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Trumix.com listings available of RoughMix Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. RoughMix 127 - You May Smell Funny (but I love you so) There is a constant danger of taking ourselves too seriously in all that we do. This is also true in songwriting. So it is sometimes a good idea to just go ahead and be silly, and that is what this episode, number 127, of RoughMix is all about. I was giving my daughter a hug, and she had an unusual smell in her hair, so I told her that she smelled funny. I immediately realized that although I had not meant it so, it could have hurt her feelings, so I followed it up quickly with the words," ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 126 - Bring Me Back Rehearsal - the cast about how music is made Writing music is the first step. For many that is enough. For me, I want to usually work it out with a band, to draw upon the creative juices of others and to hear it a bit closer to what I hear in my head but cannot produce myself, because I can only sing, play guitar and create percussion (and even this not all at once - and the live part of it all is not to be underestimated.) This is a rehearsal with my German band [Steffi Weiss - keys/vocals; Petra Wolfsperger - recorder; Christian Me ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 125 - Acoustic Airs Sometimes the best thing you can do is to simply sit down and play without a plan, without any goals, and see what happens. As in most cases this got recorded on my Palm Tungsten, which is almost always with me - which makes it a good tool for capturing spontaneity. I had a listen to this clip afterwards and heard that I had a few elements that could be of use: * some tapping * some harmonics * some rhythm change-ups Most importantly, to keep it rough I was not afraid of mak ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 124 - Going to the Zoo This time around I am sharing a tune with two "drafts". Here I played around with the theme long enough to have some unique things spring forth just by virtue of staying at it long enough. Listen carefully and you will hear my daughter chime in with some background vocals. For those of you really into the roughness I am also sharing the original Palm based wav files online: First "capture": http://www.mediafire.com/?yisfmqofzef Second "capture": http://www.mediafire.com/?gouqotcme8j Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 123 - Press 1 RoughMix 123 - Press 1 (the songwriting cast about how music is made) Sounds are all around us. I have slowly come to the conclusion that all of them are potential tools for inspiration, as this episode of RoughMix shows. Welcome to RoughMix 123 - Press 1. As the title implies, this episode was inspired by a recording I made while trying to call a credit card company. It was the automated voice that annoys us all so very much. I decided to try and use it as an inspirational tool and this ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 122 - Mix and Match Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/unleashingmephotography/2316833560/sizes/o/ Two rough "tunes" * In your Hands * 3rd fret start - it sounds like I here had a lick which was central to what became experimentation after that - always returning to the basic theme and then branching off from it again. I also included licks from other songs in it 2:22 for example, and others Over time you create a style and a body of work. This is a reso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 121 - Uke Inspired Guitar Photo CC License - http://flickr.com/photos/alaala/163091182/ This episode has the meek Uke serving as an inspiration to its 6 stringed bigger brother. Enjoy the cast - as always, feedback is most welcome in whatever format you choose. Visit my Twitter account - http://twitter.com/nlnnet Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 120 - Dancing, Singing (Sorry Yoko) RoughMix 120 - Dancin Singing (Sorry Yoko) Photo: http://flickr.com/photos/andrewbaron/71618124/sizes/m/ - by Andrew Baron, CC Licence Just to show you how rough you can get this episode has its place. I am sharing with you all of the rough, which includes an embarressing "Yoko Ono" like voice, which is followed by what that inspired. (Sorry Yoko!) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 118 - Canceled Concert Blues Take a ride with me into the distant past when my hair was black and my back was strong enough to schlepp around electric pianos. 118 has a look into what is possible when you do not even have "real" instruments. The most important part of songwriting is not the tools at hand, but the tools in your head. You can also access me and my random thoughts at: http://twitter.com/nlnnet ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 117 - Slap Therapy Some times it feels good just to hit things - added bonus if that is a guitar that results in sounds you like. That was in any case the attempt represented in this episode of RoughMix which I am calling slap therapy. Listen in on the clip, recorded on the Palm Tungsten and you hear why I chose this as a title. My tip this time around is to let things run awhile. Do not always be in a hurry to "make" something and don't worry about polish or beauty. Raw emotion, and unvarnished energy and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 116 RoughMix 116 - As started in episode 113, "Love Is" is an on demand tune. This episode presents the live version performed with a band, also done rough (find out how by listening in.) Contact us at ruffmix@gmail.com, or even better by vi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 115 - Rising Waters I share an experiment as I record randomly on the Palm Tungsten - called Rising Waters Special greetings to folks in Bangalore, Guangzhou, Gdansk, Skipton, San Antonio and others. Subscribe to the feed at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix Save 10% on GoDaddy purchases with the code "blu6" Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 114 - Faith Like a Child / Everyday The photo in its original can be seen here (CC license) http://flickr.com/photos/webbysworld/44408276/ In this episode of RoughMix I share two clips as indicated in the title in the hopes that it inspires above all all who may listen to record whatever you do to capture ideas. Only when you have a