Archive for February, 2008
RPM Challenge – Procrastination continues
Somehow in between all my procrastinating I have managed to come up with my ten RPM Challenge songs Duh duh duh duuum…..
1. Don’t want to wake up (without you)
2. Long Road
3. Wasting time*
4. Lullabye*
5. Ragdoll
6. This world (instrumental)*
7. End of the world*
8. Second Best
9. Autumn Leaves*
10. Song for Dan (Instrumental)*
* Far too many of these [...]
Writers/Composers Block
Musicians can get writers block. I get it all the time, especially leading up to a deadline (like now). Common symptoms include:
Repeatedly playing Stairway to Heaven or Nothing Else Matters on the guitar for no apparent reason.
Listening over and over to previous work just so you can pick out every single little mistake.
Listening to [...]
The RPM Challenge
The RPM challenge is to record an Album in 29 days. I read about this in a blog, checked it out, and was horrified to see that it runs for the month of Feb, and I’ve already wasted a week simply by not knowing about it! Ahhhh. RPM stands not for Rev’s per Minute, but [...]
General Midi – not quite dead yet?
If you don’t know what General Midi (GM) is, you’re missing out on something which is at the time time both very awful and very cool. General Midi is a specific specification for synths, that basically means the the default synth on your soundcard or operating system should theoretically have the same instrumentation [...]
