Fin!

Sincere apologies for the delay in posting the final product but I was really down to the wire on getting my CD posted to RPM HQ and frankly I fell asleep yesterday evening! But it’s here now and the album is titled – ‘Remember Why You Started!’  It was a real experience closing this project off but I have some solid demos now that I can expand on and a few remixes and artwork to finalise before I’m brave enough to play this material live. Please excuse the dodgy vocals, much work needed I fear :s Thank you so much for reading. I should be posting again for a new revived synth-pop project soon enough under the guise of ‘Veterans of Safety.’  🙂

RPM Day 18 – 5th Demo & Lyrics Pending… Slow….

This track is BIG and Dark… It reminds me of so many rock bands from the 90s, the dawning of Alternative, atleast i think that’s what the magazines liked to call it. Enjoy. Lyrics are looming and I have wayyyyyy too much work to do 🙂

RPM – Demo the 2nd…

Here is ‘Escape’ my second demo for RPM and is influenced mainly by ‘Bat for Lashes’ and ‘Depeche Mode’ in their creepier moments… I had this tom heavy beat going around my head and the solid single-bass line fit perfectly. It has dark imagery and a slow steady pace to allow room for large spaces and complex textures. I haven’t quite nailed the lyric content but it’s getting there and this track could get complicated..! And yes, this is probably my slowest year for RPM :s

Lyrics for ‘Adore’ – Draft 1

It ain’t pretty but that’s how it goes… Try not to pay too much attention to my dodgy pitching and idiosyncratic timing, it’s meant to be there and after all it’s only the demo, right?!

RpmChallenge Demo – Adore

I promised some music eventually, my first demo is called ‘Adore’ for now…

So yes I fell for the strings again but they work for the mood in this one i think. The guitar is sloppy and vocals dodgy but give it a chance. The challenge now is to strip em back enough to allow for some lyrics. I was mainly reflecting on the scene in the Harry Potter movies (of all movies, i dunno…) when Dumbledore and Severus Snape died. The piece called ‘Dumbledore’s Farewell’ that composer Nicholas Hooper wrote was so on point, very moving and above all simple. Just a few bars going around in a counterpoint style… I think I will keep with the theme of the music and base the lyrics on the passionate and devoted lives those two fictional characters led. Well enjoy the track and my new header 😉

Some ideas forming for another track already!

New Toys

So this won’t mean much to a lot of people but basically I just got some new plugins for my recording software to help me out on this album and I think they deserve a little attention. Aw, look at the colours…
For any producers out there, the Flux Bittersweet plugin is a free transient designer and works really well 🙂
For non-producers I’ll post some lyrics tomorrow night hopefully and flesh out some new ideas!

Give me space or the duck gets it!

When productivity isn’t materialising, I vacuum things! While I should be pensively immersed in the subject matter in which my RPM album will take it’s shape, I find myself disturbingly aloof??? That was until Ducky was hurtled through the vacuum nozzle! Vigilance is key to our survival.