system will you not fprget things you create. Leave feedback at roughmix@gmail.com Subscribe to the feed at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix Save 10% on GoDaddy purchases with the code "b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 113 - Love Is RoughMix 113 - Love Is This tune was written "on demand". Find out more about how this was done in this cast. This cast has the bit recorded for the band to rehearse, as well as the stuff that flowed from my head with all that was created being done on the fly. Follow the progress and see how it may help your songwriting. Contact us at roughmix@gmail.com, or even better by visiting http://RuffMix.com and leaving a message there on this episode. The lyrics and chords are available to any ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 112 - 1 Plus 1 RoughMix 112 - 1 Plus 1 This episode has two pieces coming together to make something greater - 1 Plus 1. It is entirely Palm Tungsten recorded. It also pays a special greeting to listeners in Hawaii,Texas, Brazil, Argentina, and SE England. Post messages by visiting http://RuffMix.com Save 10% on GoodDaddy domain names with the code "blu6" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 111 - Badum RoughMix 111 - Badum I record lots of stuff on my Palm Tungsten, as I mostly always have it with me. I record far more than I share with you all, simply because I do not have time to do it all. In all honesty I do not even follow my own advice about recording everything, but I do get pretty close, and this helps, I believe to give me material that I can use to create material. My biggest challenge is in fact in keeping track of all the stuff that I create in a manner that is easily filed. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 110 - Bouncing Steps Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 109 - Bring Me Band RoughMix 109 - Bring Me Band In the last episode I shared the roughmix of "Bring Me Back" as I created it on the fly. This time around I show you what is sometimes the next step - sharing the song with a band for the first time. This is a good way to polish what you do and get feedback that can only help improve your song. This was recorded mono on my Palm Tungsten, for another band that would also need to perform it. The chatter, although in German will not hurt the understanding of t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 108 - Bring Me Back I got an email. It informed me about the general theme of the upcoming confirmation church service, and it asked me if I might have any ideas about a song that could be created for the event. I am always excited about challenges like this and this episode is the result. I am particularly proud of this as all of it happened within an hour of getting the email - which shows that creatively can be done under pressure and can come from outside impetus. If you want more about me there are man ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 107 - On the Fly RoughMix 107 - On the Fly Getting stuck in a rut in your songwriting. Try these ideas out for size in episode 107 - On the Fly Some new tips that may help jump start your songwriting process, as always rough and raw and in draft form for your listening pleasure. This cast can be subscribed to on I-tunes, or just point yourself to http://RuffMix.com where you can get all the info you need get the episodes any way you like. And don't forget code blu6 will save you 10% on GoDaddy.com ne ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 106 - New in RoughMix 106 - New In This time around the focus was on rhythm - roughly speaking. I discovered what I thought was a cool lick and ran with it (and almost beat it to death.) The words were secondary and off the cuff - truly rough stuff. This illustrates a nother tool to use in song writing - repeat multiple times and see if something comes out from it - particularly important in pop music. Music clip was recorded on the Palm Tungsten - mono. Save 10% on New Domain registrations at Go ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 105 - @ the Millers RoughMix 105 - @ the Millers The episode that shows that even background distractions cannot detract from capturing your songwriting ideas. This episode has Brian recording on Christmas day at some friends while they are in the middle of a Skype conference with people from another continent. Sponsored by http://happybdaymp3.com - looking for artists to create personalized birthday music as a way to promote their songwriting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 104 - Maj7 Slides RoughMix 104 - Maj7 Slides Sometimes placing a limit on what you will do will generate ideas. I do that in this episode restricting myself to play just with Maj7 chords and music built around that. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by http://happybdaymp3.com - a unique gift possibility for you in the internet age. This cast is a member of the http://blubrry.com community Thanks for listening - be sure to drop a note, or even better an audio comment to ruffmix [at] gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 103 - Bright the Day I was at a rehearsal and there was some down team as other members of the band we busy with other stuff, so I took a few minutes, and pulling out my Palm Tungsten, captured some of the experiment in the key of A. The next day I added some more thoughts - and I am likely to continue along this vein. Here you get both "sessions". It is my hope that this inspires you to have a kind of digital roughs diary that will help you in your songwriting as well. This episode is sponsored by http://h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 102 - 7 to 5 RoughMix 102 - 7 to 5 This episode of RoughMix shows how important it is to set for yourself notes that mean something to you. This of course considers the fact that you are actually recording the stuff you do as you work on potential tunes. Be sure to save money on your new domain registrations at GoDaddy.com - use the code "blu6" to get a 10% savings on new domain names and support RuffMix at the same time. The best feed for this podcast is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix Subsc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 101 - In My Head RoughMix 101 - In My Head 5 plus minutes of talking to myself while "hearing" something in my head