2024 50/90 Challenge Day 40/90

Day 40 was almost a wasted day, but at about 10:30 when I should have been going to sleep… when my body was telling me that I was going to have a really shitty Tuesday if I didn’t go to sleep right away… I mixed one song.

No Playing This Morning

I’m working in the office today so there was no time to spare to sneak in any guitar playing before work. I hadn’t actually realized until just now though that even if I had had some time to play I don’t have any 50/90 challenge songs that need guitar tracks at the moment.

I have eight songs with rhythm guitar parts done whose next step is to write lyrics (yuck). I have an additional eight songs that I’ve finished tracking completely and just need to mix them down before I can count them as finished.

That’s it. I guess it’s time to start writing lyrics and adding new ideas to the list. Get crackin’, Red Head!

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 39/90

Day 39 was a good day. Four songs got vocals. Those four songs and two others got lead guitars. One of the songs that got both was also mixed.

Because I am insane and the challenge to write 50 songs in 90 days is not crazy enough, I also give myself the additional challenge of doing an RPM Challenge rules album in a month each month. That means I need 10 songs that are written and recorded entirely in each month. The song I mixed is the first song that qualifies for August. I had 20 in July. Of the 17 songs still in progress now, I think nine were started in August and should qualify (assuming I finish them in August). The rest were started but not finished in July so they don’t count.

Bed Time Music

21 songs down, 29 to go. The 50 songs in 90 days challenge is one step closer to finished.

I mixed this tonight while more or less falling asleep. Now that it’s done and I am happy with the finished song I am going to sleep. Good night, everyone!

More Music

I just put lead guitars onto six 50/90 challenge songs, including all four that got vocal tracks this morning.

My ears are dead from wearing the headphones and one of my finger tips is about to fall off, I think.

Not a bad afternoon’s worth of musical work.

These three pedals played great together today, but the fuzz pedal, the Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian, is the clear MVP for the day.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 38/90

On day 38 (yesterday) I worked on five songs. All five of them got rhythm guitar tracks. Two of them also got a melody and really shitty lyrics to match.

I have four songs ready for vocals. I hope to do some singin’ in the car on day 39 (today).

Five More

I put rhythm guitars onto five more songs this morning. My schedule is all topsy turvy and I’m not sure if I will be able to do anything more today, but five songs worth of guitar tracks is a nice haul for the morning.

I am actually out of songs that need rhythm guitars now. I still have two that need leads, but we’ll be getting to those soon enough. I want to write some lyrics tonight so that I can have at least five songs ready for a car vocals in the morning.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 37/90

Day 37 (yesterday) wasn’t bad for a weekday. I’ve had better, but it was okay. I put rhythm guitars onto two songs and leads onto one. I also wrote lyrics and melodies for two songs.

I’m hoping for good progress today, but there are a lot of non-musical things on the books so we’ll see how it goes.

Musical Friday Morning

It is Friday, at last. Every single day this week has tried to trick me into thinking it was Friday (there must be something wrong with my brain’s calendar function) but this time it’s real. This time it actually is Friday.

Insert the sound of an emphatic sigh of relief here.

The weekend is one 8.5 hour work day away. The best part? My step daughter is coming over tonight! She’s going to a work conference tomorrow and is stopping here on the way to it. We haven’t seen her in ages. I’m really looking forward to her visit.

Musically speaking? I played some guitar before work this morning. 50/90 progress. I put rhythm guitars on two songs and leads on one. I took a bunch of pictures with my Nikon. I had the 28mm lens on it for all but one. I swapped to the 40mm and took one more pic just to make sure it was working. It was. That lens is so much better than the 28mm. I’ll keep the 40 on there for a while. I really love that little sucker.

Here’s the one 40mm pic. It’s the choice for the photo a day thing for today.

Note the guitar case in the blurry background. That’s my other Les Paul. The one Jen got me for my 50th birthday. I’ll be swapping them out the next time I record guitars. The birthday Les Paul is the only one of my electric guitars that hasn’t made it onto a 50/90 track yet. That will change, probably tomorrow morning.

Now for a bunch of faux artsy pics with the 28mm lens.