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Mp3's to MySpace; next few wks..
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| (Wednesday, 04 March 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Just posted three tunes from "2kMi" over on MySpace ( www.myspace.com/milelongpostit ). Glad to finally have some mp3s out there as I've been in low gear since completing the challenge Saturday morning.
The next few weeks are going to remain f... (1064 more chars) |
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Psyched for last day of tracking
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| (Saturday, 21 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Ah, as the sun is rising above a crisp San Francisco morning, I see my last day of tracking (recording) for this challenge: Background vocals, keyboard parts (mostly mellotron, little piano, maybe some horn stabs), and guitar solos are all tha... (2016 more chars) |
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Jammin' rules!
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| (Friday, 20 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Just about to jump into a busy day of RPMing...got 4 electric (rhythm) guitar parts, and all lead vocals on the agenda before bedtime. Am happy with the acoustic gtr tracks as well as the other electric gtr stuff done in the last few days. By popu... (694 more chars) |
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Bass done; tuner tip; weekend off (kinda)
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| (Friday, 13 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Smooth sailing yesterday tracking the bass parts - now done for all (10) tunes. Was the first real use of a new bass (to me; actually "used" but in good shape) - an Epiphone "Les Paul Special". Sounded mostly great, and was pleased the intonation ... (1473 more chars) |
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Ahead or behind schedule?
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| (Wednesday, 11 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| So, day 11, got my songs written and arranged, and drums programmed for 9 of 'em (and expect to complete the last in a few hrs). Last year it took me to day 22 to accomplish this, so I should be happy with this year's progress. Emphesis on "should... (1226 more chars) |
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Songwriting "done*" (with an asterisk)
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| (Wednesday, 04 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Happy Days! Music and lyrics are done* for the 10 songs going on Mile Long Post-It's RPMChallenge 2009 cd (tentatively titled "2kMi").
Why the asterisk? 'Cause these tunes are in rough shape right now! Veeerrry rough shape. But the turds are... (1023 more chars) |
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Writin' like a madman
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| (Tuesday, 03 February 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| I REALLY want to get the songwriting part of this challenge done ASAP, and have been VERY lucky so far. Got five songs written already, and it's looking like I really might get all 10 done before the end of week.
I like having a chance for the... (453 more chars) |
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One day and a wakeup...
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| (Friday, 30 January 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| It's here It's Here it's Here (almost!!!)...no, not Santa(!), but RPM2009! I had a total blast doing RPM 2008 and can't wait to get rolling this year. Gonna spend the next 1-day-11-hours (according to the handy "countdown" clock on the right of th... (1631 more chars) |
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Very brief Kunaki rant
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| (Thursday, 29 January 2009) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Lame that Kunaki (cd replication) only keeps your "project" on file 180 days before deleting it unless you order - would a year be too much to ask (I mean, disk space is pretty cheap these days).
OK, I feel better :-) |
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Website up; promo continues
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| (Thursday, 20 March 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| I'm gonna start using Blogger as a more central location for my bloggin'. Please follow one of these links, for this blog entry:
http://milelongpostit.blogspot.com/
http://blog.milelongpostit.com
Rock on! |
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Wrap-up: MLPI el. guitars, cd away...
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| (Wednesday, 12 March 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Sent Mile Long Post-it (MLPI) off for cd manufacturing a few hrs ago. Going with an online service called Kunaki , who have a great set-up for smaller (<100) maufacturing runs. They also can do individual physical fulfillment (that is, sell you ... (1978 more chars) |
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Next steps (so far...)
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| (Monday, 10 March 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| So the last week has been more catchin' up on sleep (and play!) than wrapping a bow around MILE LONG Post-it...much needed but time to get back on the bandwagon and get this baby done - as Ms. MileLongPostIt reminded me over the weekend, I could cou... (2446 more chars) |
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Mile Long CELEBRATION
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| (Saturday, 01 March 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| So it's now 1:05PM Saturday and I can't believe MILE LONG POST-IT, the innagural album by (you guessed it...) Mile Long Post-It is complete. I couldn't be happier with the whole RPM experience. I've got much more wrap-up stuff to blog 'bout but it... (394 more chars) |
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mix faster mix faster...
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| (Friday, 29 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Takin' a quick break from mixing to grab some chow and clear my head a bit. Going fairly well I think, but slower than expected. With under 24 hrs before this baby's gotta be in the mail, I gotta pick up the pace: Been mixing about 6 hrs and got 4... (245 more chars) |
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48 hrs to go...with help from friends.
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| (Thursday, 28 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Got just over 48 hours to get the first Mile Long Post-It cd, cleverly titled "Mile Long Post-It" in the mail to RPMCentral. The only recording left is keyboard (piano/organ/mellotron/pads) parts of 5-6 tunes, and I suspect one of those tunes is al... (1176 more chars) |
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Last recording session tonite (I hope!)
