2026 RPM Challenge idea number nine becomes finished song number 15. I should have left this one unfinished. All guitar parts are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. No pedals this year, just plugged straight in. A…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number 10 becomes finished song number 16. This is the last one for this year. It fell through the cracks because I wasn't feeling it at all. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would but overall it's pretty…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number eight becomes finished song number 14. Another FAWM success! I feel like I am scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point, but at the same time this one seems better than I feared it would be. I like the…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number one becomes finished song number 13. The word of the day is: Padding. I had this thought that the songs this year should all be on the long side. This one fit the bill. It could probably stand to have the run…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number seven becomes finished song number 12. I'm not sure what to think of this one. I listen once and I think it's okay. I listen a second time and I think it's awful. The vocals are terrible, objectively, but everything…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 10. This song feels like evidence that this year's project is running out of gas. I'm happy it exists but that's about the best I can say. All guitar parts are a Gibson Les…

2026 RPM Challenge song idea number four becomes finished song number 11. I almost dropped this one without finishing it. I somehow managed to really intimidate myself with it. The sections were so long and the melodies were busy and it was…

2026 RPM Challenge song idea number 13 becomes finished song number five. Kind of indifferent to this one. It's not the worst thing I've ever done. The hook section has a nice pep to it, I guess. I'm thinking it should fade out. Maybe if…

The 2026 RPM Challenge is underway at last. Idea number 11 becomes song number 1. Simple little rocker. It's not bad. My guitar playing is bad and my singing is worse and more often than not the songs are atrocious, but I'm kinda digging…

2026 RPM Challenge idea number 14 becomes finished song number six. There's something about this one that I like but it's not the singing. Yikes! I did very little guitar playing after the 2025 RPM Challenge and my finger tips were in really…