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RoughMix
by Brian Kelley
Songwriting: Rough music as it is being written and developed
Episodes
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She Walks in the Beauty
A song attempt with a partial capo
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RoughMix 157 - Table for Two Live
I performed the title live and it sits here.
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RoughMix 156 - Jericho Drafts
A few days ago I was asked to write a song for a church service about Joshua 6. This episode has me recording the bits and pieces as I worked on them - in all 4 clips. Next time I will put it all together - but now you get to hear the dirty roughs complete with missed notes and bad rhymes. Enjoy!
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RoughMix 155 - He's Not Here
The mandolin is new about a week old, and I do not know how to play yet. But this was a way to get a new entry point into a song and that is what I do as I created this very raw tune "He's Not Here" Contact me at nlnnet+[email protected]
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RoughMix 154 - Tool of the trade
This episode has me playing with a unique capo which allows each string to be pressed individually, and I use it to replicate a DADGBD tuning without tuning (granted the key is different, but you will get the idea...) I find that mixing things up gives good creativity and that is what this…
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RoughMix 153 - Camille's Song
I am to be the proud godfather of the lovely Camille and her parents chose for her dedication the verse Psalm 91:11 The dedication is taking place in a German church so the song is is German (as is the mom as well.) The dad is French, but as I do not speak French I am not even going there - it is...
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RoughMix 152 - Kommt Herzu
I was asked to write a song for a church service. I asked about the main theme of course and it turned out to be Psalm 95:1-7 OK I thought I can do this. Then I had the single idea to make the first verse into a refrain and the following verses into one time thoughts. The idea is to support the...
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RoughMix 150 - 2 Thieves
This tune is a prequel to a Tune I have written called "Father Forgive". The deal here is to use what has been previously written as a tool to help spawn a new piece of music. I hope it works! You can follow my TwitterFeed at http://twitter.com/nlnnet
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RoughMix 149 - Breathy
After months of international travel, a dead computer upon return RoughMix has been on hiatus for awhile, but we are back never having intended on being away for so long This episode takes a vocal effect and uses it to determine the rough. I also employ some slapping and some harmonics as I play…
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RoughMix 148 - Drop D Capo
After quite awhile without a RoughMix post. I decided to add this. I have been recording music, but actually posting a podcast takes some time, and life takes time too! This episode runs long, and is experimental. The audio records uninterrupted and has background noise as recorded from my Palm...
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RoughMix 147 - Scratch Pop and Ham
The cast about how music is made.... I was playing around with a kind of scratching sound on the guitar and decided to experiment with some other effects. By effects I do not mean anything electronic. I mean doing gimmicky things on the guitar itself, likes this kind of scratch, some popping…
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RoughMix 146 - Cloudy Day
A quick study on a lazy Sunday afternoon. I pick two chords to start and then simply record what happens afterwards directly to the hard disk of my Dell Precision. You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nlnnet Shoutouts to listeners in: Hackensack, NJ USA; Cambridge, England; Shenzen,...
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RoughMix 145 - Nobody Knows
the cast about how music is made A rough recording in the living room that captures the essence of RoughMix as it starts with a mistake that needs a restart. Shoutouts to listeners in: Tianjin, China; and many other places as well. Thanks so much for for listening! Save 10% on your...
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RoughMix 144 - Jazz Slap
The cast about how music is made.... This time around I am using a tool that churns things up a bit. I play predominantly the acoustic guitar. I tried this time to record playing things in a different way than I usually do. Differently stylistically, rhythmically and different guitar tricks, and...
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RoughMix 143 - Don't Know Why
The cast about how music is made.... I began this bit with a soft guitar piece and let it flow from there. The lyrics were all on the fly made up as I went along. This was a kind of a tool to help with the lyrical creativity. This episode is sponsored by NeverGoodToHear.com Add your own phrases...
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RoughMix 142 - Jammin'
The cast about how music is made.... This is a long format episode. I recorded what I was doing over about 15 minutes without pause. In this episode I give commentary during the music as there a bits to talk about. Amongst other things I talk about the concept of having a musical library, and as...
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RoughMix 141 - Must Be Something More
The cast about how music is made.... Sorry that it has taken so long since the last post. It is not for lack of music, but for lack of time to create the cast from the raw data. This episode is one where I am intentionally raw, also vocally. I am actually trying to make my material rougher for…
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RoughMix 140 - Twitter Tune
The cast about how music is made.... This cast episode happened as an aside. I was playing the guitar and scanning the computer for messages and came upon some twitter notes, and I started to sing and play making up lyrics as I went. It is an exercise I try to do sometimes to see if I can do it,...
