psh! actually, i recorded a REALLY embarrassingly sloppy cover of a beautiful tune i love. i'm well aware that the guitar part sucks. excuses: 1) i have not played since february 2) i learned the song in like 30 seconds 3) i have not played since february 4) i have no idea how to mix my recordings that said, have a listen...be brutally honest, i'd love opinions. http://www.virb.com/tuesdayisagirl luffs, tues <3
craigslist's musican wanted ads are rescuing my sanity as i sit at work. hilarious! good lord these people. *sigh* if i see one more ad for a "singer/screamer" i may just scream myself. god help dallas.
monday night i was sitting around watching some teev. nothin special. coming back from the kitchen, i walked past my guitar (it sits in the middle of the apartment so it's accessible whenever the mood strikes). i picked it up on a whim....having not been struck with said mood. sat down, started playing, and no more than 30 minutes later, i had written a new song. well, half of one i suppose. entire chord structure, verse melody, and chorus melody with a few lines of lyric here and there... (132 more chars)
i didn't work on my own stuff today. but, i did get finished with a vocal track for URT's rpm album. i think it turned out alright, considering i spent last night in a smokey bar drinkin it up... big no-no for a wannabe singer. i'm payin the price. also, everyone else has posted pics of their workspace, i decided to do the same...because i'm cool like that. (see my rpm profile page) might post a demo soon. :) peace out. tues
I feel the need to clarify my position, even though I'm sure I probably don't need to. Only a bout 4 of you even care anyway. ;) It's just not as exciting as it was last year. I did this last year to prove to myself that I really am a songwriter. And I did. I know I can write 10 songs in 29 days, I just don't really need to this year. I decided the next logical step for me is to create a really solid 4 song demo that will get me noticed and hopefully some people to play with. I've bee... (427 more chars)
worries. due to circumstances beyond my control, i still have not started writing for my RPM project. since there are only 18 days left, i may not be finishing an RPM album this year. but i'm not completely quitting yet. just scaling down my goal a bit. instead of a 10 track full-on album, i'm shooting for a 4 song solid demo cd that i will actually be proud of. i
think a demo cd is a better/more logical step for me right now instead
of cranking out another half-assed album that i liste... (982 more chars)
I just wanted to take a minute and let you all know where I am.... because I know you all are dying to spy on me. ;) personal space: www.myspace.com/ohohitstragic music space: www.myspace.com/casselmakesmusic ( this is where i'll blog about the challenge and post pics and demos throughout the month.) virbage: www.virb.com/tuesdayisagirl (posted here is last year's album and i'll mirror the myspace blog since i know a bunch of you are on virb already.) I will also blog here... (62 more chars)
7 days omgz! ugh. my room's a mess, my recording crap isn't set up, two of my guitars have a good layer of dust on them, and my notebook's gone untouched since last february. a little too early to stress out? i think so. but i am anyway. i don't have a concept for the album. i only have half of an idea for 1 song so far. last year i waited until the 1st to do any planning/writing/recording, and i really only finished like 4 or 5 songs. the rest were just chord progressions with no ... (248 more chars)
a good friend told me this just a bit ago... "You come up with a lot of good ideas...but you never really follow through with them. Except during RPM, which is the only time I've seen you really happy since I've known you." true. true.
i haven't decided yet. a friend of mine and i have been trying to put together a band for a couple months now. the plan was/is to write 2 or 3 basic skeletons of demos to put online to try to lure in a bassist and drummer. problem is, i'm supposed to be responsible for the writing of the lyrics and basic song ideas (my friend is really good at writing his own parts but not so much an entire song idea), but i've had horrid writer's block since march. ugh. i half want to just wait til febr... (599 more chars)
hah! I just googled myself for no other reason than i'm bored. I put in my first and last name. The very first link that comes up is my page here at RPM! The second is my virb page!!!! That seems small but that alone is enough to make me want to keep going with music and trying to improve myself. Hope you all are well. February is creeping up on us!!! :) ~tues
The other night, out of no where, my boyfriend says, "do you realize how awesome it would be to be on a cd at Starbucks?" Until he said that I hadn't really thought about the magnitude of the thing if it works out. The amount of exposure alone is tremendous. For each of us and for RPM. Starbucks is freaking EVERYWHERE. Can you imagine walking into Starbucks and seeing all of the RPM albums swirling around on the CD rack next to Paul McCartney and Joss Stone and everyone else? Crazytown! ... (418 more chars)
aye!! you guys are making me nervous! It looks like our album is the farthest behind!!! What's going on everybody? Have we lost motivation? C'mon! It's almost finished! If nothing else, remember that Mick is working his A off to get all of this stuff finished on time so get your stuff in to help make his life easier. Plus, I don't want to be left out of the project just because a couple of people are lagging! If any of you need help, I'll do anything I can, just ask. =) Let's get it ... (29 more chars)
thanks for all the wonderful words of support on my last blog. it truly helps. i feel so much better remembering that other people are going through the same things as i am, or have been through it before. (feels a bit like february again haha!) i really appreciate you all. i'll keep everyone posted on new awesome tunes. ;) thanks!
