This is #6 out of the 7 leftovers from 2007's failed RPM. I wrote the lyrics and the melody on Tuesday May 28, 2013 at about 7:30am. Just minutes prior I heard a recording of a conversation between Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and…

When I started trying to finish my 2007 RPM leftovers I decided that I would not do any rewriting of what little I had already worked on. That was bad news for this song because it plays like an exercise in padding. I could easily have cut two…

The forth of seven leftovers from a failed 2007 RPM. This was started on my iPad two, the moved to my macMini (which has since been retired) and the rhythm guitars were through my Line6 Pod. It was then moved to my MacBook where the drums were…

Written for my failed 2009 RPM Challenge attempt and re-recorded because... well, because.

This song is often titled "Out of Control (Like a Tootsie Roll)" as it was sometimes sung by one of Prime Meridian's singers, Dave. I have no demo'd up four Prime Meridian songs this month and of them all this is the only one written by Prime…

As I was working on this I realized that all of the Prime Meridian songs I'd been messing with this month actually were written a few years prior to the band forming. This is no different. Written by me and Mike the Bass Player in1994, this…

In April of 1992 the not quite 21 year old me had a Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Calendar hanging on his wall. He had a total lack of confidence in himself and used Ms April as an exercise to try and write a song about a female. More than 20…

This song started out as an instrumental jam called Goldfish way back in 1988 when I was about 16 or 17 years old. It was Mike on bass, Jeff on drums, Jim on keys, and some fat red head on guitar. Later, probably around June of 1988 (I don't…

This was written in 1988 or 1989 or so, while I was still in high school. It was co-written with my friend and bandmate Mike the bass player. Jeff the drummer took my meager melody and improved on it. I don't think I ever sang this one before…

Another song that dates back to at least 1994 and has a 24 track studio recording around somewhere. This was co-written by me and Mike the bass player. The lyrics, in true early 90's fashion, are about being sick to death of seeing OJ Simpson…

I still have a lot of RPM energy left to burn off, so I'm recording old songs and finishing off unfinished ideas and all of that fun stuff. This song dates back to at least 1994. I have a 24 track studio recording of it somewhere. From 1997…

...and we finish the 2013 RPM/FAWM bonanza with yet another big, dumb rocker. I'm finished!

I felt compelled to have at least one song that did not use any computerized instruments. This is two tracks of voice and three tracks of guitars. Just me.

A happy little ditty about flaming death from above.

i didn't set out to make this a super basic recording, but I only used five tracks (not counting the piano that I left muted during the mix). No doubling, no harmonies, no shifting parts around. Nothing.

Lots of interesting tidbits about this song. It was the first song I worked on this year. I wrote the piano/bass/drums while sitting in the car in an Indian restaurant parking lot. It was the first time I set out to write an instrumental (fail…

I really don't have anything to say about this one except it's the ninth song finished for the 2013 RPM/FAWM.

I didn't do a 12-bar this year. I always do at least one, but this year I didn't. This little snoozer will have to suffice. Another one that has frustrated the crap out of me.

A song about a tough day at the office. This one turned into more of a project that it deserved. My first take on the vocals seemed okay at the time but was really unacceptable. I went back and fixed the problems and ended up clipping the…

10 minutes long? Three part harmonies? Very long fade out on a very long fruity guitar noodle? Yup, welcome to another lame attempt at prog rock!