2021 50/90 Song Number 42 A couple of days ago I posted a song called Goodnight Hold Tight and on the notes I mentioned that there was another song coming that was (completely by accident) structurally identical. This is that song. Can…

2021 50/90 Song Number 41. I haven't really slept in almost three days and yet I mixed a song. I have no idea if it's listenable or not. Am I overusing the wah pedal? Why yes, yes I am. Is it bad? Hell if I know, I am so tired I'm not…

2021 50/90 song number 40. I am not sure what I was going for with this one, but I got it... whatever it was. Lots of sauce on this. Delays all over the place, Dotted eighth note echo tricks, panning tricks, backwards tracks, pretty much…

2021 50/90 Song Number 39. A little song about a girl named Jennifer. This one came together lightning fast and I think it shows. As I was sitting here mixing it just now I came up with about 10 ideas to make it better and as a result it…

2021 50/90 Song Number 38. As of now this will be the last 12 bar blues, but I could always sneak another one in under the wire. I'm kinda tired of this. I waffled on whether to leave the huge ending in place or cut it out. During the…

2021 50/90 Song Number 37. Well... I don't know. It was late at night one night back in August, the 3rd to be exact, and I said to myself, "self? You know what you're lacking? Swing grooves." So I guess this one means I'm not lacking…

2021 50/90 Song Number 36 It's the 36th song finished even though it was the 10th song started. It's been sitting collecting dust for quite a while. The idea was to write a proggie 7/8 rocker where the drummer played with brushes. GarageBand…

2021 50/90 Song Number 35. They don't ask how good, they just ask how many. It's not a total disaster, but I'm pretty disappointed with this one. If the mix sounds sloppy it's because I more or less gave up on this one as I was working…

2021 50/90 Song Number 34 Groovy. Or at least it would have been in more capable hands. Another in a long list of "record this first idea that pops into your head when you plug in your guitar" songs. I wasn't planning on 5/4 time, but…

2021 509/90 Song Number 33. The tempo thing is a gimmick. I had it set in Garageband at 140 bpm but for the first few minutes all the sections have the drummer playing at 1/2 speed. So without actually changing the tempo, the last minute…

2021 50/90 Song Number 32 Another song with a haiku for each stanza. I was planning on doing this a lot this summer but I think there are only two or three. I still have time to add more but I probably won't. This is unique this year in…

2021 5090 Song Number 31 I'm not sure why I don't write key changes more often than I do. I wonder if it's a subconscious desire to cut and paste repeated verses and choruses and such. If you sing the first verse in C minor (as I did with…

2021 5090 Song Number 30. 60% of the way there. 7/8 time. A little heavier rawk than most of my stuff this summer. Not bad. The lyrics are about the weather, which is something I tend to write about often and that's probably a hint at just…

2021 5090 song number 29. I'm having a tough time with the vocals these days. It just sounds off on this song and that's becoming normal. Is it because I am writing melodies that are more difficult to sing, or is it because my ears are going…

2021 50/90 Challenge Song Number 28. There's not a lot to this one but I like it. It's not my best vocal performance buy an astronomical unit or two, but it isn't as painful as some of them have been this summer. There are some points where…

2021 50/90 Challenge Song Number 27 You know what? I like this one a lot. I haven't done much of what you could call "hard rock" this summer, but this one might qualify. It's another in a growing line of songs in 3/4 time that are attempts…

2021 5090 Song Number 26! Not sure what to think of this one. I'm really tired so the mix might be off. Not sure yet. I should probably have left the sauce off of the rhythm guitars. That's about all I can think to say of this one right…

2021 5090 Song Number 25. We're half way there, babie! I wrote the melody to this one first and then filled in the instrumentation behind it. I don't know if I want to do that anymore, for two reason. First, they always seem to sound awkward…

2021 5090 Song Number 24 Massachusetts state law mandates that all internet based song writing challenges include at least one bluesy balladish song in 6/8 time. I didn't want to write this, The Man made me. I like the melody, I like the…

2021 5090 Challenge Song Number 23 of (hopefully) 50 I like this one. The lyrics are actually about something so that makes it a little uncomfortable, and I am a little unhappy with how the rhythm guitars sound, but otherwise I can live with…