This is the 28th finished song for 50/90. I hope to have #29 posted before I sleep tonight. At that point I’ll be out of mixable songs until I can sneak in some vocal time next week.
Progress, kids.
Tag: Garageband
Three New Songs
I mixed one song tonight after mixing two last night. 50/90 is now 25/44. I hit the 50% complete point one day after reaching the halfway point. I need to step up the pace a little.
Here’s tonight’s song. I don’t really care for it, although it is in 5/4 and makes the prog fan in me happy.
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Last night I mixed a song that sounds alarmingly similar to a song I mixed the night before. Repetitiveness is a bummer.
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I also mixed this angry little ditty that is sort of maybe about Ferguson, MO although at the time of writing I had very little factual knowledge of the protests. I was just going on tweets from the scene and most of those were more emotional than factual.
22 Songs Finished, 28 to Go
I have a total of 33 songs either finished or in progress for 50/90. This one marks 22 as finished. Miles still to go.
I’m not sure about this mix here. If I weren’t 75% asleep I might be able to make a better determination. It’s okay for now at least.
Yet Another New Song
I mixed this one last night but was too tired to take the time to share it. Here it is, better late than yadda yadda…
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This second song was mixed this evening. I usually don’t stick the lovey lyrics with the big dumb rock songs, but it seems happy here.
50/90 is now 31/48
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The tail was sung off today. I made use of every non-work second and wrote and recorded six (6), that’s SIX vocals today. The song above is the first of those to be mixed, and the 19th song posted to the 50/90 page.
My head is spinning with all the progress I made today.
Another New Song
Actual, real live percussion. There’s a little monkey drum that I bought at a Ren Faire many years ago, and a pair of finger drums I bought at the Moroccan Pavilion at Epcot Center even more many years ago. It’s the first time since I had an actual real live band in a real studio that I have recorded actual real live percussion.
The lyrics are in first person, but it’s not about me. Some one close to me is being shown an alarming lack of respect at work. This is about that person’s situation.
The guitars are all Strat, and it’s my first time messing with the pitch shifter in GarageBand. Not sure I like the results. Next time I’ll go all Trevor Rabin and shift the leads up a minor seventh. Sah-Weet.
50/90 is Now 34/57
I finished two songs tonight. This one comes from a floridaman story. Read it here.
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The second song… I have no idea what it is about. Maybe sort of about not wanting to go to work or something like that.
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The music for both of these turd burgers was written while on vacation. I was just out of control crazy like that. Must have been the proximity to the birth places of all three members of Rush.
7/8 and 5/4
The only negative to my 50/90 workflow of starting new ideas using GarageBand foe iPad is the lack of flexibility with time signatures and tempos. You can’t change them mid-song, and there are only three time signatures built in. I could easily work around that, but then I’d lose the cool segment functionality. Fortunately GarageBand for Mac has more flexibility and options.
Hence the two things I pieced together on the Mac tonight that are both in odd times. Ah, a Prog Rock wannabe.
Three New Songs
I finished three songs tonight. None of them are particularly good, but what can you do?
This one was the first idea I came up with for 50/90. I literally woke up, grabbed my iPad, and jotted this down in GarageBand. Why then did it take nearly a month to finish? Well, maybe because I don’t particularly like it. Perhaps.
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The second song is only interesting in that it’s in 6/8 time. GarageBand for iOS is pretty limited in time signatures. I expect I’ll be using the Mac version to get myself some 7/8 and 5/4 before long. Prog babie. The lyrics are about a universal topic for those of us in Greater Boston… Traffic.
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The third song is kind of about Market Basket. Who would have thought that if you stand by your people, they will stand by you. It’s just amazing to even consider it.
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There you have it. 50/90 is now 36/62.
11 Down, 39 to Go
We came back to the hotel a little early tonight. Both kids wanted to stay up late. I had all my pictures from the day sorted and uploaded. What to do? How about mix a song for 50/90?
The lyrics are about Patches the cat. Honestly.
Recorded in the USA, mixed in Canada. kewl
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