2024 RPM Challenge song idea number six becomes finished song number eight. This one is okay. I've probably written this same song 10 times over the years, but it works okay for me. I just wish I could sing. The lead guitars are pretty awful…

Idea number four for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes finished song number seven. I thought this was going to be a good one. I was digging the riff under the chorus. Nope. This one turned out lame and boring. Next! The rhythm guitars are…

Idea number three for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes completed song number six. I am positive that I have written this exact song at least 10 times before. I guess I must like it enough to use it on this year's RPM Challenge album then…

Song idea for the 2024 RPM Challenge number 19 becomes finished song number five. Dynamics, am I right? Why yes, yes I am. that secret to good song writing that I always fail to do... and sort of still failed to do here even though the change…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number nine becomes completed song number four. I'm hovering between "this is okay" and "this is almost okay." I don't hate it. I think it goes to the chorus a few too many times (is that even possible?) and the mix…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number two becomes finished song number three. This one is almost okay. The vocals aren't good and the lead guitars are terrible in places. I am so rusty and I can't seem to shake it off. It really shows here. This…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number five becomes completed song number two. This one is okay. The key change in bar number 66 is my favorite thing about it but I like the chorus too. Not a great song, but probably good enough to make this year…

Song idea number one for the 2024 RPM Challenge becomes finished song number one. This might be the only song I like for this year's RPM Challenge. We'll see. Is the mix too reverby? Probably. I like it today but I might not like it tomorrow…

Quarantine Tunes Volume Seven lives again! A year and a half after I finished the first two songs for the project, we finally have a third song! This one was written and originally recorded as part of the 2021 RPM Challenge (titled Guilt Machine…

Today is New Years Eve. Less than six hours from now it will be 2024 in the Eastern United States. Right at the last minute, I was able to sneak in a song for the Record Every Month Challenge. It's not a good song, but I sort of feel like…

2023 50/90 song idea #34 becomes finished song #31. Another big dumb rocker in seven. Nothing really interesting going on here. The rhythm guitars are my Les Paul Standard into a Klon KTR into an Analog Man King of Tone into a Fender Bassbreaker…

2023 50/90 Challenge song idea #40 becomes finished song #30. A typical attempt at head banging in 7/8 time. Mediocre at best. All of the guitars are my Gibson SG into the Fender Bassbreaker 15. The fuzzy rhythm tracks are a Way Huge Russian…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 49 becomes finished song number 29. This would have been the second song in an album in a day challenge as well if I hadn't have caught Covid that very day. Bad luck. The song is okay. I don't like the hook…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 48 becomes finished song number 28. We came home from a planned long weekend trip to Disney World early because my wife was sick. Turns out it was Covid. I was feeling fine though so I tried to do an album…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number five becomes finished song number 27. This one is okay. An attempt at syncopation sort of almost pulled off... I guess. Rhythm guitars are Les Paul Standard to Klon KTR to Analog Man King of Tone to Fender…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 30 is finished song number 26 and it is pretty weak, if I do say so myself. The cleanish rhythm guitar is a Les Paul Standard into a Klon KTR into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 (direct). The dirtier guitar at the…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 26 becomes finished song number 25. I think the way the melody handles the chord change in the chorus is clever. Everything else about this song is a dog. Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Standard into an MXR…

2023 50/90 idea number 29 becomes finished song number 24, which is also the 10th song both started and finished within the month of August, which means I have completed an album in a month under RPM Challenge rules. Groovy. Too bad the song…

2023 50/90 idea number 35 is finished song number 23. I like this one. I am not sure why, specifically. Could it be the melody? That would be a rarity for me. All guitar tracks are Les Paul Standard through a Fender Bassbreaker 15 (direct…

2023 50/90 idea number 31 becomes finished song number 22. Finally, a song that I actually like. I mean, I legitimately like this one. Has there ever been a hit single in 7/8 time? Could this be the first? All guitar tracks are a Les…