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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

An electro instrumental track, with the occasional unintelligible vocals.

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. Lyrics I’m too tired to do anything I’m…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

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…

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…