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…

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…