Another RPM2018 left over. This was supposed to be the quiet little album closer. It was going to have tons of reverb and delay going on all over the place. Too bad the song pretty much sucked. I dropped it about 3 seconds after I finished recording…

This one started out with really quiet verses and really heavy choruses. That was the whole idea for the song. Great big honkin’ chewy dynamics changes. In fact, the working title was actually “Dynamics”. Then, while recording vocals, I thought…

Probably the most ambitious idea I had for RPM2018 which is probably why it got dropped. That and the simple fact that it’s the worst vocal I’ve ever recorded. The idea was to write three short songs and stitch them together into one big song…

The last song to be cut from the 2018 RPM Challenge album is the first song finished for the 2018 RPM Challenge left overs album. Rhythm guitars are my Stratocaster to a Vox MV50 direct output. Leads are my ES 335 Pro to a Fender Bassbreaker…

Reddit’s Song a Week, week 13. The prompt? Syncopation. I think this counts. The rhythm under the solo is syncopated enough to have thrown me off every take. I kept losing the 1. Another song with utterly meaningless lyrics. Even more so than…

This came together in record time, but I feel like I could write 10000 pages on where it came from. First off, it’s for the Reddit Song a Week. Week 12, Harmony. It qualifies as most of the vocals are in two part harmony. It’s also done on…

Written for Reddit’s Song a Week subreddit for 2018 week 11. I don’t particularly care for this, but it was the first attempt I made that was actually finished by the Wednesday night deadline. Rhythm guitars are my strat through my 15 watt…

My first crack at Reddit’s Song a Week challenge. I didn’t finish on time. The prompt for 2018 week 9 was two minutes. The idea was to have the run time be less than two minutes. Mine was, except for the cymbal decay on the last note which…

J. Rags 12/19/03

If a Uni-Vibe pedal modulates the pitch, how do you double track with one? The answer? Very carefully. Actually, I just did it. I used the same settings on both guitar tracks and panned them both hard to one side. The effect was a kinda groovy…