I told myself that the 2013 RPM album was going to be guitar/bass/drums/vocals. Maybe an occasional keyboard thrown in as a gimmick. Yeah, this song is based around an electric piano and has a sax solo. So much for convictions.

Remix of the first completed song from RPM 2013. I just tweaked a few things here and there. Still kind of disappointing. It just feels... lazy.

A song about trying to do the right thing. Remixed with a little added goofiness in the fall-apart-Mission-of-Burma-break section.

A song about sunrises. 7/8 time. Enough said. The prog side of Robbie's brain is pleased.

A song about how hard optimism can be. Third song finished for 2013 RPM Challenge/FAWM. Might this be the album opener? I have never owned a fuzz box, but the amp simulations in GarageBand have finally corrected that stomp box oversite…

Third of seven left overs from April 2007. This one was sort of a throw away from the beginning. It resulted in me not being able to come up with anything clever, so I just threw something easy and hyperactive and short together. As far as…

The first version of this is called Hidden and I uploaded it here a few months ago. It was supposed to be part of NaSoAlMo back in November, but that project never got off the ground and this was the only thing that survived. I had mixed feelings…

Another one that didn't really have a home. I think it started out as a songfight idea from back in 2008 or so. Not sure I like this recording as much as the old one.

March 1, 2012. RPM is over... Now what? How about we go back in time and dig up all of the songs that have been laying around unfinished, unrecorded, or poorly recorded and finish them off? Sounds good to me. There is another version of this…

The 15th and final song written for RPM and FAWM. Fittingly the lyric is about the end of the process... even though there was still a ton left to do when I came up with it. I guess I was feeling optimistic, which is seriously unusual for me.

Traffic in Eastern Massachusetts blows. Just saying.

A shameless rip off of the three guitar solo The Beatles did on "In the End". Yeah, I admit it.

This popped off the top of my head the first time I plugged my guitar into my iPad. I wasn't trying to write anything, it just sort of happened.

With apologies to Pink Floyd.

Doubling! Guitar Harmonies! Rawk On!

Usually I like songs less when they are finished. This one I think I like more. I had planned on dropping this one but now I'm not sure.

Finally something reasonably heavy! Rock on! Climate change is a real thing. Denying it doesn't change that. End political statement.

There's no way this piece of crap makes the album. I knew it was awful when I was originally working on it. The lyrics are even about how terrible it is and how I should have dropped it right away. But... it's February and I can't say no to…

I drove past Canobie Lake in Salem, NH the other day and I suddenly had this title for the RPM project pop into my head. Showdown at Canobie Lake Park. Think of it as 3:00 High only set in front of an awesome wooden roller coaster.

Song five out of 15 for RPM Challenge and FAWM. I can't play keyboards to save my life so when I try to write on one I usually just end up with music that is 100% rhythm orientated. This is an example of that.