a brilliant performance, good sonics, an amazing song...

only one of those pieces, on it's own, will be worth anything a year or two from now.

EDIT:
ok, I'm back.  This needs to be said differently.  Dunno if I expressed the idea clearly.

Lemme try this....
A good song will always be awesome.  Sometimes the depths of it's greatness is revealed fully over time. 

A great perfomance always seems to endear me to an artist or a song. 

Good sounding stuff matters least to me.

These are helpful things for me to remember when I'm recording my own stuff - but worrying if it sounds "professional" or not.  I'm just sayin'.

so, ive been recording.  my rpm record of course.  i hadn't realized how ingrained and automatic my "Apple + S" reflex is (aka: "save" for all you non-recording folk) .  funny!  I've been sort of absentmindedly reaching out to/at the tascam to "save"  the thing i just laid down to tape. not being able to zap the "tops & tails" of songs into fade ins/outs is weird too.  thats the kind of stuff that is super easy in the digital …

the clock hit midnight last night, and i had my little rig tucked away amidst kids coats, old scarves, rattling plastic hangers and other random bullshite we tucked away and never found a home for.  i tried my best to keep all the wires in a neat and manageable.  speaking of things that didn't get put back to their "home,"  there happened to be some xmas lights on the shelf in there, so i put 'em to good use.  we've got an old new england house.  in other words, it's …

For those of you who aren't in the know,  THIS is what the RPM Challenge is....

I'll be blogging about my RPM record this year.  Follow along!

My RPM gear scorecard so far:

Effectron II
ART pro VLA
2 - Yamaha PM1k's
Tascam 238
2 - EV635a's
1 - EV re20
An old cassette i dug outta the crap on my dresser

Casio "Casiotone 401" (beats!)
Baritone ukelele
Out of tune piano
Fender Bronco Bass
Harmony banjo
Various kids instruments
Shakers and shite

all of this tucked into my front closet, so that it's outta the way.
Slide open cheesy hollow slider closet door, run extension cable to outlet behind the couch, sit in kids chair, record.

i love my new effectron.

....where I can tell which of my own songs I think are "good."  That is, the tunes that are in various stages of completion recording-wise that I've been tinkering with these last few years.   Psyched.  I recently listened to my 2009 RPM Challenge record.  I dig it!  Crazy.  I think two or three of those songs are gonna end up on my next release! This of course means that I'm two or three songs closer to releasing something. Operation "Move Yer Feet and …