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Copy pasting from 2016's thread with only 1 day left: quote:http://rpmchallenge.com/ DO IT! DOOO EEET! In this day of EDM and freestyle hip hop over the sounds of traffic and babbling brooks, SURELY you can pinch out 10 songs or 35 minutes of drone/stench/mudpull. I made those last two up. This year, I've got a plan: quote:Week 1: Write lyrics and rough musical sketches, kind of like a wishlist of what I'd want to hear when I go up to accept the Grammy for greatest album in the universe. I'm signed up as Magnificent7. magnificent7 fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jan 31, 2017 |
# ¿ Jan 31, 2017 14:58 |
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# ¿ May 3, 2024 07:56 |
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I'm never sure if covers are okay, or re-recording songs you've already written. I think the goal is to end up with a fresh new recorded album. How's everybody going? I've laid out rough ideas for 15 songs (lyrics wise because that's my weak spot). This weekend I'll flesh them out, and the duds will float to the top. And if there's time, record initial rough demos using just my phone so I don't get sucked into looking for the perfect tone. That always wastes 2 to 3 hours and then I'm ready to give up. So can you fart out 10 super rough demos this weekend? It can't be that hard, right?
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# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 14:12 |
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This year I'm just taking a different approach: 1 week to write, 1 week to do drums/bass + scratch vox and gtrs, a week to do real vox + gtrs, (assuming I'm not happy with the rough versions) and then a week to mix it. That seems more doable from that perspective; less rush, less pressure to finalize a thing at the same time I've started it. I think. Who the hell knows. I've got 6 songs written, lyrics-wise, with the knowledge that I'll hate them and change them this weekend while recording rough demos.
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# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 14:48 |
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AARO posted:I think I'm giving up. I was just rushing through this too fast and making total poo poo. Maybe I'll get a second wind but I'm thinking I'm gonna take a big fat fail on this.
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# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 21:15 |
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The Shep posted:Check this poo poo out, mom.
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# ¿ Feb 13, 2017 14:32 |
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Impatient Skype JO posted:I just uploaded an album there. I ended up with 22 tracks (two had to be left out) or 46:03 of solid garbage. That's horrible. Godawful. You should be ashamed for finishing early or at all. Stay posted for my album, ten songs of me saying "gently caress this I hate art" over an A minor chord. Ten songs of that.
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 15:17 |
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SO - I'm kinda pissed. Not because I won't be finishing my album this year - OH I'LL DO IT YOU SHUT UP. I've been recording the rough ideas on my iPad's garageband, and now on a new iPhone's garageband. I checked, and it's possible to import the songs into Logic Pro, which is awesome. Until I actually tried it today and gently caress yeah my version of Logic Pro isn't up to date with the garageband; hell, even my version of Garageband on my mac isn't up to date - I've got to buy a new version of both, (GB is only $5 so who cares) but DAMMIT. Still gonna figure it out somehow. This year I'm pushing myself to use real keyboard chord progressions instead of bitchin guitar riffs over E and A and repeat. Oh and also - Impatient Skype JO - the stuff you did is rifftasticular. I hate you.
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 22:19 |
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Oh MAN I got a lot done this weekend. Mostly watching movies. I've got twelve amazing classics. I just need to do something with them tonight/tomorrow and post them. Anybody else?
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# ¿ Feb 27, 2017 15:10 |
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# ¿ May 3, 2024 07:56 |
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Yeah well. Another deadline-based creative outlet shot in the rear end. I do not do well with deadlines. I know that much.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 21:11 |