Without having much time for anything yesterday, I managed to sneak in two mixes. That’s it, but pretty good under the circumstances.

34 songs down, 16 to go. The 50 songs in 90 days challenge is 68% complete.

I spent the bulk of day 54 (yesterday) in the hospital with my father and still managed to make a little progress. I mixed two songs. Look at me being all productive and shit. No idea what day 55 (today) will bring.

32 songs finished. The challenge is 64% complete.

I mixed one song. That’s all. 30 songs down, 20 to go. The 50 songs in 90 days challenge is 60% complete.

If I take the songs written during this project and pick a handful that are not terrible and edit them and update them and rewrite what needs to be rewritten and then re-record them all so that they sound better than they do now, the song I mixed last night would not only make the cut but it would likely be the first song on the album. It is far from perfect, but I like it.

I worked out one new song idea while sitting in the hospital with my father. Full song form, phony bass and drums tracks complete. I thought that was going to be it for the day but then when I was too tired to think straight I started working on lyrics and melodies instead of going to sleep. I got through all five songs that were in the ready-for-lyrics bucket on the Trello board.

I can’t wait to actually read them while I’m awake and see how terrible they are.

Car music today before the hospital? Could be.

Two songs worth of lead tracks. That’s it.

I was hoping I’d get to sneak in some more before bed but I was just too tired.

Day 50. Today is the first day that it starts to feel like I’m running out of time… even though that’s absurd because there’s more than a month left.

Two songs got rhythm guitar tracks yesterday. One got leads. 40 songs total are in progress. 29 are finished. Four are finished tracking and are ready to mix. Two have vocals finished and are ready for lead guitars (and will hopefully get them very soon). Five have rhythm guitars and are ready for lyrics.

And that is the state of the union after 50 days.

One song got rhythm guitars, lead guitars, and a mix. 29 songs down, 21 to go. Two other songs got lead guitars.

Part of me feels like I am miles ahead of the minimum pace. Another part of me feels like I am way behind. I don’t get it.

The vocals on this one are really out of tune. I will likely either re-record them or completely rewrite them. Later. Not today.

ADDENDUM: I forgot, I worked out one song form too. MIDI bass and MIDI drums are done for that one.

Another day when I was sure I was going to get shut out with no progress but managed to sneak something in at the last minute.

I mixed one song.

That’s all.