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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:55:06 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-11-28T16:55:06+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Feels Like Something's Coming (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[I didn’t even think of this until I started mixing tonight that this song has the exact same structural gimmick as the last song I posted. Ooops. I guess that’s the risk you take when you are totally unoriginal and working on a sort of compilation type thingie.
I wrote this in 2016 during the RPM Challenge. It was a telecommuting day at work and I wrote the whole thing on my iPad, including lyrics and vocals, during the hour and a half I normally would have been stuck in traffic. Given Covid-19, telecommuting is the norm and traffic is a distant memory (though it constantly looms on the post-vaccination horizon).
The arrangement this time is exactly the same as the original, I just redid every track. The arpeggio rhythm guitars are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra the Klone into both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15. The noisy rhythm added a Chicago Stompworks Blooze Maker after the Ryra. The lead is a Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives matter into the same two amps. The acoustic is a Takamine 12-string whose model number I can’t remember, though it is a lawsuit era model.
Feels like somethings coming
Feels like something new
Feels like a new day dawning
Feels like something good]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I didn’t even think of this until I started mixing tonight that this song has the exact same structural gimmick as the last song I posted. Ooops. I guess that’s the risk you take when you are totally unoriginal and working on a sort of compilation type thingie.
I wrote this in 2016 during the RPM Challenge. It was a telecommuting day at work and I wrote the whole thing on my iPad, including lyrics and vocals, during the hour and a half I normally would have been stuck in traffic. Given Covid-19, telecommuting is the norm and traffic is a distant memory (though it constantly looms on the post-vaccination horizon).
The arrangement this time is exactly the same as the original, I just redid every track. The arpeggio rhythm guitars are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra the Klone into both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15. The noisy rhythm added a Chicago Stompworks Blooze Maker after the Ryra. The lead is a Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives matter into the same two amps. The acoustic is a Takamine 12-string whose model number I can’t remember, though it is a lawsuit era model.
Feels like somethings coming
Feels like something new
Feels like a new day dawning
Feels like something good]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 02:25:12 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-05T02:25:12+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Also Ran (2020 Version 2.0)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[When I wrote this back in June I was really loving everything about it except for my utter shit vocal take. I thought it was the key. When I redid it this time I lowered the key a whole step and sped up the tempo for good measure. Now I can see that the key wasn’t the problem, the shitty singer was. The verses are kinda pitchy, wouldn’t you say?
I still love everything about this song (except for the shit vocal) but I think bumping up the tempo a smidge was a big help. I am pretty sure I like this version better than the first version.
The rhythm guitar tracks are my Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into an AB/Y switch and then two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead guitar is the same rig except it’s my Gibson Les Paul Custom instead of the SG. The feedback at the end is the Les Paul into an MXR Univ-Vibe, a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70, the Klon KTR, and the same two amps. The reverb, delay, and rotating speaker were all added in the mix.
pour out a glass for the also rans
for it is they who stand for the losers like me
can’t you see
first day of summer and I
can’t seem to fake my way through
first day of summer and I
can’t take much more
its like a dream I once had
that I forgot by morning
I always lose the thread and
can’t seem to get back
first day of summer and I’ve
already given up hope
first day of summer and I
cut myself off
I let the mystery be
its way to much pain for me
I bang my head against each
wall that I come to]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When I wrote this back in June I was really loving everything about it except for my utter shit vocal take. I thought it was the key. When I redid it this time I lowered the key a whole step and sped up the tempo for good measure. Now I can see that the key wasn’t the problem, the shitty singer was. The verses are kinda pitchy, wouldn’t you say?
I still love everything about this song (except for the shit vocal) but I think bumping up the tempo a smidge was a big help. I am pretty sure I like this version better than the first version.
The rhythm guitar tracks are my Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into an AB/Y switch and then two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead guitar is the same rig except it’s my Gibson Les Paul Custom instead of the SG. The feedback at the end is the Les Paul into an MXR Univ-Vibe, a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70, the Klon KTR, and the same two amps. The reverb, delay, and rotating speaker were all added in the mix.
pour out a glass for the also rans
for it is they who stand for the losers like me
can’t you see
first day of summer and I
can’t seem to fake my way through
first day of summer and I
can’t take much more
its like a dream I once had
that I forgot by morning
I always lose the thread and
can’t seem to get back
first day of summer and I’ve
already given up hope
first day of summer and I
cut myself off
I let the mystery be
its way to much pain for me
I bang my head against each
wall that I come to]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:57:16 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-14T02:57:16+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>The Flat Earth Rebuttal (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Long backstory:
I was at a band practice and Greg the singer was telling a story about an acquaintance of his who had recently let it be known that he believed the Earth was flat. Seriously. We had a good laugh.
