I have officially gotten further on 50/90 than in any years past.
In other words, I’ve done something. There are three things going, one of which is already fleshed out. I’ve even set up a soundcloud account to hold any works in progress.
So far so good, but there is so much further to go.
This is a little better than the last one. No unwanted distortion.
I didn’t use the GarageBand drummer on this one. I kept the iPad drum part but changed the sound. Same with the vocals. The guitars are all the same between the two mixes except for the signal processing. I added a slap back delay onto the lead and toned down the reverb and delay on the two rhythm parts.
The real question though is when did everything this month turn into either 3/4 or 6/8 time? Is this what it’s like to play in a swing band?
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Here’s the iPad mix for comparison. Again, not too different.
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As far as the iOS mixes are concerned, I can call the June Music project successfully complete (under RPM Challenge rules). I have written and recorded 10 songs this month. There are two additional songs that don’t have vocals/lyrics/melodies yet. I don’t believe I will have time this weekend to finish them. I think I’ll do them next week in the first three days in July before 50/90 starts on the 4th. Then I’ll have 12 “June” songs and one left over from May, with two different mixes of each song. That will make a nice bandcamp.com playlist.
As of right now I am in for 50/90. I have not been writing at a fast enough pace to feel confident, but at least I’ve been building up to it. We’ll see how it goes.
Don’t ask me about hockey. I’m not over it yet. I’m going to need some time to get over that epic of a choke.
I can’t think of a topic for this post, so here’s a picture…
I have finally come across a camera accessory I want to get that isn’t a new lens. I want to get my hands on a neutral density filter. I want to go over to the Spicket Falls Dam and take a nice long exposure, and I want to do it during the day. I want the motion of the water to blur together. Pictures like that are cool, and I want to take at least one cool picture before I die.
Picture this, only with the falling water all smoothed out.
Yeah. Cool.
I also want to get a Forest Lake parking permit. I think I can do that tomorrow during lunch. Maybe I’ll bring my camera along for the ride. Maybe I’ll make a lunch ahead of time and eat it by the water. Maybe.
I also want to get a few more songs recorded before July 4th comes along. July 4th is the start date for the FAWM 50/90 challenge. Write 50 songs in 90 days. Yeah, right. Maybe I should change it to the 10/90. That might be more manageable as a summertime project. There was also talk of a bunch of RPM Challenge participants doing some sort of mini-challenge this summer. I thought it was going to be in June, but the site has been down for maintenance every time I’ve gone to it. Today is no exception.
Oh well. I’ll figure something out.
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