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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 02:17:41 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-23T02:17:41+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>We're in This Together</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This was the first idea I had for May Music 2020 or whatever the hell I’m calling this month’s project. I came up with the guitar riff using the fake guitar thingie in GarageBand. I “played” the riff using the fretboard on my iPhone. I sort of had high hopes that it would come out as a rockin’ 12-bar the way one of my February RPM Challenge songs had, but this one ended up just kinda blah. Oh, and somehow I managed to write social distance lyrics that feel super pretentious. Like, how do you make being afraid of a potentially fatal virus pretentious? I don’t know, but I did it. Yippee.
Rhythm guitars are my Les Paul into a Klon KTR overdrive pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my ES-335 Pro into a RYRA The Klone overdrive pedal into the Bassbreaker 15. There’s a whole story to explain why I used the 335 but I’m saving that for a blog post. I might link it here later (see below).
Chorus
We’re in this together
If it takes forever
We’re in this together
If it takes forever
its for our friends and neighbors
we make this sacrifice
Verse 1
We take this hit for each other
its for our sisters and brothers
We take this hit for each other
its for our sisters and brothers
together we can make it work
we do this for one another
Bridge
If its to much for you
Don’t think you can get through
If its to much for you
Don’t think you can get through
Don’t care, Don’t care
if you think this is true
Verse 2
Its like we’re called in to service
although it makes us all nervous
Its like we’re called in to service
although it makes us all nervous
so maybe if we do this right
we might get out of this circus
robertjames1971.blog/2020/05/2...t-of-retirement]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This was the first idea I had for May Music 2020 or whatever the hell I’m calling this month’s project. I came up with the guitar riff using the fake guitar thingie in GarageBand. I “played” the riff using the fretboard on my iPhone. I sort of had high hopes that it would come out as a rockin’ 12-bar the way one of my February RPM Challenge songs had, but this one ended up just kinda blah. Oh, and somehow I managed to write social distance lyrics that feel super pretentious. Like, how do you make being afraid of a potentially fatal virus pretentious? I don’t know, but I did it. Yippee.
Rhythm guitars are my Les Paul into a Klon KTR overdrive pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my ES-335 Pro into a RYRA The Klone overdrive pedal into the Bassbreaker 15. There’s a whole story to explain why I used the 335 but I’m saving that for a blog post. I might link it here later (see below).
Chorus
We’re in this together
If it takes forever
We’re in this together
If it takes forever
its for our friends and neighbors
we make this sacrifice
Verse 1
We take this hit for each other
its for our sisters and brothers
We take this hit for each other
its for our sisters and brothers
together we can make it work
we do this for one another
Bridge
If its to much for you
Don’t think you can get through
If its to much for you
Don’t think you can get through
Don’t care, Don’t care
if you think this is true
Verse 2
Its like we’re called in to service
although it makes us all nervous
Its like we’re called in to service
although it makes us all nervous
so maybe if we do this right
we might get out of this circus
robertjames1971.blog/2020/05/2...t-of-retirement]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 02:20:30 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-21T02:20:30+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>No Sun</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Nothing special about this one except that it was written in 7/8. Also, this month I’ve tried to work out guitar parts using MIDI instruments when I’m fiddling out the initial bass and drum grooves. It doesn’t really amount to much, it just gives me a more fleshed out initial pass.
The guitars are all Les Paul.
Chorus
No sun, no sun light
No sun, no sun shine
Inside, stay inside
till the, end of time
Verse 1
No sun rise
No sun shine
No light for you
the darkness
consuming
all things you do
Verse 2
The darkness
is total
its lights out time
the absense
of sunlight
is just a crime
Break
darkness
no sun
absense
of light
I’m giving up 
on everything
darkness
no sun]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nothing special about this one except that it was written in 7/8. Also, this month I’ve tried to work out guitar parts using MIDI instruments when I’m fiddling out the initial bass and drum grooves. It doesn’t really amount to much, it just gives me a more fleshed out initial pass.
The guitars are all Les Paul.
Chorus
No sun, no sun light
No sun, no sun shine
Inside, stay inside
till the, end of time
Verse 1
No sun rise
No sun shine
No light for you
the darkness
consuming
all things you do
Verse 2
The darkness
is total
its lights out time
the absense
of sunlight
is just a crime
Break
darkness
no sun
absense
of light
I’m giving up 
on everything
darkness
no sun]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 01:27:18 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-21T01:27:18+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>I Give Up</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The first May 2020 Music project song to be finished.