A day or two later my wife asked me if I’d seen any of the flat Earth idiocy going around the BookFayce. I hadn’t. We took a deep dive into it and were some how simultaneously laughing our butts off and soul crushed by the fact that people in the 21st century honestly believe the Earth is flat.
It became the theme for most of my 2014 RPM Challenge. The two best songs (in my non-objective opinion) were supposed to be an argument where one song was the flat Earth moron’s argument and the other was the rest of the human race calling him/her an idiot. This song is the rest of the human race.
I have to confess that the flat Earth idiot’s song is actually the better of the two, but I just couldn’t have it in this little collection without the rebuttal. The thought of someone listening to that song out of context and thinking that I believe the Earth is flat was a deal breaker, so this song went onto the list and the other did not.
I’m pretty pleased with how this came out. It’s a little more wall of soundish than the original, and I cut out some repetitive fat to tighten things up as well. Not bad, in my very non-objective opinion.
All of the guitar tracks are my Gibson SG Standard through a Klon KTR, a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter and both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. Both the rhythm and the lead have some Dunlop Crybaby wah wah, and the lead has a little MXR Phase 90 too.
Chorus:
You’re so small
You can’t see it all
You’re so small
You can’t take the fall
Earth so big
You can’t comprehend
Earth so big
You can’t see the end
Verse 1:
You say that you can see
far enough away
You think you’re big enough
To see all the way
Verse 2:
You think you’re high enough
You should see the curve
You climb the highest high
still you can’t observe
Bridge:
You’re wrong
So wrong
Wah Bridge:
Small
So Small
Quiet Section:
How can you
Look at the world
Through the eyes
of such backward minds]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Long backstory:
I was at a band practice and Greg the singer was telling a story about an acquaintance of his who had recently let it be known that he believed the Earth was flat. Seriously. We had a good laugh.
A day or two later my wife asked me if I’d seen any of the flat Earth idiocy going around the BookFayce. I hadn’t. We took a deep dive into it and were some how simultaneously laughing our butts off and soul crushed by the fact that people in the 21st century honestly believe the Earth is flat.
It became the theme for most of my 2014 RPM Challenge. The two best songs (in my non-objective opinion) were supposed to be an argument where one song was the flat Earth moron’s argument and the other was the rest of the human race calling him/her an idiot. This song is the rest of the human race.
I have to confess that the flat Earth idiot’s song is actually the better of the two, but I just couldn’t have it in this little collection without the rebuttal. The thought of someone listening to that song out of context and thinking that I believe the Earth is flat was a deal breaker, so this song went onto the list and the other did not.
I’m pretty pleased with how this came out. It’s a little more wall of soundish than the original, and I cut out some repetitive fat to tighten things up as well. Not bad, in my very non-objective opinion.
All of the guitar tracks are my Gibson SG Standard through a Klon KTR, a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter and both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. Both the rhythm and the lead have some Dunlop Crybaby wah wah, and the lead has a little MXR Phase 90 too.
Chorus:
You’re so small
You can’t see it all
You’re so small
You can’t take the fall
Earth so big
You can’t comprehend
Earth so big
You can’t see the end
Verse 1:
You say that you can see
far enough away
You think you’re big enough
To see all the way
Verse 2:
You think you’re high enough
You should see the curve
You climb the highest high
still you can’t observe
Bridge:
You’re wrong
So wrong
Wah Bridge:
Small
So Small
Quiet Section:
How can you
Look at the world
Through the eyes
of such backward minds]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:39:42 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-11-25T02:39:42+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Hurricane Irene Blues (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This isn’t the best song I’ve ever written. I think that one is on the Quarantine Tunes Volume 1 playlist. No, it’s not the best but… I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite song I’ve ever written. Not because of the quality of the song, but because of the circumstances that lead to writing it. I like the song itself too, but I kind of adore what it stands for.
