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Unreleased Album From The Vault…

November 29, 2011 By Graham English

Become a Facebook Fan and Get this Never-Released Album From The Vault! Fear The Monk was a song-oriented funky rock project. It gets dark and intense at times. But it always grooves and there's some killer musicianship in there. It's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: Facebook, Fear The Monk, funk, funky, pop, rock

One Of These Nights

May 5, 2008 By Graham English

Download: One Of These Nights Last.fm: One Of These Nights One of these days, I'm gonna buy a big old mansion One of these days, I'm gonna drive a fine car or two With all the things I want How can I enjoy them too If I can't share them with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 2008, 75bpm, F, hammond, Motown bass, MULTI TRACK, muted electric guitar, Old School Funk Remix Kit, organ, piano, piano solo, pop, rock, rotor vibes, Song a Week 2008, soul, triplet feel, vibraphone, vocals, wurly

You Got What You Wanted From Me

April 21, 2008 By Graham English

Download: You Got What You Wanted From Me Last.fm: You Got What You Wanted From Me I went outside and I looked all around But baby you were nowhere to be found Just a note on your side of the bed We are over, was all you said My eyes were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 106bpm, 2008, blues, Ebmin, funky, hammond, MULTI TRACK, organ, pop, rock, Song a Week 2008, vocals, wurly

Midnight In This Lonely City

April 2, 2008 By Graham English

Download: Midnight In This Lonely City Last.fm: Midnight In This Lonely City The storm it keeps me up tonight The thunder thrashes any peace A clouded mind I'm thinking through Sometimes it's hard to see the truth The hero always finds a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 2008, 83bpm, Attitude Bass, Crunchy Muted Delays, Dmin, F, hammond, Heavenly Glass, minor, MULTI TRACK, organ, piano, pop, rock, Smooth Morph, Song a Week 2008, Studio Tight Kit, vocals

Emin 120bpm 04-28-07

April 28, 2007 By Graham English

I started this just over a week ago but have been too busy to spend much time writing or recording. Lame. I wrote this with two things in mind: (1) working out, (2) a heist. So if you can imagine me training for The Italian Job, then you get the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Bass Clash, Dance Organ, Eastern Mystery String 02, Effected Drum Kit 01, Effected Drum Kit 32, Emin, Euro Funk Synth 01, Falling Stars, frenetic, Friday Night Star, funky, hammond, heist, House Warm Chord Synth, minor, Modern Rock Guitar 16, Modern Rock Guitar 26, Morphing Celestra, MULTI TRACK, organ, pop, Pop Get Ready Set Beat 02, Pop Get Ready Set Beat 03, Remix Reverse Vocal, riff, rock, Synth Array 21, tense, Transition FX, workout

2-23-07 BMAJ 100bpm

February 23, 2007 By Graham English

I'm still searching for a melody for this song. Download: 2-23-07 BMAJ 100bpm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 100bpm, BMAJ, chorus, MULTI TRACK, pop, rock, ToWrite, verse

Music for 12-07-06

December 7, 2006 By Graham English

This is a verse and chorus I came up with tonight. I'm not really sure how I want to modulate back and forth from major to minor yet. The rhythm of the melody and harmony don't provide much contrast but the move from minor to major might be enough. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 85bpm, C#min, chorus, composing, Db, pop, prechorus, rock, ToWrite, verse

Trains

December 5, 2006 By Graham English

I cowrote this song many years ago with my former band, [tag]Fear The Monk[/tag]. I had very little to do with the writing actually. I think I came up with a portion of the melody in the verse but none of the lyrics. I dig the groove in the chorus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 150bpm, E, Fear The Monk, hammond, MULTI TRACK, rock, Vocal, wurly

Circles

December 4, 2006 By Graham English

Throw my spirit to the wind I will surely fly No cage in this life, just earth's laws to get us by And when freedom sings That's when life begins In the here and now Aware to look around Leave it all to the past, I was just born today All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 72bpm, Bb, Bbmin, Fear The Monk, guitar solo, life and death, rock, spiritual

True Home

March 11, 2006 By Graham English

Fearless mystic Lifting the veil Crying echo Pierced with a nail Spirit calling every day Phantom feeling has gone away I have arrived I have not moved This is my TRUE HOME Chorus: All we really need to get by Is the love that we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: Fear The Monk, heavy drums, love, rock, spiritual, zen

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