It's been about five months since I've done any work on the great 2015 re-recording project, volume eight. The time has come to get back to work, I think. This one is okay. I don't know if I will keep this mix or not. I need to live with…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 53 becomes finished song number 57. And with this snore fest, the 2024 50/90 Challenge is complete. 57 songs means I am 114% complete, or something. All of the guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom through…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 54 becomes finished song number 56. I like this one. I should use different rhythm guitar sounds within songs more often. I like the groove here too. Not sure why. Maybe mid-tempo in 7/8 just works…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 55 becomes finished song number 55. I think there might be something worth revisiting here but I'm not quite sure what that might be. Sorry about all of the rough edits. All of the guitar tracks are…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 56 becomes finished song number 54. Apologies. I have no idea what happened with the vocals. I recorded them over a MIDI guitar track that I was using as a guide and it sounded in tune at the time but…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 57 becomes finished song number 53. I like this one a lot, which is odd because I put almost zero thought into it. I wrote the whole thing with midi tracks on Saturday then recorded vocals and guitars…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 52 becomes finished song number 52. This one is okay. The verses are weak but the hook is okay. The guitar parts are overly simplistic but I can live with it. The rhythm guitar tracks are my Gibson…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 51 becomes finished song number 51. I had this idea to do one 12-bar each month through the summer writing challenge. This is September's example. I kinda like the chorus. I really don't think much of…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 50 becomes finished song number 50. For the forth time in history, I have completed a 50 songs in 90 days challenge. Huzzah, or something. I had high hopes for this one and those high hopes were dashed…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 49 becomes finished song number 49. I like this one a little. It feels like 6/8 but I have the MIDI tracks running in 4/4 with a triplet feel. It sort of comes out the same. The rhythm guitars are…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 48 becomes finished song number 48. The rhythm guitars are my SG Standard into a Klon KTR into a Keeley Super Phat Mod into both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox MV50 Clean, both running direct output…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 47 becomes finished song number 47. Can you make a 7/8 groove swing? I didn't think so. Rhythm guitars are my SG Standard into an MXR Phase 95 into a Klon KTR into a Keeley Super Phat Mod into both…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 28 becomes finished song number 46. This one is okay. The chromatic thing almost works. It feels maybe a little forced. I don't know why I didn't come up with any vocal harmonies. It really feels empty…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 27 becomes finished song number 45. Did I... sort of... screw up and put a major third over a minor chord in the chorus? How did I not notice that until I was mixing the demo? What the hell, Robert…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 26 becomes finished song number 44. This is okay but sort of blah. The groove is okay and the melody is okay and really everything is okay, but it's not really doing much for me. Rhythm guitars are…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 45 becomes finished song number 43. I have a lot of songs that sound similar to a lot of other songs this year, and this one is no exception. It is, however, a song that I kinda like. If I decide to make…

50/90 Challenge song idea number 44 becomes finished song number 42. The 5/4 time signature feels a little forced but otherwise this one is okay. My 335's fret buzz at the second fret almost ruins the whole deal for me on this one. I need…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 46 becomes finished song number 41. I like this song though I am not sure why. The recording has some major problems, but I like the verses and I like quieter choruses in half time. It's all working for…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 43 becomes finished song number 40. This one is okay except for the buzzing at the second fret of my newly refretted Gibson ES-335 Pro. It seems to be getting worse and now I have to go figure out how to fix…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 41 becomes finished song number 39. I really like the chorus in this one. I think it's the two pick up notes leading into it that sold me on the whole thing. Really it sold me on the whole song. I wasn…