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                                        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 04:38:26 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-19T04:38:26+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Forbidden Language</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This is the first idea I came up with for the 2021 RPM Challenge/FAWM and it very much sets the tone for most of what will follow. It’s too long, it is pretty much just an Eminor and a Dmajor… everything is going to sound the same this year and I am fine with it.
This started in GarageBand for iOS on my iPhone. The last bar of the bass part in the main section has a mistake in (the little chromatic thingie) that sounded better than what I was actually trying to do. I also sketched out the guitar parts in MIDI. I usually don’t do that, but I’ve done it a lot this month. I replaced those crummy MIDI guitars with real guitars, of course. It sounds pretty similar to my original noodles. Better, but similar.
The title of the song describes the lyrics… nonsense. I kinda dig the droning fuzz guitar parts. Get used to that, you’ll see more of it in the coming week or so.
All of the guitar parts are my Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15 (all parts go through both amps. Duel mono for the win). As for pedals, the pseudo funky rhythm part used a Ryra The Klone, the drone used the Ryra into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian fuzz pedal, and the solos used the Ryra into a Wampler Plexi Drive Mini. There’s also a Dunlop Crybaby at the end. The Gary Clark, Jr signature model.
Verse 1
Can’t see it coming
No way you could know
One chance remaining
it moves so slow
I grasp at something
for something to show
It’s always moving
too far below
Verse 2
The deeper meaning
I can’t understand
Seeing’s believing
Out of your hand
Queue up the message
under all the pain
rip off the bandage
Its all the same
Chorus
Its all nonsense
All this suspense
Meant no offense
No way you could see this coming for you
Break
Hear me calling
In some forbidden language
Hear me screaming
about some disadvantage
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is the first idea I came up with for the 2021 RPM Challenge/FAWM and it very much sets the tone for most of what will follow. It’s too long, it is pretty much just an Eminor and a Dmajor… everything is going to sound the same this year and I am fine with it.
This started in GarageBand for iOS on my iPhone. The last bar of the bass part in the main section has a mistake in (the little chromatic thingie) that sounded better than what I was actually trying to do. I also sketched out the guitar parts in MIDI. I usually don’t do that, but I’ve done it a lot this month. I replaced those crummy MIDI guitars with real guitars, of course. It sounds pretty similar to my original noodles. Better, but similar.
The title of the song describes the lyrics… nonsense. I kinda dig the droning fuzz guitar parts. Get used to that, you’ll see more of it in the coming week or so.
All of the guitar parts are my Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Vox AC15 (all parts go through both amps. Duel mono for the win). As for pedals, the pseudo funky rhythm part used a Ryra The Klone, the drone used the Ryra into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian fuzz pedal, and the solos used the Ryra into a Wampler Plexi Drive Mini. There’s also a Dunlop Crybaby at the end. The Gary Clark, Jr signature model.
Verse 1
Can’t see it coming
No way you could know
One chance remaining
it moves so slow
I grasp at something
for something to show
It’s always moving
too far below
Verse 2
The deeper meaning
I can’t understand
Seeing’s believing
Out of your hand
Queue up the message
under all the pain
rip off the bandage
Its all the same
Chorus
Its all nonsense
All this suspense
Meant no offense
No way you could see this coming for you
Break
Hear me calling
In some forbidden language
Hear me screaming
about some disadvantage
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 05:48:49 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-25T05:48:49+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Watch Me Ruin Everything</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[When I was tracking the rhythm guitar I was feeling the groove on this in a major way. When I was tracking the vocals I thought it was better than my usual terrible. Somehow I was wrong on both fronts. The guitar sounds like mud and the vocals are downright awful. Crap. I kinda like the song, I just think I butchered it.
The found sound at the end is from here: freesound.org/people/themfish/...sh/sounds/33544
It’s a walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, one of my favorite places on Earth. It even had that ridiculous little chirping at the crosswalk. I miss visiting my city for no reason. Covid can kiss my very large ass.
The crappy rhythm guitar sound is my Gibson ES-335 into a Ryra The Klone into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The somewhat better sounding lead guitar is the same except for a Wren and Cuff Super Russian after the Ryra.
