Tao of Schuh » Logic Pro http://www.schuhfits.com/paul Bass Guitar, MIDI, Home Recording, Linux, OS X, and Network Administration Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:02:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 RPM Challenge – recap of the first few days http://www.schuhfits.com/paul/2008/02/04/rpm-challenge-recap-of-the-first-few-days/ http://www.schuhfits.com/paul/2008/02/04/rpm-challenge-recap-of-the-first-few-days/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:30:53 +0000 Paul http://www.schuhfits.com/paul/2008/02/04/rpm-challenge-recap-of-the-first-few-days/ It was nice that the start of the RPM Challenge this year was at the start of a weekend. It let me give my attention to writing new songs without much distraction.

My project, the “War Morgan Project“, is coming along. I’ve got bits and pieces coming together with either melodies or chord progressions defined for eight songs so far. I’ve got lyrics coming along for three songs so far.

No names other than Logic Pro filenames for the songs so far; it looks like its going to be a mix of rock, jazz, and electronic styles.

Everything here is subject to change, but this is what I’ve got so far:

WMP-1 – Catchy rhythm hook with variations on a lead

WMP-2 – Variations on a bass riff

WMP-3 – VIm IV V VIm ballad in D

WMP-4 – VIm I II IV VIm piece in Eb

WMP-5 – I IVm IIIb VIIb I in F

WMP-6 – I VIm IIm V I in A

WMP-7 – I IIm IIIm IV V I in Bb

WMP-8 – Ambient Electronic

WMP-9 -

WMP-10 -

One website I found very helpful was the Hot Frets Progressionator which is a Flash application that generates sample chord progressions. I find it a nice tool to help me get started.

I’m pretty happy with where I’m at with the project, between work and the upcoming gig with my band Snake Oil Salesmen at The Nines in Ithaca on Saturday, the 16th at 10pm, I’m not going to have much time to work on the songs until after that gig is finished.

– Paul Schuh

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