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Gary Fox is The Man
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by another cultural landslide
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| If you haven't seen the latest pics... IT'S A MUST http://garyfoxistheman.com/ Thanks Mick - it takes the tension away! w;-) |
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thinking of maud...
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by David Fazzino
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| Okay, I have not one song completed, just a bunch of fractured ideas. Time to get to work if I'm ever going to get this thing done! My goal is to have something worked out of one of my favorite melodies of the last couple of months. The melody co... (458 more chars) |
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I'm having problems..
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Lust For Glory
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| on the 'artistic' front. And, to a lesser extent time wise. I don't know how some of you do it. I am 'dead-ended' at one song up, three mired down in tracking, two still missing a 'piece' and around 5 that are simply ideas or un-written altogeth... (548 more chars) |
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the process = no worries
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by angie fights crime
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| i had the realization, and i spoke with the "prima" last night, that after dicking around for a week with these "tunes" that i'm gonna just basic it all up and less and less and less. now that we're both on the same page, i feel like an enormous we... (563 more chars) |
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PARTY!!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Gumbo Stu
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| Finally I've got a demo up in my player it still needs another verse or two, maybe a verse and a solo but it FEELS GOOD@!! |
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new sounds, the CURSED track and saltwater (32.1428571)
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by ali kilpatrick
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| ok, so i haven't updated in a couple of days and now the halfway mark is rapidly approaching :S songs tracks that are pretty much finished: cover [6:00] the revolution isn't working (drone for M&B) [5:32] again [1:38] I'm sure 'again' is... (1093 more chars) |
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thank you!!!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Chris Dolan
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| I would like to say thank you to everyone that has been so kind as to respond/comment on my blogs w/ lyrics. It's great to get input and encouragement from other artists going through the same thing. Keep up the good work, add me as a connection, and... (133 more chars) |
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yis!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by The 6 Fort Waldegrave
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| Right den, we gots 9 tunes an only just now got our recording machine setup... we gets da drummers der dis weekend... see what happens wha? |
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What day is this?
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by slowvol
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| 7? It's been a week already? Three songs are pretty much done. Two are completely recorded and mixed. The third needs vocals and mixing. We started song # 4 last night. We're experimenting with some binaural recording techniques, which requir... (262 more chars) |
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Album on Soundcloud — upload limit reached
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Futuramerlin.com
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| I have reached my maximum upload limit for the RPM challenge site. :-( So, if you want to listen to my music, please use the copy on Soundcloud . |
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FEBRUARY 9
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by The Stools
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Slow day today because I had to rehearse the live show with the band, 30 songs, over half of the are brand new. Thursday’s show should be interesting…
I haven’t heard back from Greg Hawkes yet, someone said they thought he was touring with The... (553 more chars) |
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New album: soar to eternity in the embrace of kindness
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Futuramerlin.com
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| New album: ' soar to eternity in the embrace of kindness '. The previous one, for a peaceful world , is now at Soundcloud . Duration: 53.00 1. soar to eternity in the embrace of kindness 2. wings of the hunter 3. dark room 4. gormy cuss 5. ... (132 more chars) |
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Week one - report
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Kurrel the Raven
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| So, one week in. It's going.. yeah. I have three finished tracks, but only one of them is a definite yes for the final album. That said, i have some great sketches and demos, and from all this composing i'm starting to develop both a good workflow ... (2507 more chars) |
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I surprise myself....
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Torben Asp
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| I was approached by Soundsmith on feb 2nd about participating in the RPM2010 and first thought was...nah, I dont work that fast.
As I read through the rules though a thought came to me that maybe I could do it anyway:
10 tunes or 35 mins.....I... (983 more chars) |
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new song, up tomorrow
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Clares Club
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| two new recordings, bringing rough demos up to 5, will get them up tomorrow. at this time, i've run out of puff, so i need to get monkeying around again and see what happens. i don't want to rely on simply recording older stuff that's been knocking... (273 more chars) |
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Can't get to three...