Verse 1
Giving in to everything
Is the only skill I bring
No reason why, it’s just what I do
Won’t make up for anything
Verse 2
Step into the emptiness
Give in to forgetfulness
Could be the guilt finally got to me
Leave me with my loneliness.
Chorus
Front row seat to my decay
Watch me ruin everything
Bury me, throw me away
To the dust where I belong
Raise your glass to one my day
One more chance to watch me fail
Nothing else for me to say
This is it, watch me crumble
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When I was tracking the rhythm guitar I was feeling the groove on this in a major way. When I was tracking the vocals I thought it was better than my usual terrible. Somehow I was wrong on both fronts. The guitar sounds like mud and the vocals are downright awful. Crap. I kinda like the song, I just think I butchered it.
The found sound at the end is from here: freesound.org/people/themfish/...sh/sounds/33544
It’s a walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, one of my favorite places on Earth. It even had that ridiculous little chirping at the crosswalk. I miss visiting my city for no reason. Covid can kiss my very large ass.
The crappy rhythm guitar sound is my Gibson ES-335 into a Ryra The Klone into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The somewhat better sounding lead guitar is the same except for a Wren and Cuff Super Russian after the Ryra.
Verse 1
Giving in to everything
Is the only skill I bring
No reason why, it’s just what I do
Won’t make up for anything
Verse 2
Step into the emptiness
Give in to forgetfulness
Could be the guilt finally got to me
Leave me with my loneliness.
Chorus
Front row seat to my decay
Watch me ruin everything
Bury me, throw me away
To the dust where I belong
Raise your glass to one my day
One more chance to watch me fail
Nothing else for me to say
This is it, watch me crumble
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:09:47 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-20T19:09:47+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>All There Is</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The third song finished for this year’s RPM Challenge is the 13th song started. As with everything this year it’s too long. The vocals are a bit too pitchy, but I think I can live with it today. Ask me again tomorrow and I might have a different response.
I like the chorus a lot. I apologize to all who enjoy funky music for my butchering an entire genre in the verses, but damn if it isn’t fun to do.
The found sound bit at the end came from here: freesound.org/people/jasonmchl...hl/sounds/55352
I was thinking about using street sounds on every song, but now I think I might just throw it into a couple. At first I was thinking about street preachers, then I was thinking about Jim Jones speeches. Now I’m thinking of being random.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro. The amps are all a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15 which were both used on all parts. The rhythm tracks used a crybaby wah into a Ryra The Klone into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter. There were two different lead parts. One used a Wampler Plexi Drive Mini and the other used the Ryra into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
I tend to think about the way it feels
I tend to focus on the pain
If it can help me make it through the day
I guess that means that it’s okay
Verse 2
I take these pictures so I won’t forget
The things that go on day to day
If it annoys you I apologize
But I still do it anyway
Chorus
I want to tell you something
But I come up with nothing
What ever keeps this running
That’s all there is
Chorus
Verse 2]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The third song finished for this year’s RPM Challenge is the 13th song started. As with everything this year it’s too long. The vocals are a bit too pitchy, but I think I can live with it today. Ask me again tomorrow and I might have a different response.
I like the chorus a lot. I apologize to all who enjoy funky music for my butchering an entire genre in the verses, but damn if it isn’t fun to do.
The found sound bit at the end came from here: freesound.org/people/jasonmchl...hl/sounds/55352
I was thinking about using street sounds on every song, but now I think I might just throw it into a couple. At first I was thinking about street preachers, then I was thinking about Jim Jones speeches. Now I’m thinking of being random.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro. The amps are all a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15 which were both used on all parts. The rhythm tracks used a crybaby wah into a Ryra The Klone into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter. There were two different lead parts. One used a Wampler Plexi Drive Mini and the other used the Ryra into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
I tend to think about the way it feels
I tend to focus on the pain
If it can help me make it through the day
I guess that means that it’s okay
Verse 2
I take these pictures so I won’t forget
The things that go on day to day
If it annoys you I apologize
But I still do it anyway
Chorus
I want to tell you something
But I come up with nothing
What ever keeps this running
That’s all there is
Chorus
Verse 2]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:17:46 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-27T16:17:46+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Repeat</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Another song, another faux trippy ending. I should change the name of the album to Faux Trippy Endings. What do you think?