I did the RPM Challenge in February.
In March I did another one… just because.
In April I did the COVID-19 RPM Challenge Bonus edition.
In May I am doing another one… just because.
The music here is a gimmick. With the exception of the two little short bridges, all of the sections are the same just in different keys.
The rhythm guitars are a Gibson Les Paul to Klon KTR to the Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are the same Les Paul to the same KTR to a Fulltone OCD to a Mooer (I think) Yellowfall delay for a little slapback, to a TC Electronic Hall of Fame Mini to the same Fender Bassbreaker 15. I really need to stop listing all of this stuff.
Chorus
the trick to making it through
is not to care
won’t matter what else you do
you’re just not there
Verse 1
I give up
I give up
No way out
no way out
Verse 2
time has come
time has come
No fight left
No fight left
Verse 3
I give up
I give up
No fight left
No fight left]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first May 2020 Music project song to be finished.
I did the RPM Challenge in February.
In March I did another one… just because.
In April I did the COVID-19 RPM Challenge Bonus edition.
In May I am doing another one… just because.
The music here is a gimmick. With the exception of the two little short bridges, all of the sections are the same just in different keys.
The rhythm guitars are a Gibson Les Paul to Klon KTR to the Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are the same Les Paul to the same KTR to a Fulltone OCD to a Mooer (I think) Yellowfall delay for a little slapback, to a TC Electronic Hall of Fame Mini to the same Fender Bassbreaker 15. I really need to stop listing all of this stuff.
Chorus
the trick to making it through
is not to care
won’t matter what else you do
you’re just not there
Verse 1
I give up
I give up
No way out
no way out
Verse 2
time has come
time has come
No fight left
No fight left
Verse 3
I give up
I give up
No fight left
No fight left]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 21:03:59 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-23T21:03:59+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Bury Myself</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Did you know that if you use a drummer in GarageBand you can shut off the snare drum? I didn’t. I setup the entire song with the drummer (Benny) and then copied the track to a standard MIDI drums track and deleted all the snare hits. Cool, I thought. It was about 10 minutes after that when I realized you can just click on the snare drum in the drummer setup and it magically goes away, except for fills. I thought it would be fun to try to fill things in during the outro by adding some congas. Then after that I turned up the drum fills and that brought some snare into the game. Oh well.
Lyrically… I think this COVID-19 lock down shit might be getting to me.
All the guitars are a Les Paul into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 amp. The rhythm guitar also used a RYRA The Klone. The leads used a KTR, a uni-vibe, and a Hall of Fame mini.
Chorus
Somedays I just want to dig a hole and crawl in
bury myself
bury myself
somedays I just want to climb a mountain and then
throw myself off
throw myself off
Verses
the trouble with me
what could it all be
I’m trying to see
if this is the key
something
nothing
maybe
the trouble with me
I wish I could see]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Did you know that if you use a drummer in GarageBand you can shut off the snare drum? I didn’t. I setup the entire song with the drummer (Benny) and then copied the track to a standard MIDI drums track and deleted all the snare hits. Cool, I thought. It was about 10 minutes after that when I realized you can just click on the snare drum in the drummer setup and it magically goes away, except for fills. I thought it would be fun to try to fill things in during the outro by adding some congas. Then after that I turned up the drum fills and that brought some snare into the game. Oh well.
Lyrically… I think this COVID-19 lock down shit might be getting to me.
All the guitars are a Les Paul into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 amp. The rhythm guitar also used a RYRA The Klone. The leads used a KTR, a uni-vibe, and a Hall of Fame mini.
Chorus
Somedays I just want to dig a hole and crawl in
bury myself
bury myself
somedays I just want to climb a mountain and then
throw myself off
throw myself off
Verses
the trouble with me
what could it all be
I’m trying to see
if this is the key
something
nothing
maybe
the trouble with me
I wish I could see]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 21:07:08 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-24T21:07:08+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Blue</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[I came dangerously close to calling this ABACAB, and also to having the song form be ABACAB. Bullet dodged? I was noodling out the bass line and drum parts on my iPad and I had three sections. I couldn’t decide which one had the better hook potential so I just left them in order and then repeated them. ABCABC. That was pretty short and didn’t really make any sense so while thinking of what to do next I almost went with ABACAB. Instead it ended up more like ABCABCAAA.
