The Stuff

Here’s my schedule for the RPM Challenge:

Week 1: Read KLF’s book The Manual, rebuild my Mac for recording, check equipment and cables, study programming the Korg and Boss. Attempt to get a good sound out of the Schecter bass. Build a playlist of the 20 cheeziest “alternative” pop hits as my inspiration (I ordered Tubthumping for a cent online). List ideas for songs, and develop lyrics. Spend an hour adding people on my MySpace page.

Week 2: Write the songs according to patterns found in The Manual. Lyrics and melodies should be done by end of the week. Start programming.

Week 3: Finish programming and start recording.

Week 4: Complete recording, master and mail the disk. Make a video of one of the songs.

Current status: yesterday I read a few chapters of The Manual. As I am not on the dole, following the plan to the letter might be a challenge — skipping to the bit about writing the songs. Not getting any interesting sounds by running the bass through the Boss, so I will default to the Bass Pod. Today (2/2) is a waste: I need to pay bills, clean the apartment, do the laundry, buy more beer and snacks, go to the roller derby and Supersuckers show tonight (not my idea).

Status on state vector collapses project.