Another song, another faux trippy ending. I should change the name of the album to Faux Trippy Endings. What do you think? Lyrically I think this song is just about the last year. When I recorded the rhythm guitars I was pretty stoked…

The 10th song started is the eighth song finished. Looking at my iTunes playlist I see that the eight songs have topped the 35 minute mark, which means I have enough to submit an RPM Winner this year. Hooray! I don't hate this one, but I…

Are the sound effect things getting old yet? I can't decide. This one came from here: https://freesound.org/people/keus92/sounds/445228/ This time I trimmed it to the appropriate length and then played it backward. Aint I a stinker? This…

The second song started is the sixth song finished. Not terrible, though there are a lot of bad guitar sounds. The rhythm tone is kinda sloppy. The playing is sloppy too, but the tone itself is more noticeable this time. The lead sounds flubby…

When I was tracking the rhythm guitar I was feeling the groove on this in a major way. When I was tracking the vocals I thought it was better than my usual terrible. Somehow I was wrong on both fronts. The guitar sounds like mud and the vocals…

The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it's the title song for the album (assuming I don't change my mind in the next five days). Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in…

The third song finished for this year's RPM Challenge is the 13th song started. As with everything this year it's too long. The vocals are a bit too pitchy, but I think I can live with it today. Ask me again tomorrow and I might have a different…

The second song finished for this year's RPM Challenge is the last one started. I sort of like the chorus. I liked the verse more as I was working on it than I do now that it's done, but it's not bad. Overall I give this one an okay, but nothing…

This is the first idea I came up with for the 2021 RPM Challenge/FAWM and it very much sets the tone for most of what will follow. It's too long, it is pretty much just an Eminor and a Dmajor... everything is going to sound the same this year…

This was the 12th song started this month and it's the 14th song finished. It's important in that it officially makes me a winner for FAWM this year, but it's unimportant for the RPM Challenge as this puppy goes straight to the dropped song list…