2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 16 becomes finished song number nine. This one is decent. I wanted a little bit of a head banger on acoustic guitar. It works on that level. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 12 becomes finished song number five. This is quite the sloppy mess, I think. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure SM57. Leads are a Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Mooer E-Lady into…

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 four becomes finished song number 17. I'm waffling between not liking this song and thinking it's just meh. The guitar in your left speaker is a Les Paul Custom and the one in your right is a Les Paul…

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 17 becomes finished song number two. Just playing with a bass loop and little fills on top of it. I saw this as sort of a throw away, but I find that I sort of like it for some reason. No electric guitars…

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 nine becomes finished song number 15. This one is not going to make the RPM Challenge album cut. That middle bridge section... what was I thinking? Laughably bad. The rhythm guitar in your left speaker…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 18 becomes finished song number 14. I like the song all right, but the performance could have (should have) been better. It's okay, I guess. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure…

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…