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*V1*
(2005)
*OUTTAKES*
(tom cruise in 1983 film “risky business”)
(‘i left scientology for THIS?’)
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(4:4)
(Amajor)
INTRO RIFF:
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G# A A) x 2
(with long pause between riffs)
(“grandfather clock”)
VERSE 1:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
(open chords)
(with thumb playing descending bassline)
(reference notes: C# A A B A)
time waits for no man…
gotta keep on roaming…
when everything’s timeworn…
need to be reborn…
(in falsetto at end)
VERSE 2:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
no cause to doubt you…
but life goes on without you…
deadline’s approaching…
someone else (encroaching…)
(sing with second voice so first voice can go to chorus)
(teach harmonies to arv)
CHORUS:
(A Asus4 A Asus2)
life…slipping away…
(Amaj7 Amaj7sus4 Amaj7 Amaj7sus2)
every year…every day…
(A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus2)
regret and the pain is haunting the brain…
(D) (Asus2)
nothing ventured…nothing…
(bass: (A B C#) D (A) A)
(*intro riff*)
VERSE 3:
[(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A/G)] x 4
trapped by 4 walls…
waiting for phone calls…
put it off so long now…
you’ll never know (how…)
(second voice sings last line so first voice can go into chorus)
*CHORUS*
BRIDGE:
[(F#m) (E) (D)] x 2
gained…
(bass: (A E) F# E (G# B) D (A) F# E (G# B) D (A))
[(F#m) (Amaj7)] x 2
(the possibilities lost)
(the opportunity cost)
(F#m) (Cdim) (D) (E)
(look ahead to a shortening thread)
(stone that is covered in moss)
(bass: (D A) F# (A) A (G#) F# (A) A (G#) F# (A C#) C (D#) D (A F#) E (G#))
(try to scream full notes)
(resort to falsetto if you must)
OUTRO:
(intro riff)
(end on:)
(A) (A/G) (A/F#) (A/F) (A)
(played as open A chord with thumb playing the descending bassline)
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INTRO:
(A A A Adim)
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#) (A A)
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#)
VERSE:
(4:4 / Amajor / 104bpm)
[(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A7) (A)] x 4
CHORUS:
(A Asus4 A Asus2)
(Amaj7 Amaj7sus4 Amaj7 Amaj7sus2)
(A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus2)
(D) (Asus2)
(intro riff)
(bass: A
BRIDGE:
[(F#m) (E) (D)] x 2
[(F#m) (Amaj7)] x 2
(F#m) (Cdim) (D) (E)
CODA:
(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A)
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“grandfather clock” riff
INTRO:
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#) (A A)
(A C# E D# C A C D# D B G#)
VERSE:
(4:4 / Amajor / 104bpm)
[(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A7) (A)] x 4
CHORUS:
(A Asus4 A Asus2)
(Amaj7 Amaj7sus4 Amaj7 Amaj7sus2)
(A7 A7sus4 A7 A7sus2)
(D) (Asus2)
(intro riff)
BRIDGE:
[(F#m) (E) (D)] x 2
[(F#m) (Amaj7)] x 2
(F#m) (Cdim) (D) (E)
CODA:
(A) (A7) (A6) (A+) (A)
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time waits for no man
got to keep on roamin’
when everything’s timeworn
need to be reborn…
no cause to doubt you
but life goes on without you
deadline’s approaching
someone else encroaching…
on your life, it’s slipping away
in every year, in every day
regret and the pain is haunting the brain
nothing ventured, nothing gained…
trapped by four walls
waiting for phone calls
put it off so long now
you’ll never know how…
the possibilities lost
the opportunity cost
then look ahead to a shortening thread
and a stone that is covered in moss
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no man…
snowman…
(time waits for no man…)
(time waits for no man)
(i’m owed an omen)
(timewarped…timeworn…)
(meant to be reborn)
(no cause to doubt you)
(but life goes on without you)
deadline’s approaching
someone else encroaching…
on your life, it’s slipping away
in every year, in every day
regret and the pain is haunting the brain
(nothing ventured, nothing gained)
trapped by four walls
waiting for phone calls
put it off so long now
you’ll never know how…
the possibilities lost
the opportunity cost
then look ahead to a shortening thread
(and a stone that is covered in moss)
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VERSE 1:
time waits for no man
got to keep on roamin’
when everything’s timeworn
need to be reborn…
VERSE 2:
no cause to doubt you
but life goes on without you
deadline’s approaching
someone else encroaching…
CHORUS:
on your life, it’s slipping away
in every year, in every day
regret and the pain is haunting the brain
nothing ventured, nothing gained…
VERSE 3:
trapped by four walls
waiting for phone calls
put it off so long now
you’ll never know how…
BRIDGE:
the possibilities lost…
the opportunity cost…
then look ahead to a shortening thread…
and a stone that is covered in moss…
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🧫🥼🧪✨DEVELOPMENT✨🧪🥼🏋️♀️
(written + recorded in 2005)
(based intro guitar riff off a pattern taught to me by don juan)
(recorded in watchung bedroom)