trying to reproduce it on the guitar - it always takes practice. I am not a great guitarist. I do not read music fast enough to play it so all I do I do by ear. Listen in as I get into a groove, get stuck on a bit and work it out until I am satisfied, change speeds try all kinds of tricks to get the music recorded in a format that will help me to go back later and have a clue about what I di ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 100 - I did It! RoughMix 100 - This episode takes highlights from the first 10 episodes of RoughMix and mixes them to give a taste of the beginnings of the cast. Special hellos this time around to listeners in Vigo, Portugal; Brasilia, Brazil; Tianjin, China; Tatsuno, Japan; Tampa, FL USA; Hobunken, and NJ USA Thanks for listening and please drop a note, audio or otherwise. to save 10% on new domain registrations at http://GoDaddy.com use the code "blu6" and support http://RuffMix.com at the same time ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 099 - In the Darkness Sometimes a lick will do it. I played this chord and then added some rhythm to it, and I had the beginnings of something. Hi, and welcome to RoughMix 099 which is called "In the Darkness". This episode focuses on a clip I recorded on my Palm Tungsten, which only records in mono - you do not get much rougher than that. I was in particular playing around with arpeggios and then some tapping trying to create a sense of rhythm that almost made it sound like more than one instrument was pla ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 098 - For Sure RoughMix 098 - For Sure Inspiration comes when it comes - it cannot be controlled. At least that is my experience. I often sit at the guitar play a few notes and Boom! The muse is there. When this happens, I need to grab my Palm Tungsten and get it down, because I know with absolute certainty that if I do not, it is gone forever - and good or bad if I do not capture it I can never again use it or refer to it. As in many of my recordings I am in my real life and that includes background ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 097 - Look Up Jam Often a good tool to get the juices flowing is to take what you know as a start and work from there. It is even better if it is your starting point is your own creation. In this episode I take a tune from episode 01 of RoughMix (now available at http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMixOnVume) and do just this. Enjoy! Musicians who want to share their music in all of it s roughness should contact me at: nlnnet+roughmix at gmail dot com. The best URL for this podcast is: http://RuffMix.com T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 096 - Dancing Tigers RoughMix 096 - Dancing Tigers Often clips and licks lead to greater things. In this episode of RoughMix Brian explores a bit of the process in some more detail. Musicians who want to share their music in all of it s roughness should contact me at: nlnnet+roughmix at gmail dot com. The best URL for this podcast is: http://RuffMix.com The best feed for this podcast is http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix The best way to contact me is by Skype: briankelley Get your GoDaddy.com domain for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 095 - Warm Breeze RoughMix 095 - Warm Breeze A warm melodic instrumental exploration of material that shows the step-by-step process of songwriting. This tune can also be found here: http://www.vume.com/audio/view/814/ Musicians who want to share their music in all of it s roughness should contact me at: nlnnet+roughmix at gmail dot com. The best URL for this podcast is: http://RuffMix.com The best feed for this podcast is http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix The best way to contact me is by Skype ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 094 - 1-3-5 RoughMix 094 - 1-3-5 This episode refers to some music theory related to Major Chords. A lot can be learned by applying what you do to what you know. The episode where this tune was originally mentioned can be found here: http://Vume.com/audio/view/521 Musicians who want to share their music in all of it s roughness shoulr contact me at: nlnnet+roughmix(at)gmail(dot)com. The best URL for this podcast is: http://RuffMix.com The best feed for this podcast is http://feeds.feedburner.com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 093 - Scratch Voice RoughMix 093 - Scratch Voice The question came by email from Facebook, the social networking site from someone thinking about adding their songwriting process to the podcast. Do you mean... He sounded a bit shocked that the idea would really be to share raw, unfinished music as it was being written showing all of the unglorious warts of the creation process. Yet that is what this podcast is about, and this episode highlights it, complete with an interruption in the middle of recording th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 092 - Echo RoughMix 092 - Echo This episode experiments with a USB stereo input and how to use progressive playing around to get new ideas. Songwriting tips can also happen after the recording is done. Check out this episode to hear how! The best URL for this podcast is: http://RuffMix.com The best feed for this podcast is http://feeds.feedburner.com/RoughMix The best way to contact me is by Skype: briankelley Get your GoDaddy.com domain for 10% less! Use code "blu6" when ordering. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 091 - Lüterbach Chill RoughMix 091 - Lüterbach Chill What do you do when you are at a business seminar for a few days in Switzerland when you finally get some time off? You borrow a guitar and record some rough music! This episode was recorded in Luterbach Switzerland on my Palm Tungsten. Listen to how the flowing of the waters influenced this creation. Archives for this podcast are being saved over at Vume.com Earliest episode here: http://vume.com/audio/view/9/ The feed for this podcast: http://feeds.fee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 090 - Uke RoughMix 090 - Uke Sometimes new musical ideas come about when you switch up the instruments a bit. In this episode I play around with a uke - sometimes called a ukelele or even a ukulele. A uke is indeed a real instrument! I am posting older episodes of RoughMix over at http://Vume.com - pay a visit there and get a blast from the earlier days of RoughMix I am also looking for other songwriters willing to share the "roughness" of their process. Drop a note at nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 089 - Listen Now Finito! RoughMix 089 - Listen Now Finito! The genesis of this tune goes all the way back to RM 010 - some music takes longer to gestate than others. This episode explores how this can be done, and offers a live version of the tune with a band as well! Enjoy! I am in the midst of posting older episodes over at http://Vume.com due to bandwidth issues - feel free to check out the RoughMix tunes there as well. