A few thoughts on this one.... First.. does that... could it... do you think... Reggae? I wasn't planning on that but it just sort of happened. I'm not sure how but... I think... I think I might like it. In a spur of the moment thing…

The rhythm guitar part for this was originally written on an electric piano, but given that I can barely play piano I think it turned out better this way. The title describes the lyrics. I was trying to write something coherent but I gave up…

This one is all gimmick but I like it. I think it has album track one potential, but I'm not sure yet. The last few projects I've done have seen me writing melodies out on a keyboard, then writing lyrics to fit the melody, then recording the…

The drums in the chorus are in 4/4 time. Everything else is in 7/4 time. Polyrhythms, people! Welcome to the 20th century! (sorry... that's kind of a music school joke. Even I'm not sure I get it... just like most 20th century classical music…

I am so tired right now I can't keep my eyes open. Does this mix sound okay? I have no idea. On the day the RPM Challenge website opens up for sign ups for a COVID-19 April Challenge I finish the bonus album in a month challenge I set for…

I had this song worked out pretty much completely but it was only about a minute long. What to do? I just repeated the whole thing and stuck an extra phrase at the end to wrap it up. Boom, two and a half minutes. Rhythm guitar is my SG…

Literally everything I've done this month could be titled "Social Distance" or "Shelter in Place" or "Holy shit this is scary as hell". I don't think I ever really plan to write a big dumb sludgy rock song, but they always show up and here…

Another one with an attempt to sort of improvise the rhythm guitar part. Some of it at least. Also, another one with a melody that... well... seemed like a good idea at the time. The rhythm guitar is a Gibson SG, the lead is a Gibson Les…

I've been writing melodies and lyrics earlier in the process than I'm really used to. Normally I sit at the mic and write and record everything at once. Lately I've been writing a melody with a piano track, then writing lyrics that fit, and…

There are a few things from this month's batch of songs that I tried to kind of improvise the rhythm guitar part. I looped a section of the song and without figuring out what I wanted to do ahead of time I hit record and saw what happened. This…