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!

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.