monochromatic harmonica, melodica, snare cajon, sampled and manipulated with Koala app

The B-side for my July 30DaySongs submission is a cover of a tune I've loved since it came out way back in 1982. Wilsun has been having a rough go if it lately and I recorded this to hopefully cheer him up for a bit.

Sometimes a joke gets out of hand. This one is some combination of many many MANY inside jokes from the group on the RPMChallenge slack group, aka Conference of Mayors or Church of England, depending on the project. The shortest version is that…

From the Wikipedia: "Hummus (/ˈhʊməs/, /ˈhʌməs/; Arabic: حُمُّص ḥummuṣ, "chickpeas"), also spelled hommus or houmous, is a dip of Arab origin, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic…

Time was when I used to see you hiding Your face so clear amongst the crowd Time was I could sense you in the same room As if you'd called my name out loud Don't kid yourself, you've not got ESP Your face so clear amongst the crowd I'd…

Finally got around to connecting several electronic items on my side desk - Kawai R-50e drum machine from around 1995, Fostex X-18 4-track tape recorder from a couple of years earlier than that (I think), a Korg volca keys from 2021, and a handful…

Another lovely song from Leum. He's prolific, that one is! It was fun to collaborate on lyrical tweaks for this one, working together to tighten up a solid draft into a rich, compact song. For recording, we used a couple of condenser mics…

Mike's fun rockabilly follow-up to Scammers, Spammers, and Cons from a previous RPM Challenge. We recorded the drums, bass, one rhythm guitar track, and a scratch vocal take live off the floor, then added the other guitar tracks and a clean…

by Foo Fighters

by Foo Fighters

by David Bowie

by Rufus Wainwright

Song idea number 12 becomes finished mix number ten of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. I don't hate it, but the lyrics are laughably bad and there are some really bad pitches in the vocals in the chorus that were copied and pasted all over…

Song idea number 10 becomes finished song number nine of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. Nothing special here other than the time signature being 15/8. I want to play with time in ways other than the normal 7/8 and 5/4 this year, and here…