RPM Challenge Update

RPM Challenge ignites region - throws down challenge to Austin, TX

This is the official press release for RPM.  I am adding my own little bit at the bottom.  Basically, if little old sleepy seacoast NH can do something like this we can do anything.  Which means we should challenging Austin, TX.  Put up or shut up.  Why Austin?  Why not.  Oh, and yes I am participating.  Look to the blog a month or so from now for my mp3(s).

Over 190 bands and artists, almost entirely from the Seacoast area of New Hampshire, will be hunkered down in February to produce more than 190 new albums at once. They are taking part in the Record Production Month (RPM) Challenge, a first-of-its-kind community arts event that has yielded an overwhelming response.

The challenge was for each band to record a new album during the month of February. That's 10 songs or 35 minutes of material burned to a disc and handed in by March 1. The music will then be available to the public at www.rpmchallenge.com, and a listening party will be held at a location and date to be determined.

Artists were encouraged to use the limitations of time, money and equipment to inspire them - in other words, if they could afford studio time, great, but if not, then use what was at their disposal, whether that was a four-track, a cassette recorder or a laptop and a mic.

The sheer variety of projects is stunning, from 60"s style R&B instrumentals to electronica, from roots rock to comedic folk, from punk to a Celtic opera--it's as if every artist in the community has stepped forward with their own unique musical vision.

For more information about this historic event, go to www.rpmchallenge.com, or e-mail info@rpmchallenge.com.

Update: I completed it!  Click on the RPM category below to find latest post.