The guitars are all Gibson Les Paul into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 amp. The rhythm only used a RYRA The Klone overdrive pedal. The lead had a Klon KTR, a Fulltone OCD, a cheap little delay whose name I forget, and a TC Hall of Fame mini reverb.
A
And I see you
where you should be
color me blue
Show me how to get through
B
I could tell you something
you don’t know
you could possibly bring
the get go
C
I see you
you see me
we’re together now
I know who
we each need
we’re together now]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I came dangerously close to calling this ABACAB, and also to having the song form be ABACAB. Bullet dodged? I was noodling out the bass line and drum parts on my iPad and I had three sections. I couldn’t decide which one had the better hook potential so I just left them in order and then repeated them. ABCABC. That was pretty short and didn’t really make any sense so while thinking of what to do next I almost went with ABACAB. Instead it ended up more like ABCABCAAA.
The guitars are all Gibson Les Paul into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 amp. The rhythm only used a RYRA The Klone overdrive pedal. The lead had a Klon KTR, a Fulltone OCD, a cheap little delay whose name I forget, and a TC Hall of Fame mini reverb.
A
And I see you
where you should be
color me blue
Show me how to get through
B
I could tell you something
you don’t know
you could possibly bring
the get go
C
I see you
you see me
we’re together now
I know who
we each need
we’re together now]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 00:24:18 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-24T00:24:18+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>All for Nothing</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[If ever there was a song that begged to close an album, it was this turkey.
A couple of things here. First, I don’t really know what I was going for. Quiet, slow, boring? Probably not boring, but there you go. The cool thing happens in the last 8-12 bars or so. First, last month I finally noticed the little reverse playback function in GarageBand audio tracks. Have I been over using it since then? Yeah, a little, but this is different.
The whole song has two rhythm guitars, one panned hard left and one panned hard right. Under the solo that closes things out, I took those two tracks and reversed them. Just for the eight bar phrase. I then added a third guitar track where I played along with the backwards tracks. It was tricky to do because everything fell on the wrong beats and it got confusing quickly. Fortunately, the part I had playing backward was insanely easy so it wasn’t too bad to figure out.
Once I had a track where the changes lined up with my reversed tracks, I re-reversed the two guitar tracks so that they played forward again, and then I reversed the third track and blamm-o, you have a groovy effect. I then panned that backwards track back and forth for the whole eight bars, and added an extra little bit at the end where I played one Eminor chord that rung out for a couple of bars and then reversed that too.
The guitars are all Les Paul, the amps are all Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm parts used a RYRA The Klone. The lead used a Phase 90, a KTR, and a Hall of Fame mini.
Chorus
Its all for nothing
Its all for nothing
Its all for nothing
it feels bad
it feels wrong
Its all for nothing
Verse 1
reassure me
Not too sure
so osbcure this
given
one chance
close the door
Verse 2
picture me here
do you see
you could be there
rephrase
always
living free]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If ever there was a song that begged to close an album, it was this turkey.
A couple of things here. First, I don’t really know what I was going for. Quiet, slow, boring? Probably not boring, but there you go. The cool thing happens in the last 8-12 bars or so. First, last month I finally noticed the little reverse playback function in GarageBand audio tracks. Have I been over using it since then? Yeah, a little, but this is different.
The whole song has two rhythm guitars, one panned hard left and one panned hard right. Under the solo that closes things out, I took those two tracks and reversed them. Just for the eight bar phrase. I then added a third guitar track where I played along with the backwards tracks. It was tricky to do because everything fell on the wrong beats and it got confusing quickly. Fortunately, the part I had playing backward was insanely easy so it wasn’t too bad to figure out.
Once I had a track where the changes lined up with my reversed tracks, I re-reversed the two guitar tracks so that they played forward again, and then I reversed the third track and blamm-o, you have a groovy effect. I then panned that backwards track back and forth for the whole eight bars, and added an extra little bit at the end where I played one Eminor chord that rung out for a couple of bars and then reversed that too.
The guitars are all Les Paul, the amps are all Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm parts used a RYRA The Klone. The lead used a Phase 90, a KTR, and a Hall of Fame mini.
