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RPM Challenge – Day Eight

I’m up to song nine last night. Song eight has a lot of structure left to figure out. I did it on the iPad last night and haven’t ported it to the Mac yet. Song nine is the obligatory 7/8. It’s just bass and drums so far, but I used the drummer function again. It worked out pretty well in this case.

On a net-nerd front, I had been using my “B” soundcloud account for works in progress. Today I figured that was silly so I loaded everything into the main account.

Here’s a playlist that will be deleted once the project is complete:

Weight Watchers Weigh In

We went to weight watchers today for our weekly weigh in. We didn’t stay for the meeting though. I’m down another 3.6 pounds, for a total of 16.8 pounds. I’m still very pleased, but at the same time I am waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s fun while it lasts, but I am pretty sure one of these days I’m going to step on that scale and they are going to say, you’re up 60. Urgh. Stress on top of stress.

Bruins at Gillette?

The rumors around the NHL is that either next season or the season after that, the Bruins will host a Stadium Series game against the Canadiens at Gillette Stadium.  At least one hockey magazine site is confirming the rumor, although they state that the announcement will wait until after the Olympics.

Do I want to go to such a rumored game?  Yes and no.  First off, I always enjoy a hockey game.  Hell, we’re going to see the Providence Bruins play in Manchester this weekend.  Second, I have still never been to Gillette Stadium.  I’ve sort of been waiting for an excuse to present itself.  At one point I thought about going to a Revolution game just to check out the stadium, but the idea of paying to watch soccer… ugh, talk about horror.  I can’t stomach football anymore, and none of my can’t miss bands are big enough to fill a 68,000 seat venue.  (Unless maybe the three surviving members of Pink Floyd decide to get back together.)  So a Bruins game sounds like the excuse I’ve been waiting all these years for.

The downside, of course, is that it’s going to be played in January or February.  Two and a half hours in temps below 20 degrees?  Yeah, not likely.  If they push it out to the end of the season, maybe late March or early April, or if maybe they move it to the beginning of the season.  I don’t think a late October date would be too bad. 

It’s all just speculation, and when it comes down to it I don’t think I would actually want to go anyway.  It’s fun to think about though.

RPM Challenge – Day Six

Last night before bed I started work on song #6. It’s just base and drums for now but it is a return to form for me. Last year’s RPM project was the first one I’ve done that did not include a 12-bar blues. Well this year I have rectified that error. Song #6 is a 12-bar! Welcome back!

Tonight I started work on song #7. It’s a little melody I tinkered out on the iPad using GarageBand’s Heavy Metal Organ sound. Gotta love that. I ported it over to the Mac and used the GarageBand Drummer function again. It worked. I’m satisfied with it this time.

This project needs more time signature variety. I’ve got one 6/8, one 5/4, and five 4/4s. It might be time to break out the old prog rock favorite, 7/8. Maybe over the weekend.