

Too old
Too old
Too old

---

(vom vorton)

Too old or too tired
Does it even make a difference?
I watch the stars explode and fade
Until they just blink out of existence
Too tired or too old
It doesn’t matter either way
When there’s no light, there’s only darkness
Only light, and never day

When there is darkness… there is night and never day

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Ohh this has a really esoteric vibe to it, which (considering the various musicians/writers) flows right through. I enjoyed this and in fact played it twice Smile

Good job with this one guys, flows very nicely, really liked the opposition between Vom's nihilistic indie punk, and iveg's sunny beachside pop, via Andy, marvsmooth and metalfoot strange but catchy parts.

A bit of Beach Boys and Jan and Dean but with undertones of a whole other flavor. Love the effect all of you!

Great transitions, very fluid. Nice job guys!

Guys, that was awesome! I'm so glad I got to hear it at long last!

Beautiful transitions, and fabulous performances from everyone!

Great!!!

Brian? Carl? Dennis? Glen?
Brian?

I totally forgot about this one, and never listened to it. Until now. From sun to darkness, and points between. I felt sunny in July, now I feel too tired, too old.

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Bandcrush

Post date:

07/17/2016 - 14:47

Demo:

VomVorton_BandCrush.mp3

Liner Notes:

I was going to do a full production on this one but it's hot, and when it's hot my computer fans sound loud, and while I can work around it during the recording, I find the background whine really demotivating. So here's another four-track recording! Tape forever!

Lyrics:

I saw you at the Rock ‘n’ Roll show
You were up on stage, I was in the front row
And even when the dry ice blocked my view
I couldn’t keep my mind off you

Your voice keeps coming back to me
Maybe cos I’m playing your CD?
And every time that drum beat starts
I feel an aching in my heart!

Don’t want to make you blush
Don’t want to hold your hand
But I’ve got a crush…
On your band

Well I’ve tried to get you out of my head
Put on other bands records instead
For some reason it never feels true
I keep on coming back to you

There’s something in the way you play
I can listen to your songs all day
Do you have a vacancy on your next tour?
I can’t play solo any more

Don’t want to make you blush
I hope you understand
That I have got a crush...
on your band

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What a fun song! Love the lead bass. Gives me a huge 80s vibe, which is meant as a compliment.

Great UK 80/90's indie pop vibe to this song, I have also had band crushes. Cool guitars and lovely little brassy lead synth.

Great job. Very well done!

yeah love the poppy/indie feel. nice subject, lovely catchy stuff, and i like the fact you did it on a tape 4 track

cute song. shows the tendency to have musical crushes on local bands. nice poppy demo.

Love the concept. Having a crush on the band, not just one person.

This rules! The guitars really jangle and kick ass just a killer tune! I love the tone of the whole thing, the tape sounds rad! Cool singing as always too!

Love it. Supremely catchy! I love that main riff and the 4-track production is oozing with lo-fi charm.

A cute and clever song. Perfect pop, hooky with a neat memorable lyric.

This sounds great on speakers. Good catchy tune. Love the rhytmic riff and how the melody slows down on the end of the chorus, makes a perfect hook. Great title. Made me think about my band crushes. Now some of my feelings as a teenage boy makes more sense. Oh, who am I kidding? I mean I still feel the same. Smile

Such cool riffing! Nod heading coolness in a fresh pop song. Very enjoyable.

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Filthy Cathedrals

Post date:

07/16/2016 - 17:24

Demo:

VomVorton_FilthyCathedrals.mp3

Liner Notes:

Another four-track synth-jam, this time with added guitar!

Microsampler + Minilogue + Minilogue + Guitar. Title from the FAWM Titular tool.

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Nifty sound! Pleasant and fun at the same time. I like!

I love the electronic verses the old school through out the whole thing. Very nice. thank you!

Very smooth sound. I like the contrast of tone colors in this.