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Pzychotropic
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| After a relatively quick first track, I find myself bogged down in the nightmare of my perceived weakness in my vocals for my second track. Nothing sounds right! My home made isolation screen for the vocal mic... dont laugh, it works! At leas... (109 more chars) |
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Fruitless Monday
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Hussalonia
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| This will be a quick one. I don't have much time to blog, but I didn't want to break continuity. I ate a butterscotch sundae yesterday. I did the dishes yesterday. I repaired a guitar yesterday. I watched a disc of Arrested Development yesterday. B... (276 more chars) |
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Night Driving is up at 4 am
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Night Driving
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| Finally, I needed a good night. Here it is...there it was? I don't know how to phrase this, I'm too tired. So, I worked on that second-of-a-two-parter song all day, and am feeling better about my recording skills than ever. I'm still miles away fro... (574 more chars) |
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You'll never defeat me, Digi003!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by The Heavy Inevitable
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| This rainy, gloomy morning, I trudged out to the studio to get a little work done on getting the drums dialed in. I got in there and realized that not only had I never worked with a Digi 003, I'd never recorded anything on Pro Tools before! I'm no... (1148 more chars) |
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Second song done and uploaded!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Jahn
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| All day I was tossing different approaches in my head, none of it struck as right musically for the lyrics, until midnight - then I pounded it out in 2 hours, ugh. "Our Patience,' indeed. |
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The Black Book - Scrotum Hammer rises again!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Scrotum Hammer
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| We have been busy in the studio, and the guys have allowed me to post a very short, 15 second clip from one of the songs in Act 2 of The Black Book. Just guitar and drums, everything else comes in just after this part.
See "2010 - Madness Decend... (914 more chars) |
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Musings on Album Length
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Platzangst
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| Not really apropos of the Challenge - it is what it is - but for me, 35 minutes seems like kind of a short album. Now, I'm well aware that many classic albums are around that length - Wire's Pink Flag is about 35 minutes (as is, in fact, their mo... (1298 more chars) |
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Getting there
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Lanakila Iesu
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| Overwhelmed person checking in... I'm now feeling pretty well practiced up on... * “Shades of Grey” * “Passion Still Survives” I feel like with maybe an extra take or two and the lyrics in front of me I can make it through... * ... (631 more chars) |
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Feb 8- Making a CLEAN version of the album so my 4 year-old son can play on it
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Serene Dominic
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| Tonight was my first attempt at getting my drum prodigy Devi to play drums on my record. I picked a song that had a lot of drums on it already called "Pinch Me" when I suddenly realized the song I wanted him to play on drops the f-bomb four times. M... (866 more chars) |
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cranking them out
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Summer Lungs
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| after a grueling four days last week I took a few days off to collect my thoughts. Having gotten back to work today, I have now finished the basic tracks for New Day's Kick, which will be song 3. I've also made significant headway on Pacific Palis... (544 more chars) |
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Satellite Snail
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Time Paper Detective Group
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| My third song, Satellite Snail is up. I hope you enjoy it. This song is about an intrepid snail marooned on an asteroid with a tiny satellite dish strapped to his back. The satellite gathers solar energy, and plays a cutesy ringtone when full.... (277 more chars) |
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song 2 - legal pad valentine
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by MPR
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| if i put my heart on these pages would it die? would you listen on repeat just to keep it alive? (would the rhythm keep it alive?) and if it's in these songs then how do i survive? answer quickly 'cause my clean blood is in limited supply ... (458 more chars) |
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Song #2 lyrics!!!
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Chris Dolan
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Stay
“Will you sit and stay
awhile?” she said.
Thought that I might take a
walk instead
She said, “Can you stay ‘til
the end?”
Beginning to think that
there’s trouble ahead ... (1156 more chars) |
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Scrap
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| (Tuesday, 09 February 2010) Written by Synaptic Disturbance
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| Yeah, think I'm gonna scrap the synth-y part in the middle. Turns out I'm just not very good at coming up with parts after the fact I guess--the rest of the song, the three guitar parts, have been more or less written since...say...August, and then... (184 more chars) |
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2010
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Mechanical Life Vein
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| After a lot of noodling and several hopefully-not-completely-false starts (doo-wop song, I will finish you!) I've more or less finished my first track. It's the confidence-building Throbbing Gristle-inspired noise track! Yes, I can finish one; who... (276 more chars) |
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Days 6-8 - Report
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Siobahn Hotaling
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| The weekend was a wash... While I was busy working I also squandered a lot of time.... But today wasn't so bad - finally equalized all the vocals for "Heroine" - just need to lay down lead piano and maybe some bass... And got the guitar track for ... (111 more chars) |
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here's all my thoughts on the piano.
