How Many Moments Must

This is based on a poem by E.E. Cummings. I used a text to voice translator to create the vocal parts, and the "angry" sounds are samples of Wasps. I am very happy with the quality of this piece Rumtoad- Everything How Many Moments Must by Rumtoad as Well

A Lapse of Judgment at the Brandenburg Gate

A classically inspired piece I wrote for a Daniel Crommie project. This is the basic version which kind of plays nicely on it's own. Rumtoad- Everything A Lapse of Judgment at the Brandenbug Gate by Rumtoad as Well

A Dream Goes On Forever

Not to be confused with the Todd Rundgren Tune, here is my version of the Todd Rundgren Tune!
Rumtoad- Piano, Bass,Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion, Vocals A Dream Goes On Forever by Rumtoad

Oh Yeah....It's Coming...

Options

This is a song about despair, that utilizes some of the historical aspects of Chief Joseph and the Trail of Tears to make it's point. The end vocals refer to a natural monument in Arizona. "The Trail to the Rock that leads over"
Rumtoad- Everything Options by Rumtoad

Turner

This is a song I wrote about Frederick Jackson Turner, who gave a very famous speech in 1893 that sort of changed how America interacted with the rest of the World for all time. If you are curious about Mr Turner, there are several online sources that explain how he helped change our nation
Rumtoad- Everything Turner by Rumtoad

(Some of) Jack's Blues

Just a semi- blues with a twist. It was fun to record. It is not finished, but if I wiated until every little note was perfect, I would be an old man!. Jack is my rescue cat, and he had a funny look on his face every time he heard me sing his name.
Rumtoad- Gtr, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals,Percussion (Some of ) Jacks Blues by Rumtoad

A Jungle of Apparitions

This is a piece that started as a Daniel Crommie Rhythm bed. I added a Floydian electric piano, a syncopated bass part (no delays used) and then Dan finished it. I am very proud of this track Rumtoad- Bass, Sample, Electric Piano and GR-55 Gtr Synth

Panorama Drive

Daniel sent me this rhythm bed, and I noticed that it had a floating feel. I came up with a set of suspended piano chords and then wrote a bass line around it. Daniel, David Stone, and Colin Henson then wrapped the whole thing up with a bow, and this is how it ended up! I am really chuffed how this turned out...

City of Industry (departure)

This is a very psychedelic piece that started as a Daniel Crommie rhythm bed. I composed a piano part that was semi-classical with eastern modes. I added guitars and then wrote a counterpoint bass line to move underneath it. Daniel floored me when I heard the lyrics and flutes and mellotron. I listened to this for days after he finished it. I like how his flute, voice and keyboard creates an upper extension on the Major 7th chord at the end and then ends without resolving. Rumtoad: bass, electric & classical guitars and piano. Daniel Crommie singing and playing flutes, mellotrons and rhythm bed.

Throwing Bones

One of my very favorites of Daniel's recent work. Check out the lyrics. They are kind of funny, until you realize that they are about Urban dysfunction in a post modern world of encroaching austerity and increased conflict. And I liked throwing in the "Secret Life of Arabia" style hand claps at the end. Good stuff! Rumtoad - bass and handclaps, Jon Davis Miller on electric guitar and Daniel Crommie on vocals, electric dulcimers, Black Box flutes and rhythm bed. This will appear on the forthcoming "Rotation" album.

Endgame

This is a piece I composed about a visit to a ghost town. We have several in Oregon and there are literally hundreds of them (or at least the sites where they once stood) in the Pacific Northwest alone. They usually shuttered down when an industry like logging, or mining went away. I have an affinity for Ghost Towns. They are a paradox, as they present both a window to a previous time, and a glimpse of what is to come. Rumtoad - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Samples, Percussion, Vocals Endgame by Rumtoad

Memories

This is an old Soft Machine tune that I have updated. Rumtoad- Theremin, Bass, Mellotron, Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals, sound effects Memories by Rumtoad

Closing Time

I have several pieces that I have been composing since the middle of June. This was going to have a vocal , but my words kept failing me. It is now an instrumental with other things to occupy your mind. This is seriously one of the most complicated productions I have ever created on my own. And I am not even sure that it is finished!
 Rumtoad- Samples, Percussion, Synths, Bass, and Guitar solo Closing Time by Rumtoad

