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…

2021 5090 Song Number 22. I am sort of liking this one. It's okay though maybe a bit generic. The lyrics are about a real world situation that's none of your business. Guitar is my Les Paul Standard, amp is my Fender Bassbreaker 15. Pedals…

2021 5090 Song Number 21 70-75 beats per minute is sort of my happy place. My groove's comfort zone if you will. If I didn't stop myself, I'd write everything at that tempo. This summer I have done a pretty good job avoiding it. So much…

2021 5090 Song Number 20. This one isn't too bad. I think it's the only song for this project so far that I wrote the melody first. I've had mixed results with that method (I'm definitely a music first guy) but this one works. The guitarmonies…

2021 5090 Song Number 19. How about the vocals in the verse sections, huh? Pitchy much? Holy crap! I promise you all that I spent a lot of time working on getting the vocals right and when I was tracking them I swear I left them at a place…

2021 50/90 Challenge song number 18. Major keys? Oh come on. That's not rock and roll! At least it's in 5/4 time so I can pretend it has a little prog cred. I was sure I was going to end up hating this one. So much so that I sat on it…

2021 50/90 Challenge song number 17. Noteworthy to no one but me that this is the first song started and finished within the month of August. So it counts for the RPM Challenge's Record Every Month thing. I haven't submitted a song to the…

2021 50/90 song number 16 of 50. I like this one. I think I screwed up the guitar part in the chorus about a thousand and two times before I finally had a useable take. I think it was probably worth it. The guitars are a Les Paul standard…

2021 5090 song number 15. There was a song I uploaded a couple of weeks ago that was called Calling that I am a little afraid to listen to back to back with this one because I think I wrote the same song twice again. Are the rhythm guitars…

2021 50/90 song number 14 of 50. A 12-bar blues I noodled together on my iPad late one night when I thought I was going to get shut out for the day. It was the very definition of a throw away and yet somehow I kinda like it. I really like…

2021 5090 Song Number 13 of 50 (hopefully). I like the verses. I kinda like the half tempo breaks. I don't like the chorus. If you listen closely during the guitar solos you may be able to hear the shower running in the next room. I am…

2021 5090 Song Number 12. Is it a requirement for one of these goofy writing/recording internet challenges to write something ballady in 6/8 time? If it is then mark me as done. I keep saying this, but the songs feel very overly simple…

5090 Song number 11 out of 50. I like this one. I am kinda enjoying it's groove. Have you caught on to the gimmick in the lyrics yet? It's something I want to do semi regularly this summer and I think this is the second song I posted that…