It was 2011 and a couple of things happened at about the same time. I had my first MacBook Pro and was starting to noddle with GarageBand. I bought a little USB keyboard and a littler USB mic input and wrote myself a little waltz number to test drive it all. The lyrics to that song were about the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irene. That storm became a sort of theme for a mini music project but that’s kind of irrelevant.
My step kids were 10 and 8 years old. They saw me playing around with the little waltzy song and were curious. I decided to give them a demonstration of what I was doing by starting a new song. I used an upright bass sound and wrote a little phrase in Eb and looped it. I then added a new instrument every eight bars or so. First a cymbal, then a drum set, then a keyboard. They thought it was cool.
Then I decided to blow their little minds. I took them into the cellar where I was planning on building a little music nook. I plugged in my guitar and recorded myself improvising a little rhythm part. Then I recorded a little improvised vocal part to stick in the middle of the song. Then I turned up the distortion and blew through a guitar solo that surprised me with it’s grooviness. The kids were still impressed.
I then mixed the whole thing down and played it all back for them. They liked it. I mean, at the time they actually liked it. A couple of weeks later I heard my step daughter singing it to herself. Can you believe that? The old hack of a step dad wrote something that they actually liked and may have actually stuck with them for a while! I was so happy. The fact that the song was actually kinda fun to play and wasn’t too bad a listen just made it that much better.
That’s why this is the favorite of all the songs I’ve ever written. For a stretch of a couple of weeks there, the kids liked it. That was more of a scream to me than Hurricane Irene could ever dream of being.
The rhythm guitars here are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal and both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15. I doubled the part this time so it wasn’t improvised. I think this version loses a little bit of magic because of that, but not enough to taint it for me. The lead guitar is a Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into the same two amps. The first eight bars of the first solo are pretty similar to what I did nine years ago but the rest is improvised.
Irene
Bad dream
She’s a scream
That Irene]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This isn’t the best song I’ve ever written. I think that one is on the Quarantine Tunes Volume 1 playlist. No, it’s not the best but… I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite song I’ve ever written. Not because of the quality of the song, but because of the circumstances that lead to writing it. I like the song itself too, but I kind of adore what it stands for.
It was 2011 and a couple of things happened at about the same time. I had my first MacBook Pro and was starting to noddle with GarageBand. I bought a little USB keyboard and a littler USB mic input and wrote myself a little waltz number to test drive it all. The lyrics to that song were about the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irene. That storm became a sort of theme for a mini music project but that’s kind of irrelevant.
My step kids were 10 and 8 years old. They saw me playing around with the little waltzy song and were curious. I decided to give them a demonstration of what I was doing by starting a new song. I used an upright bass sound and wrote a little phrase in Eb and looped it. I then added a new instrument every eight bars or so. First a cymbal, then a drum set, then a keyboard. They thought it was cool.
Then I decided to blow their little minds. I took them into the cellar where I was planning on building a little music nook. I plugged in my guitar and recorded myself improvising a little rhythm part. Then I recorded a little improvised vocal part to stick in the middle of the song. Then I turned up the distortion and blew through a guitar solo that surprised me with it’s grooviness. The kids were still impressed.
I then mixed the whole thing down and played it all back for them. They liked it. I mean, at the time they actually liked it. A couple of weeks later I heard my step daughter singing it to herself. Can you believe that? The old hack of a step dad wrote something that they actually liked and may have actually stuck with them for a while! I was so happy. The fact that the song was actually kinda fun to play and wasn’t too bad a listen just made it that much better.
That’s why this is the favorite of all the songs I’ve ever written. For a stretch of a couple of weeks there, the kids liked it. That was more of a scream to me than Hurricane Irene could ever dream of being.
The rhythm guitars here are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal and both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15. I doubled the part this time so it wasn’t improvised. I think this version loses a little bit of magic because of that, but not enough to taint it for me. The lead guitar is a Gibson SG Standard into a Klon KTR and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into the same two amps. The first eight bars of the first solo are pretty similar to what I did nine years ago but the rest is improvised.