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by The Missed Connections
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| (and now for something completely different...) new demo up, "three sketches for the piano." that is literally what the recording is. i dragged out my keyboard, plugged it into a shitty amp and mic'd that and finally got a decent recording out o... (632 more chars) |
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My First Year
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Junior Cash
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| Well, I don't really blog but I figure now a good a time as any to start. I've been stricken with a severe case of writer's block lately, so I'm hoping the RPM Challenge can inspire me to get some much needed work done. Hopefully it can get the ball ... (34 more chars) |
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Safe From The Flood
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Letter Seventeen
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| We had a leak under our kitchen sink tonight. It got me thinking about floods. So I wrote something kinda gritty. Three chords and a nifty distorted vocal effect. As usual, my bass playing is all around the beat, but this is a demo, so I'm goin... (147 more chars) |
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Song 3: Leave It All Behind
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Philip Bosley
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| Two new dilemmas have cropped up for me:
1) Song #3 is me ranting and raving about my less-than-ideal living quarters. No big deal, except the super lives next door, and I take a shot at the way he swears at his pre-teen kids. And I know he's a f... (520 more chars) |
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Raw material
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Lens Of Madness
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| Here we are at the start of week two. I think I have enough ideas and musical sketches for the bulk of the album. Now I need to pull that stuff together into coherent songs and write some lyrics. I don't know if that puts me on pace or not, but w... (35 more chars) |
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The Live Guide Track
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Cake And Bacon
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| Good Day. Saturday was the day that would decide how RPM '10 was going to go for Cake & Bacon. i.e. I was Jimmy's birthday, and he easily could've bailed. But luckily (for us, not him) a bottle of Mexican rum took him DOWN the day before, ... (928 more chars) |
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Saturday Night
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by A Band For February
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| So, I met up with Mickey, Jay and Wendy for the first time on Saturday night. The evening was brimming with possibilities. It took us a bit to get into the groove, but then something just clicked. I was tinkering on the piano, Jay was beginning t... (569 more chars) |
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Song 4: Anulled
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Kelley
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| I probably spelt that wrong. That's okay. It'll just be part of the wrongness of it all :) you're not making it easy to love honor and obey you take the simple thing for granted believing that I won't stray when you say one thing and change your... (326 more chars) |
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There Otta Be More Robots For Me
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by MPC Presents
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| After the chaos of last Thursday, I was eager to get back to recording the actual songs for the album; as opposed to a chorus of drunk people. I spent much of Saturday prepping a few of the remaining songs. So now all the foundation tracks for all ... (1162 more chars) |
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Little Wittenham
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Nair
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| A rough cut of my new track, "Little Wittenham", is now in my profile player. I needed to re-sing this, and I'm just not a good enough singer to really pull this off this type of song. But I think this vocal track will have to do. I am resisting the... (334 more chars) |
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This challenge has already paid for itself!
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Tom Woodbury
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| I just thought I'd check in and let y'all know what's what. So, I can make noise on Sundays for a few hours. That's it. I haven't taken the month off and I spent last night figuring out how Audacity works and I've got exactly one song "on tape" wit... (1070 more chars) |
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Day 8 - Vocals complete, 2 songs reach final master stage
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Andy Samford
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| Alright so directly after working a 17 hour shift all day and night on Sunday, I came straight home and got right to singing.... spent about 3 hours recording vocals before exhaustion took over.... but I have completed the vocals for Demon Seed and ... (651 more chars) |
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A late start
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Council of One
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| Well, I just signed up for the RPM Challenge on Feb. 8, a full week after everyone else has gotten started. I've always been a procrastinator. My planned album, The February Project , will be guitar-based instrumentals, just like everything else ... (776 more chars) |
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Day 8.5 (Third track - "When Mandark Came To Stay")
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by The Tig That Got Away
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| Alrighty, fixed my software problems for now. My new track, "When Mandark Came To Stay" is up now, check it out. Tig x |
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Gettin' back to work?
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Synaptic Disturbance
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| Had my dissertation proposal today...which could've gone better, but could've also gone much worse I guess. Anyway, now that that weight is off, I can theoretically get back to recording. I'd programmed most of the drums for song 3 on Saturday nig... (295 more chars) |
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Day 8 (Problems)
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by The Tig That Got Away
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| Got a new song nearly finished problem is I'm having trouble with my software. I'll try and upload it as soon as possible. Tig x |
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Picture Blog Day 8
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Fibreman
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| Today feels less momentus than the previous 2. 12th Track now veers on it's theremin journey accompanied by noisy surf guitar and loose drums, it feels like a climax somehow - that's it, an electro psychedelic surf climax.
RPM does indeed induce... (38 more chars) |
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Now I can officially start recording!!
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Ian Shields
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| My car was repo'd two weeks ago and all of my recording equipment was trapped inside. For the last two weeks it has been a bunch of phone calls during the day and sitting in my room thinking about how stupid I was to leave so much crap in my car, no... (416 more chars) |
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The thoughts are there.
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| (Monday, 08 February 2010) Written by Beautiful Scene
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| So, the main ideas are all there... I need to record vocals for two more...and write their lyrics... then I can start polishing the songs with ten days left make a CD cover... Which I may not even attempt. Any-who I would love some feed back ... (29 more chars) |
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