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 088 - Humbled RoughMix 088 - Humbled This episode had me trying to get a song written for a church service, but we ended up not having the rehearsal time necessary. Listen to this as I did three takes over about an hour to hear how the stuff got changed in the process. See if you can tell which parts were recorded in a car traveling on Swiss highways. http://GoDaddy.com get your 10% discount on new domain names with the code "blu6" Be sure to tell you friends about http://RuffMix.com! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 087 - Green and Blue RoughMix 087 - Green and Blue Green and blue - I guess I saw something on the floor with these colors as I picked up the guitar. Who knows why really? In any case it is being made up on the fly. Enjoy! and drop a note! This episode is also available here: http://www.eefoof.com/audio/2351 (Playing it there will accrue some funds to me...) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 086 - Wandering Thoughts RoughMix 086 - Wandering Thoughts This rough was recorded in the living room with ambient sound of some children on occassion. Get your GoDaddy 10% discount by using code "blu6", and support RuffMix.com at the same time! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix Episode 085 - Happy Birthday Electric The cast about how music is made. RoughMix Episode 085 - Happy Birthday Electric Listen in behind the scenes as music is created! Save 10% on your domain listing at GoDaddy.com. Use the promo code "blu6" - and support this podcast at the same time! My blog is at: http://KelleyNews.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 084 - Electric Airs RoughMix 084 - Electric Airs This cast is again with an electric guitar. I am convinced that a different instrument brings with it different creative abilities as the artist works in symbiosis with the guitar itself. My preference is still acoustic, but new stuff arises when one takes chances. Feel free to checkout my blog at: http://KelleyNews.blogspot.com Thanks for listening. Pass on the cast to your friends! The photo is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/quitelucid/ and is used wit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 083 - Marble Stairs RoughMix 083 - Marble Stairs Clean and solid. What more can I say. the card on which I record my rough music got fried and I needed to fix it. I tried to do so at no cost but I eventually had to give to the forces of commerce to get what I had there back. It is music that cost me real cash to recover so I hope that you enjoy it! Let me know what you think. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 082 - Tia Barbie Song RuffMix 082 - Tia Barbie video It was shortly after Christmas and we discovered Tia singing while playing with her new dolls - the dolls that she received for Christmas. It took too long to grab the camera and get it all ready so we only got the last 20% or so of what she created. This is to me however the purest form of Rough music. Truly created as it goes along without worrying about form or sense. If I could only find my way back to such a lack of self-consciousness when I try to crea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 081 - December Return RoughMix 081 - December Return It has been a long time coming, but as I said in the last episode, I was inable to post while being away from home and guitar. Now I am back with more roughness for your listening pleasure! Sweet! Be sure to drop a line about the show at: nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com Be sure to checkout http://Blubrry.com the e-less berry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 080 - Train to Glory RoughMix 080 - Train to Glory This was recorded on a Palm Tungsten from a very limited set-up including an old Gibson electric guitar and a 10 W practice amp. I have not played electric in a long time, and I never recorded it before on a Palm. The result was more distortion on the recording than I like by a lot, but in keeping with the roughness of RoughMix I decided to release it anyway. This cast is recorded as I am traveling, so I have to work with what I have. I will not likely be ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 079 - Cables RoughMix 079 - Cables This is a music driven episode. The title is only there because it was the most memorable of unforgettable lyrics. You can contact me in many ways: Skype: briankelley Phone: +49 7632 138 831 Email: nlnnet+ruffmix@gmail.com Site: NLNtv.com We welcome your feedback and want to include it in future casts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 078 - That's Not Love RoughMix 078 - That's Not Love Take a look into the past at a rehearshal of the band "Pacific". Here we are practicing a new song getting ready for I think a tour in Spain. Please contact me at nlnnet[at]gmail.com Be sure to drop a voice mail if you like. My Skype ID is briankelley Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 077 - Wisemen RoughMix 077 - Wisemen This is a rocking tune I wrote back in the 1980s. It is a Christmas tune about the so called "wise men". I am proud of these lyrics and I think they really capture what I intended. Be sure to checkout http://Blubrry.com the e-less berry. You can contact me at nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com Voicemail is welcome as is all feedback! Special greetings this week to my friends in Berlin. If you send me an email by 20 September I will send you free songs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 076 - Daily Diary This is a podcast that takes what I record on my Palm Tungsten over a 24 hour period and post it. It shows what happens in development over what amounts to