Ahh, so happy to find some time to get caught up on your tunes. This is fantastic! You're putting that four-track to such good use. The tone of the piece coupled with the title really evokes a dreary rainy day with old buildings that have some grit running down the sides of them. The saturated, fluttering guitar is very pleasing to the ears. Have you ever heard of Richard Barbieri from the bands Japan and Porcupine Tree by any chance? That first synth melody really reminds me of him. Great texture. Really wonderful to hear you performing with the Minilogue.

I hadn't heard of the Microsampler until just now! I wish they were still available; I've been looking for something just like that.

Meow maew mieeew eeeow!
[Mojo enjoys how you combine eeriness with a relaxed feel in this track. The synth acts as an element of tension, while the guitar provides smoothness and warm colours. Very nice.]

Great stuff, the 4 track gives it a really dreamy quality. Especially the guitar sounds so good and lush. Your getting quite very nice sounds from the Minilogue, the lead synth sounds almost Roland SH1000 like. Really liked this song.

Awesome instrumental piece! Great gritty texture too, the imperfections of the tape sound so great!

I like your Titular title! This has such a nice mellow dreamy feel.

DIG THE BASS first off
anticipatory
Like the pace of the song,

Kinda reminds me of a TV show sound track - a sort of melancholy detective
cool drum beat also
nice track

That is super delightful. I listened twice, doubling the number of 5090 listens I've engaged in this summer. I'm not great at picking out chords. Are you cycling through Am, C, Dm, Em?

Fun groove that pulls me into to a surreal sci-Fi kind of wonderful world! Loving your 4-track instrumental work this 5090!

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Rabbit in your Starlight

Post date:

07/13/2016 - 20:29

Demo:

VomVorton_RabbitInYourStarlight.mp3

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Liner Notes:

I took Helen's 'Fine': http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/song/16211

And morphed it, as per the mighty morphin' challenge: http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/content/morphs

I kept some of the words, the shimmery acoustic vibe, some of the chords, and tried to capture the spirit of the dissonant riff in my little cowboy guitar solo in the middle.

Lyrics:

Em Bm
I can't sleep tonight
C B
I know the morning will come soon
Em Bm
I'm a rabbit in the headlights
C B
of the sun and the moon

Am D
Am I everything you wanted?
Em D C
Am I half of what you need?
Am
I can't offer you directions
D Em
with no confidence in where they would lead

G D
But maybe it’s OK
Am B
maybe it will be alright
Am
maybe things will look different
B Em
in the morning's light

Em Bm C D x 2

Could have dreamed of paradise
if I'd only closed my eyes
could have woken to find truth
if I hadn't been up all night

I'd like to offer you the world
but I only have this town
I'd to teach you to swim
but I fear that we'd both drown

But maybe it’s OK
maybe it will be alright
maybe things will look different
in the morning's light

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Comments

I like the mood and feel of this. Gently sad, both lyrics and music. Acoustic guitars have never sounded so lonely. There's just a bit 60s beat/ folk-rock vibe going on...yardbirdsey. Sweet melody and wonderful demo. Smile

Nice morph. I like the vibe of this song. And the Tarantino style cowboy guitar shines.

I really liked this. I could hear it on a soundtrack. cool job

This is lovely. It does have a nice spaghetti western feel to it, which I think comes a lot from the lead guitar, but also the minimalist drums. I really like the line, "I can't offer you directions with no confidence in where they would lead".

Nice track, I really love the guitar solo, simple but still very melodic and effective. Sounds wise this songs makes me think of early Teenage Fanclub and other C86 related bands. Also like the minimalist drums.

This is great, such a well crafted song, totally cool solo too! So good

The title grabbed me initially, but I love how dark and moody this is. Great write, nicely done!

Great mood. Really nice instrumental work. I really like the part where everything drops down for the guitar solo. The lyrics are interesting and kind of make you think. Great job!

This is really wonderful. Smile

That harmony at the chorus is delightfully haunting ... these lines were particularly interesting ... "I'm a rabbit in the headlights/of the sun and the moon" ... made me feel like this person was constantly in a daze ... excellent job ... wonderfully performed!

This is awesome, I love the strangeness of the title and the mood is excellent, one part jangle, one part spaghetti western, v melancholy. Almost feels like it could have been on 69 Love Songs or Charm of the Highway Strip.
Love the solo with the slow piano underpinnings.

