Another Year, Another Album! RPM Challenge 2023

Once again it is only a couple of weeks, less than a week, a day until the start of this year’s RPM Challenge, so it’s time for me to once again write a long-overdue blog post about last year’s recording… As ever, your regular reminder that the RPM Challenge is a challenge to record an […]

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Why, Yes! I Made Another Album… RPM Challenge 2022

Once again I find myself just a week away a couple of days away from the start of this year’s RPM Challenge and realised I should write a post about recording last year’s album. First, the annual reminder that the RPM Challenge is to record an album of original music during the month of February […]

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To Mars! (Musically Speaking)… RPM Challenge 2021

So, with about a week to go before the start of this year’s RPM Challenge, it’s about time I posted something about last year’s recording. First, an apology… I started writing this post months ago, but then I got side-tracked by any number of shiny things and, well, here we are… Earlier last year, as […]

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And Another Album! RPM Challenge 2019

The RPM Challenge starts again tomorrow (regular reminder: The RPM Challenge is to record an album of original material during the month of February), so I thought it was time to write some words about last year’s album. Inspiration Back in July 2018, I went to a show in the Buxton Fringe called Earthling by […]

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Yep, You Guessed It. I Made Another Album! RPM Challenge 2017

Keen readers will know that I take part in the annual RPM Challenge to record an album of original material during the month of February. Last year I took part again, in what was probably my most ambitious approach to the challenge. Late in 2016, I read that 2017 would be the 50th anniversary of […]

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Will The Media Please Stop Ruining Words?

A couple of months ago on Twitter, the Media Guardian account tweeted “The X-Files reboot to be broadcast on Channel 5 in 2016” The X-Files reboot to be broadcast on Channel 5 in 2016 https://t.co/zCmXfI707w pic.twitter.com/hzkoBVxOO2 — Media Guardian (@mediaguardian) December 10, 2015 Good news! But, it isn’t a reboot. It’s a new series.

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