Recorded a little rhythm guitar last night. I started thinking about 50/90 and thought that maybe I should clear some of the backlog first, you know?

I had planned to take last week off from forcing myself to record music and then I caved and resurrected an ADAT era RPM song.  (ADAT era… doesn’t that sound impressive?  It’s not, but doesn’t it sound like it is?)

I then decided to take this week off.  I mostly did, although I managed to sneak most of the bass and part of the drums to a second ADAT era RPM song (hehe) into GarageBand. 

This weekend I will try to finish the sequencing of the drums and bass for that song, and hopefully one other.  Then next week I will try to get back into the swing of sneaking in a few minutes of recording before work with the goal of finishing two old songs, and one unfinished song from 2007.  That’s the goal at least.

We’ll see.

I didn’t plan to make my one day per week of telecommuting a music day, but it is turning out that way.  I drop the kids off at school and then have an hour and half before I have to start work.  I fill that time recording.  I have a lunch break in the afternoon.  I make a sandwich and fill the break time recording.  It is proving to be a very productive little slice of time for me.

I had planned to take this week off from being a home demo recording nerd, but last night I decided to act on my last post here and I started programming in the bass part from a 2009 RPM song on GarageBand.  This morning before work I the drum parts.  On my lunch break I very quickly recorded the rhythm guitar and two vocal tracks.  Fortunately for my limited time, the song is very, very easy.  Maybe tonight after the kids go to bed I can sneak in the guitar leads and give it a mix.  If not, then maybe at some point over the weekend I’ll get a chance to finish it up. 

Until then, this is the song I’m messing with…

http://alonetone.com/robertjames1971/tracks/the-first-day

I’ve been thinking today…

That should scare you in and of itself…

I have 10 song RPM recordings from 2009 through 2011. I did them on my 8-track ADAT without the benefit of decent headphones, and they sound terrible…

But are the songs themselves terrible? Most of them probably are, but all of them? Are there some that are worth redoing and cleaning up a bit?

Is it time to revisit those as well as songs from the 80’s and 90’s on top of those from ‘07 and ‘08 that still need to be finished?

Does anyone but me care?

Of course not, but does that matter at all?

Yesterday I posted three playlists for completed projects.  Today I will post the in-progress stuff, included in two of these playlists are the three songs I finished demoing tonight.

First the year old (and counting) unfinished and homeless songs, back burner project.

Second, the newly christened Old Songs Newly Recorded playlist.  Six songs so far.  I’d like to do 2-4 more before I call this done.

Third, this one doesn’t really count.  It’s more just for me to remember what has and has not been done at this point.  It is a playlist of the various unfinished songs I hope to finish off in the near future.  This is what I want to be focusing on, even though I keep rehashing old songs.

I forgot to mention in the last post.  I have music for sale via bandcamp.  I put a price on the files in order to have more streaming time.  

Please, please, please, whatever you do… DO NOT BUY ANY OF MY MUSIC!!!

If you absolutely must have copies of the files, you can get them from alonetone.com/robertjames1971.

Please, do not buy any of my music.  It is most definitely not worth it.

Thanks

If I keep going at this pace, I am going to max out my main free soundcloud account.  That means I’ll be deleting stuff.  I want to keep playlists posted here though, so I am going to try a different service or two.  Let’s start with bandcamp, okay?

First, my 2013 RPM Challenge: Rock Music for Old People

Second, my first attempt at a GarageBand project: Hurricanes Blow

Third and finally, my 2012 RPM Challenge: Showdown at Canobie Lake Park

Three old songs in the works from this weekend. One from ‘97, one from ‘94, and one from ‘92. Am I recording guitars tonight or am I sitting on my very, very fat ass watching television?

Yeah, maybe tomorrow, right?

The wait for finishing unfinished songs will continue for a few days more at least. I just finished drums and bass for one old song, and I’ve got two more that I want to do next. It’s silly, and a waste of time, but I’ll end up with some decently demoed tunes. Hopefully I’ll have something to upload by the end of next week.

This is fun.

Here are snippets of the unfinished songs I hope to finish in the near future.

(Two of those songs date all the way back to the 1980’s!)

I haven’t been paying attention to this page in a while.  I don’t even remember posting the last two entries.  Weird.

Anyway, I’ve been active musically.  At least as active as I get.

I finished my second consecutive RPM Challenge and FAWM.

14 songs.  I think two or three are all right.  None of them are terrible.  Well, maybe one or two are terrible, but for the most part they are decent.

Since finishing I’ve been back on the finishing old songs bandwagon… sort of.  I’ve allowed my self to be distracted by the urge to record new versions of a few old songs.  I’ve finished two so far, and two more are in progress.  There will be one or two more thrown in before I start buckling down on the ol’ list of unfinished songs.

I’m having fun with all of this silliness.  I hope I can keep some level of motivation all the way through to next February.  I’m not 100% sure I’m going to want to do RPM again, but we’ll see how it goes.