Lyrically I think this song is just about the last year.
When I recorded the rhythm guitars I was pretty stoked about the sound. I used an overdrive with the gain set really low into a fuzz pedal with the gain all the way down. I thought it sounded cool. When mix time came around… not so much. It just felt kinda blah and lifeless. I try to never put EQ onto my guitar tracks (because I’m a stubborn slob who likes to tell himself that his guitar tracks sound fine straight to tape) but the couple of songs I used this setting on have needed a little cleaning up in the mix. I guess I’m not as awesome a tone chaser as I think I am. Well… I know I am not an awesome tone chaser, but I tell myself I am so that I can justify buying more and more gear. Like ya do.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro. The amps are all Vox AC15 and Fender Bassbreaker 15 (I used them both on every take). Pedals for the rhythm parts are a Ryra The Klone into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian. Pedals for leads in the song proper are a crybaby wah into the Ryra into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter. The trippy ending is just a Fuzz Face Mini (the Band of Gypsies model). All of the echos and reverb and trippiness were added in the mix.
Verse 1
It seems like I have been through this before
It seems like
Something I go through that I can’t take anymore
That’s all
Chorus
Once more around again
Once more without ending
Verse 2
The physics are somewhat unknown to me
Whatever
The math just won’t work out it just won’t let me see
The truth
Chorus
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Another song, another faux trippy ending. I should change the name of the album to Faux Trippy Endings. What do you think?
Lyrically I think this song is just about the last year.
When I recorded the rhythm guitars I was pretty stoked about the sound. I used an overdrive with the gain set really low into a fuzz pedal with the gain all the way down. I thought it sounded cool. When mix time came around… not so much. It just felt kinda blah and lifeless. I try to never put EQ onto my guitar tracks (because I’m a stubborn slob who likes to tell himself that his guitar tracks sound fine straight to tape) but the couple of songs I used this setting on have needed a little cleaning up in the mix. I guess I’m not as awesome a tone chaser as I think I am. Well… I know I am not an awesome tone chaser, but I tell myself I am so that I can justify buying more and more gear. Like ya do.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro. The amps are all Vox AC15 and Fender Bassbreaker 15 (I used them both on every take). Pedals for the rhythm parts are a Ryra The Klone into a Wren and Cuff Super Russian. Pedals for leads in the song proper are a crybaby wah into the Ryra into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter. The trippy ending is just a Fuzz Face Mini (the Band of Gypsies model). All of the echos and reverb and trippiness were added in the mix.
Verse 1
It seems like I have been through this before
It seems like
Something I go through that I can’t take anymore
That’s all
Chorus
Once more around again
Once more without ending
Verse 2
The physics are somewhat unknown to me
Whatever
The math just won’t work out it just won’t let me see
The truth
Chorus
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 04:56:17 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-27T04:56:17+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Rosey</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Are the sound effect things getting old yet? I can’t decide. This one came from here:
freesound.org/people/keus92/so...2/sounds/445228
This time I trimmed it to the appropriate length and then played it backward. Aint I a stinker?
This was the forth song started and it’s the seventh finished.
The lyrics are actually about something. I’m going to turn 50 in a couple of months and it’s just as depressing as you’d expect it to be. I actually wrote the second verse first but it needed some setup. The first verse is looking back at youth and thinking everything was perfect then. The second verse is reality… no, things were pretty shitty back then too.
The heavier lead guitars in the first half of the song (before the trippy ending) are possibly the best tone I’ve every come up with using a clone of a Big Muff Pi fuzz box. It was a magical stars aligning thing because I haven’t been able to get a sound that cool since.
The guitars are all my Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Voc AC15. For pedals, all of the tracks used a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal, and the leads used a Wren and Cuff Super Russian as well.
