Tag: Recording

Tracking is Done (Again)

I think it was at some point last week when I declared that tracking was done for the 50/90 Challenge. Then I added four more songs because I’m a doofus. Now today, once again, I am declaring that tracking for the 50/90 challenge is done.

I put all guitars onto two songs that I started writing yesterday. They both got vocals earlier this morning and now every song I’ve come up with for this stupid internet songwriting challenge has had all of the parts recorded on their individual demoes. Hallelujah, Holy Shit.

I am now left with seven songs to mix. If I finish them all before Tuesday then I will finish the 50 songs in 90 days challenge with 57 songs… again, because I am a doofus.

Car Music

I did some singing in the car today. Nice. I put vocals on four songs. Two of those songs still need some guitar parts but that’s all that’s left for 50/90 challenge tracking. I still have seven total songs that remain unmixed and I have until Tuesday to get to them all. Crazy, right?

Since coming home from car music at about 9:00am (three hours ago, approximately), Jen and I have been sacked out on the couch watching episodes of Parks and Rec and New Girl because it’s Sunday and we’re flipping a big eff-you to responsibility today.

Jen’s going to have lunch now and we’re going to watch one more episode of New Girl and then she’s going to do some work because we can’t be flipping the big eff-you to responsibility all day… I guess. I’ll finish the guitar tracking then. I should have lunch but I had a snack at around 11:00 and I am stuffed. I way over did it. My tiny little re-wired stomach pouch thing is a little cheesed off with me right now, but it will be okay. We’ll get through this, stomach pouch. We’ll get through it together.

29/365

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 87/90

Monumental stuff today. I added two new songs because I am a glutton for punishment. I also mixed one song. That one song being the 50th song. I have successfully completed the 50 songs in 90 days challenge! Hurray for me, folks! Yet another pointless waste of time in the books!

Now while I could call it a project and take the last three days off, I will not. I still have seven songs outstanding. Three are ready to mix. Four need vocals and two of those still need guitars. I hope to finish all of the tracking (again) on day 88 (today). I can pull this off.

50 Songs in 90 Days

And with the finished mix of this stink nugget, I have successfully pulled off the 50 songs in 90 days challenge. Yup, this is finished song number 50. I was hoping it would be a banger, but instead it is not. Oh well.

2014, 2020, 2021, and now 2024. My forth victory.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 86/90

Day 86 (yesterday) was a nightmare of stomach pain and post-gastric-bypass surgery awfulness. I woke up at 5:00 feeling pain and it didn’t go away until about 9:00pm. In short, yesterday sucked.

I did manage to put both rhythm and lead guitar tracks onto one song. I was hoping to mix something and maybe add another song to the pipeline as well, but my redesigned innards had other plans. At least I didn’t get shut out, right?

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 85/90

Let’s see… I put all of the guitar tracks onto one song before work. After work I added another song (why?) and then mixed song number 49. The project is officially 98% complete.

I’m hoping day 86 is going to look pretty much the same.

Early Morning Play Time

I mentioned last night that I stupidly added a song to the 50 songs in 90 days pipeline even though I was almost finished with the whole project and there is less than a week left before it ends.

What I didn’t mention was that I put all of the guitar tracks, both lead and rhythm, on the song this morning before work. I could have spent that time mixing a song or something and actually getting closer to being finished but no… I played the guitar.

I did it and I am not sorry.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 84/90

I over did things without making any major progress. Somehow… I guess.

I mixed a song. That’s good. Before I did that though I added a song. MIDI bass and drums down as well as a melody and lyrics. The pipeline is up to 54 songs now. Why did I do that?