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 in this case for Recording Production Month. I think it’s a brill idea and signed up right away. You’re allowed to use pre-written material so that’s a big help since I’m starting a week late. I’ll still have to do some writing too, but not a whole albums worth in two days
I’m trawling through a ton of ancient demos and lyrics to try and find what is easily salvageable or rewritable. I plan to have ten songs really roughly demo’d by midnight tomorrow night. So far since this morning I have five songs chosen for resurrection, have written two more songs, and still need to pull three more out of somewhere… Deadlines are great motivators.
Feb 062008
This is a new song I’ve been working on. It’s had almost ten different versions, and this is the rough of the version I’m probably going to go with. It’s almost a bit too “easy listening” for my personal tastes, but I think it’s probably the version most likely to get me in with a chance at a NZ on Air grant (Muh huh huh haaaaaa).