Albus' assignment:
"One instrument, one voice."

Doug's assignment:
"After years of being everyone's favorite local singer that never gets up on stage, Ms. Susan Snow is showing signs of life. She's a capable writer with no help necessary from you, thank you, but let's pad out her setlist. Write a song for Susan. I realize that not all of you know her, and even those that do may not have seen her in her element. To give you a primer, she's a rootsy, gutsy, Cosmic-American-style singer. I often think of her for her amazing recreations of Emmylou Harris songs. She sings like an angel, but she's plenty earthy, too. She digs Gillian Welch and the Replacements, the Jayhawks and the Pretenders, Lucinda Williams and Beck ... you get the picture. I don't know if everyone can see this, but here's a link to her in performance recently: www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204460787066992&pnref=story"

Patrick's assignment:
"This is totally random, but I recently watched bill and Teds excellent adventure for the first time in a while. For this challenge I want you to write a serious song from the perspective of the character assigned to you telling how the time travel trip in the Telephone booth..or being involved in the whole incident effected the rest of your life after bill and Ted returned you to your original time period... did you tell the world of your travels and the advances in technology? Did you keep it to yourself? Did you go crazy? How did it effect your life? Mitchell you are Joan of Arc. Doug you are Genghis Khan. Susan you are Ludwig van Beethoven. Steve you are Billy the kid. Andrew you are Sigmund Freud. John you are Napoleon. Jason you are Rufus. Anand you are Socrates. I am Abraham Lincoln. Clay can play the role of Mr Ryan, the teacher who was going to fail Bill and Ted on their assignment. Write about how their presentation and the events that occurred effected him. And go."

Anand's assignment:
" tried this once before and most people didn't really go for it, so let's try again. Write a song w/ a very personal and specific reference (to a person, place, etc.) but it needs to use a specific name w/ strong image. Ex. "Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, Jackson Cannery" not "A Song to My Mom" or "My Dog Rules". Any style, genre, tempo. Just make sure the listener has a strong feeling about it."

Clay's assignment:
"You must wrote a Holiday song, however this song must appropriate the vibe/feel of a great summer song. No sleigh bells, or church organs- happy feel good choruses must be in place...
Don't celebrate the Christmas? Make it any of the other holidays celebrated between Thanksgiving and New Year. ..Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus...whatever...but make it warm and catchy."

Jason's assignment:
"The two hour challenge... set a stopwatch. You have two hours to write and record a song. The recording will be a one take live version of the song you just wrote. Not after two hours. Within the two hours. Must be completed in that time. Acoustic live recording. Not a two track recording. Only one microphone. Electric guitar, piano, etc OK with amp but recording must be performed live with a one track recording. Raw. No reverb. No effects. No fixes. Two hours. When you decide to do it you must email me with 24 hour advance notice to make a phone appointment... and then call me for your song title which I will give you when you start the stopwatch. Oh yeah! Doug will assign my title when the time is right for me." [email Jason or email or call Doug for Jason's #.]

Corky's assignment:
"Southern Rock is back. Recreate the awesome vibe that Lynyrd Skynyrd had when Ronnie was still alive and write a song about a 'business man'."

Mitchell's assignment:
"My assignment is to write a sequel to a song you've submitted (or, if you prefer or if you're new, to a song that anyone else has previously submitted) to MM3AM. It can be from any round, including the current one. By sequel, I do mean an actual sequel - as in what took place after the events of the song prior. NOT a song of completely new subject that shares as similar arrangement or any of that mess (though it can be musically similar - or even the same, if you'd like)."

Susan's assignment:
"My assignment is one word:

space
To be interpreted however you like (lyrically, melodically, rhythmically, philosophically, outer space, the third dimension, personal space, etc.)"

Jon's assignment:
"I often describe my songwriting genre as Gospel music, using the term “Gospel” in the broadest sense possible...my 'Gospel' may sound more like Iron & Wine than Al Green, more Siouxsie Sioux than Sandi Patti. Plainly speaking, my intent is to make Christian art that doesn’t suck. So my challenge is this: write a 'sacred' song in *your style* that doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator. I realize not everyone holds the same faith and some may have no faith...all well and good...Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha’i, Agnostic, Atheist, Satanist, or whatever…write something *heartfelt* and *lyrically authentic* (happy, angry, doubting, irreverent, etc...honest) in *your style*."

Steve's assignment:
"Narrative
Only minor chords"