Verse 1
that’s when we were young and stupid
that’s when we could do it all
that’s when we were mostly lucid
those were the days
Chorus
life in motion
such devotion
truth is spoken
clock is ticking faster now
Verse 2
looking back it seems so perfect
memory subject to defect
Could it be that it’s all suspect
never that way
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are the sound effect things getting old yet? I can’t decide. This one came from here:
freesound.org/people/keus92/so...2/sounds/445228
This time I trimmed it to the appropriate length and then played it backward. Aint I a stinker?
This was the forth song started and it’s the seventh finished.
The lyrics are actually about something. I’m going to turn 50 in a couple of months and it’s just as depressing as you’d expect it to be. I actually wrote the second verse first but it needed some setup. The first verse is looking back at youth and thinking everything was perfect then. The second verse is reality… no, things were pretty shitty back then too.
The heavier lead guitars in the first half of the song (before the trippy ending) are possibly the best tone I’ve every come up with using a clone of a Big Muff Pi fuzz box. It was a magical stars aligning thing because I haven’t been able to get a sound that cool since.
The guitars are all my Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Fender Bassbreaker 15 and a Voc AC15. For pedals, all of the tracks used a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal, and the leads used a Wren and Cuff Super Russian as well.
Verse 1
that’s when we were young and stupid
that’s when we could do it all
that’s when we were mostly lucid
those were the days
Chorus
life in motion
such devotion
truth is spoken
clock is ticking faster now
Verse 2
looking back it seems so perfect
memory subject to defect
Could it be that it’s all suspect
never that way
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 04:38:29 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-25T04:38:29+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Guilt Machine</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it’s the title song for the album (assuming I don’t change my mind in the next five days).
Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in question is me during Covid. The last month has been rough. Very rough.
Musically there isn’t much going on. The verses and the bridges are the song thing with just a different guitar part. The chorus is decent. I sort of like this one.
Unusual for me these days, I used the same gear for both the lead and the rhythm guitar parts. It’s a Gibson ES-335 into a Dunlop Crybaby (only on the leads) into a Ryra The Klone into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15.
Helpless victim of my own guilt
Verse 2
no solution all problems
Chorus
guilt machine
no escaping
cut me clean
self degrading
lock me down
tie my hands tight
make no sound
I will not fight
Verse 3
Self inflicted broken hearted
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The fifth song started for the RPM Challenge is the fourth finished, and it’s the title song for the album (assuming I don’t change my mind in the next five days).
Lyrically this is a write what you know kind of song. The Guilt Machine in question is me during Covid. The last month has been rough. Very rough.
Musically there isn’t much going on. The verses and the bridges are the song thing with just a different guitar part. The chorus is decent. I sort of like this one.
Unusual for me these days, I used the same gear for both the lead and the rhythm guitar parts. It’s a Gibson ES-335 into a Dunlop Crybaby (only on the leads) into a Ryra The Klone into a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15.
Helpless victim of my own guilt
Verse 2
no solution all problems
Chorus
guilt machine
no escaping
cut me clean
self degrading
lock me down
tie my hands tight
make no sound
I will not fight
Verse 3
Self inflicted broken hearted
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:17:47 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-27T17:17:47+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>This is Not a Plot Device</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The seventh song started for this year’s RPM Challenge is the 10th song finished. I now officially have both targets complete. 10 songs and 35 minutes. This year is officially successful. Granted, I still have 10 more songs in the pipeline. Yikes!
Lyrically this isn’t exactly about what it sounds like it’s about but it’s really close. As the world falls to shit you do what you have to do even if there are other things that you have to do that you can’t do… ya know?
It’s not Eminor-Dmajor but it is Aminor-Gmajor so it’s close enough. I thought about putting sound effects in the endlessly long outro but I thought better of it. I also thought about making the guitars at the end super trippy like I’ve done a couple of times already but I thought better of it. This one just plays as it is. That’s good enough for me.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 and the amps are all Vox AC15 and Fender Bassbreaker 15… just like literally every song I’m doing this month. The rhythm used a Ryra The Klone. The lead at the end used a crybaby wah and the Ryra. The fuzz leads in the song proper used the Ryra and a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
you do mean the world to me
there’s no other way to be
I will give up everything that I have
If only to make you see
Chorus
there’s no other way I can see world now
no other way for me
there’s no other way I can picture a life without you
Verse 2
This isn’t a plot device
don’t call it a sacrifice
I gladly give up the whole world for you
I’ll happily pay that price
Chorus
Chorus]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The seventh song started for this year’s RPM Challenge is the 10th song finished. I now officially have both targets complete. 10 songs and 35 minutes. This year is officially successful. Granted, I still have 10 more songs in the pipeline. Yikes!
