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<description>I am a musician in New England but I am also the leader of a ten piece band out of D.C. which requires a lot of travel. The band does high-end corporate work and weddings. I write to amuse myself and others and I play some of my songs live. I've never used a sequencer or anything like FL so I only record what I can play (with a drumbox). This limits me a LOT in what I post  but I like playing all the parts. Someday I'd like to get FL and try it out. My voice sounds like chirpy little woodland creature but I'm stuck with it. I also enjoy long walks on the beach, puppies and pizza (my 2 favorite foods).</description>
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<title>3 Day Weekend II</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3148.html</link>
<description>This is a song about the French resistance in WWII. I posted a limper versaion of this earlier but I took the critiques of the previous version of this song and tried to incorporate them into this new mix. The vocals, acoustic guitars and accordion are new as is the solo guitar. It is a bit on the happy bouncy side for my taste but I like this version much better than the last. Let me know what you think. Any more ideas for improvement? Any and all criticism is welcome.

Three Day Weekend

We meet tonight at nine beneath the banner we designed so we can 
plot our next assignment out in full
Nobody has a clue so far of what we do or who we are
this underground rebellion stuff is cool

By day we hand out pamphlets at the mall
At night we fight the good fight 
as we climb beyond the wall

And the barriers will down as we pass the word around and it will spread 
from town to town and state to state		
But the councils of the kings are such they aim too low yet risk too much
Their national past-time’s tempting fate

Let’s synchronize our watches and move in
We’re shadows in the night 
we leave no trace of where we’ve been

HOOK:
And maybe they’ll dedicate a day to us
And we’ll call off school
for a three day weekend
There’s nothing that anyone can say to us
Cause we did our duty 
as we saw fit

The lie detector knows your lies so just stay on your toes you guys 
remember not to compromise your friends
It never shoud have come this far but there you go and here we are
but I’ve got your back until the end

Let’s synchronize our watches and be gone
We’ll be the ones our families and friends depend upon


HOOK:
And maybe they’ll dedicate a day to us
And we’ll call off school
for a three day weekend
There’s nothing that anyone can say to us
Cause we did our duty 
as we saw fit</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:21:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>3 Day weekend</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2998.html</link>
<description>I just wrote this song about the French resistance during the occupation in WW2. Or maybe it's about the U.S. in the 21st century. I guess it's both. It's pretty poppy but I'm trying not to write so many love songs and this was something I always wanted to do since hearing Elvis Costello's Armed Forces. WW2 was such a huge experience shared by nearly all of humanity, you'd think there'd be more mainstream music written about it. i think probably that generation just wanted to forget it. 
Anyway, thanks for listening. Post a message and let me know what you think.
David

Here are the lyrics:


Three Day Weekend

We meet tonight at nine beneath the banner we designed so we can 
plot our next assignment out in full
Nobody has a clue so far of what we do or who we are
this underground rebellion stuff is cool

By day we hand out pamphlets at the mall
At night we fight the good fight 
as we climb beyond the wall

And the barriers will down as we pass the word around and it will spread 
from town to town and state to state		
But the councils of the kings are such they aim too low yet risk too much
Their national past-time’s tempting fate

Let’s synchronize our watches and move in
We’re shadows in the night 
we leave no trace of where we’ve been

HOOK:
And maybe they’ll dedicate a day to us
And we’ll call off school
for a three day weekend
There’s nothing that anyone can say to us
Cause we did our duty 
as we saw fit

The lie detector knows your lies so just stay on your toes you guys 
remember not to compromise your friends
It never shoud have come this far but there you go and here we are
but I’ve got your back until the end

Let’s synchronize our watches and be gone
We’ll be the ones our families and friends depend upon


HOOK:
And maybe they’ll dedicate a day to us
And we’ll call off school
for a three day weekend
There’s nothing that anyone can say to us
Cause we did our duty 
as we saw fit</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:16:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Im your man</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3416.html</link>
<description>This is one of the first songs I ever wrote. I did it when I was...oh never mind! It was forever ago. Back then it was really a rock tune with a 3 part harmony guitar solo a la Queen. I listened to it last spring for the first time in a while and YIKES! 

So I thought I'd try to make it a little more palatable. I can't remember if I posted the old version and pulled it or what so I'll post this again. 

I couldn't do this one in my regular studio so I had to use some lousy equipment. Anybody remember tape? 8 track analog. Nuff said. 

