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RPM on Second Stage

npr-second-stage-logo.jpgIn 2008 and 2009, the music lovers over at All Songs Considered's Second Stage set aside time in April to feature RPM songs that have caught their ears. Check it Second Stage here!

 
East Bay Express (2009)
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The RPM Challenge: An Album in 28 Days

Why did the administrator, the IT specialist, and the stay-at-home dad spend nearly sixty hours over four weeks writing and recording an album they never intended to sell? Because they could. And because someone dared them to. No pot of gold waited at the end of the album; no prize money, no label or sponsorship deal — just a vague guarantee that they'd be glad they did it. So it came to be that three men from Oakland and Fremont resolved to turn over their weekends and weekday evenings throughout the month of February to the painstaking yet ultimately satisfying task of producing a complete pop album. read more

 
Boston Herald (2009)

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Last year, Boston band Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys flew back from a Toronto gig to attend the RPM Global Listening Party in Portsmouth, N.H., then immediately hopped on another plane headed for Montreal to continue touring.

“Silly, perhaps,” said band member Edrie. “But it was so great.”

This is just the sort of devotion the RPM Challenge generates. read more

 
Albany Times Union (2009)

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Many of your favorite hometown musicians spent February scrambling. They were writing, recording, mixing and fine-tuning new albums as fast as they could.

They were all participants in the RPM Challenge. Record Production Month, spearheaded by a group in New Hampshire, is similar to NaNoWriMo, which dares people to write a novel in one month. Not only that, but they pick the shortest month. Just 28 days from hesitant words jotted in a tattered notebook to aural bliss or bust. read more

 
Portsmouth Herald (2009)

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Tom Elias stood on The Music Hall stage with a bouquet of red roses.

“They’re for my girl,” he said, beaming at his wife. “This is a big accomplishment for Jo Ann.”

“I’m so proud,” said Jo Ann Elias, pointing out her one-woman blues band Winterbourne, amid hundreds of other RPM Challenge CDs on stage. “It’s amazing what you can do if you just commit yourself. It was quite the challenge — it was like taking a pilgrimage.”

The pilgrimage ended for the Eliases, and several hundred kindred spirits, Saturday night at Mecca — aka The Music Hall — aka RPM Challenge headquarters. read more

 

 

 
The Wire (2009)

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2009 RPM Challenge participants step forward to host global listening parties

Every month or so, multi-instrumentalist Taylor Weston clears out all the furniture from his living room in Seattle and hosts a concert for area artists. Weston lives with the three other members of his metal band, Gladiators Eat Fire. Their spacious living room has capacity for up to 60 people, and they have hosted as many as four bands on a single night, sometimes expanding their jams to the rooftop or the backyard. read more

 

 
CBC Radio 3 (2009)
 Do you know that February is Record Production Month? Well, if you make music, or want to make music, or know someone who makes music, you might be interested in The RPM Challenge. It's simple: record an album in 28 days, just because you can! There are no prizes, and no winner, and it starts February 1st. There are "regional hubs" in five American cities - and one Canadian one - in St. John's, Newfoundland! In the show today, I'm speaking with Elling Lien from The Scope, St. John's Arts & Entertainment Newspaper, about the Canadian connection to The RPM Challenge. listen here
 
Here & Now (2009)
 Anyone can come up with an excuse to say “no,” so don’t! That’s the Record Production Month or RPM Challenge to musicians the world over — set your excuses aside and record an original album in the month of February, just to see what happens. We talk with Dave Karlotski, one of the organizers of the challenge, which begins on February 1st. listen here
 
CityBeat (2009)

 Like most great ideas, the RPM Challenge is simple: Write, record and complete an album in the year’s shortest, dreariest month. Begun locally in New Hampshire three years ago, the Challenge became a worldwide phenomenon with little forethought from its founders. read more

 

 


 

 
Boing Boing (2008)
boingboing-logo.gifThe RPM Challenge begins on February 1 -- just a few days off -- and all over the web, musicians will work to produce an entire album in just one month. This is the music version of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and inpsires the same passion and creativity. read more
 
Slashdot (2008)
slashdotlg.gifThe 2008 RPM Challenge — to write and record an original album in February, just because you can — is about to begin. Hundreds of musicians from around the world have already signed up. Last year, more than 850 albums were recorded as part of the challenge, a testament to what can be done by independent musicians without a label, without the RIAA, and often without a professional studio. read more
 
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