5090: 42 Down, Eight to Go

Is this one too long?

The verse is a 12-bar blues phrase, but the rest of the song isn’t. Clever? Probably not.

50/90: 41 Down, Nine to Go

I went into 50/90 thinking I’d do some simple guitar/voice things just to pad my numbers. I haven’t done that at all, although this one might sound that way. It’s just two guitars, a bass, and one vocal. I wanted it that way though. The verse part is something I noodle on all the time, and have been doing it for decades. Emin7 – Dmaj7. Real simple. I just thought I’d use it in a song. I’ve probably already used it in a song somewhere, but I just can’t think of one off the top of my head. That’s what happens when you write song after song after song without ever having to rehearse them again… you end up repeating yourself when you are sure you’re not repeating yourself.

40 Down, 10 to Go

I was supposed to post this last night but I fell asleep. I mixed two songs. The first is a big dumb slow rocker with lyrics that even I can’t figure out what they’re about.

The second is a quiet little strummy guy with lyrics about how pointless these stupid music challenges are.

38 Down, 12 to Go

It was bound to happen. It was just a matter of time before I took a song in 7/8 time and drenched it with wah-wah. Dig it.

Song #36 of 50

I mixed this last night. I was mostly asleep. The riffs are cheese and the lyrics are dumb. Not very proud of this one.

Back at It

Neglect

Yes, dear friend, I have neglected you grievously over the last week or so. Tomorrow, I promise you. Or if I’m too busy tomorrow then Tuesday, I promise you.

35 Songs Down, 15 More to Go

I mixed two songs tonight. I wanted to get some guitar playing in, but we’ll just have to settle for the mixes.

This one is sort of about how much money Market Basket lost during the whole CEO fiasco. Now that it’s over I haven’t been into a store yet, but I will at some point this weekend.

Tonight’s second song is about being a teenager who knows everything. I guess. Sort of. Something like that. Originally it was going to be about how the music sounds like Journey and how much that pissed me off. But somehow it turned into a high school kinda thing. I guess. Sort of.

Song of the Day

The music for this was written in a hotel room in upstate New York. How rock and roll is that?? The lyrics are the second in a growing group of songs inspired by folk stories I found on a website. Here’s a link to this story. It’s about a guy who was famous for tall tales and cider.