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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number nine becomes finished song number 15.
This one is not going to make the RPM Challenge album cut. That middle bridge section... what was I thinking? Laughably bad.
The rhythm guitar in your left speaker…
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 18 becomes finished song number 14.
I like the song all right, but the performance could have (should have) been better. It's okay, I guess.
Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure…
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 20 becomes finished song number 13.
As the great Ian Gillian once said, can I have everything louder than everything else.
This mix kinda got silly as every level kept going up and up and up. It's a fun…
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What the hell's a djembe? No, me neither. So it gets an airing in the intro. Tried to hit a just-behind-the-beat edginess to fit in with the just-behind-comfortable intent of the song.
Titles are hard.
*Tech Corner*
More clangs and thuds…
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A bit of Frankenstein of a song, lyrics cobbled from old lyric fragments, with variations on bass and melody and piano motifs, like I couldn't make my mind up where it was heading. Something about it, so has made the cut!
*Tech Notes*
Hmm…
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The song's about betrayal: about mixing with the wrong crowd, who then drop you from a great height. It's a love song. Maybe I should find a twee skirmish instead of relying on that Muse.
*Tech Notes*
Hmm. The usual set of twenty-three sound…
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The song started life as more sonic doodles using the Numanesque 1979 synth emulators -- so if you think it's 80s, you're a year out!
Was also working on transitions from verse to chorus (as I've listened to too many fawmers doing this rather…
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TL;DR: more guitary than my preferred synthery. With production practice too.
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For a recent collab, I undertook collation duties: mixing received stems without (hopefully) losing their original energy. Those stems were played on real instruments…
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TL;DR: it's got percussion in it.
I had an idea for percussion-heavy song: that I found tough to articulate because it's not a usual thing for me. More practice required.
I dialled back the bpm as the percussion became (even more) a wall of…
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This started out from some sound design doodlery. A couple of the synths I've been using have some non-standard routing options, so I've been getting better acquainted. They're not modular, though the Reason hosted stuff does have visible, virtual…
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I sold my upright piano earlier this year: it had been underused for a while and my head's been buried in the DAW for a long time. So played arpeggios into DAW instead. Then quantised them within a inch of their lives. More doodles with the Backbone…
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Ditty with jangles, bass and celloish thing (all Halion) and plenty of triplets. [Drum sounds from Groove Agent; edited using the new Drum Pattern editor. New for Cubase that is ... but every other DAW has had for 20 years, I suspect.] Vocal synths…
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Hmm. The trigger was to use a random Wikipedia page [via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random ] -- it gave me a 1990s Brazilian film I'd never heard of. Although it sparked a song, the verses that more obviously related to the film got…
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I'd been recommended some free plug-ins for DAWs. One of these plug-ins emulated synths from yesteryear that were bizarrely nostalgia inducing. Which led me down a path to a sort-of retro style song. It's possibly anachronistic: I didn't check…
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Not _entirely_ sure where this came from, probably the muted trumpet sound, that's only possible to play in the wearing-a-black-turtle-neck style. Other motifs followed suit.
'Tis mainly from Cubase Halion sounds ... Reason double bass, and…
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TL;DR: the song's about waiting too long to do the right thing ... and then still choosing to ignore it when you get the chance.
Last autumn, I spent too long polishing production & sound design at the expense of, amongst other things…
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TL;DR: this is a synth-pop track about being true to yourself.
For the last couple of days of January, I'd been listening to Pete Shelley's "Homosapien"¹, on repeat, like a deranged teenager. The idea was to overdose on a song I liked, so that…
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A mention to freesounds.org -- a hole full of rabbits and, um, a Portland Ferry. The ferry's foghorn makes an appearance on this track: a love song.
Elsewhere there's the usual synthery -- including Vocaloid vocal synth -- plus some orchestral…
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*Lyrics*
Looking down at the scars
Seeing bars on your window
There's a beauty
In the broken life I see
Don't cover the tears
Glory in your flawed story
Scratch the surface
To let it bleed
Roll up your sleeves
We choose to sing…
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This song had been a "fragment" for a couple of years -- a state the befalls many an aspiring melodic doodle, sound design or chord cadence.
This time, the glockenspiel melody that formed the initial draft had another iterative polish, together…
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If I'm being kind to myself, I'll say that I wrote this in a "through-composed" style. Truth is it probably required another verse etc., to nudge the song's story along and provide some semblance of structure. Instead, I was enjoying myself adding…
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With thanks to FBJ Matt [https://fatboyjamz.bandcamp.com/] for the title, which inspired the lyrics and overall intent.
The vocals are largely from synths (I input the melody and lyrics, the synth -- Vocaloid in this case -- generates the tone…
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I don't sing many songs: this one's a duet with Sarah, who _can_ hold a note.
Piano sound from Verve (the plug-in, not the band). I like the affected sounds: like socks & nails stuffed in the wires. Wonky zither from Vital, drone from x…
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Sequel to the "Spectrum EP", Anthem is the first single released by Jahmahn Sheyin. Enjoy Reggae out of Nigeria.
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It's a sick world we ya live in. And with the fulfillment of prophecies of endtimes unfolding, signs we can't miss, "We Call To You" takes our hearts back to Jah.
