The 11th and final song for the seventh edition of Quarantine Tunes. I promised myself I was going to stop at volume six and now we have volume seven and I've already started working on volume eight. This is okay. I like the three part harmonies…

Two songs in one! I was working on a couple of things for a Record Every Month challenge a couple of years ago and unconsciously wrote two songs with virtually the same chord changes in their choruses. Once I figured it out I made a gag out…

This re-recorded song comes from the 2022 RPM Challenge. I am not really pleased with this new version. I can't quite put my finger on what the problem is, but there is something here that is making me unhappy. The clean rhythm guitar is…

This one was originally written for the Record Every Month challenge last year. June 2023, I think. I liked it immediately and wanted to see if I could improve on it. I think I did, though marginally so. Even after spending a few months tinkering…

Another song from the 2021 RPM Challenge (I think?) that has been re-recorded for the Quarantine Tunes Volume Seven project. This song sort of rocks. I changed the arrangement a little and rethought the way the harmony vocals were structured…

Another re-recorded song. This one was the title cut from an RPM Challenge a couple of years ago. It's different. I don't know if I love it, but I like it. I think the goofy panning games I played at the beginning and end are probably mistakes…

This song is the highlight from the 2023 Record Every Month. I had a lot of fun with it when I originally wrote and recorded it, and then had a lot of fun with it again when I re-recorded it. It's simple and straightforward and it's kinda groovy…

I think... I might... I think I might absolutely freakin' love this song. Well... the chorus at least. The rest is okay, but the chorus friggin' slams. I wrote and recorded this in November 2014 for that year's National Solo Album Month…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 20 becomes finished song number 20. Fitting, eh? This one isn't going to make the final album. It's okay but I think there are at least 10 songs better this year. Oh well. I'm too tired to care. 2.5 hours…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 14 becomes finished song number 19. Fmajor7 to Eminor7. I use that change a lot. I used it as the entire basis of this song. It didn't really work. This one doesn't do much for me. It's okay, but it's not…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 13 becomes finished song number 18. I like this one. It's kinda bouncy and fun. The melody is better than my usual crap too. A little bit better at least. Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Custom. Leads are…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 17. This one will make the album, I think. I kinda like it even though I am sure I have written this exact song about 100 times before. Oh well. It has a nice 6/8 groove…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 15 becomes finished song number 16. This one is okay. Better than most of the garbage I've piled up this year. I think it will make the final album, but it's sort of on the bubble. I'll bury it in the middle…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 17 becomes finished song number 15. I tried to be screwy and make the verses the more developed section than the chorus. Just for something different. There are vocal harmonies in the verses but not in the chorus…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 12 becomes finished song number 14. I can't tell how I feel about this one. Do I hate it or do I mostly not like it. I'm on the fence. Guitars are a Les Paul Custom for the rhythm tracks and an ES-335 Pro…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 11 becomes finished song number 13. This one is okay. We'll say it's on the bubble as far as making the final RPM Challenge submission is concerned. I like the vocal harmony at the end and unlike most of the…

2024 RPM Challenge Song idea number 10 is finished song number 12. Nope. This one's a pig. Rhythm guitar signal chain: Les Paul Custom -> Klon KTR -> Keeley D&M Drive -> Fender Bassbreaker 15 and Vox MV50, both direct output…

2024 RPM Challenge song idea number 18 becomes finished song number 11. This one might make the final album. Then again, it might not. I'm torn. It's okay, but is it okay enough? Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Custom. Leads are an ES…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number seven becomes complete song number 10. Ten songs down. We have enough for a full RPM Challenge album. Nice! Too bad the milestone comes from this total piece of crap burger. Sorry about that. Rhythm guitars…

2024 RPM Challenge song idea number eight becomes finished song number nine. I usually place songs into one of three buckets as I finish mixing them. The A-list bucket is songs that are good enough to make the final album. The B-list is songs…