Irene
Bad dream
She’s a scream
That Irene]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:38:51 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-05T17:38:51+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>You Lie Like Sam Hyde (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This little guy comes from my first complete 50/90 back in 2014. It’s super simple but for some reason I have a tough time getting a mix I like. I think the existence of the electric piano might just be throwing off my entire brain or something.
I don’t recall if this was the first song whose lyrics were based on a New England folk tale, but it is one of the first. I was having a tough time with lyrics back in the ol’ 2014 50/90 and had the goofy idea of basing songs on folk stories. It worked out nicely, and I went back to the idea for the 2019 RPM Challenge and ended up with a whole album’s worth of folkie songs. I don’t know why this one is my favorite of them all, but it is.
Here is where I found the story:
americanfolklore.net/folklore/...7/sam_hyde.html
The rhythm guitars are my Gibson SG into a Ryra The Klone and a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my Gibson Les Paul Custom into an MXR Uni-Vibe, a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70 (my favorite fuzz pedal), a Klon KTR (my favorite overdrive pedal) and the same two amps.
there is the meadow, there is the tree
there is the river, nothing else there to see
one glass of cider, a shiny half crown
a lie is the truth and I’m the talk of the town
you lie like sam hyde, one lie for each truth
he’ll not be denied anything for his use
give me the money and a little bit more
I gave mostly truth when I came by your door]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This little guy comes from my first complete 50/90 back in 2014. It’s super simple but for some reason I have a tough time getting a mix I like. I think the existence of the electric piano might just be throwing off my entire brain or something.
I don’t recall if this was the first song whose lyrics were based on a New England folk tale, but it is one of the first. I was having a tough time with lyrics back in the ol’ 2014 50/90 and had the goofy idea of basing songs on folk stories. It worked out nicely, and I went back to the idea for the 2019 RPM Challenge and ended up with a whole album’s worth of folkie songs. I don’t know why this one is my favorite of them all, but it is.
Here is where I found the story:
americanfolklore.net/folklore/...7/sam_hyde.html
The rhythm guitars are my Gibson SG into a Ryra The Klone and a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my Gibson Les Paul Custom into an MXR Uni-Vibe, a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi 70 (my favorite fuzz pedal), a Klon KTR (my favorite overdrive pedal) and the same two amps.
there is the meadow, there is the tree
there is the river, nothing else there to see
one glass of cider, a shiny half crown
a lie is the truth and I’m the talk of the town
you lie like sam hyde, one lie for each truth
he’ll not be denied anything for his use
give me the money and a little bit more
I gave mostly truth when I came by your door]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:37:40 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-06T18:37:40+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Two Steps Behind (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[It never seems like enough
I’m Always two steps behind
and when things start to get rough
It feels like I’m going blind
A little forward
a little backward
a little out of control
Out of the middle
from every angle
how will the center ever hold
I cannot help it
I cannot stop it
I cannot fight my way through
It’s not a failure
It’s not defeatist
what else is there left to do
Nothing good can come of this
Nothing but a tragedy
nothing positive
nothing for the best
nothing good can come of this]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It never seems like enough
I’m Always two steps behind
and when things start to get rough
It feels like I’m going blind
A little forward
a little backward
a little out of control
Out of the middle
from every angle
how will the center ever hold
I cannot help it
I cannot stop it
I cannot fight my way through
It’s not a failure
It’s not defeatist
what else is there left to do
Nothing good can come of this
Nothing but a tragedy
nothing positive
nothing for the best
nothing good can come of this]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:58:08 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-02T02:58:08+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Good Morning Sunshine (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Back story: After doing the RPM Challenge and FAWM and 50/90 and National Solo Album Month and the occasional reddit song a week or unsubmitted songfight over and over again for years and years, the one internet challenge writing/recording project I was missing was an album in a day. I remedied that on October 10, 2019. I expected all of the music to be awful, and for the most part it was. The exception being the first song from that day, which was a plodding little rocker with a faux artsy intro that for some reason I’ll never understand came out pretty good. No one was more surprised than I, trust me.
So here’s a little more thorough, careful recording of that song. I may have overdone it a bit. There are a few changes. The original had a synth sound droning at the beginning. I changed that to a B3 organ because I am a lifelong sucker for B3s. I also added an organ part that carries through the whole song. I liked the little interplay between the guitar and the bass where it is supposed to feel like the guitar starts a phrase and the bass finishes it. It just felt a little weak on the bass end so I added the organ on top to fill it out.