Cool mood setting...and instrumentation... cool. Enjoyed it.

This came up on the Jukebox, I enjoyed it, nice vibe.

oh, gorgeous melody and vocal. I love that my take in the chain really exemplifies your title. Funny how that worked out. Yours is a good turn from Helen's start. Liking this chain already.

Fun seeing how much this changed from Helen's song, and how much it kept; the pop sensibilities of this make me think that here things probably *will* turn out okay.

More or less.

And hooray for cowboy guitars!

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Solar Plexus

Post date:

07/09/2016 - 17:54

Demo:

VomVorton_SolarPlexus.mp3

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Liner Notes:

Inspiration not exactly flowing today, but I thought I'd try to write something that would give my (very basic, but improving) piano skills a workout.

Korg Volca Beats / Electric Piano / Minilogue x 2 -> 4-track

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Cool track. I like the melody. This has a cool sound. I like it.

Really nice instrumental making good use of the 4-track limitations. The sound for the main melody and the melody itself are really appealing.

Sounds like you're creating a character in a video game.

Navi Smile

cruising the jukebox this morning. Nice instrumental piece. 50/90 is great for getting some finger time on new instruments and you are sounding pretty good here. Nice composition, too. I like that high melody line, sounds like a melodica almost. Good one!

lo-fi beat and electric piano always makes for a good combination. This is a cool wee vignette.

I really like the minimalist vibe on this one, totally cool piece!

Hee, I like the false start ^~^. Feels like more deliberate composition with the electric piano and melodies swirling around. Glad that you worked through the lack of inspiration and got a little tune out of it!

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Lizards

Post date:

07/08/2016 - 18:25

Demo:

VomVorton_Lizards.mp3

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Liner Notes:

This morning, I finally got hold of a power supply for the four-track recorder I bought post-FAWM, inspired by the all-tape collaborations that were pinging around the world. This song is mostly just an attempt to refresh my memory on how to use them - this is my first four-track recording in over ten years, and I haven't used one regularly since the 90s!

Lyrics:

when you stop running the world
what else do you do?
spend all the time making sure it's still all about you
your throw out all your plans
your head is in your hands

when the cameras go off and the microphones stop recording
do you come to life?
or keep on being boring?
your friends are paid to smile
they'll be gone in a little while

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Wow, I remember when I borrowed a 4-track a gazillion years ago and made my first "real" recording. Smile I still love that lo-fi sound. Very good punk-ish tune, and you perform it really well. Strong lyrics as well. Nice!!

Nothing sounds quite like guitars run a bit hot into a 4track, lovely little quirky pop tune, really like the wimpy bit crushed drum machine beat. Cool lyrics too.

Pretty sweet little indie-pop tune. You always deliver something produced and a little polished. I do miss the 4-track sometimes. Too many decisions with a DAW.

This had me swaying my head to the beat this morning. I admire the ability to play a guitar with enough precision to go along perfectly with a drum machine - I lean very heavily on DAW tricks to make it work for me when I try. Nice job!

Also, the mildly lo-fi charm is pretty wonderful. I've got a single track tape-recorder sitting at home I should eventually move out here.

video gamey. I'd never have guessed it was 4-track, just lo-fi grooviness. very cool, almost effortless.

I like it. I like the weird static beat, that's cool.

Navi Smile

Nice! I dig it Smile

Short, and definitely sweet. It has potential to keep going, ramp up, and be obnoxious and loud and awesome by the end. If you want. It's cool the way it is too. When you can write a piece that can go many directions, you've won! Smile

I love this! Delicious guitar pop goodness.

I love the sound of this. I'm a timbre nut, and this has great timbre. I really enjoyed it. I like the lyrics also, though I can't help but think they're about someone in particular.

Drums and guitar do a great low-fi job together, I really like the guitar playing, it's got both a punk and a poppy vibe. Snarky lyrics well sung!

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Just Rainbows

Post date:

07/06/2016 - 07:37

Demo:

VomVorton_JustRainbows.mp3