If it's worth it, I'll re-do it on my stuff at home since I'm home for a while now. The bg vocals are way over the top but I'm searching for something to do there, so I'll leave them in for your comments. Thanks for taking the time to listen.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:49:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lady Liberty</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2066.html</link>
<description>This song is a collaboration. I found PorcelainDoll's words up on the lyrics forum and really liked them. This was right after viewing Stuffx's very cool America Fuck Off! so I was in the mood for some political stuff and PD's lyrics seemed so right. Anyway, this is definitely NOT the way other people heard this song going so maybe I'll get skewered..... that's the lovely thing about bandamp - i can't get lynched over the web! Hey PorcelainDoll, I hope you don't mind.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:22:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>No No No</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3157.html</link>
<description>Here's a song i just wrote about how girls grow up faster than guys. There are elements here that I like but I want to know what y'all think. Arrangement, lyrics, solos, whatever you hear that's wrong or right. Oh yeah, it fades out but i don't mind that.
Thanks for listening

Here are the words


[b]No No No[/b] 

I saw your picture up on Myspace
I didn’t recognize your face 
Since you moved to the mountains you’ve changed a lot

I see the metal is all gone
You’re back to wearing your hair long
It’s like all of a sudden you’re real and I’m not

But I remember when you said that you were growing up
You asked me if I’d like to come along
Because life is much more than just showing up 
There’s a million different ways to be strong

But I said No No No I can’t do that
When there’s so much going on right here
I won’t go blowing off all of that
And watch myself fade till I disappear
						

There was a time but the time’s passed
When we were all living real fast
It seemed the rest of the world was just standing still

For reasons known only to you
All of a sudden it was all through
We had to get our inspiration from a little pill

I remember when you said that you were reaching out
And you wanted me to try doing that with you
Because being with somebody’s what it’s all about
Turns out that all that shit you said was true

But I said No No No I cant reach out
That’s not the way I’m supposed to be
Talk like that just freaks me out
Everybody supposed to be reaching out to me</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:01:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>No No No II</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3169.html</link>
<description>I just got back from a gig and started re-doing a bunch of things on this song. i took as much of the advice i could and put it in the mix. New vocal fx and eq, new pad sound with xtra strings. i also improved the piano solo to make it more catchy and melodic. I gated the guitar and dried it up a bit.
Still a fade at the end though. Sorry bout that. hope to figure something out. Hope you let me know what you think. Thanks for listening.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:09:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Old Flame</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1936.html</link>
<description>Ok so it's snowing here in Massachusetts and I had a day to screw around. i just did a six hour demo marathon. Wrote a tune (Finished it,really) thought out the arrangement and did the demo in the same day. So the instruments suck and the drum box is retarded but the concept is there if you can hear past all the garbage. Or maybe it isn't. I have no idea. you tell me. I'm going to go drink several beers.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:17:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sailing fool</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1924.html</link>
<description>1st upload. hi all. I just noticed the BG vocs on this tune are missing. Oh well. This song was written for a friend who does maritime folk music and is very successful at it. He offered to consider one of my tunes for his next CD. I was Psyched about that but I'd really never written anything in that style. Writing a song about sailing and the sea is a lot harder than I thought. It's easy to do the generic Buffet drinking schtick but man, it's HARD to write something that stays in your mind. I gave it a shot anyway and sent it off to him. I heard nothing from him and forgot about it. When next we met, i got the distinct impression he hated the song but was nice enough to avoid saying it. Now, I have no emotional ties to it since I didn't write it for myself so I'm throwing over to the group to see what peer review reveals about it. I urge you to be totally frank and honest since I'm not really invested in the song emotionally (although if you just post to say you don't like it , save your breath. I don't either. Tell me why! That's the question!)
I used a total P.O.S. accoustic on the track which i got from my parents when i was 13. The &quot; pedal steel &quot; type lead is just my PRS with some compression and eq thrown on . the piano is an old Alesis quadrasynth and the Drum box is a DR-660. It was recorded on Protools with their crappy bundled reverb and compression - I can't afford any decent plug-ins yet!</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:48:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Stumpit again</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1951.html</link>
<description>This is TritonKeyboarder's Stumpit re-done by me (with his ok) with a guitar laid overtop. Remixed so it's not too far out and no verb or phaser. What do you think? Would a cleaner sound be better? I like this groove very much.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:25:04 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>The Treatment</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2277.html</link>
<description>I'm putting together a CD of my stuff for promo purposes (to get work) and the guy who's producing it seems luke warm on this song. I love it since it's not a typical love song cliche. It's actually about being institutionalized. What FUN! Anyway, this is the rough he heard with a 2 bar drum track and no inst other that bass and guit. Any suggestions on how to make this sound complete, let me know

Here are the words - 

The Treatment

There is a window here that faces West, 
I watch the sun go down
I take my glasses off and get undressed 
As evening comes to town.
	
