Six songs down for the 2023 RPM Challenge. Jeff Beck died and I was gutted. It's hard to lose your heroes, but it's also odd to feel so emotional about the loss of someone you've never met. Life is weird, right? I did not want to write…

The first song for the 2023 RPM Challenge is complete! This month has been incredibly rough for me. We lost my mother on February 5th after a horrible nine days in hospice after a horrible eight months in a dementia ward in a nursing home after…

Two songs down for the 2023 RPM Challenge. This one is okay. Sort of like everything this year, it's just sort of okay, sort of. Two amps on the rhythm guitars. I had that set up for the first three songs but one of the amps started making…

Five songs down. Somewhere between five and nine to go. This one was fun to play. Both the rhythm guitar parts and the solos were just fun. I don't think anything is particularly good, I just enjoyed myself. That was a nice feeling. The…

I like this one. I don't like much from this year's project, but this one works for me. I don't know if it's got "track 1" vibes or not. It's too slow and somber (I think I found my album title). Hopefully something with a little more pep…

Four songs complete for the 2023 RPM Challenge and I think this one might be the winner. I have it penciled in for track one. I came up with the opening (Asus2 -> Cmaj7) while testing the signal path into GarageBand when I was setting up…

When I was a boy, I would ring my nan on the telephone Numbers in the holes Spin it round then let it go Nowadays.. I carry a phone in my pocket Oh stop it! Oh where will it end? When I was a lad Used a notepad when I wrote thank you…

I tried to finish some tracks that were filling up my laptop. I managed to write lyrics and record vocals for 4 so I guess we’ll call it an EP. Fourth track was an older instrumental. I used some lines from 90's tunes and the lyrics is about…

I tried to finish some tracks that were filling up my laptop. I managed to write lyrics and record vocals for 4 so I guess we’ll call it an EP. Third track again with the fretless bass and with my trusty old Poly800. The instrumental came together…

I tried to finish some tracks that were filling up my laptop. I managed to write lyrics and record vocals for 4 so I guess we’ll call it an EP. Second track I had a clever idea for a lyric but I'm not sure I get the point across here. My vocals…