Announcing the availability of my 2024 Digital EP – The Retirement EP – on CD.
In 2024 I released 4 songs as part of a digital EP entitled The Retirement EP. Those 4 songs are now available on CD. The CD is free, just pay $5 for shipping within the U.S. Email me at retirementmusicgroup@gmail.com
The Album of the Month for May is… Machine Head by Deep Purple. I have a story behind this album pick. Check it out on my companion YouTube channel.
In this video I continue to create a song from scratch. This is Part 4. I add guitars to the song to see how the sound will fit. Continue to watch the series as I work my way through building a song. This is not a paid endorsement.
This video is in response to @ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed Vinyl Community Thread “Bands & Colors” for Easter 2025. In this video I’ve pulled 5 vinyl albums and 5 CDs that meet the criteria of Bands with a color in their names.
My second model for 2025 is completed. The Revell AH-64 Apache Helicopter is what I recently completed. I am fairly happy with it but it was not easy. It is rated a Level 4 out of 5, so maybe I should stick to Level 3? There was frustration dealing with a lot of small parts like handholds that required gluing onto the main piece. In the end I eliev it came out alright, especially after I did some weathering to it to make it look like a used helicopter.
Below are selected pics from the build and a video on YouTube detailing the steps with commentary to the pics.
In this video I continue using a trial version of Toontrack‘s EZKeys 2 to create a song. This is Part 3. To follow the series go back and watch Parts 1 & 2.
In this video I add scratch vocals to the song to see how my preliminary lyrics fit. Continue to watch the series as I work my way through building a song. This is not a paid endorsement.
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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@UCBWXjze1z3ad6Wf67kMS3Ag
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Bandcamp – https://chucksturgeon.bandcamp.com/album/the-retirement-ep
I covered The Godz debut album a couple of years ago on this blog. Since that time, I’ve launched a YouTube channel called Retirement Ain’t Easy, and on the channel I have been presenting Album of the Month through videos. So I will be rehashing a number of old blog posts as YouTube videos. The videos allow me to expand more from the blog postings.
For April’s Album of the Month here on the blog it is The Godz debut album The Godz. On my YouTube channel this album was March’s Album of the Month.
To follow this post, you should view Part 1 HERE. Then come back to this post.
In this post I continue using a trial version of Toontrack‘s EZKeys 2 to create a song. This is Part 2. I build up the song further by adding Toontrack‘s EZDrummer and EZBass. Continue to watch the series as I work my way through building a song. This is not a paid Toontrack endorsement.
If you follow me regularly you know that I make music. I’m currently working on 4-5 songs for my next release. Recently, I ran across a video on YouTube where the person was using an application called EZKeys 2. Now I’ve known about Toontrack’s EZKeys 2 for a while because I use their EZBass, EZDrummer 3 and EZMix 3 applications, but I’m a guitarist and never really saw the need until I watched the video. It got me interested. So I downloaded a free 10 day trial of EZKeys 2 and, what do you know, I created a rough song.
I captured myself using and building the song and posted a video on my YouTube channel. In this video I use Toontrack’s EZKeys 2 to begin creating a song. This is Part 1. Continue to watch the series as I work my way through building a song.
A YouTube video listing many things I don’t miss about work. Retirement Ain’t Easy but it Beats Working.
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