Tag: Guitar

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

This morning I did what might be the most bad ass thing I’ve ever done. I was in the bathroom, getting ready for my day. I looked down at the floor and saw a spider running toward me. I was barefoot. He was moving really fast. I didn’t have time to pick something up so… I stepped on it with bare feet.

Like I said… bad ass.

Vice President Harris picked her running mate. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. He used to be a high school teacher. I think that is outstanding. I think that’s the kind of thing we need. He also never committed treason and tried to overthrow the Federal Government. I think that makes him a good choice.

The Smashing Pumpkins released a new album this week. I really did not like the last couple. I tried. I really did. I just couldn’t get into them. This one though… I’ve listened to seven of the 10 songs so far this morning and it’s really good. I’m enjoying this record a lot.

I did not get a chance to play any guitar this morning before work. I just procrastinated and ran out of time. I wanted to, but I failed. I won’t have time tomorrow morning, so let’s hope for better time management on Thursday. I did take a couple of pictures though. One is basically yesterday’s photo a day picture taken from the opposite angle. How creative of me?

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Finally, in closing… a cat.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 33/90

Not a lot happened on day 33, but what I got to was okay.

Two new songs. The pipeline is up to 33 now. Both newbies have MIDI Bass and drums. They were both noodled out starting with bass lines. I have a sneaking suspicion that one of them is going to end up being too difficult to play on the guitar. We’ll see.

Photo a Day for Today

As usual on a working in the office day, I took a picture for today’s photo a day challenge entry in the cellar before I did my daily exercise (which I had to cut short because I overslept and now am at a high risk of not hitting the activity goals on my Apple Watch because grrrrrrrrrrr). I used my Nikon though. Expect something similar on Wednesday (two days from now), when I work in the office again.

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I took a bonus picture too, just because

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 32/90

Day 32 (yesterday) was a good day.

It started with adding vocal tracks to five songs. Next I came up with MIDI bass and drums and the song form for three songs. Next, two of those new song forms and one additional song got rhythm guitars. Finally, one of the morning’s vocals got lead guitars.

Today (day 33) is an office day for me so the time is going to be short. I’ll do what I can and see what happens.

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Did I play any guitar today? Why yes, yes I did. rhythm guitars on three songs and lead on one. I played my number one, my Les Paul Custom. It went well. I am hoping I have a little more playing in me for later this afternoon. Here’s hoping.

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Car Music: Complete

I was much later getting started than I like to be but I did pull off a car music this morning. I put vocals on five songs. I now have songs that are ready for some guitar tracks. Maybe we’ll pick some of those off today too. This might be a good day, I think.

Pictures… not iPhone, but Z5. I took my camera with me. Two days in a row I took it outside. Nice.

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Sabacc Dice because I am an uber Star Wars nerd
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2024 50/90 Challenge Day 31/90

Lyrics. Lots of lyrics. Melodies too. Five songs in total. Enough to justify a car music trip to start day 32… assuming I can get my shit together here. I overslept a little and I have a few things to do before I sing in the car.

Get to it, Robert.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 30/90

Day 30 wasn’t terribly active but I wasn’t shut out. I added one new song idea. Just a couple of bass riffs.

That’s it.

The weekend is here now, so hopefully I’ll have more to report for the next couple of days.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 29/90

Hello and welcome to August, month number two.

Not a lot of progress on day 29, but I thought I was going to get shut out. I was already thinking of how to write the “I did nothing” post. Instead, I stayed up a little late and added two new songs. They have full song forms and MIDI bass and drums. There are now 30 songs in the 50/90 pipeline. I also woke up this morning (day 30) feeling kinda sick and one of my ears is completely blocked. Oh good.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 28/90

Remember that goofy, pointless goal I mentioned a couple of times? The one where I wanted to get 20 songs mixed and finished before the month of July ended?

Yeah, I totally did it. I mixed three songs yesterday, bringing my total finished song count up to 20. That’s two (2) RPM Challenge rules albums in 28 days. That was fun. As a cherry on top, I also added two more song ideas. That brings the total pipeline count up to 28. And there are still two full months to go!

Optimistically, that means that things look good.

Realistically, it just means that there is plenty of time for me to fall off the wagon and blow this thing.

Welcome to August, music lovers.