2025 RPM Challenge Song Idea number 13 becomes finished song number 16. Meh. Waste of a good guitar solo in the outro. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure SM57. The leads are a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's into…

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…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number six becomes finished song number 12. I like this one. I thought about naming it "Hyperactive Zany" but thought better of it. The GarageBand drummer would have worked up quite a sweat if it were a real person…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number five becomes finished song number 11. I didn't even realize that song idea number five (literally the song's working title) was in 5/4 time. What a coincidence! Too bad the song wasn't better. It's kinda…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 14 becomes finished song number 10. This isn't so bad. I used the just-loop-the-bass gimmick and while that sometimes works for me, this time it just feels super repetitive. Not bad, just not very good…

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 three becomes finished song number eight. I had this idea of having a shortish instrumental as the opening song of the album. Sort of like a prelude. I wish I had thought better because this "song" absolutely…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number 11 becomes finished song number seven. This one is okay, I think. I like the chorus at least. Not terrible. Rhythm guitars are a Takamine F-400 S 12-string into a Shure SM57. The lead guitar is a Gibson…

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 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 song idea number two becomes finished song number four. You know, I was a music major in my past. 1989-1991 I attended the University of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts (it changed its name to UMass Lowell during my last…

2025 RPM Challenge song idea number one becomes finish song number three. Dumb rocker with a not-so-terrible chorus, I guess. The rhythm guitars are a Gibson Les Paul Custom coming out of your left speaker and a Gibson Les Paul Standard…

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 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…

Written during the 2020 50/90 Challenge (I think... wasn't it?) and now re-recorded for Quarantine Tunes Volume Eight. The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project continues... forever. We're scraping the bottom of the barrel in a big way now. The…

Song number 7 from the 2024 National Solo Album Month. Seven songs in 7/8 time. All of the guitars are Gibson ES-335 Pro and all of the amps are Fender Bassbreaker 15 running direct output with built in cabinet emulation. The pedal chain for…

Song number 6 from the 2024 National Solo Album Month. Seven songs in 7/8 time. All of the guitars are Gibson ES-335 Pro through a Fender Bassbreaker 15 running direct output with built in cabinet emulation. The pedal chain for the rhythm…

Song number 5 from the 2024 National Solo Album Month. Seven songs in 7/8 time. All of the guitar tracks are a Gibson ES-335 Pro through a Fender Bassbreaker 15 running direct output with built in cabinet emulation. The pedal chain for the…