Lyrically this isn’t exactly about what it sounds like it’s about but it’s really close. As the world falls to shit you do what you have to do even if there are other things that you have to do that you can’t do… ya know?
It’s not Eminor-Dmajor but it is Aminor-Gmajor so it’s close enough. I thought about putting sound effects in the endlessly long outro but I thought better of it. I also thought about making the guitars at the end super trippy like I’ve done a couple of times already but I thought better of it. This one just plays as it is. That’s good enough for me.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 and the amps are all Vox AC15 and Fender Bassbreaker 15… just like literally every song I’m doing this month. The rhythm used a Ryra The Klone. The lead at the end used a crybaby wah and the Ryra. The fuzz leads in the song proper used the Ryra and a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
you do mean the world to me
there’s no other way to be
I will give up everything that I have
If only to make you see
Chorus
there’s no other way I can see world now
no other way for me
there’s no other way I can picture a life without you
Verse 2
This isn’t a plot device
don’t call it a sacrifice
I gladly give up the whole world for you
I’ll happily pay that price
Chorus
Chorus]]></itunes:summary>
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                                    <itunes:duration>211</itunes:duration>
                                    
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                                        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 04:03:05 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-20T04:03:05+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Derailed Plans</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[The second song finished for this year’s RPM Challenge is the last one started. I sort of like the chorus. I liked the verse more as I was working on it than I do now that it’s done, but it’s not bad. Overall I give this one an okay, but nothing more. Once again it’s way too long and is more or less just Eminor and Dmajor. Originality and variety are not the strong points this year.
All of the guitars are a Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker. All of the tracks used a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal. The rhythm also used a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter, and the leads used a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
It’s what you do
You will pull through
It’s coming true
It all works out for you
It’s all for you
Chorus
There are a million reasons
No need to pick just one
Bring on the change of seasons
Give yourself a chance to see
Verse 2
Give it some time
See what you find
Make your mind
Wait for the clock to chime
The clock to chime
Chorus 2
Look to the smallest details
To show you what’s to come
And when your plans are derailed
What else are you gonna do
Chorus 1
Chorus 2]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The second song finished for this year’s RPM Challenge is the last one started. I sort of like the chorus. I liked the verse more as I was working on it than I do now that it’s done, but it’s not bad. Overall I give this one an okay, but nothing more. Once again it’s way too long and is more or less just Eminor and Dmajor. Originality and variety are not the strong points this year.
All of the guitars are a Gibson ES-335 Pro through both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker. All of the tracks used a Ryra The Klone overdrive pedal. The rhythm also used a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter, and the leads used a Wren and Cuff Super Russian.
Verse 1
It’s what you do
You will pull through
It’s coming true
It all works out for you
It’s all for you
Chorus
There are a million reasons
No need to pick just one
Bring on the change of seasons
Give yourself a chance to see
Verse 2
Give it some time
See what you find
Make your mind
Wait for the clock to chime
The clock to chime
Chorus 2
Look to the smallest details
To show you what’s to come
And when your plans are derailed
What else are you gonna do
Chorus 1
Chorus 2]]></itunes:summary>
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                                    <itunes:duration>254</itunes:duration>
                                    
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 18:22:14 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-28T18:22:14+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>That Look of Surprise</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[Pointless backstory that won’t be interesting to anyone other than me when I look back at this tune at some point in the distant future:
RPM Challenge asks for 10 songs or 35 minutes recorded in February. FAWM asks for 14 songs written during February. In 2020 in order to keep myself from going insane through COVID-19 I did an RPM Challenge every month from February through December. I planned on continuing into January 2021 and I started 7-8 songs but I never finished them. In February 2021 I had 15 songs written and (at the time mostly) recorded so FAWM was done and RPM was going to be done. I still had a week or so to go so I started thinking about maybe finishing two RPM Challenge albums. I decided to go back to my fragments of stuff from January. I dropped three of the songs and finished the other five. I rerecorded everything I had done earlier so they definitely qualify for RPM.
