Writing 100 riffs in a day (w/ Rob Scallon)

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[andrewhuang]

WELCOME TO RIFF CITY! Let us know your faves and we might develop some into full tunes!

[robscallon]

Can’t wait for First of October :)

Oh…
That’s right
YES

[davenelson]

At this point the craziest challenge would be to see them tackle writing a song without a ridiculous limitation.

[samanthanorthover]

This new Royal Blood album is sounding epic

[Suspense]

Guys pay attention to the techniques and approach Andrew has when he is not thinking too hard. Lots of chromatic three note movement and the recurring shapes. Every riff has building blocks like this. Find your building blocks and mix and match! Many riffs are just like 8 tiny riffs strung together in different orders.

[cowoljarwoff]

"Are you sure you don't want any chips? They're riff fuel."
Andrew: **core memory created**

[paranera]

Edit: Alrighty, here's what you're looking for:

00:50 01 - Caffeine
01:11 02 - Tiger Blood
01:59 03 - Air Bud
02:43 04 - Funky Chicken
03:11 05 - Chromatic Panic
03:52 06 - So Fooey
04:37 07 - Swamp Monster
05:18 08 - Expired Chicken Sandwich
05:38 09 - Bike Pile
06:12 10 - Grunge Dungeon
06:26 11 - Blue's Cruise
07:15 12 - Hockey Night in Canada
07:52 13 - Chopped Salad
08:15 14 - Hell Yeah
08:35 15 - Sloppy Ozzy
09:16 16 - Tritone Split
09:35 17 - Hot Dogs
09:57 18 - Rollerblading II
10:56 19 - Slug Sludge
11:17 20 - Marmite Trilobite
11:40 21 - It's a Riff
11:55 22 - Lead Cleats
12:11 23 - Palace of Bones
12:31 24 - Lobster Boxer
12:54 25 - Roller Derpy
13:10 26 - Quad Squad
13:23 27 - Heavy Bevvy
13:50 28 - Riff Fuel
14:06 29 - The Savage Speeders
14:35 30 - Wah-termelon
14:50 31 - Chunky Chocolate
15:07 32 - Scuba
15:40 33 - Saloon At Dusk
16:23 34 - Paper Cups
16:57 35 - Bullet Time
17:16 36 - Sludge Factory
17:36 37 - Sludge Lite
[38 was skipped]
19:07 39 - The Ladder
19:19 40 - Shampoo Drive-Thru
19:28 41 - Bodywash Bonanza
19:49 42 - Angus Beef
20:21 43 - Basic Riff
20:33 44 - Struttin'
20:46 45 - Dad Rock
21:02 46 - Spongebobbin'
21:11 47 - Next One Can Be Good
21:26 48 - Racecar Rub-A-Dub
21:47 49 - Dominoes
22:07 50 - Squidward Goes To The Moon
22:33 51 - Howdy Howdy
23:00 52 - More Racecars
23:11 53 - Captain Underpants
23:24 54 - Yest Extract Extreme
23:40 55 - Slap Factory
23:48 56 - Zamboni Moment
24:13 57 - Jet Fuel
24:25 58 - Eagle Eye
24:36 59 - Surge Blurge
24:46 60 - Riff #60
25:06 61 - New Sneakers
25:16 62 - Angular Slangular
25:22 63 - Motor Oil
25:27 64 - Power Play
25:33 65 - Hamster Wheel of Death
25:39 66 - Mr. Tinkles And The Sludge
25:45 67 - Yeah Yeah, I Mean, I Like It But It's Weird
25:57 68 - Sloppy Bop
26:07 69 - Robot Mr. Krabs
26:12 70 - Sly Fox
26:24 71 - Snake Juice
26:34 72 - Blue's Clues
26:45 73 - Stop And Go
27:10 74 - I'm Ready
27:51 75 - Waterslide
28:03 76 - Sludge Bomb
28:29 77 - Fuzz Saw
28:39 78 - Wow Wow Wow Wow
28:54 79 - Dracula's Cape
29:06 80 - Wacky
29:16 81 - Go Go Gadget Riff
30:01 82 - Riding A Boat In The Sewer Shooting Missiles
30:40 83 - Weird Gaps
30:49 84 - Parallax
31:24 85 - Tricycle Race
31:40 86 - Solo Bolo
31:52 87 - Destruction
32:14 88 - Scrap Metal
32:37 89 - Doom Circus
33:00 90 - Salamander
33:25 91 - Every Fret Riff
33:48 92 - Zero Fret Riff
34:00 93 - C U L8R
34:17 94 - Tuning Peg
34:34 95 - 666
34:50 96 - Sludge City
35:08 97 - Meat On The Outside, Noodles On The Inside
35:45 98 - Beach Umbrella
35:53 99 - Forgot To Name
36:27 100 - 1-0-0

Let me know if you notice any mistakes and I'll fix it asap.

Edit 2: shoutout to @Joel Kreider for pointing out where I screwed up!

[Don't mind this part, just time-stamping my favorites]
05:38 09 - Bike Pile
20:21 43 - Basic Riff
21:26 48 - Racecar Rub-A-Dub
25:27 64 - Power Play
30:49 84 - Parallax

[Tekkerue]

The only thing more impressive that they wrote 100 riffs in a day, is that they came up with 100 names for those riffs in the same day. 😂

[TheRaggadazar]

This is literally just a jam session that they recorded, nothing more.
What a fun time

[kevinterruption]

This riff experiment is proof of Adam Neely's famous quip, "repetition legitimizes." Also, this was super fun!

[mikkelborby]

the lack of 38 means they should totally have a song in first of October called 38

[melo]

Andrew might be good as riffing, but god rob is so great at naming

[weffjebster]

andrew and rob just simultaneously providing tons of inspiration and removing these riffs from the pool of available riffs

[nikashpersaud]

Can we talk about how friggin good the drums sound in Andrew's studio?!?!

[missingno-xkkp]

Wow you're so good at that, you guys could probably write a whole album in a day!

[EvilDragon]

Definitely many riffs sounding like Muse and Royal Blood had a baby. Loving it!

[CrusherHF]

The white stripes have been very quiet since this came out

[drpibisback]

This Stoner Rock energy better bleed over into the next First of October record, these riffs are gnarly.

[danieltryba]

Some riffs are like mixing muse and royal blood. Amazing

[due_consideration]

Favs

3:34 06 So Fooy
5:20 09 Bike Pile
16:05 34 Paper Cups
21:08 48 Racecar Rub-A-Dub
30:22 83 Weird Gaps
30:31 84 Parallax
31:08 85 Tricycle Race
35:27 98 Beach Umbrella