The Robert E Lee

This was a song I wrote in 2008. It was supposed to feel like a cross between Randy Newman and Stephen Foster. I may have hit that goal, but then again, I try to be a perfectionist. However, I did hit a couple of bum notes on the bass. Oh well. I wasn't planning on getting a grammy for this anyway. Rumtoad- Everything except the Guitar Solo. Kevin Elmore- Guitar solo The Robert E Lee by Rumtoad

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No Room To Dream

This is a very cool song of Daniel Crommie's. What I like the most about it (besides the fact that the piece is crawling with hooks)is the kinds of artists it invokes. In the chord sequence, I hear echoes of Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann, notably "Handbags and Gladrags", while the delivery reminds me of a cross between Thomas Dolby (who I loved dearly) and Talk Talk (another amazing band)with Ian Curtis on vocals. It gave me the chance to play fretless bass, which I really need to do more of.

Daniel Crommie - Vocals,Rhythm Bed, Flutes, Synths, Songwriter
Colin Henson - guitars
Rumtoad - Fretless Bass

Like A New Year's Day

A song to commemorate a crappy 2011. Heres hoping 2012 is better than what we leave behind. I will re-visit this tune to shine it to a pearly condition once I have had time to do all the other boring stuff one must do to stay alive. In the meantime, I have this to remember 2011 by.

Rumtoad- Guitars, Vocal, Bass, Mellotron, Synth, Percussion


Like A New Years Day by Rumtoad

Wolf Time

This is a piece I wrote about the current "trend" of joining loosely affiliated and politically vague groups hell bent on destroying everything that makes them uneasy or forces them to think. It has a Randy Newman meets Floyd Cramer kind of lope to it, but trust me, you don't hear many country tunes written in Bb, and they certainly don't use many 11ths and 13ths. I do hope certain fringe elements listen to this and hate it. Then my work would be complete!

Rumtoad- Vocals, Bass, Piano, Guitar Solo, Drum Pattern

Wolf Time by Rumtoad

Cymbaline

The track below is a recent version of an old Pink Floyd tune I recorded. It is an unfinished demo, but it was a lot of fun to record. For this session, the musicians were:

Rumtoad- Bass, Piano, 12 String guitar, Drum Patterns and Vocals
Kevin Elmore - Electric Guitar
Daniel Crommie - Mellotrons and Flutes

Cymbaline by Rumtoad

Amazing

This is a short piece that I composed for a class I was taking. The total length was not to exceed 3 and 1/2 minutes. Its kind of baby techno, but I really like it, especially the ending.

Rumtoad- Bass, Mellotron, Keyboards, Samples and effects.

Amazing by Rumtoad

When the War Begins

If you have been following the news in the United States, every ass clown with a new tinfoil hat has been crawling out from under the teabag to spread ill-will and bullshit. They seem to think that Democrats could NEVER fight back if they decide to push for a Liberal "Final Solution". Thats ok. Let them think that...

Rumtoad- Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Drum Pattern

When The War Begins by Rumtoad

Crushed Velvet Heart

I wrote this on Thursday, demo'd it on Friday, and finished and posted today. I am not a great guitar soloist by any stretch of the imagination (I prefer to write specific solos and stick to them, or at least use them as guides when improvising) but I liked the feel (however sloppy) because it was unhinged, like the song itself, which is about the the seeming lack of imagination in humanity and our various cultures. It is a (sometimes) frightening and stifling world, and that is what I tried to convey with this piece. It basically tells the listener to fight back against the encroachment of bland, ignorant stupidity. Nothing is inevitable if you dare to think for yourself, and dream.

Rumtoad- Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion.

Crushed Velvet Heart by Rumtoad

The Future is a Horse

Just word-play, but I was aiming for a feeling of dis-jointed-ness

Rumtoad- All instruments, patterns

The Future Is A Horse by Rumtoad

Ella Fitzgerald Week

This is a song I wrote in 1991, but I like this version best, which I re-recorded in 2009, and then created a video for. It means a lot to me, considering the state of the world we live in now.

Rumtoad- Nylon and Electric Guitar, Bass, Organ,Drum Patterns, Vocals

Klasko

This is an original composition. It is a "love song" to Urban Paranoia and disconnection. For this piece, the info is as follows:

Rumtoad - Mellotron, Roland Guitar Synth, Bass, Vocals, Yamaha Nylon String guitar, effects, and drum patterns.

Klasko by Rumtoad