This song also fills the need for the RPM album as it’s a decent little rocker in 3/4 time. I’m not sure if it’s going to make the submitted album or not, but I do kinda like it.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The pedals on the rhythm are just a Ryra The Klone. The leads used a crybaby wah and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter as well.
Chorus
That look of surprise
I see in your eyes
feel that anger rise
start to agonize
Verse 1
My connection
to correction
bad infection
Objection
Verse 2
Obligation
to creation
subjugation
ovation
Bridge
Forever
no way out
no escape
celebrate]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pointless backstory that won’t be interesting to anyone other than me when I look back at this tune at some point in the distant future:
RPM Challenge asks for 10 songs or 35 minutes recorded in February. FAWM asks for 14 songs written during February. In 2020 in order to keep myself from going insane through COVID-19 I did an RPM Challenge every month from February through December. I planned on continuing into January 2021 and I started 7-8 songs but I never finished them. In February 2021 I had 15 songs written and (at the time mostly) recorded so FAWM was done and RPM was going to be done. I still had a week or so to go so I started thinking about maybe finishing two RPM Challenge albums. I decided to go back to my fragments of stuff from January. I dropped three of the songs and finished the other five. I rerecorded everything I had done earlier so they definitely qualify for RPM.
This song also fills the need for the RPM album as it’s a decent little rocker in 3/4 time. I’m not sure if it’s going to make the submitted album or not, but I do kinda like it.
The guitars are all Gibson ES-335 Pro into both a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The pedals on the rhythm are just a Ryra The Klone. The leads used a crybaby wah and a Malaise Forever Black Lives Matter as well.
Chorus
That look of surprise
I see in your eyes
feel that anger rise
start to agonize
Verse 1
My connection
to correction
bad infection
Objection
Verse 2
Obligation
to creation
subjugation
ovation
Bridge
Forever
no way out
no escape
celebrate]]></itunes:summary>
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                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:37:06 +0100</pubDate>
                                        
                                        <atom:updated>2021-02-28T02:37:06+01:00</atom:updated>
                                        
                                    
                                    <artist>Robert</artist>
                                    <title>Find A Way</title>
                                    <description><![CDATA[This is the 13th song finished. It was both the 15th and the 20th song started. It’s a long story.
I was in the car recording vocals and it started raining. When I finished the tracks I needed to finish I pointed the microphone at the sun roof and recorded a smidge less than two minutes of rain. I figured I’d find a place for it and this ended up being the place. The recording I made plays all the way through twice and then I tacked a start of a third run through onto the end.
I originally thought this would be an instrumental. I also originally thought it would be a lot shorter. In the end it’s okay. Nothing special, but okay.
All of the guitar tracks are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra The Klone into a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15.
One look was all it took
all it took
I was completely hooked
Open book
I need a remedy
Remedy
I need a chance to see
Can it be
Find a way down
a way down
Find a way down
a way down to you]]></description>
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                                    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
                                    <itunes:email>contact@hearthis.at</itunes:email>
                                    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is the 13th song finished. It was both the 15th and the 20th song started. It’s a long story.
I was in the car recording vocals and it started raining. When I finished the tracks I needed to finish I pointed the microphone at the sun roof and recorded a smidge less than two minutes of rain. I figured I’d find a place for it and this ended up being the place. The recording I made plays all the way through twice and then I tacked a start of a third run through onto the end.
I originally thought this would be an instrumental. I also originally thought it would be a lot shorter. In the end it’s okay. Nothing special, but okay.
All of the guitar tracks are a Gibson ES-335 Pro into a Ryra The Klone into a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15.
One look was all it took
all it took
I was completely hooked
Open book
I need a remedy
Remedy
I need a chance to see
Can it be
Find a way down
a way down
Find a way down
a way down to you]]></itunes:summary>
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