Tag: Recording

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 9/90

Another decent day’s worth of progress, but probably not as much as I had hoped. I worked on four songs in total. First, I put rhythm guitars onto the only two songs I had left that didn’t have rhythm guitars. Those were songs number 12 and 13. Next I added two new songs, numbers 14 and 15, which have MIDI bass and drums and now also have rhythm guitars.

That’s it. Not a bad day’s worth of work, but I had to spend a lot of time running errands, and my wife and I decided to go for a drive in the evening so there wasn’t time for anything more.

Round Two

I went out and got my hair cut, I got an inspection sticker for the Kia, and I stopped at the sugar free bakery to get a treat for myself to celebrate my 20th work-aversary. Then I went home, made myself some lunch, noodled out a couple of new song ideas, and played my guitar again. Technically it was a different guitar, but it is still mine so I guess saying “I played again” still counts.

Now I am going to start thinking about cooking dinner on the grill for me and my beloved bride, the love of my life, Jen.

20 Years

20 years ago today I started a new job. I am still with that company. I have a different position now thanks to a promotion, but I’m still with the company.

How did I spend my 20th hire-aversary?

Well, so far I have played my guitar. I am also thinking about getting a haircut and maybe getting one of the cars inspected. A super fun day!

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2024 50/90 Challenge Day 8/90

I got a lot done yesterday but maybe not quite as much as I had hoped. I don’t know. It felt like a good haul at the time.

First, I put rhythm guitars onto three songs. Next, I wrote the lyrics and a melody for three songs, two of which were from the day’s batch of guitar tracked songs. Finally, I added two new song ideas. Both of them have the full song form and MIDI guitar guide tracks. One of them already has lyrics and melody too.

Not bad for a Thursday vacation day. I probably could have done more, but I think I did okay.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 7/90

One week down. How did I do on day seven?

I only worked on two things. I started a new song, the 11th so far, that is just bass and drums and a full song form. I also put lyrics and melody onto another song, song number three.

That’s it.

So after one week, let’s sum up the state of the challenge.

There are 11 songs in the pipeline. According to my Trello board the assembly line looks like this:

Three songs are in the bass and drums with song form bucket. Five songs are in the rhythm guitars are done bucket. Three songs are in the lyrics are written and we’re ready for vocals bucket. Here’s hoping for a long weekend worth of serious musical motivation.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 6/90

Not a lot of progress on day six, but I did start working on the piece of the process that is the most difficult for me.

I added lyrics and melodies to two songs.

That is all. Lyrics, melodies, and vocals are where I usually get bogged down and the whole project bottle necks. As little as I accomplished, it feels good to get those particular balls rolling at least.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 5/90

I didn’t have a lot of time to spend on music on day five (yesterday) but I did manage to sneak in some work before bed. I added two new songs. Both are just MIDI bass and drums but they have the full song form. Basically the same progress that I made on day one. Not bad for an in-the-office day.

2024 50/90 Challenge Day 4/90

I started the day with two goals. Let’s call them goals A and B.

Goal A was to put rhythm guitars on all eight songs that are currently in progress. That goal was completed, though the guitar playing got sloppier and sloppier as the day rolled on.

Goal B was to add another song or two to the pipeline. That goal was not completed. I just didn’t have it in me last night.

Today is day five and I am working in the office. There will be a significant reduction in available time to get music done. We’ll see what happens.

More Guitar

I spent some more time this afternoon playing guitar. Just adding parts to some 50/90 Challenge songs, that’s all.

My finger tips hurt. Maybe I’ll have calluses again by the time the 50/90 challenge ends in October. That would be nice.

Laugh at the nerd!