http://roymond.com/music/ Eclectic, original indie music from roymond, one song at a time en Copyright 2009 Roy Walter Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:42:14 -0500 Roymond Eclectic, original indie music from roymond, one song at a time Single servings of my self-produced songs, mostly original, largely genre-defying. Most, but not all, of my recent songs were written for Songfight.org, an almost-weekly competition where songwriters compose, record, produce and submit a new song within a week. Indie independent eclectic music roymond roy walter songfight roymond@gmail.com Roy Walter http://roymond.com/images/roymond300.png http://roymond.com/music/ Cali Punk for Song Fight! Thanks to Billy's Little Trip for the rockin vocals and guitar solo!... http://roymond.com/archives/2009/01/love_me_a_littl.html http://roymond.com/archives/2009/01/love_me_a_littl.html Music Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:26:15 -0500 A last minute entry for songfight 12/03/07, written and recorded in 4 hours...start to finish.... http://roymond.com/archives/2007/12/501.html http://roymond.com/archives/2007/12/501.html Music Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:13:23 -0500 First entry for the Purple Reign project, borrowing song titles from the pained rain man for new original works.... http://roymond.com/archives/2007/10/my_love_is_fore.html http://roymond.com/archives/2007/10/my_love_is_fore.html Music Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:23:11 -0500 This was written for Katya at Oddio Overplay for the 2006 Halloween compilation, Calling All Fiends. You'll find this at track 27. Thanks to Frankie Big Face for the fabulous sax tracks! There's also a glass harmonica (tuned wine glasses)... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/10/if_i_believe.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/10/if_i_believe.html Music Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:32:47 -0500 Written years ago under very different circumstances and festering ever since.... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/08/hold_on.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/08/hold_on.html Music Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:42:31 -0500 My first collaboration as a part of x-tokyo-river-god for songfight. Lyric by Anti-M. Keyboards and drum/bass loops by roymond. Guitars by Noah.... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/08/rhymes_with_luc.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/08/rhymes_with_luc.html Music Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:34:10 -0500 Spirit in the sky...... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/07/its_just_not_ri.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/07/its_just_not_ri.html Music Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:27:46 -0500 My first Song Fight win in a long while :) With only 4 hours in all spent to get this done by deadline, perhaps I can return to clean this up a bit, but listening through my SONY 7506s, our... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/06/had_it_up_to_he.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/06/had_it_up_to_he.html Music Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:00:31 -0500 Well, Jason heard me recording for a Song Skirmish (a crazy thing where we have one hour to write and record a song) with this title, and he started singing his own. He asked me to record him and after... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/02/the_price_is_ri.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/02/the_price_is_ri.html Music Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:22:15 -0500 Another Songfight entry, my first in months!... http://roymond.com/archives/2006/01/dont_think_i_do.html http://roymond.com/archives/2006/01/dont_think_i_do.html Music Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:34:10 -0500 Written for Songfight! in response to hurricane Katrina's attack on New Orleans. I can't put myself in the situation that so many people now find themselves in. I can only dwell on the prospects of rebuilding a community that is... http://roymond.com/archives/2005/09/save_new_orlean.html http://roymond.com/archives/2005/09/save_new_orlean.html Music Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:37:30 -0500 This was for the Songfight Live-Boston 2005 event, and Hoblit, Ken, Frankie and Fluffy gave great backing on short notice. Awesome! Once the live recording is available it'll be linked here. Meanwhile, here's a studio version I did for the... http://roymond.com/archives/2005/08/i_know_my_right.html http://roymond.com/archives/2005/08/i_know_my_right.html Music Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:18:53 -0500 This is for Erik's teachers and therapists, to thank them for the great work they've done over the years. It uses lots of "Erik-isms" and tries to highlight the role these people have played in his (and our) life. He's... http://roymond.com/archives/2005/06/rocket_through.html http://roymond.com/archives/2005/06/rocket_through.html Music Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:40:23 -0500 long delays on the guitar and bouncing alligator clips on the strings, I was going for elusive foreign textures that the South Pacific evokes. Well, not literally, but turning a friend's operatic voice backwards and doubling it for the break brought the needed "foreign" vocal flare to round out the arrangement.]]> http://roymond.com/archives/2005/04/honeymoon_in_po.html http://roymond.com/archives/2005/04/honeymoon_in_po.html Music Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:31:42 -0500 Guitar and cello is a wonderful texture and I look forward to exploiting it again.]]> http://roymond.com/archives/2005/04/die_for_me.html http://roymond.com/archives/2005/04/die_for_me.html Music Sat, 09 Apr 2005 02:44:44 -0500