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4/20/2016 4:34:38 PM
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12/5/2010 7:21:56 PM
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9/5/2010 6:36:40 PM
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8/22/2010 1:14:20 AM
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7/6/2010 11:50:39 PM
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6/19/2010 9:48:32 AM
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4/23/2010 8:19:14 PM
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3/12/2010 12:57:55 AM
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3/1/2010 11:17:09 PM
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2/26/2010 7:20:46 PM
I Think I Finished Mixing "Silver Hands"

2/19/2010 2:44:41 PM
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1/6/2010 4:54:56 PM
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12/6/2009 3:10:12 PM
So Here is an Acoustic Only Version of "First Contact"

11/19/2009 9:18:32 PM
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11/9/2009 9:05:42 PM
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11/3/2009 7:42:56 PM
Sympathy for the Devil

11/3/2009 1:44:12 PM
It Keeps Saying the Song Uploaded, but Then it's Not There

11/1/2009 12:48:23 PM
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11/1/2009 12:29:51 PM
Two Things That Restored My Faith in Art Last Night

9/17/2009 12:38:20 AM
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9/16/2009 1:03:20 AM
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9/16/2009 12:50:31 AM
Portrait of the Artist and the Day Job

9/16/2009 12:38:57 AM
"Spirit" Was an Underrated Band

9/12/2009 7:23:25 AM
Writing On Piano...

9/10/2009 1:52:05 AM
We Should Be Able to Edit Our Thread Titles When We Use the Wrong "Your"

9/10/2009 1:50:31 AM
Music You're Not Ready to Hear

8/16/2009 1:09:57 AM
This Just in From Mom

8/15/2009 11:47:36 PM
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8/4/2009 5:01:33 PM
The Zoom H2 Field Recorder is a Revolution for Me

7/1/2009 9:29:53 PM
Six Sixty-Six

6/9/2009 10:51:39 PM
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6/5/2009 10:12:57 PM
The Song You Need to Sing

6/5/2009 9:12:13 PM
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5/29/2009 9:54:57 PM
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5/28/2009 9:38:04 PM
It's the Writing, Stupid

5/26/2009 3:51:39 AM
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5/15/2009 9:09:01 PM
I Think Maybe My Favorite Way to Write a Song Nowdays...

5/14/2009 1:43:28 AM
Do My Hands Look Like Fish?

5/13/2009 2:01:34 AM
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5/7/2009 10:45:30 PM
I'm Honored to Have Received My First Award Here

5/1/2009 4:41:38 AM
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4/27/2009 5:03:54 AM
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4/27/2009 12:05:24 AM
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4/19/2009 5:18:36 AM
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4/16/2009 9:39:14 PM
Am I Messing This Song Up With This Remix?

4/10/2009 5:37:31 PM
My Daughter Wants Me to Leave This Rough Recording as Is...Any Opinions?

4/7/2009 12:40:55 AM
That Pete Townsend Quote Sure is Stupid

3/29/2009 10:11:57 PM
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3/27/2009 7:52:16 PM
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3/25/2009 7:49:32 PM
Talk to Me About Changing Tones by Turning Down the Pick-ups

3/23/2009 8:08:45 PM
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3/20/2009 11:05:58 PM
I Was Almost in the Hitline...

3/20/2009 10:28:03 PM
I Am Free...

3/18/2009 7:36:28 PM
Life Is but a Dream...

3/7/2009 1:49:53 AM
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3/4/2009 11:56:00 PM
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2/25/2009 2:16:54 AM
I Think I'd Like a Way to Have My Music Freely Downloadable

2/23/2009 2:38:16 AM
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2/17/2009 8:01:30 PM
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2/16/2009 11:02:15 AM
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2/10/2009 8:41:09 PM
Layers of Time (2)

2/8/2009 12:52:00 PM
IAC is So Cool

2/7/2009 11:42:46 PM
These Are Tracks I'm Gonna Try to Get Some Friends to Play On...