The vocals were originally one voice all the way though. It was on two tracks as the chorus and the verse kinda step on each other’s toes (I like doing that). On this recording I double tracked the verse (all but the last one) and added harmony to the choruses. Two part harmony on the first chorus, three parts on the end chorus. The one un-doubled verse had a harmony part but during the mix I decided I didn’t like it and chucked it. For some reason I like having that last verse before the three part chorus being just one voice. Maybe I’m just trying to justify losing the harmony part.
In the end I was left with two tracks of keyboard, six tracks of rhythm guitar, four tracks of lead guitar, and five tracks of vocals. Oh yeah, and one stereo track of drums and one track of bass. This mix is busy to say the least. I hope it sounds good. I have a headache right now so it might sound terrible. We’ll find out when I listen back to this tomorrow.
Guitars…. so many guitars. The rhythm tracks are all a Gibson SG into a Klon KTR into an ABY splitter into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead at the beginning is the SG into a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi ’70, the Klon KTR again, a Wampler Faux Tape Echo v2, and then the same two amps. In this case the Vox had the spring reverb cranked, and a little touch of tremolo. The leads on the main song were the SG into a Dunlop Crybaby Wah (the Joe Bonamassa signature model), the Klon KTR again, a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter, and the Faux Tape Echo and the two amps again. Yikes!
The lyrics were about the sunrise, which happened shortly after I started working on the song. I write about sunrises a lot. Not as often as I write about hurricanes, but a lot.
Good morning sunshine
coming out to meet you
good morning day light
I was up before you, nice of you to show
Wrapped in the darkness
as I lay here waiting
smothering night time
as I lay here breathless, nice of you to show
Like any day
wasting away
Like any night
crippling fright
Be over soon
get through the gloom
when will it end
when will it end
Welcome the daylight
push away the darkness
welcome the morning
keep the fears away, time for you to go
Welcome the sunlight
coming to the rescue
welcome the day time
bringing me to safety, until the darkness comes]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Back story: After doing the RPM Challenge and FAWM and 50/90 and National Solo Album Month and the occasional reddit song a week or unsubmitted songfight over and over again for years and years, the one internet challenge writing/recording project I was missing was an album in a day. I remedied that on October 10, 2019. I expected all of the music to be awful, and for the most part it was. The exception being the first song from that day, which was a plodding little rocker with a faux artsy intro that for some reason I’ll never understand came out pretty good. No one was more surprised than I, trust me.
So here’s a little more thorough, careful recording of that song. I may have overdone it a bit. There are a few changes. The original had a synth sound droning at the beginning. I changed that to a B3 organ because I am a lifelong sucker for B3s. I also added an organ part that carries through the whole song. I liked the little interplay between the guitar and the bass where it is supposed to feel like the guitar starts a phrase and the bass finishes it. It just felt a little weak on the bass end so I added the organ on top to fill it out.
The vocals were originally one voice all the way though. It was on two tracks as the chorus and the verse kinda step on each other’s toes (I like doing that). On this recording I double tracked the verse (all but the last one) and added harmony to the choruses. Two part harmony on the first chorus, three parts on the end chorus. The one un-doubled verse had a harmony part but during the mix I decided I didn’t like it and chucked it. For some reason I like having that last verse before the three part chorus being just one voice. Maybe I’m just trying to justify losing the harmony part.
In the end I was left with two tracks of keyboard, six tracks of rhythm guitar, four tracks of lead guitar, and five tracks of vocals. Oh yeah, and one stereo track of drums and one track of bass. This mix is busy to say the least. I hope it sounds good. I have a headache right now so it might sound terrible. We’ll find out when I listen back to this tomorrow.
Guitars…. so many guitars. The rhythm tracks are all a Gibson SG into a Klon KTR into an ABY splitter into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead at the beginning is the SG into a Wren and Cuff Tri Pi ’70, the Klon KTR again, a Wampler Faux Tape Echo v2, and then the same two amps. In this case the Vox had the spring reverb cranked, and a little touch of tremolo. The leads on the main song were the SG into a Dunlop Crybaby Wah (the Joe Bonamassa signature model), the Klon KTR again, a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter, and the Faux Tape Echo and the two amps again. Yikes!