about 12 hours. Be sure to visit http://blubrry.com for a good social podcast site and links to many podcasts. If you like, contact me at nlnnet at gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 075 - Chopping Wood RoughMix 075 - Chopping Wood I am back from my trip to Benin in West Africa and here is a tune in progress still working with a dropped D in the bass. I am enjoying this! This is actually more of experimentation, but regular RoughMix listeners get that already. For a good social podcast site, checkout http://blubrry.com I am still looking for artists who would like to share their roughs with others. If you are one, let me know! As is usual this is recorded on my trusty Palm Tungsten, c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 074 - Guitar Smack 02 RoughMix 074 - Guitar Smack 02 I am back from my trip to Benin in West Africa and here is the continuation of Guitar Smack. See Episode 073 for more details. NOTE: I am looking for artists who would like to share their roughs with others. If you are one, let me know! As is usual this is recorded on my trusty Palm Tungsten, complete with ambient noise. If you like the cast, please tell others how to find it so they can enjoy it themselves! Contact me at: nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 073 - Guitar Smack 01 RoughMix 073 - Guitar Smack 01 I am in between international trips. Late last night I got back from Nottingham, England. Tomorrow morning early I head to Benin Africa. I wanted to try to slip in one episode as I will not likely get to another for over a week. As is usual this is recorded on my trusty Palm Tungsten, complete with ambient noise. I am eager to hear from you and tell me what you like, what you would like to change etc. I have lots to do before I get on the plane, so I end h ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMIx 072 - Dropping DD RoughMIx 072 - Dropping DD Dropping Experiment In this episode of RoughMix I take my guitar and drop both E strings down to D and then make up stuff on the fly. It is only an experiment, and when I do this I never have any idea if the experiment will work out to be anything. I try NOT to limit myself to sounding good, but to playing around as much as I can and to be "in the moment". I will likely never be able to re-create this this, but it will also likely serve as inspiration for someth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 071 - Thanks for Listening RoughMix 071 - Thanks for Listening Total creation - sit down on the couch with nothing more than a phrase and a guitar and see what comes out. I also send shoutouts to some friends who have posted comments on previous episodes of RoughMix on the shownotes. I hope you enjoy my embarressing openness as I share the screw ups as well as the stuff I like. It is all about the process. Here we keep it rough! This episode is sponsored by http://NLNcast.com - your home for family friendly TV pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 070 - Hold My Hand RoughMix 070 - Hold My Hand This clip was recorded very quickly. It was recorded while I had 5 minutes of downtime waiting for my computer to work again, and while copying a wedding video for a friend, which inspired the lyrics. In this episode I also mention Podomatic.com, blubrry.com, new usage from I-tunes and a shout to nes friends in N. Ireland, Italy and Mexico. This episode is sponsored by http://NLNcast.com - your home for family friendly TV programming. Tell you friends about R ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 069 - Steal My Soul RoughMix 069 - Steal My Soul Episode 069 Gives shoutouts to friends in Iran, China and Manitoba. It also highlights a rough which I call at the moment "Steal My Soul". I like the title and this alone will likely lead to future development. This episode is sponsored by http://NLNcast.com - your home for family friendly TV programming. Tell you friends about RoughMix and if you like it place feedback for us on http://podcast.yahoo.com RoughMix Frappr Map - join it and let me and other lis ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 068 - Three Tries RoughMix 068 - Three TriesEpisode 068 has three takes of a rough tune. This is songwriting tool - take the material and play around with it. See howyoufeel about each take in this short tune!Special greetings to my friends in Tehran, Iran, Chile and Uruguay this time around. If you read this note please contact me, let me know where you are and some details about yourself and I can greet you personally.This episode is sponsored by http://NLNcast.com - your home for family friendly TV progra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 067 - Future Thoughts RoughMix 067 - Future Thoughts Two main parts to this episode. The first is where I talk on a walk about future thoughts, including the possibility of inviting other songwriters to talk about what they do much inthe same way that I do. I ask for feedback about this. The second part is an extended experimental playing around with an alternative tuning where the bass note is a D and the rest you have to guess. The noises in the background are of the living room or of a walk - most of this ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 066 - Keaggy 2 I am back from a whirlwind tour of eastern Switzerland where I paid another visit to a Phil Keaggy concert, this time in Chur, Switzerland. The next day I headed to St. Moritz where there was an afternoon up the mountain at a small cabin where we had a guitar workshop with Phil Keaggy (http://PhilKeaggy.com). As I mentioned in episode 063, Phil is one of the best guitarists in the entire world as recognized by his peers. It was more than cool to be able to learn from him with no more tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 065 - Cajon Revenge RoughMix 065 - Cajon Revenge I sit again on the Cajon and give it a few smacks using it as a tool to give me some new ideas. It forces me to step outside of my guitar centric music world. This in turn causes me to have some ideas I would otherwise not have. This episode also audio user feedback from Doctormo. This episode is sponsored by htp://NLNcast.com - your home for family friendly TV programming. Tell you friends about RoughMix and if you like it place feedback for us on http://po ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 064 - You Did Not Choose Me