RPM Challenge Words of Advice (2022)
Considering taking the RPM Challenge? Here’s some advice from people who’ve done it! Check out the big list of completed projects for 2022 here.
| NAME | THINKING OF TRYING THE RPM? | LISTEN |
|---|---|---|
| Achira | Just try it. | https://achira.bandcamp.com/album/change-the-station |
| acoustic57 | Just do it for fun and a personal challenge. Keep it simple and try and have a good time. | http://alonetone.com/acoustic57 |
| albinoSQUIRREL | make a plan | https://alonetone.com/albinosquirrel/playlists/rest-your-weary-body |
| Alkdale | Do it and just put stuff together! | https://alkdale.com/media/?p=364 |
| AuOH | It's open to all skill levels and stylistic choices...if you have a hankering to create sound please participate! | https://auoh.bandcamp.com/album/the-freedumb-movements |
| Bangsplat | just do it | https://bangsplat.bandcamp.com/album/precious-metal-people |
| Brainquake & Linn Friberg | Just do it, there's no reason not to. | https://soundcloud.com/linnfriberg/brainquake-linn-friberg-repentance |
| Chris Hardy World | Do it, but don't do the same thing every year - that's how you make it wicked fun! | https://chrishardy.bandcamp.com/album/the-purple-flame |
| ciij | If you struggle with writer's block, or just need more creative output then you should really consider giving the RPM challenge a try. Even if it's not February, the whole process of guilt-free creation is liberating. | https://ciij.bandcamp.com/album/24-7-lofi-beats-to-cry-hyperventilate-to |
| COFFIN WAREHOUSE | Take a shower? | https://coffinwarehouse.bandcamp.com/album/coffin-warehouse-5 |
| COFFIN WAREHOUSE | Why not? | https://coffinwarehouse.bandcamp.com/track/celsius |
| Daniel Hornell | Just do it! I do it every year and I always end up with at least 1 or two songs that stick with me for the rest of my life. | https://danielhornell.bandcamp.com/album/ten-years |
| Distinct Kicking Motion | Any idea is worth trying! | https://distinctkickingmotion.bandcamp.com/album/everythings-portable |
| Exu Nazares | Do it, it is good motivation. Challenge yourself. | https://soundcloud.com/exu-nazares/sets |
| Fairchord & Fixer | Just do it! | https://soundcloud.com/cerickson/sets/fairchord-fixer-rpm-challenge?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing |
| Feeling Fuzzy | Just record something. Even if you don't like it. Even if you don't use it, it will help you build your process and learn. | https://alonetone.com/feelingfuzzy/playlists/fuzzy-feelings---rpm-2022 |
| fencepost | Don't think about it, do it | https://fencepost.bandcamp.com/album/contrivances |
| Good Duker | do it. whatever it is. | https://goodduker.bandcamp.com/album/untitled |
| Gorch : Doom Toad | Be realistic and casual. Consider it a side project or a creative project and not your big thing. Adopt a persona and be someone else for a month. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUro2YNQWGM&list=PLX6NiX3TFmSNHihd51BNPzXtU4hRgmLMB |
| Jai Mohan | do it! just do it! you won't regret it. | https://jaimohan.bandcamp.com/album/false-spring |
| JC | DO IT! Now more than ever we need to express our creativity!! | https://soundcloud.com/jdcandela/sets/diminished-reality |
| Joe Spuds Riekert | Like the commercial says, just do it! | https://joespudsriekert.bandcamp.com |
| Justin Mathews | Do it | https://justinmathews.bandcamp.com/album/the-launch-of-apollo-11 |
| Lilly North | Just go for it, its free, its not too stressful, and you can fo as much or as little as youed like. Its alot of fun, take the dive | https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/wdbaK |
| Mieremet | Do it... | https://mieremet.bandcamp.com/album/cleansing-1 |
| Personal Space Invaders | Like I always answered for the previous 12 years I've done this challenge... Just do it! | https://personalspaceinvadersbriandownton.bandcamp.com/album/without-a-voice |
| pink smog | Do it anyway. | https://pinksmog.bandcamp.com/album/castle-gravycat |
| Pleasant Ditch | Try. Failing is fun, succeeding is good too! | https://pleasantditch.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-and-dusk |
| Pyrokynesys | Stop thinking, start doing | https://pyrokynesys.bandcamp.com/album/shunned-by-the-light-which-once-guided-us |
| Ricia Rae | Do it no matter what! No matter what you create...we need it. | https://alonetone.com/riciarae/playlists/the-fall |
| robert schaverian | Go for it, you have nothing to lose and will regret it if you keep putting off recording stuff. How else are you gonna get better? | https://soundcloud.com/user-812275776/finished-ep |
| Russ Ham | Do it. | https://alonetone.com/EstudioChispa/playlists/pandemia-16 |
| Sonicviz | Make it so | https://youtu.be/3lH35AEru5g |
| spacebox | Just try something and do it for yourself. | https://alonetone.com/spacebox/playlists/ascensio |
| Stan Erl | Proceed | https://alonetone.com/stanielerl/playlists/wallowing-in-the-following: |
| Staplegun | Just do it! | https://alonetone.com/staplegun/playlists/a-velvet-skyline |
| Stevie Dinner | just keep finishing songs | https://stevehoskins.bandcamp.com/album/stevie-dinner |
| T.Z1 | Make music or do something creative everyday! have FUN! | https://soundcloud.com/tzonez/sets/rpm-22 |
| TeeKayEn | Take it easy on yourself, plan ahead and don't be afraid of throwing things away if they are not working | https://soundcloud.com/t-k-n/sets/ep1 |
| Temptress | Make music. Always. | https://temptress.bandcamp.com/album/rpm-2022 |
| The Hermit | Push through the fear and worry and just make the music. If anything, you'll have a full album of demos ready for you to polish up! | https://soundcloud.com/andrew-lent/sets/the-hermit/s-GVToHaLwx2i?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing |
| The Sugar Beatz | Just do anything! | https://sugarbeatz.bandcamp.com/track/random-sounds-in-a-parking-lot |
| The Wawa Project | Just do it | https://soundcloud.com/john-valberg/midnight?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing |
| The Will of the Sun | Just do it. Creating something that did not exist before is an amazing feeling. | https://alonetone.com/wng801/playlists/for-you |
| Thorsten Nesch | Just play. Don't force anything. | https://nesch.bandcamp.com/album/when-you-drove-away |
| Tim Hazelton | Just do it! You don't have to have the best equipment or write Stairway to Heaven. You just have to do it! | https://alonetone.com/Punktim74/playlists/bleeding-me |