Discussion Thread

Every year the folks at RPMChallenge.com (IndieGuide - RPM)put out the challenge to musicians worldwide to record and produce an entire album of original songs within the month of February.

That's right, they challenge you to record 10 original songs in 28 days!

It's not a contest. There's no prizes. It's completely a motivational thing.1000s of musicians worldwide signup. Many make it to the end. But the community is amazing. Very supportive. 

Our band, Beatnik Turtle, has managed to do this 3 times so far and will be participating again this year. 

It's a great reason to get the creative juices flowing, make an album of new material, and get some helpful feedback along the way by other musicians. 

And honestly, what would you be doing in February anyways? It's a crappy month. The weather blows (well, depending on where you live, and RPM is headquartered in the East Coast, so you can guess how dark and snowy it is there...).

Give it a shot. Sign up now and start planning for it before it kicks of February 1st!

(Plus, you know us and we'll be over there -- so you're not alone!)

Really great Idea, should be some good motivation, just signing up now!!

Just reading your DIYMUSICMANUAL at the moment, its helped me a lot, many thanks!

Dave

Good to hear! We'll look for you over there!

Anyone else?

It's a great challenge. Even if you don't end up completing an album by March 1st, you always end up with a few new songs. And that's ALWAYS a plus to have. I mean, our band's take since releasing a song a day in 2007 at TheSongOfTheDay.com, is to write as much as you can and then develop the best ones. 

 Signed up yesterday. This will be my first try at RPM. I'm really excited to push myself as much as I can.

I was reading the song a day challenge in disbelief! How on earth did you manage that!??

I struggle for one a week! Think I'm going to need real discipline to complete this!