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RoughMix 139 - First the Stone
The cast about how music is made.... This cast incorporates 4 Palm recordings all related to the same song I need to write for a specific event. It gives what is likely the best inside of the head working to date (and is therefore longer than normal. I tried to share what I was thinking as I was...
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RoughMix 138 - Sunrise
The cast about how music is made.... Here is a look at what I do recording the thoughts as they flow - complete with the false starts and re-trys. I am trying to get what is in my head to find its way onto the fretboard and strings, and sometimes it needs some help and time. Shoutouts to…
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RoughMix 136 - Can't Walk Away
The cast about how music is made.... I am working through my Palm Tungsten taking the rough tunes I have recorded there and finally getting them up to the podcast. I hope it inspires you to record your own roughs to keep track of what you are doing in your songwriting. Shoutouts to listeners in...
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RoughMix 135 - Mirage
The cast about how music is made.... * One take on the Palm Tungsten. All was made up on the fly. I can never state it enough, also to myself, how much can be captured by simply having what you do recording on the roughest of roughs, as was the case here. Shoutouts to listeners in Guangzhou and...
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RoughMix 134 - JHAB (Jesus has a Birthday)
The cast about how music is made.... * Two takes on the Palm Tungsten make up this episode as I write another Christmas tune. For another Christmas tune from me visit here: http://cli.gs/cligs/show/XmasTune1 Shoutouts to listeners near Sibu, Malaysia, in Singapore; in Kuala Lampur; scores of...
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RoughMix 133 - Free Form
The cast about how music is made.... Recorded as I made stuff up without an agenda of anything. It was music in free-form - another tool in the craft of writing music. Shoutouts to listeners in, Rome, Italy; Ankara, Turkey; Dubai; New Delhi, India; Chai Nat, Thailand; Canberra, Australia; Calgary...
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RoughMix 132 - Sunday Morning Tune
I am not a morning person, but sometimes the muse strikes at strange unpredictable times. This episode of RoughMix, 132, was a tune that came to me early on a Sunday morning, hence the name "Sunday Morning Tune" for the episode. It is a very short episode, intending only to highlight the idea of...
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RoughMix 131 - We're Waiting (For Mommy to Come Home)
My wife had been out for awhile and my daughter was starting to complain about it. "When will mommy come home?" was the question. So to distract and ease the delay I came up with a little tune which is featured in today's episode of RoughMix 131 "We're Waiting (for Mommy to Come Home.)". It did…
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RoughMix 130 - Uganda Choir Coming
My daughter woke up today and the very first thing she said was, "Daddy, today we are going to see the Uganda choir!" Sensing her excitement I broke into a silly song and a chorus quickly appeared. I decided to capture it on the guitar and played it a few times. I stopped playing it as I realized...
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RoughMix 129 - Work for Him
A close friend was asked to give a sermon, and it was to be about having personal time with God, and about the difference between working for God and simply being with God. He asked if I might write a song for the event. This was less than a week by when the song would need to be done, so I said...
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RoughMix 128 - Garden Thoughts
I was limited in my ability to record. I took this time to take a few minutes of solitude to record these thoughts (I was interrupted 3 minutes after I ended this recording.) In this episode I have placed 2 roughs: * Castle Ruins (which runs about 1:20) * 1234 321 I am reporting more of the…
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RoughMix 127 - You May Smell Funny (but I love you so)
There is a constant danger of taking ourselves too seriously in all that we do. This is also true in songwriting. So it is sometimes a good idea to just go ahead and be silly, and that is what this episode, number 127, of RoughMix is all about. I was giving my daughter a hug, and she had an…
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RoughMix 126 - Bring Me Back Rehearsal - the cast about how music is made
Writing music is the first step. For many that is enough. For me, I want to usually work it out with a band, to draw upon the creative juices of others and to hear it a bit closer to what I hear in my head but cannot produce myself, because I can only sing, play guitar and create percussion (and...
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RoughMix 125 - Acoustic Airs
Sometimes the best thing you can do is to simply sit down and play without a plan, without any goals, and see what happens. As in most cases this got recorded on my Palm Tungsten, which is almost always with me - which makes it a good tool for capturing spontaneity. I had a listen to this clip...
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RoughMix 124 - Going to the Zoo
This time around I am sharing a tune with two "drafts". Here I played around with the theme long enough to have some unique things spring forth just by virtue of staying at it long enough. Listen carefully and you will hear my daughter chime in with some background vocals. For those of you really...
