RPM Challenge
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The RPM Challenge is a creative challenge offered yearly to musicians. It invites them to create a whole album of music, 10 songs or 35 minutes, in the month of February. In its first year, 2006, the RPM Challenge was offered to bands on the New Hampshire Seacoast. In return, 165 albums worth of new material was brought forth, a total of 1600 new songs. In 2007, the challenge has been opened to participants all over the world. Over 2000 bands signed up from such varied locations as Tokyo, Auckland, Ottawa, Antarctica and Oslo. There is no winner of the challenge. The goal of the RPM Challenge is to give musicians a needed push towards finishing original material and help them achieve a sense of satisfaction. On March 1, 2007, over 850 completed albums were turned in, containing over 8500 original songs composed and recorded in February 2007. On March 30, 2007, there was a global listening party on the RPM Challenge web site, a bash in the RPM Challenge's hometown of Portsmouth, NH, a listening party in Second Life and several listening parties around North America. The 2007 RPM Challenge jukebox has been launched on its website. In its early stages, it contains all the preferred tracks that were selected for the live stream. Soon, it will contain over 8500 songs, all the music from the completed 2007 albums. To listen, visit http://www.rpmchallenge.com
