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John Tynan
An instrumental for synthesizer and guitar, Countdown to Liftoff was created using Tracktion Waveform to record tracks using electric guitar as well as the synths Tracktion Collective and the Roli Studio Player and Roli Studio Drums.
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First song written specifically for the lap steel.
[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sound and [Bb]mean[Gm]ing[Eb] rhyme and [Bb]melo[Gm]dy[Eb] truth and [F]song
[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sound and [Bb]mean[Gm]ing[Eb] rhyme and [Bb]melo[Gm]dy[Eb] truth and [F]song
[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb]sway and [Bb]har[Gm]mo[Eb]ny pulse and [Bb]pro[Gm]so[Eb]dy breath and [F]pause
[Bb]Give [Gm]me [Eb] precious [Bb]memor[Gm]ies[Eb] friends and [Bb]fam[Gm]ily[Eb] heartfelt [F]talks
[Eb]Every [F]day I [Gm]try To bring my [Eb]best self [F]to this [Gm]life [Eb]Every [F]day I [Gm]try to [Bb]build The [Eb]best dream
My life is filled with wonders, really. This is the first song that I wrote using my new lap steel. Thank you, Rene for all the wonderful adventures.
Here's a little song that I've been working on over the past few days. Me just trying to orient myself again to the stars after being back in the U.S. and then my thinking about how we orient ourselves to the world.
What do I know? by John Tynan
Round & round & round we go
Round & round & round we go
What do I know?
What do I know?
I gaze in to the night
Trying hard to place the stars
Pliades or Mars?
Cygnus or Taurus?
The planes go flying by
like sparks from a beach bonfire
They come and go
They come and go
This word live this night
Many souls, so many lives
Where will we go?
Where are we going?
Each day a flood of words
Tries hard to describe the world
What do we know?
Where will we go?
Each day comes & goes
No ending to the show
This much I know
This much I know
Round & round & round we go Round & round & round...
Recorded in the early morning while the whole family was asleep, this impromptu improvisation is an homage to the introduction to Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" with a little of the introduction to Pink Floyd's "Dogs" thrown in.
Miles, in his first podcast, talks about why he likes his favorite movie, Back to the Future.
I've been trying to achieve a particular sound for a long while now. So far, this is the closest I've come to the sound that I've been hearing in my head. Accordion, Bass, Glockenspiel and Electric Piano... who would have known?!
My brother-in-law was getting ready to head to the airport and I started composing this song on my father's old, Baldwin "Fun Machine" organ. I promised him that I would put it up online. It's a song about hockey! It's not just skating... that's hockey!