RoughMix 064 - You Did Not Choose Me Inspired by a concert mentioned in episode 063 I dipped back into my own recording history and highlight a tune called You Did Not Choose Me. It is not typical of stuff on this podcast, but the tune is mine and it really is me playing and singing! That it was recorded in 1986 as a demo on a 4 track Tascam recorder explains part of it! Let me know what you think! In this episode I also send out geographic greetings with specials to friends in China, I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 063 - Keaggy 01 RoughMix 063 - Keaggy 01 I just saw a concert from who is surely one of the 5 best guitarists in the world today - Phil Keaggy. In this cast I speak about it a bit and what something like this means for songwriting. I also want to thank for the feedback. One suggestion was that I start doing a guitar lesson podcast - we will see, but I have nothing on the burner just yet. Feedback is however appreciated! You can make sure that you never again miss an episode of RoughMix by subscribing to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 062 - Bm Exercise RoughMix 062 - Bm Exercise Inspired by a guitar student this episode take what was originally intended as an excercise to help him learn to play the Bm chord and work on his rhythm. You can make sure that you never again miss an episode of RoughMix by subscribing to the podcast. Here are some options. You can skype me at briankelley, email me at nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com, send a smoke signal or coded tea leaves. Contact as you like, and please rate this cast at http://podcasts.yahoo.com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 061 - I Lift My Eyes (MPEG) RoughMix 061 - I Lift My Eyes (MPEG) This is a re-cast of episode 039. The original was posted in the WMV format which it seems, is not all that helpful to the subscribers of this podcast. I have re-encoded it in a MPEG format so that more can view it more easily. You can make sure that you never again miss an episode of RoughMix by subscribing to the podcast. Here are some options. You can skype me at briankelley, email me at nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com, send a smoke signal or coded tea l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 060 - I Know Episode 060 was a rough that was begun to answer a need that was addressed too late and therefore never came to fruition. It is a rough from the Bible about Romans chapter 8. I will very likely re-visit this one as I like the potential of both the music and the lyrics. It is also a topic that I find to be both encouraging and truthful (and how often do both of those things happen together?) You can make sure that you never again miss an episode of RoughMix by subscribing to the podcast. H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 059 - Clips RoughMix 059 - Clips Episode 059 has vocals I wish weren't there, but then rough is rough - and you get to hear it. This podcast is sponsored by NLNcast.com I am looking for more audio input from listeners. Let me know if you have something to say about your music, or about mine, or about someone else's. You can skype me at: briankelley Vote for this podcast here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 058 - Snow Plow RoughMix 058 - Snow Plow This title, in summer? Don't ask (but do listen to find out.) This episode has a greeting from UncleShag as well as yet another rough recorded from the Palm Tungsten. (No, they do not sponsor the show - yet! If they did I would have a link here.) I am just a satisfied user in their product with the built in mike. I am still looking for help in converting video files to the formats I spoke about in episode 056. Also, please rate the podcast on Yahoo. I am very oft ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 057 - Table for Two The tune was written for a specific sermon at a church in Neuenburg, Germany. More info iside the cast itself.Please tell others aboutRoughMixIt is a podcast designed to help songwriting musicians who are willing to be open about how they write and develop music. It will help to connect to potential listeners and give good ideas to others. If you have a good marketing idea share it so that all can benefit. Add to your marketing reach by adding to our groups (we actually have an audience tha ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 056 - Goodnight My Friend Vidcast (MPEG) RoughMix 056 - Goodnight My Friend Vidcast (MPEG) In episode 035 I spoke about a tune I wrote for my daughter called "Goodnight my friend". This episode allows you to see my daughter singing the tune herself. Available in WMV format upon request. If anyone has the tools to convert it to MOV or M4V please do so and send it my way. This podcast is sponsored by NLNCast.com Email: nlnnet+roughmix[at]gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 055 - White as Snow RoughMix 055 - White as Snow This song was driven by the lyrics, but not the lyrics alone. Please tell others about http://RuffMix.com It is a podcast designed to help potential musicians. It will help to connect to potential partners and give good ideas. If you have a good marketing idea share it so that all can benefit. Add to your marketing reach by adding to our groups (we actually have an audience that can benefit you! Greetings to friends on Crafty Drive near route 61 and those on ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 054 - Cajon/Mother and Child RoughMix 054 - Cajon/Mother and Child This cast starts with a clip from the Cajon mentioned in episode 53. I give some examples about using a secondary instrument to help break a musical logjam. Then a rough tune called Mother and Child from sometime in May 2006. It was written driven by a theoretical idea of someone looking at a mom and child in a park - never really happened. The Frappr map (http://Frappr.com/RoughMix) would love to have you place your in in the map and let us know whe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 052 - Sly Slider I discovered the clip in this episode as I was going through the audio files on my Palm Tungsten. I am calling the track "Sly Slider". Here is the offer for this episode - submit some synched lyrics to the audio clip to me in an audio mp3 file (to nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com) and I will add the best rendition to a