Chorus
Its all for nothing
Its all for nothing
Its all for nothing
it feels bad
it feels wrong
Its all for nothing
Verse 1
reassure me
Not too sure
so osbcure this
given
one chance
close the door
Verse 2
picture me here
do you see
you could be there
rephrase
always
living free]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 03:31:04 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-25T03:31:04+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>So Long, Childhood</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[My song writing happy place is sort of slow to mid tempo dumb rockers. Something like 75-90 beats per minute. Every once in a while I feel the need to shake things up and write something super hyper active. This is an example of that. I also sort of have a thing for trying to make 3/4 sound like something more interesting than boring 3/4. Again, this is an example.
The rhythm guitars are a Les Paul into a RYRA The Klone pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are an ES 335 into a KTR into an OCD into the Bassbreaker. While mixing this I was shocked that I let lead takes as awful as these get through the QC process. Damn this are sloppy and bad.
Chorus
So far so good
So long child hood
Verse 1
I’ll let you know
When you can go
It’s moving slow
Take your sweet time
It comes around
It could be found
It’s gone to ground
This is mine
Verse 2 and 3
No giving in
Can’t let it win
It is a sin
See it my way
I’ll tell you how
The time is now
A sacred vow
Come what may]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[My song writing happy place is sort of slow to mid tempo dumb rockers. Something like 75-90 beats per minute. Every once in a while I feel the need to shake things up and write something super hyper active. This is an example of that. I also sort of have a thing for trying to make 3/4 sound like something more interesting than boring 3/4. Again, this is an example.
The rhythm guitars are a Les Paul into a RYRA The Klone pedal into a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are an ES 335 into a KTR into an OCD into the Bassbreaker. While mixing this I was shocked that I let lead takes as awful as these get through the QC process. Damn this are sloppy and bad.
Chorus
So far so good
So long child hood
Verse 1
I’ll let you know
When you can go
It’s moving slow
Take your sweet time
It comes around
It could be found
It’s gone to ground
This is mine
Verse 2 and 3
No giving in
Can’t let it win
It is a sin
See it my way
I’ll tell you how
The time is now
A sacred vow
Come what may]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 18:39:26 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-25T18:39:26+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Me, Myself, and I</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This is sort of two songs stuck together. That wasn’t the plan, it just sort of happened. The only thing interesting about the noisier first half is the fuzz pedal on the rhythm guitar. Big Muffs really are harder to fit into a mix. I do love the sound so though.
The second half was just supposed to be a break in the middle but when I moved it to the end it sort of felt right. I know I am overusing the reverse function in GarageBand but I couldn’t not put a reverse echo on this thing somewhere… so I way over did it and ended up with like a minute and a half of reverse echo. It’s glorious!
w w w WAY DOWN INSIDE
w w w WOMAN
y y y YOU NEED
l l l LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Sorry, I can’t help it.
Rhythm for the main song is Les Paul -> Tri Pi 70 -> KTR -> Bassbreaker 15.
Rhythm for the outro is Les Paul -> Uni Vibe -> KTR -> Yellow Fall (for slap back) -> Bassbreaker 15.
Lead is ES 335 -> KTR -> OCD -> Bassbreaker 15
Verse A1
I’m taking
what I want
No questions
No detente
Verse B1
Looking out for yourself
out for yourself
Chorus
Me, myself
I will do
what I want
hell with you
Me, myself
I alone
get it all
my own
Verse A2
My comfort
My privilege
My summer
You dying
Verse B2
Your life is in my way
it’s in my way]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is sort of two songs stuck together. That wasn’t the plan, it just sort of happened. The only thing interesting about the noisier first half is the fuzz pedal on the rhythm guitar. Big Muffs really are harder to fit into a mix. I do love the sound so though.
The second half was just supposed to be a break in the middle but when I moved it to the end it sort of felt right. I know I am overusing the reverse function in GarageBand but I couldn’t not put a reverse echo on this thing somewhere… so I way over did it and ended up with like a minute and a half of reverse echo. It’s glorious!
w w w WAY DOWN INSIDE
w w w WOMAN
y y y YOU NEED
l l l LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE
Sorry, I can’t help it.
Rhythm for the main song is Les Paul -> Tri Pi 70 -> KTR -> Bassbreaker 15.
Rhythm for the outro is Les Paul -> Uni Vibe -> KTR -> Yellow Fall (for slap back) -> Bassbreaker 15.
