2024 50/90 Challenge Day 88/90

I think I am going to miss these first thing in the morning posts once this year’s challenge is all over. I always try to do this but I’ve never managed to do it for the full 90 days. Another challenge completed? Sort of.

Yesterday, day 88, I put vocals on four songs. Then I put both rhythm and lead guitars onto two songs. Finally I mixed three songs. All that’s left now is to mix the last four. I technically have two days to do it but I sort of see this little project as needing to be over before the calendar strikes October. We’ll see if I can wrap it up tonight (day 89). Today is a work-in-the-office day so I lost a lot of time to my commute.

53: 106%

I have mixed three songs so far tonight. I’m up to 53 songs complete for the 50 songs in 90 days challenge. 106% complete.

I still have four songs to mix. Will I finish tonight? Probably not. Tomorrow seems pretty likely. Success is fun, even if it is for something incredibly stupid like 50/90. Incredibly stupid and endlessly pointless. Yippee, bro.

Tracking is Done (Again)

I think it was at some point last week when I declared that tracking was done for the 50/90 Challenge. Then I added four more songs because I’m a doofus. Now today, once again, I am declaring that tracking for the 50/90 challenge is done.

I put all guitars onto two songs that I started writing yesterday. They both got vocals earlier this morning and now every song I’ve come up with for this stupid internet songwriting challenge has had all of the parts recorded on their individual demoes. Hallelujah, Holy Shit.

I am now left with seven songs to mix. If I finish them all before Tuesday then I will finish the 50 songs in 90 days challenge with 57 songs… again, because I am a doofus.

Car Music

I did some singing in the car today. Nice. I put vocals on four songs. Two of those songs still need some guitar parts but that’s all that’s left for 50/90 challenge tracking. I still have seven total songs that remain unmixed and I have until Tuesday to get to them all. Crazy, right?

Since coming home from car music at about 9:00am (three hours ago, approximately), Jen and I have been sacked out on the couch watching episodes of Parks and Rec and New Girl because it’s Sunday and we’re flipping a big eff-you to responsibility today.

Jen’s going to have lunch now and we’re going to watch one more episode of New Girl and then she’s going to do some work because we can’t be flipping the big eff-you to responsibility all day… I guess. I’ll finish the guitar tracking then. I should have lunch but I had a snack at around 11:00 and I am stuffed. I way over did it. My tiny little re-wired stomach pouch thing is a little cheesed off with me right now, but it will be okay. We’ll get through this, stomach pouch. We’ll get through it together.

29/365

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 87/90

Monumental stuff today. I added two new songs because I am a glutton for punishment. I also mixed one song. That one song being the 50th song. I have successfully completed the 50 songs in 90 days challenge! Hurray for me, folks! Yet another pointless waste of time in the books!

Now while I could call it a project and take the last three days off, I will not. I still have seven songs outstanding. Three are ready to mix. Four need vocals and two of those still need guitars. I hope to finish all of the tracking (again) on day 88 (today). I can pull this off.

Twice the Fun

They really are twice the fun, you know?

In new MacBook news, I am currently loading a Time Machine (that’s Apple lingo, dudes) back up from my old computer onto the new computer. It’s been running for about two hours and it’s telling me I have 15 hours left. Epic.

Note, it’s not going to take 15 hours. It’s just saying that.

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday…

Today…

28/365

I don’t feel sick today the way I did yesterday. The constant bad stomach pain is gone.

Instead I feel… off. Like maybe it’s just a hangover sort of thing? My stomach remembers who bad yesterday was so it’s just in a weird, queasy kinda state today? I’ve had a lot of water today and I had a small breakfast. Nothing caused outright pain and I haven’t thrown up the way I did yesterday. I think I am okay… mostly. I’ll get there.

Anyway, enjoy the cats. I think we might go computer shopping later. I’m backing up my MacBook… just in case.