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…

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…