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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

it's a sci-fi story

“Transient” was created and mixed on February 21-25, for the 2025 RPM Challenge. It is essentially a trance remix of "Homesick."

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…

Finally, the ship is repaired and we resume our cruise through the cosmos. It was an adventure of a lifetime!

We break through into hyperspace and enjoy the ambient vibe.

It all started with a tinkle on the ivories Blue eyed boy some say you’ve got it The gift of the gab The harmonious Tounge That can sing a love song With all the good intentions gone Somewhere some blue eyed boy weeps all…

resampled live old time music with a twist

it is what it is

Within the holographic display of the Generation Ship, this was the first dream that they programmed. It would repeat and echo itself across an infinite number of simulated lifetimes, adding some tender warmth to the Great Sleep.

At first, all the cogs and gears worked gracefully. Those hibernated on the Generation Ship lived happily under the watchful eye of its holographic array, in a state of simulated bliss. I could only watch from behind glass. A conductor cannot…

Over millennia, the Generation Ship passed through the light of thousands of suns. Its sheathing was designed to protect its delicate equipment and sensitive cargo from the hazards of the Dangerous Space.

Under the holographic array, those hibernated experienced one lifetime after another, fueled by the seeds of the Root Dream. The Root Dream danced with their own memories from a dead planet, and spawned a plethora of evolving child dreams. Each…

The mindlink to the holographic array is in critical condition. I'm working with an ion refabricator to repair the apparatus, while simultaneously keeping tabs on the Generation Ship itself through a parallel link to the navigation system. Sparks…

I drift through tangled simulated frameworks and kaleidoscopic pixels, the simulation breaking down into a series of patchwork islands on a fractal sea. There is the faintest din of activity from the navigation system, but I'm in no shape to act…

Bonus Track #1

3 part midi piano Instrumental it’s a little long but great background de-stress music 😉

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 12 becomes finished song number five. This is quite the sloppy mess, I think. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure SM57. Leads are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Mooer E-Lady into…

NYC 1974.

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number two becomes finished song number four. You know, I was a music major in my past. 1989-1991 I attended the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts (it changed its name to UMass Lowell during my last…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number one becomes finish song number three. Dumb rocker with a not-so-terrible chorus, I guess. The rhythm guitars are a Gibson Les Paul Custom coming out of your left speaker and a Gibson Les Paul Standard…

Maya Mind is a palette of sonic soundscapes whereby listeners can imagine the accompanying storylines.

Maya Mind is a palette of sonic soundscapes whereby listeners can imagine the accompanying storylines.

Sample credit: Astronauts conversation_2.mp3 by oae888 -- https://freesound.org/s/541587/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Sample credit: River Archive: Thames River - Thames Path - July 21 2024 by ilmari_freesound -- https://freesound.org/s/747651/ -- License: Creative Commons 0