I will be posting some short notes each week about my work on RPM 2011...
Day 1
Fought with Cubase. Couldn't get the metronome working in Cubase 5.52. Still got a skeleton track down. Many pages of notes about what to make this year.
Fought with Cubase. Couldn't get the metronome working in Cubase 5.52. Still got a skeleton track down. Many pages of notes about what to make this year.
Also realized I didn't have the 1.0.2 version of ValhallaShimmer - important because 1.0.1 didn't support presets!
Beginning track is the first idea that came into my head, currently just a verse/chorus outline.
Day 2
Cubase 6 arrives. Installed. Normally I would never upgrade software in the middle of a critical project, but these can be run side-by-side. Fortunately so far it is way better than 5.52.
More guitars. Song stretched from initial ABCD structure to a more fleshed out IABCD_ABCDDDD type-thing. Started on lyrics.
Feeling extremely tired again, so this is about as much as I can accomplish, other than working on some notes in the notebook.
Day 3
Lyrics for first song finished. Not much done today other than sharpening melodies on the commute - I have to be at work extra early (8 am) and will be staying extra late (leaving after 8 pm). TIRED.
Day 4
Vocals put down in early morning before going off to work.
Can't do much else because of work and tickets to see The Church play 3 classic albums at a nice small venue. TIRED.
On the motorcycle ride over to the show, I start singing some parts for other songs. Hope I remember them.
First song is probably going to be around 4:30. Not a bad start.
Day 5
Pushed a bit further on track 1 (working title: "The Empty Sky"). Burned most of the day having a nice visit with a friend (plus two hours of driving and errands).
After dinner I started a new track ("What The Wire Said"). I am intending for this to be a long epic, but I only have time and patience to sketch it out.
Day 6
Today after a typical late Sunday morning, I expanded on last night's track, building it up to about 5 minutes. I have a long punch list for both tracks so far, and need to keep making progress overall.
Went out for a run and thought about another song. Wrote some words and a melody in my head. Got back and picked out some nice chords on guitar.
Beginning track is the first idea that came into my head, currently just a verse/chorus outline.
Day 2
Cubase 6 arrives. Installed. Normally I would never upgrade software in the middle of a critical project, but these can be run side-by-side. Fortunately so far it is way better than 5.52.
More guitars. Song stretched from initial ABCD structure to a more fleshed out IABCD_ABCDDDD type-thing. Started on lyrics.
Feeling extremely tired again, so this is about as much as I can accomplish, other than working on some notes in the notebook.
Day 3
Lyrics for first song finished. Not much done today other than sharpening melodies on the commute - I have to be at work extra early (8 am) and will be staying extra late (leaving after 8 pm). TIRED.
Day 4
Vocals put down in early morning before going off to work.
Can't do much else because of work and tickets to see The Church play 3 classic albums at a nice small venue. TIRED.
On the motorcycle ride over to the show, I start singing some parts for other songs. Hope I remember them.
First song is probably going to be around 4:30. Not a bad start.
Day 5
Pushed a bit further on track 1 (working title: "The Empty Sky"). Burned most of the day having a nice visit with a friend (plus two hours of driving and errands).
After dinner I started a new track ("What The Wire Said"). I am intending for this to be a long epic, but I only have time and patience to sketch it out.
Day 6
Today after a typical late Sunday morning, I expanded on last night's track, building it up to about 5 minutes. I have a long punch list for both tracks so far, and need to keep making progress overall.
Went out for a run and thought about another song. Wrote some words and a melody in my head. Got back and picked out some nice chords on guitar.
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