#Jesussaves
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This was rejected at a songwriter competition. You be the judge.
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Fellas, you can be busy conquering the world, buh nah left ya woman dem lonely at home. Learn from Jahmahn, a certified lover man.
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It's systemic, how dem a have and play we down. But a time is near and Babylon cyaan escape whaa come fi dem.
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number six becomes finished song number 12.
I like this one. I thought about naming it "Hyperactive Zany" but thought better of it. The GarageBand drummer would have worked up quite a sweat if it were a real person…
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number five becomes finished song number 11.
I didn't even realize that song idea number five (literally the song's working title) was in 5/4 time. What a coincidence! Too bad the song wasn't better. It's kinda…
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This song was written and recorded to my phone in less than 15 minutes - it's the reason I ended up dropping the first 2 songs I recorded from my 2025 RPM effort , as they sucked compared to this.
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I’m too tired to do anything
I’m…
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An electro instrumental track, with the occasional unintelligible vocals.
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Let’s go save the planet
Let’s stop all pollution
It can’t really be that hard you’d think
But it’s not what we want
So we vote in fascists
Guess that we’re just in it for ourselves
I don’t know, what we can do anymore
As I watch the…
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Lying on a rooftop
Head shot in my sights
Finger on the trigger
The time to shoot is right
Oh yeah,
I’m killing a billionaire
We all saw it coming
They knew we’d fight back
It’s no use complaining
Your skull’s about to crack
Oh…
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Stop telling me things that are just made up
Stop making it hard when it’s so easy
Stop shoving marbles inside my mouth
Stop making me over and over think it
Get me out of my head
Stop everything I need to get off this train
of thought…
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A minimalist arrangement on this song, just piano and vocals, and a small synth solo.
Lyrics
I love you with dirt on your face
and grey and tangled hair
You don’t need to try to impress
Because I just don’t care
I only want you to…
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I feel calm when it’s night
Away from things that are bright
Under the glow of the moon
I’m happy
If I could go back in time
Take me to the 90’s that would suit me just fine
I don’t like how things have turned out
Since the tech bros…
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This track was recorded at Bannerman Brewing Co. by Jake Nicoll for the RPM Challenge VinterStüdio compilation.
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 14 becomes finished song number 10.
This isn't so bad. I used the just-loop-the-bass gimmick and while that sometimes works for me, this time it just feels super repetitive. Not bad, just not very good…
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Music and Lyrics by Sam Wells (c) 2025
An RPM project
Lead Vocals - Felicia (Dreamtonics)
Backing Vocals - Solaria (Eclipsed), Sheena (Dreamtonics) and Hayden (Dreamtonics)
Verse 1:
He wore my face, but his eyes were dead
Like his…
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 16 becomes finished song number nine.
This one is decent. I wanted a little bit of a head banger on acoustic guitar. It works on that level.
Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure…
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Radical Pizza Machine 160 BPM
Music and Words © 2025 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved
Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann
This track was made in February 2025 especially for the RMP Challange 2025…
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Rhythm Passion Motion 120bpm
This is our RPM Challenge 2025 submission
Music and Words © 2025 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved
Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann
This track was made in February…
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Radioactive Particulate Matter 118bpm
Music and Words © 2025 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved
Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann
This track was made in February 2025 especially for the RMP Challange…
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The RPM Experience – Prelude 120bpm
Music and Words © 2025 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved
Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann
This track was made in February 2025 especially for the RMP Challenge…
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OK, this is my attempt at trying to get back into composing something again. It's not really what I was trying to produce, but I'm not fighting my lack of creativivity anymore.... so enjoy or whatever :)
Everything but the vocal is me.
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Possibly the last one for this years RPM
The Only thing I feel
The wind blew against the window and brought the morning I
Sunlight hit the curtain and I’m sure it trying to break on through
My senses woke to the smell of tobbaco…
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“Homesick” was recorded and mixed on February 21-25, 2025.
First half of "Homesick" was written and demo'ed on the evening of 8/10/2023. Second half of "Homesick" was written on 2/21/2025. This version of "Homesick" was recorded and mixed…
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“Transient” was created and mixed on February 21-25, for the 2025 RPM Challenge. It is essentially a trance remix of "Homesick."
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“The Everlasting” quick and dirty acoustic cover, with some awful singing.
“The Everlasting” written by Bradfield/Moore/Wire, originally by Manic Street Preachers.
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2025 RPM Challenge song idea number three becomes finished song number eight.
I had this idea of having a shortish instrumental as the opening song of the album. Sort of like a prelude.
I wish I had thought better because this "song" absolutely…
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Finally, the ship is repaired and we resume our cruise through the cosmos. It was an adventure of a lifetime!
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In the distance, we can see the robots at work, and wouldn't you know, some of them are partying, too!
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The cruise company puts down for an unscheduled layover on a blissful alien beach and we relax while robots fix the ship.
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But then something goes wrong with the drive system! With a series of alarming noises, we drop out of hyperspace and drift for a bit while the crew checks out the system.
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We break through into hyperspace and enjoy the ambient vibe.
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We start out by boarding in Starlight Terminal 17D, where we board our starship cruiser and accelerate toward light speed.
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