I get the sense that Rocktober is more casual than FAWM or 50/90, but is there a target number of songs we are trying to hit for the month?
I could only get it together to do one song all summer, so I’m sure I won’t beat myself up if I don’t hit a covers goal. I was curious, though.
I don’t have a goal number in mind. At least one per week would be nice (for me, I mean, not others). More if I have the time!
nah …smash em out …have fun with others work.
remember …in the early day there were tin pan alley writers and singers separate
ALL. Every song.
ahahahaha no! i’d like to do one or two a week. my absolute upper limit would be a FAWM pace, one every other night or so, but i’m not sure i could sustain that right after 5090.
I’m hoping for one a week but not even sure what songs I’m going to try yet!
I jumped aboard a little late but my goal is one a day. Thank you for the motivation!
11days 7 songs …11 would be amazing and push my feeble work ethisc, even though i love it!!!
seems i need the deadline push …got 6 circled as wants…
does anyone know how long site is open after 31st for comments/listening?? x
Every year I’ve done this I had a different agenda. At one time - I never covered any songs. It went back (as to why so), way back to guitar learning days, decades ago when didn’t know how to ask, “how” to play guitar - the answer was always to “teach you a song”, or a whole lot of piano for guitar work? : ) lol!, omg! But never “how” to play the “guitar”, and not someone elses song - if get the different. However, it/that lead to an almost early career in music, at a time prior to “how to corporate rock” make money, hair bands, disco, etc. (almost, almost famous : ) lol!). Then, doing a 180 w/disgust for that era of music industry (sex, drug’s and RnR)… I even at one time, for a decade or so - sold all, and never played again, until I got married (tltr for here other story track).
So, one year I decided to do songs I never in a kazillion years would do and try to understand that artist. So, I picked, what I called/labled, “squishy chick songs”. Some here may remember : ) Some others I think saw that value in that and gave it a try. So, 180 degrees and came out - “well”. And, I learned allot. I then sort of finally “got” the “Capo” and other.
So, now, I’ll round the number since don’t remember exactly, for about a decade I do at least one song for October and sometimes it expands on it’s own into an “agenda” for the month.
Many tracks get deleted too - mostly since in time, years go by and want to be sure I don’t take my not-Licensed version as “mine” and do something even accidentally unethical if even nothing would ever be a problem - it’s someone else’s stuff.
But it’s kept my public domain rewrites - lyric, melody, etc. going too as a by product. I’ve developed, in my mind a “better”, critical ear when listening to someone else’s work since have tried hard to walk in their shoes, if even a “squishy chick” love, angst song, or a pub dom Cowboy, or even like the just for fun “Showdown” song by ELO, first one done this year - I think. A fun song I’ll likely never sing again. The Bands that I deal with are so full of “almost famous” folks that function at so many levels above me - I’m lucky they even associate with me - lol! : ) Like last night a buddy was lamenting have to learn (well) “Rising Force” by Y Malmsteen and I asked if the guitar player was doing note for note - yes, and his feet had to reproduce the drum kit track as well as the original : )
These folks work nearly every night of the year and typically at no less then $250 each to get them to take it on. It’s shocking that there is a market like that - and it is a very small world, once “in” if want that kind of work - one has to navigate so carefully. Anyway -
There are less and less folks “doing” Rocktober anywhere online any more for some reason. LIke BandLab has a tag, #rocktober, but the place is so “big” and most are into “Beat” composition, it just does not come up. But, everything *cycles, to be sure! : ) One just never knows when - it seems.
aarrgghh …6 songs 4 1/2 “official” days 
…in pysch terms its called loss of executive function!!! X
I’ll keep going on covers after October, so if this site stays open I’m happy to keep sharing. 
me too 22222222222 (min 20 karaktas)
edit…1 n haf official days left 11.59am gmt fri 01/11