i'm starting a second album now.... one that's hopefully more refined in sound and quality, as i am mildly unhappy with my rpm album. but, i'm attempting this with no support system. no band. very few friends who support what i need to do....what makes me happy. how do you keep yourself motivated when you are your only motivator?
i am finished. evidence following: i must say a GINORMOUS thank you to all of you RPMers who were so incredibly supportive throughout this entire month. i probably couldn't have finished it without all of your encouraging words, including all of the people who blogged and hung out on the discussion board. it truly truly helped. i am deeply appreciative of this challenge for what it has given me and allowed me to do.... and of the people i have "met" and will continue to stay in co... (553 more chars)
alright. i've got 6 complete songs and a song that needs lyrics. which means i need 3 new songs.. and lyrics to the incomplete song. i want to be finished and leaving the post office on wednesday night at the latest. everything still needs to be rerecorded (i've only recorded the ideas of each song) and mixed a bit so it doesn't sound like i'm a TOTAL moron. so! today/tonight... lyrics and melody for the incomplete song tomorrow evening... try to knock out 2 new ones saturday... finish t... (254 more chars)
i am almost very dissatisfied with the direction my writing is going. i told myself that i would not let myself become "girl with guitar". but unfortunately, that's how it's sounding right now. which is a little mind boggling considering the music i listen to isn't anywhere close to what i'm making. but whatever i guess. the goal was to write. not make the album of the year. and besides. these will be the first 10 songs i have ever written. like, ever. so i suppose that's an accompl... (310 more chars)
in more ways than one. .... i finally snagged a little space heater to keep under my desk at work so that i may continue to keep feeling in my feet as i am made to sit in this uncomfy chair all damn day instead of on my couch/bed writing tunes. (run-on run-on) and! feelin the pressure. i've only written 3 and 1/2 songs (about 12 minutes) to date. and it has taken me nearly 2 weeks to get that far. kick in the pants anyone? 15:13:24...23 ....22 *sigh*
alright, here's the skinny: song 1: done. song 2: music and lyrics written (may need to be rearranged in the next couple days) song 3: music written. no lyrics yet. so, 21 days to write 7 more songs and polish up the whole 10? we'll see...oh we'll see.
progress update and plan for Day 6... so far, only one song completely written, with a rough demo recording of said song. song 2 is in the works...basic chord structure and lyric idea. plan for this evening: ~*try* to leave work even a few minutes early ~finish a rough demo of a completed version of song 2 ~get as far as i can on song 3 ~start idea for song 4 wow... i'm starting to worry about getting it finished on time... :-s
grrr. it is day 5. song 1 is completely written and i've recorded a ROUGH demo of it on the lap top. song 2 is on the way, i worked on it last night between dinner and watching Prince rock the fuck out of half-time. i got the music written and roughly recorded. maybe i was just super tired or something, because the lyrics were just not coming... not even a subject for the song. the plan for today is to write lyrics for song 2, record the full song in demo form and come up with a musical i... (115 more chars)
i started writing last night after work. i've got a really big start on the fist song. chords are there, it just needs some restructuring. i did some brainstorming for lyrics and came up with some pretty decent ideas, they just need to be written into lyric form. i also came up with a tiny seedling of an idea for a second song, which will hopefully get worked out and recorded, along with the first song, this weekend. i try to stay up to date on all the latest blogs that people are postin... (610 more chars)
from my coffee cup and Seal... "Let go your sorrow. Let go your blues. Coz I know tomorrow is yesterday's news. Let go your sadness, give up the fight, follow your madness and take flight...take flight." -Seal 1 more day! yep yep yep!
so, i've pretty much been snooping around this website all day (and getting no actual work done at my job) reading blogs, the discussion board and looking at the stuff from last year. i'm so excited to get started! i have no theme yet, no general outline, basically no ideas. i'm doing my best to clear my head and start with a clean slate come the 1st. i love reading about everyone's progress and ideas so far! i just wanted to wish you all good luck!