2/2/2009 6:32:45 PM
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1/31/2009 12:31:32 PM
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1/31/2009 11:21:00 AM
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1/30/2009 11:17:18 PM
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1/30/2009 8:19:25 PM
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1/29/2009 3:13:32 PM
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1/27/2009 9:01:54 PM
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1/23/2009 9:37:38 PM
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1/23/2009 1:21:16 PM
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1/19/2009 10:45:07 AM
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1/18/2009 8:24:51 PM
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12/20/2008 11:22:39 AM
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12/20/2008 9:36:39 AM
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12/16/2008 5:49:59 PM
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12/14/2008 6:19:27 PM
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12/11/2008 8:15:47 PM
Here's an Outtake My Nephew Swears is My Best Song

11/28/2008 7:45:46 AM
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11/19/2008 4:34:39 PM
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11/12/2008 5:20:44 PM
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11/12/2008 5:15:56 PM
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11/4/2008 3:15:26 PM
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11/3/2008 7:38:57 PM
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11/2/2008 4:14:09 PM
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10/27/2008 7:08:12 PM
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10/22/2008 1:05:03 PM
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7/21/2008 11:38:51 AM
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6/19/2008 9:35:26 AM
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6/10/2008 1:12:39 PM
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6/10/2008 1:06:05 PM
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4/15/2008 11:33:35 AM
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4/11/2008 4:57:31 PM
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4/7/2008 6:04:29 PM
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4/4/2008 6:01:50 PM
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4/4/2008 5:49:24 PM
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3/30/2008 9:23:58 PM
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3/17/2008 3:30:04 PM
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3/14/2008 8:34:59 AM
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3/9/2008 4:16:22 PM
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3/1/2008 5:41:14 PM
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2/29/2008 11:47:26 AM
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2/25/2008 6:33:24 PM
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2/23/2008 7:44:39 AM
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2/14/2008 9:05:36 PM
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2/11/2008 11:51:15 AM
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2/8/2008 7:59:00 AM
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1/30/2008 3:04:20 PM
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1/29/2008 11:52:41 AM
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3/25/2016 5:01:38 PM

The Music That's Got Me Right Now
Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
Make It Easy on Yourself - Jerry Butler
I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself - Tommy Hunt
Reach Out for Me - Lou Johnson
A House is Not a Home - Brook Benton
Always Something There to Remind Me - Lou Johnson
Kentucky Bluebird- Lou Johnson

These gems are some from the Bacharach collection I got at Christmas.

The loose specificity of the arrangements is so beautiful. The use of drums is creative like Ringo.

The voices are often odd and addicting. The music gets under my skin all day.
I love the use of quiet and stripped down in the same track where there will be louder and many more. Just music that makes me think about music and want to play music.

And also grasps back into Proto-childhood.

So that has my attention a lot, and also a hip hop album by Drake called
If You're Reading This It's Too Late

I love the way the drums keep dropping out and essentially the music fabric is trippy synths wavering in beats. And the beats are there but sparse, and even when they leave , they're still there.

Something similar to the Bacharach. Rhythmic quietness.

Love that.

3/25/2016 5:22:38 PM

And the melodies of the Bacharach stuff, melodies you could actually care about...

The deeply satisfying structure of the chord structures

Just about every solo is another walk along melody lane.

3/27/2016 1:27:01 AM

Yeh those early Bacharach songs are to die for..Such a beautiful distinctive musical writer..
Hauntingly evocative in mood and arty,memorable n creative with chords n melody..

Music dosn't really get better than that for me

3/27/2016 4:26:16 AM

Got to agree. Memorable melodies. Beautiful chord voicings and harmonic structures. No copy and paste digital crap here.

3/27/2016 11:53:51 AM

They'll have like probably thirty or so great musicians sitting around, and the song will shrink down to the click of a woodblock and a little three note piano riff (Walk On By). You can tell everyone is a seasoned player, but for the most part it's a combination of mostly simple parts being played well and people waiting their turn.

Though the chord types are not simple, but like check the guitarist on a lot of the stuff, just playing muffled click chords on the snare beat a lot of the time, or other equally straightforward but perfect stuff.

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