Last night I recorded two rhythm guitar parts. There are only two left to do. Today I wrote and recorded a vocal. There are only six left to do. Urgh.
I wanted to do more but I’m too tired to think. Maybe before bed I’ll do more guitar, but this six vocals are making me feel pretty sad.
Last night I started what is now the 10th song. This morning I recorded a vocal on the old Tempest Fero song, and rhythm guitar on the new song.
Progress, people!
I got some music in today. Surprised? I am!
I recorded rhythm guitars for two songs, worked out the arrangement for the most recent iPad thingie that was just three separate riffs, and started another couple of riff ideas on the iPad. So there are 9 songs (about 30 minutes) that are actually underway recording wise. There are now three that are just in the rough idea stage.
Again, no way this gets done by April 1st, but all of this crap will get done.
I recorded the guitars for RPMarch02 this morning. I wanted to do more. I really did. I wanted to do more guitars during lunch, and I wanted to do some vocals in the car during the kids’ karate class.
I did none of that. I didn’t get a lunch break. Today was major stressful and I just couldn’t stop. I left the laptop at home during karate and just watched The Walking Dead on my iPad.
(After last week’s gut punch of an episode I have decided to start season four over again to see if I can pick up any clues. Look at the flowers, Lizzie.)
I’m not giving up on March, but I am thinking that RPMarch might be turning into RPMarch/April. We shall see.
I don’t see myself finishing my March music project by the end of the month. I’ve got nine songs in progress. Three have rhythm guitars and one has vocals. Hopefully I’ll be able to add one to each count by the end of the day.
My USB interface wouldn’t connect on the new MacBook today. Not sure what’s going on there. Hopefully I only need to reboot. I used the iMic thingie (which makes TONS of noise) while recording some guitars this morning. Hopefully I can get the Lexicon thing working again. We’ll see.
Just when you thought the March Music project goofiness was dead and buried…
I came up with something new last night. Just a few little riffs. I put them down on the iPad just before bed. This morning I added some guitars. That’s nine songs in progress and two more ideas that I haven’t made go anywhere yet. Tomorrow. More will be done tomorrow. Really. I promise.
Here are the first seven of what I hope will be 10 new songs for this month. Actually the last two are from last month. I kept the bass, changed the drums, and deleted everything else. It’s sort of like starting over.
So Robbie, what’s the deal? When you finished off your February recording project you said you were just going to keep going and do another one in March. You even came up with a clever stupid name for it, RPMarch.
So where are the constant updates that make us, your loyal readers want to claw our own eyes out?
Well here’s one.
I have bass and drum tracks set for five songs. There are a total of nine songs in the plans at this point. I need to come up with at least one more. I have four songs left over from the kids’ Christmas vacation, when I tried to write a few songs for a goofy EP idea. I have one idea that I had during February that I never got around to. I also have two outtakes from Things and Stuff that I want to see if I can salvage. Then there is one song that I came up with a couple of nights ago, and the one Tempest Fero song I want to add to the TF Redux collection. That’s nine. My goal is 10. So far so good.
There you have it. The RPMarch Day Six update. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you are pleased that I haven’t quit on this idea yet.
Yet.
Here’s the obligatory post-RPM Challenge post.
Now that my musical month of February is in the past, what’s next?
Well, I think I’m just going to do it again. Not the same songs, and not the longer FAWM based album, but a new recording of either 10 songs or 35 minutes. Call it RPMarch.
I’ve still got four things that I was tinkering with in January, and there was the 15th song idea from RPM that I never got to. There is also the missing Tempest Fero song that I took a listen to this evening. Those six plus four more? There is also the three unfinished things from the 2008 failure. Maybe I’ll save those for April.
Any one else want to take a shot at RPMarch?
Something happened last night that sort of sums up this year’s challenge for me. I went to bed after finishing the lead guitars on the last two songs. While sleeping, I had a dream. I was digging around in my ear for ear wax. I found something else though. I was able to grab it and pull. What came out? Dust. A dust bunny about the size of a quarter. When I woke up my first thought was, so that’s why everything sounds like crap this year.
I mixed two more songs before work this morning. There are only two left. I will finish them both tonight if it kills me. Then I need to figure out a running order, burn a CD, and mail it off.
Here is one of this morning’s mixes. It’s the 7/8 rocker with the terrible leads.
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/bad-guy.mp3%20
The other song is in 6/8. It was an eighth note kinda morning. It was supposed to be the big quiet/loud/quiet thing but the loud parts are kinda pointless.
http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/that-certain-someone.mp3%20
It is February 27th. The end is upon us.
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