Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:31:02 +0200 60 https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/set/june-2020-music/ contact@hearthis.at en-EN https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/set/june-2020-music/ https://img.hearthis.at/o/c/3/_/uploads/22365/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_75edacec57c7cebd106dab487d8596761554302639021d61bee3co.jpg no 4878774 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 03:47:00 +0200 2020-06-21T03:47:00+02:00
I broke my album-in-a-month challenge rule that says once you get a take you don’t redo it. I did all of the rhythm guitars twice. Oh well.

All of the guitars are an ES-335 pro into a RYRA The Klone and a Keeley Super Phat Mod into a Fender Bassbreaker 15.

Chorus
Its all around us - emptiness
its every where now - the vastness
we can’t concieve it
we can’t believe it
we can’t unsee it
emptiness

Verse 1
around me
inside me
about me
outside me

between you
within you
about you
without you

Verse 2
among us
include us
about us
exclude us

Verse 3
around me
inside me
about me
outside me]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/emptiness/ 0 40 e09601979c148db38187d5bc0dcaf9c4.mp3 mp3 https://stream32.hearthis.at/e09601979c148db38187d5bc0dcaf9c4.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/emptiness/ 188 4878828 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 04:45:35 +0200 2020-06-21T04:45:35+02:00
The rhythm guitars are an ES-335 Pro to a RYRA The Klone pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead is the same with a Keeley Super Phat Mod added before the amp.

Chorus
we’ve come to the point at last
we’re making the choice at last
we speak with one voice
division destroys
there’s no other way to this point

Verse 1
Don’t look down
come around
take your fill
what you will

Verse 2
Take the chance
make the stance
Its a choice
use your voice

Verse 3
Lost and found
gone to ground
See the sky
See it fly]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/division/ 0 37 58fd1f4d14ef66dacb8e39146f2ced42.mp3 mp3 https://stream48.hearthis.at/58fd1f4d14ef66dacb8e39146f2ced42.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/division/ 219 4880979 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 23:18:02 +0200 2020-06-21T23:18:02+02:00
There’s one little thing here that screwed up GarageBand in a big way. The chorus is a four bar phrase where the first two bars are in 4/4, the third bar is in 3/4, and the last bar is in 4/4. To the best of my limited knowledge, GarageBand doesn’t let you change time signatures. I beat this by making the four bar phrase a single bar of 15/4. It made the session drummer a little weird, and it was brutal punching in where the count off was 15 beats instead of four, but otherwise it got the job done.

The guitars are all ES-335 Pro, the amps are all Fender Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm used a RYRA The Klone pedal. The lead used that pedal and a Keeley Super Phat Mod.

Verse 1
Is this letting go
never felt so low
let my feelings show

never come around
never heard a sound
put me in the ground

I have to say
never felt this way
lost in yesterday
its a prison

a catastrophe
never let me be
whats it mean to me

Half Chorus
the story goes - its always moving
it goes to show - we always know

Half Verse
feel like giving up
its just all too much
don’t know who to trust

if you say to me
that it’s got to be
I will never see

Chorus
the story goes - its always moving
it’s moving slow - you’re disaproving
is this the way - that things are going
it goes to show - we always know

Break
know your right - tonight
Know the way - for today
pay the cost - you lost
all the same - just a game

Half verse quiet
Is this letting go
never felt so low
let my feelings show

never come around
never heard a sound
put me in the ground]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/we-always-know/ 0 28 7254af5a92da018cc07f8743748af691.mp3 mp3 https://stream36.hearthis.at/7254af5a92da018cc07f8743748af691.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/we-always-know/ 389 4882417 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:14:57 +0200 2020-06-22T13:14:57+02:00
I like playing over a 6/8 groove, but I don’t know if this one is holding up for me. I don’t dislike it entirely, but it seems lacking somehow. I almost like the lyrics but I think I should have found a better musical match for them.

The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 into a Fender Bassbreaker. The pedal chain for the rhythm parts is a RYRA the Klone into a Keeley Super Phat Mod. The lead swapped a Wren and Cuff Super Russian for the Keeley. Super!

Chorus
Its about to get crazy here
its about to get weird
there is no other way
Its about to get crazy here

Verse 1 and 3
So you have no idea
what is coming for you
There’s no other way out
no you haven’t a clue

Verse 2
everything fell apart
when you opened the door
it comes tumbling down
and you can’t take much more]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/its-about-to-get-crazy-here/ 0 33 8f2544391064c0fa3ae6bf3a17075582.mp3 mp3 https://stream80.hearthis.at/8f2544391064c0fa3ae6bf3a17075582.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/its-about-to-get-crazy-here/ 193 4890047 Thu, 25 Jun 2020 03:49:37 +0200 2020-06-25T03:49:37+02:00
I also think 90 beats per minute is as fast as any of the songs this month get. That can’t be true, but it might be.