Lead is ES 335 -> KTR -> OCD -> Bassbreaker 15
Verse A1
I’m taking
what I want
No questions
No detente
Verse B1
Looking out for yourself
out for yourself
Chorus
Me, myself
I will do
what I want
hell with you
Me, myself
I alone
get it all
my own
Verse A2
My comfort
My privilege
My summer
You dying
Verse B2
Your life is in my way
it’s in my way]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 02:16:38 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-29T02:16:38+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Too Confusing</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Not sure if this one is worthy of the 6:00 running time as it’s not nearly that much of a prog epic. I think I over did the padding (unintentionally). I could have cut the break in the middle considerably, and the solo at the end could be cut in half. Also… the drones.
The drones run the entire length of the song. It’s three guitars with tons and tons of reverb and some delay and some rotary speaker for luck. I turned the volume on the guitar all the way down, hit a low E, swelled the volume up quickly, and held the note until it started to fade. Then I lowered the volume and repeated… for the whole song. Once I had that track, I did it twice more, making sure I didn’t drop the volume down at the same spot on any of the three tracks. Boom. 6+ minute fake drone thing.
Why? I honestly can’t say. It seemed like a good idea at 1:00 in the morning when I wrote the song. What can ya do, right?
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. The drone is the same with a Tri Pi ’70 (Big Muff Pi clone) in front of the KTR. Lead is 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15 with the bright switch on. While I was recording, the bright switch was like a revelation. While mixing… not so much.
Verse 1
If I can get through today
Find a way
Come what may
If I can do it again
So what then
Just say when
Verse 2
Never set out to the world
Take my word
For a whirl
Give me one kick at the can
Take the land
Like a man
Chorus
Things are crazy
Nothing doing
Thinking maybe
Too confusing
Take it lightly
It will beat you
Speak concisely
Total break through]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Not sure if this one is worthy of the 6:00 running time as it’s not nearly that much of a prog epic. I think I over did the padding (unintentionally). I could have cut the break in the middle considerably, and the solo at the end could be cut in half. Also… the drones.
The drones run the entire length of the song. It’s three guitars with tons and tons of reverb and some delay and some rotary speaker for luck. I turned the volume on the guitar all the way down, hit a low E, swelled the volume up quickly, and held the note until it started to fade. Then I lowered the volume and repeated… for the whole song. Once I had that track, I did it twice more, making sure I didn’t drop the volume down at the same spot on any of the three tracks. Boom. 6+ minute fake drone thing.
Why? I honestly can’t say. It seemed like a good idea at 1:00 in the morning when I wrote the song. What can ya do, right?
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. The drone is the same with a Tri Pi ’70 (Big Muff Pi clone) in front of the KTR. Lead is 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15 with the bright switch on. While I was recording, the bright switch was like a revelation. While mixing… not so much.
Verse 1
If I can get through today
Find a way
Come what may
If I can do it again
So what then
Just say when
Verse 2
Never set out to the world
Take my word
For a whirl
Give me one kick at the can
Take the land
Like a man
Chorus
Things are crazy
Nothing doing
Thinking maybe
Too confusing
Take it lightly
It will beat you
Speak concisely
Total break through]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 00:50:38 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-30T00:50:38+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>I Know you</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[May 2020 is the fourth straight month I’ve done an album in a month challenge (RPM Rules) and while I still have one more song in the pipeline, this one makes 10. Four months in a row… over 40 songs… probably a grand total of three riffs and two melodies (who’s counting).
This one was supposed to take a little noddle that I do on the guitar all the time (I hit an open string and play scale patterns on the adjacent string) and it sort of worked. In the March and April projects I restricted myself to one guitar, one amp, and one pedal. This month I took those restrictions away and still generally only used a couple of pedals. I forced myself to use fuzz on the rhythm guitars here just because I could and wouldn’t you know it, buried in the mix. I had to crank them pretty hard to get them to cut through a little.
Lyrically this song is a fuck you to all the american fascists who think wearing a mask during a global pandemic is somehow infringing on their Constitutional rights. The Supreme Court says it isn’t, and I think they know better than some nazi wannabee you found on youtube. Fuck you. Wear a mask.
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to Tri Pi 70 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. Lead is ES 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15.
Chorus
you act like the people you’re talking about can’t even hear you
Yes, they can hear you
you act like the people you’re going to kill can’t even hear you
Yes, they can hear you
(the last time through should be:
Yes, we can hear you)
Verse 1 and 3
I see your face
I hear your voice
its what you do
you make your choice
Its what you say
it is your view
its not your life
I know its you
I know you
Verse 2
it is the way
that you deny
an other’s life
you’d let them die
it is the way
that you ignore
the simple truth
that you are wrong
I know you]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[May 2020 is the fourth straight month I’ve done an album in a month challenge (RPM Rules) and while I still have one more song in the pipeline, this one makes 10. Four months in a row… over 40 songs… probably a grand total of three riffs and two melodies (who’s counting).
