One song got rhythm guitars, lead guitars, and a mix. 29 songs down, 21 to go. Two other songs got lead guitars.
Part of me feels like I am miles ahead of the minimum pace. Another part of me feels like I am way behind. I don’t get it.
The vocals on this one are really out of tune. I will likely either re-record them or completely rewrite them. Later. Not today.
ADDENDUM: I forgot, I worked out one song form too. MIDI bass and MIDI drums are done for that one.
I played some guitar this morning. I put rhythm and lead tracks onto one 50/90 song, and leads onto two more. I played very poorly and my finger tips have been torn to shreds. Serves me right for going almost a week without playing at all.
Here is a photo to prove that I don’t always have my guitar’s volume controls maxed…
(I was doing the Clapton thing where you use both pickups but roll the neck pickup’s volume off a little. It’s not as famous as his “woman tone” thing [dude, come up with better names for this stuff] but it’s something he did when he was still playing Gibsons. Oh, and the woman tone thing? Play the neck pickup and just turn the tone knob all the way down. He sometimes did it with both picksups as well, turning both tone controls all the way down)
Finally, in case you were wondering…
Another day when I was sure I was going to get shut out with no progress but managed to sneak something in at the last minute.
I mixed one song.
That’s all.
I mixed one song tonight. I started mixing a second but I am too tired to concentrate on it. I’ll finish it another time.
For now, enjoy this piece of mediocre crap. 28 songs down, 22 to go. Onward toward 50 songs in 90 days.
Not a lot but better than nothing.
Just before bed last night I worked out a song form for song number 39 and then started song number 40. I now have two songs ready for rhythm guitars.
Like I said, not much but I thought I was going to get shut out again and I didn’t so that’s a win.
A good day. I put vocals on four songs. Then I wrote lyrics and melodies and added vocals to two more songs. Then I mixed three songs. No guitar playing, but a good day indeed.
I have mixed three songs today. That means the total number of completed demoes of new songs for the 50 songs in 90 days challenge is up to 27. 54% complete.
I’ll share the least awful of them all. This is yet another attempt to make 3/4 time rock. I guess it’s almost successful, but I am pretty sure I’ve written exactly this song multiple times in the past.
I might share the other two songs later, but probably not.
Lots of stuff going on today. It started with car music. I put vocals onto the four songs that were ready and then wrote the lyrics and the melodies to two more as I was recording. One of them suuuuuucks. The other might be okay.
Errands run, chores done, worry over my dad worried. I am hoping to spend some time with Bellana today before she goes back to Vermont tomorrow. I feel like I’ve been missing her visit.
Random picture time. First, my “recording studio” view. Can you believe how terrible the light is? The weather is dreadful right now.
Next, the center of town. Clock included.
And in closing… cats.
Halfway Done. 45 days down, 45 days to go.
I wrote the lyrics and the melodies for four songs. Not nearly as much as I wanted to get done, but not bad.
Here at the halfway point I have 24 song demoes finished. Five songs are ready to mix. Four songs are ready for vocals. Four songs are ready for lyrics. Two songs are just a handful of little riffs that need to be worked into a song form. That’s a total of 39 songs in the pipeline.
I’m still confident that I’ll get to 50 songs, but life is getting in the way quite a bit right now. I’ll remain cautiously optimistic.
In the 50 songs and 90 days pipeline there are four songs ready for vocals. That’s enough for me to go out and do some car music tomorrow. Vocals recorded in the car in an empty parking lot. The only way I can do it and feel comfortable with the whole singing thing.
If I can just find a way to get two more songs ready tonight then I could have 10 songs started and nearly finished within the month of August. That would be fun, right?
I’ll see if I can swing it. No promises.
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