Also, did you know that one of the GarageBand session drummers played with brushes? I sure didn’t.

The signal path for all the guitar parts is an ES-335 to a Ryra The Klone to a Keeley Super Phat Mod to a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads put a Crybaby wah ahead of the Ryra.

Chorus
call me crazy but it seems so real how everything is screwed
give me one last chance for declarations everything is new

Verse 1
as bad as its been it always gets worse forever
you know you can’t win as if you’ve been cursed whatever

Verse 2
Its sort of the way that everything ends disaster
Its like they all say it always depends hereafter

Bridge
its just the way things go
its just the way things go
just want to let you know
just let it end gracefully]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/its-just-the-way-things-go/ 0 49 dc1893841608432112b2fce1766e9127.mp3 mp3 https://stream32.hearthis.at/dc1893841608432112b2fce1766e9127.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/its-just-the-way-things-go/ 205 4893018 Fri, 26 Jun 2020 03:10:00 +0200 2020-06-26T03:10:00+02:00
If this were the kind of project where I dropped the bad songs, I think this would be on the drop list. The melody is actually okay. The lyrics aren’t my worst. The music is just kinda blah. I did use some woman tone in the guitar solo though. There’s also a groovy panning thing. The guitar solo in the middle of the song is two guitars. They overlap as the first guitar stops and the second starts. At that point the first guitar pans off to one side and the second pans into the middle from the other side.

Other than that… there’s not much here.

All of the guitars are a Gibson ES-335 into a Ryra the Klone pedal into a Keeley Super Phat Mod pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15.

Chorus
its time now to stop all this
can no longer take the risk
When we stand the world will shake
its time now to come awake

Verse 1
How can we live with ourselves now
we are the cause of this fall out
with the inevitable break down
this is the end game come for us

Verse 2
still can’t believe it’s gone this bad
its like the whole world has been had
a victim of this insane fad
we are all neck deep in it now]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/the-inevitable-breakdown/ 0 49 29359a0920b921969b7cd7218a2d7e38.mp3 mp3 https://stream80.hearthis.at/29359a0920b921969b7cd7218a2d7e38.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/the-inevitable-breakdown/ 218 4895793 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:36:43 +0200 2020-06-27T03:36:43+02:00
Rhythm guitar is an Gibson ES-335 to a Ryra The Klone to a Fender Bassbreaker 15. Lead is the same with a Keeley Super Phat Mod just before the amp.

Chorus
I want to tell you
I want to show you
I want to be you
just me just you
If I could make you
If I could take you
Give me a chance to come through

Verse 1
I give up
its over
tell me
you see

I knew I
would be here
living
giving

Verse 2
it comes to
the ending
witnessed
finished

just answer
one question
trial
final]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/give-me-a-chance/ 0 40 80e28baab7fdfe195e0c2008c08c17d7.mp3 mp3 https://stream39.hearthis.at/80e28baab7fdfe195e0c2008c08c17d7.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/give-me-a-chance/ 230 4895837 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 04:20:32 +0200 2020-06-27T04:20:32+02:00
I use this gimmick way too much but I do have fun with it. The bass guitar part on this song an eight bar loop and it never changes from start to finish (with the exception of the quick little key change).

I have to admit that I kinda like this one. The mix is a bit of a mess. Anytime you use a fuzz pedal on a guitar it turns everything into an adventure. Strangely, while I don’t really care for the vocals, the lyrics and the melody are working for me. That’s pretty rare.

The cleanish rhythm guitar in the verses is a Gibson ES-335 into a Ryra The Klone into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The heavy parts added a Wren and Cuff Super Russian after the Ryra. The lead is the same guitar and the same amp but the pedals are a Klon KTR into a Keeley D&M Drive (just the Dan side).

Chorus
This is a real bad day

Verse 1 and 3
It is the way of things
you know that you can see what the future brings
they say it goes that way when you pull the strings
I feel it comes along with the territory wind the spring

Verse 2
Its where the devil lives
details buried inside darkness never gives
away its thoughts and finds where the meaning is
under the secrets hidden in places that are just his]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/a-really-bad-day/ 0 37 db877e8e70e5c774b0cba5340e1f75f9.mp3 mp3 https://stream39.hearthis.at/db877e8e70e5c774b0cba5340e1f75f9.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/a-really-bad-day/ 154 4897907 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 23:14:58 +0200 2020-06-27T23:14:58+02:00
I kinda like this one… almost. I should have spent more time on the lead guitar, and the melody is a little tough for my voice. I should have found a better key. Lyrically, if you are curious what is getting me all pissed off today, might I suggest listening to the third verse? Sometimes you really can’t believe the stupid.

