2024 RPM Challenge song idea number eight becomes finished song number nine. I usually place songs into one of three buckets as I finish mixing them. The A-list bucket is songs that are good enough to make the final album. The B-list is songs…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 13 becomes finished song number 18. I like this one. It's kinda bouncy and fun. The melody is better than my usual crap too. A little bit better at least. Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Custom. Leads are…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 17. This one will make the album, I think. I kinda like it even though I am sure I have written this exact song about 100 times before. Oh well. It has a nice 6/8 groove…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 15 becomes finished song number 16. This one is okay. Better than most of the garbage I've piled up this year. I think it will make the final album, but it's sort of on the bubble. I'll bury it in the middle…

2024 RPM Challenge song idea number six becomes finished song number eight. This one is okay. I've probably written this same song 10 times over the years, but it works okay for me. I just wish I could sing. The lead guitars are pretty awful…

Song idea for the 2024 RPM Challenge number 19 becomes finished song number five. Dynamics, am I right? Why yes, yes I am. that secret to good song writing that I always fail to do... and sort of still failed to do here even though the change…

Song idea number one for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes finished song number one. This might be the only song I like for this year's RPM Challenge. We'll see. Is the mix too reverby? Probably. I like it today but I might not like it tomorrow…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number five becomes completed song number two. This one is okay. The key change in bar number 66 is my favorite thing about it but I like the chorus too. Not a great song, but probably good enough to make this year…

Quarantine Tunes Volume Seven lives again! A year and a half after I finished the first two songs for the project, we finally have a third song! This one was written and originally recorded as part of the 2021 RPM Challenge (titled Guilt Machine…

UPDATE: I remixed this. I replaced the plate reverbs with rooms. Another song from the 2022 RPM Challenge, re-recorded for Quarantine Tunes Volume Seven. Not a lot different between this and the original. The rhythm guitar is still sloppy…