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Song idea number one for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes finished song number one. This might be the only song I like for this year's RPM Challenge. We'll see. Is the mix too reverby? Probably. I like it today but I might not like it tomorrow…
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AMUC said

Reverb and overall mix sounds good to me. Good job!

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Song idea number one for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes finished song number one. This might be the only song I like for this year's RPM Challenge. We'll see. Is the mix too reverby? Probably. I like it today but I might not like it tomorrow…
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Olive Astronaut said

song sounds great! looking forward to hearing the whole album!

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Song idea number 20 is finished song number eight of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. I really like the vibe of this one, simple and basic with a cool groove, but I HATE the vocals. The melody, the lyrics, and most of all the performance…
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c}{imps 8 my ears said

tight chops

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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…
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c}{imps 8 my ears said

put down the bat. great levelling and sonic escalation

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2022 RPM Challenge song number 18. I still have two more songs to mix but as of right now this is hands down my favorite of the batch (spoiler alert, I think I might be saying that about the two songs that are left as well). Usually when I…
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wakyct said

Rockin feel to this one.

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2022 RPM Challenge song number 15. Not too bad. I can live with most of it. The vocals are kinda spotty and I don't think I'll ever use the setup I used for the first guitar solo again (vibe after fuzz? Not this red head!) but I'm mildly…
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Keith Landry said

This might be my favorite song on the album. Really first rate production, this collection of songs.

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RPM Challenge 2022 song number 3. This one is okay. I have a feeling that anytime I work in 6/8 time I come up with exactly this song. I knew the lyrics in the chorus (the second line) were bad but I thought I could live with them. Now…
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Andrew Russe said

Yeah, this way of doing the guitars is paying off for me, big time. I always love your rhythm playing, but these are shining even more. And the lead on this - NICE. Your comment on the 2nd chorus line made me laugh. I'd heard it a couple of times before I read the comment, and I'd thought "cool line!"

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The second song started for the 2022 RPM Challenge is the second song finished. I'm sort of working off a first in first out queue this year. I didn't plan it that way, but that's how it's going. I'm disappointed in this one. It's not a…
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Andrew Russe said

Actually, I think it works (I've been getting some of that - I'm disappointed, but the listeners think it's mighty fine - so I kinda know what you feel like now!) .... anyways, love the groove and riffing on this. The chorus is cool, but it's maybe not standing up to the job it's being asked to do nearer the end? Maybe that's what's leaving you feeling flat about it? I'm still digging it, though.

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The first song worked on and the first song finished. The 2022 RPM Challenge is well underway! I had a few gimmicky ideas for this year's challenge and this song hits on some of them. First, I wanted to get away from the small room reverb…
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Andrew Russe said

Cool song too.

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The first song worked on and the first song finished. The 2022 RPM Challenge is well underway! I had a few gimmicky ideas for this year's challenge and this song hits on some of them. First, I wanted to get away from the small room reverb…
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Andrew Russe said

Wooo yeah, liking the two gimmicks - I think it's the different guitars for tracking the rhythm makes the biggest difference, but I'm useless at picking and evaluating reverbs... so it could be that? Anyway, bigger, more spacious sound. And it leaves a better space for the vocal to sit in. Love that lead.

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Another song for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. What do we think of this cat? I have an urge to get proggy right now and generally that requires a level of talent that I don't posses. I'm not putting myself down when I say that, it's…
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Andrew Russe said

Oh yeah, I'm with JMT, I really like this. I haven't been doing much, if any, listening on here for ages... popped in for a moment, saw his comment and hit play. Really glad I did

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Another song for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. What do we think of this cat? I have an urge to get proggy right now and generally that requires a level of talent that I don't posses. I'm not putting myself down when I say that, it's…
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James Michael Taylor said

I really like this. It's got a lot going on but the voice is clear and there is a sense of space.

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Another song for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. What do we think of this cat? I have an urge to get proggy right now and generally that requires a level of talent that I don't posses. I'm not putting myself down when I say that, it's…
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James Michael Taylor said

Rock On!!!!!

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Another song for the 2021 National Solo Album Month. What do we think of this cat? I have an urge to get proggy right now and generally that requires a level of talent that I don't posses. I'm not putting myself down when I say that, it's…
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James Michael Taylor said

Mix your voice up at least on the level of the solo guitar...

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2021 50/90 S0ng Number 51 I listen to this song and I am struck by how little there is to it. It sounds simple and basic and un-special in every way. Why then was it such an absolute nightmare to sing. I mean... I had to dumb down the…
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Andrew Russe said

Oh yeah, the guitarmonies here are definitely awesome - they sound really good. I'm with you, sucker for any guitar harmonies, but these have got a bit of that celtic vibe that kinda lifts them above others.

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2021 50/90 Song Number 52 And that's all she wrote, folks. The first time I finished 50/90 was 2014 and I had exactly 50 songs. The second time was last year and I had 51. Now this year I have 52. The bar inches higher. There is a…
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Andrew Russe said

Cool track - love the solo at the end. You've got a Standard 50s?? Which colour? I've been oggling them. The guitarist from my old band got a 60s a few months back in "Unburst" which is my favourite but they don't do it on the 50s (and I want the fatter neck). Anyway, escapes me now, but for some reason I got a Flying V instead! (which I LOVE, actually)

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2021 50/90 Song Number 44 Another swing thing... sort of. Not as overt as the others, and I really wasn't planning on it. The GarageBand session drummer suggested it and I figured the session drummer knows best, right? All of the fun of…
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Andrew Russe said

Digging the space on this one.

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2021 50/90 Song Number 48 Not bad. I like the phaser on the guitars in the A section, and I like the wah on the rhythm near the end. That wash of noise underneath is actually a guitar solo that was sort of hiding the slow wah effect so I…
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Andrew Russe said

Aw yeah - this is killer. Loving the Robin Trower / James Dewar vibe in the guitars and bass.

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2021 50/90 Song Number 50! WOOHOO! Success! 2014, 2020, and now 2021. I kinda like this one. It's kinda swampy, in a good way. I like the strummy solos. I probably should have put more work into them but I think I can live with this…
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Andrew Russe said

Btw - I knew coming back from such a long break that there'd be "one or two" RJ songs to catch up with ... but, er.... !!! LOL (I might not be commenting on them all)

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2021 50/90 Song Number 50! WOOHOO! Success! 2014, 2020, and now 2021. I kinda like this one. It's kinda swampy, in a good way. I like the strummy solos. I probably should have put more work into them but I think I can live with this…
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Andrew Russe said

Oh yeah, dig those solos - big time - definitely live with them! And I'm liking that Univibe tone on the rhythm tracks.

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