Personal challenge - an album a month.
Posted: 29 Mar 2015
One of my problems is that lately I've been pretty good at starting new projects but absolutely lousy at pushing through and finishing them. If you read my post on this last February's RPM Challenge, you'll know that I was on track to finish up a pop album, but was unable to get the lyrics written and vocals recorded in time. So I set it aside and banged out a more experimental rhythmic thing in the space of a day. (Two if you count the bonus tracks.)
I had hoped to polish the pop album off this March, but haven't been able to get the stars to align properly, so things have been predictably become a little frustrating, and I can feel myself losing momentum. I no longer have a deadline to motivate me that extra bit.
So at the risk of making a big extravagant promise which I may not be able to fulfill, I am going to attempt a stunt to help get me "on the horse again", so to speak. I intend to complete an album by the end of each month until next February (when next year's RPM Challenge will once again take place).
(Okay, so I kinda am going to cheat a bit, since I decided to do this so late in March. I am giving myself now until the end of April to come up with two albums.)
I am not restricting myself to recording an album within a month. I have plenty of unfinished projects on my hard drive from years past that I could be working on. The goal is to complete and deliver an album each month, to actually finish projects.
The albums might suck. I may get to a deadline and make a 45-minute track of a sine wave and call it an album, but I will at least be producing something. And I will post the results here, for anyone who cares to listen.
To begin, let's trot out my RPM Challenge album out again...
FEB '15: I Blew It
MAR '15 (late): Sins Repaid, Dreams Delayed
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I had hoped to polish the pop album off this March, but haven't been able to get the stars to align properly, so things have been predictably become a little frustrating, and I can feel myself losing momentum. I no longer have a deadline to motivate me that extra bit.
So at the risk of making a big extravagant promise which I may not be able to fulfill, I am going to attempt a stunt to help get me "on the horse again", so to speak. I intend to complete an album by the end of each month until next February (when next year's RPM Challenge will once again take place).
(Okay, so I kinda am going to cheat a bit, since I decided to do this so late in March. I am giving myself now until the end of April to come up with two albums.)
I am not restricting myself to recording an album within a month. I have plenty of unfinished projects on my hard drive from years past that I could be working on. The goal is to complete and deliver an album each month, to actually finish projects.
The albums might suck. I may get to a deadline and make a 45-minute track of a sine wave and call it an album, but I will at least be producing something. And I will post the results here, for anyone who cares to listen.
To begin, let's trot out my RPM Challenge album out again...
FEB '15: I Blew It
MAR '15 (late): Sins Repaid, Dreams Delayed
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