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RoughMix 123 - Press 1
RoughMix 123 - Press 1 (the songwriting cast about how music is made) Sounds are all around us. I have slowly come to the conclusion that all of them are potential tools for inspiration, as this episode of RoughMix shows. Welcome to RoughMix 123 - Press 1. As the title implies, this episode was...
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RoughMix 122 - Mix and Match
Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/unleashingmephotography/2316833560/sizes/o/ Two rough "tunes" * In your Hands * 3rd fret start - it sounds like I here had a lick which was central to what became experimentation after that - always returning to the basic theme and then branching off from it again.…
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RoughMix 121 - Uke Inspired Guitar
Photo CC License - http://flickr.com/photos/alaala/163091182/ This episode has the meek Uke serving as an inspiration to its 6 stringed bigger brother. Enjoy the cast - as always, feedback is most welcome in whatever format you choose. Visit my Twitter account - http://twitter.com/nlnnet
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RoughMix 120 - Dancing, Singing (Sorry Yoko)
RoughMix 120 - Dancin Singing (Sorry Yoko) Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/andrewbaron/71618124/sizes/m/ - by Andrew Baron, CC Licence Just to show you how rough you can get this episode has its place. I am sharing with you all of the rough, which includes an embarressing "Yoko Ono" like voice,...
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RoughMix 119 - Troubled Mind
Not much to say this time - this is an episode that should speak for itself as it takes a riff and works with it. You can also access me and my random thoughts at: http://twitter.com/nlnnet And do not forget that if you choose a new domain to save 10% using our Godaddy.com discount code "blu6"....
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RoughMix 118 - Canceled Concert Blues
Take a ride with me into the distant past when my hair was black and my back was strong enough to schlepp around electric pianos. 118 has a look into what is possible when you do not even have "real" instruments. The most important part of songwriting is not the tools at hand, but the tools in…
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RoughMix 117 - Slap Therapy
Some times it feels good just to hit things - added bonus if that is a guitar that results in sounds you like. That was in any case the attempt represented in this episode of RoughMix which I am calling slap therapy. Listen in on the clip, recorded on the Palm Tungsten and you hear why I chose…
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RoughMix 116
RoughMix 116 - As started in episode 113, "Love Is" is an on demand tune. This episode presents the live version performed with a band, also done rough (find out how by listening in.) Contact us at [email protected], or even better by visiting http://RuffMix.com and leaving a message there on…
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RoughMix 115 - Rising Waters
I share an experiment as I record randomly on the Palm Tungsten - called Rising Waters Special greetings to folks in Bangalore, Guangzhou, Gdansk, Skipton, San Antonio and others. Subscribe to the feed at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix Save 10% on GoDaddy purchases with the code "blu6" Enjoy!
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RoughMix 114 - Faith Like a Child / Everyday
The photo in its original can be seen here (CC license) http://flickr.com/photos/webbysworld/44408276/ In this episode of RoughMix I share two clips as indicated in the title in the hopes that it inspires above all all who may listen to record whatever you do to capture ideas. Only when you have…
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RoughMix 113 - Love Is
RoughMix 113 - Love Is This tune was written "on demand". Find out more about how this was done in this cast. This cast has the bit recorded for the band to rehearse, as well as the stuff that flowed from my head with all that was created being done on the fly. Follow the progress and see how it...
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RoughMix 112 - 1 Plus 1
RoughMix 112 - 1 Plus 1 This episode has two pieces coming together to make something greater - 1 Plus 1. It is entirely Palm Tungsten recorded. It also pays a special greeting to listeners in Hawaii,Texas, Brazil, Argentina, and SE England. Post messages by visiting http://RuffMix.com Save 10%…
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RoughMix 111 - Badum
RoughMix 111 - Badum I record lots of stuff on my Palm Tungsten, as I mostly always have it with me. I record far more than I share with you all, simply because I do not have time to do it all. In all honesty I do not even follow my own advice about recording everything, but I do get pretty…
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RoughMix 110 - Bouncing Steps
Forcing a specific chord change is the impetus to create something new in episode 110 of RoughMix. This episode is an instrumental piece which had a large focus on a melody line which was inspired by the chord changes - have a listen! This cast can be subscribed to at...
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RoughMix 109 - Bring Me Band
RoughMix 109 - Bring Me Band In the last episode I shared the roughmix of "Bring Me Back" as I created it on the fly. This time around I show you what is sometimes the next step - sharing the song with a band for the first time. This is a good way to polish what you do and get feedback that can...
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