Members blue2blue Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 Heaven help me... I'm really thinking about 'taking the Challenge' this year and plunging into the RPM ChallengeThis is The Challenge - Record an album in 28 days, just because you can.That Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 20, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2013 It sounds... fun? I think the only way I'd personally attempt this was if I wasn't working and I had a full band at my disposal like the old days. Otherwise, I'd die of overwork. There are times in the past when I've been on thata much of a roll but... right now is not one of them. Good luck and ha ve fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted January 20, 2013 Members Share Posted January 20, 2013 I did a song-a-day for a month, and recorded each song, but they weren't album-quality songs. I've never done this one. Seems fairly reasonable (a day to write, a day to record, a day to mix for each song, more or less), but it's certainly not happening for me this year. We're moving to a new house, getting our old house ready to rent out, I'm finishing a semester at work and beginning a new semester in school. Also, my band is working on an album. But I'd encourage anyone to try this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 A song a day for a month. Now that is task making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monkey Uncle Posted January 21, 2013 Members Share Posted January 21, 2013 Lenny basically did the same thing with his opus, though it was just for self-edification rather than a response to a particular challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 I've done a couple of them. I did it last February (it was covers, not originals, so it didn't count for the RPM). I wanted to finish 12 songs (the Skinny Tie stuff) and I got 8 done in Feb and then finished to other 4 in Mar. The one with Chicken Monkey was just leads over backing tracks (the original Woodshed Tapes stuff) and I think there were 20 or so. There is his guy over at Musesmuse (Wolf Kier) who was doing one in Nov and wound up with 3 albums of material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 Isn't this sort of exercise prone to creating a conflict between quantity and quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 22, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 I'd consider if a noble failure if I got a couple new songs out of it. But it's so different than what I usually do that I'd kind of like the challenge. I set myself recorded song-a-day challenges before, but never a songwriting challenge. To be honest, I haven't had a lot of personal luck with hustling the muses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted February 1, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2013 I just signed up. My writing slump has just been going on too long. It's not a requirement of the RPM Challenge that all the songs be written in February, but, for me, that's really the draw.Let's hope I can get by without doinga bunch of sloppily hasty acoustic versions of old songs in the waning hours of February 28th.Which would parallel how I wrote 95% of my papers in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted February 1, 2013 Members Share Posted February 1, 2013 blue2blue wrote: Which would parallel how I wrote 95% of my papers in school. Which is still more or less my default position.My rationalisation is that there is a likelihood of bringing greater knowledge and experience to the solution of a task if it is carried out at the last moment before it is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Thanks! Lyrics lower down on the SC page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 You guys are on fire! It shows how working under a bit of duress can bring out what's already in you, and just waiting to see the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 8, 2013 Members Share Posted February 8, 2013 Sleepy now; nothing today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 9, 2013 Members Share Posted February 9, 2013 It really is all about the headgear, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 10, 2013 Members Share Posted February 10, 2013 Mister Major needs to get moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted February 11, 2013 Members Share Posted February 11, 2013 RPM #6 Red Baron Soloing over a new Red Ant backing track.http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=12160553 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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