93 - Fortunate ladyThis song came out of nowhere, and I put sunglasses on for the lols. I really enjoyed my use of keyboard in this song, it really gave me that 70's feeling. I was inspired by deep purple for the instrumentation, Mark Knopfler for the vocals, and I tried to make the guitar solo's tone sound like "Owner of a lonely heart" by yes. You tell me if I achieved that. The lyrics are about a guy who falls in love with a certain film star after watching something about boats (hint, Jac...

Day 1: Song 91 - "They Don’t Know What You Will Do"After being ill and listening to the audiobook of Daisy Jones & The Six all day, I had to rush to a play. Everything felt chaotic. I spent the afternoon trying to film a song, but nothing was working. Frustrated, I thought, "I’ll just do a quick acoustic song about my cat." While sorting out my passwords, I decided not to let the stress get to me. I started writing in Google Keep and ended up with a song I liked. In a frenzy, I completed it i...

I'm ill today. When I first started posting on FC, I talked about being productive while sick, and someone in the comments mentioned being "zooted up on pseudoephedrine"—well, that's me right now.Experimenting with LightingWhen I began this challenge, British weather meant it was dark by 4 PM, making my window useless as a light source. But as the weather improved, I found that using natural light made a noticeable difference in my videosUsing natural lightingThat said, I’m still a night owl,...

I conceived this series in August of last year, inspired by my love for fantasy books. Initially, I planned it as a ten-song series with a large ensemble cast and intricate plot and character ideas. However, I completely forgot about the series for about six months, only revisiting it when I applied for a studio residency during this challenge (hint: I didn’t get it). The residency requested an interesting project idea, and for some reason, the only idea that came to mind was a “Ramayana-insp...

Today’s Progress I wrote two songs today. The first—Dumbo the Flying Elephant—was terrible. So, I went back and wrote another one. This one’s about two particles in a relationship, where one starts having second thoughts.The Series So FarEntropyThis isn’t actually part of my 100-day challenge—it’s a song I wrote in December to test whether the challenge was even feasible. It’s only available on my Instagram, but after performing it live (which you can find in my Instagram highlights), I’ve co...

Continuing my trend of using books as inspiration, today I chose to create a song featured in Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. I’m only halfway through the book, but it’s already a favorite of mine—rock music and fantasy together? Yes, please! I need more of this. This book is packed with references to real rock songs, like Great Balls of Fire and Stairway to Heaven (aptly renamed Pathway to Paradise). I decided to recreate Good Gracious Miss Polly, a song from the book - Based on Good Golly Mi...

Today, I’m starting my first blog post about this challenge. What I’ve learned is that writing a song every day often means writing on autopilot. There’s no time to overthink, ruminate, or chase perfection in every note. As a result, the quality of my songwriting fluctuates from day to day—but sometimes, that spontaneity leads to something great. In fact, some of my favorite songs from this challenge were written in just five minutes, when I had no idea what I was doing. Yesterday, I wrote tw...