The lyrics to this one are another in the quickly growing group inspired by stories shared by @floridaman on twitter. http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/3/21/fl_bar_fight.html This…

This was written and recorded in February for FAWM, but I kept it off of the RPM album because it sounded like crap and I didn't like anything about the recording. Literally nothing was worth keeping. Except maybe for the fade out at the end…

A song about deadlines, the lyrics and melody were written during a free half an hour, hence the topic. This was supposed to have a clip from the movie Highlander at the beginning but I can't get to it right now. Picture Connor and Castigere…

Think of this (lyrically speaking) as Anti-Vaxer's Lament Part 2. I wrote both lyrics at the same time. The rhythm guitars used Amplitube's Fender Twin app while the leads used Amplitube's Jimi Hendrix app.

This was the first idea I came up with for my album-in-a-month for April. I didn't intend to have it be three distinct sections. I originally meant to have it bouncing between quiet and heavy every 8 or 16 bars. I like the way it turned out…

The lyrics were inspired by a story I read via the @floridaman twitter account. I find myself going there for lyric ideas ALL THE TIME! http://blogs.tcpalm.com/off_the_beat_will_greenlee_blog/2014/04/a-quick-kiss-on-the.html Before RPM14…

This is the last song to be finished for the 2014 RPM Challenge / FAWM. DONE! I’m not an eloquent man I do the best that I can The words are hard to find It’s tough to speak my mind I never know what to say it comes out wrong any…

This song was originally meant to be played on piano, but being a bad pianist I switched it to guitar. Being a glutton for punishment though meant I switched it to 12-string. I had a bear of a time getting the part right, and then doubling everything…

I thought about stitching two similar songs together with this as the break in between. Now that I have it all done though, I don't think I want to do it anymore. it will be a cold day in hell before I give you the time of day it will be…

This was supposed to be my big dynamic song. Quiet for the most part but then out of nowhere... BOOM! Heavy rock anthem. Did it work? Eh. Sort of, maybe? I like the quiet parts. The heavy parts are kind of in the way. I thought about cutting…

You've heard the phrase, "fix it in the mix" right? This is my attempt. I am seriously burnt out on RPM. I'm not feeling it anymore. I'm not hearing it anymore. I'm not physically capable of playing well anymore. I recorded the guitar leads…

Another bad vocal performance. Are you sensing a trend? The music to this was written on my iPad while sitting in the car in a parking lot waiting for my step daughter to get out of winter softball practice. I then transferred it to my MacBook…

Ever wonder why I'm not a singer? Or a songwriter? This is the reason. Even worse, this horrid vocal is actually the simplified, dumbed down, second attempt. The original melody was on soundcloud yesterday for about half an hour before I had…

I thought this one was destined for the cut list, but after coming up with the chunky little rhythm guitar part in the chorus it started growing on me. When I was a kid I worshiped 5/4 time. I wanted everything to at least slip into 5/4…

The obligatory 12-bar blues. I wanted something slightly trippy. I failed. The lyrics are based on a true story. My grandfather was a fisherman. One one trip out to sea his boat sank. He spent a few days in a lifeboat before being picked…

This one is a little weird. I had just minutes before written most of a song called "Not in this Lifetime" and was putzing around on the internet. I went to songfight.org and saw that the current week's line was "not if I see you first". Well…

The name says it all. This song pretty much blows. try to force it, force it through it will never ever be true there is no purpose, there’s no theme it is pointless, what does it mean there’s always one you know there is there’s always…

This has been in my head forever, but I never managed to pull it together until now. The lyrics were inspired by @_FloridaMan on twitter. Formerly known as RPM 2014 #4 Is it overreaction when everyone acts that way does it lead to distraction…

Wah-Wah pedals are truly gifts from the heavens. I had the bass and the drums down but couldn't come up with a rhythm guitar part. Then Robin Trower and Jimi Hendrix appeared to me in a dream and this song took off. Formerly known as RPM 2014…

Written top to bottom in two very short sittings. The lyrics refer to those times when Facebook brings back people who would preferably stayed forgotten. Originally known as RPM 2014 #12. No way Not in this lifetime you say you want to…