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| (Wednesday, 27 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Well, a yeoman's effort last night but didn't quite get all electric gtrs done. Upshot is that two songs are completely tracked, and are ready for mixing - this is a decent milestone.
So, with any luck (ok, with a lotta luck) I'll complete r... (540 more chars) |
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Lots left, but the line in sight...
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| (Tuesday, 26 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| As a sunny Tuesday morning breaks over the Bay Area, I find myself on what feels like the "downhill" side of completing the project! Lead vocals are all done (well, one may need to be re-done...) and that was the biggest "stress" task remaining. S... (1074 more chars) |
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THAT was a good weekend!
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| (Sunday, 24 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Winding down for this Sunday night, I gotta say it's been a great weekend, in particular RPM recolrdn' style! Drums, acoustic guitar and bass are done, and lead vox on 3 tunes (will try to post excerpts and pix tomorrow). Havin' a great time being ... (385 more chars) |
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Drums done acoustic guitar NOW (yes!)
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| (Saturday, 23 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Drum tracks are done (day late, but in the ballpark) and I'm moments from acoustic guitar trackin - probably 'bout my fave part. Tryin' SE Gemini on gtr, with Rode NT4 on-deck as an alternate...gonna play now...ROCK ON! |
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Needed a break...
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| (Friday, 22 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| I took last night off from RPM work. Almost didn't as I REALLY need to get the drum tracks done, but was really becommin' a bit burnt out on the RPM-grind. Best move ever! Great time partyin' up a bit, listening to some different stuff, and play... (586 more chars) |
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Trackin drums, gettin' real...
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| (Thursday, 21 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Not sure if the "8 day-12 hour" reminder on the RPMChallenge home page is motivating me or making me want to crawl into my own stink hole:-) With all songs written and roughly arranged, it's drum time! Got three tracks done, but seven more to go an... (1304 more chars) |
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10 in the can...next is...
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| (Friday, 15 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| All right! Completed writing the 10th Mile Long Post-It song for RPM08 a few hrs ago. Very psyched to hit this milestone, and only a few days behind schedule (not bad, all things considered...). Feelin' good about the material for the most part:
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polishing turds
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| (Wednesday, 13 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| I'd like to think that all the songs I'm writing for RPM08 are going to be great, but...it's looking like I'll end up recording a couple that aren't quite in that league. A concern? Within the framework of this project, no, it's an opportunity!
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Back on the pony...
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| (Monday, 11 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| So after a week of illness, morning songwriting resumed today. Good stuff. Kinda rusty though - feel like the brain cells couldn't get out of second gear. Did get thru one tune - a rocker (working title "Drive to Concord"), and about half of ano... (606 more chars) |
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The sun is out...the birds are singing...
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| (Sunday, 10 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| ...it's a beautiful day! Psyched to be feelin' good (flu gone!) and have a nice pre-spring day to get out into. Totally pumped for this coming week - gonna write my a** off. Just got done watchin' the amazing Tom Petty Running Down the Dream do... (77 more chars) |
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Tough first week...only one way to go...
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| (Thursday, 07 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Been illin', not even chillin' Layin on the couch watchin bad tv and soupin' Every four to six hrs throw down another few aspirin Not playin or rhymin, guess 'cept when I'm blogin'
(where'd that come from)
Had a flu last couple days and haven'... (427 more chars) |
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A Giant weekend!
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| (Monday, 04 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| A Giant weekend...amazing win over the Pats on Sunday. Gotta admit that game was the sole focus of my Sunday, and I feel rewarded with not only an excellent game, but a great result. Hopefully that'll be the same feelin' I'll have 'bout MLPI* come... (583 more chars) |
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Morning songwriting rocks!
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| (Friday, 01 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Woke up (got outta bed dragged a comb...oops, that's taken :-))...ahem...woke up this cool but sunny SF Friday and dove immediately into songwriting. In a discussion thread last week I'd commented that while not necessarily liking being up early, i... (496 more chars) |
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Happy hour listenings...
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| (Friday, 01 February 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Justa few hrs before RPM08 kickin' off, and have been listenin' to inn the last few hrs(apologies for misspellings, and should make for good brainsongwritingmash):
Bob Marley
Steve Earle
Asia
Oran Juice Jones
Yellowman
ZZ Top
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Glad to be at the party
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| (Friday, 25 January 2008) Written by Mile Long Post-It
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| Gotta say I felt a bit wimpy when I didn't sign up for RPM'07, and wasn't about to make the same mistake this year! Why am I comin' to the party:
What can be more fun or a bigger accomplishment then doin' an album from scratch in one month!
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