future podcast, and you can do a family friendly promo of your site or podcast. Take me up on it. Offer valid until I decide it is no longer! Post your comments, let me know where ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 051 - When in Doubt Hitting a dry spell after a time period where I did not have much time to play guitar let alone write I sat down to a blank sheet and simply played trying to see if some new sounds could be created. Simple roughness! You can contact me at nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com. Please visit the frappr map and let me know where in the world you are. The archives of the older shows are now available at roughmix01.podomatic.com I have had to remove some episodes due to a lack of space on the original po ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 049 - Narnia on the Floor Two tunes are listened to, both captured by the trusty Palm Tungsten, one inspired by a daughter perusing on of the Narnia books sitting on the floor. I also ask you to rate/respond to the show at http://podcasts.yahoo.com where it seems that RuffMix.com is coming up repeatedly as the top Music podcast. I would love to see it continue! The Frappr map is at http://frappr.com/RoughMix My Skype ID is briankelley. If you send an audio message chances are good that it will get added to an episo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 049 - Narnia on the Floor RoughMix 049 - Narnia on the Floor My daughter's reading inspired me for this cast and this title. It is a study using two short titles in progress. Feedback is as always most welcome. I love to hear from you whether it be on the Frappr map or by email or on Skype or however. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 046 - You Can Trust in Me Rough Vidcast RoughMix 046 - You Can Trust in Me Rough Vidcast This is another vidcast with words blended in. This, it should be remembered is a rough and intentionally not a clean version. It was recorded like this so that I would not forget the tune. It is raw, unpolished and needs a lot of improvement - all by design. My Skype id is briankelley. Drop a note! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 044 - Stars RoughMix 044 - Stars You have heard early rumblings of the tune highlighted in episode 44. I add two takes to this one with some explanation. It is like a second draft on a song that is beginning to take a more formalized form in my mind. I also am beginning to fill up my allotted space on this feed so I have created a separate feed for the earliest archives at: RoughMix01.podomatic.com. Once my space fills up on the main feed I will begin to delete the earliest episodes to free up space ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 042 - Relaxed RoughMix 042 - Relaxed Two instrumental pieces. The first is a "by accident piece" as I was just hacking around a bit high up on the guitar neck, and I liked the initial progression so I made up some more. The second short snippet is a further variation on my work with the CMaj9 chord. I like the brightness of the sound and this rough has me moving into a bit more rhymthically. Both tunes were recorded on the Palm Tungsten using its built in mike, complete with background noise as the st ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 041 - Not Quite Yet RoughMix 041 - Not Quite Yet This episode has new material as promised in episode 040. I have taken two short clips that were recorded on my Palm Tungsten. Both were never before played and were truly recorded on the fly. If I would do more of this I am sure that my music would be better as I would have many more rough drafts to polish. I live and learn. It would be nice to hear what you think, and from musicians how you do it yourselves. Audio feedback is welcome. Best is either to Skype ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 040 - Did U C Me in the Mirror? RoughMix 040 - Did U C Me in the Mirror? I'm back! The computer that was dead remains dead, but its newer better replacement has arrived and now I can actually post once again. In this episode I take a look at a song that was started by a simple phrase "Did you see me in the mirror?" From that point it evolved into something not really connected to the phrase that launched it at all. This is the rough of the song. Thanks for staying subscribed, even in the slow computerless period. Next ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RooughMix 36 - Firmly Planted RooughMix 36 - Firmly Planted This episode has me writing a song for a church confirmation service based upon Psalm 1. It has 3 drafts of the song in the order in which they were made to help show the process in more detail. All the material was recorded on the Palm Tungsten. You can get me by Skype> briankelley or email to nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 35 - Good Night My Friend RoughMix 35 - Good Night My Friend This episode highlights a song I wrote while flat on my back. It is a song I wrote for my 4 year old daughter to help her go to sleep. I later did my best to capture what I did on the fly onto a more respectable form. I knew I had a hit when the very next morning I caught my daughter singing the song herself. I was clever enough to capture her version due to the trusty Palm. You can get me by Skype> briankelley or email to nlnnet+roughmix@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 34 - CMaj9 exp01 RoughMix 34 - CMaj9 exp01 This take is done by taking a single chord, in this case CMaj9, and playing with it. The results are pleasant for a first take on it I think, even if it is rough. Contact me at Skype: briankelley Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix Bonus Track from 1980s RoughMix Bonus Track from 1980s Here is a song called All Tied Up which I recorded sometime in 1988 I think. Next time I will post a more "normal" episode again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 32 - FF Mix In this episode I do some mixing, some rough mixing - yet another tool to help develop a song. I look at a song I first dealt with in episode 11 if you want more info about how the earlier development took place. I have a bonus this time. For those who contact me directly I can send to you mp3 files of each individual track IF you contact me prior to 28 February, 2006. Take me up on this offer while it lasts! An invite is re-issued to other