Day in and day out and day in 
They tell  me that I’m crazy again

Where is my entourage of helpful friends 
who keep my medicine?
That paper cup that helps me understand
The place my head is in 

If only I could feel what I say
But every word is shrouded in gray

Give me the treatment (right now)
Right now (right now)
Give me the treatment turn my frown upside down
Give me the treatment (right now)
Right now (right now)
Give me the treatment shoot me up or tie me down

You want to help me but we can’t have that 
There’s nothing you can do
You’d better go before I start to snap
Or I might go for you
But you think you’ll be the one who can change
The part of me that’s really deranged

Give me the treatment (right now)
Right now (right now)
Give me the treatment turn my frown upside down
Give me the treatment (right now)
Right now (right now)
Give me the treatment shoot me up or tie me down

Give me the Give me the treatment
Give me the Give me the treatment
Give me the Give me the treatment

© David Telles 2005</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:43:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Two in the morning</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/2370.html</link>
<description>This song is EMO as hell! God I sound like a pussy! Still, I wanted to do a slow tune that wasn't overproduced and this is what I came up with. the lyrics for this song have been a source of contention between me and my producer  friend. If anyone wants to post their impression/interpretation of the lyric I'd be grateful. Also general comments are always welcomed.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 13:30:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>What it is</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/1930.html</link>
<description>I recorded this live with my band but can't seem to find that version which is just as well since the guy we had subbing on bass sucked! we've played this a lot live and people seem to like it. I play the solo on guitar nowadays but that's about the only change. The drummer pretty much stays with the feel of the track on this but he's much funkier. I recorded this an ADAT last year but I didn't have a mixer so all the fx are direct through the units and I bounced a couple of tracks.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:16:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Your Little Room 2</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3264.html</link>
<description>Here is a clean Protools version of this song. I originally wrote it on the way to a gig last week and recorded it on Audacity in my laptop. The sound was not spectacular to say the least. i re-recorded it with the fixes suggested by spoon, battlecat and Tritonkeyboarder (but i've got no strings!). Anyway, this version is actually listenable and almost complete. It's a lullaby for a friend's baby, born last week. whaddya say TK, you wanna throw some strings on this?

Here are the words again

Your Little Room

Close your eyes and I'll hold you near
and we'll rest in your little room
as the stars and the planets rise
you are my world
and I, your moon

Go to sleep in my arms and dream
Though your dreams are a mystery
do you dream of a different world
or dream of home
or dream of me?

Close your eyes for the night is here
And in your room there is just us two
In my arms I can feel you breathe
And every breath
I breathe with you

Now I know there will come a time
When our world in this room will end
But for now as I hold your hand
I'm all you need
You're all I am
My little man</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:59:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Your little Room</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3259.html</link>
<description>Here is a song i wrote for a friend who had a baby last week. It's a lullaby, recorded hastily and with too much verb. My question; what to do with it. i would like to avoid too much in the way of percussion so any suggestions are welcome. Thanks for listening. BW, if you can, use headphones for this since it's a bit soft and thin. 

Here are the words


Your Little Room

Close your eyes and I'll hold you near
and we'll rest in your little room
as the stars and the planets rise
you are my world
and I, your moon

Go to sleep in my arms and dream
Though your dreams are a mystery
do you dream of a different world
or dream of home
or dream of me?

Close your eyes for the night is here
And in your room there is just us two
In my arms I can feel you breathe
My every breath
I breathe for you

Now I know there will come a time
When our world in this room will end
But for now as I hold your hand
I'm all you need
You're all I am
My little man</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:58:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>who's got bud 2</title>
<link>http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/3353.html</link>
<description>Here's a song about pot that I posted a while back. I pulled it because i thought I was taking up too much room on the server. I realized what a newbie i was when i started checking out other Ampers pages and seeing twice as many songs as I had posted! So, I re-worked this with keys and a better guitar solo track. The keys give it a vaguely Steely Dan vibe which is fine by me. 
The lyrics are about being high. The brilliant, fleeting insights; the the lack of motivation; the munchies.
Lemme know what you think. Especially about the bass line. I somehow lost the audio files for the bass on the bridge section but I never really liked what I had there anyway.
BTW, this is a LONG song so if you listen to the whole thing, thanks! 
Oh yeah, I should mention I don't condone the use of drugs 

Thanks for listening.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:46:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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