2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 26. I just had two of my guitars refretted and one of them seems to have a shiny new buzz at the second fret. It's enough to make me not want to listen to this song anymore…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 9 becomes finished song number 25. I waffle on this one. I don't like it. Then I listen again and it's okay. Then I listen again and I like it. Then I listen again and I hate it. That probably averages…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 36 becomes finished song number 24. Two, two, two songs in one! I probably should have separated this into two files, given that the goal of the project is 50 songs and this one could have been two instead…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 35 becomes finished song number 23. I like this one. I especially like the chorus. I probably like it because I've written exactly this same chorus over 100 times throughout the years. I like the start…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 33 becomes finished song number 22. I am kind of a sucker for hyperactive songs in 7/8 time and this is a good example. I wrote the bass part first and sort of expected that I would not be able to play the…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 32 becomes finished song number 21. I like this one. Most of the ideas I've been crapping out this summer that are in a straight time signature have been weak, but this one is fun. I think I might want…

2024 50/90 idea number 24 becomes finished song number 20. 20 songs complete in 28 days. I would say I am on a good pace for finishing the 50 songs in 90 days challenge this year. It's also 20 songs finished within the month of July (July…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number eight becomes song number 19. Meh. All of the guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom through both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox MV50 Clean, both running direct out with onboard cabinet emulation. The pedals…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number seven becomes song number 18. I just don't like this one. I don't even want to waste time thinking about how to improve it. I am just ready for it to go away. All of the guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number six becomes finished song number 17. This one is okay. The melody in the verse is a little lame, but everything else works okay. All of the guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom. All of the amps are my Fender…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number five becomes finished song number 16. This might have been better if I hadn't done such a crappy job recording it. So many bad punches and lifeless takes. The hook is okay at least. All of the guitar tracks…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number four becomes finished song number 15. I like this one even though there's not a lot to it. The ending has nothing to do with the rest of the song and I like the tempo change. I like that for some reason…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number three becomes finished song number 14. I like the 6/8 groove. Everything here is decent. Nothing outstanding, but overall I kinda enjoy it. The rhythm guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom into a Klon…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number two becomes finished song number 13. I like the melody in the chorus but the vocals... wow, are they terrible. Over all I give it a meh. The rhythm guitar tracks are my Les Paul Custom into a Klon…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 23 becomes finished song number 12. This one is okay, I guess. I like the noisy chorus but that's really all that stands out to me. I should have faded out at the end. Oh well. The rhythm guitars…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 25 becomes finished song number 11. I kinda like this one, even though I had to dumb down the rhythm guitars a little because I couldn't play the riff I wrote for the bass guitar in the chorus, and then…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 19 becomes finished song number 10. 10 down, 40 to go. 20% of the way there! My first toe-dip into a swing groove. Just a little. I like this one. It could maybe go for being a smidge faster though…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 18 becomes finished song number nine. Slow enough to pass for a funeral march. Not sure I like that anymore. I am happy with the lead guitars for the first time this summer. I think I was feeling it a little…

2024 50/90 Challenge song idea number 14 becomes finished song number eight. Now that it's done I don't think I like it as much as I did while I was tracking it it. Unusual for me, the part that works best for me is actually the vocal melody…

2024 50/90 Challenge idea number 17 becomes finished song number seven. I don't know what to think about this one. The leads at the end are really sloppy. It must have been the last song I worked on that day and my fingers weren't responding…