songwriters who want to share what they are up t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 31 - Change of Heart It's good to have friends who share a passion for music. In this episode I am joined by the music of Michael Gross through the wonders of shared internet tracks.This is an episode about songwriting with others, and that over large distances. An invite is re-issued to other songwriters who want to share whatthey are up to. If it fits we will share it. If you listen and want others to know it then visit the http://frappr.com/RoughMix site. You might be suprised that you can find kindred spi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 30 - Worthy This is a tune I arranged and co-wrote back in the 80s called "Worthy is the Lord". It shows how songwriting skills can be honed by working with the material of others. If you listen and want others to know it then visit the http://frappr.com/RoughMix site. You might be suprised that you can find kindred spirits there that can help you even more than I can. If you want additional info you can also email me at nlnnet [at] gmail.com or Skype me at the ID: briankelley Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 29 - Palm Capture Another episode that is not about a song, but about the process of songwriting, and this episode helps using a mobile device as a tool. If you listen and want others to know it then visit the http://frappr.com/RoughMix site. You might be suprised that you can find kindred spirits there that can help you even more than I can. If you want additional info you can also email me at nlnnet [at] gmail.com or Skype me at the ID: briankelley Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix 28 - Learning from the Recent Past RoughMix 28 - Learning from the Recent Past This cast is cool! It looks at the recent past and uses it in new ways. It is I think one of the best episodes ever, but be warned, if you do not have a system that separates what you hear from left and right you will be missing out. This is not about a song, but about the process of songwriting, and this episode helps with a real, practical idea how to help develop and hone your skills in doing so. If you listen and want others to know it the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 27 - 3 Blind Mice RoughMix with Brian Kelley 27 - 3 Blind MiceGlad to have you with me at episode 27. In this one, I give an example of another exercise I do, using a well known tune to play around with. In this case I used the kids tune 3 Blind Mice.Please apply it to whatever instrument you yourself play, even if that instrument is your own voice. Let me know which instrument you play and I would love to have some samples of your music to share with others who listen to this cast. Be sure to contact me at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 26 - Juicing the Muse RoughMix with Brian Kelley 26 - Juicing the Muse Glad to have you with me at episode 26. In this one, I give an example of an exercise I do when I am at a lack of ideas, and give you the actual recording of the session of discovery. Please apply it to whatever instrument you yourself play, even if that instrument is your own voice. Let me know which instrument you playand I would love to have some samples of your music to share with others who listen to this cast. Be sure to contact me at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 25 - Less Rough Special RoughMix with Brian Kelley 25 - Less Rough Special In this episode I depart from the norm to celebrate a little bit. I present two tunes I wrote over 20 years ago. They were recorded on an analog 4 track recorder. Tune 1 is called "All Tied Up", which has a double meaning. Tune two is called "Don't Hesitate". The influence was of the 80s, but I still like both tunes, and hope that you do as well. Send your feedback to RoughMix@Gmail.com, or Skype me at briankelley Please visit the Frap ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 24 - Rinse, lather, repeat RoughMix with Brian Kelley 24 - Rinse, lather, repeat Here is an exercise that I use to help he in the songwriting process. This is an example that I hope will be of some benefit to you. Send your feedback to RoughMix@Gmail.com Please visit the Frappr site and let me know from where you are listening. My blog is available at KelleyNews.blogspot.com Take a survey about the Podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 23 - Follow-up RoughMix with Brian Kelley 23 - Follow-up* a re-visit to a clip earlier introduced in a more polished format* shout out to a listenerPlease visit theFrappr siteand let me know from where you are listening. My blog is available atKelleyNews.blogspot.comTake asurveyabout the Podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 22 - Curtain Call RoughMix with Brian Kelley 22 - Curtain Call This episode takes a listen to a rough I recorded on my Palm Tungsten which has a built in mike. It is ideal to capture ideas before they slip away when there is no access to better recording possibilities, or no time to set up the system. This podcast is after all about the process of writing the songs and less about the songs themselves. The tune as an example here is in the key of G and its working title is Curtain Call. Please visit the Fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with Brian Kelley 21 - Soaring Towers RoughMix with Brian Kelley 21 - Soaring Towers A listen into further development of a song from an earlier episode using some effects with Audacity software. Your feedback is welcome! If you give it in an audio format it may even be included in a future episode. Please visit the Frappr site and let me know from where you are listening. My blog is available at KelleyNews.blogspot.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RoughMix with BrianKelley 20 - Walking Man RoughMix with BrianKelley 20 - Walking Man This episode is an extended free for all as I truly played with an idea. It is not edited and this captures what I put down as it happened. This is very often how I write music, by capturing it in a raw form and then processing it afterwards - now possible due to the technology I posssess - which has not always been the case. Please visit the Frappr site and let me know from where you are listening. My blog is available at KelleyNews.blogspot.com ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |