Ten Days In.......

Here it is day ten of the RPM Challenge. I feel behind even though I’m in decent shape. The challenge for me this time around is getting the space I need to make noise during the hours I work best. So a quick search for a practice space is happening in the midst of creating. 

The quick update.... I have 2 song ideas roughly recorded so I can refine them so they make sense. I wrote another 2 short pieces that may be able to be combined into one with some imrov sections and form development. I could also leave them be but they are quite similar. The downside of pushing out the music I guess is having things sound the same. I also wrote another chord progression and put a form to that, it just needs a melody and some life. Then there are the snippets of other pieces started. 

So really not too bad of a start with the handicap of the time and space issue. I guess it’s better than dealing with tech issues and writer’s block. This month is for the music and it will not be held back. 

RPM Challenge Day 2

This is sort of an odd update. It’s also sort of a flashback to RPM ’08 with all of the snow. (the photo is from that challenge) So I had to spend day 2 of the challenge running some online classes for my day job, then clearing the driveway.

Not all is lost though. Day 1 was pretty productive. I was able to do what I like to call “idea recordings”. I just let the portable recorder roll while I play and will go back later to pull the ideas to develop and make something out of them. I have at least two solid ideas going, possibly three. I think the recording I had to do for my students helped set the tone to get it all to happen. 

Now for the bad news. A new challenge popped up for me this year, that is a lack of practice space. Life challenges and changes moved me around, and with that I lost my own little music making cave. Now I find myself in my peak time to create with a house full of sleeping people and no where to work on my music. I guess my options are to just  bring everyone along and make my noise to beat this challenge, or try to find a space where I won’t disturb anyone. I’m open for any suggestions and help with this dilemma if anyone has any.