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RE: cycle
The Bruce Blues Band
1. Flat Tire 3:18 <play>
2. Hey Joe 3:19 <play>
3. Can't Get Enough 3:22 <play>
4. Rocks Hurt 4:39 <play>
5. Born to be Mild 3:19 <play>
6. Ride Like a Big Boy 4:02 <play>
7. I Wanna Bike All Night 3:34 <play>
8. Sweaty Petty Horse 3:36 <play>
9. Bike Thief Thing 3:30 <play>
10. Won't Hike Down 3:08 <play>
11. Bad Mood Rising 3:16 <play>
12. Sweet Little Bike 2:45 <play>
13. Cyclocross Women 3:06 <play>
14. First Bike is the Cheapest 4:28 <play>
The songs on this CD are recycled tunes with lyrics by Bruce |
RE: cycle
Once I decided I was unlikely to be sued for turning popular golden oldie
songs into mountain biking anthems, I decided to release RE: cycle as my
2nd CD. The first release had 12 songs. It proved to be a hit. So two more
songs ("Sweaty Petty Horse" and "First Bike is the
Cheapest") were added. And a couple of the songs, such as "Rocks
Hurt," were re-mixed for the second release.
Most of these songs are done on acoustic guitar. For subsequent CDs, my
wife gave me a very nice electric guitar and I splurged for a keyboard
that I can't play very well. |
How to get the tunes!
1. Donate to a participating group and get a real CD in a
bi-fold jacket. Listen to perverted versions of Golden Oldie songs in high-quality surround-sound!
(Are you part of a group -- such as a school race team or trail foundation
-- that could use the CD as a fund-raiser? Contact Bruce directly. Go to
the top right corner of this web page and click Contact/Editor. For select
groups, Bruce can come to an event or trailhead canopy to sign CDs and
help with your fundraising.)
2. Download the album as a ZIP file in MP3 format (55 MB size). Lesser
sound
quality, of course, but it's free and ready to drop into your phone or
iPod. Then please consider a donation to your favorite trail group. Download
"RE: cycle" CD as zip file in mp3 format
3. Pick individual songs by listening to them on-line, then
download only those you want. Go back to the main
"Goodies" options page.
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Information for fundraisers!
Products
There are seven CDs available. "Bad Biking" has 12 original songs
by Bruce, while "RE: cycle", "Bike Problem", "Hero on the Pedals", "Hard Day's Ride"
and "Born To Ride"
each
have 14 songs -- mostly recycled versions of golden oldie favorites with
an occasional original. "Fat"
has 15 songs. The CDs are professionally produced and packaged in a bi-fold jacket with a
semi-flexible disc-mounting station made of recycled plastic. The bi-fold
comes in a protective outer clear plastic sleeve. Contact Bruce
directly to get your CDs.
Collecting your donations
That's up to you. We don't specify a "price" for the CD. You can set a
donation amount per CD, or leave it open-ended, or use them as raffle
prizes, or whatever. The back of the CD jacket has the ISBN barcode for the product, so the CD
can be rung up in bike shops as a sale. (Expect the bike shop to deduct
its transaction and handling costs.)
Your costs
Please plan to reimburse Bruce for the production cost of the CDs
you distribute. As of January 2019, this cost is $2 per CD. For
select cases (such as trails where Bruce rides), he will donate a few CDs
to get you started. Contact Bruce via the link for "Editor" in
the page heading above.
Custom art work
The CD and its jacket can be customized with your trail foundation's logo
and other information. This requires a minimum order of 100 CDs with
payment up-front, and
will have a delivery time of around 3 to 4 weeks. |
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Not that anyone cares:
Bruce Argyle does all the parts for these songs: vocals, harmony, bass,
rhythm, lead guitar, and percussion. He records the tracks in his basement
studio and acts as his own sound engineer for the mix.
Bruce works on a song until
he gets bored, which doesn't take long. Then he calls the tune
"done" even if it's still a little raw. So don't expect perfect
masterpieces.
Bruce started his music career as a finger-picking singer-guitarist, doing mostly folk rock and ballads.
After not becoming a star, he switched to bass guitar and harmony vocals
-- and earned enough to pay for college, medical school, a wedding and a first kid.
Then Bruce became a
respectable citizen with a job. So the Gibson Ripper bass guitar sat in the closet for 40 years
Now, although the
voice is shot and the fingers are clumsy, the old "rock star" is
back on stage.
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