I challenged myself to a full album of ambient/experimental for RPM 2026

I wrote the piece, then went searching for a title, which I found in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, by John Koenig. Aftergloom is defined as "the pang of loneliness the day after an intensely social event." I think it fits.

:)

2026 RPM Challenge song idea number four becomes finished song number 11. I almost dropped this one without finishing it. I somehow managed to really intimidate myself with it. The sections were so long and the melodies were busy and it was…

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2026 RPM Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 10. This song feels like evidence that this year's project is running out of gas. I'm happy it exists but that's about the best I can say. All guitar parts are a Gibson Les…

2026 RPM Challenge song idea number 15 becomes finished song number nine. Another in a long line of attempts at writing The Great American 3/4 Rocker. I think as I typed the previous sentence I decided that my album title this year will be…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number two becomes finished song number eight. iTunes is telling me I just reached 35 minutes but I think it's rounding up. I might have enough to submit a finished RPM Challenge at this point, but I'll keep going…

Reg is in a mess again ...messed up of course by another women ... No decision

2026 RPM Challenge idea number three becomes finished song number seven. Is it obvious that I started dumbing things down just so I could get the 9/8 time signature to work? I don't think I've ever written anything in 9/8 before. I mean…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number 14 becomes finished song number six. There's something about this one that I like but it's not the singing. Yikes! I did very little guitar playing after the 2025 RPM Challenge and my finger tips were in really…

Gratismentalität 175bpm Music and Words © 2026 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann Words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann A big thanks goes out to all of…

We Speak Deutsch 114bpm Music and Words © 2026 by WGP ⎮ All Rights Reserved Composing, recording, programming and words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann Words by Thorsten Hürter & Jørn Erdmann A big thanks goes out to all of…

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