2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 37 becomes finished song number 21. I picked up the guitar and recorded the first things that popped into my head and this song is what happened. It's super simple and there isn't a whole lot here, but I like…

2023 50/90 song idea number 36 becomes finished song number 20 (I think). This is another in a long line of attempts to make a legitimate 70's head banger in 3/4 time. It's a pretty decent shot, I think. The real interesting thing for me…

2023 50/90 idea number four becomes finished song number 19. I kinda like this one. It has a nice groove. The individual sections are boring and so is the song as a whole, but somehow I don't hate it. I just mildly dislike it. Rhythm…

2023 50/90 idea number seven is finished song number 18. This one would have been okay if the vocal takes weren't so bad, and if the rhythm guitar tone was a little more lively and less muddy and dull. The vocal harmony is kinda weird too…

2023 50/90 idea number 24 is finished song number 17... I think. I kinda like this one. It's nothing special but it has a false start in the middle and I like that. It's also sorta groovy in a lame ass way. Rhythm guitars are Les Paul…

2023 50/90 Challenge song idea number 23 is finished song number 16. Poly rhythms. The drums in the chorus are in 4/4 while the bass and guitars are in 7/8. The vocal melody and the guitar solos... well... they just close their eyes and think…

2023 50/90 song idea number 28 becomes finished song number 15. This one is sort of okay. Better than meh, but not by much. I think I just like uptempo rockers in 7/8 time as a rule. All of the guitar tracks are my Les Paul Standard. The…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 25 becomes finished song number 14, I think. This one is meh. I like the B section but that's about it. Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Standard into an Earthquaker Devices The Depths into a Klon KTR into an…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea number 27 becomes finished song number 13. I like this one. I am pretty sure I've written songs with exactly the same riffs before though. I just don't care enough to go looking for them. The rhythm guitars are…

2023 50/90 idea number eight becomes finished song number 12. I was liking this one as I was working on it. Now that it's done I can't understand what I was thinking. There's nothing good here at all. Rhythm guitars are my Les Paul Standard…

2023 50/90 challenge idea number 11 becomes finished song number 11. How about that? This one is in 9/4 time, which is interesting. The fuzz tone on the leads is kinda fat and groovy and sweet. Other than that and maybe the pre-chorus sections…

Song idea number 12 becomes finished mix number ten of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. I don't hate it, but the lyrics are laughably bad and there are some really bad pitches in the vocals in the chorus that were copied and pasted all over…

Song idea number 10 becomes finished song number nine of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. Nothing special here other than the time signature being 15/8. I want to play with time in ways other than the normal 7/8 and 5/4 this year, and here…

Song idea number 20 is finished song number eight of 50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. I really like the vibe of this one, simple and basic with a cool groove, but I HATE the vocals. The melody, the lyrics, and most of all the performance…

This started out as song idea #3 and ends as finished mix 7 of 50. I like the chorus here though it is a bit overly wordy and hard difficult to sneak in breaths while singing. That's about all I like with this song though. It might be salvageable…

Song idea #19 is finished song 6 of 50 for the 2023 50/90 Challenge. It seems like every time I work on one of these projects and start thinking my mixes are too dry so I start adding more delay and reverb on the individual instruments there…

2023 50/90 Challenge idea #18 becomes completed mix number 5/50, which means we're 10% finished with this summer's project! WOOHOO! The song isn't terrible, I guess. It's not good either. It's kinda blah. Maybe heavy guitars might have…

Okay, another 50/90 Challenge song. This started out it's life as idea #17 and it now becomes finished mix number 4/50. Another song that feels like not-being-shit was in its grasp but it didn't quite get there. I think the dinky little wimp…

2023 50/90 song idea #9 becomes finished song number three of 50. I am 6% done with this summer's challenge! I like this one. It's short and sweet and terribly simple, and there are timing issues all over the place, but I dig it. All of…

Song idea #2 becomes finished song 2/50 for the 2023 50/90 challenge. I feel like this song is almost good. Not quite, but almost. It's like being a decent song was in it's grasp but it somehow fell short. The shitty mix and shittier lead…