The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 amp. The rhythm used a RYRA The Klone overdrive pedal. The lead used an MXR Phase 90, a Klon KTR, and a Keeley D&M Drive. The last solo used a Dunlop Crybaby instead of the Phase 90.

Chorus
sometimes
you just can’t
believe
The stupid

somedays
you don’t see
stupid
coming

Verse 1
there’s a point at whcih
its all just too much
how can anyone
be this moronic

Verse 2
take a second to
realize its this bad
you just can’t believe
they are that stupid

Verse 3
wear the face mask
just wear the damn thing
wear the face mask
just wear the damn thing]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/sometimes-you-just-cant-believe-the-stupid/ 0 49 33b18becbc8feec57f468d6c5d028d6e.mp3 mp3 https://stream32.hearthis.at/33b18becbc8feec57f468d6c5d028d6e.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/sometimes-you-just-cant-believe-the-stupid/ 230 4898176 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 01:44:59 +0200 2020-06-28T01:44:59+02:00
I really like this one. Literally everything about it. If I were actually releasing this month’s project as an album this would absolutely be the single and the first track. I really like this one. On some level I’ve been doing an album in a month each month as a way to sort of pre-write songs for next February’s RPM Challenge. If that’s the case then this one has already made the cut. I’m already thinking of things to do to improve it: a few beats per minute faster, maybe tune down from E to Eb to give the vocals a little help with the high notes. Also maybe hire a singer who doesn’t suck.

Two things about the lyrics. I was sitting in the living room with headphones on trying to figure out what to write. My wife and step daughter were there too and they were watching TV. I hit stop on the playback and heard a Joni Mitchell song coming from the TV. Well screw it, I am going to spend an hour or so listening to the most talented song writer I’ve ever heard. I put on Blue and disappeared for a while. I don’t listen to Joni Mitchell often, almost never. Why? She’s too good. She’s too talented. She’s too Earth shatteringly powerful as a writer, as a singer, as a musician. Normally when I listen to someone amazing it inspires me. Not Joni. Joni intimidates me. Joni scares me.

Not on that day (which actually was the first day of Summer, I think). Instead of my usual workflow of stream of consciousness lyric writing, I actually put time and effort into this one. I’m not saying it’s good, but I am saying I actually like what I did. Now if only I were a good enough singer to pull of the melody I wrote. There’s always one flaw, right?

The guitars are all a Gibson ES-335 Pro, the amps are all a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm used a RYRA The Klone into a Keeley Super Phat Mod, and the leads used a Dunlop Crybaby into a Klon KTR into a Keeley D&M Drive. The little feedbacky thing at the end also used an MXR Uni-Vibe. I wasn’t planning on it. I just stomped on it about halfway through the part and really liked the way it sounded. Inspiration, as it were.

B
pour out a glass for the also rans
for it is they who stand for the losers like me
can’t you see

A1
first day of summer and I
can’t seem to fake my way through
first day of summer and I
can’t take much more

its like a dream I once had
that I forgot by morning
I always lose the thread and
can’t seem to get back

A2
first day of summer and I’ve
already given up hope
first day of summer and I
cut myself off

I let the mystery be
its way to much pain for me
I bang my head against each
wall that I come to]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/also-ran/ 0 33 8697aff5845bbb65e0639f6cdecdc391.mp3 mp3 https://stream39.hearthis.at/8697aff5845bbb65e0639f6cdecdc391.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/also-ran/ 239 4898400 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:31:02 +0200 2020-06-28T02:31:02+02:00
Guitars are all ES-335 and amps are all Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm parts used a RYRA The Klone into a Keeley Super Phat Mod. The leads used a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi ‘70 into a Klon KTR into a Keeley D&M Drive, just the boost side. That means it’s a Fuzz pedal boosted by a Klon boosted by a Klon clone. If ever I’ve done anything insane, this is it.

A1
I’m someone
you’re someone
we’re something
anything

B1
You can’t tell me
We won’t come through
can you see me
like I see you

A2
I’m in it
you’re in it
we’re working
We’re winning

B2
Its amazing
its outstanding
its so crazy
understanding

B1

A1

A2]]> https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/gibberish/ 0 49 19c80dab520b9287577774617aaa515e.mp3 mp3 https://stream27.hearthis.at/19c80dab520b9287577774617aaa515e.mp3 no contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/roberjames1971/gibberish/ 139