waltertore
1505 posts
Sep 24, 2011
11:45 AM
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As many of you know I create all my words and music as I go along as a real 1 man band- drums on my feet, guitar, harp, singing, keys, all done at once. It is all one take, live. I call this spontobeat. Often times spirits visit me and sing their songs through me. Last night I was doing a recording session in my studio and a tired old blues musican came through and shared some time with me. We reminised about how the music scene use to be and he told me about how it is today. I am glad I am where I am at with the music scene today. Here are the songs. Walter
death of live music pt 1
death of live music pt 2
a tired msuicians life
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,800+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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Steamrollin Stan
31 posts
Sep 24, 2011
3:23 PM
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Walter, these wont play when i click on in this link, however if i go to your website the soundclick works fine, go figure??...always a good listen S.S.
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chromaticblues
1015 posts
Sep 24, 2011
3:50 PM
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Yes same Walter. They don't here, but on your website.
I know what you mean about the old days. 25 years ago I couldn't wait to get great at playing then and play out ever night! WTF happened? MTV the internet
WOW how things have changed! OH I forgot about youtube! Youtube is a great tool to use to let people know you exist, but it is not LIVE MUSIC!
I'll stop there.
Anyway do what you do Walter!
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Matzen
319 posts
Sep 24, 2011
4:48 PM
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The links worked for me? Sounds great! I enjoyed the tunes while baking some cookies!
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waltertore
1506 posts
Sep 24, 2011
7:59 PM
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thanks for checking the tunes guys! I am having fun messing with this ampex tape emulator plug in. I am beginning to figure it out. Learning to make nice sounding recordings is a ton of fun for me. When I get new gear the quality often suffers for a bit till I figure it all out but I enjoy posting the learning curve. Like my music, my recording philosophy is the same- figure it out doing songs vs. sitting down and mathmatically figuring things out.
The live scene sure has declined. I often wonder how any of the pro players other than charlie musselwhite make a living off strictly gigs. I stay in touch with charlie and he seems to be the only guy out there still doing it the old way. That is all that use to be out there back 30-40 years ago when I was hot on the trail. I am glad I was there then. This new thing- lessons, jam camps, etc, do not inspire me at all. We use to look up the guys we dug, knock on their doors and get to know them. It was an apprentiship thing. I am thankful I am not tempted to go with the new pay to play, pay to learn way of being able to keep away from a regular day job. Here are some from tonights session. Walter
live in the here and now
holding my fathers hand as he dies
how I deal with the blues
if we all came together
is it the whiskey or my life
the future looks bleak
predators everywhere in this world
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,800+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
Last Edited by on Sep 24, 2011 8:01 PM
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waltertore
1507 posts
Sep 25, 2011
10:09 AM
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I recorded these this morning. I tried some different mic placements and preamp settings. The never ending recording puzzle continues to obsess me.... Walter
keep a hungry belly for a good life
a song for your heart
my liver and the alcohol life
look in a babies eyes
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,800+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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waltertore
1508 posts
Sep 25, 2011
3:11 PM
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Here are some keyboard 1 man band songs from this afternoon. The ragweed is killing me and my throat is flemed up to death, ears clogged and kind of dazed out from the claritin D pils........ Walter
rolling the higways in my bus
nobody plans on being in a hospital bed
hear the lovin in the wind
don't know why your running away
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walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year.
" life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
2,800+ of my songs
continuous streaming - 200 most current songs
my videos
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