Volume Three, All Done

Quarantine Tunes Volume 3 is officially done, I think. I put together a running order but I haven’t played through it yet. I think it’s good, but it might change a smidge. For now, let’s call it a day.

Here’s the alonetone link that will actually work.

Now I can get back to the December album in a month. I have seven songs in the works and so far only four have guitars. That’s it. I need to get cracking.

I’m also thinking of one more round of re-recordings. I’ve got 11 songs on the list right now, but I’m pretty sure I’ll drop one of them.

Oh yeah, and the 2021 RPM Challenge is less than two months away. That’s just crazy.

Check it Out, Another Song

Quarantine Tunes Volume 3 is done apart from deciding on the final running order. Woohoo!

As for this song, I have zero clue what the lyrics were supposed to be about, but the first line of the second verse is “endlessly stall” but when I listen to it my brain hears “and Lesley Stahl” so maybe subconsciously it was about 60 Minutes?

Check it Out, A Song

Check it out, I uploaded a song! This song is controversial in that it claims the Earth is not flat. Shocking!

Played a Little

I got some playing in tonight. I didn’t play well, but it wasn’t like gross or anything. I swapped out the clone of the racist overdrive pedal with the awful comic sans font for the Keeley Blues Driver clone that I can’t seem to connect with. Paired with the Klon KTR it sounded really good. Of course anything paired with the Klon sounds really good.

December Music: Promise Kept

When I wrote about the lack of progress on December Music earlier today I had two little bass riffs recorded and that was it. I promised myself I’d have more before I slept tonight.

Promise kept. I’ve got four songs worth of bass and drum parts down and ready for guitar. I feel a tiny bit better.

The plan for guitars this month was going to be Les Paul into Ryra into both 15 watt amps. I think instead I’m just going to swap out the higher gain pedal on my band board for different alternatives and see if anything catches my ear. I’m kinda not happy with how things sound right now and feel like mixing things up.

Speaking of mixing things up, when COVID is over and shopping is safe again, what about trying to trade my Strat and my Bassbreaker 18/30 for a Les Paul Junior and a 68 Deluxe Reverb? I’d have to chip in some cash too, but it could happen (probably not though).

Oh Hey, Another New Old Song

Is this one any good? Probably not. Who can say? Not me.

I’m a Thief

Okay, I just finished another song. As I was listening back to the final mix I brought up the original alonetone post from 2015 to see what I wrote about it back then. I had completely forgotten about this, but back then I wrote that as I was wrapping it up I realized it was brutally ripped off of a Throwing Muses song. Argh! Now I’ve ripped them off twice and didn’t even realize it either time!

Here’s my song, the thief that I am:

And here’s the song I ripped off:

What an asshole!

Here’s Another Song

Here’s a song, just for you. Did I screw up the mix? There’s a keyboard in there and it just throws off my entire world view.

I Suck at Singing

I really, honestly suck at singing. The more I listen to this the worse it sounds. I like the song a lot, but I just suck at singing.

Number One

I finished the lead guitars on the third set of re-recordings tonight. I used my Les Paul. My number one proved why it’s my number one. Every dumb idea that popped into my tiny little brain came out through the guitar. It felt really good. That doesn’t happen often but it’s nice when it does.