The lyrics were about the sunrise, which happened shortly after I started working on the song. I write about sunrises a lot. Not as often as I write about hurricanes, but a lot.
Good morning sunshine
coming out to meet you
good morning day light
I was up before you, nice of you to show
Wrapped in the darkness
as I lay here waiting
smothering night time
as I lay here breathless, nice of you to show
Like any day
wasting away
Like any night
crippling fright
Be over soon
get through the gloom
when will it end
when will it end
Welcome the daylight
push away the darkness
welcome the morning
keep the fears away, time for you to go
Welcome the sunlight
coming to the rescue
welcome the day time
bringing me to safety, until the darkness comes]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 22:57:21 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-05T22:57:21+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Hindsight (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This was the only song from the 2015 RPM Challenge that did anything for me at the time. I clearly remember that. What I didn’t remember until I read the notes from that 2015 alonetone post (which I did about four minutes ago) was that the guitar in the verses is seriously ripped off of a Throwing Muses song. Damn it! I forgot about that!
You be the judge:
youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ28GR2BZo
Then after you judge go and listen to every note that Throwing Muses ever recorded and go completely off your rocker for them the way I did back in the 80’s. I would take a bullet for that band.
Anyway, I liked this one as I was doing it and I put it on the original 2015 re-recording list. It just took me half a decade to get to it. I have to listen to the two versions back to back before I can decide which is better. The original had the two part vocal harmonies doubled and it sounded massive. I was going to do that again but decided against it in the end. As cool as the choir sounded before, I think I like it better with just two voices instead of four.
The rhythm guitar is my Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra the Klone pedal and two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead is my Gibson Les Paul Custom into an MXR Phase 90 and a Klon KTR and the same two amps.
If I only knew
What I put you through
I would make it easier on you
If I could ever say
Why it feels this way
I would know just what to do
If it could all have been true
I’d have had a clue
I would never have delayed]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This was the only song from the 2015 RPM Challenge that did anything for me at the time. I clearly remember that. What I didn’t remember until I read the notes from that 2015 alonetone post (which I did about four minutes ago) was that the guitar in the verses is seriously ripped off of a Throwing Muses song. Damn it! I forgot about that!
You be the judge:
youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ28GR2BZo
Then after you judge go and listen to every note that Throwing Muses ever recorded and go completely off your rocker for them the way I did back in the 80’s. I would take a bullet for that band.
Anyway, I liked this one as I was doing it and I put it on the original 2015 re-recording list. It just took me half a decade to get to it. I have to listen to the two versions back to back before I can decide which is better. The original had the two part vocal harmonies doubled and it sounded massive. I was going to do that again but decided against it in the end. As cool as the choir sounded before, I think I like it better with just two voices instead of four.
The rhythm guitar is my Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra the Klone pedal and two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead is my Gibson Les Paul Custom into an MXR Phase 90 and a Klon KTR and the same two amps.
If I only knew
What I put you through
I would make it easier on you
If I could ever say
Why it feels this way
I would know just what to do
If it could all have been true
I’d have had a clue
I would never have delayed]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:31:43 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-12-14T04:31:43+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>The Price (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The 10th and final song for the third round or re-recorded Quarantine Tunes is now complete. I wish it closed with a better effort though.
I don’t dislike the way this came out, I just had higher hopes. This song is probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever written, especially the riffs in the chorus. I originally worked it all out on my iPad using the fake guitar sounds in GarageBand and then when I tried to play it for real I couldn’t hack it. The original recording of this song from six years ago had one take for the chorus that was played in one measure at a time and then pasted everywhere it needed to be. This time there was no copy and paste and I did a much better job getting things down, but there were still a lot of punches. I think I only made it through the full eight bar phrase a couple of times.
The rhythm guitar part is easier, but it’s still a little carpal tunnel enducing, and I had a really tough time playing it clean. You can hear me bumping into open strings all over the place. It’s a little embarrassing actually.
All of that is made even more shameful because when I played the lead guitar parts I was really feeling it. They are all first or second takes and they were ridiculously satisfying to me. I wish the full track were worthy of those lead parts.
I have no clue what the lyrics are about. None at all.
The rhythm guitars are my Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal and two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Klon KTR pedal, and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into the same two amps.