This one was supposed to take a little noddle that I do on the guitar all the time (I hit an open string and play scale patterns on the adjacent string) and it sort of worked. In the March and April projects I restricted myself to one guitar, one amp, and one pedal. This month I took those restrictions away and still generally only used a couple of pedals. I forced myself to use fuzz on the rhythm guitars here just because I could and wouldn’t you know it, buried in the mix. I had to crank them pretty hard to get them to cut through a little.
Lyrically this song is a fuck you to all the american fascists who think wearing a mask during a global pandemic is somehow infringing on their Constitutional rights. The Supreme Court says it isn’t, and I think they know better than some nazi wannabee you found on youtube. Fuck you. Wear a mask.
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to Tri Pi 70 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. Lead is ES 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15.
Chorus
you act like the people you’re talking about can’t even hear you
Yes, they can hear you
you act like the people you’re going to kill can’t even hear you
Yes, they can hear you
(the last time through should be:
Yes, we can hear you)
Verse 1 and 3
I see your face
I hear your voice
its what you do
you make your choice
Its what you say
it is your view
its not your life
I know its you
I know you
Verse 2
it is the way
that you deny
an other’s life
you’d let them die
it is the way
that you ignore
the simple truth
that you are wrong
I know you]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 04:01:43 +0200</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-05-30T04:01:43+02:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Condemned</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This song is a bit of a mess, but I think I kinda like it. I have an unwritten rule during recording projects like this that I won’t copy and paste sections of guitar tracks. If a song has two verses I will record the guitar parts for the verse twice. This song broke that rule because I am not good at time management. I had three songs to finish rhythm guitar parts and then I would be done with rhythm guitar. My laptop was running on battery and I was down to about 20% when I finished the second song. I thought I could finish this one too but the battery died as I was recording the verse that follows the first guitar solo. At that point I had at least one version of all of the remaining sections (or so I thought) so I said screw it and started copying and pasting. It wasn’t until I got to the last note that I realized I didn’t have a last note. Screw it.
The lyrics are another fuck you, wear a mask. There’s a global pandemic, stop being a selfish prick. I feel kinda strongly about this… you assholes.
This is actually the 11th song in a 10 song project. Why? I don’t know, I just felt like it. It’s actually the 12th song, but song #9 never got past the noodling on my iPad stage.
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. Lead is ES 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15.
Chorus
Comes a time
when you find
its the end
Comes a time
when you find
you’re condemed
Verse 1
it’s simple to say
its my way
its harder to act
the right way
but given the chance
to not stray
they take up the stance
its my way
Verse 2
There’s no turning back
from chaos
you’ve missed your last chance
betrayed us
You could do it right
and stand tall
you could be the light
but you fall]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This song is a bit of a mess, but I think I kinda like it. I have an unwritten rule during recording projects like this that I won’t copy and paste sections of guitar tracks. If a song has two verses I will record the guitar parts for the verse twice. This song broke that rule because I am not good at time management. I had three songs to finish rhythm guitar parts and then I would be done with rhythm guitar. My laptop was running on battery and I was down to about 20% when I finished the second song. I thought I could finish this one too but the battery died as I was recording the verse that follows the first guitar solo. At that point I had at least one version of all of the remaining sections (or so I thought) so I said screw it and started copying and pasting. It wasn’t until I got to the last note that I realized I didn’t have a last note. Screw it.
The lyrics are another fuck you, wear a mask. There’s a global pandemic, stop being a selfish prick. I feel kinda strongly about this… you assholes.
This is actually the 11th song in a 10 song project. Why? I don’t know, I just felt like it. It’s actually the 12th song, but song #9 never got past the noodling on my iPad stage.
Rhythm guitar is Les Paul to KTR to Bassbreaker 15. Lead is ES 335 to KTR to Bassbreaker 15.
Chorus
Comes a time
when you find
its the end
Comes a time
when you find
you’re condemed
Verse 1
it’s simple to say
its my way
its harder to act
the right way
but given the chance
to not stray
they take up the stance
its my way
Verse 2
There’s no turning back
from chaos
you’ve missed your last chance
betrayed us
You could do it right
and stand tall
you could be the light
but you fall]]></itunes:summary>
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