July 8 - Used the following songwriting prompt: write a song in the form of a step-by-step process, and use the progression Bm, F#m, G, Em. This was hard at first, and then I came up with something from my own past that I thought might work…

July 10 - one-hour skirmish. We wanted to take a trip this summer but it ain't happenin'. Lyrics: VERSE: Stuck here at home With the world on lockdown Doing my work online There must be better ways to spend my time When out gotta…

synthesizers and effects “It is a peculiar colony” says István Maák, a zoologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. “They are doing the best they can, surrounded by dying.” In 2019, Maák took it upon himself to do something about…

July 10 - Skirmish. Got this in right on the hour, had the lyric and basic melody in 30 minutes. Takes me the rest of the time to get a decent take. Fun but nerve-wracking at the end! VERSE: The smoke slowly rises The prairie wakes at dawn…

July 10 - Skirmish. Refers to you know who. Lyric: He's a petulant little child Ranting, raving mad Apoplectic in the extreme To me he looks rather sad His Twitter feed on fire With vengeful, spiteful hate An exasperated urchin…

July 11 - Skirmish. The prompt was - make your own prompt from any of the letters in “thermodynamic.” My first thought was to bale as it seemed to hard. Decided to have a little fun with it and be silly. Didn’t exactly create a prompt, but my…

July 11 - Skirmish. A mix of autobiographical and made-up stuff to the prompt "Too Straight" VERSE: My mama told me Make sure to get an education Something to fall back on But I didn't listen So life's been a bumpy road Many paths I…

July 15 - Random collab. Laurie sent me a lyric and I sent her a basic idea that wasn't really working that well. She wrote a quick new lyric and it inspired me a lot to revise/revamp my original idea and this is the result. A fun collab and I…

August 6 - Well this is a tome and rather wordy compared to most of my lyrics. I do so much in verse/chorus form, wanted to try something different, so this is in AABA form. Had the musical idea for the A section and then as I've had the current…

This is one of only two songs from this year's 50/90 that was started on guitar rather than bass. It's also one of three where the vocals were recorded on a day where I couldn't sing in tune to save my life. It's also one of three where the…

Live in the Grackle backyard 9/13/20

by Joseph

by John Frusciante

another from new exploring with the mountain dulcimer. This one tuned DAC. Digging it. Created for the Sound-in Event.

August 20 - Wrote the lyric to the prompt "Just Out of Reach," though I've experienced this when I was younger and even sometimes today, I was thinking a lot about one of my best friends who has never married or had a long-term relationship…

September 3 - I'm pretty self-critical like I'm sure a lot of us are - I actually like this one. One of my favorites for this 50/90. VERSE: Looking out the window The narrow street below The sounds of the city calling I know where I'd…

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Well... this took a left turn at Odd Street. The main melody started off as riff written and played on bass guitar and the early version had guitars, and real drums etc.... Then I got introduced to a suite of 80s synth plugins and it all went…

September 13 - Sunday skirmish, prompt - Autumn. Had to start late but glad I was able to participate. AABA form, a song about getting older. V1: Autumn's Here for Me And even though I'm getting older There's still much more to see Clear…