February, March, April, May, all have completed album in a month projects. Here comes the first song from June. I broke my album-in-a-month challenge rule that says once you get a take you don't redo it. I did all of the rhythm guitars twice…

This song is a bit of a mess, but I think I kinda like it. I have an unwritten rule during recording projects like this that I won't copy and paste sections of guitar tracks. If a song has two verses I will record the guitar parts for the verse…

May 2020 is the fourth straight month I've done an album in a month challenge (RPM Rules) and while I still have one more song in the pipeline, this one makes 10. Four months in a row... over 40 songs... probably a grand total of three riffs…

Not sure if this one is worthy of the 6:00 running time as it's not nearly that much of a prog epic. I think I over did the padding (unintentionally). I could have cut the break in the middle considerably, and the solo at the end could be cut…

This is sort of two songs stuck together. That wasn't the plan, it just sort of happened. The only thing interesting about the noisier first half is the fuzz pedal on the rhythm guitar. Big Muffs really are harder to fit into a mix. I do love…

My song writing happy place is sort of slow to mid tempo dumb rockers. Something like 75-90 beats per minute. Every once in a while I feel the need to shake things up and write something super hyper active. This is an example of that. I also…

If ever there was a song that begged to close an album, it was this turkey. A couple of things here. First, I don't really know what I was going for. Quiet, slow, boring? Probably not boring, but there you go. The cool thing happens in…

I came dangerously close to calling this ABACAB, and also to having the song form be ABACAB. Bullet dodged? I was noodling out the bass line and drum parts on my iPad and I had three sections. I couldn't decide which one had the better hook…

Did you know that if you use a drummer in GarageBand you can shut off the snare drum? I didn't. I setup the entire song with the drummer (Benny) and then copied the track to a standard MIDI drums track and deleted all the snare hits. Cool…

This was the first idea I had for May Music 2020 or whatever the hell I'm calling this month's project. I came up with the guitar riff using the fake guitar thingie in GarageBand. I "played" the riff using the fretboard on my iPhone. I sort…

Nothing special about this one except that it was written in 7/8. Also, this month I've tried to work out guitar parts using MIDI instruments when I'm fiddling out the initial bass and drum grooves. It doesn't really amount to much, it just…

The first May 2020 Music project song to be finished. I did the RPM Challenge in February. In March I did another one... just because. In April I did the COVID-19 RPM Challenge Bonus edition. In May I am doing another one... just because…

This one has potential but I don't think I pulled it off. It uses a gimmick I used once already this month where the drums are playing in one time signature (in this case it's 6/8) and the rest of the band is playing in another (7/8). I like…

Urgh, this song. Destined to be last on the April RPM Challenge album, not because it's a good closing number, but because it's crap and everyone will have stopped listening before they get this far. I started this on guitar. I set up a drum…

I don't like this one. I had a really hard time singing it so I buried the vocal tracks in sauce and tried to forget they were there. I had a bridge section that I wrote lyrics for but I couldn't pull off the vocal. I turned it into guitarmonies…

A couple of notes: First, I am so tired as I finish up this mix that I have no idea if this sounds good or not. Second, I am not sure if I like this song or not, but I am kinda leaning toward liking it. Third, I am pretty sure I already wrote…

This one is all gimmick but I like it. I think it has album track one potential, but I'm not sure yet. The last few projects I've done have seen me writing melodies out on a keyboard, then writing lyrics to fit the melody, then recording the…

A few thoughts on this one.... First.. does that... could it... do you think... Reggae? I wasn't planning on that but it just sort of happened. I'm not sure how but... I think... I think I might like it. In a spur of the moment thing…

I don't know what to make of this one. Is it good? I can't tell. I sort of dig the not-quite-funky or maybe more like wannabe-funky vibe to it. Sort of. Almost. I don't know. The lyrics are about social distance, just like everything…

When I tell people I am a terrible singer, this is what I'm talking about. Listening to myself here is making my teeth ache. This was the first idea I had for the April 2020 RPM Challenge - Social Distance Edition. I used a 1x12 combo amp…