(september 2005)
(written + recorded in ‘fall 2005’)
(based intro guitar riff off a pattern taught to me by ‘don juan rodrigo’)
(one of the ‘top 10’ initial ‘finest hour’ tracks)
(i probably started writing it in ‘fall 2004’)
(based upon a descending bassline in ‘Amajor’)
(included on spring 2006 debut ‘finest hour’)
(track 3)
(meaning i had just turned 21)
(with a harvard degree to boot)
(and back in watchung with time to kill)
(it seems to me i was attempting a re-write of pink floyd’s “time”)
(using don juan’s chord progression)
(although the descension in Ablues more closely resembles the beatles’ “lucy in the sky with diamonds”)
(and then i was probably going for ‘supertramp’ (or ‘late beach boys’) vibe in the choruses)
(i liked the guitar solo)
(even ‘robel’ my heavy-metal fellow guitar salesman thought the guitars sounded good)
(this was one of the original ‘top 10’ songs i was recording for ‘halloween 2005’)
(with the new dell computer and cubase recording equipment)
(before i learned about drum sampling)
(later i added drums and bass)
(it was one of my first ‘drum’ tracks)
(though i think i added drums to ‘finest hour’ first)
(and sent the results to ‘little eddie’)
(who agreed that the drums took songs ‘to a new level’)
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🤖☠️🛡♞⚔️🛡ENSEMBLE🛡⚔️♘💀🤖
(riff learned the song on drums)
(for september 2007 harvard club show)
(performed @ ‘harvard club NYC’)
(september 2007)
(drums: riff)
(bass: ames)
(guitar: socrates)
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*V1*
(‘9 november 2017’)
(1-minute instagram video)
(busking @ ‘prospect park station’)
(starting with ‘verse 1’)
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(first clip deleted)
(so for all numerical references, +1 to find in ‘google drive’)
(or not)
V1
(14:50)
(good intro riff !!!)
(good verse 1)
(flat first note verse 2)
good falsetto)
(shaky transition into chorus)
V3
(0:00)
(bit flat on verse 1)
falsetto end good
(good chorus 1) (keeper?)
good verse 3
good falsetto end
decent chorus 2
bridge 1 GOOD! (keeper?)
into LUCY
2:12 – 3:12 (keeper?)
2:00 (KEEPER)
V3
(5:20)
good verse 1
(slower)
(shaky transition to verse 2)
(good verse 2)
(bad transition)
(good chorus 1)
(good verse 3)
(good transition to chorus)
KEEPER?
GOOD BRIDGE!
(end before next chorus)
6:35 – 7:35) not quite
bad next chorus but good one high note
6:11 (KEEPER)
7:29 – good bridge
V5
(0:00)
(too slow?)
(bad start)
verses stink
(good chorus 1)
good end of chorus 1
good verse 3
rush into chorus 2
good chorus 2
good bridge 2
2:22 – good bridge
weak next line
V6
(0:00)
(faster)
bad verse 1
gets better in second line
still not acceptable
GOOD VERSE 2 (flat second line)
GOOD CHORUS 1 KEEPER?
GOOD CHORUS 2
GOOD BRIDGE – cuts off
(good!!!!)
V7
(3:15)
!!!
shattered glass intro
good verse 1
flat in “life goes on”
IG: 3:40 – 4:40
second start has one flat note at beginning
good second chorus
at least cutting out syllables
good chorus high notes
good bridge (keeper?)
(fucked up at the end)
use BRIDGE and then transfer to recorded version with candids
V7
(12:30)
(first line flat)
(second line good)
(start at DEADLIE
(13:15)
(second verse first line flat)
(good AFTER THAT!)
(STOP BEFORE “LOOK AHEAD TO SHORTENING THREAD”
(GOOD END!)
(good last chorus)
(good last bridge)
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(a ‘clock motion’ digital stopwatch mini-screen as ‘backdrop’)
(‘tom cruise’ on ‘oprah’)
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(track #3 of 2006 album ‘finest hour’)
(titled “nothing ventured nothing gained”)
positive reviews from friends:
(guitar center co-workers thought i recorded the song in a professional studio)
(dyke van larnald said i should feature this as a leadoff single for ‘finest hour’)
(IAC music said that the track could probably be mixed better)
(although he compared it to beach boys + supertramp)
(and recommended it for a weekly feature)
(there are probably ‘pitchy’ moments in the vocals)
(and the lyrics are rather wishy-washy)
(bandcamp page:)
(opening track of ‘ministry of illusion’)
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(track #3 of 2006 album ‘finest hour’)
(titled “nothing ventured nothing gained”)
positive reviews from friends:
(guitar center co-workers thought i recorded the song in a professional studio)
(dyke van larnald said i should feature this as a leadoff single for ‘finest hour’)
(IAC music said that the track could probably be mixed better)
(although he compared it to beach boys + supertramp)
(and recommended it for a weekly feature)
(there are probably ‘pitchy’ moments in the vocals)
(and the lyrics are rather wishy-washy)
(bandcamp page:)
(opening track of ‘ministry of illusion’)
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(‘Amajor’ –> ‘F#minor’)
(thematic links)
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(both in Amajor)
(both written + recorded ’round 2005)
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