2025 RPM Challenge song idea number eight becomes finished song number 19. Do I like this because of the swing groove, or in spite of it? I don't know. The rhythm guitar in your left speaker is a Les Paul Custom and the one in the right…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 11 becomes finished song number seven. This one is okay, I think. I like the chorus at least. Not terrible. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure SM57. The lead guitar is a Gibson…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number two becomes finished song number four. You know, I was a music major in my past. 1989-1991 I attended the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts (it changed its name to UMass Lowell during my last…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number one becomes finish song number three. Dumb rocker with a not-so-terrible chorus, I guess. The rhythm guitars are a Gibson Les Paul Custom coming out of your left speaker and a Gibson Les Paul Standard…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 19 becomes finished song number 20. The 20th and final song worked on for this year's RPM. I think we're going out on a high note this year. I like this one. Everything is working for me except for the…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number six becomes finished song number 12. I like this one. I thought about naming it "Hyperactive Zany" but thought better of it. The GarageBand drummer would have worked up quite a sweat if it were a real person…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 20 becomes finished song number 13. As the great Ian Gillian once said, can I have everything louder than everything else. This mix kinda got silly as every level kept going up and up and up. It's a fun…

2025 RPM Challenge idea number 15 becomes finished song number one. As I was working on this I had dreams of it being good enough to consider this year's RPM Challenge album's single. Now that it's done? Probably not. Rhythm guitars are…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 10 becomes finished song number six. Mmmmmm'okay? I guess? The rhythm guitar in your left speaker is a Gibson Les Paul Custom. The rhythm guitar in your right speaker is a Gibson Les Paul Standard '50…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 14 becomes finished song number 10. This isn't so bad. I used the just-loop-the-bass gimmick and while that sometimes works for me, this time it just feels super repetitive. Not bad, just not very good…