It goes without saying
its all for the best
the price you are paying
is more than you guessed
Now is the time
to clean up the mess
it is a crime
to halt this progress
keep moving on
endlessly stall
keep it at bay
thinking so small
always delay
lets move on
what do you think about it
what do you say
I think we know]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The 10th and final song for the third round or re-recorded Quarantine Tunes is now complete. I wish it closed with a better effort though.
I don’t dislike the way this came out, I just had higher hopes. This song is probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever written, especially the riffs in the chorus. I originally worked it all out on my iPad using the fake guitar sounds in GarageBand and then when I tried to play it for real I couldn’t hack it. The original recording of this song from six years ago had one take for the chorus that was played in one measure at a time and then pasted everywhere it needed to be. This time there was no copy and paste and I did a much better job getting things down, but there were still a lot of punches. I think I only made it through the full eight bar phrase a couple of times.
The rhythm guitar part is easier, but it’s still a little carpal tunnel enducing, and I had a really tough time playing it clean. You can hear me bumping into open strings all over the place. It’s a little embarrassing actually.
All of that is made even more shameful because when I played the lead guitar parts I was really feeling it. They are all first or second takes and they were ridiculously satisfying to me. I wish the full track were worthy of those lead parts.
I have no clue what the lyrics are about. None at all.
The rhythm guitars are my Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal and two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The leads are my Gibson Les Paul Custom into a Klon KTR pedal, and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into the same two amps.
It goes without saying
its all for the best
the price you are paying
is more than you guessed
Now is the time
to clean up the mess
it is a crime
to halt this progress
keep moving on
endlessly stall
keep it at bay
thinking so small
always delay
lets move on
what do you think about it
what do you say
I think we know]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 05:13:39 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2020-11-15T05:13:39+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Welcome to the Routine (2020 Version)</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[I know I should be working on National Solo Album Month, but I’m two timing this month and working on more re-recordings as well. This is the first song for volume three.
I wrote this in 2016 during my June album in a month project. I had no intention of adding it to the list of songs to redo until a couple of weeks ago. There was another song from that month on the project on the list already and I wanted to listen to it to practice a little. I saw this on the playlist and gave it a spin for the first time in four years (probably) and put it right onto the list.
This arrangement is mostly the same as the original. I shortened the first solo and added a key change at the end. I feel it works a little better now. Not sure of this mix though as I’m pretty sleepy right now. I can’t say for sure if it’s any good or not. We’ll see in the morning.
The rhythm guitar and the little melody part that sounds alarmingly similar to “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” were played on a Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm used a Ryra The Klone pedal and the melody used the Ryra and a Chicago Stompworks Blooze Maker. The lead part was a Gibson SG into the Ryra and a Wren and Cuff Super Russian through the same two amps.
It’s always been the same
It’s always been that way
It’s never going to change
You’ll always feel the pain
It’ll never set you free
It’ll never let you be
You just wait you will see
You’re never getting free
Welcome to the routine
It’s got you now you see
The rest of your life belongs to me]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I know I should be working on National Solo Album Month, but I’m two timing this month and working on more re-recordings as well. This is the first song for volume three.
I wrote this in 2016 during my June album in a month project. I had no intention of adding it to the list of songs to redo until a couple of weeks ago. There was another song from that month on the project on the list already and I wanted to listen to it to practice a little. I saw this on the playlist and gave it a spin for the first time in four years (probably) and put it right onto the list.
This arrangement is mostly the same as the original. I shortened the first solo and added a key change at the end. I feel it works a little better now. Not sure of this mix though as I’m pretty sleepy right now. I can’t say for sure if it’s any good or not. We’ll see in the morning.
The rhythm guitar and the little melody part that sounds alarmingly similar to “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” were played on a Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The rhythm used a Ryra The Klone pedal and the melody used the Ryra and a Chicago Stompworks Blooze Maker. The lead part was a Gibson SG into the Ryra and a Wren and Cuff Super Russian through the same two amps.
It’s always been the same
It’s always been that way
It’s never going to change
You’ll always feel the pain
It’ll never set you free
It’ll never let you be
You just wait you will see
You’re never getting free
Welcome to the routine
It’s got you now you see
The rest of your life belongs to me]]></itunes:summary>
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