Today is my step son’s 14th birthday. Happy Birthday!
I was just telling my wife that I have a slightly selfish reason for being happy to wish him a happy 14th. You see, he was four years old when I first met him. That means this year is the 10th anniversary of our meeting. The actual day isn’t until September, but this is still a nice sign.
Again, Happy Birthday, dude! Love you!
Last night I put together a file on my iPad that has three eight bar phrases. That’s it. Not really a song form yet, but a start.
Today I did something totally different, for me at least. I bought a new amp and as I was putting it through it’s paces I had the iOS Music Memos app open. I put down four little licks or phrases. Most are sort of similar, but they all count as the start of an RPM song idea. There was also that video that I posted earlier today. That has another riff that seems useable.
That’s eight ideas so far. Only two are ready to start actually recording, and some of the music memos might be combined together into one song, but who cares. The ball is rolling. The ideas are coming. The game is on, brothers and sisters!
Picked up my new stay-at-home amplifier today. A Fender Bassbreaker 15. First impression? Yes, Mr Amplifier, may I have some more?
Here is a quick video of me noodling around each of the three gain stages. Honestly, I will probably keep it clean (although it doesn’t get all that clean) and use pedals for the dirt and fuzz, but I sure like what the dirtier settings have to offer.
(also, one of these little noodles is probably going to show up in my RPM music at some point. It is February after all)
It’s February, folks. It’s time for some RPM Challenge. I kicked off the season by noodling together one bass/drum part. Its a shade over three minutes, it’s generic as all hell, and its mine. More will come tomorrow!
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